This week we’re proud to introduce Scream112 as the next focus of our community highlight! Faeria Community Highlights are a series of posts that discuss some of the most important and well-known community members and highlight their content. Scream112 is most known for his Faeria talk show, The Kappa Council and for playing other strategy games as well. Let’s begin.

Thanks for speaking to PlayFaeria! Would you be able to introduce yourself and what you do to the readers?

Hey there! I’m known as Scream112 and have been broadcasting and streaming for about half my life now. Started out with web radio and turned to video streaming as I launched the channel MetagamingTV on Twitch back in 2013. I do all things streaming as well as produce and run “The Kappa Council” which is a podcast focused on all things related with Faeria.

What are your thoughts on the Fight For Pandora event?

We did discuss this on the last episode of “The Kappa Council”, and I do like the format of Highlander. But it feels like 100k games for the community to complete, to unlock this feature, is a bit of a stretch. It also didnt help that HS had an expansion coming out as well. So after people have done their 25 wins to get the egg, it’s easy to get tired of the format for many. However I do really like the idea behind it, to have the community pull together to achieve certain goals, which will then unlock rewards for everyone. So the basic idea behind it is actually really awesome! I would have probably counted games from both ranked and highlander towards the goal, and maybe even only had the highlander quest be somewhat easier to achieve and ran that for a shorter amount of time, and then returned to regular mode.

Do you think there’s currently too much Yellow Rush or Mono Green on ladder at the moment? What other fun and viable decks can you recommend to readers?

I have basically only played Highlander since the Pandora event was introduced, because even if I think the event might be taking a tad bit too long, its a very fun format for me personally. However, its not the first time we see Yellow Rush being mentioned as a common sight on the ladder, heck I even used it myself once to climb a tier or two on the ladder. Mono Green was also very strong when they nerfed the removals. That was what kept it in bay for a while. So I guess its the 2 things most people go for at the moment, the fast and “in your face” approach, or the slow and big creatures that are tough to remove and eventually dominate the board.

I always enjoy the wacky and fun stuff over the strongest, though I do tend to try out all the things, especially when pushing for higher ranks. I would often suggest going to the Faeria Discord server, and check out the channel “Deck-sharing” and even ask there for fun ideas. There’s some amazing talent in the community when it comes to building fun and creative decks, and its usually those that I tend to run on my streams when playing. I myself am not the strongest when it comes to building decks, I tend to just try and master the ones I find interesting, but are made by others.

Who do you currently think is the best player right now? Runner-up?

Well I have Kingdanzz as my favorite player ever since his showing in the GO Faeria Clash Tournament. He just oozes skill and technique which I really appreciate, specially when watching and casting games. Runner-up would be Cappuccino who I expect will be doing great in future tournaments. I also wanna add to the list, J0k3se who I believe has some amazing skills for this game! But the fact is, there are a LOT of great Faeria players, and I’m really looking forward to see some more big tournaments where they can put their skills to the test!

Can you tell us about Kappa Council? What are some things you plan to improve on in the show in the foreseeable future?

“The Kappa Council” is the name of a podcast that was started all the way back in the fall of 2013 when Faeria was on Kickstarter. The basic idea came from a guy called Kciv4, who approached me and Joyfulrogue about doing some type of “thing” where we could discuss the patches and changes the game was seeing very frequently as it was in what I would consider “Alpha” or “Prototype” stage back then. We sat down and brainstormed and decided to do a podcast that would be aired live on my channel MetagamingTV, and also recorded and uploaded to YouTube. I can’t remember who came up with the name, but it felt really fun and clever, seeing as how Kappas are part of the Faeria lore, but also has other meanings for many people coming from Twitch. So we did 9 episodes, one every week, which we then later considered “Season 1”. Then with Faeria coming out to Steam Early Access and having a full release goal, it only felt natural to renew the show for a 2nd Season. I think we managed to up the quality of the overlay and graphics, and we also have less permanent people on the show, so that we can showcase more people from the community. So far we run every other Sunday, so its a bi-weekly cast. We changed the show from happening weekly like in season 1 because we feel there isn’t enough stuff that happens on a weekly basis to fill the show with enough topics.

The plan is to keep running the show for as long as it feels fun to produce and there are topics to discuss. Improvements will happen based on user feedback, so if people have anything they would like us to do more of, or discuss more of, then just let me know!

Do you plan on competing yourself more often in the future or will you stick to creating content?

I would love to compete! I have competed in many games before, as well as been doing sports, and its just really fun and amazing to do. However the tournaments that have been happening lately just don’t fit my daily schedule. On top of that I do realize that I might not have the best chances to do well, and with streaming as a big passion as well as my passion for eSports, I love to help present the tournaments and cast them when I am able to. So I might just be sticking to creating content, and when a tournament happens that doesn’t collide with my job where they got people streaming and commentating on it, I might just participate as a player.

What new features would you like to see added to the game?

Basically all the ones mentioned on the steam page! Which I hope they manage to get in by the time of release, which is scheduled for September. If anything we are all waiting for Pandora at the moment, but it would be amazing to see more improvements to the spectator mode for us that do cover tournaments. I also can’t wait for in game support for tournaments, so we can see weekly, and maybe even daily small tournaments that people can jump into at their own leisure. One feature I know we are all waiting for is being able to search for cards in the deckbuilder and filter options. This is a feature I’m a bit surprised we don’t have yet to be honest.

Thanks so much for taking the time out to answer these questions!

No problem! It’s been a pleasure! Thanks for having me!