What is the new lore for Drake, since John Crewe stated that the old lore has changed?
TL;DRThe team says the lore on Drake hasn't changed, only that older material had conflicting statements about its clean image versus who it sells to, and that Drake's character is developing under a new CEO.
Now, I want to say this right off the bat, since I was actually there during the show. John Crewe didn't state that the lore had changed. His exact words, if I remember correctly, were that there were some conflicting statements in the older lore. He didn't say the lore had actually changed. And we're not gonna sit here and parse what John Crewe meant, but I'm pretty sure what he was referring to is Drake's penchant for wanting a clean reputation, but selling to those without them.
Yeah, being willing. I mean, again, particularly with some of the brochures that we're doing, it's important to remember that, because they're written in fiction, a company is not going to say disparaging things about themselves. So it's written from their perspective. So they might kind of, not misrepresent, but flower up their language a little bit as far as talking about their own stuff and what their intent is, while their actual actions might be something different.
Now at the same time, though, even though we're writing these things in fiction, we're still beholden to a certain level of accuracy, because they're still provided to our backers to inform their pledge decisions.
Yeah, it's a weird fine line. It's a difficult needle to thread, because you want them to be true to themselves as a character, but at the same time it's a ship.
Yeah, so we're not adjusting any of the lore right now for Drake. It is what it is. It is what it's always been. It's continuing on with that. I mean, we've been doing some fun stuff with developing their character over the years, with the recent ouster of Dredge as CEO and the installation of a new CEO who's really trying to set them on the straight and narrow path with the launch of the Kraken that we did at CitizenCon, and that's kind of like the new Drake.
Is he really? Is the new guy on the up and up, or is he...
Well, I mean, people have differing opinions on what he's trying to do, but that is what he's publicly...
I honestly don't know. That's sort of on you to parse for yourself.