{"data":{"id":18900,"title":"Spectrum Spectator: CitizenCon: A Celebration","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/18900-Spectrum-Spectator-CitizenCon-A-Celebration","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/18900","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/18900","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":5091,"name":"SpecSpec_FI1.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/6r14ogp6otdosr\/source\/SpecSpec_FI1.jpg","alt":"","size":355264,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2016-07-12T19:06:11+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/5091","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/5091\/similar"},{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"Daisy Wences: Welcome to the only show that also describes what you\u2019re doing right now. This is Spectrum Spectator! I\u2019m Daisy Wences.\n\nLars Gonall: And I\u2019m Lars Gonall. Together, we watch what\u2019s new and noteworthy on spectrum so you know what\u2019s worth gluing your eyes to.\nDaisy Wences: And what will make you want to glue your eyes shut, like how I felt after watching one of this week\u2019s vids.\n\nLars Gonall: Well, before we get to the vid that made Daisy question her life choices, we have some breaking news regarding Kid Empire.\nDaisy Wences: A show that asks the all-important question: if left to their own devices, what kind of society would kids create?\n\nLars Gonall: Turns out one that couldn\u2019t survive a few days of bad weather. Production on the show has been suspended after torrential rains created unsafe conditions for the cast. Which is pretty weak if you ask me. Back in my day, child reality stars weren\u2019t afraid of getting swept away by dangerous riptides.\nDaisy Wences: Probably didn\u2019t help that in last week\u2019s episode the kids picked a spread of TipTop dumplings for their reward instead of a Multi-Tool with RMC canisters to patch all those holes in their shelter.\n\nLars Gonall: Kid Empire is consistently the most shocking and surprising thing I watch, and I\u2019ll be damned if I don\u2019t love every last second of it. Though I have to admit, I\u2019m not sure how it\u2019s even legal to put kids in some of these circumstances. That whole gravity generator thing last week was pretty intense.\nDaisy Wences: Oh, I met someone who works on it and got a little insight into their process. Let\u2019s just say they love parents who are willing to sign liability waivers to give their kid a chance to be famous.\n\nLars Gonall: Well this makes me want to cry. Recapping episodes of Kid Empire for this show is literally the highlight of my week. We will still be recapping this week\u2019s episode later in the show but will put future reviews on hold until the production is back up and running.\nDaisy Wences: But wait, don\u2019t you dare go anywhere until we\u2019ve discussed the primo propaganda vid we watched this week.\n\nLars Gonall: Woah now, that\u2019s a bit of a harsh characterization of CitizenCon: A Celebration, the new special from SSN\/CAtv that compiles the best and most memorable CitizenCon moments from the last century and a half.\nDaisy Wences: And brings me to my first problem with this vid. Where are all the highlights from the Messer era? Since they created the modern CitizenCon as a military recruitment tool, there must\u2019ve been, at least, a massive flyby that they could\u2019ve used to represent that era.\n\nLars Gonall: To be fair, the vid isn\u2019t meant as a history lesson, it\u2019s clearly trying to get people excited for this year\u2019s show. Gotta admit, it worked on me. I thoroughly enjoyed it.\nDaisy Wences: And I ranted about it for a good hour in our pre-show meeting, which actually made me realize that part of the reason why the vid got me so worked up is because it\u2019s entertaining. Some of those talent-show clips made me laugh harder than anything I\u2019ve seen in months.\n\nLars Gonall: These are segments from the much maligned \u201cStar Citizen\u201d talent competitions of the early 2850s.\nDaisy Wences: Loved that the vid totally leaned into that reputation by showing stuff like the guy failing to balance all those cargo crates on his head alongside some truly impressive feats.\n\nLars Gonall: How about that crazy zero-g juggling segment?\nDaisy Wences: Her timing and accuracy with the tractor beam were incredible. I\u2019ll never accomplish anything half as impressive in my life.\n\nLars Gonall: I\u2019d seen most of those talent competition clips already, but you really have to scour spectrum to find \u2018em, so it\u2019s great to have the best ones compiled here and fully restored!\nDaisy Wences: Yeah, the entire thing looks and sounds great, particularly all the musical performances. I maxed out the volume during Gaucho\u2019s performance so much my ears were still ringing the next day. Totally worth it.\n\nLars Gonall: Guess the production worked directly with The Ark to pull and restore footage for the vid.\nDaisy Wences: You can tell they put a lot of care and thought into it, but that still doesn\u2019t make any of the speeches they included any more interesting.\n\nLars Gonall: Seriously? You didn\u2019t like any of them?\nDaisy Wences: Snooze central. Every last one of them.\n\nLars Gonall: Not even Imperator Toi\u2019s famous speech from the first post-Messer CitizenCon?\nDaisy Wences: Had to memorize parts of that one for a school project. Now anytime I hear it, my brain\u2019s just scrambling to remember the next word before she says it.\n\nLars Gonall: That\u2019s too bad. It still gets me every time. That and Imperator Salehi\u2019s speech about why we need to build Synthworld were the clear highlights for me.\nDaisy Wences: Guess this kinda brings me back to my original point. The show includes a bunch of these political speeches to give the vid a sense of history and perspective, so while it\u2019s posturing like it\u2019s not afraid to broach serious issues, it fails to acknowledge any controversies related to the event itself.\n\nLars Gonall: I get it, but again, this really isn\u2019t that type of vid.\nDaisy Wences: Which is exactly why I half-jokingly called it propaganda. The vid is only interested in presenting a very sanitized and positive view of CitizenCon. I truly think it would\u2019ve been way more interesting if they also included stuff like Senator Amalie Ngo\u2019s speech advocating for Terran independence being cut short due to bogus technical issues, or how about when that group of protesters overran the stage in 2911 to advocate for universal suffrage?\n\nLars Gonall: I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything wrong with this vid collecting feel-good moments from CitizenCon. It reminds us that the event really is about how we, the people, are what makes this Empire great.\nDaisy Wences: You mean Citizens. All of us civilians are still waiting for the Empire to hold an event celebrating our contributions.\n\nLars Gonall: You know it\u2019s not as cut and dry as that. The name is meant to inspire people to become more active and engaged with the Empire.\nDaisy Wences: Well, it\u2019s always made me feel less than because I\u2019m just a civ. And I know that might just be a \u201cme\u201d thing but I wanted to acknowledge it because I know I\u2019m not the only one who feels this way.\n\nLars Gonall: So to wrap this up, I really enjoyed CitizenCon: A Celebration. It was not only entertaining but got me excited for this year\u2019s event.\nDaisy Wences: And I kinda liked some of the stuff in this vid but mixing in those political speeches really rubbed me the wrong way. They were boring and kept reminding me that the event celebrates Citizens and not us mere civs.\n\nLars Gonall: We need to take a quick break, but don\u2019t go anywhere as we still have to recap this week\u2019s episode of Kid Empire and spoiler, our favorite kid, Abdul, decides that using a thruster to warm up ration packs is a good idea.\nDaisy Wences: Plus, we\u2019ll talk about a new type of talk show that will be hitting spectrum soon. One that will be broadcast live in Stanton from a converted Connie called The Only Constant. We\u2019ll take bets on how long it takes before the ship runs into trouble while broadcasting, and debate if part of the show\u2019s appeal will be watching in anticipation of what might go wrong.\n\nLars Gonall: Kinda like how I watch the Murray Cup.\nDaisy Wences: Spectrum Spectator will be back, right after this.","de_DE":"Daisy Wences: Willkommen bei der einzigen Sendung, die auch beschreibt, was Sie gerade tun. Dies ist Spectrum Spectator! Ich bin Daisy Wences.\n\nLars Gonall: Und ich bin Lars Gonall. Gemeinsam beobachten wir, was es Neues und Bemerkenswertes auf Spectrum gibt, damit Sie wissen, worauf Sie Ihre Augen richten sollten.\nDaisy Wences: Und was Sie dazu bringt, Ihre Augen zuzukleben, so wie ich mich gef\u00fchlt habe, nachdem ich eines der Videos dieser Woche gesehen habe.\n\nLars Gonall: Nun, bevor wir zu dem Video kommen, das Daisy dazu gebracht hat, ihre Lebensentscheidungen in Frage zu stellen, haben wir einige Neuigkeiten zu Kid Empire.\nDaisy Wences: Eine Show, die die alles entscheidende Frage stellt: Was f\u00fcr eine Gesellschaft w\u00fcrden Kinder erschaffen, wenn sie sich selbst \u00fcberlassen w\u00e4ren?\n\nLars Gonall: Eine, die ein paar Tage schlechtes Wetter nicht \u00fcberleben w\u00fcrde. Die Produktion der Serie wurde unterbrochen, nachdem sintflutartige Regenf\u00e4lle zu unsicheren Bedingungen f\u00fcr die Darsteller gef\u00fchrt haben. Das ist ziemlich schwach, wenn Sie mich fragen. Zu meiner Zeit hatten Kinder-Reality-Stars keine Angst davor, von gef\u00e4hrlichen Fluten weggesp\u00fclt zu werden.\nDaisy Wences: Wahrscheinlich hat es nicht geholfen, dass die Kinder in der letzten Folge einen Aufstrich mit TipTop-Kn\u00f6deln als Belohnung gew\u00e4hlt haben, anstatt ein Multi-Tool mit RMC-Kanistern, um all die L\u00f6cher in ihrer Unterkunft zu flicken.\n\nLars Gonall: Kid Empire ist immer wieder das Schockierendste und \u00dcberraschendste, was ich mir anschaue, und ich will verdammt sein, wenn ich nicht jede einzelne Sekunde davon liebe. Obwohl ich zugeben muss, dass ich mir nicht sicher bin, wie es \u00fcberhaupt legal ist, Kinder in einige dieser Umst\u00e4nde zu stecken. Diese ganze Sache mit dem Schwerkraftgenerator letzte Woche war ziemlich heftig.\nDaisy Wences: Oh, ich habe jemanden getroffen, der daran arbeitet und einen kleinen Einblick in ihre Arbeitsweise bekommen. Sagen wir einfach, sie lieben Eltern, die bereit sind, Haftungsverzichtserkl\u00e4rungen zu unterschreiben, damit ihr Kind die Chance hat, ber\u00fchmt zu werden.\n\nLars Gonall: Nun, das bringt mich zum Weinen. Die Zusammenfassung von Episoden von Kid Empire f\u00fcr diese Sendung ist buchst\u00e4blich der H\u00f6hepunkt meiner Woche. Wir werden die Episode von dieser Woche sp\u00e4ter in der Sendung noch einmal zusammenfassen, aber wir werden die zuk\u00fcnftigen Rezensionen auf Eis legen, bis die Produktion wieder l\u00e4uft.\nDaisy Wences: Aber warten Sie, wagen Sie es nicht, irgendwo hin zu gehen, bevor wir nicht das erstklassige Propagandavideo besprochen haben, das wir diese Woche gesehen haben.\n\nLars Gonall: Woah, das ist eine etwas harte Charakterisierung von CitizenCon: A Celebration, dem neuen Special von SSN\/CAtv, das die besten und denkw\u00fcrdigsten CitizenCon-Momente aus den letzten anderthalb Jahrhunderten zusammenstellt.\nDaisy Wences: Und damit komme ich zu meinem ersten Problem mit diesem Video. Wo sind all die Highlights aus der \u00c4ra Messer? Da sie die moderne CitizenCon als milit\u00e4risches Rekrutierungsinstrument geschaffen haben, muss es zumindest einen gro\u00dfen Vorbeiflug geben, den sie f\u00fcr diese \u00c4ra h\u00e4tten verwenden k\u00f6nnen.\n\nLars Gonall: Um fair zu sein, das Video ist nicht als Geschichtsstunde gedacht, sondern soll die Leute f\u00fcr die diesj\u00e4hrige Show begeistern. Ich muss zugeben, dass es bei mir funktioniert hat. Ich habe es sehr genossen.\nDaisy Wences: Ich habe mich in unserer Besprechung vor der Show eine gute Stunde lang dar\u00fcber ausgelassen. Dabei ist mir klar geworden, dass das Video mich zum Teil deshalb so aufgeregt hat, weil es so unterhaltsam ist. Einige dieser Clips aus den Talentshows haben mich mehr zum Lachen gebracht als alles, was ich seit Monaten gesehen habe.\n\nLars Gonall: Das sind Ausschnitte aus den viel geschm\u00e4hten \"Star Citizen\"-Talentwettbewerben aus den fr\u00fchen 2850er Jahren.\nDaisy Wences: Ich fand es toll, dass das Video diesen Ruf ausnutzt, indem es Dinge wie den Kerl zeigt, der all diese Frachtkisten nicht auf dem Kopf balancieren kann, neben einigen wirklich beeindruckenden Kunstst\u00fccken.\n\nLars Gonall: Wie w\u00e4re es mit der verr\u00fcckten Null-G-Jongliernummer?\nDaisy Wences: Ihr Timing und ihre Genauigkeit mit dem Traktorstrahl waren unglaublich. Ich werde in meinem Leben nie etwas halb so Beeindruckendes schaffen.\n\nLars Gonall: Ich hatte die meisten dieser Clips von Talentwettbewerben bereits gesehen, aber man muss wirklich das Spektrum durchforsten, um sie zu finden. Es ist also gro\u00dfartig, die besten hier zusammengestellt und vollst\u00e4ndig wiederhergestellt zu haben!\nDaisy Wences: Ja, das Ganze sieht gro\u00dfartig aus und klingt auch so, vor allem die musikalischen Darbietungen. Ich habe die Lautst\u00e4rke w\u00e4hrend des Gaucho-Auftritts so weit aufgedreht, dass mir am n\u00e4chsten Tag noch die Ohren klingelten. Das war es auf jeden Fall wert.\n\nLars Gonall: Ich vermute, dass die Produktion direkt mit The Ark zusammengearbeitet hat, um das Material f\u00fcr das Video zu beschaffen und zu restaurieren.\nDaisy Wences: Man merkt, dass sie sich sehr viel M\u00fche gegeben haben, aber das macht keine der enthaltenen Reden interessanter.\n\nLars Gonall: Ist das Ihr Ernst? Sie mochten keine von ihnen?\nDaisy Wences: Schlummerzentrale. Jeder einzelne von ihnen.\n\nLars Gonall: Nicht einmal die ber\u00fchmte Rede von Imperator Toi auf der ersten Post-Messer CitizenCon?\nDaisy Wences: Ich musste Teile davon f\u00fcr ein Schulprojekt auswendig lernen. Jedes Mal, wenn ich sie jetzt h\u00f6re, versucht mein Gehirn, sich an das n\u00e4chste Wort zu erinnern, bevor sie es sagt.\n\nLars Gonall: Das ist zu schade. Es erwischt mich immer noch jedes Mal. Das und die Rede von Imperator Salehi dar\u00fcber, warum wir die Synthworld aufbauen m\u00fcssen, waren f\u00fcr mich die klaren Highlights.\nDaisy Wences: Ich denke, das bringt mich irgendwie zu meinem urspr\u00fcnglichen Punkt zur\u00fcck. Die Show enth\u00e4lt eine Reihe dieser politischen Reden, um dem Video einen Sinn f\u00fcr Geschichte und Perspektive zu geben. W\u00e4hrend sie also so tut, als h\u00e4tte sie keine Angst, ernste Themen anzusprechen, vers\u00e4umt sie es, Kontroversen im Zusammenhang mit dem Ereignis selbst anzuerkennen.\n\nLars Gonall: Ich verstehe das, aber das ist wirklich nicht die Art von Video.\nDaisy Wences: Das ist genau der Grund, warum ich es halb scherzhaft als Propaganda bezeichnet habe. Das Vid ist nur daran interessiert, eine sehr entsch\u00e4rfte und positive Sicht auf CitizenCon zu pr\u00e4sentieren. Ich glaube wirklich, dass es viel interessanter gewesen w\u00e4re, wenn sie auch Dinge wie die Rede von Senatorin Amalie Ngo, die f\u00fcr die terranische Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit eintrat, gezeigt h\u00e4tten, die aufgrund falscher technischer Probleme abgebrochen wurde, oder wie w\u00e4re es mit der Gruppe von Demonstranten, die 2911 die B\u00fchne st\u00fcrmten, um f\u00fcr das allgemeine Wahlrecht einzutreten?\n\nLars Gonall: Ich glaube nicht, dass etwas falsch daran ist, dass dieses Video Wohlf\u00fchlmomente von der CitizenCon sammelt. Es erinnert uns daran, dass es bei der Veranstaltung wirklich darum geht, dass wir, die Menschen, dieses Reich gro\u00dfartig machen.\nDaisy Wences: Sie meinen B\u00fcrger. Wir Zivilisten warten immer noch darauf, dass das Imperium eine Veranstaltung abh\u00e4lt, um unseren Beitrag zu feiern.\n\nLars Gonall: Sie wissen, dass es nicht so einfach ist. Der Name soll die Menschen dazu inspirieren, aktiver zu werden und sich f\u00fcr das Imperium zu engagieren.\nDaisy Wences: Nun, ich hatte immer das Gef\u00fchl, weniger wert zu sein, weil ich nur eine B\u00fcrgerin bin. Und ich wei\u00df, dass das vielleicht nur eine Sache von mir ist, aber ich wollte es zugeben, weil ich wei\u00df, dass ich nicht die Einzige bin, die sich so f\u00fchlt.\n\nLars Gonall: Abschlie\u00dfend m\u00f6chte ich sagen, dass mir CitizenCon: A Celebration sehr gut gefallen hat. Es war nicht nur unterhaltsam, sondern hat mich auch f\u00fcr die diesj\u00e4hrige Veranstaltung begeistert.\nDaisy Wences: Einiges in diesem Video hat mir gut gefallen, aber die politischen Reden haben mich wirklich gest\u00f6rt. Sie waren langweilig und erinnerten mich immer wieder daran, dass die Veranstaltung die B\u00fcrger feiert und nicht uns einfache Zivilisten.\n\nLars Gonall: Wir m\u00fcssen eine kurze Pause einlegen, aber gehen Sie nicht weg, denn wir m\u00fcssen noch die Folge von Kid Empire von dieser Woche rekapitulieren. Spoiler: Unser Lieblingskind Abdul beschlie\u00dft, dass es eine gute Idee ist, ein Triebwerk zum Aufw\u00e4rmen von Rationspaketen zu verwenden.\nDaisy Wences: Au\u00dferdem sprechen wir \u00fcber eine neue Art von Talkshow, die bald auf Sendung gehen wird. Sie wird live aus einem umgebauten Connie in Stanton gesendet und hei\u00dft The Only Constant. Wir nehmen Wetten dar\u00fcber an, wie lange es dauert, bis das Schiff w\u00e4hrend der Ausstrahlung in Schwierigkeiten ger\u00e4t, und diskutieren dar\u00fcber, ob ein Teil des Reizes der Show darin besteht, dass man in Erwartung dessen, was schief gehen k\u00f6nnte, zuschaut.\n\nLars Gonall: In etwa so, wie ich den Murray Cup verfolge.\nDaisy Wences: Spectrum Spectator wird zur\u00fcckkommen, gleich nach dieser Sendung.","zh_CN":"Daisy Wences: Welcome to the only show that also describes what you\u2019re doing right now. This is Spectrum Spectator! I\u2019m Daisy Wences.\n\nLars Gonall: And I\u2019m Lars Gonall. Together, we watch what\u2019s new and noteworthy on spectrum so you know what\u2019s worth gluing your eyes to.\nDaisy Wences: And what will make you want to glue your eyes shut, like how I felt after watching one of this week\u2019s vids.\n\nLars Gonall: Well, before we get to the vid that made Daisy question her life choices, we have some breaking news regarding Kid Empire.\nDaisy Wences: A show that asks the all-important question: if left to their own devices, what kind of society would kids create?\n\nLars Gonall: Turns out one that couldn\u2019t survive a few days of bad weather. Production on the show has been suspended after torrential rains created unsafe conditions for the cast. Which is pretty weak if you ask me. Back in my day, child reality stars weren\u2019t afraid of getting swept away by dangerous riptides.\nDaisy Wences: Probably didn\u2019t help that in last week\u2019s episode the kids picked a spread of TipTop dumplings for their reward instead of a Multi-Tool with RMC canisters to patch all those holes in their shelter.\n\nLars Gonall: Kid Empire is consistently the most shocking and surprising thing I watch, and I\u2019ll be damned if I don\u2019t love every last second of it. Though I have to admit, I\u2019m not sure how it\u2019s even legal to put kids in some of these circumstances. That whole gravity generator thing last week was pretty intense.\nDaisy Wences: Oh, I met someone who works on it and got a little insight into their process. Let\u2019s just say they love parents who are willing to sign liability waivers to give their kid a chance to be famous.\n\nLars Gonall: Well this makes me want to cry. Recapping episodes of Kid Empire for this show is literally the highlight of my week. We will still be recapping this week\u2019s episode later in the show but will put future reviews on hold until the production is back up and running.\nDaisy Wences: But wait, don\u2019t you dare go anywhere until we\u2019ve discussed the primo propaganda vid we watched this week.\n\nLars Gonall: Woah now, that\u2019s a bit of a harsh characterization of CitizenCon: A Celebration, the new special from SSN\/CAtv that compiles the best and most memorable CitizenCon moments from the last century and a half.\nDaisy Wences: And brings me to my first problem with this vid. Where are all the highlights from the Messer era? Since they created the modern CitizenCon as a military recruitment tool, there must\u2019ve been, at least, a massive flyby that they could\u2019ve used to represent that era.\n\nLars Gonall: To be fair, the vid isn\u2019t meant as a history lesson, it\u2019s clearly trying to get people excited for this year\u2019s show. Gotta admit, it worked on me. I thoroughly enjoyed it.\nDaisy Wences: And I ranted about it for a good hour in our pre-show meeting, which actually made me realize that part of the reason why the vid got me so worked up is because it\u2019s entertaining. Some of those talent-show clips made me laugh harder than anything I\u2019ve seen in months.\n\nLars Gonall: These are segments from the much maligned \u201cStar Citizen\u201d talent competitions of the early 2850s.\nDaisy Wences: Loved that the vid totally leaned into that reputation by showing stuff like the guy failing to balance all those cargo crates on his head alongside some truly impressive feats.\n\nLars Gonall: How about that crazy zero-g juggling segment?\nDaisy Wences: Her timing and accuracy with the tractor beam were incredible. I\u2019ll never accomplish anything half as impressive in my life.\n\nLars Gonall: I\u2019d seen most of those talent competition clips already, but you really have to scour spectrum to find \u2018em, so it\u2019s great to have the best ones compiled here and fully restored!\nDaisy Wences: Yeah, the entire thing looks and sounds great, particularly all the musical performances. I maxed out the volume during Gaucho\u2019s performance so much my ears were still ringing the next day. Totally worth it.\n\nLars Gonall: Guess the production worked directly with The Ark to pull and restore footage for the vid.\nDaisy Wences: You can tell they put a lot of care and thought into it, but that still doesn\u2019t make any of the speeches they included any more interesting.\n\nLars Gonall: Seriously? You didn\u2019t like any of them?\nDaisy Wences: Snooze central. Every last one of them.\n\nLars Gonall: Not even Imperator Toi\u2019s famous speech from the first post-Messer CitizenCon?\nDaisy Wences: Had to memorize parts of that one for a school project. Now anytime I hear it, my brain\u2019s just scrambling to remember the next word before she says it.\n\nLars Gonall: That\u2019s too bad. It still gets me every time. That and Imperator Salehi\u2019s speech about why we need to build Synthworld were the clear highlights for me.\nDaisy Wences: Guess this kinda brings me back to my original point. The show includes a bunch of these political speeches to give the vid a sense of history and perspective, so while it\u2019s posturing like it\u2019s not afraid to broach serious issues, it fails to acknowledge any controversies related to the event itself.\n\nLars Gonall: I get it, but again, this really isn\u2019t that type of vid.\nDaisy Wences: Which is exactly why I half-jokingly called it propaganda. The vid is only interested in presenting a very sanitized and positive view of CitizenCon. I truly think it would\u2019ve been way more interesting if they also included stuff like Senator Amalie Ngo\u2019s speech advocating for Terran independence being cut short due to bogus technical issues, or how about when that group of protesters overran the stage in 2911 to advocate for universal suffrage?\n\nLars Gonall: I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything wrong with this vid collecting feel-good moments from CitizenCon. It reminds us that the event really is about how we, the people, are what makes this Empire great.\nDaisy Wences: You mean Citizens. All of us civilians are still waiting for the Empire to hold an event celebrating our contributions.\n\nLars Gonall: You know it\u2019s not as cut and dry as that. The name is meant to inspire people to become more active and engaged with the Empire.\nDaisy Wences: Well, it\u2019s always made me feel less than because I\u2019m just a civ. And I know that might just be a \u201cme\u201d thing but I wanted to acknowledge it because I know I\u2019m not the only one who feels this way.\n\nLars Gonall: So to wrap this up, I really enjoyed CitizenCon: A Celebration. It was not only entertaining but got me excited for this year\u2019s event.\nDaisy Wences: And I kinda liked some of the stuff in this vid but mixing in those political speeches really rubbed me the wrong way. They were boring and kept reminding me that the event celebrates Citizens and not us mere civs.\n\nLars Gonall: We need to take a quick break, but don\u2019t go anywhere as we still have to recap this week\u2019s episode of Kid Empire and spoiler, our favorite kid, Abdul, decides that using a thruster to warm up ration packs is a good idea.\nDaisy Wences: Plus, we\u2019ll talk about a new type of talk show that will be hitting spectrum soon. One that will be broadcast live in Stanton from a converted Connie called The Only Constant. We\u2019ll take bets on how long it takes before the ship runs into trouble while broadcasting, and debate if part of the show\u2019s appeal will be watching in anticipation of what might go wrong.\n\nLars Gonall: Kinda like how I watch the Murray Cup.\nDaisy Wences: Spectrum Spectator will be back, right after this."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":10,"created_at":"2022-10-05T02:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"3 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 19:19:49","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":18899,"next_id":18901}}