In the first episode of 2024, Matt, Tim, Cooper, and Alex welcome special guest Ben "WardenSlayer" as he takes us on a tour of Lua Lessons, aimed at helping beginners at trying their hand at custom coding in Hero Realms. The cast then take some time to discuss data from recent Level 16 Arena testing, as well as how the cleric and fighter ancestries have affected the retail game meta. Community Roundup covers some recent event results and announcements before the cast wrap things up with Taps n' Scraps.Intro - 0:34WWYD - 7:32Lua Lessons - 25:12Monthly Meta Mashup - 53:49Community Roundup - 95:12Taps N' Scraps - 101:49Hero Realms is a fantasy-themed expandable deckbuilding game from Wise Wizard Games.Hosts: Matthew "jigmelingpa" Rooks, Tim "agentc13" McKenzie, Cooper "Filtrophobe" Fitzgerald, Alex "DaKatSesMeow" RogersSpecial Guest: Ben "WardenSlayer"Producer: Matthew RooksHero Helper: https://hero-helper.com/Realms Rising: https://www.realmsrising.comYou can find the WWYD screenshots for this episode here: https://www.realmsrising.com/podcast/sparks-recreation-47-wardenslayers-lua-lessons-and-level-16-reactionsWardenSlayer's Lua Lessons: https://www.realmsrising.com/lua/warden-slayers-lua-lessons/Lua Play at Home Page: https://www.realmsrising.com/lua/hero-realms-lua-play-at-home-edition/Patreon: https://patreon.com/sparksandrecHyperGeometric Calculator: https://aetherhub.com/Apps/HyperGeometricCommunity Tournaments & Events Primer (+ signup links): https://www.realmsrising.com/community-events/Realms Rising Discord: https://discord.gg/8pTxKqzFDcContact S&R: contact@sparks-and-recreation.comSupport Sparks & Rec: https://hero-helper.com/support-usSparks & Recreation Website: https://www.realmsrising.com/sparks-and-recreation/Thank you so much to Level 12 Heroes Robert "Cendragon" Dorgan, Sarah T., Warden Slayer, and DaKatSesMeow, as well as Level 7 Hero Nudeltulpe!Specific songs used in this episode were:Intro/Outro Music: "Uplifting Orchestra Pack" by GoodBunny. (Under the Music Standard License)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.