Everybody loves a hero—however a hero might be onerous to seek out in a medieval metropolis builder the place randomly generated residents largely simply carry out menial duties like chopping firewood and lugging corpses round all day. In Manor Lords, nevertheless, one character shortly managed to realize prominence and have become one thing of a mascot, if not an outright legend.
You most likely already know who I am speaking about: Cuntz.
He may be a farmer or a gravedigger or a blacksmith, however chances are high someplace in your village you have bought a man (and even an ox) named Cuntz, just because it is one of many names randomly assigned within the metropolis builder. Cuntz is not only a joke, both: in response to developer Grzegorz Styczeń, all Manor Lords’ names are plucked from a 14th century census, so Cuntz is traditionally correct. Gamers, not surprisingly, shortly and fortunately latched onto the meme and commenced posting about Cuntz on social media, the subreddit, and the official Discord. So much. Like, tons.
However is an excessive amount of Cuntz a foul factor? Some members of the neighborhood have already grown bored with the sheer quantity of Cuntz references, since a ballot posted to the official Discord by the developer requested if the title needs to be changed with a much less disruptive title like Konrad.
The anti-Cuntz motion was defeated, nevertheless, and fairly soundly. With over 8,000 votes, 85% of gamers selected to maintain Cuntz within the recreation, with solely 15% wanting the title eliminated.
I am pleased with the consequence—my Cuntz is a gravedigger, and I would hate to see him be metaphorically buried together with all the opposite corpses—although I do see the place the 15% is coming from. Jokes have a comparatively quick shelf life and needs to be retired after some time, and players have the tendency to take one thing humorous and beat it so deeply into the bottom it reaches the Earth’s core. Keep in mind Portal’s complete “the cake is a lie” factor, and the way that was amusing for some time, however then players repeated it for thus lengthy that it simply bought tiresome and now if somebody mentioned it to you in earnest you’ll reflexively punch them within the tooth?
In different medieval information, a newer ballot within the Manor Lords Discord is not fairly as amusing because the Cuntz dispute however may show helpful. Gamers are voting on easy methods to retailer crops like barley and flax, and like a brand new space for storing (like a barn) versus maintaining it in an current granary or generic storehouse. The brand new barn choice is the most well-liked selection by far, so search for that in an upcoming patch. And if you want to assign somebody to maintain your flax so as, make it Cuntz.
