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It will have a new character (not just a revision or morph)

In mid 2026 there will be more concurrent players on StS 2 than on StS 1

Jorbs will play it on twitch live in the first week of release

It will have four playable characters on release

There will be some game mechanic like ascension levels but they will go higher or take more steps than sts1's ascension 20

The final boss will be the heart (or some obvious natural evolution of that character)

All current cards for at least one character will be playable

It will be released first in 2024

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Matchmaking sorts into rough tiers by win #, then matches within those tiers according to victory odds/other criteria

Thresholders are (at least usually) guaranteed to gain a power by the spell

Matchmaking uses precognition/ highly advanced prediction

Powers stolen from another Thresholder count as "gaining a power"

The spell is broken in some way that means it's predictions are off.

Matchmaking is entirely based on a single factor that everything else merely correlates with

Perry's laser gun counted as Esperide's "power"