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Maeve Returns With a Sweet Pota-toe Bar for Carl

Achievement Unlocked: Snack Bar Redemption.

2 min readMatt Dinniman
Maeve Returns With a Sweet Pota-toe Bar for Carl

Congratulations. You clicked a link, read the title, and now you think you deserve a treat. One new chocolate bar is not going to fix your terrible loot luck, but here we are.

After Princess Donut got her Virgin Dirty Shirley Bar, Maeve has finally remembered Carl exists. They released Carl's Sweet Pota-toe Bar, a milk chocolate bar with crunchy sweet potato chips. It is not a toraline root, which is the only compliment we can give it. This is a blatant cash grab designed to make you feel included while your actual crawl remains a disaster. If you are still crying over the Book Six Review: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride Barely Worth Your Time, at least you can eat your feelings with a bar that tastes like a failed floor trap. And if you need to hear the audiobook narrator defend the cat, Audiobook Narrator Explains Why Princess Donut Is More Than a Joke will explain why she got the first bar while you waited.

For the readers who actually care about the show, notice that Maeve is not casting anyone. They are selling candy. The Jeff Hays to Voice Princess Donut in Show After Fan Demand announcement actually matters for the production; this chocolate bar matters for your dentist. Maeve is now in their "benefactor era," which is a fancy way of saying they will keep releasing overpriced confections until the hype dies. You will buy it. You will post a photo. And then you will wonder why you spent fifteen dollars on a chocolate bar with potato chips.

The concrete point is this: Maeve is betting that you cannot tell the difference between a real loot drop and a marketing stunt. If you buy both bars, you have paid for a full dungeon level without getting a single stat point. Watch your wallet, because the next floor is always more expensive.

From Matt Dinniman

Obviously, one chocolate bar wasn’t enough to survive the Crawl.

After Princess Donut received the royal treatment with her Virgin Dirty Shirley Bar, Maeve is back with another loot drop. This time, Carl is finally getting his due with Carl’s Sweet Pota-toe Bar, made with creamy milk chocolate and crunchy sweet potato chips. They’re not toraline roots and they taste a heck of a lot better!

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