So is it Trader Bob or Trader Joe?

[Alucard †]

It says on the shop info "Trader Bob" but i swear the guy that owns that place yells "Trader Joe's is now open!" over the speaker

[seven]

Trader Joel's is a brand name you could say. One of the traders is named Joel and the others are Jen, Bob, Hugh and Rekt. They all work at a Trader Joel's.

[Roland]

The name of the store is “Traitor Joel’s”. The person working in the store is Bob. The announcement is like saying “Kmart is now open” or “Macy’s will be closing soon”. It doesn’t matter what the name of of the manager working the Kmart or the Macy’s is.

[Alucard †]

Oh

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Roland:

The name of the store is “Traitor Joel’s”. The person working in the store is Bob. The announcement is like saying “Kmart is now open” or “Macy’s will be closing soon”. It doesn’t matter what the name of of the manager working the Kmart or the Macy’s is.

Got confused cause the place has "Bob's Salvage" plastered on and on HUD is called "Trader Bob"

Despite what he says on the speaker.

[Roland]

Could be they’re changing them to separate stores and the loud speaker message not changing is an oversight. Originally they were all Traitor Joel’s. Maybe eventually the messages will change to “Bob’s Salvage”.

[xycotta]

so it is a franchise, how many dukes to start my own?

[Shaken_Widow]

idk why people are going all in on the "it's a brand" when joel was literally the only trader originally and the reason they haven't added new audio is just laziness lol.

they didn't record new greetings for the stores when they added the other traders, and they probably never will considering they're going all in on the "brand" path.

[Ragequit Inc.]

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

idk why people are going all in on the "it's a brand" when joel was literally the only trader originally and the reason they haven't added new audio is just laziness lol.

they didn't record new greetings for the stores when they added the other traders, and they probably never will considering they're going all in on the "brand" path.

You know there's a franchise (at least in the US) called Trader Joe's? It's wordplay off of that.

[Roland]

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

idk why people are going all in on the "it's a brand" when joel was literally the only trader originally and the reason they haven't added new audio is just laziness lol.

they didn't record new greetings for the stores when they added the other traders, and they probably never will considering they're going all in on the "brand" path.

It’s because when they added more traders they kept the Traitor Joel sign for every trading post so that every one was a Traitor Joel’s run by different NPCs

It wasn’t until A21 with the big art update that each trader got their own signage with their own name on it. So it’s obviously evolving but there was a point where it very much was set up like a chain— including the loud speaker messages that are the same for every store in the chain.

[Desert Rat]

Originally posted by Roland:

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

idk why people are going all in on the "it's a brand" when joel was literally the only trader originally and the reason they haven't added new audio is just laziness lol.

they didn't record new greetings for the stores when they added the other traders, and they probably never will considering they're going all in on the "brand" path.

It’s because when they added more traders they kept the Traitor Joel sign for every trading post so that every one was a Traitor Joel’s run by different NPCs

It wasn’t until A21 with the big art update that each trader got their own signage with their own name on it. So it’s obviously evolving but there was a point where it very much was set up like a chain— including the loud speaker messages that are the same for every store in the chain.

My favorite was when they first added Trader Jen (Alpha 18, maybe?) and she spoke with Trader Joel's voice. Very jarring.

[LeftPaw]

What I find weird is when playing a random map, Jen is at most of the trading posts. How she gets there before I do is beyond me. She must have a helicopter. Even stranger is that she seems to forget she has been doing business with you already even though it was only like 10 minutes real time I spoke to her.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by LeftPaw:

What I find weird is when playing a random map, Jen is at most of the trading posts. How she gets there before I do is beyond me. She must have a helicopter. Even stranger is that she seems to forget she has been doing business with you already even though it was only like 10 minutes real time I spoke to her.

Oh hey yea i found 2 Jens in different locations on my current random map. Twins i guess? Or clones. xD

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Originally posted by LeftPaw:

What I find weird is when playing a random map, Jen is at most of the trading posts. How she gets there before I do is beyond me. She must have a helicopter. Even stranger is that she seems to forget she has been doing business with you already even though it was only like 10 minutes real time I spoke to her.

That's easily explained by the new helipads in the trader compunds lol

[DerFinneAT]

Originally posted by LeftPaw:

Even stranger is that she seems to forget she has been doing business with you already even though it was only like 10 minutes real time I spoke to her.

That might be an indication the Jen maybe uses her own herbs a bit to generous in the kitchen.

[LeftPaw]

Yeah but she sends me on a mission to open up trade routes with herself. I don't get it.