This week Jamal and Chris are back together as Chris returns to the show, and there is plenty to catch up on! The guys discuss the end of the standalone Wayfarer social media presence and what combining Wayfarer and general player support under Scopely Explore could mean for communication with the community. Will Wayfarer benefit from a larger audience, or will important updates get lost among game support issues? And does this move make the Wayfarer Community Forum more important than ever?
Then, inspired by a listener question, Jamal and Chris break down how to write a successful Wayfarer appeal. From addressing the actual rejection reason and bringing new evidence to avoiding emotional arguments and making reviewers do the work for you, they share practical advice for giving your appeal its best chance of success.
Plus, One’s Gotta Go forces them to choose between Google Street View, official website links, supporting photos, and satellite view. Which essential Wayfarer tool could they live without forever?
Stick around for two very different Wayspots of the Week, including a lesson in how to get a Wayspot approved inside one of the biggest chain restaurants in the world, plus a beautiful mural celebrating a Pennsylvania town’s coal-mining roots. Then Grandpa TP sends us straight to detention with a Coal of the Week that proves sometimes a great joke still makes for a terrible Wayspot.
In this episode:
Chris returns to the show
Wayfarer and player support merge under Scopely Explore
Does Wayfarer still need its own social media identity?
Why the Wayfarer Forum may now be the real home for official communication
How to build a stronger Wayfarer appeal
Why you should address the rejection reason first
Bringing evidence instead of emotion
One’s Gotta Go: Wayfarer Tools Edition
How to nominate something eligible inside a chain restaurant
A mural celebrating local coal-mining history
A detention center nomination that belongs in the Coal pile
Stick around for: Dad jokes, two Wayspots of the Week, Coal of the Week, and the return of the Jamal-and-Chris banter we’ve been missing!
Show Credits Hosts: Jamal Harvey & Chris Bell
Writer: Jamal Harvey
Producer: Jamal Harvey
Executive Producer: Kate Konz
Show Historian: Matty G
Recorded: 16 July 2026
Published: 19 July 2026
Season 5, Episode 27
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Music CreditsIntro: “Game Over” – Danijel ZamboBreak: Heavy Trap Drum Loops – LoopmastersOutro: “Itty Bitty 8 Bit” – Kevin MacLeodAdditional: Spanish Hard Trap – Steve Oxen
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