Critical Role

[thehumantrashcan]

I know it's not TV but it's a show and I gotta know where my critters are at?!

 

Is it Thursday yet?

[Nolder]

??????

[Arie]

YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS *kermitflail*

 

 

#hardcorecritteronsecondrewatch

 

#doyoualpha?

[Nolder]

wtf............???????????????????????????????????????

[Arie]

So, critical role is a show on geek and sundry twitch channel where a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors sit around and play D&D. Their GM is Matt Mercer and it is... addictive.

 

 

[thehumantrashcan]

It's fantastic.  @Nolder go to Youtube and check out the "Geek and Sundry" channel and check out the Critical role episodes.  If you can see the first season awesome but starting with Season 2 Episode 1 is perfectly fine too.  No major references to previous season and it's only at episode 19.  Granted the episodes are about 4 hours long.  But's fantastic.

[Arie]

You can also hit up https://geekandsundry.com/shows/critical-role/ and avoid the youtube ads (i think?). I invest in projectalpha.com because I really enjoy their other shows and the benefit of not having to wait until monday for release if I miss the live air on twitch. 

 

So ... how much have you seen? I'm always excited to find a critter in the wild... (i'm all caught up on it all, on a rewatch of the first campaign.)

[thehumantrashcan]

I'm on episode 30 something for season 1 and up to date for season 2.  I started to get into watching Shield of Tomorrow so I haven't watched season 1 of Critical role for a while.

[Nolder]

Ohhh this is a Felicia Day thing? Ehhh...

Don't want to rain on anyone's parade but I'm not really a fan.

I watched most of The Guild when it was new and I struggled to like it.

[Arie]

Yeah, she owns the company - or at least founded it. But it's nothing like the Guild. It is genuinely people playing D&D.. but awesome. Not everything is for everyone but try the second campaign (if you must). She only makes a 2 episode 'special guest' experience later into the first season. *waves hand* and it's not integral. (though kinda funny). 

 

Her thing isn't my thing either, so i get it. :)

[thehumantrashcan]

@Nolder I highly recommend you check it out.  They just recently left Geek & Sundry so if you don't want anything to do with Felicia Day it is now Felicia Day free, unless she guest stars during the second season.

 

@Arie How are you liking the second season?  I'm really enjoying Travis taking up the mantle of the leader this season.  He's doing incredible.  I really like how most of them have taken a very opposite character type and I think for the most part each of them are nailing it.  I'm not sure if I'm at the point of enjoying all of their characters like I did for the first season but it's very fun.  Really liking some of the NPCs Matt has introduced as well.

[thehumantrashcan]

Anyone have thoughts on the recent developments will Molly, the guest characters, and how the trauma that some of them went through will be dealt with by the team/individuals?

[Arie]

Ahhhhh!!! 

 

I'm liking the new campaign. It's strange to watch the variations of both campaigns side-by-side (since I was rewatching the first and am now done). 

Travis, in general, is a generous player and I do like him in that role. It suites him. Strange, and fascinating, to watch Liam basically play such an opposing character, too. 

I think it's easier to fall into the first campaign because they already had those inside jokes that came so easily to the screen, while the new game hasn't really shown as much of it. But the characters are.. more serious, darker. Which I appreciate but also makes me miss what happened with Molly. Then again, Taliesin is just incredibly creative so I am curious to see him evolve with that character. 

 

All the things that glue me to a screen. 

[Nolder]

If you guys wanted me to be interested in this you could have told me McCree is the DM.

And no, I didn't know his name.

 

I watched about an hour of the first episode and it's ok but I don't know if I'm going to watch all 999999999999 hours of this. I don't really like a few of the people who are participating. The half elf brother guy is whatever, the half elf druid chick is whatever, and the...gunslinger guy? I don't even remember him talking yet.

 

So far the best part has just been McCree tbh.

[Nolder]

Ok so I watched more. It's grown on me, primarily due to McCree's amazing storytelling skills.

He does an excellent job of setting the scene and reacting to what the party does on the fly.

[thehumantrashcan]

He really is fantastic.  Personally I enjoy the second season more.

 

I agree with you on not really liking the Male half elf and the druid character but they do end up growing on you.  @Nolder where are you at now?

[Nolder]

I'm not sure which episode it is right now but the airship they were taking to some city with Lady Kehma to destroy the horn of orcrist? was just attacked and they allowed a survivor to join the crew.

[thehumantrashcan]

Nice.  So why do you call Mercer, McCree?

[Nolder]

On 9/26/2018 at 5:09 PM, thehumantrashcan said:

Nice.  So why do you call Mercer, McCree?

It's a character he voices from Overwatch. Guy in my profile pic. A cowboy gunslinger with a metal arm.

 

 

[thehumantrashcan]

OH yeah, I knew he had done some voices in Overwatch.  Others in Critical Role did as well.

[Nolder]

2 minutes ago, thehumantrashcan said:

OH yeah, I knew he had done some voices in Overwatch.  Others in Critical Role did as well.

They did? I did not realize that. Do you know who/which characters?

[thehumantrashcan]

4 minutes ago, Nolder said:

They did? I did not realize that. Do you know who/which characters?

oh, never mind, it was Pillars of Eternity they all worked on, they've also done a bunch of voice acting for marvel games, Fire Emblem games, Lego games, almost everything.  Ashley was that one girl from "The Last of Us."  All that good stuff.

[Arie]

Laura Bailey is Jaina from WoW. :D

[thehumantrashcan]

Any more thoughts on the old series or the new one?

[The Bard Babe]

I am obsessed with the Adventure Zone, but I haven't found any other actual play podcasts yet to binge on, though I hear about Critical Role all the time. I should do it?