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Waffleman_ posted:Now we're going full Nonary Game. There's nothing wrong with that.
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If I ran a college course, I'd do the same thing.
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MBMBaM taught me my new favorite word: Unimaginable. It's such a strong word that it takes on en enigmatic quality. How fast does one have to acquire Krav Maga skill before their instructor declares their rate of improvement to be beyond the realm of imagination?
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Ariong posted:MBMBaM taught me my new favorite word: Unimaginable. It's such a strong word that it takes on en enigmatic quality. How fast does one have to acquire Krav Maga skill before their instructor declares their rate of improvement to be beyond the realm of imagination? I like that even Yahoo Answers is telling this dude to get over himself.
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I'm listening to Travis's episode and I honestly don't enjoy it
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omg chael crash posted:I'm listening to Travis's episode and I honestly don't enjoy it Same it was a little to frenetic to follow, I still want a few more though.
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Apr 9, 2016 23:34
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I liked adventure zones nights but I was having a lot of trouble remembering who was playing which character a lot of the time
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Apr 9, 2016 23:58
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TAZ Classic was kinda rough at first, too. I think Travis has a good imagination, and things will get better as he grows as a DM. I'm looking forward to it.
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Apr 10, 2016 00:32
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I don't like when Griffin is trying to do funny dialogue stuff from the enemies and Justin is just all "I don't care I wanna fight", like the fighting isnt the boring part causes there is never stakes
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So if I want to get into TAZ, do I have to start from episode 1? Or do they reset the campaign from time to time?
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Spaced God posted:So if I want to get into TAZ, do I have to start from episode 1? Or do they reset the campaign from time to time? It's all one campaign. You want to start from episode 1, because the first episodes are by far the weakest (well, until an episode or two in Crystal Kingdom where Griffin basically stops the campaign and goofs for storytime in a really inartful way, but whatever it's clearly necessary for THE CANON). To be clear, they're still loving great, but you definitely want to start with Here There Be Gerblins since it's him doing a premade adventure and he hasn't come up with his own internal canon yet so the jump in quality once Griffin pulls away from Typical Fantasy poo poo is stronger.
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Spaced God posted:So if I want to get into TAZ, do I have to start from episode 1? Or do they reset the campaign from time to time? Yeah, it's pretty linear. Episode one is not very representative of the whole show cause it was them learning the basics
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Apr 10, 2016 01:21
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ImPureAwesome posted:I don't like when Griffin is trying to do funny dialogue stuff from the enemies and Justin is just all "I don't care I wanna fight", like the fighting isnt the boring part causes there is never stakes Combat is the dullest part of D&D, pretty much always. Griffin goofing around with the dialogue and with alternate ways to get around things (like with Hodgepodge) is the best part of the show.
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Apr 10, 2016 01:44
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User-Friendly posted:Combat is the dullest part of D&D, pretty much always. Griffin goofing around with the dialogue and with alternate ways to get around things (like with Hodgepodge) is the best part of the show. Yeah I totally agree, which is why I wish Justin would let it happen
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ImPureAwesome posted:Yeah I totally agree, which is why I wish Justin would let it happen Is it me or has he been sounding completely disengaged, both TAZ and MBMBaM, for like a few weeks? I get that he was sick, but he's sounded bored as gently caress in the last six weeks.
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Spaced God posted:So if I want to get into TAZ, do I have to start from episode 1? Or do they reset the campaign from time to time? Griffin added a pared-down episode 1.5 after the fact, because the first episode contained a whole lot of rules mechanics discussion that was super boring User-Friendly posted:Combat is the dullest part of D&D, pretty much always. any part can be the high or low really, I've played with DMs who were brilliant with RP but needed to be refreshed on how combat works like every month, and DMs who made insanely creative combat encounters but couldn't be assed to deviate with how a module detailed a situation
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Wake_N_Bake posted:Is it me or has he been sounding completely disengaged, both TAZ and MBMBaM, for like a few weeks? I get that he was sick, but he's sounded bored as gently caress in the last six weeks. It's not just you, but I've also noticed it on all his Polygon work lately, too. Dude sounds mad depressed.
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Could be all the podcasts + work + toddler + TV deal finally burning him out?
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Spaced God posted:So if I want to get into TAZ, do I have to start from episode 1? Or do they reset the campaign from time to time? To add to the throng of "Start from the beginning", please do, but also be aware that there is a pared down version of episode 1 that I think cuts out a lot of the character creation and rules expalining. So if you're not necessarily new to D&D and want to cut straight to the story, there's a decent enough place to start. It's how I did it, and I've been hooked since about last July.
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Mr. Yuk posted:It's not just you, but I've also noticed it on all his Polygon work lately, too. Dude sounds mad depressed. During the last TAZ, I kept thinking, if Justin doesn't want to be there, just leave dude. The poor guy sounded miserable, and Travis and Clint picked up the slack, but Jesus. I hope he's okay.
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I seriously think that most people should go with the extended cut of episode 1, to be honest. It flows well and never really felt bloated. A little unfocused, sure, but unlike say Nerd Poker or Friends at the Table (both of which DESPERATELY needed really ruthless editing just to approach coherency, much less enjoyability), both of which have AWFUL chargen episodes, TAZ's is relatively quick and feels pretty tight, if just a bit goofy. I dunno. I quit Harmontown when it switched systems, and never actually got into Nerd Poker or FatT (the latter I seriously tried to like and just couldn't). TAZ is pretty much the only DnD podcast I've consistently listened to since Harmontown and definitely in a more specific and repeated way than virtually every other podcast, especially DnD related ones. I've heard every episode of it at least three times over excepting for the current arc, and even there I've listened to the Hodgepodge eps like five or six times already. Murder on the Rockport Limited might be the best run of podcasts I've ever heard, especially considering it's all constructed narrative over improvisational/nonfiction/comedy work. I seriously cannot think of a single non-fantastic moment of that entire arc. It's astounding.
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Toxxupation posted:Murder on the Rockport Limited might be the best run of podcasts I've ever heard, especially considering it's all constructed narrative over improvisational/nonfiction/comedy work. I seriously cannot think of a single non-fantastic moment of that entire arc. It's astounding. Yeah I think that's my favorite arc too, everyone's on fire the entire time
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Toxxupation posted:I seriously think that most people should go with the extended cut of episode 1, to be honest. It flows well and never really felt bloated. A little unfocused, sure, but unlike say Nerd Poker or Friends at the Table (both of which DESPERATELY needed really ruthless editing just to approach coherency, much less enjoyability), both of which have AWFUL chargen episodes, TAZ's is relatively quick and feels pretty tight, if just a bit goofy. I didn't really enjoy the extended episode 1. I can't really remember the details, but I found it opened with too much dry rules explanation and/or character sheet summary. Not exactly putting their best foot forward. Incidentally, if you're after other funny, character focused AP podcasts, I can't recommend Campaign enough. It's a star wars game by a handful of chicago improvisers, it's very funny. e: Also the bit in Rockport Limited when Justin had everyone focus on the door then swiped the loot is still my favourite bit of the show.
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My favorite part is when they enter Rockport and meet all the Tom Bodetts inside it, and Merle puts in the killswitch in the charmed one. Griffin's disconcerted delivery of "Well...time to go, I guess..." Makes me crack up to this day. Every other arc, in my opinion, has problems. From Gerblins being clearly From The Module as gently caress, to Petals' weird disconnected feel- it's a bank heist, spy thriller, and Mad Max-style bloodsport with each part not feeling part of the same whole - to Crystal Kingdom's bad pacing issues. But Rockport? Rockport's loving PERFECT.
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I feel like I'm the only person who REALLY liked Gerblins. It has some of the funniest characters and Magic Brian's death is one of my favorite moments in the series
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I really like Gerblins too. Rockport was great, but there's something about them improv-ing over the top of a module that really draws me in.
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:I feel like I'm the only person who REALLY liked Gerblins. It has some of the funniest characters and Magic Brian's death is one of my favorite moments in the series No, it's just the spergs that nitpick the arcs. Pretty much everybody loves the entire podcast. Listen to ep 1 in it's entirety. An extra half hour won't kill you.
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Yeah I really liked the basic Gerblin cave and all the classic DND poo poo. Maybe it's just cause I super marathoned the entire series through to the beginning of the Crystal Kingdom arc and now have to wait between episodes like everyone else but I am enjoying this one the least, it's had the least interesting location, lots of super nasally Lucas dialogue and quite a few fights that have gone on a bit too long. Not listened to the latest one yet though and it's still been pretty good, just the weakest so far. Rockport was the best by far though.
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I love the entire podcast, to be clear. Rockport, though, is Griffin's opus. It's loving wondrous. thebardyspoon posted:Maybe it's just cause I super marathoned the entire series through to the beginning of the Crystal Kingdom arc and now have to wait between episodes like everyone else but I am enjoying this one the least, it's had the least interesting location, lots of super nasally Lucas dialogue and quite a few fights that have gone on a bit too long. Nah, it's not that. Although I still think Gerblins is the worst arc (pre-nature cleric Merle is boring as gently caress, nobody has a really good handle on their characters outside of Justin, and that's only by its end, I enjoy Griffin's universe over the straight riffs on fantasy that TAZ started out as), I could totally see the arguments for CK. I think the biggest issue, as aforementioned, is pacing; Griffin's even said so in TTAZZ, where he straight-up admitted that he's using this arc to set up his campaign's endgame, and it totally shows. There's big exposition dump early on in the arc when the main trio arrive on the crystallized ship for the first time, and a second one more recently that's clearly supposed to provide the crucial backstory for whoever the big bad is via explaining how planes work in the TAZ-verse. It's important and necessary, clearly, but it's awkwardly done, what with "I'm going to explain to you how this whole universe works, okay now I'm gonna double-cross you okay bye" Lucas being a character that exists in this narrative. NieR Occomata fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Apr 10, 2016 |
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:I feel like I'm the only person who REALLY liked Gerblins. It has some of the funniest characters and Magic Brian's death is one of my favorite moments in the series I like gerblins too. All of MB, the poison cave bit, and klarg are all memorable bits. My list probably goes Rockport, gerblins, first half of petals (bank heist and little jerry), hodgepodge, the rest
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I enjoyed TAZ: Nights, as I think everyone has a better understanding of their characters/backgrounds. It's a little frantic in the pacing, but Travis planned out several good puzzle challenges that got the party working as a team and set up a new plot line, all in the course of one episode. Also it could be argued that the disjointed-feeling setup for the challenges was in character for the NPCs behind it.
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Toxxupation posted:I dunno. I quit Harmontown when it switched systems, and never actually got into Nerd Poker or FatT (the latter I seriously tried to like and just couldn't). TAZ is pretty much the only DnD podcast I've consistently listened to since Harmontown and definitely in a more specific and repeated way than virtually every other podcast, especially DnD related ones. Amaryllis fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Apr 10, 2016 |
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If it helps I've only listened to season 2 of FatT and I've not had the problems you guys seem to have. The beginning still has a touch of those problems (most of the lore arguing is contained to an "episode 0" or their faction game,) and they reference back to the first season sometimes which is always completely lost on me, but overall it flows a lot better than it sounds like the beginning did. I will agree that nothing else has been quite as listener friendly as TAZ though. Also speaking of referencing back I love whenever Griffin rolls stuff from the Flophouse game into his canon. I hope they do a follow-up at some point, they kind of nailed the same flow the McElroys do.
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Yeah of the ~5 d&d podcasts I listened to TAZ is the only one I can honestly say is legitimately entertaining. It's funny and I actually am engaged in the story. The closet I listened too was the cast from the magic tavern doing a one shot that was pretty good. That was more a special crossover thing though.
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It amazes me that a team of LA based comedians who are all at the same location, who've all had DEEP experience interacting with each other both professionally and while playing D and D (Nerd Poker was just Brian Posehn deciding to record his weekly game, apparently), how Nerd Poker is such a deeply unfunny boring memey piece of poo poo.
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Toxxupation posted:It amazes me that a team of LA based comedians who are all at the same location, who've all had DEEP experience interacting with each other both professionally and while playing D and D (Nerd Poker was just Brian Posehn deciding to record his weekly game, apparently), how Nerd Poker is such a deeply unfunny boring memey piece of poo poo. I was really excited by the idea and was absolutely disappointed in the reality, it is such a loving TRUDGE. Are THEY even having fun?
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The only funny Tabletop podcast worth checking out besides TAZ is One Shot/Campaign, through one shot can be pretty uneven because, well its one shots, so they have a ton of different guests and different systems. But its mostly funny improv people so it works out.
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Wake_N_Bake posted:Listen to ep 1 in it's entirety. An extra half hour won't kill you. nope, griffin did the smart thing and edited out a lot of extraneous stuff. I tried listening to the pilot like a year ago, before I was familiar with the mcelroys/mbmbam, and I couldn't get through it, but then my friend was like "oh yeah, just listen to episode 1.5, it's a lot better," and that's where it clicked for me
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