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Waffleman_ posted:I'm a fan of Griffin calling out Travis for trying to hijack a bit in the beginning.  "all of your backstory was real, sure, but was ultimately meaningless because space-time travel!"
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Even if the actual mini-arc itself was weak, and it has a 0% chance of winning I'm still carrying a torch for Commitment. It wasn't on rails like Amnesty: a Griffin story produced and directed by Griffin starring Griffin (ft. Griffin and Griffin) and it didn't have an encyclopedia of unexplained world building like Dust. It'll need some workshopping (mostly smothering Remy with a pillow) but superhero fiction, much like fantasy, is dumb and crazy enough to have decades of content (see: Marvel, DC) These are my thoughts about TAZ I hope you enjoy them.
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Mar 27, 2018 00:35
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remy was boring but idk why you would hate him
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Mar 27, 2018 00:38
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On paper "permanently half transformed werewolf politician/cowboy" is a lot more interesting than "guy who jumps good", but near the end of Dust it occurred to me that Griffin is 2/2 for dull, self-insertish characters, imo
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Mar 27, 2018 00:51
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How does he go from the Balance NPCs to Remy and Errol though? The drop in quality is a little sudden
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Pastrymancy posted:How does he go from the Balance NPCs to Remy and Errol though? The drop in quality is a little sudden Probably because you can write stuff in advance for NPCs but not really for players
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Mar 27, 2018 00:59
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He's just wavering too much on having his PCs be too middle of the road, reasonable, medium-cool guys. You can write a dozen NPCs who occupy various extremes and are fun, but it's weird to play one. Augustus Parsons is a character you could believe as an NPC, but not one I expect anyone but Justin to play as.
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Half of Dracula posted:He's just wavering too much on having his PCs be too middle of the road, reasonable, medium-cool guys. You can write a dozen NPCs who occupy various extremes and are fun, but it's weird to play one. Augustus Parsons is a character you could believe as an NPC, but not one I expect anyone but Justin to play as. Yeah. You have to give up a certain amount of agency to play a weird, interesting character, because you have to respond how they would in situations and occasionally give up chances to play "correctly". Griffin, and Travis to a lesser extent, get caught up on winning the game. So they play "logical" characters that respond to every situation as they would respond to a game.
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Mar 27, 2018 01:30
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I liked Errol. Like, the character didn't seem bad at all?
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Mar 27, 2018 02:19
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i liked the part where he pulled out his gun.
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Mar 27, 2018 02:20
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errol, indirectly or not, led directly to the best bit in any of these miniarcs
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Mar 27, 2018 02:33
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Here is the order of mini-arc characters from best to worst: Duck Augustus Kardala/Irene Ned Chicane Gandy Dancer Errol Remmy Aubrey Nadia
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I mean, I liked Errol. His backstory was certainly interesting. But he reacted to everything exactly as I would have expected Griffin to react in any situation to try to win the game. Which is fine, that's how almost everyone plays RPGs. It stands out against Clint and especially Justin, though, who rarely care about the game more than they do the joke or trying to react in a way true to their character.
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Tears In A Vial posted:Here is the order of mini-arc characters from best to worst: Aubrey too high.
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Tears In A Vial posted:Here is the order of mini-arc characters from best to worst: I’ll be damned This list is exactly right
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Mar 27, 2018 03:10
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Kardala is actually #1
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I could handle commitment as the arc if they kill nadia or give her a brain transplant or something Or like, maybe she also gets possessed by an Inuit goddess, who is a goddess of jokes, kindness, and teamwork, and also the goddess talks the whole time instead of Nadia
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Mar 27, 2018 03:16
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Pick the top character from each arc and throw them all into a Space Opera setting.
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Poor Miserable Gurgi posted:Yeah. You have to give up a certain amount of agency to play a weird, interesting character, because you have to respond how they would in situations and occasionally give up chances to play "correctly". Griffin, and Travis to a lesser extent, get caught up on winning the game. So they play "logical" characters that respond to every situation as they would respond to a game. notable logical character magnus burnsides
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YggiDee posted:Pick the top character from each arc and throw them all into a Space Opera setting. It'd just be Justin talking to himself.
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Your list is missing Beacon, eternal #1
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Tears In A Vial posted:Here is the order of mini-arc characters from best to worst: I'd put Gandy above Ned, Clint seemed to have a lot more fun playing her.
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Waffleman_ posted:It'd just be Justin talking to himself. I'm not seeing a problem.
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Blockhouse posted:notable logical character magnus burnsides Which is why I said to a lesser extent. Travis got really into Magnus, and liked him being the emotional, impetuous one in any situation. Both characters since have been played like the stereotypical "coolest, smartest one in the room".
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Mar 27, 2018 03:46
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Poor Miserable Gurgi posted:Which is why I said to a lesser extent. Travis got really into Magnus, and liked him being the emotional, impetuous one in any situation. Both characters since have been played like the stereotypical "coolest, smartest one in the room". I absolutely would not classify Aubrey as either of those, though?
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Blockhouse posted:I absolutely would not classify Aubrey as either of those, though? It's not how he described her, but it's exactly the impression I got from how he played her. From making other characters use her pet's full name, to barely reacting to the whole magic reveal, to the dumb bathroom thing.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I'd put Gandy above Ned, Clint seemed to have a lot more fun playing her. Ned is better if you constantly envision Brian Blessed every time Clint talks.
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With regards to playing PCs vs NPCs, it's very easy to feel shackled when you're playing a PC, because PCs are meant to exist over a long span of time. Things a PC says and does become canon and will end up sticking with the player over a long course of time. On the other hand, NPCs generally last for a single scene, so you can make them single-note crazies as much as you like. It's a lot easier to make a funny character when they only need to have one joke before they expire.
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In this week's MBMBaM, I think it says a lot about who Travis is as a person when he thought saying "I had a dream about the TV show The Office" was a good idea, is called out on it, and then still tells the story about his dream.
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CROSSOVER https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle/status/978472886196305920?s=19
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Mar 27, 2018 04:40
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Just the next step toward them already having been cast in Trolls 2.
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The McElroy's WILL be in Pounded In The Butt By Our Podcast Empire
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Poor Miserable Gurgi posted:It's not how he described her, but it's exactly the impression I got from how he played her. From making other characters use her pet's full name, to barely reacting to the whole magic reveal, to the dumb bathroom thing. Aubrey is just Abby from NCIS but with magic.
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sexpig by night posted:The McElroy's WILL be in Pounded In The Butt By Our Podcast Empire Turned Gay By My Billionaire Podcasting Empire
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Mar 27, 2018 05:36
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Someone call Extreme Restraints right loving now.
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Ugh what is the deal with Travis? There are two Travis's I think. Regular Travis and Flophouse Travis. This week's mbmbam was definitely Flophouse Travis. I like regular Travis. But sometimes he just flips a switch and becomes Flophouse Travis who talks over everyone and tries to run everything.
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Just got a letter (like in the post and everything) from Max fun. They confirmed that the donation gifts this year will be pins again, as well as other things, and sent a little paper toy to play with.
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I got the same letter, and their little pack in gets lamer every year. I hope they open up pin orders to 10 dollar donors again, because I'm not upgrading my membership past  , but I'd still like to buy some pins.
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Otherkinsey Scale posted:So far I think I actually liked Commitment the most out of the three arcs. This is basically down to Travis being too Nice and making every character as soft as possible, right down to the Sheriff talking about “saving people” just like Magnus. But this was easily the best mini-arc specifically because Travis realized that they didn’t need a setup episode and multiple episodes in the story proper to set things up, they jumped right into the action.
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Going through the MBMBaM backlog and in episode 86 Griffin says that you shouldn't talk to anyone except a lover if you can also see and touch your dick while talking to them. Thank you Griffin for reinforcing my bathroom etiquette measures.
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