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C-Euro posted:Justin with the Bassline Junkie mention, what can't this guy do God, I love Justin
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Apr 4, 2019 04:52
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dmboogie posted:I already miss the original Slime Burger. He did look just like Trash Hulk though
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Apr 4, 2019 04:55
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MBMBAM San Jose was awesome. Only one of the audience questions was slightly awkward and the energy of the crowd was incredible. So glad I finally got to catch the live show - I laughed way harder than I do when I’m listening alone.
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Crocoswine posted:Not really, considering they barely played D&D in the first place. That's why it was better. Some of the best moments were Justin blindsiding Griffin by suddenly remembering that there was a rulebook and charisma checking his way to the flaming raging poisoning sword of doom You'd never have Garyl the Binicorn in a freeform system, it's too crazy to allow. But if it's in the book, it's in the game, baby! flavor.flv fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Apr 4, 2019 |
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Apr 4, 2019 18:48
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RandomFerret posted:That's why it was better. Some of the best moments were Justin blindsiding Griffin by suddenly remembering that there was a rulebook and charisma checking his way to the flaming raging poisoning sword of doom so much of what has happened in amnesty contradicts this tho
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Apr 4, 2019 18:54
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One of the best parts of Amnesty is how extremely the limited rolling affects the story. Hell, Duck's whole change happened because he had a bad roll, basically. I think it's been a really good use of a very permitting system.
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Apr 4, 2019 18:57
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Amnesty (and perhaps PBTA) has felt very much like improv/group storytelling using die rolls to determine the direction of things at various times. It's been good and bad at different times in this series but I think overall it works for the story they are trying to tell.
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Apr 4, 2019 19:51
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C-Euro posted:Amnesty (and perhaps PBTA) has felt very much like improv/group storytelling using die rolls to determine the direction of things at various times. It's been good and bad at different times in this series but I think overall it works for the story they are trying to tell. congratulations, you've described Every Single RPG Ever Made to varying degrees
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Apr 4, 2019 20:48
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Serf posted:so much of what has happened in amnesty contradicts this tho Justin blindsiding Griffin with his new Tell The Truth power, for example.
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Apr 4, 2019 21:09
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Alaois posted:congratulations, you've described Every Single RPG Ever Made to varying degrees What I mean is that D&D feels more suited to a story that plays out like a video game since it has more hard numbers and the DM (ideally) designs encounters ahead of time. With PBTA, it feels more free-form which I wouldn't have like for the story that Balance told but I do like for the story that Amnesty is telling. E: Like yeah, of course you're rolling a bunch of dice in all of these. In D&D those rolls lead to more specific outcomes, while in PBTA the outcomes are more free-form.
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Apr 4, 2019 21:49
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I’m just super tired of the trio CONSTANTLY being split up in Amnesty. The magic in Balance is from them all playing together but nearly every episode in Amnesty has has substantial solo stories and they are so much less interesting.
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Apr 4, 2019 22:04
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okay I know this is petty but I'm catching up on Amnesty and also it annoyed the poo poo out of me when Aubrey spent a point of luck to have that hornet not tell anyone what happened, and Griffin just ignored it in the next arc because he wanted the hornets interference dynamic anyways. Travis spent a non-renewable resource to influence the narrative and Griffin shat all over it. There were plenty of ways that he could've still had the hornets interfering without having that one guy go back on his promise. Hell, it would've even been an interesting scene to have Aubrey confront him about it, and have the guy say "no I didn't say anything, but if things get any worse, I might have to" instead of just doing the whole loving thing offscreen. At least give Travis that luck point back since you completely loving negated the effects. God. Rip_Van_Winkle fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Apr 4, 2019 |
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Apr 4, 2019 22:49
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Rip_Van_Winkle posted:okay I know this is petty but I'm catching up on Amnesty and also it annoyed the poo poo out of me when Aubrey character spent a point of luck to have that hornet not tell anyone what happened, and Griffin just ignored it in the next arc because he wanted the hornets interference dynamic anyways. Travis spent a non-renewable resource to influence the narrative and Griffin shat all over it. There were plenty of ways that he could've still had the hornets interfering without having that one guy go back on his promise. Hell, it would've even been an interesting scene to have Aubrey confront him about it, and have the guy say "no i didn't say anything, but if things get any worse, I might have to" instead of just doing the whole loving thing offscreen. At least give Travis that luck point back since you completely loving negated the effects. Yeah this part was bad
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Apr 4, 2019 23:21
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Rip_Van_Winkle posted:okay I know this is petty but I'm catching up on Amnesty and also it annoyed the poo poo out of me when Aubrey character spent a point of luck to have that hornet not tell anyone what happened, and Griffin just ignored it in the next arc because he wanted the hornets interference dynamic anyways. Travis spent a non-renewable resource to influence the narrative and Griffin shat all over it. There were plenty of ways that he could've still had the hornets interfering without having that one guy go back on his promise. Hell, it would've even been an interesting scene to have Aubrey confront him about it, and have the guy say "no i didn't say anything, but if things get any worse, I might have to" instead of just doing the whole loving thing offscreen. At least give Travis that luck point back since you completely loving negated the effects. This is true and I agree its lazy, but god I want Travis to run out of luck points soon
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Apr 4, 2019 23:31
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Reminds me of like, episode two or whatever when Travis rolled really good and should have got to basically pick whatever he wanted, but Griffin said oh, err maybe you rolled so good it's actually bad. And the building burned down anyway because that's what he had planned. Lol.
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Tears In A Vial posted:Reminds me of like, episode two or whatever when Travis rolled really good and should have got to basically pick whatever he wanted, but Griffin said oh, err maybe you rolled so good it's actually bad. And the building burned down anyway because that's what he had planned. Lol. Yeah after that episode I didn't really listen to anything else if this arc, I didn't really like any of the characters especially Aubrey. Did it get any better? Now that there's a bunch of episodes I figure it might be more digestible as a binge
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Yeah after that episode I didn't really listen to anything else if this arc, I didn't really like any of the characters especially Aubrey. Did it get any better? Now that there's a bunch of episodes I figure it might be more digestible as a binge That's exactly what I do. I don't think I could handle amnesty with 2 weeks between episodes. I go through an arc at a time and it helps a ton.
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Apr 5, 2019 02:07
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Just a heads up, all the TV show eps are on YouTube and I don't think anyone is clammoring to get them taken down.
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Apr 5, 2019 03:01
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Yeah after that episode I didn't really listen to anything else if this arc, I didn't really like any of the characters especially Aubrey. Did it get any better? Now that there's a bunch of episodes I figure it might be more digestible as a binge Duck (Justin's character) and a few minor NPCs are pretty fun, but that's about it for me. I listened for a while but I think I'm good with waiting to see how the whole thing turns out.
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Apr 5, 2019 03:13
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Amnesty feels like it would have made a pretty good book. As a podcast, ehhhhhhhh.
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Apr 5, 2019 05:07
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I like amnesty but boys do it grind to a halt whenever the party splits
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Apr 5, 2019 05:23
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The new system lends itself better to telling a coherent story with player influence. I just don't like the tone very much- trying to tell a compelling fantasy story isn't why I came to the Adventure Zone. I want comedy. All of the participants are much more talented comedically than dramatically. "Three Sherlock Homes and A Vampire" and "Honey Heist"? Best pieces of Adventure Zone content in years. The live shows are also often good. Not because they're in DnD, but because instead of trying to be a serious storyteller boy Griffin just makes a gonzo off the wall set piece for the guys to improvise in. (And if he did the same thing in a non-live format where they didn't have to rush and could let a bit breathe, they'd be even better).
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Yeah, I think they wanted to recapture the final tone of Balance straight off the bat, but without all the lighthearted improv work that was the early years that allowed people to get on board with the characters and story. It just leaves the whole thing feeling a bit pompous and on autopilot, with minimal ability for the comedians to make comedy.
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Apr 5, 2019 09:27
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the extremely pompous story where duck making GBS threads his pants multiple times is an established part of canon
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https://twitter.com/JustinMcElroy/status/1114173987242762242
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I don’t like that look one bit.
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https://twitter.com/JustinMcElroy/status/1114175563843788801
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https://twitter.com/JustinMcElroy/status/1114176465749204996
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McElroys and Aquabats are a collab i didn’t know i needed
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The hype is real
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No collab. The Aquabats just told them to put on the costumes and the McElroys were too polite to question it or say no.
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Undead Hippo posted:The new system lends itself better to telling a coherent story with player influence. I just don't like the tone very much- trying to tell a compelling fantasy story isn't why I came to the Adventure Zone. I want comedy. All of the participants are much more talented comedically than dramatically. I dipped out of TAZ several months ago for this reason. Also only barely finished Balance because of it. Make with the funny.
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Apr 5, 2019 21:34
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good news! they in fact continue to be funny
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Apr 5, 2019 21:42
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Apr 5, 2019 21:50
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flatluigi posted:good news! they in fact continue to be funny Just twice per episode instead of twice per minute.
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Apr 5, 2019 21:58
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Acute Grill posted:No collab. The Aquabats just told them to put on the costumes and the McElroys were too polite to question it or say no. And now they have to wear those same outfits everyday like cartoon characters.
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Apr 5, 2019 22:22
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I like Amnesty and I think it is funny and I think some people in this thread are giant doodoo brains, pardon my language
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Apr 5, 2019 22:29
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Serious rose tinted glasses on Griffins narration zone
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Balance was better but it was also much longer. They're trying to do the same thing in a significantly shorter amount of time. Amnesty is pretty good within the confines of its limitations. The one thing I really miss is the spooky gm intro.
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