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I have a TAZ question. If I’m 6 episodes in to the first adventure and not really enjoying it, is that a sign it isn’t for me? Or is that too early to be sure? If it helps, I find the McElroys funny and I’ve played and enjoyed dungeons and dragons before, but the only DND podcast I’ve been into before was rude tales of magic.
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Mar 2, 2021 22:18
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Pork Lift posted:I have a TAZ question. If I’m 6 episodes in to the first adventure and not really enjoying it, is that a sign it isn’t for me? Or is that too early to be sure? Balance pulls itself together a bit after the Gerblins arc (which is what you just finished.) I think the next arc is the extremely good and arguably the best they've ever been, so listen to the next few episodes and if you still aren't feeling it then I'd say feel free drop it.
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Mar 2, 2021 22:20
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Asiina posted:Here is me making GBS threads up the thread with a new hot take: I'm so loving tired of munch squad. It has me basically skipping the entire back half of every episode these days. in what way does this qualify as a new hot take
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Mar 2, 2021 22:33
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Pork Lift posted:I have a TAZ question. If I’m 6 episodes in to the first adventure and not really enjoying it, is that a sign it isn’t for me? Or is that too early to be sure? It clicked for me as a legit great thing around the 3rd or 4th arc I think, though I recall really enjoying them loving around before then too. The next arc is a train mystery murder if that ruffles your feathers at all!
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Mar 2, 2021 22:42
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There was a real sweet spot in balance where they were goofing, semi competent and playing medium stakes capers but before it became a big self-serious save the world and look right at the camera and make speeches slog.
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Mar 2, 2021 23:14
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Keep going with TAZ. It gets "Oh poo poo, I get why people are telling me this is good" around Petals To The Metal, then "Oh poo poo, this is loving amazing" around 11th Hour
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Mar 2, 2021 23:23
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Piell posted:Balance pulls itself together a bit after the Gerblins arc (which is what you just finished.) I think the next arc is the extremely good and arguably the best they've ever been, so listen to the next few episodes and if you still aren't feeling it then I'd say feel free drop it. Assuming you are referring to the Murder on the Rockport Limited arc, which I agree is awesome, then listening to the next few episodes won't cut it. There's a stretch in between (just looked it up, it's three episodes) of joking around on the moon as they learn about the Bureau. I mostly remember it for a puzzle-combat encounter where Griffin clearly tried to create opportunities for each character to play to their strengths, whereupon Justin immediately chose the "wrong" role. Rockport starts in Episode 10 and is worth holding out for, or skipping ahead if you're not feeling the Moonlighting stuff. I agree with the other posters who say that the peak of this campaign is in the middle. (I actually liked the Stolen Century arc a lot but I also think they were getting a bit high on their own sense of grandiosity by that point.)
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Mar 2, 2021 23:31
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Pork Lift posted:I have a TAZ question. If I’m 6 episodes in to the first adventure and not really enjoying it, is that a sign it isn’t for me? Or is that too early to be sure? I love the mcelroys and I found TAZ to be terribly dull. I'm not a fan of d&d pods in general, but it's not even a particularly good one. Look up highlight animatics on YouTube for the few funny bits and move on, imo.
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Mar 3, 2021 00:28
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Oh drat, thanks for this. I loved WKUK and hadn't heard anything from them in a while, so it's nice to see they're still doing stuff together.Froghammer posted:Keep going with TAZ. It gets "Oh poo poo, I get why people are telling me this is good" around Petals To The Metal, then "Oh poo poo, this is loving amazing" around 11th Hour
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Mar 3, 2021 01:00
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Here There Be Gerblins is rough all over outside of a few classic bits Rockport Express is the funniest overall arc but the rest of it is everyone being really loving bad at figuring out a basic locked room mystery until Griffin basically just starts telling them the answer (Speaking from experience you cannot try and run a mystery game that only does one session every two weeks no one is going to remember jack poo poo) Petals to the Metal is probably where the goofs, story, and actual playing-of-the-game as much as what they're playing only vaguely resembles D&D 5e comes together. Blockhouse fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Mar 3, 2021 |
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Mar 3, 2021 02:10
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Pork Lift posted:I have a TAZ question. If I’m 6 episodes in to the first adventure and not really enjoying it, is that a sign it isn’t for me? Or is that too early to be sure? Give TAZ up to about episode 10 if you're still on the fence. The first 5 or 6 episodes are really rough until Griffin puts away the campaign module he's running and starts freeballing it. If you're into Rude Tales, try Dungeons and Daddies. It's funny all the way through, including even the first episode.
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Mar 3, 2021 02:14
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Justin needs to do a The Doughboys guest spot to get Munch Squad out of his system.
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Mar 3, 2021 21:49
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Griffin and Travis need to do an all Munch Squad episode where they just read press releases about normal menu options verbatim at Justin until he gets the point about 20 minutes in, and then keep doing it for another 40 minutes until he cries uncle
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Mar 3, 2021 22:12
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The 7th Guest posted:Griffin and Travis need to do an all Munch Squad episode where they just read press releases about normal menu options verbatim at Justin until he gets the point about 20 minutes in, and then keep doing it for another 40 minutes until he cries uncle Sounds like wrestling with a pig to me.
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Mar 3, 2021 22:13
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You're going to smoke the whole pack of Munch Squads! I liked when there was an element of surprise to Munch Squad. Did Griffin or Travis ever try pulling one on Justin?
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Mar 3, 2021 22:19
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Party Boat posted:You're going to smoke the whole pack of Munch Squads! yup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYruTpp9ur4
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Mar 3, 2021 22:21
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Anyone got a brand new hot take with their ideas on the Munch Squad
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Mar 4, 2021 00:47
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What if they did it with the mics off
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Mar 4, 2021 00:50
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BrownThunder posted:Anyone got a brand new hot take with their ideas on the Munch Squad i want them to switch munch squad up and just do seinfeld-esque bits on their most hated fast food item justin, what IS the deal with the bacon king???
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Mar 4, 2021 01:13
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What if they all ate during a munch squad and reviewed the nonsense themselves
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Mar 4, 2021 01:17
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Honestly 15 minutes of aged cheddar Doritos chalupa mouth noises would be a reasonable segment if they're looking to fill 45 minutes of podcast content
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Mar 4, 2021 01:48
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Spider-man who can't say for certain if vaping is a good thing or not was a great bit yeah, the end of this ep was very good Funny and possibly telling moment early in the episode was Travis defending his bad intro bit to Justin: “hey, it killed 10 minutes!” AndrewP fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Mar 4, 2021 |
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Mar 4, 2021 01:49
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Just fiddling their ham fingers on the Diablo sauce packet right into the microphone
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Mar 4, 2021 01:49
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I’ve been watching a lot of Hot Ones and the McElroys should go on it once pandemic ends E: they’re probably not big enough celebs at this point though
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Mar 4, 2021 02:11
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Colonel Whitey posted:I’ve been watching a lot of Hot Ones and the McElroys should go on it once pandemic ends The show would have to be called My Brother, A Pool of Goo, and Me after that
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Mar 4, 2021 02:15
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Colonel Whitey posted:I’ve been watching a lot of Hot Ones and the McElroys should go on it once pandemic ends They could definitely get on Dough Boys for a full-length hands-on Munch Squad
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Mar 4, 2021 02:22
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more falafel please posted:The show would have to be called My Brother, A Pool of Goo, and Me after that Ah so Griffin is the middle one in the show’s title
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Mar 4, 2021 02:57
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Froghammer posted:Keep going with TAZ. It gets "Oh poo poo, I get why people are telling me this is good" around Petals To The Metal, then "Oh poo poo, this is loving amazing" around 11th Hour sorta reminds me of how way back in the day when minecraft was new there was the hugely popular yogscast minecraft let's play that was fun at first, but the more serious story stuff they added to it the more of a boring slog it became. but that was also when it became the most popular and now the only time it comes up is when people talk about how much they liked the serious story stuff, which leaves me feeling like a madman because I think it was only good when it was a couple of funny guys goofing around and playing minecraft badly this isn't a complaint directed towards anyone I guess, it's just weird.
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Mar 4, 2021 07:48
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I did not like Petals to the Metal but I seriously loved Crystal Kingdom
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Mar 4, 2021 08:08
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IronicDongz posted:I feel a bit alienated reading stuff about TAZ sometimes. I feel like petals to the metal is where it started getting noticably worse and I think right after 11th hour is when I quit listening to it I feel exactly the same way about TAZ and the yogscast. Once they start getting into plot-heavy fantasy drama it's some fanfiction.net garbage. The McElroys/Lewis/Simon are some funny dudes but Tolkein they are not.
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Mar 4, 2021 08:11
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Vargs posted:I feel exactly the same way about TAZ and the yogscast. Once they start getting into plot-heavy fantasy drama it's some fanfiction.net garbage. The McElroys/Lewis/Simon are some funny dudes but Tolkein they are not. Agreed
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Mar 4, 2021 08:29
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On my end if it was just a bunch of contextless jokes without any character or story I probably would not have liked Balance or Amnesty
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Mar 4, 2021 08:44
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if only there was something in between the two
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Mar 4, 2021 08:50
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Vargs posted:I feel exactly the same way about TAZ and the yogscast. Once they start getting into plot-heavy fantasy drama it's some fanfiction.net garbage. The McElroys/Lewis/Simon are some funny dudes but Tolkein they are not. what makes tolkien not fanfiction.net garbage
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Mar 4, 2021 08:54
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Alaois posted:if only there was something in between the two There is! It's called Rude Tales of Magic and it's great!
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Mar 4, 2021 10:35
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Varinn posted:what makes tolkien not fanfiction.net garbage He wrote on paper, and also, made original content that you couldn’t get the general idea of every plot beat in the content warning
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Mar 4, 2021 11:08
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y'all no one has talked about fanfiction.net in like 15 years
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Mar 4, 2021 11:12
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goblin week posted:He wrote on paper, and also, made original content that you couldn’t get the general idea of every plot beat in the content warning tolkien wrote genre fiction. the beats have always been the same lmao word processing software was the death of literature, truly
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Mar 4, 2021 11:21
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Blockhouse posted:y'all no one has talked about fanfiction.net in like 15 years That's what happens to websites that ban cummies
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change my name posted:They could definitely get on Dough Boys for a full-length hands-on Munch Squad I'm legit surprised it hasn't happened yet, honestly.
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