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Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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It probably wasn't urine. Probably.

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Feb 20, 2008

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Late to the party, but Don’t Cry was awesome

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Feb 20, 2008

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Froghammer posted:

Oh my LORD Gunnie at the casino

This episode is still paused after that scene because the overwhelming cringe factor had me clutching and clawing at my face

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Mi Scusi is a winner

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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S2 of Fantasy High is fantastic. Crown of Candy is also excellent, Unsleeping City... none of them are bad, as stated. My least favorite is The Seven, simply because the vibe is so much different from the typical crew and everyone's always talking over one another

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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I can’t believe I forgot to mention Bloodkeep, since it was my first real exposure to D20 (it’s on YouTube for free). The two-punch combo of Mercer and LotR parody makes it a fantastic starting point for anyone who wants to dip their toe into D20 specifically or Actual Play more broadly.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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The latest episode of Dimension 20 (Starstruck ep. 11) was fantastic. The latter half especially felt like peak D20:

Brennan’s characterizations of the NPCs was top notch. The Junkmother struck a wonderful combination of charming and terrifying, and the leader of the Art Squad’s aura of cringe was palpable (with amazing response from Lou). The A.C.E. device was utterly absurd but still helped sell the increased stakes.

I think that ranking the seasons of D20 will remain as impossible as ever after this campaign is over.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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"Emily is one of the best D&D players in the world. Endlessly creative, so fun to play with. She was also sent from Hell to kill me." -Brennan Lee Mulligan

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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My general recommendation is to watch the first two episodes of Fantasy High. That will hook most people, and it leads to Season 2 of Fantasy High which is just phenomenal IMO

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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It’s totally worth it. Sophomore Year is the best overall season of D20, imo. The fact it was filmed live is the perfect counter-argument whenever someone claims that the show is edited and therefore rigged.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Interested parties gather in a Denny’s parking lot. Whoever succeeds in beating the most nerds to death receives minis

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Boba Pearl posted:

I just watched Misfits and Magic, and that was fresh off the heels of Fantasy High, and Fantasy High Sophmore year, rad as hell.

Hell yeah, that is some top-tier D20 right there.

Someone recently made an excellent animatic for my favorite bit in Misfits. Well worth a watch IMO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibyK0TgGDNc

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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It’s the same price as a subscription to a single Twitch.tv streamer, with a zillion times more benefit

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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A new ep of Um Actually was just released and it’s a banger

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Feb 20, 2008

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Burginator posted:

I fear I may have entered a rabbit hole from which I will never escape.

Sophomore Year is even better. Good luck!

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Next round, some jokester is going to drop an obscene amount on Limon. He might end up going for more than Theobold

edit: Holy gently caress, there must have been a bidding war on Keradin at the last minute. He ended at $7k

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Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Honest question: Are there contexts where graduated tax calculations aren’t used and thus barely dropping into a particular bracket actually matters?

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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eke out posted:

lmao lou immediately doing a pratfall

I love Lou a little more every time he appears on a screen

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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IMO it’s great to watch the players steadily get better at the game from season to season. That first cafeteria fight in Fantasy High had plenty of facepalm poo poo, but then you see fights in CoC or Starstruck where the crew plays all of their cards right and succeeds spectacularly. It’s really entertaining from both an individual and meta perspective.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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tsob posted:

I was re-watching some of Brennan's Message from the CEO videos for the first time in a while (they're always worth a re-watch), and saw in the comments that the first Tide-Pod one was Brennan's first video for College Humor. Which, god drat, he didn't gently caress around when he came on board :tviv:

It was recorded the same day that the first couple episodes of Fantasy High were filmed. An incredibly fateful 24 hours, as Brennan himself notes when he recounts the story

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Jacob’s ”harsh the vibes” contribution had me simultaneously laughing and ready to commit murder

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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”That is not a real bird” never fails to crack me up

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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double nine posted:

"you don't want to use that ability?"
ice cold

Haha yes, Brennan's prompt and his facial expression stood out and it's clear that Zac picked up on it. "Oh, so you DON'T want to use that ability? Are you absolutely sure, motherfucker?"

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Is Neverafter actually a horror season, though? Ostensibly it is of course and it has had some moments, but I wouldn't say it's much scarier overall than Fantasy High Sophomore Year. I'm still enjoying it (especially after the last couple episodes), but IMO it's less tense than A Crown of Candy.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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IMMEDIATE VIOLENCE

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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This week’s Adventuring Party is particularly unhinged

Captions: (Lou laughs so hard he starts coughing)

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Somberbrero posted:

Big Neverafter episode 19 spoilers:



I understand why Brennan didn't want Sibohan to sit out the finale, but why even introduce the insta-death rules otherwise? I appreciate that it was still costly, but if people can't die in the horror season when can they?


I was under the impression that this is what the Corruption Tokens were originally designed for. They expected some players to randomly die during the season and come back in these twisted forms, otherwise the crew wouldn't have made her "Thorn Revenant" mini ahead of time. The climactic timing here just meant that Brennan had to improvise something instantaneous rather than during a post-combat development (like I imagine would have happened if PiB had been successfully headshot in the Dogfish encounter).

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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NieR Occomata posted:

I honestly think the end of Crown of Candy just doesn’t work. I find that uh, moment everyone talks about as so emotional just doesn’t land for me because it felt like such an obvious, foregone conclusion where the people involved would always make the choice they did.

You mean the prisoner's dilemma at the end? Yeah, it's a foregone conclusion for the same reason an actual prisoner's dilemma goes the way it does: Your decision will have long-term ramifications on your reputation. A career criminal will not turn on his partner because he'll be branded a snitch/rat and be murdered. None of the players in CoC will turn on their friends because they want to continue being friends in the future.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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edit: oops

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Bobulus posted:

For Dimension20, today's show is listed as the full version of the trailer for the game that Matt Mercer is running. And tomorrow is listed as another adventuring party. Is that going to be a 'pre-game' adventuring party for the new one, or a wrap-up episode on Neverafter, do you all think?

From their Discord schedule channel:

“🥳 THURSDAY: The last Adventuring Party for Neverafter, featuring the behind-the-scenes crew!”

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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eke out posted:

matt is a perfect choice for the kind of gravely serious gravitas and dark, political worldbuilding required for a bunch of candy guys

I unironically agree. CoC doesn't have a ton of bits and jokes, but it works on a network like Dropout because you have a deadly serious plot/game mechanics that take place in this utterly absurd setting. The contrast makes every minute a deadpan comedy

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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There’s a lot of great seasons, but my personal favorite has been Fantasy High S2, Sophomore Year. It has tons of incredibly funny and memorable comedy bits while simultaneously exploring some creepy segments, hitting a great tonal mix that Neverafter couldn’t quite replicate. Plus the entire season was performed live on Twitch, so if anyone claims that D20 is heavily scripted because it’s edited you can just point at this season.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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The reveal at the end of the first Adventuring Party episode was incredible. I laughed whilst contemplating throwing my phone across the room

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Ravening War final episode: Matthew, you fool! You completely forgot about the Box of Doom!DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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DeathSandwich posted:

I just finished Worlds Beyond Number episode 9 and holy poo poo. Things in this city seem bad beyond the likes of which a group of level ones can hope to fix. The group is extremely not in harmony, Suvi is about to reap what she has sown with regards to flippantly pushing wizard flexes and is tasked to bring to order a situation that is far outside of her control. Ursulon is quite literally lost in the sauce, and Ame is having her hand forced by the fox to go through with her original plan to try and deal with the extremely angry nature spirit beyond the city.

I love how the derrick is just peak Brennan. A combination analogy for whaling, bear bile farming, climate change and WMDs? I'm honestly impressed he was able to cram all of that in there.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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MikeJF posted:

Right now Sam has covid again and his dog Finnegan is sadly going to be passing on soon, so things have been really been piling up all at once, poor guy.

Ugh, that sucks. I know he’s been suffering some really nasty long covid symptoms from his last bout. Hopefully he’ll get through this one without incident. And losing a pet is awful no matter the circumstance.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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Fobby posted:

For me, Breaking News is a delicate balance. It's not super entertaining to get someone like Katie who's too good at it or someone like Amy who's abominable (after the novelty of the first chortling meltdown, at least). You need to get contestants who have a baseline stoicism but can be driven over the edge by the sight of the boss drinking sterilized urine. I still like some of their improv prompt response segments though.

Yeah, one of my all-time favorite Dropout bits is seeing Brennan lose it in True Facts About Grant O'Brien Part 2. Brennan's ordinarily very stoic, but the one-two punch of "Hello, I'm 50" and the Bernie Sanders line just sent him reeling.

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Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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double nine posted:

the set design looks amazing

Wouldn’t surprise me if they contracted a pinball table designer for this one. It looks like it’s lifted directly from one and I’m all for it

MikeJF posted:

The flat images spanning many triangles do make it obvious the dome isn't a dome anymore though.

Yeah, there have been behind-the-scenes bits where this is apparent. Considering the original dome was condemned by the California fire marshal just in time to screw over the finale of Sophomore Year, nobody’s taking chances here.

Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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whydirt posted:

Wow I can't believe Sam Reich gave Hank Green cancer

Let's not jump to conclusions. It could have been anyone at Dropout

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Magitek
Feb 20, 2008

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