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They're literally (voice) actors
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That video literally made my testicles retract into my abdomen Like, compare it to HarmonQuest. They are actually doing DnD, where they are just having fun, and they bring in other actors too. It represents what playing DnD is actually like and while they are aware and acknowledge the audience in various ways, they aren't putting on what basically just seems like a scripted eye rolling overwrought radio show. Any emotional stuff is done at least partially tongue in cheek and it's them playing the characters, not theatre kids sobbing like they're being led to their own executions. Never cared to check out anything CR, and that vid makes me really glad I haven't, goddamn. Justin Credible fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Oct 21, 2022 |
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Oct 21, 2022 13:03
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Antiquated Pants posted:I started streaming on Twitch to give me an excuse to play some games again... I'm a standard unimpressive goon that does not care to be a creep or sex pest, what kind of drama can I kick up to generate subs???? Stream from your hot tub
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Oct 21, 2022 13:35
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Justin Credible posted:That video literally made my testicles retract into my abdomen 
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Oct 21, 2022 14:04
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How dare professional actors act in what's essentially community theater?! Why can't they be cool and detached like me, emotions are gay 
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Oct 21, 2022 14:19
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Nothing moves me on a personal level like weepy theater kids who are professionally very successful crying. Oh how it hits me in the feels. Oh it's so very moving. Surely if you are not emotionally wrecked by pathetic displays of fake sobbing you truly are just a robot and are empty and dead inside. You got me.
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Oct 21, 2022 14:27
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Hey, you do you buddy  Good luck with your retracted testicles or whatever
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Oct 21, 2022 14:30
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Stream from your hot tub Do toaster reviews and you’ll get some followers.
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Oct 21, 2022 14:49
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Antiquated Pants posted:I started streaming on Twitch to give me an excuse to play some games again... I'm a standard unimpressive goon that does not care to be a creep or sex pest, what kind of drama can I kick up to generate subs???? Stream yourself robbing a convenience store
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Oct 21, 2022 14:51
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Do an escalating fake conflict with some other unimpressive goon like it's youtube in 2005, really kayfabe it up.
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Oct 21, 2022 14:55
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Toxic Mental posted:How do people participate in these things and not die of cringe 
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Oct 21, 2022 14:57
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top ten times darksidephil was caught masturbating on stream
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Oct 21, 2022 15:28
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nothing wrong with theater and emotional performance in general, but that dnd video is indeed rife with 2nd hand embarrassment, goddamn.
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Oct 21, 2022 15:37
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Critical Role is pretty amazing. It's 4-5 hours of half improv storytelling and acting by professional voice actors every week. Many of them are theater trained and it shows. If you look at the moments without context, or without any exposure to Critical Role, it'll come off as wtf. Each "season" is an incredible story and adventure. Every character they play has depth added to them, love, drama, death, romances, and a whole lot of comedy to keep it sane. It's just unfortunate that it's just too much content to follow every week, and each season is like 100+ episodes.. So 500+ hours per season. It's just too much time to keep up with for most people... They do have an animated series on Amazon Prime. Season 1 is there, Season 2 is coming. It's pretty great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvwxQSc-3os Philthy fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Oct 21, 2022 |
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Oct 21, 2022 15:40
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I don't follow it personally but it's quality theatre with added dice. Really if your own tabletop games only involve dick jokes and murder you're missing out on a lot of enjoyment of the hobby, you might not be a professional actor but it doesn't hurt to really ham it up.
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Oct 21, 2022 15:43
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Colonel Cancer posted:I don't follow it personally but it's quality theatre with added dice. Really if your own tabletop games only involve dick jokes and murder you're missing out on a lot of enjoyment of the hobby, you might not be a professional actor but it doesn't hurt to really ham it up. If people are enjoying their dick jokes and murder it sounds like they're enjoying it exactly as they want
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Oct 21, 2022 15:48
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the last time i played dnd in 2018 i made a guy called High Elf who was a regular elf that really liked getting high
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Oct 21, 2022 15:51
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Philthy posted:Critical Role is pretty amazing. It's 4-5 hours of half improv storytelling and acting by professional voice actors every week. Many of them are theater trained and it shows. If you look at the moments without context, or without any exposure to Critical Role, it'll come off as wtf. Each "season" is an incredible story and adventure. Every character they play has depth added to them, love, drama, death, romances, and a whole lot of comedy to keep it sane. I bounced off CR since it didn't really work well for a work podcast for me, but I did like the animated series they're making of it.
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Oct 21, 2022 15:52
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ilmucche posted:If people are enjoying their dick jokes and murder it sounds like they're enjoying it exactly as they want Also worth noting reducing yourself to a sobbing overwrought wreck isn't the only way you can ham stuff up. Ham usually doesn't even apply to overly emotional stuff, so idgi.
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Oct 21, 2022 16:00
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Sobbing like that happens maybe once every 200+ hours. So it's not like they're doing this every week, every hour. There are very emotional moments where a character they've been adventuring with for years dies. Stuff like that. A good amount of the content is, indeed, dick jokes and murdering everyone. And making fun of Matt, the DM. Philthy fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Oct 21, 2022 |
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Oct 21, 2022 16:17
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They allow pooping on Twitch?!!!
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Oct 21, 2022 16:20
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CritRole was like half a season of meaningfully interesting dnd content before the whole production became painfully boring and safe. I think the dm Matt wanted S2 to be more open ended, which just meant he had to narrate 60 shopping sessions because most of his players are Cowards
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Oct 21, 2022 16:28
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i exclusively play improv/low rules games and it owns but i don't think i would enjoy a game w/ the expectation of taking it seriously enough to actually like sob about a character dying lol
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Oct 21, 2022 17:17
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posting lots of words about twitch yeah
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Oct 21, 2022 17:32
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Justin Credible posted:Yet someway, somehow, the comments are more cringe than the content. And the video itself is like, shockingly embarrassing. Is CR just DnD for normies? Never in my life have I heard or seen anyone trying to get anywhere close to that level in DnD. DnD is like an improv session, who the hell does weepy loving improv. It's like a loving funeral of some beloved musician or something. Utter madness. Not to mention, the budget of the show must be extremely low and gets some 100k+ viewers. They're talented people.
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Oct 21, 2022 17:33
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Pontificating rear end posted:Honestly, it's the same as tearing-up at a movie. Those people are doing the same thing loving CATE BLANCHETT and her ILK do and win awards for. However, on CR they arguably have more invested in their characters, so it's more genuine. I dunno how some of y'all can be so critical (pun intended) at this stuff when you've watched the last avengers movie unironically because it's "cringe", so they say (they're right of course, always are)
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Oct 21, 2022 17:36
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Watch out bro your balls might retract in your rear end in a top hat and you'll be even cringier than pretending to be an elf. Don't do it brahhh
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Oct 21, 2022 17:37
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The Critical Role stuff is cool in its own sincere geek way but it’s like comparing mold to algae since it’s all watching other people have a good time and the parasocial phenomenon kicks in and suddenly you’re doing the same thing that you mock the older generation doing - watching a lot of TV.
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Oct 21, 2022 17:43
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I don't mock anyone for watching tv, tv is cool
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Oct 21, 2022 17:44
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As long as it's not hurting anyone I have no problem with people doing the things they find fun, even if it's cringe. In fact I encourage it.
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Oct 21, 2022 17:44
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Pontificating rear end posted:you've watched the last avengers movie unironically Sir this is slander and I will not tolerate it
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Oct 21, 2022 17:45
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Bobcats posted:The Critical Role stuff is cool in its own sincere geek way but it’s like comparing mold to algae since it’s all watching other people have a good time and the parasocial phenomenon kicks in and suddenly you’re doing the same thing that you mock the older generation doing - watching a lot of TV. Yeah, it feels like D&D streams are uniquely bad about building parasocial delusions. You can talk about the storytelling and theatrical component all you want, but ultimately it's people playing a game that was meant to be fun and entertaining for the people playing it. Putting an audience in the room (or, more accurately, at the end of a computer where they watch it by themselves) can easily cause the audience to blur those lines. Then you get stuff like people getting deeply, personally upset because they didn't like how a campaign on The Adventure Zone went.
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Oct 21, 2022 17:51
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alternate take: it is exactly the same as watching tv, a movie, or sportsball and getting too invested
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Oct 21, 2022 17:54
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The aew wrestlers playing d&d was cool, they took turns eating rotten horse meat and bought/did drugs
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Oct 21, 2022 17:55
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yep a lot of tv content is very embarrassing to watch as well
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Oct 21, 2022 17:56
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So is twitch getting sued yet for all the people that broke their back in the ball pit of death or
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Oct 21, 2022 17:56
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Geoff Bezos will call their families and tell them they knew what they signed up for.
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Oct 21, 2022 18:03
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Pontificating rear end posted:alternate take: it is exactly the same as watching tv, a movie, or sportsball and getting too invested I mean, yeah. Being too invested is the problem. The thing is, most movies/tv/sporting events result in a vanishingly small number of overly-attached parasocial fans. Meanwhile, those type of fans make up a frightening large number of the audience for the various D&D shows out there. So it's clear that there is something to the format itself that either attracts the unwell or causes people to develop unhealthy attachments.
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Oct 21, 2022 18:21
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LanceHunter posted:I mean, yeah. Being too invested is the problem. The thing is, most movies/tv/sporting events result in a vanishingly small number of overly-attached parasocial fans. Meanwhile, those type of fans make up a frightening large number of the audience for the various D&D shows out there. So it's clear that there is something to the format itself that either attracts the unwell or causes people to develop unhealthy attachments. I disagree
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I enjoy what streaming has done because it has added a few more easily spotted red flags to the social atmosphere.
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