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Arthil posted:I love my new party of Assholes. It's Always Sunny in Wildemount. Nott is Charlie and I'll accept no debate on this matter. 
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These last two Between The Sheets episodes have been emotional and generally for very different reasons. I expected Marisha's to be dark as she comes across like a friend of mine who'd also been through some heavy stuff. That was a rollercoaster of sadness and over coming peoples bullshit. I did not expect Matt's to be so heavy. The adorable fountain of love for Marisha, his friends and the game I expected. The internal stuff he deals with and just how open and empathetic he is is a sight I was not expecting. What lovely goddamn people we get to watch and Brian is great at just letting them get what they need to say out there and being a stand-out dude. Him and Matt getting all teary-eyed; super cute and something male viewers need to see more of (along with all the guys really.)
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Nov 1, 2018 02:00
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Oh wow. I just hit Episode 56, right after the Umbrasyl fight... and this guest is just not doing it for me. I've started and stopped listening three different times today just hoping to power through it, but something about the way he is constantly flowing in and out of character halfway through every other sentence without demonstrating any sort of personality is making this episode feel like it hit a brick wall.
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Nov 1, 2018 02:24
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Matt is a gentle soul in the best possible way and that really does come across in this interview. What I really love about all these Between the Sheets is how all the stories intersect. Hearing how Marisha and Matt met (or Sam & Liam, or Laura & Travis) from each of their respective sides is really interesting, especially considering how much emphasis on different aspects of their meetings that each person focuses on.
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Nov 1, 2018 03:00
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DeathSandwich posted:Matt is a gentle soul in the best possible way and that really does come across in this interview. someone's eventually going to be able to cut together a 'how critical role first came to be' documentary based solely on this footage e: i got to the point where everyone is crying. the show's good yall eke out fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Nov 1, 2018 |
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Nov 1, 2018 03:38
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Generic American posted:Oh wow. I just hit Episode 56, right after the Umbrasyl fight... and this guest is just not doing it for me. I've started and stopped listening three different times today just hoping to power through it, but something about the way he is constantly flowing in and out of character halfway through every other sentence without demonstrating any sort of personality is making this episode feel like it hit a brick wall. Chris Perkins, or Patrick Rothfuss?
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Nov 1, 2018 04:35
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Rothfuss' first episode is really rough. Guest characters get pushed into the spotlight but Rothfuss just isn't that type of performer so he fence sits the entire time. It doesn't help that he gets stuck trying to manage Keyleth's ridiculous melodrama. His subsequent appearances are much better because he act likes part of the ensemble rather than the guest star.
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Nov 1, 2018 04:56
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Yeah, it's Rothfuss that I'm having an issue with. He just seems so ill-suited for how the table works, because he keeps doing this thing where he'll start addressing one of the other characters (and already, it's a nightmare to figure out when he's even doing this, because he's just talking normally either way) with... constant... pauses... between... words... and then abandons it halfway through just to narrate a brief synopsis of what he wanted his character to say instead. Which, to be clear, seems like it'd still be a perfectly fine way to play the game if that's what you're used to and aren't really confident enough to put on a full-fledged performance, but the clash between him and everyone else is just like strapping a bowling ball to a balloon with this episode.
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Nov 1, 2018 05:16
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Generic American posted:Which, to be clear, seems like it'd still be a perfectly fine way to play the game if that's what you're used to and aren't really confident enough to put on a full-fledged performance, but the clash between him and everyone else is just like strapping a bowling ball to a balloon with this episode. Honestly, I think that's why it didn't bother me so much: I DM at a table with both kinds of players, so I'm used to it. One of my players likes to go the whole nine yards in acting out what his character does in a given scene, and is strongly dedicated to following through on his character's thoughts and feelings (to the point where, some time back, one of his characters took his own life after a long struggle with both figurative and literal demons) while another generally approaches the situation from a more withdrawn position, like "(My character) is pissed off that everybody is talking around each other and not getting anywhere, so he flips them all off and walks out." Either approach is perfectly acceptable, and I don't think a DM should try to enforce one method or another on any individual player, but I'll admit that the latter isn't really what you want for a show like this. Doubly so after 50+ episodes of everyone going all-in on the former method, and thus building up an expectation.
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Nov 1, 2018 06:11
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Voice like a mountain, though.
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Nov 1, 2018 06:58
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So you’re saying Rothfuss had everything his character wanted to say mapped out and ready to go, but only published the first 2/3rds?
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Nov 1, 2018 13:05
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He grows on you
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Nov 1, 2018 13:52
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Rothfuss comes back later and is a much more comfy fit at the table. First ep with him was definitely rough though.
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Nov 1, 2018 16:22
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In contrast, I just rewatched the two episodes with Darin De Paul and holy poo poo I couldn’t stop smiling anytime Sprigg was doing anything. That man is a goddamn delight.
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Nov 1, 2018 19:30
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Everything involving that was amazing, I'm kind of surprised Matt's mom hasn't ever showed up on the show (oh god I hope I've not noticed him saying somewhere she's gone). But the whole thing with Darin De Paul was great, especially realizing that Sprigg is the same character he played with Matt's mom, and was the only survivor when things went really bad
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Nov 1, 2018 20:32
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My only problem with the Darin episodes was everyone in the main cast misinterpreting his “I am you” metaphor as a literal statement and assuming that he was a depressed time traveling Scanlan (I don’t know if anyone explicitly says anything about this but you can tell from body language that they’re thinking it). And also getting a little overly melodramatic before the plane shift, although to be fair it was a little unclear if he would be “consumed” by the spell. But yes, Darin himself was amazing. I loved how salty Percy was that Scanlan was picked by the Goddess of Knowledge.
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Nov 1, 2018 21:16
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If Matt's world is anything akin to Forgotten Realms in the slightest, Percy will end up having the 'privilege' of becoming the God of Invention.
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I again definitely thought Sprigg would be revealed to be Scanlan's father. Especially after he said his previous party was murdered by goblins, just like Scanlan's mother.Silynt posted:And also getting a little overly melodramatic before the plane shift, although to be fair it was a little unclear if he would be “consumed” by the spell. This was so bad. Keyleth jumps to conclusions yet again and proceeds to have what can only be described as a total meltdown. Then everything's okay and it's like "well... that was a whole lot of bullshit for absolutely nothing". I'm pretty sure Vex even said as much. In It For The Tank fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Nov 1, 2018 |
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Nov 1, 2018 21:55
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I feel like, at least in campaign 1, most of the CR cast are constantly getting hung up on the wrong details or following the wrong plot threads. I do like the times you can see Travis figure it out, but just facepalm as the rest slowly catch up while he eats mayonnaise or whatever. Actually now that I think about it, episode 2 of campaign 2 is just 4 hours of them following all the wrong leads.
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Nov 1, 2018 22:45
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Qonas posted:Totally agreed. That seemed like adding character RP he himself wanted while not being the actual actor behind the character. I was 500% not cool with that. I don't see how he was taking it easy on them. The attack that downed Beau was the last attack the monsters made before they both died. He didn't give in to Liam's bullshit about wanting to move the slow roll from the Abomination to the Hydra. He did let Talisen change his turn after his Spirit Guardians failed but i understand that because he wouldn't have let Bane drop if he had known it was concentration. There were a bunch of mechanic errors/blunders which i think i noticed though. I don't think Beau lost a turn for losing Haste. I don't think Avantica was rolling with advantage for the several rounds that she was flanking with Yasha. Yasha shouldn't have been able to get Sentinel hits in since Beau also has Sentinel. Shout out to Liam for rolling a hit then asking to retcon it into disadvantage then missing. Also it kind of sucks that the Hydra had a 1/8 chance of resisting the Slows and it did twice in a row.
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Nov 1, 2018 23:05
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Popo posted:These last two Between The Sheets episodes have been emotional and generally for very different reasons. I expected Marisha's to be dark as she comes across like a friend of mine who'd also been through some heavy stuff. That was a rollercoaster of sadness and over coming peoples bullshit. I did not expect Matt's to be so heavy. The adorable fountain of love for Marisha, his friends and the game I expected. The internal stuff he deals with and just how open and empathetic he is is a sight I was not expecting. Brian posted details about the episodes on his Tumblr. They’re filmed on a Thursday afternoon shortly before the game, and he says he can see the effects of the talk with that person in the following episode. They pre-record everything just in case someone asks to have part of it cut before the audience sees it, but so far nothing has been left out.
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Nov 1, 2018 23:19
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Pussy Quipped posted:I feel like, at least in campaign 1, most of the CR cast are constantly getting hung up on the wrong details or following the wrong plot threads. I do like the times you can see Travis figure it out, but just facepalm as the rest slowly catch up while he eats mayonnaise or whatever. This is basically tabletop RP in general. Your players will ALWAYS latch on to one little bit of cool flavour you put in that was just window-dressing and totally dismiss the heavy-handed hints you dropped for them. And I think it took Rothfuss a game or two to adjust from the Acquisitions Inc mindset where the whole game is a cartoon and an excuse to make one-liners in front of a con audience. (No insult intended, btw, Acq Inc is just a very different tone)
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Gaz-L posted:This is basically tabletop RP in general. Your players will ALWAYS latch on to one little bit of cool flavour you put in that was just window-dressing and totally dismiss the heavy-handed hints you dropped for them. If you want to see this in action without playing a tabletop RPG, go to literally any other thread here on TVIV 
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Nov 2, 2018 00:23
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Gaz-L posted:This is basically tabletop RP in general. Your players will ALWAYS latch on to one little bit of cool flavour you put in that was just window-dressing and totally dismiss the heavy-handed hints you dropped for them. And also that it's the player who is RPing the dumbest character who will figure it out first and struggle with trying to let other people know without breaking character because their character wouldn't know.
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Nov 2, 2018 00:33
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Arthil posted:Everything involving that was amazing, I'm kind of surprised Matt's mom hasn't ever showed up on the show (oh god I hope I've not noticed him saying somewhere she's gone). Based on Between the Sheets, both his parents are alive, and us Critters have allowed Matt to take care of them in the way he always wanted to but was struggling to do before this took off. 
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Nov 2, 2018 00:38
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Marisha's pun game strong this Halloween. Lisa Frank Castle is *mwah*.
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OH SAM  (e: AND THE FLASK) Pinwiz11 fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Nov 2, 2018 |
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Nov 2, 2018 03:10
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Pinwiz11 posted:OH Is that McCree or is it suppose to be Travis?
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Nov 2, 2018 03:29
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That's definitely a McCree pinup.
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Nov 2, 2018 03:34
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Water: The greatest enemy the crew has faced thus far.
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Nov 2, 2018 04:33
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Nott was right about water ALL ALONG.
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Nov 2, 2018 04:43
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4E SKILL CHALLENGE (4e ruled. 5e does too.)
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Nov 2, 2018 04:45
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Matt is too pure for this group sometimes.
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Nov 2, 2018 06:20
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I can't say that I'm surprised to hear The Rime of the Ancient Mariner mentioned in this game, but I wasn't expecting it to be like that.
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Nov 2, 2018 06:22
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Man, of all the games for Laura to miss, it had to be this one.
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Nov 2, 2018 06:24
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She agrees https://twitter.com/LauraBaileyVO/status/1058227976192516096
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Nov 2, 2018 06:26
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RIP Travis, who will be murdered by his wife when she gets home.
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Nov 2, 2018 06:30
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Spooky. She sent that as I was typing apparently. God, poor Jester when she finds out. 
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Nov 2, 2018 06:48
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Sam offering to re-roll his level up HP because he rolled the maximum. He just doesn't want to end up as Nott the Tank.
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Teddybear posted:Spooky. She sent that as I was typing apparently. Honestly I was a bit suprised Taliesin and Sam didn't say "Jester is carving (stabbing) pictures into the hull of the ship while Fjord is with the captain."
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