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I get that it's basically "win or it's end of the world" time, but I do feel bad for the Rat Grinders. At the end of the day, they're just kids who were desperate for recognition and were used and misled by an authority figure who should have been looking out for them. They're Porter's victims as well as his accomplices.
Buddy was murdered and given a "choice" to either serve or be cursed like Lucy and Yolanda to be unable to be revived and tortured eternally in Ankharna's domain. It's not surprising that he chose to live, he was just a scared kid who didn't want to die. I imagine it might have been a similar situation for the other Rat Grinders.
Hoping that Ankarna, when she's purified and revived, brings them back so they can get another chance. It'd just feel wrong to leave them dead after all this.
I get that it's basically "win or it's end of the world" time, but I do feel bad for the Rat Grinders. At the end of the day, they're just kids who were desperate for recognition and were used and misled by an authority figure who should have been looking out for them. They're Porter's victims as well as his accomplices.
Buddy was murdered and given a "choice" to either serve or be cursed like Lucy and Yolanda to be unable to be revived and tortured eternally in Ankharna's domain. It's not surprising that he chose to live, he was just a scared kid who didn't want to die. I imagine it might have been a similar situation for the other Rat Grinders.
Hoping that Ankarna, when she's purified and revived, brings them back so they can get another chance. It'd just feel wrong to leave them dead after all this.
Porter and Jace can die and stay dead, though.
I don't know, I don't think any of them get an easy out. There's no indication any of them were brought up in bad situations, and this is only roughly a year on since their fateful trip to the Mountains of Chaos. Even then, whatever happened then wasn't enough to even precipitate Lucy's murder until weeks later. So it clearly wasn't an instant corruption event/TPK for the whole group. That's plenty of time both before and after for any of them to recognize how fucked up it was and go to Augefort or any other authority for help. And that is being generous and assuming that Lucy was fully just Porter taking out a centuries long grudge, and not Kipperlily et all dealing with a dissenting voice.
Buddy especially doesn't get any slack because he got brought into their plans (and was going well along with them) before the Last Stand. That he got predictably betrayed, tough decision or not in the moment, he knew what the end goal was and didn't move to stop it because it didn't directly affect his deity.
But as for the episode itself, going from Blimey and Cowgirls with the Blues into hyper-competent battle mode is such a flipping of a switch (in a good way). It is wild watching everyone progress over the years and years of the show and how far they have come along. Where the Freshman Year kinda was Murph coaching folks on what would be a good idea to use, to Starstruck Oddessy with the first big "we as a group are getting one on Brennan with this" moment via Slippery Puppet (where even Murph was out of the loop and caught off guard by Siobhan and Emily drawing up complex plans), to now it feeling like everyone knows their kits and mechanics so well that each turn is an exciting "what kind of amazing bullshit are they going to pull now?" moment that Brennan just cannot account for everything with (like Rizz just happily diving into the lava because Brennan gave them a fire immunity spell earlier in the season).
And we haven't even had Fabian bring out Bakur yet!
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I get wanting to cut the Rat Grinders some slack given their age, but we should also remember that the Photosynthekids are that same age. Absolutely agree this bullshit is on Porter and Jace.
I saw someone on Twitter post a fan cast of a sidequest they called "Rat Grinders climb out of hell," which would be a really cool way to give them more screen time, flesh out the characters, and allow them to complete their own arcs.
Finally, so excited for everyone's final episode outfits!
I feel like there was a conspiracy thread that followed Kipperlilly's parents and their land dealings that wasn't completely explored. The explanation was that they are just thoroughly unspecial and mundane people, but there was a lot of stuff going on with purchasing Loam Hall and stuff.
I enjoyed the new Thousandaires show well enough. Some of them were way better than others. I do have to wonder if legal is going to regret letting that chant stand though. It shouldn't be a problem, but it involves a group that are famous for not having a sense of humor.
Grant screwing himself and immediately realising was very funny. Brennan's long-suffering sighs as he received more and more psychic damage from Ally's bad impression of him was very funny.
The final reveal is ever so slightly unimpressive if you have no idea who the guy is.
For me at least, the final reveal is even more unimpressive knowing who it is; their schtick is so, so dreadfully painful to me.
Loved everything else about the episode, though!
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Brennan making a play to make a character that everyone would assume is Rekha and then everyone immediately assuming it was Rekha was so funny.
I knew it was going to be The Circle when the trailer first hit, but I wasn't sure how they were going to do the catfishing aspect. Having them create characters was such a good way to do that!
I decided to dip my toe in this after not really clicking with Critical Role and I like it! I started with Fantasy High season one?
It feels edited, which thank God I do not have time for three hour episodes like CR.
Just did the character introductions and I like it.
Fantasy High is a great series, although I think Sophomore Year was a bit of a let down. The love format doesn't work as well. That is before we get into all the audio issues. Junior Year does amazing things though right out of the gate.
I decided to dip my toe in this after not really clicking with Critical Role and I like it! I started with Fantasy High season one?
It feels edited, which thank God I do not have time for three hour episodes like CR.
Just did the character introductions and I like it.
You are in for a good time. Fantasy High Season One is when a lot of the players were new to the game, but the worldcrafting is brilliant, and the arc throughout the season is quite good, as is the season finale!
Season Two went with a format similar to Critical Role, I think for Covid reasons, and I didn't like it as much, it was harder to track what was going on with the audio issues and everything else.
If I recall correctly, the final episodes of Crown of Candy ran into the initial wave of Covid shutdowns, and everything else up to Starstruck was affected by Covid restrictions.
I'm not sure if the plan for Sophomore year was to always to try to go to a Live format since they had been for a while at that point or if it was trying to work through Covid restrictions, but it does seem like as soon as they could go back to doing longer filming sessions in person and editing, they did right away. Losing the battle maps and stuff was definitely a step back for the show. While I've watched enough live play stuff with the Acq Inc seasons that even with them not using maps, I've been able to keep track of things, it is definitely an inferior experience, and it does feel like it limits the battle shenanigans a little bit when the players don't have that discrete spatial data to play with.
That being said, it's still good. It's just not top tier.
If I recall correctly, the final episodes of Crown of Candy ran into the initial wave of Covid shutdowns, and everything else up to Starstruck was affected by Covid restrictions.
I'm not sure if the plan for Sophomore year was to always to try to go to a Live format since they had been for a while at that point or if it was trying to work through Covid restrictions, but it does seem like as soon as they could go back to doing longer filming sessions in person and editing, they did right away. Losing the battle maps and stuff was definitely a step back for the show. While I've watched enough live play stuff with the Acq Inc seasons that even with them not using maps, I've been able to keep track of things, it is definitely an inferior experience, and it does feel like it limits the battle shenanigans a little bit when the players don't have that discrete spatial data to play with.
That being said, it's still good. It's just not top tier.
But it's still weird because they place Covid-19 on the tail end of Sophomore Year (which as you said, was live), and the filming of Crown of Candy many months prior to Covid-19.
I know they had to film the final episodes of Crown of Candy in a warehouse and Siobahn was sick, but...yeah.
No, that timeline looks right. I might be confusing them getting kicked out of their original filming space by the Fire Marshal with Covid for the CoC finale.
If I recall correctly, the final episodes of Crown of Candy ran into the initial wave of Covid shutdowns, and everything else up to Starstruck was affected by Covid restrictions.
I'm not sure if the plan for Sophomore year was to always to try to go to a Live format since they had been for a while at that point or if it was trying to work through Covid restrictions, but it does seem like as soon as they could go back to doing longer filming sessions in person and editing, they did right away. Losing the battle maps and stuff was definitely a step back for the show. While I've watched enough live play stuff with the Acq Inc seasons that even with them not using maps, I've been able to keep track of things, it is definitely an inferior experience, and it does feel like it limits the battle shenanigans a little bit when the players don't have that discrete spatial data to play with.
That being said, it's still good. It's just not top tier.
But it's still weird because they place Covid-19 on the tail end of Sophomore Year (which as you said, was live), and the filming of Crown of Candy many months prior to Covid-19.
I know they had to film the final episodes of Crown of Candy in a warehouse and Siobahn was sick, but...yeah.
Anywho, doesn't really matter.
I watched Sophomore Year recently so it is a bit fresh in my mind. It was definitely before COVID for the most part. I think the last two episodes were impacted? It was right around the time College Humor went out of business and they made mention of that at one point. I think Sophomore Year being live was an attempt to bring in some easy extra revenue focusing on the stuff that worked best while keeping costs lower. A Crown of Candy was fully before COVID and I think the last one they recorded before that. The Seven being an extra weird one because it was filmed in person while distanced.
If I recall correctly, the final episodes of Crown of Candy ran into the initial wave of Covid shutdowns, and everything else up to Starstruck was affected by Covid restrictions.
I'm not sure if the plan for Sophomore year was to always to try to go to a Live format since they had been for a while at that point or if it was trying to work through Covid restrictions, but it does seem like as soon as they could go back to doing longer filming sessions in person and editing, they did right away. Losing the battle maps and stuff was definitely a step back for the show. While I've watched enough live play stuff with the Acq Inc seasons that even with them not using maps, I've been able to keep track of things, it is definitely an inferior experience, and it does feel like it limits the battle shenanigans a little bit when the players don't have that discrete spatial data to play with.
That being said, it's still good. It's just not top tier.
But it's still weird because they place Covid-19 on the tail end of Sophomore Year (which as you said, was live), and the filming of Crown of Candy many months prior to Covid-19.
I know they had to film the final episodes of Crown of Candy in a warehouse and Siobahn was sick, but...yeah.
Anywho, doesn't really matter.
I watched Sophomore Year recently so it is a bit fresh in my mind. It was definitely before COVID for the most part. I think the last two episodes were impacted? It was right around the time College Humor went out of business and they made mention of that at one point. I think Sophomore Year being live was an attempt to bring in some easy extra revenue focusing on the stuff that worked best while keeping costs lower. A Crown of Candy was fully before COVID and I think the last one they recorded before that. The Seven being an extra weird one because it was filmed in person while distanced.
Okay! I am currently watching The Seven and I keep being really confused as to how the table is laid out for them.
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Dropout is dipping into the stand-up special arena with all of your favorite people. I see the cast advertise these shows all the time on instagram, so it will be great to finally see some of them!
D20 wanted to submit Dungeons and Drag queens but the minimum episode count is 6 which seems odd given most episodes are longer than One and a half houre
Buddy was murdered and given a "choice" to either serve or be cursed like Lucy and Yolanda to be unable to be revived and tortured eternally in Ankharna's domain. It's not surprising that he chose to live, he was just a scared kid who didn't want to die. I imagine it might have been a similar situation for the other Rat Grinders.
Hoping that Ankarna, when she's purified and revived, brings them back so they can get another chance. It'd just feel wrong to leave them dead after all this.
Porter and Jace can die and stay dead, though.
Buddy especially doesn't get any slack because he got brought into their plans (and was going well along with them) before the Last Stand. That he got predictably betrayed, tough decision or not in the moment, he knew what the end goal was and didn't move to stop it because it didn't directly affect his deity.
But as for the episode itself, going from Blimey and Cowgirls with the Blues into hyper-competent battle mode is such a flipping of a switch (in a good way). It is wild watching everyone progress over the years and years of the show and how far they have come along. Where the Freshman Year kinda was Murph coaching folks on what would be a good idea to use, to Starstruck Oddessy with the first big "we as a group are getting one on Brennan with this" moment via Slippery Puppet (where even Murph was out of the loop and caught off guard by Siobhan and Emily drawing up complex plans), to now it feeling like everyone knows their kits and mechanics so well that each turn is an exciting "what kind of amazing bullshit are they going to pull now?" moment that Brennan just cannot account for everything with (like Rizz just happily diving into the lava because Brennan gave them a fire immunity spell earlier in the season).
And we haven't even had Fabian bring out Bakur yet!
I saw someone on Twitter post a fan cast of a sidequest they called "Rat Grinders climb out of hell," which would be a really cool way to give them more screen time, flesh out the characters, and allow them to complete their own arcs.
Finally, so excited for everyone's final episode outfits!
I love the number of people they're getting in these. Pete Holmes! Rachel Bloom! Ben Schwartz!
Brennan is going to get to start being way meaner.
Another smart play that I really liked:
Also, Riz's Slow effectively took Mary Beth out of the combat entirely.
Gorgug tanking and corralling the big bad (both Porter and the Purple Worm during the Last Stand) was huge, too.
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More stuff like Lisa's and less like Jacob's will hopefully be the norm.
Also, I KNEW someone was going to be Brennan Lee Mulligan. That would be either Zac or Ally. If Lou or Siobhan was playing, maybe.
And actual Brennan is totally overthinking and 4D chessing it, trying to bluff that he's Rekha.
The final reveal is ever so slightly unimpressive if you have no idea who the guy is.
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Loved everything else about the episode, though!
I knew it was going to be The Circle when the trailer first hit, but I wasn't sure how they were going to do the catfishing aspect. Having them create characters was such a good way to do that!
Oh this looks like way too much fun
OMG. They got Wysocki in the dome.
It feels edited, which thank God I do not have time for three hour episodes like CR.
Just did the character introductions and I like it.
Arthur Aguefort is the greatest wizard (or at least the most wizard ass wizard) in all of media.
Fantasy High is a great series, although I think Sophomore Year was a bit of a let down. The love format doesn't work as well. That is before we get into all the audio issues. Junior Year does amazing things though right out of the gate.
You are in for a good time. Fantasy High Season One is when a lot of the players were new to the game, but the worldcrafting is brilliant, and the arc throughout the season is quite good, as is the season finale!
Season Two went with a format similar to Critical Role, I think for Covid reasons, and I didn't like it as much, it was harder to track what was going on with the audio issues and everything else.
I'm not sure if the plan for Sophomore year was to always to try to go to a Live format since they had been for a while at that point or if it was trying to work through Covid restrictions, but it does seem like as soon as they could go back to doing longer filming sessions in person and editing, they did right away. Losing the battle maps and stuff was definitely a step back for the show. While I've watched enough live play stuff with the Acq Inc seasons that even with them not using maps, I've been able to keep track of things, it is definitely an inferior experience, and it does feel like it limits the battle shenanigans a little bit when the players don't have that discrete spatial data to play with.
That being said, it's still good. It's just not top tier.
Yeah I've tried following this timeline: https://time.graphics/line/519155
But it's still weird because they place Covid-19 on the tail end of Sophomore Year (which as you said, was live), and the filming of Crown of Candy many months prior to Covid-19.
I know they had to film the final episodes of Crown of Candy in a warehouse and Siobahn was sick, but...yeah.
Anywho, doesn't really matter.
I watched Sophomore Year recently so it is a bit fresh in my mind. It was definitely before COVID for the most part. I think the last two episodes were impacted? It was right around the time College Humor went out of business and they made mention of that at one point. I think Sophomore Year being live was an attempt to bring in some easy extra revenue focusing on the stuff that worked best while keeping costs lower. A Crown of Candy was fully before COVID and I think the last one they recorded before that. The Seven being an extra weird one because it was filmed in person while distanced.
Okay! I am currently watching The Seven and I keep being really confused as to how the table is laid out for them.