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  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    Yesterday I had someone from Dimension 20 reach out to me about some 3D printed minis I made that they plan to use in an episode! So that was neat.

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  • Lord PalingtonLord Palington he.him.his History-loving pal!Registered User regular
    Yak themed D20 season confirmed!

    But for real, congrats, that's so cool!

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    MegaMan001 wrote: »
    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.

    Critical role is way more dense yeah. D20 can get phatboys but they dont usually feel that long

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  • MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    MegaMan001 wrote: »
    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.

    Critical role is way more dense yeah. D20 can get phatboys but they dont usually feel that long

    I think a lot of that is the difference between professional comedians versus professional actors. It's really rare for D20 to go more than 10-15 minutes without some sort of comedic bit thrown in, even in super serious situations. But at the same time they very rarely outstay their welcome or actually undercut the seriousness.

    And the recurring bits add a whole new level of meta absurdist humor across the various campaigns, even if not directly story related (IE - Ally always having insane Nat 20 roleplaying rolls).

  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    A Crown of Candy is extremely delightful and surprisingly intense!

    Every single time a very dramatic thing happens and they're like "cake explodes across the ramparts" or whatever it's newly funny.

    We're all in this together
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    Mvrck wrote: »
    MegaMan001 wrote: »
    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.

    Critical role is way more dense yeah. D20 can get phatboys but they dont usually feel that long

    I think a lot of that is the difference between professional comedians versus professional actors. It's really rare for D20 to go more than 10-15 minutes without some sort of comedic bit thrown in, even in super serious situations. But at the same time they very rarely outstay their welcome or actually undercut the seriousness.

    Blimey!

  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    I don't know if you heard me, I said 'Blimey!'

  • DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    Look, sometime you have to honor the cock and that's all there is to it.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
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  • MonwynMonwyn Apathy's a tragedy, and boredom is a crime. A little bit of everything, all of the time.Registered User regular
    Doodmann wrote: »
    Fantasy High hits the gas so hard and makes it so clear what kind of TTRPG show it is so early it's incredible.

    Arthur Aguefort is the greatest wizard (or at least the most wizard ass wizard) in all of media.

    "THE PRICE MUST BE PAID" is still one of the best scenes in all of D20

    Like they got clerics in this universe yall! He didn't have to do that!

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    He does explain why later

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Two episodes in and Thousandaires feels underwhelming. Vic and Lisa's choices have been the only ones that really worked for me. Most of the others were either just funny ideas in theory that ended up being a bit dull or things that were probably fun to do but not to actually watch.

    The Smartypants Society has been better. Most of the presentations have had some solid laughs, and only a couple have felt a bit flat. Very much looking forward to Paul F. Tompkins giving his talk.

  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    The only one that fell flat for me was Raph, because he fell in that crater between 'hyperbolic version of myself' and 'character'. He didn't commit to being fully the character and it just kind of fell apart.

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    The second half of Ratfish dropped, and my baffled side-eye to the camera after the reveal of who the Ratfish was continued this week as nothing that person did seemed very funny, and their decisions felt mostly arbitrary. He felt entirely detached from the vibe of the rest of the cast. Real downer nerd energy, which is wildly at odds with the jazz hands theatre kid optimism of most of the cast.

    Kind of iffy on this Gamechanger finale, I think. Splitting everyone up and having them be alone and interacting only through the screen began to drag for me by the end. Compared to the rollercoaster of emotion and laughs in, for example, Sam Says 3, it felt under-par, especially for how difficult and costly it must have been to set up.

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Also the way they determined the winner seemed like they really robbed second place, who guessed everyone correctly a whole round earlier. The point of the game was to guess who everyone was, but the winner was the person who did that second but made the artwork the unfunny guest no one knew the identity of liked the most? Kinda lame.

  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    I really wanted a reaction reveal from the cast when they saw who the ratfish was and not getting that felt like it really sucked some air out the whole thing.

    But then there's that evil laugh...

  • Anti-SeanAnti-Sean Registered User regular
    I think avoiding the reaction reveal was a kindness to the contestants; I'd hate to have to watch them grimace their way through trying to pretend that the person playing the ratfish was in any way shape or form funny or worthwhile or a good choice. Ugh.

  • MonwynMonwyn Apathy's a tragedy, and boredom is a crime. A little bit of everything, all of the time.Registered User regular
    Bogart wrote: »
    The second half of Ratfish dropped, and my baffled side-eye to the camera after the reveal of who the Ratfish was continued this week as nothing that person did seemed very funny, and their decisions felt mostly arbitrary.

    Extremely on-brand for that guy

    Legitimately never understood how he got a following

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Monwyn wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    The second half of Ratfish dropped, and my baffled side-eye to the camera after the reveal of who the Ratfish was continued this week as nothing that person did seemed very funny, and their decisions felt mostly arbitrary.

    Extremely on-brand for that guy

    Legitimately never understood how he got a following

    I'm not a fan of Tim and Eric but they are absolutely massive producers now and I feel like having one of them in the dropout sphere is a good thing for the platform overall

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  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    I think Tim Heidecker is legit funny and has put out some great stuff in his post-Tim and Eric career. Never really vibed with Eric, tho.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gnnFVRlucg

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  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    I think Ratfish mostly sucked. It was long and boring in that it robbed me of what I come to the show for - a bunch of friends who genuinely love one another try to make each other laugh. When you lose that connection the whole thing falls apart.

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    I liked ratfish. I think the guest wasn't like, that interesting, but the whole concept was fun to me. They did a great job with the characters and seeing them all roleplay and deduct and game each other was cool. I think you still got that fondness for each other through this, since so much of it is them trying to piece together like, the senses of humor and connect them to their friends. And you still had them making jokes for each other.

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  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    Yes it wasnt my favorite game, but i applaud them for constantly trying new stuff. Still a great season overall.

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  • soitissoitis Registered User regular
    I'm a bit behind, but I have to say I thought the second episode of Thousandaires was better than the first. Only Teo's seemed kind of not aimed at being funny for the people watching, while his and a couple of the first episode bits seemed more aimed at the players. Which good for them, but not as a good for a show.

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    I turned off today's edition of Um Actually when one of the guests said "I've only ever watched one horror movie, and it's the one I'm in". The episode today is horror themed.

    I want to see picky nerds fighting to achieve supremacy, not people playing pin the tail on the um actually donkey!

  • MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    Bogart wrote: »
    I turned off today's edition of Um Actually when one of the guests said "I've only ever watched one horror movie, and it's the one I'm in". The episode today is horror themed.

    I want to see picky nerds fighting to achieve supremacy, not people playing pin the tail on the um actually donkey!

    Yeah, I like the themed episodes, but they have to do a much better job of vetting the contestants to really dive into stuff, as well as adjust the shiny questions going forward. Not being able to follow along with half of those is a real turn off. But it does feel like the show itself is less...cutthroat? Hostile? this season, and the laid back vibe doesn't mesh with the premise of pedantic minutia.

    On the flip side, the Kids TV/New Moms episode was fucking great, because it was obvious that the contestants actually knew and cared about the shows referenced, and wanted to win. But, it really seems like this season skewed more towards "what minor celebs can we get on, and let them chill and maybe answer some questions" and less "here's all our statements/questions, which of the Dropout crew and friends can we get that maybe has a shot of knowing this shit".

  • ChallChall Registered User regular
    Bogart wrote: »
    I turned off today's edition of Um Actually when one of the guests said "I've only ever watched one horror movie, and it's the one I'm in". The episode today is horror themed.

    I want to see picky nerds fighting to achieve supremacy, not people playing pin the tail on the um actually donkey!

    All three contestants starting the show by going "fuck your format we're doing an improv show instead" was a bad sign and it only got worse. I like all three of those people but this episode should never have aired, or should have been heavily edited

  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited June 19
    In a vacuum the ratfish was fine even though I agree with most of the critiques of it in this thread. I think the real problem is using it as a mediocre close for what was otherwise a very strong season of Game Changer.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    I really liked that episode of Um Actually but it's possible I just really like watching Milana Vayntrub be charming

  • Dark_SideDark_Side Registered User regular
    Butters wrote: »
    In a vacuum the ratfish was fine even though I agree with most of the critiques of it in this thread. I think the real problem is using it as a mediocre close for what was otherwise a very strong season of Game Changer.

    Same. It felt like a high concept on paper that didn't deliver on camera. I thought Eric Wareheim did a good job as the ratfish, but by the middle of the second episode it seemed like everyone, including the ratfish, was kind of over it, and then the cast started looking to do dumb improv bits over the chat rather than play the game.

    I know this season was especially taxing on the crew, so maybe the goal here was to give them a break at the end of the season?

  • ThawmusThawmus +Jackface Registered User regular
    I didn't think part 2 was nearly as bad as everyone says but it definitely wasn't as good as part 1.

    I think Eric Wareheim is incredibly underwhelming for a guest but I didn't think he did poorly.

    Would have liked to see both billboards at the end, not just the winner's.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Extremely good smartypants society tonight

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator mod
    The Dropout presents starts off with a bang with Hank Green. It's very Mike Birbiglia, deeply personal story-based comedy, and I'm totally here for it.

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  • Lord PalingtonLord Palington he.him.his History-loving pal!Registered User regular
    The only thing that was disappointing about the Smarty Pants episode is that the website Zach Reino put into his presentation just goes to the main DropOut page.

    Other than that, absolute classic, loved every second!

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator mod
    New season of Make Some Noise has started! It's a little more unhinged, and they change a few things up, but it's still as hilarious as ever.

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  • GnizmoGnizmo Registered User regular
    If you had told me before this episode they would be tweaking the formula I would have been against it. Can't argue with the results however.

  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    I laughed a ton at the noise boys. Josh is such a treasure.

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    When Josh loses it. Amazing.

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited June 27
    Never Stop Blowing Up is up on Dropout!
    I'm loving the concept immediately of "Jumanji, but in 80s action movies". The cast is having SO much fun switching between the Real World personas and the Badass 80s Action Hero personas. I also love that it's over an hour before the first die roll. The storyboards are great and thematic and add a lot to the GM descriptions. The Blue and Yellow stripes on the dome are so great at evoking that Blockbuster video feeling. Apparently, Lake Elsinore is a real city in California? I thought it was an anagram for something.

    I'm looking forward to watching this every week.

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