Critical Role Wendy’s sponsoring Critical Role?

[doctorbadwolf]

ok how many of you who were troubled by the sponsorship are donating more than $10 to famer aid thingy?

What are you even getting at, here?

Critics weren’t the ones receiving a large payout to advertise for Wendy’s.

 

[Burnside]

What went wrong here was a lack of due diligence. My initial reaction when they first announced the gig was surprise and mild disappointment. Two minutes of googling on their part would have turned up enough red flags to make them second guess the deal, and they did drop the ball there. The problem they ran into is that being good progressives is part of their brand and this sponsor does not track with that image at all. They're back pedaling about as gracefully as possible and I don't see where this will do them any long term harm. I also think they are over-extended and stretched too thin right now in terms of their commitments. Growing pains sometimes lead to mistakes.

 

[Harzel]

What are you even getting at, here?

Putting words in @jasper's mouth, I guess, but I think it's that it's easy for someone to run their mouth about what someone else did, harder to put skin in the game.

To be clear, I have no issue with anyone piping up and saying, "Hey, did you guys know XYZ? That doesn't seem to align with your stated values, so maybe you should reconsider." OTOH, people that go on and on about how CR have mortally wounded entire communities and everyone is now going to walk away from their show and they are horribly irresponsibly sell-outs and irredeemably compromised betrayers-of-our-trust? That small, noisy minority are, frankly, acting like self-righteous p***ks and deserve to be shown a mirror. However, to be fair, they don't seem to have shown up in this thread (yet).

 

[jasper]

What are you even getting at, here?

Critics weren’t the ones receiving a large payout to advertise for Wendy’s.

Ok to sum up from what I got from this thread. Wendy's created a quick and dirty RPG just for giggles and advertising. Wendy's paid CR to do an episode using the rules. CR said yes. The mob said Wendy's bad. And must have yelled at CR, "Wendy's bad". CR then said "Profits to the union".
Some people here yelled Wendy's bad, union good. I said ,"Hey you gripers how much have you donated to union? Or are you here just gripe?"

 

[jasper]

What went wrong here was a lack of due diligence. My initial reaction when they first announced the gig was surprise and mild disappointment. Two minutes of googling on their part would have turned up enough red flags to make them second guess the deal, and they did drop the ball there. T..

I just plugged in Wendy's Bad pr. Finger in Wendy's food on page one. Nothing about the union problem on first four pages. So of us get busy and don't pay attention to what other business outside our field do. I have go deep to find out how other retirement business are doing.

 

[Morrus]

I just plugged in Wendy's Bad pr. Finger in Wendy's food on page one. Nothing about the union problem on first four pages. So of us get busy and don't pay attention to what other business outside our field do. I have go deep to find out how other retirement business are doing.

That’s almost comprehensible... but not quite. It reads like one of those phishing spam emails from Nigerian princes! What was it you were trying to say?

I mean, “I have go deep to find out how other retirement business are doing” sounds fun... but what does it mean?

 

[jasper]

That’s almost comprehensible... but not quite. It reads like one of those phishing spam emails from Nigerian princes! What was it you were trying to say?

I mean, “I have go deep to find out how other retirement business are doing” sounds fun... but what does it mean?

Ok I work in IT in for a state run retirement system. Unless CBS has done an article on how a state retirement fund is not being funded correctly. Using google to find out how good a state run system is running is a bad idea.
Back to the subject.
Demanding small business do a deep dive on google for how a sponsor rates in "Good, Ethical, socially aware, category " is silly. Look at check, do two minute research and take their money.

Shoot I evil enough that at the church I run down to Walmart to buy church supplies with church money. Why?Because it is a mile away. My church thinks Walmart is evil. Target is GOOD. However Target is 6 miles away.

 

[Burnside]

FWIW, I run a small business and I absolutely vet my sponsors. I'd be silly not to. This doesn't require a "deep dive" either. When considering a sponsor or partnership, I google "(Name of thing) controversy". Doing that with Wendy's tells you the whole deal in seconds. And my small business doesn't involve endorsing things in front of 90K people on a live stream. If it did, I would absolutely make sure I knew what I was endorsing.

 

[Seramus]

While I enjoy critical role, this kind of thing doesn't surprise me at all. We're talking about the same people who are too busy to remember what their spells do or how sneak attack works.

 

[Morrus]

Shoot I evil enough that at the church I run down to Walmart to buy church supplies with church money. Why?

Sorry man. I’m trying to parse these sentences, and I understand each word individually, but arranged in that order I’m struggling. “Shoot I evil enough”?