Critical Role Critical Role Campaign 3 Discussion (SPOILERS)

[Weiley31]

Does anybody know exactly what's going on with CR Season 3 that seems to have a number of people complaining on Twitter about it? Somebody just posted a 21 post Twitter thing about it.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

No clue as I don’t really follow Twitter. What was the post about?

 

[overgeeked]

The performer getting injured made an excuse for the party to interact with the NPCs, so it served a narrative purpose. He could have just dictated it happened, but leaving it up to chance gives it a bit of randomness and unpredictability for himself that he may have enjoyed

It really seems like he was just rolling until they failed.

 

[Burnside]

Does anybody know exactly what's going on with CR Season 3 that seems to have a number of people complaining on Twitter about it? Somebody just posted a 21 post Twitter thing about it.

Long story short:

You may not like the new intro video. If you're me, you get that they want a non-campaign-specific intro video. However, you do hate this video. Why? Well, the song is like a bad anime ballad, the Alan Quartermain/Indiana Jones theme is odd, and the whole thing manages to look really expensive without actually looking impressive. That said, Taleisin Jaffe makes great faces throughout.

If you are Critical Role, you might have also second-guessed creating an intro video whose basic theme is "19th century colonial European explorers." Especially given that your current campaign has a quasi-Persian/Indian-inspired setting and your DM and players are 8/9 rich white people.

You may or may not care about the video or any of these points.

However, lets say you are a Persian/Indian/Pakistani/southeast Asia person who really doesn't like the stuff in paragraph 2 above. Lets say there are several of you. Lets say you express your opinion on Twitter.

And lets just say Critical Role's fanbase reacted the way they ALWAYS react whenever anybody DARES to find fault with anything about the show. And turns out some of them are p racist.

 

[Bolares]

Critters are such a pain in the butt sometimes....

 

[Weiley31]

Long story short:

You may not like the new intro video. If you're me, you get that they want a non-campaign-specific intro video. However, you do hate this video. Why? Well, the song is like a bad anime ballad, the Alan Quartermain/Indiana Jones theme is odd, and the whole thing manages to look really expensive without actually looking impressive. That said, Taleisin Jaffe makes great faces throughout.

If you are Critical Role, you might have also second-guessed creating an intro video whose basic theme is "19th century colonial European explorers." Especially given that your current campaign has a quasi-Persian/Indian-inspired setting and your DM and players are 8/9 rich white people.

You may or may not care about the video or any of these points.

However, lets say you are a Persian/Indian/Pakistani/southeast Asia person who really doesn't like the stuff in paragraph 2 above. Lets say there are several of you. Lets say you express your opinion on Twitter.

And lets just say Critical Role's fanbase reacted the way they ALWAYS react whenever anybody DARES to find fault with anything about the show. And turns out some of them are p racist.

Ah.

 

[overgeeked]

Critters are such a pain in the butt sometimes....

It’s kinda weird how the cast seem really genuine and positive but some parts of the fanbase are toxically positive.

 

[Weiley31]

It’s kinda weird how the cast seem really genuine and positive but some parts of the fanbase are toxically positive.

The same can be said of all fandoms.

 

[Umbran]

It’s kinda weird how the cast seem really genuine and positive but some parts of the fanbase are toxically positive.

The cast is a handful of people that are probably picked in part because they are nice people.

The fandom is... just anyone. And toxic stuff tends to float up to where you can easily see it.

 

[overgeeked]

The same can be said of all fandoms.

The fandom is... just anyone. And toxic stuff tends to float up to where you can easily see it.

Ish. Some fandoms are simply toxic. And all fandoms have toxic elements. What I’m talking about is “toxic positivity”. The weird idea that anything even slightly less than fawning adoration is an utter betrayal. I’m part of quite a few fandoms, and most don’t seem to have that same “toxic positivity” and when they do, it’s nowhere near the degree it is present in the CR fandom.

The cast is a handful of people that are probably picked in part because they are nice people.

That’s not how CR formed. The guests certainly are picked from amongst the cast’s friends who’re generally positive people. But the original cast were just friends who got together to play a game as a birthday present to one of them. And now here we are.