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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7768115" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>On paper it's odd. But no one bats an eye about watching other people play football or golf. This isn't much different, save the addition of a plot.</p><p></p><p>I'm a gamer too, but I love <em>Critical Role</em>. And I'm also catching up on <em>Dice, Camera, Action</em> on the D&D Twitch channel.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, I'd rather be gaming myself. And I do. A lot. I DM a D&D game every other week and play in a semi-weekly Star Trek game. But that leaves 11.5 days every two weeks where I'm largely not engaging with the hobby apart from message boards or session prep. </p><p>Critical Role scratches that itch. It lets me celebrate a lucky critical or bemoan a "1", allows me to laugh at a running gag or excellent bit of RPing, and generally permits me to get some D&D on in the long, long stretches where I cannot game myself. It's the next best thing to rolling dice myself.</p><p></p><p>For me it also became good background listening. Something I put on when painting minis, because I just needed to hear it. (And I have sooooo very many Reaper Bones to paint.)</p><p>I also often listen while at the gym. Because just running on the treadmill be boring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7768115, member: 37579"] On paper it's odd. But no one bats an eye about watching other people play football or golf. This isn't much different, save the addition of a plot. I'm a gamer too, but I love [I]Critical Role[/I]. And I'm also catching up on [I]Dice, Camera, Action[/I] on the D&D Twitch channel. Yeah, I'd rather be gaming myself. And I do. A lot. I DM a D&D game every other week and play in a semi-weekly Star Trek game. But that leaves 11.5 days every two weeks where I'm largely not engaging with the hobby apart from message boards or session prep. Critical Role scratches that itch. It lets me celebrate a lucky critical or bemoan a "1", allows me to laugh at a running gag or excellent bit of RPing, and generally permits me to get some D&D on in the long, long stretches where I cannot game myself. It's the next best thing to rolling dice myself. For me it also became good background listening. Something I put on when painting minis, because I just needed to hear it. (And I have sooooo very many Reaper Bones to paint.) I also often listen while at the gym. Because just running on the treadmill be boring. [/QUOTE]
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