DRIZZN'T
Villager
As an older player who started with B/X and now runs 5e games, I'm pretty happy with 5e. It's fairly streamlined and easy to learn, which makes it easy to bring in new players. I get why people might like crunchier rulesets like 3/3.5e or Pathfinder, but they're just not for me. My DM style is sort of "rules casual", in that I'll mostly follow the rules of the game but I like coming up with situational rules on the fly that I feel follow the spirit of D&D as I remember it from back in the day.
Critical Role? Meh. Its not my thing. Not that I dislike narrative-heavy games! Love them actually, its just hard to find players who are really into RP. The Critical Role people all just seem to be talking over one another all the time in order to get more spotlight, every time I turn it on, it bothers me. I like that they have helped make a thing that I used to get beat up for in grade school, cool. I love that D&D is "cool" now.
Critical Role? Meh. Its not my thing. Not that I dislike narrative-heavy games! Love them actually, its just hard to find players who are really into RP. The Critical Role people all just seem to be talking over one another all the time in order to get more spotlight, every time I turn it on, it bothers me. I like that they have helped make a thing that I used to get beat up for in grade school, cool. I love that D&D is "cool" now.