D&D General Weird "DnD Is Dead" Youtube Trend??

[CrysmalonDM]

"That's bait." Seriously, we've been in a golden age of OSR/NSR/just games for a while now. OSR ain't dead and hopefully it continues to evolve.

 

[Mecheon]

Ok, now that the scolding portion of this thread is done, I would to love to hear what D&D and TTRPG vid/podcasts are worthy of a listen. I have my short list (see previous post), what is yours. I am always looking for the signal in a world of noise.

System Mastery is my go-to favourite. Just uh, warning, they're not the biggest fans of D&D. But if you like to hear about obscure TTRPGs, they can't be beat

Personally, I absolutely despise WotC's retcons to the draconic pantheon. TSR built a draconic pantheon that was powerful and epic, but WotC treated it as trash.

I respect your opinion but, let's be brutally honest here: Does anyone actually remember the draconic pantheon except for Tiamat, Bahamut, and maybe Sardior?

Frankly I thought the draconic pantheon were TSR being TSR and gap filling with sloppy worldbuilding. They are not missed, they were not impressive pieces of worldbuilding, and the fact they're replaced with normal dragons with barely any change speaks to that. Just slapping "oh they're the god of draconic X" doesn't make an exciting pantheon. Mind, TSR couldn't build a pantheon their way out of a wet paper bag

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Not enough YouTube viewers hang out on their Subscriptions tab, instead allowing the algorithm to feed them.

Not enough YouTube viewers do the Do Not Recommend Channel action, or don’t know how, on the channels that act outside the bounds.
- Too much AI? Too much rage-bait? Too much culture war? Do Not Recommend is available!

 

[nyvinter]

Sometimes Youtube sneak things past the Do Not Recommend because it feels like it, and it's not applied to searches or playlists or anything really besides the home tab. The removal of the block function was terrible.

 

[payn]

Hey, hey
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ah, ha
D&D is dead

That's what I said
Let the game rap a plan influencer said they'd see it home
But D&D's hope was a rope and it should've known
It's hard to understand
There was love in this game
I'm sure all would agree
That D&D's misery was its editions and things
Now D&D is dead
That's what I said

Everybody's misused it
Ripped D&D up and abused it
Another junkie plan
Pushin' dope for the Wizards of the Coast
A terrible blow but that's how it goes
An D&D is on the youtube now
If you wanna be a viewer, wow
Remember D&D is dead

We're all built up with edition war
But sometimes I must confess
We can deal with dungeons and dragons
But reality
What does it mean?
Ain't nothing said
'Cause D&D is dead

Hey, hey
Love, love
Hey, hey
Yeah, yeah
Ha, ha
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ha, ha
Yeah, yeah
D&D is dead

 

[GrimCo]

Not enough YouTube viewers hang out on their Subscriptions tab, instead allowing the algorithm to feed them.

Subsciption tab is great for watching stuff from channels you already like, but not so great for discovery of new channels. Unfortunately, algo is one that pushes or ignores videos, which is one of the main ways of discovering new channels and content.

Not enough YouTube viewers do the Do Not Recommend Channel action, or don’t know how, on the channels that act outside the bounds.
- Too much AI? Too much rage-bait? Too much culture war? Do Not Recommend is available!

Not so small number of people watch Yt on their smart tv trough tv's native app and navigate using remote control. Do not recommend channel option isn't available on tv.

 

[jayoungr]

No, it's D&D, but she uses d&d as placeholder example and starter for broader rpg themes. At least from what i watched, her stuff is mostly about soft skills, role play, storytelling. Most of her stuff is useful across ttrpg space. As far as i know, she never did deep dives into mechanics, classes, combos, not did she dive into reviews/news heavily.

So are you saying a channel can't be a D&D channel unless it's crunch-focused? I'm confused.

Pointy Hat too, even if he does get things wrong more often than some others.

Pointy Hat has always struck me as fairly clickbaity. All his video titles are negative: "The problem with X" or "X SUCKS."

Ok, now that the scolding portion of this thread is done, I would to love to hear what D&D and TTRPG vid/podcasts are worthy of a listen.

I don't think anyone's mentioned Seth Skorkowsky yet. He doesn't talk about D&D much, but his breakdowns of adventures, showing their weak points and how he compensated for them, are great. He also has GM/player advice and some hilarious "war stories" (the Scott Brown Incident is a classic).

 

[Artamo]

Pointy Hat has always struck me as fairly clickbaity. All his video titles are negative: "The problem with X" or "X SUCKS."

My personal issue with the Pointy Hat videos is the length and the pacing. For me, it’s just a full on blitz of the senses over a long runtime.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Subsciption tab is great for watching stuff from channels you already like, but not so great for discovery of new channels. Unfortunately, algo is one that pushes or ignores videos, which is one of the main ways of discovering new channels and content.

I confess this is me a lot of the time! I love discovering new creators.

Not so small number of people watch Yt on their smart tv trough tv's native app and navigate using remote control. Do not recommend channel option isn't available on tv.

I hate that Shorts don’t let me Do Not Recommend!

 

[Artamo]

I hate that Shorts don’t let me Do Not Recommend!

Usually if you block the channel, you stop getting their shorts as well (if that’s what you’re aiming for.)