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<blockquote data-quote="Saracenus" data-source="post: 7899801" data-attributes="member: 47839"><p>I knew Mercer and company were breathing rare air when he tried to visit friends in the dealers room at Gary Con XI and so many people poured into the space to see him that everything ground to a halt. Hotel security was brought in to extract him.</p><p></p><p>Streaming (and Vid-casting) are giant drivers in the resurgence of this hobby. The numbers do not lie. The other Matt, Colville, proved that by having a massive Kickstarter for Strongholds & Followers (a 3rd party 5e book) and building his studio. He has followed it up with a giant Kickstarter for the follow up, Kingdoms & Warfare.</p><p></p><p>Both Matt's success did not happen overnight. They have collectively built up skill sets that make internet broadcasting look easy (it isn't from a technical standpoint or from a "performance" standpoint). They both started doing D&D related stuff they loved and were passionate about. People like what they did and they became fans. The fans started interacting with what they loved. Lightning in a bottle.</p><p></p><p>Their massive fandoms can now be leveraged into crazy levels of support for projects. Critical Role tried to shop their cartoon to various studios and all passed. CR goes to the fans and they suddenly have money to produce an entire season. That get's leveraged into an Amazon series.</p><p></p><p>So, am I shocked by the popularity of the campaign book, nope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saracenus, post: 7899801, member: 47839"] I knew Mercer and company were breathing rare air when he tried to visit friends in the dealers room at Gary Con XI and so many people poured into the space to see him that everything ground to a halt. Hotel security was brought in to extract him. Streaming (and Vid-casting) are giant drivers in the resurgence of this hobby. The numbers do not lie. The other Matt, Colville, proved that by having a massive Kickstarter for Strongholds & Followers (a 3rd party 5e book) and building his studio. He has followed it up with a giant Kickstarter for the follow up, Kingdoms & Warfare. Both Matt's success did not happen overnight. They have collectively built up skill sets that make internet broadcasting look easy (it isn't from a technical standpoint or from a "performance" standpoint). They both started doing D&D related stuff they loved and were passionate about. People like what they did and they became fans. The fans started interacting with what they loved. Lightning in a bottle. Their massive fandoms can now be leveraged into crazy levels of support for projects. Critical Role tried to shop their cartoon to various studios and all passed. CR goes to the fans and they suddenly have money to produce an entire season. That get's leveraged into an Amazon series. So, am I shocked by the popularity of the campaign book, nope. [/QUOTE]
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