This show is fucking dope. I know basically nothing about the game, but man I watched all three episodes back to back cause it was so good. I crave more.
@@jinzok That's not the only problem. Flaming is a big one. No matter how good you play, if you are behind your mates in terms of stats, they will always target the weakest point and make YOU creditable for the whole team action. There are too many solo players only looking for good stats (like if they could buy something from that gees) oh and there is always a 12 year old yasuo player flaming everyone because he is just the greatest and thinks he can solo a teamgame. But well... I think that's the internet in a nutshell poorly.
"You can purchase a Krug in Zaun, but they don't exactly make great pets." That loading screen tip immediately came to mind when I saw the Krug in the cage
They did animate live performers acting out the actions of the 3-D characters like a lot of mocap artists do, however. That`s why everything looks so fluid and organic despite the character models being 3-D and the props and effects being 2-D with the backgrounds being matte paintings filled in with both 3-D and 2-D animation.
@@aspieanarchist5439 they used them as reference, they fidn't use motion captute for them neither. They used motion captures for background characters. They made a documentary of the making of available on netflix.
@@aspieanarchist5439 shooting video reference is common in animation. It is NOT the same as performance capture. It's used to help with posing out the character, but an animator is doing the work and making the decisions. I know because I'm an animator.
quick explanation of world: Piltover is the rich city Zaun is the poor city Piltover is literally on top of Zaun Lanes is one of the districts of Zaun Zaun is a series broken un-used canals from a failed canal project. which is why the district is called Lane and the Topsiders called them trenchers.
@@WipeoutVasusu This. Zhaun will be established after the time skip happens. Since 9 episodes are in this season and it is shown that they will show Vi and Jinx in older ages, we ll see the beginnings of Zhaun and Hextech story.
@@WipeoutVasusu oh shit, i read the lore and said Zaun existed before Piltover, but maybe after the accident everyone forgot about Zaun for Piltover and Silco's trying to recreate Zaun from the ruins.
@@antoa531 Zaun was actually the original name, it encompassed both cities before half of it fell into the failed canal, after that happened piltover was origanlly called the built-over half of the city, which led to piltover.
@@antoa531 the ancient people in that world called it zhaun. But they used what is equivalent to a nuke magic on the area. The evil character want to unite the under ground to creat a united zhaun. Hence why people wear mask in the area.
Finally intellectuals instantly recognizing the queen, Shohreh Aghdashloo!!! I was soooooo surprised and happy hearing her!! I recognize her from the mass effect series most and just love her work
I'm late to the Arcane watching party but it was so nice to finally see the same reaction I had when her voice showed up. so many of my go-to channels didn't even acknowledge it, I've been so disappointed.
the soundtrack and score for this series is fantastic. spent too much time looking for the songs used in the series only to realize most, if not all, of them were specifically composed/written for this show.
yes not only for this show but they are specifically made for the scenes so none of them will be reused, also they all have been official released already if u havent found it
The reason they couldn't swim after the stuff is that the water has so many other chemicals mixed into it that it is very toxic and has those monsters living under the deeper you go.
There is actually multiple games within this same league of legends universe now, so the show works more like a promotion for all of them rather than just LoL. Theres a card game in the same universe, and theres a fighting game in the works, aswell as an ARPG and even an MMO. Though the MMO has basically just started production so it is years off. I bet it will look like this series does.
Hmm, id play that MMO, because im not a competitive type guy, i want to play for story, adventure, and cool combat. Not for cheese tactics and meta. But LoL the look and feel always attracted me and I've clung to the wiki at least for it.
"It's Vie, I thought it was Vee too." "I thought it was Six." To be fair, grown Vi has VI tattooed on her face, and back when she was first introduced as a character there was lore implications of child experiments and it was popular presumption that she was just called Vi because she was #6 in something. It may or may not still be true somehow, I suppose this series will answer that possibly, because 'Powder' is definitely not what _she_ is called by the end of everything. Chris definitely caught that sneaky little mention. This is an origin story. "Is this just a commercial for us to play the game?" This is really only tangentially connected to the games, it's pure lore fanservice. It's here for all the people that have been following the lore over the years and are invested in the background and history of the characters and setting, you definitely don't need to play the game to enjoy this, but knowing the game and lore does _improve_ your enjoyment of it because of all the little references and details that long time fans will get that will go over the heads of others coming in with this, but aren't necessary to understand the story. Honestly, I don't feel like Arcane is a good introduction to _playing_ League of Legends because it is so far removed from the actual game performance that it's like comparing apples and sawdust. It is a good introduction to the characters and the lore of the universe Riot has been building, which by extension can lead to you playing the game out of curiosity and interest in the characters. I might even say that it's better to be ignorant of the game and lore coming into this, because those of us that are already familiar with the background shit to date will have a much clearer knowledge of where the story will go, so certain storylines and story beats will have a completely different meaning to people that know all of the characters, some parts of the story I already feel lose some impact and mystery because I already _know_ who they are and where they end up.
I love how they incorporate the intertwining lore of each of these characters. To see how they develop into the champs they become is phenomenal. 10/10 show
I love the name of Piltover. It fits the steam punk theme very well because it sounds like a very old english word for "Built Over", which is exactly what Piltover is. The small city state was built on top of the sunken ruins of Zaun, a thousand years old port city from an egyptian like lost empire. As you will see, people from the upper class have a brittish accent. And all classes in Piltover and Zaun are ethnically very diverse for good reason. Piltover/Zaun is located on a very thin land strip that connects the northern and southern continent and it is the only passage for trade routes, without having to sail around an entire continent (like the sues channel). Therefor it is very wealthy and culturally mixed, the perfect place for inventors, scholars and a lot of civil unrest. Riot's developers know their world building. It's similar enough to our world that we can relate, but detatched enough that it doesn't get tangled up in political debates (it's rare these days, I know).
I love non-LoL players reacting to series simply for the fact that the commentary tends to be more about the story and characters rather than Easter eggs and references.
Yeah don't look up the game too much, the characters in game are basically "the final form" of the characters in the series and it would probably spoil a lot for you if you'd look up what they look and do when they are adults since the show is explaining to league players that have known these characters for 10 years at this point how they ended up the way they did. Also Piltover and Zaun are only a small part of the world of Runeterra (the universe League of Legends lore is set in), there are currently around 150 characters in the game and only around 15 of them are related to the cities. So if this show is successful we can hope that Riot (the game developer) is going to give us more, maybe with different characters and settings.
NO SPOILERS COMMENT As a player of LOL, who has played it for years, seeing riot make this based on the games lore is amazing and the lore is deep, like deep deep, they are 156 champions, in this show they only show the story of about 5 to 10 champions. The world of LOL is called Runeterra (like earth). BTW the show has nothing to do with the game it self, its about the lore.
For everyone who doesn’t know LoL every character already has a lore which means they already have background stories and a good bit of them are pretty messed up so to most players it’s not a surprise that they finally decided to make a show about anyone and their backstory
Though it's an alternate take on the lore, since they changed a lot of the backstories. They said they didn't want to have to worry about contradicting the lore while writing the story, while also using the lore as inspiration.
Oh *SHIIIIIIT* so glad you guys are reacting to this one! And people that know little-to-nothing about this series, or the games, or the lore in general, makes the reaction 10x better
It's insane how many people said not to watch it. Riot sure doesn't know how to make a good game but all that profit goes into other productions, this being one of their masterpieces.
Not gonna lie, as a guy with no interest in MOBA, and who's not a big fan of the gameplay in Valorant despite mostly playing shooters, Runeterra is pretty good
Oh, for real? Can you please tell me which character she voiced? It's just that right now I'm going through Mass Effect Legendary Edition and I don't remember her voice at all
Lol @ everyone complaining about the poll results. Guarantee you the vast majority of "No" votes haven't even seen an image or a second of footage for this show. This show is absolutely fantastic and you really don't need any Leage of Legends knowledge to enjoy it, which I bet is what is keeping some people away. Hope the naysayers give it a shot, especially if you like animated media.
I only just started watching Arcane myself but the moment I heard Shohreh Aghdashloo, I went 'gotta check out the Normies reacting to episode 1, they're gonna be so hyped she's in this!'
Instant like from your "DON'T TALK TO US ABOUT LEAGUE OF LEGENDS" intro 😂 Loved that. Saw another reaction and instead of talking about what they just saw they talked about how it was related to the games. I don't care about that - just thought the show was great.
Loved this show as a non LoL fan! Binged it yesterday and I’m here now trying to relive the show through reactions. Amazing visuals, soundtrack and characters!
"Such an adorable relationship they have here." Ooooooh... hahaha...haaaaaaaa...it's got to be adorable here, because they've got to rip your heart out with how it goes later...
As a jungler, it both makes me happy and sad that “jungle diff” is the one takeaway people get from friends that play the game. Also I love arcane super hyped for the next 3 episodes.
I actually love they have no clue about the game. It makes the show exclusively a show for them and they can judge it on its quality and not years of gameplay and lore bits
Yes, my favorite reactors doing my new favorite show. You don't need to know anything about League of Legends to love this show. Heavy Dishonored influences by the way, which is great.
Yesssssss! I've been looking up reaction videos for this show since friday and none of them were up to the quality of a Normies video. Never played League of Legends before, but I've seen these first 3 episodes 6 times though since friday and I have been Needing you guys to react to it
Real talk, I had a classmate from highschool that was on the "chonkier side", and one time he got jumped by 3 robbers and, after getting a knife to the gut, managed to knock all of them out and still got out alive. Big dudes can be pretty scary in a fight!
I'm so glad you guys are reacting to this! I play League, and while there is some fan service stuff, I honestly think it's better if you don't know League so I'm happy none of you do. Cheers and thank you!!!! Ps I also freaked out when I heard Avasarala!
"We're gonna experience it now." yeah a backstory of a bunch of characters from specifically 2 cities. There's a hundred-ish of those btw so don't worry- do yourselves a favor and DON'T touch the game and just, enjoy the ride! Story was probably the most enjoyable part- then they tended to retcon backstories over, and over and over- Game itself is its own bundle of dynamite and I envy your lack of 4+ years wasted playing it- had fun when playing with friends tho, at least more than usual. Overall it felt like a stressfilled commitment.
Yeah almost no one has ever said the story is the best part of League. That's literally hilarious considering the story consists of vague backstories that are intentionally left open ended.
Moba is always stressful especially going against good players. It’s like a job playing that game honestly. I play the mobile version and other mobas as well. I especially hate ranked games
Thank you so much for reacting to this! I was scared when I saw the poll and the majority said no. I'm excited to see people who don't play the game to see the show for what it is and give their take! :D
Oh my god you’re actually watching it lets gooo. There’s gonna be a lot of things you don’t know about but don’t worry too much about it. There’s a lot of hidden details that only players would know and it’s extremely exiting
All I knew about LoL was my bro did a toy unboxing last month of his favorite character......sooooo after watching this.....DAMN......amazing This is the animation I hoped we would be at by now.
Is this the first time Micky has mentioned playing d&d? It feels like he's recently gotten into it cause he's making a bunch of d&d jokes/references in this video alone lol which I honestly love. Calling Chris chaotic evil, mentioning it again and chaotic good during the discussion. I wanna know more about his campaign :D
"I would get into that water and get the bag" Sees the giant toxic water fish looking for something to just murder in cold (water) blood. Yeah nah i'm good on that bag of scrap metal.
You can check it out on its own, the lore is so rich and big that it holds up without playing the game. But its waaaaaaay more enjoyable when you know the characters beforehand. Either way, enjoy it because the first 3 episodes were sooooo gooood.
One of the best animated shows I've seen... amazing characters, animation, and dialogue... and holy fk that production value is off the charts. This is movie quality stuff.
After watching this show it makes me hope that the game devs branch out and make a good game, one that isnt top down view with a million things happening on screen. this franchise would shine in an mmo setting.
I’ve always said the best part about LoL were the characters/lore so it’s so dope to see they’re making a tv show about it even though I no longer like the actual game
When you actually have played the game before it hits different. It's like you discover part of the life of the characters you always play and the dialogues they have in the game start to make more sense
Never been interested in LOL since MOBAs aren't my thing. However, I've always been extremely impressed by how much time, energy, and thought went into the lore. They did NOT need to do that. "These people fight on this map" is the extent of lore that they needed. I've always wanted a more in depth look at the lore, so I'm very much looking forward to the rest of the series. Seems good so far.
@@ghostlyflamingo07 I mean... There ARE bad champions, like Thresh, Kha'Zix or Hecarim. I can even point at Singed from Zaun but he kind off has a dream like you mentioned (pure evil imo, though) League has a broad sheet of options, so it's good that there are some Pure evil champions to balance things up.
@@jorgeflorez2816 what about our lord and savior, Kled, the High Major Commodore of the First Legion Third Multiplication Double Admiral Artillery Vanguard Company? Will you respect his authority?
This was the best reaction I have seen! Your analysis was great and your understanding and memory of key plot points was impressive (I had not remembered Powder had placed the crystals in her pocket until she noticed them later). Can't wait to see E2 and E3 reactions!
Idk anything about League of Legends, but I thought this first episode was really. The animation is insane and the story is promising, for an introduction episode
The game really is nothing like this show, but I have to say I've been waiting AGES for it to have a proper story like this one! They have Tons of cinematics that are very entertaining or beautiful, in particular there's one about a character Annie and every frame of animation is PAINTED. It's STUNNING! So happy to be following this story along with you guys, looking forward to the rest ^_^
My husband has played LoL for years, before our 13yrs together. He watched the first episode and told me that I can keep watching with the kid's on our own, he wasn't into it.
This show is fucking beautiful and literally everything about it is amazing... and I knew nothing about LoL before watching it (from what Ive heard the community gets angry at new people easily)
The gems are Hexcrystals, basically there is arcane power that people are born with, and according to the lore basically the same way we get diamonds in real life. (carbon based lifeforms die and then underpressure turn in to diamonds). When diamonds are made from the remains of those who have arcane abilities it's stored inside the diamond.
Glad you guys are watching, no need for league knowledge. Great show all on its own. It is perhaps slightly more enjoyable if you know some of the lore/ backstories behind some of the characters but you don't need it. Look forward to watching along with you guys.
Been following y'all for a long time now. So glad y'all made it to the league universe! I'm excited to see y'all experience this. Welcome to Runeterra!
Imagine dragons collaborated with riot since 2014(with the song warriors) , they are back to have a banger song for this show, and about the setting, different regions and nations have different cultures and style of buildings.
Chris: “I thought it was six. “ Dude, that was hilarious. Rana, I had the same reaction to the cat at the end. I’m not sure how I feel about this show yet, but I’m only one episode in. I’ll watch a few more and see if it gets better. Either way, I enjoyed this reaction from you guys.
This show is fucking dope. I know basically nothing about the game, but man I watched all three episodes back to back cause it was so good. I crave more.
As a 9-year league veteran, I wouldn't recommend you playing the game, it's filled with "smurfs" people with high rank playing in low rank accounts.
same, not a fan of the game but the show is great
as a fan of the game I don't recommend you to play the game
@@jinzok That's not the only problem. Flaming is a big one. No matter how good you play, if you are behind your mates in terms of stats, they will always target the weakest point and make YOU creditable for the whole team action. There are too many solo players only looking for good stats (like if they could buy something from that gees) oh and there is always a 12 year old yasuo player flaming everyone because he is just the greatest and thinks he can solo a teamgame.
But well... I think that's the internet in a nutshell poorly.
@@jinzok Well it doesn't matter. Just got to wait for more episodes is all! Show is good after all! :)
"You can purchase a Krug in Zaun, but they don't exactly make great pets."
That loading screen tip immediately came to mind when I saw the Krug in the cage
Rip the smallest krug, they shall be missed
Despite all my rage, I am still just a Krug in a cage!
@@vrknyght8207 i like you
@@vrknyght8207 love you and this reference
Now I am NOT judging, but its interesting how many reactors don't know anything about League, honestly I prefer it
Definitely more fun to get a blind react
If you know what it is about, you live it differently, but in no case is it less great.
Yeahh it's a fresh view of the story
@@angelpaco3487 It's still practically new material for every side as well.
tbh league isnt that popular its majority od players are from asia and the basement dwellers in west
Vi: "Wanna see how that ends?"
Nat 20 on Intimidation Check.
The Nat 20 was the blood dripping ahahah
That joke from pReview’d lol
@@blarghonkhonk97 it's a common joke in D&D, many use it. It's like the Skyrim meme.
@@yiledute ikik but the comment and first reply was almost word for word. But their videos got copyright striked
@@blarghonkhonk97 Sure was! Spread the laughs!
Micky : "It almost feels like motion capture"
Fortiche Studio : "We don't do that here"
They did animate live performers acting out the actions of the 3-D characters like a lot of mocap artists do, however. That`s why everything looks so fluid and organic despite the character models being 3-D and the props and effects being 2-D with the backgrounds being matte paintings filled in with both 3-D and 2-D animation.
It`s called keyframing.
@@aspieanarchist5439 they used them as reference, they fidn't use motion captute for them neither.
They used motion captures for background characters.
They made a documentary of the making of available on netflix.
@@MN-vz8qm Seen it on multiple occasions.
@@aspieanarchist5439 shooting video reference is common in animation. It is NOT the same as performance capture. It's used to help with posing out the character, but an animator is doing the work and making the decisions. I know because I'm an animator.
quick explanation of world:
Piltover is the rich city
Zaun is the poor city
Piltover is literally on top of Zaun
Lanes is one of the districts of Zaun
Zaun is a series broken un-used canals from a failed canal project. which is why the district is called Lane and the Topsiders called them trenchers.
actually in the series zaun is not a thing yet, silco and vander tryed to create zaun but failed
@@WipeoutVasusu This. Zhaun will be established after the time skip happens. Since 9 episodes are in this season and it is shown that they will show Vi and Jinx in older ages, we ll see the beginnings of Zhaun and Hextech story.
@@WipeoutVasusu oh shit, i read the lore and said Zaun existed before Piltover, but maybe after the accident everyone forgot about Zaun for Piltover and Silco's trying to recreate Zaun from the ruins.
@@antoa531 Zaun was actually the original name, it encompassed both cities before half of it fell into the failed canal, after that happened piltover was origanlly called the built-over half of the city, which led to piltover.
@@antoa531 the ancient people in that world called it zhaun. But they used what is equivalent to a nuke magic on the area. The evil character want to unite the under ground to creat a united zhaun.
Hence why people wear mask in the area.
"We know nothing about League of Legends"
"Jungle diff"
Sounds like you know everything about League of Legends xD
Jungle diff = 99% of the game, no matter if your jungler even exists or not
Finally intellectuals instantly recognizing the queen, Shohreh Aghdashloo!!! I was soooooo surprised and happy hearing her!! I recognize her from the mass effect series most and just love her work
Yesssssssss I kept rewinding just to hear her
I recognized her voice instantly, it's just one of those voices that's so distinct like Keith David. I just never knew her name until now. :D
I could literally listen to her voice 24/7. like damn it's so unique and satisfying
Yeah I revognized her instantly from The Expanse
I'm late to the Arcane watching party but it was so nice to finally see the same reaction I had when her voice showed up. so many of my go-to channels didn't even acknowledge it, I've been so disappointed.
the soundtrack and score for this series is fantastic.
spent too much time looking for the songs used in the series only to realize most, if not all, of them were specifically composed/written for this show.
And there's still much more to come, there should be like 7 more I think.
Where did you find it?
Yep riot games is known to make their own music for their projects it would’ve been a shame if they didn’t for their first tv show.
yes not only for this show but they are specifically made for the scenes so none of them will be reused, also they all have been official released already if u havent found it
@@merciless9110 The three songs released so far are Playground, Our Love, Goodbye. You can find them on spotify now.
I LOVED that reaction to Shohreh Aghdashloo. She's such a fantastic actress, and her voice is ICONIC.
The reason they couldn't swim after the stuff is that the water has so many other chemicals mixed into it that it is very toxic and has those monsters living under the deeper you go.
Omg I'm so happy y'all are doing this!
There is actually multiple games within this same league of legends universe now, so the show works more like a promotion for all of them rather than just LoL. Theres a card game in the same universe, and theres a fighting game in the works, aswell as an ARPG and even an MMO. Though the MMO has basically just started production so it is years off. I bet it will look like this series does.
They also included the little legends and some valorant stuff in this
@@yela7335 what valorant stuff?
Hmm, id play that MMO, because im not a competitive type guy, i want to play for story, adventure, and cool combat. Not for cheese tactics and meta. But LoL the look and feel always attracted me and I've clung to the wiki at least for it.
i prefer the games to be a promotion for the show because they need to make more like arcane
There’s also 2 boardgames
i love that they went with this art direction and not the cliche anime style
this art style lets them make really expressive faces
i like it way better than anime
The water is toxic btw.
That is why they couldn't get the stuff back.
this series has been fire, glad to see a series on it
THIS IS WHAT I WANTED. People who don`t know league figuring stuff out. Thank you! (edit: I just wish Nikki was here, I love her reactions
You really believe these nerds don't know anything about League of Legends? Like for real?
@@jinzok well that's what they said. Would they lie to us? (edit: don`t put your trust issues on them)
@@jinzok Plus they're not nerds, they're normies
This is huge. The characters riot made will easily be a new universe.
@@ehouse33householder74 that's exactly what I was thinking. This has the capacity to become an MCU-type behemoth
Bro the western style mixed with the almost pastel look of the animation is so good
"Vi"
"I think it's Vi (vai) actually"
"I thought it was six" xddd that killed me. Great to see you reacting to this!
Your decision to ignore the 60% votes to not watch Arcane is a Awesome choice. The video almost have 50k views and yall didn't get to Eps 3 yet 🔥
"It's Vie, I thought it was Vee too."
"I thought it was Six."
To be fair, grown Vi has VI tattooed on her face, and back when she was first introduced as a character there was lore implications of child experiments and it was popular presumption that she was just called Vi because she was #6 in something. It may or may not still be true somehow, I suppose this series will answer that possibly, because 'Powder' is definitely not what _she_ is called by the end of everything. Chris definitely caught that sneaky little mention. This is an origin story.
"Is this just a commercial for us to play the game?"
This is really only tangentially connected to the games, it's pure lore fanservice. It's here for all the people that have been following the lore over the years and are invested in the background and history of the characters and setting, you definitely don't need to play the game to enjoy this, but knowing the game and lore does _improve_ your enjoyment of it because of all the little references and details that long time fans will get that will go over the heads of others coming in with this, but aren't necessary to understand the story. Honestly, I don't feel like Arcane is a good introduction to _playing_ League of Legends because it is so far removed from the actual game performance that it's like comparing apples and sawdust. It is a good introduction to the characters and the lore of the universe Riot has been building, which by extension can lead to you playing the game out of curiosity and interest in the characters.
I might even say that it's better to be ignorant of the game and lore coming into this, because those of us that are already familiar with the background shit to date will have a much clearer knowledge of where the story will go, so certain storylines and story beats will have a completely different meaning to people that know all of the characters, some parts of the story I already feel lose some impact and mystery because I already _know_ who they are and where they end up.
Her full first name is Violet
Can I hire you to write my essay?
Why though?
@@Tsunn_n 😂
This is, quite frankly, the BEST animation I have EVER seen, and I've seen a lot of them.
Better than mappa ufobale and bones production i.g and madhouse animations ?
eh, into the spiderverse and some of the ow cinematics still takes the cake for me
that is, if we're talking strictly cg animation
@@ultravioletcatastrophe have u watched japanese cg movies ? There more realistic
OMG ya'll not ready for the ride
EDIT: yeah it is Jungle Diff
”yall are not ready” 😂😂
@@ohnocringe9159 also edited to fit the likes. 😁😁
Clearly a mid gap
Not to be confused with jungle dilf.
I love how they incorporate the intertwining lore of each of these characters. To see how they develop into the champs they become is phenomenal. 10/10 show
I love the name of Piltover. It fits the steam punk theme very well because it sounds like a very old english word for "Built Over", which is exactly what Piltover is. The small city state was built on top of the sunken ruins of Zaun, a thousand years old port city from an egyptian like lost empire.
As you will see, people from the upper class have a brittish accent. And all classes in Piltover and Zaun are ethnically very diverse for good reason. Piltover/Zaun is located on a very thin land strip that connects the northern and southern continent and it is the only passage for trade routes, without having to sail around an entire continent (like the sues channel). Therefor it is very wealthy and culturally mixed, the perfect place for inventors, scholars and a lot of civil unrest.
Riot's developers know their world building. It's similar enough to our world that we can relate, but detatched enough that it doesn't get tangled up in political debates (it's rare these days, I know).
I love non-LoL players reacting to series simply for the fact that the commentary tends to be more about the story and characters rather than Easter eggs and references.
Yeah don't look up the game too much, the characters in game are basically "the final form" of the characters in the series and it would probably spoil a lot for you if you'd look up what they look and do when they are adults since the show is explaining to league players that have known these characters for 10 years at this point how they ended up the way they did.
Also Piltover and Zaun are only a small part of the world of Runeterra (the universe League of Legends lore is set in), there are currently around 150 characters in the game and only around 15 of them are related to the cities.
So if this show is successful we can hope that Riot (the game developer) is going to give us more, maybe with different characters and settings.
I would LOVE to see Ionia, if only for Ivern. My main, and one of my favorite designs in LoL.
NO SPOILERS COMMENT
As a player of LOL, who has played it for years, seeing riot make this based on the games lore is amazing and the lore is deep, like deep deep, they are 156 champions, in this show they only show the story of about 5 to 10 champions. The world of LOL is called Runeterra (like earth). BTW the show has nothing to do with the game it self, its about the lore.
For everyone who doesn’t know LoL every character already has a lore which means they already have background stories and a good bit of them are pretty messed up so to most players it’s not a surprise that they finally decided to make a show about anyone and their backstory
Though it's an alternate take on the lore, since they changed a lot of the backstories. They said they didn't want to have to worry about contradicting the lore while writing the story, while also using the lore as inspiration.
Watching these now that I’ve finally watched Arcane and getting stabbed in the feels at Micky mentioning our old D&D campaign 😭😭
The camera angles n close ups like a imaginary camera man made it epic💯
Oh
*SHIIIIIIT*
so glad you guys are reacting to this one!
And people that know little-to-nothing about this series, or the games, or the lore in general, makes the reaction 10x better
I love how they freaked out when Shohreh's character speaks, as a fellow The Expanse watcher can relate
It's insane how many people said not to watch it. Riot sure doesn't know how to make a good game but all that profit goes into other productions, this being one of their masterpieces.
Not gonna lie, as a guy with no interest in MOBA, and who's not a big fan of the gameplay in Valorant despite mostly playing shooters, Runeterra is pretty good
The actress they were freaking out over actually has done more voice acting. She's in both Mass Effect 2 and 3.
Omg yess, I creamed when I was playing and heard her speak.
@@obsidious9809 😐
Oh, for real? Can you please tell me which character she voiced? It's just that right now I'm going through Mass Effect Legendary Edition and I don't remember her voice at all
@@MisterSunshine17 She's the Quarian Admiral, Shala'Raan vas Tonbay.
And Lakshmi-2 from Destiny. Funny enough, both character sounds like they have robotic filter over voice, but it's natural
Lol @ everyone complaining about the poll results. Guarantee you the vast majority of "No" votes haven't even seen an image or a second of footage for this show. This show is absolutely fantastic and you really don't need any Leage of Legends knowledge to enjoy it, which I bet is what is keeping some people away. Hope the naysayers give it a shot, especially if you like animated media.
I only just started watching Arcane myself but the moment I heard Shohreh Aghdashloo, I went 'gotta check out the Normies reacting to episode 1, they're gonna be so hyped she's in this!'
Instant like from your "DON'T TALK TO US ABOUT LEAGUE OF LEGENDS" intro 😂 Loved that. Saw another reaction and instead of talking about what they just saw they talked about how it was related to the games. I don't care about that - just thought the show was great.
"You got scuba gear....
I can hold my breath really long."
Hahahahahha my man
HELL YEAH!
I believe it's best that you DON'T know anything about league since this is an Origins story. I'm so excited about this show!
huh? i guesss that ok
Erase half his shit lol awesome
Loved this show as a non LoL fan! Binged it yesterday and I’m here now trying to relive the show through reactions. Amazing visuals, soundtrack and characters!
I DID NOT EXPECT THIS LOL, BLOODY GOOD SHOW.
"Such an adorable relationship they have here." Ooooooh... hahaha...haaaaaaaa...it's got to be adorable here, because they've got to rip your heart out with how it goes later...
As a jungler, it both makes me happy and sad that “jungle diff” is the one takeaway people get from friends that play the game. Also I love arcane super hyped for the next 3 episodes.
“I feel like powder is sort of a support character”
*heh. hehe. hehehehehehahahahAHAHAHA*
Vi was my most played for like 7 years and watching this show was such a fun experience for me. I hope y’all really enjoyed it too 🙏
"Yeah I think Powder is a support" LOL
All i can say, is MASSIVE reacter diff in the UA-cam lane here, yall gapping every other channel HARD. GGs, go next
I actually love they have no clue about the game. It makes the show exclusively a show for them and they can judge it on its quality and not years of gameplay and lore bits
Yes, my favorite reactors doing my new favorite show. You don't need to know anything about League of Legends to love this show. Heavy Dishonored influences by the way, which is great.
hell yeah booooooooooooooyyyy. the dishonored vibes are insane. bioshock too. i love steampunk
Yesssssss! I've been looking up reaction videos for this show since friday and none of them were up to the quality of a Normies video.
Never played League of Legends before, but I've seen these first 3 episodes 6 times though since friday and I have been Needing you guys to react to it
Real talk, I had a classmate from highschool that was on the "chonkier side", and one time he got jumped by 3 robbers and, after getting a knife to the gut, managed to knock all of them out and still got out alive. Big dudes can be pretty scary in a fight!
I'm so glad you guys are reacting to this! I play League, and while there is some fan service stuff, I honestly think it's better if you don't know League so I'm happy none of you do. Cheers and thank you!!!!
Ps I also freaked out when I heard Avasarala!
"We're gonna experience it now." yeah a backstory of a bunch of characters from specifically 2 cities.
There's a hundred-ish of those btw so don't worry- do yourselves a favor and DON'T touch the game and just, enjoy the ride! Story was probably the most enjoyable part- then they tended to retcon backstories over, and over and over-
Game itself is its own bundle of dynamite and I envy your lack of 4+ years wasted playing it- had fun when playing with friends tho, at least more than usual. Overall it felt like a stressfilled commitment.
Yeah almost no one has ever said the story is the best part of League. That's literally hilarious considering the story consists of vague backstories that are intentionally left open ended.
@@everettt4288 speak for yourself lmao.
Moba is always stressful especially going against good players. It’s like a job playing that game honestly. I play the mobile version and other mobas as well. I especially hate ranked games
Thank you so much for reacting to this! I was scared when I saw the poll and the majority said no. I'm excited to see people who don't play the game to see the show for what it is and give their take! :D
Oh my god you’re actually watching it lets gooo. There’s gonna be a lot of things you don’t know about but don’t worry too much about it.
There’s a lot of hidden details that only players would know and it’s extremely exiting
All I knew about LoL was my bro did a toy unboxing last month of his favorite character......sooooo after watching this.....DAMN......amazing This is the animation I hoped we would be at by now.
Is this the first time Micky has mentioned playing d&d? It feels like he's recently gotten into it cause he's making a bunch of d&d jokes/references in this video alone lol which I honestly love. Calling Chris chaotic evil, mentioning it again and chaotic good during the discussion. I wanna know more about his campaign :D
I DIDN’T REALIZE YOU GUYS WERE REACTING!!!! This is already one of my favorite shows ever. I’m soooooo excited for this
Sharn is an excellent example of a place that is similar to piltover/zaun. The eberron setting is a good one.
"I would get into that water and get the bag" Sees the giant toxic water fish looking for something to just murder in cold (water) blood.
Yeah nah i'm good on that bag of scrap metal.
Arcane is so damn good! Happy to see you guys reacting to it.
"I thought it was Six", I havent laughed that hard in a while, thank you
You can check it out on its own, the lore is so rich and big that it holds up without playing the game. But its waaaaaaay more enjoyable when you know the characters beforehand.
Either way, enjoy it because the first 3 episodes were sooooo gooood.
One of the best animated shows I've seen... amazing characters, animation, and dialogue... and holy fk that production value is off the charts. This is movie quality stuff.
After watching this show it makes me hope that the game devs branch out and make a good game, one that isnt top down view with a million things happening on screen. this franchise would shine in an mmo setting.
Amazing reaction... So happy you decided to watch it... Looking forward to the next episodes
The french proud of animation … the studio « Fortiche »!!🇫🇷🇫🇷
Best reaction to this series so far. Your commentary is honestly hilarious.
I’ve always said the best part about LoL were the characters/lore so it’s so dope to see they’re making a tv show about it even though I no longer like the actual game
When you actually have played the game before it hits different. It's like you discover part of the life of the characters you always play and the dialogues they have in the game start to make more sense
Never been interested in LOL since MOBAs aren't my thing. However, I've always been extremely impressed by how much time, energy, and thought went into the lore. They did NOT need to do that. "These people fight on this map" is the extent of lore that they needed.
I've always wanted a more in depth look at the lore, so I'm very much looking forward to the rest of the series. Seems good so far.
All ya gotta remember there is no good nor bad champions just champions with dreams
I mean they started Arcane years ago, like even before ruination. I think so yeh it's so well planned and Fortiche did a good job on animation
@@ghostlyflamingo07 I mean...
There ARE bad champions, like Thresh, Kha'Zix or Hecarim. I can even point at Singed from Zaun but he kind off has a dream like you mentioned (pure evil imo, though)
League has a broad sheet of options, so it's good that there are some Pure evil champions to balance things up.
@@jorgeflorez2816 what about our lord and savior, Kled, the High Major Commodore of the First Legion Third Multiplication Double Admiral Artillery Vanguard Company? Will you respect his authority?
This was the best reaction I have seen! Your analysis was great and your understanding and memory of key plot points was impressive (I had not remembered Powder had placed the crystals in her pocket until she noticed them later). Can't wait to see E2 and E3 reactions!
the amount of reactors watching this show who know absolutely nothing about league is kinda impressive... i love it lmao
Credits to a 100% french studio behind the serie that no one is talking about. Fortiche. They delivered with these animations
Idk anything about League of Legends, but I thought this first episode was really. The animation is insane and the story is promising, for an introduction episode
1:17 New fave of the crew just for this joke. alone god i love you guys
People say is this an ad for the game? I think the game was an ad for the whole time just to promote their show
The game really is nothing like this show, but I have to say I've been waiting AGES for it to have a proper story like this one! They have Tons of cinematics that are very entertaining or beautiful, in particular there's one about a character Annie and every frame of animation is PAINTED. It's STUNNING!
So happy to be following this story along with you guys, looking forward to the rest ^_^
aaaah this show is a masterpiece... I thought I was bias cus I am a league player myself but watching non league players enjoy it can confirm.. 10/10
Chris' humor is so strong. Clever and quick
Yes..I'm so fucking happy this show is getting attention. It's excellent 👌
attention? the show has gotten a 9.4/10 and its leading the board how much more do you want lol.
My husband has played LoL for years, before our 13yrs together. He watched the first episode and told me that I can keep watching with the kid's on our own, he wasn't into it.
I thought the Normies would start on this show after a handful of other reactors already have started on it. The first episode wasn't bad.
Vi "What are they?"
Suraj, "Bombs." Lol!
"you're a support"
Actually she's an ADC.
Piltover = NYC, Undercity = The Burrows, The Lanes = Harlem
This show is fucking beautiful and literally everything about it is amazing... and I knew nothing about LoL before watching it (from what Ive heard the community gets angry at new people easily)
The gems are Hexcrystals, basically there is arcane power that people are born with, and according to the lore basically the same way we get diamonds in real life. (carbon based lifeforms die and then underpressure turn in to diamonds). When diamonds are made from the remains of those who have arcane abilities it's stored inside the diamond.
Top side is city Piltover, and the city underground is Zaun. The lanes is the gangs from that area
ohh VI is a Jungler/Top - Bruiser, Jinx/powder is Bot/marksman
i just finish watching this on netflix its crazy bro. this shit is wild
Thank you for reacting! Can’t get enough of this show!!!👌
“You guys wanted us to watch this”
The poll “56% no”
Judging by the views they were correct lol the people that said no had no idea what it was.
Glad you guys are watching, no need for league knowledge. Great show all on its own. It is perhaps slightly more enjoyable if you know some of the lore/ backstories behind some of the characters but you don't need it. Look forward to watching along with you guys.
Btw just so you guys know, league games aren't canon within the universe. So terminology in game is irrelevant in the show so you can avoid confusion.
Been following y'all for a long time now. So glad y'all made it to the league universe! I'm excited to see y'all experience this. Welcome to Runeterra!
Imagine dragons collaborated with riot since 2014(with the song warriors) , they are back to have a banger song for this show, and about the setting, different regions and nations have different cultures and style of buildings.
I love the intro 🤣 we can be dumb, that is right, repeat that shit
Best show this year, for me at least. The Lore is too good and the art style badass!! 👍💪
More Normies content for stuff I actually watch! Not a League goblin, I just love good fuckin shows, man. And this one is a goddamn masterpiece.
Chris: “I thought it was six. “ Dude, that was hilarious.
Rana, I had the same reaction to the cat at the end.
I’m not sure how I feel about this show yet, but I’m only one episode in. I’ll watch a few more and see if it gets better. Either way, I enjoyed this reaction from you guys.
its been a bit, how do you like the rest of it?
Third episode is where shit gets real.