Arcane - 1x1 Welcome to the Playground - Group Reaction
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2024
- The League of Legends TV show Arcane begins with sisters Powder and Violet or Vi, handling the aftermath of a dangerous heist. The Normies will be reacting to Arcane episodes as soon as they are available so make sure to stay subscribed for our reactions! Watch our reviews and discussions at the end. This makes us want to play League of Legends even though this is nothing like a MOBA.
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#Arcane #LeagueOfLegends #Vi
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
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
"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
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!
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 🔥
I LOVED that reaction to Shohreh Aghdashloo. She's such a fantastic actress, and her voice is ICONIC.
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.
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
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.
"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 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
The water is toxic btw.
That is why they couldn't get the stuff back.
"Vi"
"I think it's Vi (vai) actually"
"I thought it was six" xddd that killed me. Great to see you reacting to this!
this series has been fire, glad to see a series on it
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.
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
Bro the western style mixed with the almost pastel look of the animation is so good
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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).
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 incorporate the intertwining lore of each of these characters. To see how they develop into the champs they become is phenomenal. 10/10 show
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
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.
The camera angles n close ups like a imaginary camera man made it epic💯
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?
I love how they freaked out when Shohreh's character speaks, as a fellow The Expanse watcher can relate
"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
All i can say, is MASSIVE reacter diff in the UA-cam lane here, yall gapping every other channel HARD. GGs, go next
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!
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
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 🙏
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!'
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.
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
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'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!
I DID NOT EXPECT THIS LOL, BLOODY GOOD SHOW.
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!
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
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
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
"You got scuba gear....
I can hold my breath really long."
Hahahahahha my man
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.
"Yeah I think Powder is a support" LOL
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 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
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.
"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...
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
Best reaction to this series so far. Your commentary is honestly hilarious.
The french proud of animation … the studio « Fortiche »!!🇫🇷🇫🇷
Credits to a 100% french studio behind the serie that no one is talking about. Fortiche. They delivered with these animations
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.
Piltover = NYC, Undercity = The Burrows, The Lanes = Harlem
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
“I feel like powder is sort of a support character”
*heh. hehe. hehehehehehahahahAHAHAHA*
"you're a support"
Actually she's an ADC.
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.
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
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)
Jinx (Powder) is an AD-carry (ranged attack fighter) and not a support champion. I don't know if the whole series is a prequel. But the episode you have seen shows the characters Vi and Jinx as kids. In the game they are adults. So parts of the show might be called prequel. I don't know how the show will progress, but the trailer also shows Jinx and Vi as adults.
Sharn is an excellent example of a place that is similar to piltover/zaun. The eberron setting is a good one.
I DIDN’T REALIZE YOU GUYS WERE REACTING!!!! This is already one of my favorite shows ever. I’m soooooo excited for this
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
The first 3 episodes are a 'kid's own adventure' until the last 20 minutes.
“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.
From my understanding, the intro takes place when Powder is 4/5 and Vi is 13/14. But the time of the heist, Powder is 7 and Vi is 16.
Arcane is so damn good! Happy to see you guys reacting to it.
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.
the amount of reactors watching this show who know absolutely nothing about league is kinda impressive... i love it lmao
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.
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
1:17 New fave of the crew just for this joke. alone god i love you guys
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!!!👌
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.
When you guys make comparisons to other things i think its good because your linking the show to somthing you enjoyed in the past and it creates a good vibe and feeling around the show
General Consensus. Every thing about the league universe is a banger, except the game it self. If you want to play a game that explores the lore as well, Legends of Runeterra is suggested(card game). If you like pain, play league
I'm new to the LoL lore, too: what I've learned is that the Vi/"Powder" relationship was conjecture among the American fans due to various lines in the American dialog that isn't in the other versions of the game.
Jinx: "You think I'm crazy? You should meet my sister!"
Caitlyn: "Perhaps Piltover can rest easy without you, Jinx. But, Vi ..."
The arcane is based on two city piltover were the rich people live and Zaun were the poor people live
Piltover is on the top but Zaun is in piltover below
Zaun wasn't a thing yet in this episode.
Vi "What are they?"
Suraj, "Bombs." Lol!
Just gonna note, I've heard that some channels are getting copyright strikes over this show. I know you guys know your business, but still feels like a thing worth saying.
Since Chris kinda brought it up, sci-fi and fantasy are collectively called speculative fiction. But also science-fantasy is a viable term for things that blur the line.
Best show this year, for me at least. The Lore is too good and the art style badass!! 👍💪
"I thought it was Six", I havent laughed that hard in a while, thank you
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.