This feels like watching an old home video because you were feeling nostalgic, but then realize your ex was in the video as well and it just becomes awkward.
I don't find seeing Orion here awkward at all. The only people who have any real right to be unhappy with him are the group he actually genuinely slighted: the Critical Role cast themselves. Everyone else is just weird about him being a shitty, selfish DnD player.
The thing is, they aren't in a living room anymore. They are in a full-blown studio, so there are pretty large restrictions on what the cameras may and may not see. Implementing a 'Matt camera' would make it difficult not to accidentally show the studio gear, crew, or anything 'backstage', which would range from somewhat unprofessional to downright problematic. As much as I would love him to fully embrace his characters, it is simply not feasible in a studio setting like this, not without being detrimental in other aspects (one thing they REALLY cherish is how they can sit at the same table, close to each other, which they couldn't for a good while after starting the show)
Only he isn't Percy yet, his original character was apparently very... Insane, almost too much for the live shows and so he changed him of his own volition
Talesins original character was a dragborn. Blue paladin I believe. However that was very short lived. Possibly only that first birthday game one off. The had lots of adventures pre stream with Percy. And they made reference to Percy being a bit crazy, that he lost himself, both in the original intro and a mention by the characters that when they first met him he was in prison and very different. But his character had already grown in time that they gamed before live streaming.
you'd have to imagine he misses it, they all probably do. as much as a blessing CR has been, and as lucky as we've all been for it to exist, you always gotta miss the simpler times,
The fact that they're like this off-camera makes all of Critical Role so much better. It really shows that they're just having fun and the videos are a bonus.
Liam had the best vine energy 😂 "NERD!" Keyleth: "I can turn into plants" Liam: *pan to a plant* HAugh! Liam: "Are you a holy cleric eating ice cream?" Ashley: "Yep" *holds ice cream and spoon like an adorable child* Also I LOVE that Travis has always screamed so chaotically at huge plot points.
Also the fact that Matt basically got them all into DnD, at least fully into it, so they were still kinda shakey and getting their footing when they were on stream, hence weird character choices and moments
@@antonymilne1346 Plus they had just switched game systems for the stream. Pre-stream, they were using Pathfinder rules. When they started streaming, they switched to Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. So they were still learning the D&D 5e rules during the first campaign (and sometimes they still forget the rules, Matt included). Percy had to be completely redesigned with homebrew rules by Matt because the D&D 5e fighter subclasses did not include the gunslinger, which was Percy's fighter subclass in Pathfinder. Many of the characters' abilities changed, and some spells got altered, added or removed because of the differences in spell rules and class spell lists in D&D vs. Pathfinder.
@@antonymilne1346 Taliesin and Matt were the only Rpg players, Marisha had already seen some sessions and Liam played as a kid (and/or teen), all the rest played for the first time on Liam's birthday and only then they started playing on a monthly basis... the rest is history.
I feel like it would be so cool if they brought back Matt walking around and getting up close and personal with the players/characters during really important moments. I'm pretty sure they main reason for static seating is easier filming and streaming. But now with their budget and prerecording I feel like they could bring it back.
He probably did that in the beginning as most of them were learning rules and figuring out what their characters could do. Nowadays everyone is pretty familiar with the game so it isn't necessary, it would really only serve to make the players feel like they have less freedom.
It's wild to me seeing clips of them just sitting around a dining room table. Like, before they began to do Critical Role their DnD sessions were basically the same as mine
It is interesting being able to relate in that way where it’s just taking place in a crowded kitchen table. Makes me glad I’ve got one of the extendo ones now cause before we just played on my dad’s pool table in the basement.
The frenetic cutting that was only really popular with Vine really dates this. That and the fact that they all look so young. And that you-know-who hasn't ruined his friendship with them yet.
@@myrojyn He was really annoying and toxic in Episode 27 of C1, and generally had "main character" vibes while playing for episodes after their fight with the beholder
It's so weird watching the early days vs now, and seeing all the differences in the cast over the years. But also really awesome to see how they've been doing this for so long and will hopefully keep doing it for many more years.
Welp, they are still hand-drawn, just more effort goes into it. As Matt said, he still makes maps by himself, but there are people whose job is to complete the maps if Matt is short on time.
He was actually in the movie Secondhand Lions, he was one of the punks in the bar that get beat up by Robert Duval's character, and he really did get beat up by Duval, who then apparently paid him a few hundred dollars when he found out Travis wasn't actually one of the stunt guys. 😂
interesting how Matts old DM style was so interactive, that's the first time I've seen a DM standing behind players and pointing to things and going over to them personally when they roll. Makes me wonder how hard it was for him to switch to the camera/set friendly style he has now
I sometimes just wish Orion hadn't... well, gone through what he went through and did some of the things he did, because at the basis of it all, he helped create this magnificent thing and was a friend like the rest of them. Shame how things sometimes just go sour like that.
@@averywoods4116 It's complicated and the community, twitch chat, and reddit moderators don't want it discussed. Ultimately Orion had anger issues/mental health issues/addiction etc. (the details are unclear and change with each retelling), and was supposedly sexually inappropriate towards Laura (crass language) on set as apparently is seen in one of the sessions (With Travis visbily upset, forget wich session), hostile towards fans on social media, and ultimately a falling out behind the scenes.
Without condoning anything Orion's done, I pity the poor bastard. This community and this group could have been a safe haven for him to get better in. Instead... well. He had to go a different way.
Some standouts to me were: Matt saying "I have to run a business" after Laura rolls(classic vex), Laura saying "I have a personal message for Mr Krieg" showing how far back Matt has been planning his campaign, and Tiberius being hit by Mind Meld so Orion says "I turned on you cuz I hate you all" foreshadowing what's to come😓
I miss these days tbh Don’t get me wrong, CR is just as lovely as ever but there was a certain charm that came with the chaos and anti-professionalism. The home game energy was so heart warming.
just learned this moment that pathfinder wasn’t just a weirdly-named official version of d&d. like in my head it went d&d, ad&d, 3e, pathfinder, 4e, 5e.
@@Very_Okay 4E came out and the response was that it was terrible, and people would rather stay on 3.5, and the company Paizo took the opportunity and created Pathfinder by altering 3.5, which was hugely successful and lead to Pathfinder being the main competition to DnD.
I've known most groups to never say they play Pathfinder. They usually said they play D&D using Pathfinder rules. Just as if you would say that you play D&D with 3rd edition rules.
Man I really miss this game. This is exactly how it used to be with me and my friends. Even down to the piles of snacks on the table and the shitty paper maps. I seek this again.
I'd found a copy of it a while back but I didn't have the recording equipment or ability to download this video back then, I'm glad someone else managed to save it from being obliterated.
I can feel the body heat coming from this room. You know, the kind where you're uncomfortably warm, but not quite sweating yet. If there's one thing I don't miss about playing my old D&D campaign, it's the way that the poor bastard's AC couldn't keep up with 7 warm bodies in one small room.
Yeah, many people seem to miss it but that's really the core of the show. It's not just that they are voice actors or great players, it really comes down to the fact that they're all close friends and they're having a lot of fun playing together.
Is it just me... but you can tell they seem way more relaxed in this. This explains why the early episodes of crit roll, you can tell they seem a little uncomfortable and not with it yet. This explains a lot.
This makes me feel less bad about how my party hasn't been able to have a session since June. Liam posted everytime they had a game, and they had multiple month long gaps in between. If the cast Critical Role can't get a consistent weekly game until they get paid to, then I say stop being so hard on ourselves when we can't lol
This is absolutely amazing I just read the World of critical role book. There are some photos from these sessions and it's so heartwarming to see the same level of passion and enjoyment they have here and on set.
I am playing as Dungeon Master d&d with my group of best friends, and seeing those short cut scenes had make me feel like they are, simply, a very affiatated group of friend enjoying their own company while playing d&d. Before Geek&Sundry, Before cameras and Before the stream, they were just a group of friend played in the dining room. Lovely ♥️
If you have a best Lego Builder show, The Voice, Tattoo Artist and things like that, why isn't there a BEST DM/GM show. It could be on internet, it could have One Shot's every week, and it could have the best known DM/GM's as jury...
People you wished you'd met when you were in LA, episode 21 :| Love seeing the origin stuff, the 'lost prequel bits' - I'm working my way back from 'what is this awesome animation?' to 'wow, what a great bunch and campaign'* Superb to see how this changed the game radically well, as well as creating engaging characters and much feels - and I'm only on season 1. Right, off to find a local group! *without going there, but it is sad to see that not all of the group could navigate life together once things started taking off...
The magic of critical role has been to mix sense of adventure and epic that characterise rpg with homely feeling of cult shows like friends or himym. And the fact that all has started with a random stream for a special occasion (someone's birthday if i'm not wrong) is just another proof that often best projects begin by chance.
Me too. My favorite moments in the show are the bits where you see flashes of their irl friendships. Sam and Travis "fighting" over sportsball. The time Marisha was with Taliesin when he got a pair of lederhosen. Liam and Taliesin geeking out over Secret Garden the Musical. The small, in between moments that remind you that these people have known and loved each other for so long.
I love how everyone is like so different and naive of the things to come from mercer except same who through whatever pact is still the EXACT SAME! I SEE HIM IN MY DREAMS
Is it just me or does Percy have a much stronger Received Pronunciation accent vs on stream and in LOVM? Either way, I love seeing these looks at the early days!
@@emmamassick9484 Sorry I don't have a reference to it, but at one point Taliesin mentioned he was glad he didn't have to do that original character's voice anymore because it was hard on the throat and he did a brief demo and it was guttural and raspy and monster-like.
This feels like watching an old home video because you were feeling nostalgic, but then realize your ex was in the video as well and it just becomes awkward.
DUDE YES. Seeing Orion there freaked me out
You can tell he only got bad bc they gained popularity and he tried so hard to be the coolest, most badass one.
I don't find seeing Orion here awkward at all. The only people who have any real right to be unhappy with him are the group he actually genuinely slighted: the Critical Role cast themselves.
Everyone else is just weird about him being a shitty, selfish DnD player.
**gently holds this video** the ancient texts
They must be preserved.
*angelic music*
Music swells…”the adventure begins…”
The VERY ancient texts! Older than tiiiiiiime itselffffff
@@greggatesjr1301 *Matt Mercer Intensifies*
Travis nearly looks like a completely separate guy.
Still would though...
@@jaffaesque you know it
Yeah he looks like the lead singer of Breaking Benjamin.
Some men age like wine... sweet sweet wine.
Honestly Travis is a damn handsome man. Only time anyone else in the crew wins over him is Matt with a beard. Like, Campaign 2 finale beard
Something about Taliesin repeatedly drinking coffee is actually just really funny
This campaign needs...MORE BIG SIIIIIIPS!
It's his natural state
He still remembers when it was an aphrodisiac.
Lol 😆 coffee
That hair tho 😁
Sam doesn't look like he's aged a day in 8 years and he looks as beautiful as ever
Taliesin must have told him how to do that. ;)
@@faranior *dear god you're right*
His teeth got bigger
Marisha too. Everyone else looks like baby versions of themselves 😂
awww this is so sweet
I love how this feels like a collection of old home movies
Well, that's exactly what they are.
It probably feels like that because that's exactly what it is.
I love how this feels like a reply to a UA-cam comment
@@SkoloT well yeah that's exactly what this is
I love how there's little to no difference between how these videos and the live games feel.
When Marisha was like "I can turn into plants!" And then it just showed a plant with Liam's gasp was hilarious 😂
Read this comment as it happened in the video. Perfecting timing
I'm so glad someone else found that as funny as I did
3:14 as Orym's favourite. A pie.
"I'm playing Dungeons and Dragons."
"NERD."
Me at 46-Finally playing this year- Why yes I fucking am!
they don't know, they have no idea in these clips that one day not to long in the future, they will have touched so may hearts with their stories.
The fact that Mat basically EMBODIES David Tennant when voicing who I assume to be Krieg (talking about a blue dragon)
I think that scene and the scene beforehand were meant to foreshadow the Chroma Conclave
Or was it that David Tennant embodied Matt Mercer?
ACTING INCEPTION
Matt commits even when he is playing a squirrel
@@Asgardian30 yes, Brimschyte was the youngest member of the Conclave.
@@Pedro-tl7jg or crabgrass! He’s so good
“And what if the book I wish…is a book that I print, on the skin I flay from your back?”
Ah. I see Percy was always like THAT.
6:10
I want to know the context SO BAD
He's always been no mercy percy
fancy seeing you here !!
They should add a camera for Matt to let him get up and walk around up fully embody his characters like this, it's so fun to see
yes he seemed like an even more dynamic DM . didn,'t realise how much the camera holds his potential to a certain limit.
This is when they were babies. He's too old now. Bad hip. :P
@@chadwickerman darn, I just hope Matt doesn't feel restricted
They really need someone to animate the entire campaigns lol millions of views
The thing is, they aren't in a living room anymore. They are in a full-blown studio, so there are pretty large restrictions on what the cameras may and may not see. Implementing a 'Matt camera' would make it difficult not to accidentally show the studio gear, crew, or anything 'backstage', which would range from somewhat unprofessional to downright problematic. As much as I would love him to fully embrace his characters, it is simply not feasible in a studio setting like this, not without being detrimental in other aspects (one thing they REALLY cherish is how they can sit at the same table, close to each other, which they couldn't for a good while after starting the show)
Therapist: "Don't worry. Short haired Matthew Mercer isn't real. He can't hurt you."
Beardless Travis is way scarier
am i the only one loosing my shit a little over Percy asking to speak to someone's supervisor?
Only he isn't Percy yet, his original character was apparently very... Insane, almost too much for the live shows and so he changed him of his own volition
It's a totally Percy move.
@@kingcoheed1208 Nah they had plenty of adventures with Percy before the live show.
Talesins original character was a dragborn. Blue paladin I believe. However that was very short lived. Possibly only that first birthday game one off. The had lots of adventures pre stream with Percy. And they made reference to Percy being a bit crazy, that he lost himself, both in the original intro and a mention by the characters that when they first met him he was in prison and very different. But his character had already grown in time that they gamed before live streaming.
@@Logan_Baron White, I think. He had ice breath.
Taliesin aggressively drinking what I assume to be coffee is such a Mood
👿☕
i feel so seen
i wish they has a setup that allowed matt to walk around,he's very naturally a standing DM, but the CR setup doesn't really allow for that.
He sometimes stands up but cant run around
you'd have to imagine he misses it, they all probably do. as much as a blessing CR has been, and as lucky as we've all been for it to exist, you always gotta miss the simpler times,
he has really bad body dysmorphia and probably hated the dance segments more than anything ... happy to stay behind the GM screen ...@@willnelson9906
he also has a chronic pain condition that affects his back, so it's entirely possible it's gotten worse since
The fact that they're like this off-camera makes all of Critical Role so much better. It really shows that they're just having fun and the videos are a bonus.
Liam had the best vine energy 😂
"NERD!"
Keyleth: "I can turn into plants" Liam: *pan to a plant* HAugh!
Liam: "Are you a holy cleric eating ice cream?" Ashley: "Yep" *holds ice cream and spoon like an adorable child*
Also I LOVE that Travis has always screamed so chaotically at huge plot points.
For those who don't know, Critical Role before the livestreams was basically a home game. It's kinda the reason why C1 for the streams start weirdly.
Yeah it basically just goes "we're going to the underdark, hold on to your ass cause this shits gonna get crazy"
Also the fact that Matt basically got them all into DnD, at least fully into it, so they were still kinda shakey and getting their footing when they were on stream, hence weird character choices and moments
@@antonymilne1346 Plus they had just switched game systems for the stream. Pre-stream, they were using Pathfinder rules. When they started streaming, they switched to Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. So they were still learning the D&D 5e rules during the first campaign (and sometimes they still forget the rules, Matt included). Percy had to be completely redesigned with homebrew rules by Matt because the D&D 5e fighter subclasses did not include the gunslinger, which was Percy's fighter subclass in Pathfinder. Many of the characters' abilities changed, and some spells got altered, added or removed because of the differences in spell rules and class spell lists in D&D vs. Pathfinder.
@@JeremyLambright point of order: gunslinger in Pathfinder is not a fighter subclass. It is its own class entirely and has some unique mechanics.
@@antonymilne1346 Taliesin and Matt were the only Rpg players, Marisha had already seen some sessions and Liam played as a kid (and/or teen), all the rest played for the first time on Liam's birthday and only then they started playing on a monthly basis... the rest is history.
I love how incomprehensible most of these are
I haven’t understood what’s happening in a single one yet.
I feel like it would be so cool if they brought back Matt walking around and getting up close and personal with the players/characters during really important moments. I'm pretty sure they main reason for static seating is easier filming and streaming. But now with their budget and prerecording I feel like they could bring it back.
He probably did that in the beginning as most of them were learning rules and figuring out what their characters could do. Nowadays everyone is pretty familiar with the game so it isn't necessary, it would really only serve to make the players feel like they have less freedom.
It's wild to me seeing clips of them just sitting around a dining room table. Like, before they began to do Critical Role their DnD sessions were basically the same as mine
Though to be fair they were professional voice actors even then. But I get what you mean.
It is interesting being able to relate in that way where it’s just taking place in a crowded kitchen table. Makes me glad I’ve got one of the extendo ones now cause before we just played on my dad’s pool table in the basement.
The frenetic cutting that was only really popular with Vine really dates this. That and the fact that they all look so young. And that you-know-who hasn't ruined his friendship with them yet.
I'm curious as to what he did 🤔
@@myrojyn He shit the bed quite thoroughly. Drugs, ego, and revealing himself to be a scumbag.
wait, i dont know who?
@@myrojyn He was really annoying and toxic in Episode 27 of C1, and generally had "main character" vibes while playing for episodes after their fight with the beholder
@@djsndifn there was also some behind the scenes stuff too. That may or may not be true. Drug use and abuse I believe
It's so weird watching the early days vs now, and seeing all the differences in the cast over the years.
But also really awesome to see how they've been doing this for so long and will hopefully keep doing it for many more years.
Every member of the cast worth their weight in gold stayed.
@@Mike-os3pt oh for sure. Not upset that Orion is gone.
It was a hell of an impressive run even before it became a stream!
For sure. It feels nostalgic in a way and strangely comforting to watch. Like old family videos
Once again, we have Liam to thank for pretty much everything 💗
6:10 oh my god, Taliesin's hair. it's magnificent
Gay Ben Franklin foreshadowing
@@Arkay24 *Just Ben Franklin xD
It's always magnificent
@@eartheclipse8Where's the difference?
It's so cool seeing their humble beginnings. Especially those hand drawn maps.
I LOVED those at the start of C1
I love that they get to have such fancy heroforge sets, but those hand drawn maps hold a special place in our hearts.
Welp, they are still hand-drawn, just more effort goes into it. As Matt said, he still makes maps by himself, but there are people whose job is to complete the maps if Matt is short on time.
God I didnt recognize baby faced Travis for a bit lol
Gods it took me a solid 3 seconds to realize that was travis
He was actually in the movie Secondhand Lions, he was one of the punks in the bar that get beat up by Robert Duval's character, and he really did get beat up by Duval, who then apparently paid him a few hundred dollars when he found out Travis wasn't actually one of the stunt guys. 😂
@@LordOwenLongstrider second hand lions is one of my all time favorite movies. This makes me so happy
@@LordOwenLongstrider no way!!! Oh my god, I have to watch this movie again, thanks!
Travis with no beard is so cursed, it’s always been cursed, and it will always be cursed
Seeing them play Just Dance.... I hope they don't have stress these days with the toxicity of the fandom. I wish them nothing but joy.
I like how most of the group doesn't look that much different now but then there's Travis who looks like a completely different person 💀
interesting how Matts old DM style was so interactive, that's the first time I've seen a DM standing behind players and pointing to things and going over to them personally when they roll.
Makes me wonder how hard it was for him to switch to the camera/set friendly style he has now
Seeing Matt walk around while role playing is really cool.
Honesty seeing Travis ring that bell at 7:08 in full cosplay completed my life and boosted my man-crush on him by 99999%.
AND ON THIS DAY; MATIUS MERCER GAVETH US THE BIRTH OF A STAR CHILD KNOWN AS GILMORE. OF THE GLORIOUS VARIETY! ALL HAIL THE LOST TEXTS
1:12 Sam had the Nott scream nailed down pretty early on haha.
That scream always brings me such joy
Everyone else: *stressing in combat*
Taliesin: *aggressively drinking coffee*
Eldritch beings like Taliesin and Brennan subsist off of copious amounts of coffee.
I sometimes just wish Orion hadn't... well, gone through what he went through and did some of the things he did, because at the basis of it all, he helped create this magnificent thing and was a friend like the rest of them. Shame how things sometimes just go sour like that.
Alas this is life, all we can do now is hope he get better and do more good than harm in the future, learning from his mistakes too.
What happened
@@averywoods4116 It's complicated and the community, twitch chat, and reddit moderators don't want it discussed. Ultimately Orion had anger issues/mental health issues/addiction etc. (the details are unclear and change with each retelling), and was supposedly sexually inappropriate towards Laura (crass language) on set as apparently is seen in one of the sessions (With Travis visbily upset, forget wich session), hostile towards fans on social media, and ultimately a falling out behind the scenes.
Without condoning anything Orion's done, I pity the poor bastard. This community and this group could have been a safe haven for him to get better in. Instead... well. He had to go a different way.
@@AFutureDarkly The meta gaming god >.>
2:40 I didn't realize that one of Percy's many names included Karen. Percival Karen Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III
Some standouts to me were: Matt saying "I have to run a business" after Laura rolls(classic vex), Laura saying "I have a personal message for Mr Krieg" showing how far back Matt has been planning his campaign, and Tiberius being hit by Mind Meld so Orion says "I turned on you cuz I hate you all" foreshadowing what's to come😓
I miss these days tbh
Don’t get me wrong, CR is just as lovely as ever but there was a certain charm that came with the chaos and anti-professionalism. The home game energy was so heart warming.
I love that they call it D&D everytime even tho they play Pathfinder. It truly is D&D 3.75
I myself is currently running a campaign and using Pathfinder 1st Ed . But we still say DnD.
They used to play 4E, before switching to PF, and then 5E when they started streaming.
just learned this moment that pathfinder wasn’t just a weirdly-named official version of d&d. like in my head it went d&d, ad&d, 3e, pathfinder, 4e, 5e.
@@Very_Okay 4E came out and the response was that it was terrible, and people would rather stay on 3.5, and the company Paizo took the opportunity and created Pathfinder by altering 3.5, which was hugely successful and lead to Pathfinder being the main competition to DnD.
I've known most groups to never say they play Pathfinder. They usually said they play D&D using Pathfinder rules. Just as if you would say that you play D&D with 3rd edition rules.
Man I really miss this game. This is exactly how it used to be with me and my friends. Even down to the piles of snacks on the table and the shitty paper maps. I seek this again.
Hope you get your Party back together!
RIP Dagon. Best birb. May there be plenty of fruits and yummy sunflower seeds wherever you are now.
jeez. they’ve been at this for a decade i had no idea
Thank you for uploading this! Love to see it, crazy how it captures Pike's death scene in the pre-stream campaign.
I really want to know more about it
I'd found a copy of it a while back but I didn't have the recording equipment or ability to download this video back then, I'm glad someone else managed to save it from being obliterated.
It’s crazy and unbelievably joyous how long they’ve been friends and complete and utter dorks 😂
Just a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors... 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
Just goes to show how long Matt and his friends have been playing DND prior to Crit Role. So good.
OR DID THEY. Look at those character sheets. It's pathfinder
@@902386 To-may-to, to-mah-to. Especially Pathfinder 1e that was a tweaked 3.5 D&D
Taliesin: *aggressively drinks coffee*
I can feel the body heat coming from this room. You know, the kind where you're uncomfortably warm, but not quite sweating yet. If there's one thing I don't miss about playing my old D&D campaign, it's the way that the poor bastard's AC couldn't keep up with 7 warm bodies in one small room.
1:35 "and we don't back down from a fight- or a shit!" Possibly top 15 lines Sam has ever said
the gentle rocking back and forth on “she plays song about dragons” is killing me i love it
therapist: small travis doesn't exist he cant hurt you
small travis:
"Laura Bailey master bullshitter" takes on an even greater meaning after campaign 2 XD
1:59 is this the first ever record of our magnificent shopkeep?
I wonder if they ever miss having a game like this among them, without cameras. There's a really sweet energy here, they're all so passionate
5:08 Travis already looks like he's done with dudes shit.
I don't see stars I see a group of friends having fun. Like, this is vibing.
I love that you can tell time by Laura's hair.
How have I been a critter for so long, yet this is the first time I've seen this collection?!
OMG it is a gold. They're so young, so unexperienced. Awesome.
Wow I can see why critical role is such a success,, it's not just being great at DnD. But we're gre a t friends to begin with.
Yeah, many people seem to miss it but that's really the core of the show. It's not just that they are voice actors or great players, it really comes down to the fact that they're all close friends and they're having a lot of fun playing together.
Liam saying NERD made me blast myself in the sun😭 that was hilarious and unexpected
Ashley's tiger onesie in 0:27 was that Sam was wearing in Imodna kissing scene??? Ohmygod they're all so cute ugh
Lots of pre-stream stuff I'd not seen before, thank you!
Love how most of these were filmed by Liam, love him so much❤
Is it just me... but you can tell they seem way more relaxed in this. This explains why the early episodes of crit roll, you can tell they seem a little uncomfortable and not with it yet. This explains a lot.
"And what if the book I wish is a book that I print? On the skin I flay from your back." Is such a metal line
This makes me feel less bad about how my party hasn't been able to have a session since June. Liam posted everytime they had a game, and they had multiple month long gaps in between.
If the cast Critical Role can't get a consistent weekly game until they get paid to, then I say stop being so hard on ourselves when we can't lol
This is absolutely amazing I just read the World of critical role book. There are some photos from these sessions and it's so heartwarming to see the same level of passion and enjoyment they have here and on set.
I am playing as Dungeon Master d&d with my group of best friends, and seeing those short cut scenes had make me feel like they are, simply, a very affiatated group of friend enjoying their own company while playing d&d. Before Geek&Sundry, Before cameras and Before the stream, they were just a group of friend played in the dining room. Lovely ♥️
LOOK AT THE BABY FACES. 🥺
This really brings into perspective just how good of friends they all are.
And how long they've been friends.
If you have a best Lego Builder show, The Voice, Tattoo Artist and things like that, why isn't there a BEST DM/GM show. It could be on internet, it could have One Shot's every week, and it could have the best known DM/GM's as jury...
Love this. Please do not let anyone delete it. I thought I had watched every second of CR content before now. Very 😎.!
People you wished you'd met when you were in LA, episode 21 :|
Love seeing the origin stuff, the 'lost prequel bits' - I'm working my way back from 'what is this awesome animation?' to 'wow, what a great bunch and campaign'*
Superb to see how this changed the game radically well, as well as creating engaging characters and much feels - and I'm only on season 1.
Right, off to find a local group!
*without going there, but it is sad to see that not all of the group could navigate life together once things started taking off...
Seeing them move around the table so much is kinda awesome
I enjoy talesin drinking coffee more and more intensely awy too much. Also baby-faced travis with no beard
Memories of a place and time that you've never been to.
It’s so weird seeing Travis without a beard
That was beautiful and wholesome
*gasp* Ancient relic!!! It must be archived! *Saves to playlists*
Seeing them just being a bunch of friends and not a professional production is great
The magic of critical role has been to mix sense of adventure and epic that characterise rpg with homely feeling of cult shows like friends or himym. And the fact that all has started with a random stream for a special occasion (someone's birthday if i'm not wrong) is just another proof that often best projects begin by chance.
The JOY on those faces... 🙂
imagine playing this game with your friends never knowing it would eventually turn into an animated tv show
"We're playing D&D!" *Sees Pathfinder everywhere*
The friendship is beautiful!
Wish I had something like it
Same. I feel a lot of comfort watching these videos. And I think that's why the love TTRPG elements of Critical Role resonate so much with me
Same. 🥺 I desperately want to play D&D around a table and make good friends through adventuring but alas, social anxiety lol
Me too. My favorite moments in the show are the bits where you see flashes of their irl friendships. Sam and Travis "fighting" over sportsball. The time Marisha was with Taliesin when he got a pair of lederhosen. Liam and Taliesin geeking out over Secret Garden the Musical. The small, in between moments that remind you that these people have known and loved each other for so long.
Same, Aspergers and social anxiety sucks. At least I can't miss something I'll never have.
Matt absolutely giving it all to applause is my favorite thing
Travis without the beard is almost surreal to see lmao
Hope I can find a friend group to play D&D with someday 😊
It's crazy to think about how long they've been playing together
They all look so different! All of them have aged well, but the difference is still noticeable here
I love how everyone is like so different and naive of the things to come from mercer except same who through whatever pact is still the EXACT SAME! I SEE HIM IN MY DREAMS
Omg the babies!! I loved when Matt was hand drawing all the maps!
Is it just me or does Percy have a much stronger Received Pronunciation accent vs on stream and in LOVM? Either way, I love seeing these looks at the early days!
He may not have been Percy yet, he had another character before they started streaming
@@emmamassick9484 for one game
@@TempestLM I thought it was for a while
@@TempestLM but I don’t know him lol nor am I that versed in pre-stream critical role ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@emmamassick9484 Sorry I don't have a reference to it, but at one point Taliesin mentioned he was glad he didn't have to do that original character's voice anymore because it was hard on the throat and he did a brief demo and it was guttural and raspy and monster-like.
0:11 you can see they are playing 4e.
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS MANY THANKS!
These clips are truly special.
This has the same energy as rewatching my baby videos.