Anyone watching Matt Finch's new series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySFgf6ormq4&t)?
Obviously this forum has some issues (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?38245-Are-RPG-streamers-and-regular-table-top-people-playing-the-same-hobby)with the whole streamers thing, but I'm curious what folks think of this in particular and how it compares to how they run games. While the tech (moving a camera around 3d dungeon terrain with miniatures) is far from what I do, Matt's style is pretty similar to my own, and his players definitely seem like they'd fit in fine with my group.
It's like watching a "Behind the Scenes" of an actual role-play session. Where everyone is still in their trailer, taking a break and waiting for the camera crew to find some good sun for a shoot. How much slower can a game session be run on purpose?
Meh.
The first episode is just introduction and discussing marching order for a ridiculously long time. It can be skipped. The pace of episode 2 and 3 seems fine to me.
I don't watch any of these fake reality-shows posing as RPG sessions.
Quote from: RPGPundit;1020704I don't watch any of these fake reality-shows posing as RPG sessions.
If I had a criticism of this show, it would be that it is a pure, unedited gaming session. There is nothing fake or reality showesque about. I'm not sure if I will continue to watch it, but it looked like a fun group I would be happy to actually game with.
Yeah, these people are definitely doing nothing to make it more interesting to view - they're just playing.
Quote from: Baulderstone;1020740If I had a criticism of this show, it would be that it is a pure, unedited gaming session. There is nothing fake or reality showesque about. I'm not sure if I will continue to watch it, but it looked like a fun group I would be happy to actually game with.
Yeah, no idea what Pundit is talking about there. The reason I brought this one up is that it actually resembles D&D as I play it, other than the terrain. It's doesn't have Critical Role's 15 minutes of intro announcing sponsors and a production cast of 30 people, or HarmonQuest's extreme editing and animation. What on earth is fake about it Pundit?
Another thing Finch posted was his brainstorming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr0S6Q6Uj5o) to prep this campaign. So folks unfamiliar with old school play, who have only been introduced to RPGs through some of twitch shows or whatever, can see what a real D&D game is like and how it came to be. I think it's a pretty cool idea, personally.
Well, since I didn't watch this one in particular, it might be an exception. But then it won't be successful, because what makes all that critical-role bullshit work is that it's not real.