New Hasbro D&D streaming channel.

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TJS said:
This feels like launching a startup right before the the dotcom burst.

If I had shares in a streaming company I think I'd be be saying "What a toy company is launching a streaming service based on a game? Sell! Sell now!"
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Even the toy company itself is thinking that. They've been trying to sell off their entertainment division for the last year. The performance of the D&D movie isn't going to make that any easier.

The current streaming business model of everyone having their separate fiefdoms of shows and movies clearly isn't working well for either the companies or the subscribers.

There used to be a similar problem in the movie business. Movie studios had their own theaters that showed their own movies. That was fine if you lived in a big city with lots of theaters, but if you lived in a small town with just an MGM theater, you had a long drive if you wanted to see something else. Regulation was put in place to keep theaters and movie production as separate businesses, and it fixed the problem.

Movie streaming needs to become more like music streaming. Both Spotify and Apple Music both have pretty much everything when it comes to music. You pick one service based on your interface preference, and you don't need another one.
 
Not my cup of tea yet if other gamers want to watch it why not.
Wotc would be dumb not to try and capitalize on Critical Roles popularity.
 
Apparition said:
I mean, WotC is making their own VTT that's going to be pretty much essential for D&D 2024/One D&D/whatever they're calling it now. I imagine, "Hey, would you like to broadcast this game on our channel for a 5% cut?" to top-rated GMs on the platform would provide plenty of streamable material.
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That sounds like a terrible idea.

Surely they know how TTRPG nerds are and would know better?
 
sureshot said:
Not my cup of tea yet if other gamers want to watch it why not.
Wotc would be dumb not to try and capitalize on Critical Roles popularity.
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They would be stupid not to capitalize on it, but I think they'd be better off capitalizing on it by making good, useful D&D products that help get Critical Role into their game. Setting themselves up as the competition to the popular thing bringing people into the hobby seems iffy/ That's without getting into the fact that streaming services are unlikely to make any money anyway.
 
Yep. This is largely not for us. Most of us have played quite a few system, if not dozens of them. We have seen the wizard behind the curtain, we are not as interested in watching my others play and more into just playing. Time to brush off your favorite and just ignore this
 
Tulpa Girl said:
Honestly, this feels like it could be the basis for the low budget remake of Romero's Knightriders that I didn't know I needed in my life until now.
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I don't live to help you people discover such things, but I'd admit that it's a fun, if somewhat minor, part of my life...:shade:
 
Baulderstone said:
This probably isn't for me, but I though this was newsworthy enough to pass on. Hasbro is doing a 24-hour, advertising-supported D&D channel. No word on where it is going to be available yet.
variety.com

Dungeons & Dragons Free 24-Hour Streaming Channel Set to Launch This Summer (EXCLUSIVE)

A dedicated Dungeons & Dragons free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel from Hasbro's eOne is set to debut this summer.
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"Now all streaming is Taco Bell."
 
I don't understand:
Televised MTG tournaments
Watching people play RPGs (skimming, maybe, but then it should have been edited for easier viewing)
Listening to background music while gaming (nothing ever syncs up)
Elaborate VTT functions that try to bring TTRPGs closer to video games
Paying for a GM (well, maybe two circumstances)

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I might watch the DnD cartoon, but I'm certainly not paying a separate fee for this channel.

I mean, I love anime and horror, but I still don't have Shudder or CrunchyRoll subscriptions.
 
rumble said:
Televised MTG tournaments
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This one feels like the easiest to get, folks have always like watching other types of event. Why is Magic so different to other "intellectual" sports like chess or poker?
PolarBlues said:
The next stage is streaming shows of people watching streaming shows of other people playing games.
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You say that, but that's prime-time TV here in the UK.
 
Bunch said:
Well cable news can't find newsworthy stuff to put on air 24/7 with the whole world to look at so why shouldn't a tine obscure game segment have a. 24/,7 news channel.
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With news channels it isn't that there isn't enough news to cover, it's that it is cheaper and more effective to run everything on a 4 hour loop.
 
TJS said:
This feels like launching a startup right before the the dotcom burst.

If I had shares in a streaming company I think I'd be be saying "What a toy company is launching a streaming service based on a game? Sell! Sell now!"
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Yeah way too many streaming services right now although I doubt if/when it boils down to 1-2 main streamers that will actually improve anything. Netflix has actually gotten shittier as it became more dominant.

So many films are still not available on the biggest streamers, thank god for the smaller ones that focus on arthouse and genre films, hopefully they can survive the inevitable meltdown of the streaming market.

I hadn't considered the MtG live plays, I assume there's an audience for that although I'd rather they release ants onto my eyeballs than watch anything like that myself.
 
PolarBlues said:
The next stage is streaming shows of people watching streaming shows of other people playing games.
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RPG Session Reaction Videos?
Some people are bored enough to watch others listening to classic albums, so it's just as possible they'll do it here, heh heh
 
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PolarBlues said:
This is like the Cyberpunk GM curse; anything twisted and horrible you can think up for your adventure is already happening now, only worse.
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The problem here is that you're posting your reaction to the reaction video when of course you should be live streaming your reaction to it in real time.
 
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Mankcam said:
OMG !!!
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My thoughts exactly...shortly followed by "OK, I hate to say it, but those people are sheep:shade:!"


I'm starting to understand M. Bonaparte:grin:!
TJS said:
The problem here is that your posting your reaction to the reaction video when of course you should be live streaming your reaction to it in real time.
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...:thumbsup:
 
rumble said:
I don't understand:
Televised MTG tournaments
Watching people play RPGs (skimming, maybe, but then it should have been edited for easier viewing)
Listening to background music while gaming (nothing ever syncs up)
Elaborate VTT functions that try to bring TTRPGs closer to video games
Paying for a GM (well, maybe two circumstances)

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I might watch the DnD cartoon, but I'm certainly not paying a separate fee for this channel.

I mean, I love anime and horror, but I still don't have Shudder or CrunchyRoll subscriptions.
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And, uh, confession here, I have never been what the kids (of any days) would describe as "with it".
 
I can kinda get the appeal of reaction videos. Sometimes it's fun to see what people think of something you're nostalgic about.

What I really don't get is those people who seem to have made a succesful career out of reading out Reddit posts on video.
 
Idk, not generally my thing but honestly I don't get the derision towards different types of content that don't appeal to them specifically.

And even though I'm not a big fan of livestreamed RPGs overall, there have been ones that I enjoyed, mostly because it was being done by comedians/comedy writers and it was really more improv comedy show than being something like Critical Role is. (Ones I've liked: Overboard's play of Cyberpunk Red, Dimension 20's Fantasy High).

There are also "sort of adjacent" things where it is roleplaying but with very loose rules to no rules like Drawfee's Drawga and Drawtectives (which are also drawing games)

In general though, I find that I'm watching them not because they are playing an RPG, but because I already find the people doing them entertaining for the other things they've already done, and it is just more "that person's content" than "RPG content". (Brian David Gilbert/Patrick Gill for the Overboard one, Brennan Lee Mulligan/Zac Oyama/Ally Beardsley for Fantasy High, and just everyone in Drawfee).
 
EmperorNorton said:
Idk, not generally my thing but honestly I don't get the derision towards different types of content that don't appeal to them specifically.
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Reaction videos to some things are fine. Those are things that are either hard to participate in, or hard to understand properly without specialised knowledge.

But when it comes to stuff that's easy to experience yourself and easy to understand if you watch it? Try it, watch it, and form your own opinion:shade:!

And, you know, RPGs are neither hard to try, nor hard to understand:grin:!

(I mean, 9-year-olds can play and run them successfully for their friends, how hard does that make them:tongue:?)
 
I like watching the foreigner reaction to local thing videos. I think my favorite was the Brits trying chicken fried steak in country gravy. The initial look was one of horror followed by a true appreciation of the taste.
 
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