New Hasbro D&D streaming channel.

[EmperorNorton]

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!

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

(I mean, 9-year-olds can play and run them successfully for their friends, how hard does that make them?)

I mean lots of people watch stuff they also do (I know a lot of people who both play basketball and watch basketball), and also you can watch something even when no one else is available.

I have a friend who plays in like, 5 games a week, and runs 2 of them. She also watches Critical Role. To me it really isn't that different than people who buy a bunch of games they'll never play to read through when they aren't playing games (which... yeah that one is me).

EDIT: If you are talking about reaction content? Eh, I find that reaction content is more about seeing what other people think about things you like, rather than being about helping you form your own opinion. I mean, it's like reading a review of something you already know you like to see what other people think of it. Can we really deny that we've all done that at one point or another?

 

[TristramEvans]

The next stage is streaming shows of people watching streaming shows of other people playing games.

 

[A Fiery Flying Roll]

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.

I like watching Americans react to Frankie Boyle because of the amount of "I can't believe he just said that" moments.

 

[AsenRG]

I mean lots of people watch stuff they also do (I know a lot of people who both play basketball and watch basketball), and also you can watch something even when no one else is available.

Sure, that's exactly the case I was thinking about. I also specified "easy to participate in", right?
And I can kinda see watching it instead of doing it...say, you have no opportunity of doing it.
But watching someone else watching some stuff? This better be a research on what an expert thinks about this specific activity, or you're activating my personal "Gods on Olympus, why" reflex!

I have a friend who plays in like, 5 games a week, and runs 2 of them. She also watches Critical Role.

...I am positively amazed by such people!

To me it really isn't that different than people who buy a bunch of games they'll never play to read through when they aren't playing games (which... yeah that one is me).

Fair enough.

 

[EmperorNorton]

...I am positively amazed by such people!

I truly do not know where she finds the time or energy. I play in 1 game (that my wife runs) and run 1 game. each on alternating weekends and sometimes even that runs into time issues. She is in both of them (I counted them as 1 weekly game on her list of games)

 

[AsenRG]

I truly do not know where she finds the time or energy. I play in 1 game (that my wife runs) and run 1 game. each on alternating weekends and sometimes even that runs into time issues. She is in both of them (I counted them as 1 weekly game on her list of games)

I am currently running a game once per week for the group, and running an occasional game for the wife, and even that's hard. So yeah, I totally understand you, and some people amaze me!

 

[Baulderstone]

I find watching videos of people playing RPGs can by useful in moderation. It can be interesting to see how other GMs and players go about it, and it can be interesting to see a system that is new to me being player. I've just never gotten into watching the same group playing every week.

I can kinda get the appeal of reaction videos. Sometimes it's fun to see what people think of something you're nostalgic about.

I get that. While I generally find reaction videos to be annoyingly over-the-top, I watched some reaction videos from people watching Babylon 5 for the first time recently. It was interesting to see what parts of the show held up with young people and what didn't. It was more interesting than simply watching the show again on my own.

 

[Mankcam]

I might start streaming myself while reading rpg forums, just to see if I can jump on this "Money For Nothing' train, heh heh

 

[gruagach]

I bet the Pub could make could money filming Pubber's reactions to watching streamers play, say, 2D20 Conan...

I'll, uh, see myself out...

 

[Endless Flight]

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.

The best reactions videos are kids who see the ending of The Empire Strikes Back the first time. You can see the WTFs on their faces and it’s genuine.

 

[carpocratian]

The only reaction videos I ever watch are the ones on the TRYBALS YouTube channel, where they have some highly traditional tribal type folks in Sindh, Pakistan watch and talk about things from the Western world, like music videos, movie trailers, food (ex. red velvet cake), etc. It can be interesting to see the particular things that catch their attention and their thoughts on them.

 

[carpocratian]

The best reactions videos are kids who see the ending of The Empire Strikes Back the first time. You can see the WTFs on their faces and it’s genuine.

I saw one where they had young kids in France trying to figure out what an LP and a record player were (this was before the relatively recent resurgence of interest in those things). One child finally put the record on the player and started "scratching."

 

[Tommy Brownell]

The best reactions videos are kids who see the ending of The Empire Strikes Back the first time. You can see the WTFs on their faces and it’s genuine.

Wait until they get to Return of the Jedi and find out Luke is trying to fuck his sister all this time.

 

[Bunch]

I might start streaming myself while reading rpg forums, just to see if I can jump on this "Money For Nothing' train, heh heh

Let me know so I can start my stream or me reacting to you reading.

 

[hawkeyefan]

I watch some streamed games. I find it can be interesting and entertaining, depending on the stream. It can also be insightful for a game you want to understand better.

It helps if the folks aren’t just average gamers. I don’t mean they all need to be professional entertainers like Critical Role… but it helps if folks know what they’re doing on a stream. Some games lend themselves to streaming more than others.

The right balance of game and show can be entertaining. Too much of either, though, and usually it doesn’t work.

All that being said, the idea of curated streamed games by WotC/Hasbro doesn’t really appeal to me at all.

 

[TJS]

I've listened to some of Red Moon roleplaying's games. But it helps that there games are heavily edited for the podcast and they tend to play horror type games which don't have much system.

 

[AsenRG]

The only reaction videos I ever watch are the ones on the TRYBALS YouTube channel, where they have some highly traditional tribal type folks in Sindh, Pakistan watch and talk about things from the Western world, like music videos, movie trailers, food (ex. red velvet cake), etc. It can be interesting to see the particular things that catch their attention and their thoughts on them.

...that might actually be interesting!

I mean, Tekumel inspiration, anyone?

 

[Voros]

I might start streaming myself while reading rpg forums, just to see if I can jump on this "Money For Nothing' train, heh heh

 

[AsenRG]

...let's just say that the thumbnail doesn't make me think that it's going to be anything like a work of art!

 

[Voros]

...let's just say that the thumbnail doesn't make me think that it's going to be anything like a work of art!

The work of art comment is a bit of a joke. The video is actually a bizarre parody of reaction videos.

 

[AsenRG]

The work of art comment is a bit of a joke. The video is actually a bizarre parody of reaction videos.

...Oh, sorry, I thought it's a form of rickrolling!

 

[Bunch]

...Oh, sorry, I thought it's a form of rickrolling!

I would highly recommend watching the video. It's pretty silly.

 

[AsenRG]

I would highly recommend watching the video. It's pretty silly.

I don't know about silly, I totally agree with her point!

 

[Dammit Victor]

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.

This is Art. I can't find the original video I was looking for-- same concept, different people, but it was both videos in one.

 

[arjunstc]

And people say Americans have no culture...

 

[EmperorNorton]

This is Art. I can't find the original video I was looking for-- same concept, different people, but it was both videos in one.

I am a southerner who both loves Southern BBQ and loves KBBQ. So this was fun to watch. (Atlanta has a huge Korean population anyway, and I'm not that far from Atlanta).

... Man I want to go eat KBBQ now.