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I can't get into Critical Roles style of play. Where every hit is described in exquisite detail and one combat encounter feels like watching 9 innings of baseb

I can't get into Critical Roles style of play. Where every hit is described in exquisite detail and one combat encounter feels like watching 9 innings of baseball. Seriously, if it takes longer to "buy a torch" in a game than in real life, you're doing it wrong.

busterarm 8y ago
I don't mind that style of roleplay much as I've always gamed with improv/actor types, but the guest appearances are what ruin it for me... (unpopular opinion warning) I find Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day and most of the other folks in their orbit to be unbearable. I physically cringe when they start talking.
- ourmandave 8y ago
  I'm from the Mirror universe. Felicia Day could play solitaire and I'd probably watch. Wil Wheaton can never atone for Wesley Crusher, so there's some common ground.
  - krapp 8y ago
    >Wil Wheaton can never atone for Wesley Crusher, so there's some common ground. I know this is more or less a Trekkie meme, but to be fair, Wil Wheaton didn't create Wesley Crusher or write his lines, he just had to make due with being Gene Roddenberry's Gary Stu.
    - txsh 8y ago
      Will Wheaton to someone calling for prayers for shooting victims: “The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit.” He’s more despicable than the character he played.
      - busterarm 8y ago
        A rare moment that we agree! :D
      - krapp 8y ago
        >He’s more despicable than the character he played. Despicable? He broadcast an emotional outburst and apologized for it later. That doesn't make him despicable, only human. And besides, I think he's right. And you left out the context[0] - that "someone" Wil was replying to was Paul Ryan. Calling for prayers for the victims of gun violence when you oppose attempts to address that violence in any practical manner is an insult to both the living and the dead. To me, that is despicable. [0]https://twitter.com/wilw/status/927284357609353218?lang=en https://twitter.com/wilw/status/927284357609353218?lang=en
        txsh 8y ago
        https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigotry https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigotry You and Wheaton.
        krapp 8y ago
        I mean, you're the one who decided to bring up a tweet he made a year ago and call the man despicable in a thread about how disliked a fictional character he played on tv was, but ok... I guess we're the bigots...
        txsh 8y ago
        Yes
tomlock 8y ago
>Seriously, if it takes longer to "buy a torch" in a game than in real life, you're doing it wrong. The only "wrong way" to play a game is when people aren't having fun. If people in a D&D game are super into the mechanics and roleplay of torch-buying, as a DM I'm going to run them a torch-buying game. Hell, I'd build an entire campaign around the growth and tribulations of a torch buying player empire.

busterarm 8y ago

I don't mind that style of roleplay much as I've always gamed with improv/actor types, but the guest appearances are what ruin it for me... (unpopular opinion warning) I find Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day and most of the other folks in their orbit to be unbearable. I physically cringe when they start talking.

ourmandave 8y ago
I'm from the Mirror universe. Felicia Day could play solitaire and I'd probably watch. Wil Wheaton can never atone for Wesley Crusher, so there's some common ground.
- krapp 8y ago
  >Wil Wheaton can never atone for Wesley Crusher, so there's some common ground. I know this is more or less a Trekkie meme, but to be fair, Wil Wheaton didn't create Wesley Crusher or write his lines, he just had to make due with being Gene Roddenberry's Gary Stu.
  - txsh 8y ago
    Will Wheaton to someone calling for prayers for shooting victims: “The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit.” He’s more despicable than the character he played.
    - busterarm 8y ago
      A rare moment that we agree! :D
    - krapp 8y ago
      >He’s more despicable than the character he played. Despicable? He broadcast an emotional outburst and apologized for it later. That doesn't make him despicable, only human. And besides, I think he's right. And you left out the context[0] - that "someone" Wil was replying to was Paul Ryan. Calling for prayers for the victims of gun violence when you oppose attempts to address that violence in any practical manner is an insult to both the living and the dead. To me, that is despicable. [0]https://twitter.com/wilw/status/927284357609353218?lang=en https://twitter.com/wilw/status/927284357609353218?lang=en
      - txsh 8y ago
        https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigotry https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigotry You and Wheaton.
        krapp 8y ago
        I mean, you're the one who decided to bring up a tweet he made a year ago and call the man despicable in a thread about how disliked a fictional character he played on tv was, but ok... I guess we're the bigots...
        txsh 8y ago
        Yes

tomlock 8y ago

>Seriously, if it takes longer to "buy a torch" in a game than in real life, you're doing it wrong. The only "wrong way" to play a game is when people aren't having fun. If people in a D&D game are super into the mechanics and roleplay of torch-buying, as a DM I'm going to run them a torch-buying game. Hell, I'd build an entire campaign around the growth and tribulations of a torch buying player empire.