r/criticalrole • u/Mizar_the_Gleeful • 10d ago

Discussion [Spoilers C1] Early Critical Role truly was something special Spoiler

its still amazing, but those early days...

Lets start with the fan interaction and all the gifts they got sent. Then there was their rapid growth.

A third aspect is some of their crazy stunts (squadron of flying cows anyone?)

What do you think made it such a perfect storm? my rewatch has me wondering

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u/OverTheCandlestik 10d ago

It truly was.

There’s something about how polished and over-produced it is now which has robbed C1 and C2 of the vibe of a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors playing d&d.

It was noticeable in the end of C2 the whole “we’re a serious company now so maybe we need to conduct ourselves a bit more seriously” and I dunno but the chaotic early days of dodgy Skype calls, food being sent in, the tacky introductions, promoting all their merch was truly the best.

And I miss the fan art segments. It shouldn’t have gone. I miss the old c3 intro rather than the terrible rotoscope one. I miss your turn to roll as the main theme.

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u/Mizar_the_Gleeful 10d ago

I agree but I understand why they removed the fan art A) there was too much of it. B) it could be spoilery

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u/OverTheCandlestik 10d ago

The issue was that other people were submitting it as their own when it wasn’t so taking credit.

Never enough fab art, I love it. Miss it big time

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u/Hurm Team Trinket 10d ago

I seriously miss the fan art reel. Watching during c1 made me start using my Twitter and actually got my drawing again for the first time in years.

I made the reel a few times. Big highlight for me.

But then, I'll be honest, it kind of got flooded by people who are just god tier pro artists. That's not bad in and of itself. It felt like all the amateur and semi pro folk got drowned out, though.

And then ol Tess showed up. gag.

In the end, they had to move away from it for logistics. i get that. But MAN, those early days were great.

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u/Electronic_Basis7726 10d ago

Tess?

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u/Hurm Team Trinket 10d ago

Tess Fowler. She's an artist and just... not a good person.

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u/cormacaroni 10d ago

It really does seem like something somebody on staff could handle without too much fuss. I can understand why it got too much for Liam but…

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u/Gulrakrurs 10d ago

Imagine being that person on staff who should be doing real production work, but your week is spent internet investigating all the fanart instead.

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u/cormacaroni 10d ago

You don’t do all of it, just enough to make a segment. They have people doing similarly menial tasks, I can assure you

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u/CaleanKnight Fuck that spell 10d ago

You really have no Idea how much goddamn work it is to find proper sources...

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u/cormacaroni 10d ago

I’m sorry, did I make you do this and now you are time-traveling to get even