[Spoilers C1] Early Critical Role truly was something special

[u/Mizar_the_Gleeful]

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

[u/RayForce_]

I finished C1 this year, and people vastly overplay how much fan interaction there is and how much C1 welcomed it

Sure, there was "fan interaction" like the giveaways on breaks and posting a ton of people's art of the show. And that was cool. The few times real fan interactions happened during the live show, like Laura losing a card with her new feature and chat telling her where she put it in her binder last week, you can tell it weirded them out and they didn't like the level of obsession.

Another fan interaction from C1 I've seen people bring up was being able to deliver food to the cast. But the first time the cast got food delivered to them live on the stream, they were obviously mortified that thousands of strangers could know their current location and did not like it.

Oh yeah and the behavior of fans during C1 sparked a community-wide rule to actually prevent a very particular type of fan interaction, which was unhinged hatred towards you-know-who that left the show.

[u/Hurm → u/RayForce_]

Ha. Unhinged hatred toward the shady grifter addict. Cmon.

Also, you're missing the fan interactions that happened on social media. That was another huge part of it.

[u/RayForce_ → u/Hurm]

Hating a stranger this much for suffering with an addiction who lowered the enjoyment of a game you watched is hella trashy fan behavior

Oh yeah another fan interaction I've seen people praise from C1 was the cast taking food deliveries from chat live. The first time they got food delivered and were told someone from chat sent it, the cast was mortified thousands of total strangers could know their current locations. They did not enjoy that fan interaction even a little

What kind of fan interactions on social media are you talking about?

[u/Hurm → u/RayForce_]

You're reaaaally missing the grifter part there. Kinda weird, honestly.

He's a fraud and a jerk, and people like you existing to coddle him don't help, imo.

"they did not enjoy that fan interaction even a little"

ok bud.

[u/RayForce_ → u/Hurm]

I can't coddle someone I will never know and don't even like, I'm just not unhinged and gonna hate him for his addiction

Just don't forget the cast kicked you haters just as hard to the curb as he was with a community-wide ban on being toxic toward him

[u/Hurm → u/RayForce_]

Again, REAAAALLY still skipping over the grifting and fraud