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The other day, I was talking to one of my guildmates (I lead a Free Company in Final Fantasy XIV, a Free Company is the game's version of guilds), and the Stream of Many Eyes was brought up as a topic of conversation, since we were both looking forward to it.
However, she wasn't particularly interested in the product reveal, instead she was in it for the actual play stream sessions. It was then that she revealed that even though she doesn't play D&D, she keeps herself up to date with Critical Role's actual play streams, and even went as far as to say that she would rather watch those than any other TV or Netflix shows.
What happens when a group of talented voice actors gather in the same D&D table? Magic.
This really struck a note with me. I've listened to and watched D&D podcasts myself, but I never really saw it as a form of regularly consumable media like a TV show. "Watching other people play is boring. Why do that instead of play?" is what I used to think about actual play streams.
I decided to give Critical Role's new campaign series a chance; And then I understood.
They're fun to watch and you can tell they're having fun!
These guys are killing it, and I can see how there would be people out there that would want to catch up on actual play streams like they were a show on TV. They even sell merch and viewers show up to cons dressed as their favorite Player Character from the show!
I remember wanting to do an actual play stream like this nearly ten years ago. Maybe I should get on it?
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