Timestamps! Lots of timestamps. 0:00:00 Stunned silence dissolving into helpless giggles 0:01:45 "We... we love you." 0:02:01 Expectations, plans, meetings, betting pools... 0:03:03 A thankful battery 0:03:28 "So we have a Kickstarter...?" (Matt breaks again) 0:04:03 History of the project 0:05:42 A tiramisu of confusion 0:06:45 Do it right or not at all 0:07:56 Testing the waters 0:09:32 Pride in the community 0:10:06 Beginning of FAQs 0:10:37 *Q:* Will the animated special be kid-friendly? 0:11:24 *Q:* Will newcomers be able to enjoy the story? 0:13:04 *Q:* When can I watch The Legend of Vox Machina? 0:14:12 *Q:* Will the special include closed captions and translations? 0:14:41 *Q:* Will the stretch goal oneshots be exclusively viewable to backers? 0:16:00 Scrambling to adjust 0:16:46 Focus on quality of animation 0:17:34 Sticker shock and cost of high-quality animation as an independent company 0:18:58 Expanding plans based on Kickstarter success 0:19:26 Finished intro video came in on same day as art show 0:20:04 Beginning of questions from chat 0:20:15 *Q:* Will the Kickstarter stay up for the full 45 day run? 0:20:27 *boosh* FUCK YOUR STRETCH GOALS 0:21:15 *Q:* Will NPCs, particularly those of other genders, still be voiced by Matt? 0:21:31 Matt hopes to play Gilmore if he ever appears in an animation, but is sensitive to audience concerns 0:22:52 Reveals are scheduled throughout the 45 day campaign 0:23:33 Looking forward to casting characters 0:24:04 We need Stephen Colbert 0:24:33 *Q:* What led them to choose their partners such as Titmouse and Jennifer Muro? 0:26:23 Chat wants the McElroys 0:26:57 Critter Hug of Death broke Titmouse's website 0:27:29 Looping back around to Jen Muro 0:29:24 *Q:* When will production start, and will we get behind the scenes content? 0:31:16 $3.5 million hype (Matt breaks again) 0:32:08 *Q:* What input/involvement will Matt and the cast have in writing and development? 0:34:30 Chat wants a Scanlan musical number 0:34:49 *Q:* Will Brian W. Foster voice a character? 0:35:31 *Q:* Is the special based on an adventure that actually occurred? 0:37:28 *Q:* What piece of the world would Matt be most excited to see animated? 0:38:40 *Q:* Will Grog have the beard? 0:39:38 *Q:* How cute will Trinket be? 0:41:01 $3.5 million for real (Matt gets stuck in a loop) 0:41:17 *Q:* Will they be able to sleep tonight? 0:41:36 Shoutout to CR staff 0:43:01 26,000 backers 0:43:09 Chat has suggestions for casting 0:44:02 Sam Riegel is fresh off his plane and is committing to this bit 0:45:08 "Guys! They like us!" 0:46:21 *Q:* Are we looking forward to Mighty Nein vs. Vox Machina? 0:47:40 *Q:* Sam, how are you feeling? 0:48:54 *Q:* Will Scanlan try to kill Trinket? 0:49:16 *Q:* How do we plan to show D&D in an animated platform (rolls, crit fails, probability, etc)? 0:50:46 Discussing the launch video 0:52:06 *Q:* How compressed will an episode be vs. a D&D session? 0:53:17 Sam talks about being able to show more in animation than they can in a session 0:54:12 Sam breaks Matt 0:54:40 Playing "Where's Larkin?" 0:55:32 *Q:* Will we get to see Taliesin's first character? 0:56:07 Pub Draw Season 2: Learn to Animate! 0:56:54 Pike's white hair 0:57:57 *Q:* Will there be a physical copy/DVD of the animation? 0:58:24 *Q:* Will we get to see cock lightning in all of its full glory? 0:59:05 *Q:* Will we see the Mighty Nein as two-year-olds? 0:59:28 *Q:* Will Matt be the narrator? 1:00:05 Future of the Kickstarter campaign 1:00:35 "The Amazons and the Netflixes and the Hulus" 1:01:19 *Q:* Did you know you made NBC News? 1:01:59 Matt is unable to even 1:02:55 Future BTS of character design and animation process 1:03:41 Stretch goal: buy Ashley out of her contract? 1:04:18 Titmouse animators vetting process 1:05:01 Stretch goal: livestream Travis in a haunted house ? 1:06:21 *Q:* Looking back at how Critical Role started, how does this feel? 1:07:29 44 more days 1:08:10 *Q:* Is it Thursday yet? (Awwww...) 1:08:51 Wrap-up and good night 1:09:31 Intro animation video plays
Just to be Critical... :-) Critical Role should be VERY TIGHT with the money raised. I am not saying they should be stingy. For instance, their crew & staff should be given nice bonuses. But the money should be kept a careful watch on: • Any spending should require at least two signatories. • Since many of the assets & programming will be built during the first two/three episodes, future episodes should cost less. • Do NOT indulge on a "dream cast". Instead of paying a lot of money to Mark Hamill (to voice Vecna), Steven Colbert, etc.; that money should go to creating another episode instead. Basically, be smart with the money, and STRETCH it as far as possible. Basically, I want to watch more episodes, instead of watching the money being frivolously spent.
@@RPGmodsFan agreed, but given the folks we're dealing with; we cannot expect less than that. Currently they have a disgusting sum to work with. I feel you bro. With the amoumt currently crowdsourced, which I will not specify here; things could get out of hand. But it won't. Despite monsieur O'Briens' regular insistence; these are are a group of highly intelligent friends. We'd be right, and not disappointed to expect the best.
For those coming to this after watching the show. This was supposed to be a Q&A to advertise their kickstarter the day after it started (less than 12 hours). They were asking for $750k, and gave themselves 45 days to reach that. They had some stretch goals. They reached their goal within the first hour. By the time this was broadcasting they were around $3million. They ended up with over $11 million, which set the record for Kickstarter for film and animation projects. At that point they were planning for a whole season of 10 episodes. Soon after, they went looking for a distributor. Amazon Prime picked up the show and said they should do two seasons of 12 episodes each. This was after having been turned down by pretty much everyone before the Kickstarter. You can understand why they're stunned.
I like to see the look on the face of everyone that turned them down , now. With Season one being a mega hit , Season two being a mega hit. And M9 coming along.
I love how Matt has the face of someone walking a dog to get over his anxiety only to realize he's holding a leash attached to a fighter jet that's taking off at full speed.
I just came back to re-watch this and I realized something. They said the Grog Beard wouldn't be a thing because it would be a level 7 adventure. BUT if they are doing the Briarwood arc now, WE WILL HAVE THE BEARD
Hamill is like cartoon royalty, especially villains. He's been in enough that I'm sure he can spot a potential hit when he sees it. Of course he's going to try and be a part of it
imagine telling a 2013 matt that the thing he loves and is passionate about will become one of the biggest shows on the internet THE biggest dnd show so big that people will hand over 11 million just to a animate his dnd game
I just imagine Vex'ahlia sitting in a room in Whitestone counting millions and millions of gold coins while Doty 2.0 is furiously drawing sketch after sketch after sketch after sketch after sketch.......
I can imagine the ending of these animations as being Pumat Sol narating as he closes the book he was just reading the story from, looking up, and seeing The Mighty Nein walking into his shop. XD
Stretch Goal: De Rolo One shot with Taliesin as the DM. The cast are all the children (or possibly granchildren) of Vex and Percy, who go on their own Goonies style adventure after finding a secret in their castle.
Roll for fundraising. Natural 20! Ok. Roll a charisma saving roll to see if u get stunned by its effect... Yeah... no. Natural 1... (Skip to 0:00 to see effect)
Does anyone else keep coming back to this video? Seeing a bunch of people realise they're accomplishing their dreams and going all loopy for an hour from pure joy just never fails to put a smile on my face. And I rarely smile.
As someone who knew nothing until I watched the Amazon show in 2022, I'm so happy this all happened. Thank you, critters, for paving the path for people like me! So proud to be a critter myself, and I'm halfway through Campaign 1. One day I may catch up.
Welcome and bidet, baby critter:) There's no rush with catching up. Really all you're missing is a somewhat insane Twitch chat and having to wait a week after every nasty cliffhanger. Enjoy the time when it's always Thursday for you. Yes, the speculation and fanart on Twitter is quite cool and that you _should_ stay away from for now if you don't want to get spoiled on major and minor things (people can and do talk about things that happened 5 years ago as if they were yesterday), but other than that I say just buckle in and enjoy the ride:)
@@Trintron46 @TrinTron464 Very nice! Getting there! Binging is a live choice! 😂 Only 120-ish episodes of C2, ExU (+ExU Kymal & Calamity) , some VM and MN One Shots and (already) over 50 episodes of c3 until you are caught up! 🤣 It's so much. But it is all so good. I caught up while they were doing ExU and actually started rewatching both Campaigns parallel to the start of C3 and the animated series. Seeing the Briarwood-Arc play out in Animation made me nostalgic enough to want to see it all again... 😅 I have a problem... 🤣 At the moment, I am at C2 Ep 52 right after they announced the Kickstarter for TLoVM the first time after the liveshow for the "Search for Grog" -one shot. I just cant get enough of them... 😅
I only recently got to watch The Legend of Vox Machina, but this was so fun. CR: "we would like to make an animation short" Critters: "More." CR: "we raised enough to make a whole 10 ep story arc." Critters: "MORE!" CR: "Amazon got us, it's now 12 episodes, and we got renewed for next seasons." Critters: "We will not stop until all campaigns are animated!"
@@sbollimpalli I can recall , was eating cereal when the kickstarter news landed and was like "750K ? That's fucking insulting". Gave em half my paycheck at the time.
I love how they saw they hit $3.5m during the stream, Matt freaked out. They...they ended up hitting fucking 12 MILLION DOLLARS. This is actually why this community is the best on the planet.
lotsoninjas the pure speed at which the money is coming in is fucking INSANE. Already near 5.3 million. By the end of the next 2/3 days we will probably be past 6!
This video is such a guilty pleasure. Content creators that truly deserve their fandom being confronted by how much their content is loved and being unsure how to react. this is a wonderful representation of their humility meeting the representation of their fandom.
I know Matt said that he would maybe feel a bit uncomfortable officially voicing Gilmore, since he is a PoC, but honestly...Matt IS Gilmore. It wouldn't feel right coming from anybody else :(
I think it's cool he shows consideration, the industry only benefits from diversity. However, he literally is all the NPC's and Gilmore MUST be voiced by Matt, there's no other way.
Travis and Sam: joking about Amazon, Netflix, or Hulu to take this project Me in 2021: rolling on the floor laughing and getting ready my amazon prime account
You all saved my life years ago when I was in a bad depression. This show gave my brain an escape when I needed it the most by diving into a great story and falling with love with all of you. Thank you and I hope you all have many more years of success and growth.
Remember when Ashley crunched the numbers, and companies decided that $750,000 was too much to take a chance on, because it was based off of a DND game? I wonder how they feel now, knowing the Critters did not flinch about flinging 7 million at these guys.
CR: We want to raise $750,000. We don’t know if we can do it but if we can you’ll get an animated short! Honestly though I don’t think we can get there but we’ll try anyway! Critters: Hold my mead...
Critical Role Land, with wacky fun rides such as: Keyleth's Cliffdive, Scanlans Magnificent Mansion, and Vex's magic carpet ride! Stop by Gilmore's Glorious Giftshop, throw daggers with Vax for fun prizes, and know true terror in Haunted Castle Whitestone!
"Will this be kid-friendly?" Yeah sure, especially the Briarwood arc with the very beginning at dead Suntree and the fake Vox Machina hanging on it, with kids portraying the gnomish characters. SUUUUURE. :D
@@sybariticcupboardrat3763 Watching that arc right now, just less than 2 weeks till Campaign 3 starts. Don’t forget about the guy they blew the head off of, and then tore out another man’s tongue and cauterized it with a hot gun. Or a vampire having it’s head bitten off by a bear (gotta love Trinket)
What counts as kid friendly? The sheer amount of swear words alone, and then the things Sam says, and then the briarwoods like you mentioned, not to mention Percy being a bit of a “blow up his ear” guy.
Not likely, not at this point anyway. Mercer & Co pitched $750k/episode, that ain't cheap. Even if the cost were halved it still would've been a hard sell. Media outlets have to think about how they're going to recoup their costs and that isn't a slam dunk. In a couple years they might rethink their attitude if it does well, but looking at it from their point of view, they have to think about how to make a profit off an expensive animation series targeted at a relative niche market audience. A successful crowdfunding campaign isn't going to move the needle much. Once released, if this series gets many millions of views, that will make their pitch for the next series many times stronger and get more interest. For now, it's a very expensive pet project that the community decided to shell out for.
@@ROYBGP Not really. You're conflating fund raising with profits. Not sure what the plan is to make money from this, but if they do make a pile of money then there will be interest. Raising a pile of cash is noteworthy, but all it is at this point is break-even, the production costs are covered. To make money they need to sell the final product to the non-backers. If they prove there's money to be made on these types of projects and a sizeable audience, then Hollywood will show interest, not before.
@@twogruden9943 considering they are the best funded tv and film project on Kickstarter and that the KS had pretty incredible engagement, with 88,887 backers raising 11.38 Million, they likely aren't so much kicking themselves as lining up to bid on any continuation that TLoVM might have (especially if the first season does well wherever it sees release), the fact that the cast are all in the industry (and therefore safe) and that they have shown how loyal their fans are is hugely important to studios.
@@connorblack99 Only if they prove they can make money. So far they've only proved they can raise money, and it seems TH-camrs have a very hard time understanding how that differentiates. Show me a production company making a deal with CR for the rights and you have something. I'll be waiting. Meanwhile, go back and read my comment about the production costs. Here's something else to consider: There's nothing to stop CR from making a deal with a production company for the current series. If you follow what Epic has done with crowd funded games, the same thing could happen here where a company offers Mercer & Co some money and get the whole production for much less than what was raised. I doubt they'd do that, but there's nothing to stop them. Then the company could decide how it's distributed.
@@mordirit8727 Yeah that's like saying "Taliesin can make great crow sounds, surely he can do an elephant too!!" like no, that's Liam. Let Liam play the elephant. Let a bear actor play the bear.
And here we are today with the announcement of the Mighty Nein series and movie talk. A long journey that we are still on with these amazing nerdy voice actors.
Well over 2 years later I still find myself coming back to this video, there is something visceral about how they were so immediately effected by the success of the kickstarter. Knowing now where it ended and what they have already achieved with what they have shown, seeing these 4 do their best to let everyone know they are gonna do their best with the special, not even knowing they will soon have a series instead. For new and old Critters alike this video is constant good vibes.
@@HoaxNess Yeah, I picture lots of making Vax sound like a moron and lots of everyone talking about how amazing Grog is, and lots of literal "Blah, Blah, Blah"s (like the adults in the peanuts cartoons) during exposition/planning...
This reminds me of the first time they sold a shirt and it was sold out before they finished the announcement for it. Since than they underestimate our love for them and their content every time ^^
I think the level of shock also probably has something to do with this being the first big thing CR-related that critters globally would want to fork over money for. Past things, like live shows, D&D related stuff like dice or minis, have more limited appeal. Going to go out on a limb and suggest there are a whole lot of critters out there in Smalltown, Countryname who don't (or can't) play D&D and for whom the live shows are far out of reach. But throwing down some cash for a Vox Machina animated special? Yeah, I can see a huge portion of the fanbase getting on board for that.
you guys remember when they first announced that they had t-shirts available? and before they even finished telling us about it they were sold out? Yeah. This community has been pretty strong since the start.
I have a feeling that they will have to cut out some chunks to push the 22 mins per episode. Besides, it looks like they want to cut Tiberius out anyway.
Yes... this was from a year ago, (sorry, I just recently started scrolling comments on videos I watch....) BUT!!!! imagine giving all the players a different stat sheet for the bosses they faced in the last campaign to see how they would play the villains!?! All of these talented people would have to come up with ideas and strategies almost totally on the fly, because you know there are very few bosses that Matt showed 100% of the cards for in game!
What's wild to think about is, if all 364k+ subscriber's on yt alone just donated $30 each they would be up to 10mil+, thats not even counting twitch subscribers. On a side note I hope you guy's don't feel overly anxious and scared about reaching some ludicrous expectation, we donate because we love you guy's and what you do, no matter what it is we know you'll put your heart and soul into it and we'll love it.
Honestly one of the biggest things I took away from this is holy crap are hollywood executives about 30 years behind on the times. Like seriously how if your in entertainment do you not understand how big of a platform Twitch and TH-cam are when they regularly pull in the same amount of viewers as your highest rated shows and do so on a literal fraction of the cost
Or, "are video games a business?" when many of them blow blockbuster movies out of the water in revenue, less in production costs, and, Most Important, _must hold the customers' interests for dozens if not hundreds of hours._ Let's see Feige & Marvel keep people hooked on one purchase for a 700-hour playtime!
That's because they're money people. If you show them proof that a show about kicking puppies will be popular and turn a profit, they'll go for it. The thing doesn't matter, just the money.
Genuine. That's how I would describe them all. Started small with only a few cameras, some basic tables and if you all recall the video cut out and some sound issues and whatnot in the first Kraghammer episode. And now a kickstarter at $5.7M and still going. They were always so open, transparent and giving so much of themselves in every way. Again genuine. And we all love it. We all love them! :) So happy this is happening and it really warms my heart to see how much joy comes from being able to realize dreams!
Here is a stretch goal idea: a whole day session like you had before the internet show, you've said you missed those sessions. I know I said this on multiple platform or videos but I figured that if I say it often enough the change of it being picked up is higher :)
I'm white... and I still agree. I wouldn't mind someone of color voicing it... but... Gilmore is MATTHEW MERCER's character. It NEEDS him. :-) Skin color doesn't matter in animation. It NEEDS the originator of the voice.
Honestly i dont understand this entire concept of PoC having to voice characters of color. Feels like when you limit who can voice a character all your doing is reducing that character down to their race which is a massive diservice to the character as a whole. Just my opinion mind you but the role should always go to whoever can voice them the best and capture the essence of the character
@@TheSilverPhoenix100 I partially agree with you. The /thing/ about V.O. is that you get to play characters that you don't look like. But the other hand is trying to make sure people of color aren't given less opportunities than white people
I have one request... MAKE US WAIT!!! I personally feel like if we have to wait another few weeks to get an episode because a specific voice actor isnt available or there are animation difficulties ( I know ABSOLUTELY nothing about what it takes to makes tv animation!) Don't be afraid to make us wait longer. WEVE WAITED THIS LONG!! We can wait a bit longer for the episode to be the way there are ment to be. Love y'all!!!
I like to figure it went down like this: *CR starts Kickstarter campaign* 15 mins later KS: hey, sorry to bother you but we have………an issue CR: oh dear. What’s wrong? KS: the sites down. CR: oh no! Hopefully we can still make our goal! KS: Uhhhhh……what did you set that at again? CR: oh 750,000. We wanted to not aim too high. What’s it at now? A few bucks? KS: A few million CR: a few what now?
Timestamps! Lots of timestamps.
0:00:00 Stunned silence dissolving into helpless giggles
0:01:45 "We... we love you."
0:02:01 Expectations, plans, meetings, betting pools...
0:03:03 A thankful battery
0:03:28 "So we have a Kickstarter...?"
(Matt breaks again)
0:04:03 History of the project
0:05:42 A tiramisu of confusion
0:06:45 Do it right or not at all
0:07:56 Testing the waters
0:09:32 Pride in the community
0:10:06 Beginning of FAQs
0:10:37 *Q:* Will the animated special be kid-friendly?
0:11:24 *Q:* Will newcomers be able to enjoy the story?
0:13:04 *Q:* When can I watch The Legend of Vox Machina?
0:14:12 *Q:* Will the special include closed captions and translations?
0:14:41 *Q:* Will the stretch goal oneshots be exclusively viewable to backers?
0:16:00 Scrambling to adjust
0:16:46 Focus on quality of animation
0:17:34 Sticker shock
and cost of high-quality animation as an independent company
0:18:58 Expanding plans based on Kickstarter success
0:19:26 Finished intro video came in on same day as art show
0:20:04 Beginning of questions from chat
0:20:15 *Q:* Will the Kickstarter stay up for the full 45 day run?
0:20:27 *boosh* FUCK YOUR STRETCH GOALS
0:21:15 *Q:* Will NPCs, particularly those of other genders, still be voiced by Matt?
0:21:31 Matt hopes to play Gilmore
if he ever appears in an animation, but is sensitive to audience concerns
0:22:52 Reveals are scheduled throughout the 45 day campaign
0:23:33 Looking forward to casting
characters
0:24:04 We need Stephen Colbert
0:24:33 *Q:* What led them to choose their partners such as Titmouse and Jennifer Muro?
0:26:23 Chat wants the McElroys
0:26:57 Critter Hug of Death broke Titmouse's website
0:27:29 Looping back around to Jen Muro
0:29:24 *Q:* When will production start, and will we get behind the scenes content?
0:31:16 $3.5 million hype (Matt breaks again)
0:32:08 *Q:* What input/involvement will Matt and the cast have in writing and development?
0:34:30 Chat wants a Scanlan musical number
0:34:49 *Q:* Will Brian W. Foster voice a character?
0:35:31 *Q:* Is the special based on an adventure that actually occurred?
0:37:28 *Q:* What piece of the world would Matt be most excited to see animated?
0:38:40 *Q:* Will Grog have the beard?
0:39:38 *Q:* How cute will Trinket be?
0:41:01 $3.5 million for real (Matt gets stuck in a loop)
0:41:17 *Q:* Will they be able to sleep tonight?
0:41:36 Shoutout to CR staff
0:43:01 26,000 backers
0:43:09 Chat has suggestions for casting
0:44:02 Sam Riegel is fresh off his plane
and is committing to this bit
0:45:08 "Guys! They like us!"
0:46:21 *Q:* Are we looking forward to Mighty Nein vs. Vox Machina?
0:47:40 *Q:* Sam, how are you feeling?
0:48:54 *Q:* Will Scanlan try to kill Trinket?
0:49:16 *Q:* How do we plan to show D&D in an animated platform (rolls, crit fails, probability, etc)?
0:50:46 Discussing the launch video
0:52:06 *Q:* How compressed will an episode be vs. a D&D session?
0:53:17 Sam talks about being able to show more in animation than they can in a session
0:54:12 Sam breaks Matt
0:54:40 Playing "Where's Larkin?"
0:55:32 *Q:* Will we get to see Taliesin's first character?
0:56:07 Pub Draw Season 2: Learn to Animate!
0:56:54 Pike's white hair
0:57:57 *Q:* Will there be a physical copy/DVD of the animation?
0:58:24 *Q:* Will we get to see cock lightning in all of its full glory?
0:59:05 *Q:* Will we see the Mighty Nein as two-year-olds?
0:59:28 *Q:* Will Matt be the narrator?
1:00:05 Future of the Kickstarter campaign
1:00:35 "The Amazons and the Netflixes and the Hulus"
1:01:19 *Q:* Did you know you made NBC News?
1:01:59 Matt is unable to even
1:02:55 Future BTS of character design and animation process
1:03:41 Stretch goal: buy Ashley out of her contract?
1:04:18 Titmouse animators vetting process
1:05:01 Stretch goal: livestream Travis in a haunted house
?
1:06:21 *Q:* Looking back at how Critical Role started, how does this feel?
1:07:29 44 more days
1:08:10 *Q:* Is it Thursday yet? (Awwww...)
1:08:51 Wrap-up and good night
1:09:31 Intro animation video plays
You're truly a god send.
59:35 profesional Sam
Thank you. 💖
You legend. Thank god this got pinned too.
Thank you very much
Critical role cast: "here are our stretch goals"
Critters: "that is, respectfully, a paltry sum."
God damn it, you killed me dude
Critical Role Cast: "Here's our Stretch Goal..."
Critters: "Hold my Blood Ale."
They're basically Gods, but unlike , someone hasn't realised it.
Just to be Critical... :-) Critical Role should be VERY TIGHT with the money raised. I am not saying they should be stingy. For instance, their crew & staff should be given nice bonuses. But the money should be kept a careful watch on:
• Any spending should require at least two signatories.
• Since many of the assets & programming will be built during the first two/three episodes, future episodes should cost less.
• Do NOT indulge on a "dream cast". Instead of paying a lot of money to Mark Hamill (to voice Vecna), Steven Colbert, etc.; that money should go to creating another episode instead.
Basically, be smart with the money, and STRETCH it as far as possible. Basically, I want to watch more episodes, instead of watching the money being frivolously spent.
@@RPGmodsFan agreed, but given the folks we're dealing with; we cannot expect less than that. Currently they have a disgusting sum to work with. I feel you bro. With the amoumt currently crowdsourced, which I will not specify here; things could get out of hand. But it won't. Despite monsieur O'Briens' regular insistence; these are are a group of highly intelligent friends. We'd be right, and not disappointed to expect the best.
It's us Critters' turn to say...... *How do you want to do this?*
Amen brother.
Pack it in Critters and other folx -- Yan Tse just won the internet. I hope Matt and the rest see your comment!
Pretty much sums it up
I just realised, there's more meanings to this HDYWTDT. Cuz we rendered the cast shell-shocked.
looks like crit roll to me.
For those coming to this after watching the show. This was supposed to be a Q&A to advertise their kickstarter the day after it started (less than 12 hours). They were asking for $750k, and gave themselves 45 days to reach that. They had some stretch goals. They reached their goal within the first hour. By the time this was broadcasting they were around $3million. They ended up with over $11 million, which set the record for Kickstarter for film and animation projects. At that point they were planning for a whole season of 10 episodes. Soon after, they went looking for a distributor. Amazon Prime picked up the show and said they should do two seasons of 12 episodes each. This was after having been turned down by pretty much everyone before the Kickstarter. You can understand why they're stunned.
And now we have Mighty Nein coming up in the future.
God i hope Amazon commissioned more seasons
@@Skulldude-yj9kg Season 3 has already been greenlit
Sometimes good things happen to good people, nice to see it happen 👍
I like to see the look on the face of everyone that turned them down , now. With Season one being a mega hit , Season two being a mega hit. And M9 coming along.
I love how Matt has the face of someone walking a dog to get over his anxiety only to realize he's holding a leash attached to a fighter jet that's taking off at full speed.
😂😂😂
I need this as a t shirt
I’m fucking dying, this comment is gold
This is surprisingly accurate. And hilarious.
+
This kickstarter was the definition of the "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY" meme.
Brianna AhMu yup
More like SHUT UP AND TAKE OUR MONEY NOW NO BUTS NO QUESTIONS JUST BLOODY TAKE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT
Why does this have 150 likes?
Brianna AhMu why not?
@@jackmack4181 - Y'know what, I hadn't considered that.
Matt: man wouldn’t it be crazy if we got to animate the Briarwood arc?
Yeah, Matt, wouldn’t it?
Wouldn’t it?
Gustavo M. But like Gilmore says this
I just came back to re-watch this and I realized something. They said the Grog Beard wouldn't be a thing because it would be a level 7 adventure. BUT if they are doing the Briarwood arc now, WE WILL HAVE THE BEARD
@@StoneSmith10 I hope they keep Vax's prank involving the beard in the animation because that was literally just at the beginning of the Briarwood arc
Are they just doing briarwood or are they doing K'varn as well?
@@kyrogamingvt9716 they are not going that early for.... reasons... I personally haven't looked too deep into what happened with Ocabra
Still can't get over the fact that they jokingly said they'd love to have Mark Hamill voice a character and he straight-up went "Call my agent"
WHAT!
@@mrluvpups Yup, he tweeted them
@@GodBear97 Oh snap, I didn't know that!
Hey, work is work.
Hamill is like cartoon royalty, especially villains. He's been in enough that I'm sure he can spot a potential hit when he sees it. Of course he's going to try and be a part of it
Personal favorite thing: Matt says it is a life goal to run a game for Stephen Colbert. Literally 3 months later.......
If he was a Sim he would have just won life!
Is there a link for that somewhere? Where could I find that if it exists?
@@edgey_rouges7498 just look up CR red nose day one shot
imagine telling a 2013 matt
that the thing he loves and is passionate about will become one of the biggest shows on the internet THE biggest dnd show so big that people will hand over 11 million just to a animate his dnd game
When you put that kind of thing into the universe, the universe says it happens or fuck off
I just imagine Vex'ahlia sitting in a room in Whitestone counting millions and millions of gold coins while Doty 2.0 is furiously drawing sketch after sketch after sketch after sketch after sketch.......
Percy meanwhile is trying to make a device that will flip through images so fast that they look like they're moving. And project them on to screen...
wickedpissa25 and Caleb is also recounting in the background
Scanlan is writing the soundtrack and script
@@vickielavigne2696 Vox Machina is 10-20 (maybe more) years in past of Mighty Nein
@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 its been states to be 20 years.
I can imagine the ending of these animations as being Pumat Sol narating as he closes the book he was just reading the story from, looking up, and seeing The Mighty Nein walking into his shop. XD
Mr.Huggles this would be perfect
Fuck yes!
I am seven months late to this comment, but holy shit Y E S
I would love that as like a tie in for like a mighty nien series
Holy shit.
Stretch Goal: De Rolo One shot with Taliesin as the DM. The cast are all the children (or possibly granchildren) of Vex and Percy, who go on their own Goonies style adventure after finding a secret in their castle.
I never knew I needed this until now. Thank you. THANK YOU.
Yes please.
ohhhhhh good idea! maybe between children-adolecent or just adolecent would be more fitting
HOW DO I LIKE THIS MORE THAN ONCE
@@ginny1857 Make multiple accounts. I'm considering it. We need this game to be played.
11:00 “I will flirt with Jester this week just for you.”
(offscreen) “WOOH”
Matt after voicing a thousand characters: “Wh-wh-who am I...?”
In his head, the voice of Morgan Freeman utters: "You're a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude."
They should work him in to voice an NPC in every episode.
So you guys basically rolled a natural 20 on your fundraiser.
Roll for fundraising.
Natural 20!
Ok. Roll a charisma saving roll to see if u get stunned by its effect...
Yeah... no. Natural 1...
(Skip to 0:00 to see effect)
More like they rolled with advantage and got double nat20’s...not even 24 hours...Jesus H. Christ I love this community.
@@ZenZudokai same
Media Addict to
H-how... Uh, how do you... want to.... Do this?
0:34:50 Matt: "Can Brian Foster voice a character? No. We're not letting that asshole in."
Aged like wine.
it really did
@@spoonkitchenware so he never got to voice a character or what? Edit: ok nvm i see
@@prehistoricweasel it aged well because he's an asshole and they're not letting him in because of that
Yeah... wow... He must have already been rubbing the wrong way...
just came to look for this, yeah at first I thought it was a joke but knowing what we know now.... yeah
Does anyone else keep coming back to this video? Seeing a bunch of people realise they're accomplishing their dreams and going all loopy for an hour from pure joy just never fails to put a smile on my face. And I rarely smile.
You know... it’s all fun and games until we get “FIX HIM” animated and our collective tears flood 6 costal cities...
Oh god yeah, that would be the end of me
but at the same time I want to see how the animators are going to make us feel those same emotions
Why must you do this to me. Now I'm dreading it.
"WHAT WAS MY MOTHER'S NAME???" - that one just crushed me. Sam Riegel is a god.
"I wish I could have done more..."
So... The new stretch goals include making a series of the Briarwoods Arc...
SPREAD THE WORD!!
ok i just nerdgasmed...
I must SEE Percy scream Silas’s name
YOUR LIFE IS FORFEIT!
No Mercy Percy!
*screams internally*
*screams externally*
*screams eternally*
Mark Hamill...
_(wheezes)_
AS VECNA?
_(wheezes)_
Oh
My
Demi-GOD!
Oh hell yeah!!
YUP
!?!?!?!?!!??
never in my life did i want somethign so much an not realize until i could have it
And he already responded to a Tweet about it, saying to contact his agency
24:21 'While he's in town, I'll run a game for him.'
Well little did you know...
Cast: "Well we have this thing we could do if you guys are interested and"
Fandom: _WE WOULD LIKE TO RAGE_
Yo imagine thinking two years ago that these nerds are gonna snag David Tennant and Dominic Monaghan for a passion project animated series
I hope the dream comes true that Mark hamil voices vecna
@@quantumofzentrix2748
This NEEDS to happen.
Can't wait to see Keyleth splatter as a goldfish in animation....
hellyeah
In *glorious HD*
I mean, there's at least two already on youtube
@@MsYunaFires well, there's a bit of a difference between TH-cam animation and professional tv animation to be fair
39:09
"We'll earn the beard!"
Season 2 trailer is out. We have officially earned the beard.
Highest stretch Goal right now: 8 mil
Funds raised: 11.3 mil
Good to see the fans are still looking at the stretch goals and going "PATHETIC!"
Let's get to 16mil so we successfully step on it, twice
Travis: "Do we want quantity, or do we want quality?"
CR Community: "Yes."
Matt, I am a person of colour and you better freakin’ voice Gilmore dammit!
Well said! Matty IS Gilmore
Damn straight!
So, show’s been out.
How you doing?
CC is gonna be great
Grog: [Rage Noises]
Pike: [Tiny Rage Noises]
Percy: [Brooding Intensifies]
As of the latest trailers, it looks like the big rage noises will be provided by Pike!
Little did you know....
@@Draezeth And the big burps by Laura and Marisha! :D
I've seen clips of matt going from shock to childish joy to absolute HORROR. Couldn't make it for the stream, and I'm happy to see it as a whole.
where can I watch his reactions?
@@mattmark94 there are clips on youtube just search critical role kickstarter rections.
As someone who knew nothing until I watched the Amazon show in 2022, I'm so happy this all happened. Thank you, critters, for paving the path for people like me! So proud to be a critter myself, and I'm halfway through Campaign 1. One day I may catch up.
Welcome and bidet, baby critter:)
There's no rush with catching up. Really all you're missing is a somewhat insane Twitch chat and having to wait a week after every nasty cliffhanger. Enjoy the time when it's always Thursday for you. Yes, the speculation and fanart on Twitter is quite cool and that you _should_ stay away from for now if you don't want to get spoiled on major and minor things (people can and do talk about things that happened 5 years ago as if they were yesterday), but other than that I say just buckle in and enjoy the ride:)
As someone who walked you same path, I wholeheartedly agree
Are you through C1 yet? 😅
What campaign/episode are you at rn?
@@kezrah_shieldwall I finished campaign one a few months ago and I'm on campaign 2 episode 28 currently.
@@Trintron46 @TrinTron464
Very nice! Getting there! Binging is a live choice! 😂
Only 120-ish episodes of C2, ExU (+ExU Kymal & Calamity) , some VM and MN One Shots and (already) over 50 episodes of c3 until you are caught up! 🤣 It's so much. But it is all so good.
I caught up while they were doing ExU and actually started rewatching both Campaigns parallel to the start of C3 and the animated series.
Seeing the Briarwood-Arc play out in Animation made me nostalgic enough to want to see it all again... 😅 I have a problem... 🤣
At the moment, I am at C2 Ep 52 right after they announced the Kickstarter for TLoVM the first time after the liveshow for the "Search for Grog" -one shot.
I just cant get enough of them... 😅
It only took a few million for Marisha to afford to buy sleeves. Nice work guys.
Robert Abugelis #SleevesareBullshit
Stretch goal.
That's an overshirt with sleeveless shirt underneath.
I only recently got to watch The Legend of Vox Machina, but this was so fun.
CR: "we would like to make an animation short"
Critters: "More."
CR: "we raised enough to make a whole 10 ep story arc."
Critters: "MORE!"
CR: "Amazon got us, it's now 12 episodes, and we got renewed for next seasons."
Critters: "We will not stop until all campaigns are animated!"
"I can see forever."
- Matt Mercer 2019
A line out of Doctor Who! Loved Matt for saying that!
Critters be like, 45 days!? I thought you said 45min... Oh well, guess we'll just give you 10x what you asked for in the mean time
And they did... 12x times
Upd. 15x times in the end...
Still can't believe we blew through 15x their request a year later its fucking wild
only 10x? thems rookie numbers my dude
@@sbollimpalli I can recall , was eating cereal when the kickstarter news landed and was like "750K ? That's fucking insulting". Gave em half my paycheck at the time.
Matthew McConaughey as the sun tree
Yes! God we need this
the COST though
I can imagine that
Jesus Christ, yes please
Perfect
I love how they saw they hit $3.5m during the stream, Matt freaked out. They...they ended up hitting fucking 12 MILLION DOLLARS. This is actually why this community is the best on the planet.
I think I speak for everone when I say, I wont accept a Gilmore that is NOT voiced by Matt.
Nope!
If anything I think Gilmore/Matt should be the narrator...
@@PhantomQueen89 Gilmore as a Narrator would be pretty awesome.
while i'd LOVE it to be matt I understand his position of wanted a POC actor to play him Khari would be awesome as Gilmore for example
@@WardNightstone I think the idea is that matt wants to play him, but will give him up if people cry about him playing a poc
I take 2 things away from this. Mark Hamill voicing for show and Critical Role Land!
Saving up for lifetime passes already. Gotta be first in line for Bigbys Wild Ride
If Mark Hamill doesn't voice Vecna, i'm gonna riot
@@playin4power I want him as Victor personally
yeah. critical role land would be awesome. maybe a theme park at disney? lol
Or James Baxter animates a segment?
"So, we need $750,000 for..."
Us:
"Those numbers, respectfully, just pitiful."
"Ashley is a registered deadly weapon"... As expected of our torture loving little Cleric Gnome.
No lie, I'll sometimes go back and watch this just to put myself in a good mood!
Literally doing it right now
Samesies
SAAAAME!!!
+1 to this
I’m here for this sentiment
This kickstarter is already the 22nd most funded kickstarter ever in only 2 days
lotsoninjas the pure speed at which the money is coming in is fucking INSANE. Already near 5.3 million. By the end of the next 2/3 days we will probably be past 6!
Deathven ~2 days later, we’re past 9 million. Crazy times.
@@Panic_Pickle You must live in another country cause i was looking at US currency. Currently its 6.7 mil with the next teir being 7.5 mil US
Matt screaming at the realization that they can see the divergence animated =
I was screaming right there with him lmao
@@magiv4205 Non-critters reacting to a headline without reading the article
54:11 btw
I want to see Keyleth lose a persuasion check to grass... in Anime form.
Wolfe Cubing screw that, i want to see grog wear that fucking strap-on/hat they bought in the hat store when scanlan bought a witch hat for vex.
@@MaDmOnStErQr not to mention pike
and then percy seduces it 😂😂😂
Keyfish moment!
The moment Percy is persuading and complimenting the field in the feywild and just pauses to mutter a disbelieving "I'm flirting with *grass*..."
The audience spoke and they said: ''How do you want to do this?''
Severely underrated comment.
+
♥️
Mercer.exe has stopped working
Dhaniel Christovam the entire group stopped working.
Literally every dnd fan when crit roll started: *has had a mental breakdown*
A Critical error has occurred!
Please restart your DM.
To think.. this was at 3.5 million and not even the 5+ million now. WE NEED WHITESTONE!
Soon. Only 600,000 more
5.1mill now
ye it took 30 minutes after you posted to pass 5,000,000 dollars...
CRITICAL ROLE LAND WILL BE BORN
5.2 million at 3pm EST...😄
This video is such a guilty pleasure. Content creators that truly deserve their fandom being confronted by how much their content is loved and being unsure how to react. this is a wonderful representation of their humility meeting the representation of their fandom.
I know Matt said that he would maybe feel a bit uncomfortable officially voicing Gilmore, since he is a PoC, but honestly...Matt IS Gilmore. It wouldn't feel right coming from anybody else :(
He voiced Gilramore no problem at the table, I genuinely don't see how it would be any different
I think it's cool he shows consideration, the industry only benefits from diversity. However, he literally is all the NPC's and Gilmore MUST be voiced by Matt, there's no other way.
Absolutely. In literally just about any other case, I would say yes of course they need to find a PoC VO actor to play a PoC character.
If it was ok for Kratos to be voiced by a black guy, then Matt can voice Gilmore and it be ok.
@@lauraguebert2122 exactly.
Matt must be Gilmore. No one else can do the character justice.
Yes. A pity Victor will not be in though
in retrospect, they did him justice.
@@andreguia1731Yes, a pity about Victor.
Marisha : It's a lot to explain. It's like a tiramisu of confusion.
Travis: *laughs* Layered, but delicousss.
Travis and Sam: joking about Amazon, Netflix, or Hulu to take this project
Me in 2021: rolling on the floor laughing and getting ready my amazon prime account
Matt Mercer is the only Gilmore for me...nuff said
I *SPECIFICALLY* desire Matt to voice Gilmore if and when he shows up.
If or when. Not both.
Anyone who complains about Matt voicing Gilmore gets fed to Trinket.
Confirmed, he's in the Red Band trailer. It's "when".
@@Draezeth In all his glory! 8 DAYS LEFT BOYOS I'M SO EXCITED!
i quess thats not happening sry. gonna be awesome tho
You all saved my life years ago when I was in a bad depression. This show gave my brain an escape when I needed it the most by diving into a great story and falling with love with all of you. Thank you and I hope you all have many more years of success and growth.
Who else revisits this video just to bask in the wholesome glory that is the Critter community and the CR reactions?
Here the day before it drops. Hyped
@@matthewletexier SO HYPED!
Here as a rookie critter who got in via the show and is now getting pulled in via reactions and hype compilations.
"WE ARE LEGION!"
"WE ARE ONE!"
OUR NAME IS LEGION FOR WE ARE MANY
@@thedoomofred5174 OUR NAME IS LEGION. TAKE OUR MONEY.
we are bob
THE CRITROLE LEGION STRIKES AGAIN!!!
Whatever happens.... can we have a Victor cameo?
Also, damn it Matt, you ARE Gilmore.
"Our name is Legion!" Truer words have never been spoken of the Critterdom
Remember when Ashley crunched the numbers, and companies decided that $750,000 was too much to take a chance on, because it was based off of a DND game? I wonder how they feel now, knowing the Critters did not flinch about flinging 7 million at these guys.
More like 11 million
CR: We want to raise $750,000. We don’t know if we can do it but if we can you’ll get an animated short! Honestly though I don’t think we can get there but we’ll try anyway!
Critters: Hold my mead...
😂😂😂 perfect.
*ale
Grog*
more like SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
Also ale
Critical Role Land, with wacky fun rides such as: Keyleth's Cliffdive, Scanlans Magnificent Mansion, and Vex's magic carpet ride! Stop by Gilmore's Glorious Giftshop, throw daggers with Vax for fun prizes, and know true terror in Haunted Castle Whitestone!
This needs more likes.
And for the very special people, grog’s favorite place is in it as well.
This should be a themepark😁
Tinkering With De Rolo!
Matt HAS to play Gilmore, no one else possibly could
Why of course ⚀⚁⚂⚃⚄⚅
And Viktor!
Obviously, no one else could ever do Gilmore the glorious.
He HAS TO indeed, couldn't agree more
Matt should just go ahead and voice everyone but the PCs
"Will this be kid-friendly?"
Yeah sure, especially the Briarwood arc with the very beginning at dead Suntree and the fake Vox Machina hanging on it, with kids portraying the gnomish characters. SUUUUURE. :D
If they start when the Briarwoods were in Emon, we'll get to see No Mercy Percy blow part of a dude's hand off.
@@sybariticcupboardrat3763 I wanna see the cart turning over and that famous line animated so baaaad!
Two words: Dick Lightning
@@sybariticcupboardrat3763 Watching that arc right now, just less than 2 weeks till Campaign 3 starts. Don’t forget about the guy they blew the head off of, and then tore out another man’s tongue and cauterized it with a hot gun.
Or a vampire having it’s head bitten off by a bear (gotta love Trinket)
What counts as kid friendly? The sheer amount of swear words alone, and then the things Sam says, and then the briarwoods like you mentioned, not to mention Percy being a bit of a “blow up his ear” guy.
All the Hollywood Execs who rejected Travis and Sam during their Pitch Meetings are probably now regretting their decisions. :-)
Not likely, not at this point anyway. Mercer & Co pitched $750k/episode, that ain't cheap. Even if the cost were halved it still would've been a hard sell. Media outlets have to think about how they're going to recoup their costs and that isn't a slam dunk. In a couple years they might rethink their attitude if it does well, but looking at it from their point of view, they have to think about how to make a profit off an expensive animation series targeted at a relative niche market audience. A successful crowdfunding campaign isn't going to move the needle much.
Once released, if this series gets many millions of views, that will make their pitch for the next series many times stronger and get more interest. For now, it's a very expensive pet project that the community decided to shell out for.
@@twogruden9943 11 million now, I bet they are now
@@ROYBGP Not really. You're conflating fund raising with profits.
Not sure what the plan is to make money from this, but if they do make a pile of money then there will be interest. Raising a pile of cash is noteworthy, but all it is at this point is break-even, the production costs are covered. To make money they need to sell the final product to the non-backers. If they prove there's money to be made on these types of projects and a sizeable audience, then Hollywood will show interest, not before.
@@twogruden9943 considering they are the best funded tv and film project on Kickstarter and that the KS had pretty incredible engagement, with 88,887 backers raising 11.38 Million, they likely aren't so much kicking themselves as lining up to bid on any continuation that TLoVM might have (especially if the first season does well wherever it sees release), the fact that the cast are all in the industry (and therefore safe) and that they have shown how loyal their fans are is hugely important to studios.
@@connorblack99 Only if they prove they can make money. So far they've only proved they can raise money, and it seems TH-camrs have a very hard time understanding how that differentiates.
Show me a production company making a deal with CR for the rights and you have something. I'll be waiting. Meanwhile, go back and read my comment about the production costs.
Here's something else to consider: There's nothing to stop CR from making a deal with a production company for the current series. If you follow what Epic has done with crowd funded games, the same thing could happen here where a company offers Mercer & Co some money and get the whole production for much less than what was raised. I doubt they'd do that, but there's nothing to stop them. Then the company could decide how it's distributed.
40:11 My vote for the person to voice act Trinket... Alan Tudyk. If he can voice a chicken, he can definitely blow everyones minds as a bear.
43:27 clearly someone else has a great mind and beat me to it.
great idea tho
I mean, the idea is great but it sounds so stupid when put into those words xD
"Oh he can sound like a chicken, he can surely be a bear" like, WHAT
YYYYEEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!! 😲😲😲😲😲
@@mordirit8727 Yeah that's like saying "Taliesin can make great crow sounds, surely he can do an elephant too!!" like no, that's Liam. Let Liam play the elephant. Let a bear actor play the bear.
If Matt can voice only one character, it should ABSOLUTELY be Gilmore!
Draltair0 how bout Victor the one handed blackpowder scientist
And here we are today with the announcement of the Mighty Nein series and movie talk. A long journey that we are still on with these amazing nerdy voice actors.
No longer are we simple critters of the woods. Now we are the Critical Legion!
DeathByChair No, more like a kingdom.
No we are the critical nation
Derek Dumas Maybe even..... AN EMPIRE! nah that’s probably to far.
The critical municipality?
So there are already new Stretch Goals for 5.75 million and beyond. It’s a SERIES now!!!!
Ps 5.1 million btw
Holy SHIT I had to check it again. It was still 4.3 last time I checked. That's absolutely insane!
Alex St. John last I checked it was nearing 7
@@aglazeddoughnut5250 You're probably looking at Canadian dollar amount. I was doing the same for a while :p
its 5.2 now :D
Mine is being converted into Canadian, but still, this is incredible
Coming back now when they get to "Is the animated special going to be kid friendly" and just fucking dying of laughter
*Dumping Delilah’s body into the acid*
😂😂😂yeah. It's a lot of things, but kid-friendly it is not.
Well over 2 years later I still find myself coming back to this video, there is something visceral about how they were so immediately effected by the success of the kickstarter. Knowing now where it ended and what they have already achieved with what they have shown, seeing these 4 do their best to let everyone know they are gonna do their best with the special, not even knowing they will soon have a series instead.
For new and old Critters alike this video is constant good vibes.
Stretch goal "perk" idea, and relatively easy to do: make an alternate dub in which all non-titular character are voiced by matt
And one where they're all done by Grog. Not Travis, Grog. A Bunions and Flagons version.
@@JD2jr. Grog trying to remember what people said, not actually Grog reading a script (also, because well he can't read)
I love this idea!
@@HoaxNess Yeah, I picture lots of making Vax sound like a moron and lots of everyone talking about how amazing Grog is, and lots of literal "Blah, Blah, Blah"s (like the adults in the peanuts cartoons) during exposition/planning...
Awesome idea!
This reminds me of the first time they sold a shirt and it was sold out before they finished the announcement for it. Since than they underestimate our love for them and their content every time ^^
Exactly!
I think the level of shock also probably has something to do with this being the first big thing CR-related that critters globally would want to fork over money for. Past things, like live shows, D&D related stuff like dice or minis, have more limited appeal. Going to go out on a limb and suggest there are a whole lot of critters out there in Smalltown, Countryname who don't (or can't) play D&D and for whom the live shows are far out of reach. But throwing down some cash for a Vox Machina animated special? Yeah, I can see a huge portion of the fanbase getting on board for that.
See also people who live overseas, I'd love to go to a live show but America is pretty far from Australia
Here after the MN announcement, never has matt's "fuck it let's animate it all" at 1:07:49 been more relevant
I just keep getting this image in my head of Critters everywhere all simultaneously throwing money at the KS page on their monitors...AND IT WORKED!!
you guys remember when they first announced that they had t-shirts available? and before they even finished telling us about it they were sold out?
Yeah. This community has been pretty strong since the start.
One of Critical Role's greatest moments.
Stretch goal: have Laura tattoo captain tusk tooth on Travis
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With that weird contraption Jester uses and not an actual tattoo gun
@@deffdefying4803 Isn't she just jail-tattooing it with a needle and thread? lol
@@JustNatax3 Yes exactly
Actual tattoo? Only if Travis likes the idea. Otherwise, henna.
I gotta say, watching them dissociate for an hour over how successful their kickstarter was is incredibly heartwarming
Hear me out guys, the cow episode animated!
that would be a headache for the animators hahahs
Do you want to go skateboards?
The cow episode was part of the Briarwood arc, which they have made as one of the new stretch goals. So it could happen.
It'd be a high-quality version of this: th-cam.com/video/Nkc2K5nLUDo/w-d-xo.html XD
I have a feeling that they will have to cut out some chunks to push the 22 mins per episode. Besides, it looks like they want to cut Tiberius out anyway.
Kickstarter Goal of: All the Villians Battle Royle.
Just Matt sitting at the table... :|
Yes!
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Yes... this was from a year ago, (sorry, I just recently started scrolling comments on videos I watch....) BUT!!!! imagine giving all the players a different stat sheet for the bosses they faced in the last campaign to see how they would play the villains!?! All of these talented people would have to come up with ideas and strategies almost totally on the fly, because you know there are very few bosses that Matt showed 100% of the cards for in game!
What's wild to think about is, if all 364k+ subscriber's on yt alone just donated $30 each they would be up to 10mil+, thats not even counting twitch subscribers.
On a side note I hope you guy's don't feel overly anxious and scared about reaching some ludicrous expectation, we donate because we love you guy's and what you do, no matter what it is we know you'll put your heart and soul into it and we'll love it.
Better content than video games.
i mean pretty sure we donate cuz
1 we fking love them
2 this show is awesome
3 the idea of dnd animation sounds awesome
4 the clip looked awesome
@@StressfulGengar right?
Honestly one of the biggest things I took away from this is holy crap are hollywood executives about 30 years behind on the times. Like seriously how if your in entertainment do you not understand how big of a platform Twitch and TH-cam are when they regularly pull in the same amount of viewers as your highest rated shows and do so on a literal fraction of the cost
They're terrifyed of risks right now
Or, "are video games a business?" when many of them blow blockbuster movies out of the water in revenue, less in production costs, and, Most Important, _must hold the customers' interests for dozens if not hundreds of hours._
Let's see Feige & Marvel keep people hooked on one purchase for a 700-hour playtime!
That's because they're money people. If you show them proof that a show about kicking puppies will be popular and turn a profit, they'll go for it. The thing doesn't matter, just the money.
$5.5 million.
In 2 days.
Out of 45 days.
holy shit, considering people will potentially donate less and less... we may have 15- 20 mill at the end. holy shit..
As Travis said so eloquently:
BOOSH
"FUCK YOUR STRETCH GOALS!"
Currently just shy of 10 million with 39 days to go.
By the end of the Kickstarter they'll be able to have an entire show funded alongside a theme park and a live action movie
A-mazing
53:07 Travis: You guys have allowed us to tell a story
[45 DAYS LATER]
Critters: Now you can tell a lot of stories.
Josh Polson The new travis: I’m going to a what in november?
Does anyone have the haunted house announcement? I’ve been looking for it to show my family
Jacob Galloway they released the video as a surprise, it’s still on TH-cam
Genuine.
That's how I would describe them all.
Started small with only a few cameras, some basic tables and if you all recall the video cut out and some sound issues and whatnot in the first Kraghammer episode.
And now a kickstarter at $5.7M and still going.
They were always so open, transparent and giving so much of themselves in every way.
Again genuine.
And we all love it. We all love them! :)
So happy this is happening and it really warms my heart to see how much joy comes from being able to realize dreams!
Every time I remember the launching campaign. I start to laugh hysterically because it was filled in succeeded in 45mins
If the special doesn’t start with a monologue by Matt setting the scene, we riot.
Looks at first 20 seconds...
*Guys, I think we broke them*
Critrole.exe has stopped working, please try again later...
Lol, for real though
Brain damage from millions of dollars thrown at their skulls at high speed.
Here is a stretch goal idea: a whole day session like you had before the internet show, you've said you missed those sessions. I know I said this on multiple platform or videos but I figured that if I say it often enough the change of it being picked up is higher :)
Make it a charity stream. It's been a while since they (or G&S) have done one of those.
"While he's in town ill run a game for him" Oh Matt you precious angel, how little you knew.
@Bman Matt ran a one shot for Colbert.
Clicked faster than the Kickstarter was funded!
Alexander Demshick I don’t think that’s possible
@@wilverine5557 I agree, that's inhuman speed...
I will never get tired of hearing Travis' "Fuck your stretch goals!"
This Needs A Physical Release!!!!!!!! Blu Ray! DVD! Laser Disk! VHS! BetaMax! 8 MM!
I Want It Aaaaaalllllllllllll!!!!!!
VR 360 movie/series ;D
"I am a Person of Colour and I want Matthew Mercer to voice Shawn Gilmore."
- I ask all my fellow PoC critters to sign if they agree.
I'm not of color, but I'm African
Does that count?
I'm white... and I still agree. I wouldn't mind someone of color voicing it... but... Gilmore is MATTHEW MERCER's character. It NEEDS him. :-) Skin color doesn't matter in animation. It NEEDS the originator of the voice.
Honestly i dont understand this entire concept of PoC having to voice characters of color. Feels like when you limit who can voice a character all your doing is reducing that character down to their race which is a massive diservice to the character as a whole. Just my opinion mind you but the role should always go to whoever can voice them the best and capture the essence of the character
@@TheSilverPhoenix100 I partially agree with you. The /thing/ about V.O. is that you get to play characters that you don't look like. But the other hand is trying to make sure people of color aren't given less opportunities than white people
@@yasminafarih3681 are you like afro-Arab? Cause if you have a dark skin than your PoC
I have one request... MAKE US WAIT!!! I personally feel like if we have to wait another few weeks to get an episode because a specific voice actor isnt available or there are animation difficulties ( I know ABSOLUTELY nothing about what it takes to makes tv animation!) Don't be afraid to make us wait longer. WEVE WAITED THIS LONG!! We can wait a bit longer for the episode to be the way there are ment to be. Love y'all!!!
Critical role cast: "So we'd love to make an animated episode and we'd appreciate it if-"
Critters collectively: slams money on table " *MORE* "
Me: ANIMATE THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN!!!!!!!
I like to figure it went down like this:
*CR starts Kickstarter campaign*
15 mins later
KS: hey, sorry to bother you but we have………an issue
CR: oh dear. What’s wrong?
KS: the sites down.
CR: oh no! Hopefully we can still make our goal!
KS: Uhhhhh……what did you set that at again?
CR: oh 750,000. We wanted to not aim too high. What’s it at now? A few bucks?
KS: A few million
CR: a few what now?
A few moments of pure silence, broken by the sound of shattering glass as Matts glass of tang hits the floor "M...Mill...Million?"