Tell me you've never played a ttrpg without telling me you've never played a ttrpg. You realize most people easily self insert into their characters and it's one of the main draws of the game?
I figured the quack was connected to the duck barbarian guy who was friends with Scanlan, but what was the event? I don't recall what Matt is referencing
Hearing the descriptions of Viridian, I just KNEW. I KNEW it had to be Vilya. When it finally got revealed, I cried. And then she got her daughter back and I SOBBED. Bless Matthew Mercer for giving us what we've waited 5 years for
Here’s another one: Fjord casts Blink when they’re fighting the marrow in the Gentleman’s hideout. Matt makes the casual comment “This is what Ripley used on you last campaign.
It is because Matt wanted to make this campaign stand as much as possible on its own with as few mentions as possible to C1 mostly to make sure the whole thing wasn't just a fluke and they could continue to stand on their own going forward especially after separating from G&S and making their own company. You now will see in the third campaign he has no issues using the greater world and events/characters of C1 and C2 to tell a more cohesive story.
Nothing makes me happier than to see these grown ass adults go absolutely ballistic because they recognize something in this imaginary story that relates to the other imaginary story they told years ago. I'm literally bouncing from second hand excitement!
@@AzraelThanatos191028 Unfortunately, since he has several middle names unique to him and different from his father’s, he would be Percival Vax’ildan Klossowski Vessar d Rollo I of Whitestone.
@@kgKix The book title is from the 1st campaign where Sam traumatised the group by leaving it and replacing his character by a new one that trolled them. You can tell by just mentioning the book, it evoked different reactions from every person.
Can someone elaborate what is happening in this scene? What is the reference? I mean, i know that David Bowie was a famous musician, but the parallel to the situation, i don't understand
@@peteralexandergraae2830david bowie is famous with his bright colored crazy hair and fey-like(carefree, quick witted, charismatic etc.) personality. Artagan is an arcfey with bright red colored long curly hair.
The Traveler/Artagan's speech to Jester is chilling and sad at the same time. It's clear he cares immensely for her, and that he loves the joyous chaos she and other who follow him help spread. Yet, he is just so tired. Poor guy just had no idea what he was getting into. It doesn't sound like a would be god wanting out, it sounds like he just wishes to see and be around Jester, his best friend, again.
Do it! The first episodes are a little rough production wise, but they started mid-campaign so their characters are pretty well realized from the get go
@@DaniGeez And to add onto this: Yeza is the campaign 2 "Allura" in the sense that it is the character most like Matt. Which makes all of the soft moments between Veth and Yeza sooooo much more amazing.
You can see tal having the biggest struggle to not go back to whitestone. If i was him id be terrified to see what has become of it as a place he created. But I get the sense if they go back whitestone would be whatever Matt thinks it to be not what tal hopes it would be.
Given their life spans, I think that if C3 was super into the future, it would be cool to see Essek or a mention of Caduceus! As for other NPCs in general, my personal ideas for who I'd love to see/mention: -Orly -Yussa -Luc -The Syphilis bandits -Astrid - VERY MUCH Eadwulf (he's got shit to unpack and I wanna see what he's got going on down the road) -Any of the Clay Family -Those aeorian robots that were released to the world -DAGEN -Artagan as a running gag
I love how sam sound out about veridian 10 minutes before the reveal but twitch chat knew the instant she was first introduced🤣 those streams were so fun
I keep forgetting that the bottom of Matt’s screen is the top of his DM folder/screen and seeing his hand seemingly come out of his own camera is all kinds of trippy
Me too! She shows up in 86-89 when they were heading to Kiki’s last trial. I barely remember who it is but it’s mainly cause I was moving during that time so I was half listening. So I had no idea what I should put for her and if it was really Important. I probably have to go back and listen to her in c1
@@DaniGeez makes sense, i thought the went by skyship but it's kinda a blur since i watched 2/3 episodes per day (locked up in my house with critical role in the background) By the way, amazing compilation as always! :)
@@toms1313 Yeah, the Skyship was their initial trip over to deliver the Horn of Orcus at the beginning. Captain Adella commanded the sea-going ship they chartered towards the end of the Chroma Conclave, beginning of the Vecna arc. Laura and Marisha were particularly taken with her description at the time, so that's why they were all "oh she's even hotter" when they realized she was back and more mature now.
Imagine a triangle that's upside down. The top line is Matt, the bottom right line is Travis/Marisha/Liam, the bottom left line is Sam, Laura, Taliesin.
Hmmm how would all the characters meet🤔 I believe the archdruid would love to find and thank those that saved her mom, and the easiest one to find would be Caleb being a renowned teacher at the Academy. Vex would maybe want to find jester and would ask Percy to come along to ask how’s arty doing these days, and maybe Grog to be her personal security 🤷♂️. Maybe Pike and Scanlan go on vacation and they just so happen to run into Vith, Yasha, and Beau having a lady’s night? That’s the best I got for those interactions
I actually didn’t know when cut adella so I left it..(I may have spaced out) also you can skip to the next timestamp As for Vilya. You can go watch another highlight. Easy. (It is my bad I should have done the intro description but I was more focused on the reveal)
The fact that Marisha says "my mom" first and "Keyleth's mom" later really shows how much they've sunk themselves into the characters.
Tell me you've never played a ttrpg without telling me you've never played a ttrpg. You realize most people easily self insert into their characters and it's one of the main draws of the game?
@@afilthyweeb8684 Nothing the original comment said put that into question. You're arguing with no one lmao
@@afilthyweeb8684 what is bro yapping about
Tbf, you are not a denizen of the internet unless you accidentally fight the air in comment sections
I love the fact that Liam quacked to remind Marisha what that event was
I figured the quack was connected to the duck barbarian guy who was friends with Scanlan, but what was the event? I don't recall what Matt is referencing
@@kristin2652 the Darrington Brigade one shot where they dealt with a duck
@@TheNobleWolf94 Oh, I forgot about that! Thanks so much!
@@kristin2652 you’re welcome :D
Quackthulu
There's also one time when they were talking about gods and Matt said "as of 20 years ago... there are now 9 betrayer gods"
Javier,
Vecna... I believe.
what episode was this?
@@CatherinesClawsHonestly, no idea. I just remember that dialogue happening at one point.
I want Allura to run to Vex and tell her all about a little blue follower of Artagan😩
I want Allura to mention a halfling woman with odd facial tattoos to Keyleth and get the M9 an Archdruid friend.
@@TeroTheShortOne Not to mention Veth is still wearing those earmuffs with the antlers 👀
Why would she do that?
@@elbruces Allura knows who Artagan is. I assume its because of Vax and the deal that Vox Machina made :)
Yeah, there is no reason for that.
"sorry it's so long" we watch these guys for 4 hours straight every week, we can handle this lol
Slowly but surely Vox Machina is hearing all about this new group The Mighty Nein.
The funny thing is, if they will meet them, there will be actually nine of them xd
I would have loved if they went with Vilya to the Ashari and Keyleth
Hearing the descriptions of Viridian, I just KNEW. I KNEW it had to be Vilya. When it finally got revealed, I cried. And then she got her daughter back and I SOBBED. Bless Matthew Mercer for giving us what we've waited 5 years for
Agreed
And more so giving such a gift to Marisha that we could all share with her
Actually, Matt sat on the Vilya connection for 8 years, not 5.
Here’s another one: Fjord casts Blink when they’re fighting the marrow in the Gentleman’s hideout. Matt makes the casual comment “This is what Ripley used on you last campaign.
I think this is only in-universe connections, not comments made by the players
Bro I love how they just spend so much time baiting Matt into mentioning the members of Vox Machina
It is because Matt wanted to make this campaign stand as much as possible on its own with as few mentions as possible to C1 mostly to make sure the whole thing wasn't just a fluke and they could continue to stand on their own going forward especially after separating from G&S and making their own company. You now will see in the third campaign he has no issues using the greater world and events/characters of C1 and C2 to tell a more cohesive story.
I love how Laura knew it was allura based on
"a human women pale skin"
Caleb- "I am Caleb, and this is my *friend* Fjord. :)"
Fjord- "I'm Fjord, and this is my *accountant* , Caleb."
Caleb- :(
Accountant-zoned once again :/
Caleb: _pounds desk in his mind_
God I love it whenever veth/nott either does the “goblin to goblin” or “halfling to halfling” thing lmao
Sam is so good at coming up with runnings gags
In that moment, when Matt revealed that Keyleth's mom had become a prisoner, Marisha knew that someone was going to die by her hand.
18:50 Travis is so good at keeping everyone under control while still feeding into the hype. Good CEO.
I went back and worked my way through C1 right around the covid break last year. Making connections after the fact made me retroactively excited.
Did the same! I just missed some of the first ones but now i lnow why sam lost his head when pumat talked about the book
2:51 he expected them to go to Adella since they knew her, but nope, went right to Orly and ignored her.
He was a tortle with bag pipes built into her shell. I mean...that's hard to pass up!
"I talk to Sam Smorkle."
You’ve no idea how long I’ve waited for this specific compilation. It made me very happy. Thank you.
Nothing makes me happier than to see these grown ass adults go absolutely ballistic because they recognize something in this imaginary story that relates to the other imaginary story they told years ago. I'm literally bouncing from second hand excitement!
Allura's shade about Arty is just... *chef's kiss*
Allura's first sentence is shade about Yussa.
I love how matt connects the stories without doing too much
I would love it if M9 ran into a son of Vex/Percy named Vax’ildan derollo
I would love if they ran into their daughter, Vesper Elaina De Rolo
Sadly, there are only 7 hours left of C2. I hope it will happen but probably not!
Percival Vax'ildan Klossowski Vessar de Rolo IV of Whitestone.
vax’ildan and percival the fourth
@@AzraelThanatos191028 Unfortunately, since he has several middle names unique to him and different from his father’s, he would be Percival Vax’ildan Klossowski Vessar d Rollo I of Whitestone.
I love travis's reaction when marishka tells him about captain adella
the trauma on Liams face after the book title is revealed can be felt deep.
Context pleaaseeeeee
@@kgKix The book title is from the 1st campaign where Sam traumatised the group by leaving it and replacing his character by a new one that trolled them. You can tell by just mentioning the book, it evoked different reactions from every person.
"Go back to your home David Bowie!" - Taliesin Jaffe
Can someone elaborate what is happening in this scene? What is the reference? I mean, i know that David Bowie was a famous musician, but the parallel to the situation, i don't understand
@@peteralexandergraae2830david bowie is famous with his bright colored crazy hair and fey-like(carefree, quick witted, charismatic etc.) personality. Artagan is an arcfey with bright red colored long curly hair.
The Traveler/Artagan's speech to Jester is chilling and sad at the same time. It's clear he cares immensely for her, and that he loves the joyous chaos she and other who follow him help spread. Yet, he is just so tired. Poor guy just had no idea what he was getting into. It doesn't sound like a would be god wanting out, it sounds like he just wishes to see and be around Jester, his best friend, again.
They were so excited. Its adorable. Alyora was such a needed cameo. They had no confidence at that time, and she just lit a spark in them again.
18:12 that reaction must've been wild for everyone who watched C2 before C1 XD
Me.
Yep, the reason I went back and watched the entire first campaign 😂
As soon as Allura introduces herself, Travis lets out the greatest sound I've ever heard
I've rewatched the Vilya reveal at least 10 times by now, just to watch each person's reaction.
The tary mention is AMAZING
this video shows just how much matt has worked in to this campaign, i love it, the connections are so cool
Spice could be the name of the fantasy Narcos drama fr the Mighty Nein and the Meatman
2:10 By this, we can tell that he hasn't reached the point where Tary get's the flashcards from Pike.
Look at Matt's body language right before he speaks as allura. Like putting on a comfortable old pair of shoes
This makes me wanna watch the first Champaign so I can understand more
Do it! The first episodes are a little rough production wise, but they started mid-campaign so their characters are pretty well realized from the get go
@@LFielding07I plan on watching it when I get caught up with campaign 2
Love all your stuff, keep it up!
I just love these compilations! ❤️❤️
37:17 ya Allura and Kima kinda remind me of Matt and Marisha
Good news: they are Matt and Marisha.
Forgot where Matt confirmed it, but yeah
Matt= Allura
Marisha= kima
@@DaniGeez And to add onto this: Yeza is the campaign 2 "Allura" in the sense that it is the character most like Matt. Which makes all of the soft moments between Veth and Yeza sooooo much more amazing.
@@Eadwulf_Skald oh!
@@DaniGeez which makes the fact that marisha didn’t trust kima so much better
@@Eadwulf_Skald You think Matt did that because he wants to fuck Sam?
Yes! Great! You've done it again!
You can see tal having the biggest struggle to not go back to whitestone. If i was him id be terrified to see what has become of it as a place he created. But I get the sense if they go back whitestone would be whatever Matt thinks it to be not what tal hopes it would be.
My favorite will forever be when pumat tells the name of the book he is reading
The moment with Keyleth most memorable, i really trying not to cry ;D
Dani Gee you are invaluable!! Thankyou very much for this wonderful video O Great Lorekeeper 🙌🏻 😊 ❤️
Man can't wait for campaign three. In the meantime I'll just rewatch this awesome campaign 😊
The Tenser's Floating Disk pitch is such an underrated line.
Besides maybe Pumat, anyone got thoughts on who they'd love to see in C3?
Given their life spans, I think that if C3 was super into the future, it would be cool to see Essek or a mention of Caduceus! As for other NPCs in general, my personal ideas for who I'd love to see/mention:
-Orly
-Yussa
-Luc
-The Syphilis bandits
-Astrid
- VERY MUCH Eadwulf (he's got shit to unpack and I wanna see what he's got going on down the road)
-Any of the Clay Family
-Those aeorian robots that were released to the world
-DAGEN
-Artagan as a running gag
Bryce.
Dairon, luc, vex, orly and even the orphan fron hupperduk
500% Essek
I know *I'd* love to at least hear mention of the Caedogeist
The most badass character of both campaigns imho
omg. at 18.06 Sam mentions Calgary. Which is exactly where I'm sitting while I was this. Thank you Sam for a smile while watching DND.
Love how Sam is almost always the one to get who it is first
Gotta love a good shared universe.
Loved this! I was hoping to see some of the gun references with Taliesin's reactions.
I love how sam sound out about veridian 10 minutes before the reveal but twitch chat knew the instant she was first introduced🤣 those streams were so fun
The random cut from Allura appearance to Matt in full blown McCree killed me💀💀💀💀💀
I can't belive I just watched this whole thing. Loved every minute though
I keep forgetting that the bottom of Matt’s screen is the top of his DM folder/screen and seeing his hand seemingly come out of his own camera is all kinds of trippy
Thx for this compilation.. 💯💯
You should make a campaign 3 video that’s just the cast side eyeing talisen every time someone has a gun
Mat's smug face when everyone realizes what's up😊
Laura's laugh at the beginning is the best laugh I've ever heard
I watched c1 last year but still have no idea who's captain adella
Me too! She shows up in 86-89 when they were heading to Kiki’s last trial. I barely remember who it is but it’s mainly cause I was moving during that time so I was half listening.
So I had no idea what I should put for her and if it was really Important.
I probably have to go back and listen to her in c1
@@DaniGeez makes sense, i thought the went by skyship but it's kinda a blur since i watched 2/3 episodes per day (locked up in my house with critical role in the background)
By the way, amazing compilation as always! :)
@@toms1313 Yeah, the Skyship was their initial trip over to deliver the Horn of Orcus at the beginning. Captain Adella commanded the sea-going ship they chartered towards the end of the Chroma Conclave, beginning of the Vecna arc. Laura and Marisha were particularly taken with her description at the time, so that's why they were all "oh she's even hotter" when they realized she was back and more mature now.
Ahhhhhhh! Keyleths parents!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!!
I think Matt was trying to set up a Vox Machina one-shot if the Mighty Nein had failed
C2 npc appearances I hope make it too C3 is Pumat, Essek, Kiri, Henry crab grass, and Beau's brother TJ as a monk in training. 🤞
Kiri seems the most likely out of this list
Watching through this... I didn't realize that there was quite a few obscure references that I missed.
You forgot to mention the guns and percy
I did mention in the description that I wanted to do that in a separate video
9:15 travisPOG new emote
Oh wow I never realized how much Yasha kind of sounds like Ellie sometimes
34:53 is a wonderful moment where we get a glimpes of the voice of the tempest herself Keyleth
I really hope the M9 encounter some of the members of Vox Machina.
Guess what happened recently?
They murdered one another!!!
i would love if Sam wrote that book
DMing taught me CR is successful because of its players most of all
It’s funny that, if you did this for campaign 3, it would be like ten times the length even tho it has way less episodes
I’d do it for all Keyleth mentions
@@DaniGeez bit more than just mentions at this point
i like how in c2 there was like, over the entire campaigns run time, not a lot to do with C1, whereas in C3 they are literally in whitestone.
Does anyone know how the tables are set up? I'm been trying to figure out how they're seated.
Imagine a triangle that's upside down. The top line is Matt, the bottom right line is Travis/Marisha/Liam, the bottom left line is Sam, Laura, Taliesin.
If you google “critical role table” it should give you an image of how they are seater pre-covid
@@broadraven1782 sorry, I forgot to write that I meant the new set up with the individual tables.
@@Kasino80 I'm pretty sure they're all sat at individual tables in a vaguely circular arrangement.
I wonder if allure after hearing about the return of Aeor tried to contact Vox Machina just in case M9 didn’t get the job done.
Hmmm how would all the characters meet🤔 I believe the archdruid would love to find and thank those that saved her mom, and the easiest one to find would be Caleb being a renowned teacher at the Academy. Vex would maybe want to find jester and would ask Percy to come along to ask how’s arty doing these days, and maybe Grog to be her personal security 🤷♂️. Maybe Pike and Scanlan go on vacation and they just so happen to run into Vith, Yasha, and Beau having a lady’s night? That’s the best I got for those interactions
at 22:34 what meteor are they talking about I can't recall.
Darrington Brigade One Shot. Quackthulu
@9:14 Travis's face..
27:55 Does Matt's shirt say "I love eating ass"?
Yes
Mama Allura!! Hahaha
What's 22:29 referencing?
And I assume 46:27 is just a reference of an offscreen event
The first one is The Darrington Brigade one shot and the second one is just Allura recognizing Artagan’s name.
I see, thank you. I should really watch that OneShot someday...
@@JRTIntervencion It's one of the funniest things they've ever done, and that's saying something.
"I like bread"
I like bread
I like bread
This might be a too much work but could someone links the timestamps to the eps they appear in.
If you can thank you so much in advance.
not even an honorable mention for the Broken Howl tattooed on the back of the dead sailor Fjord got the Mariner's Amor from?
no because it didnt even cross my mind. could only remember so much
So yasha never gave back the avenger yet odd
why does matt's voice in the first clip sound like kronk
Didn't Kima have a Scottish accent?
She did during the first few episodes of campaign1, but Matt must’ve decided it didn’t work so he dropped it.
Did Matt suggest pulling Vox Machina out fo retirement if the Mighty Nein Failed 😂
❤️❤️❤️
29:44
You stretch Adella for 80 years but you cut short the villia reveal. That’s so bad.
I actually didn’t know when cut adella so I left it..(I may have spaced out) also you can skip to the next timestamp
As for Vilya. You can go watch another highlight. Easy.
(It is my bad I should have done the intro description but I was more focused on the reveal)
but that's the point of the video "chars from season 1", you didn't show the char from season 1
@@wenbluepirate3954 well gee my bad I’m not perfect.
You can keep complaining. Too late to change it.
I am the real Danny G
Ah yes, but you're not the real Dani Gee...