GW skins you alive for bringing probably tens if not hundreds of thousands of new customers and fans into the hobby with TTS, Paradox just lets you use their IP royalty-free,
Ehh honestly I think Bruva left just because TTS was just changing and his series couldn't keep up. GW never touched him, he left out of worry as he put it. Using a tabletop RPG as a basis for your media is afar more stable idea. Especially one where the lore is kinda settled and not liable to change.
For Context, Paradox or white wolf post their golden age just have a hard time getting people into world of darkness and has long embraced the approach of embracing any creator. Big or small as they just genuinely have such a low number of customers. Bloodlines 2 was supposed to be their only hail mary as it is the biggest profile project they have. The 2nd biggest shots is either the Alfa teams benevolence and the new season of New york by night that has been delayed for years.
@@Illier1Settled? It's a hard retcon filled with lots of plot holes. Some left intentionally but some don't. The new edition for werewolf the apocalypse can be considered a reboot rather than an actual continuation. Which is honestly the way they should do it I think. Also white wolf about "embracing" different creators only comes if you ready to pay them. They have quite high sell tax on translating and selling books. This includes even the books that can be considered outdated or non canon. Which lead people into doing illegal translations and spreading them for free.
@@The_Sock_ You have one of those too? Awesome! One time my players went up against a Marauder who thought the world operated off super sentai logic, so the second they entered his bubble everything became horribly dramatic, cheesy, and they were transformed into evil monsters that faced off against him and his 'team' of rangers (in actuality a bunch of his friends who got trapped with him). They weren't able to directly win due to the logic of the format working against them, so they instead incited a betrayal in his team. Since the Marauder believed the others were just as strong as he was he was able to be beaten by them. But then he summoned his zord, and began to chase them around the city in a giant robotic cormorant; during which he killed off his former friends one by one. The party were eventually able to convince him that he had become the bad guy, which incidentally turned them into new rangers, which allowed them to summon their own zords to beat up his. They finally killed him with an epic finishing move... which destroyed the Marauder bubble and revealed three blocks of the city now destroyed, with the wreckage of multiple giant robots strewn about. The local technocracy got involved at this point, with the reoccurring agent guy who served as their primary nemesis taking one look at the mess to decide "yeah, we're gonna have way too much on our hands fixing this mess without needing to chase you," and so he just let them go without a struggle.
First person to say "so this is why the Hunter updates take so long" will be eaten by the fandom. The first episode of this was absolutely.... magickal. 🎉
@@krieger8825so yes, they share a setting called the World of Darkness. HtP and Norfolk Wizard Game seem to be separate projects exploring the same universe however.
@krieger8825 Norfolk Wizard Game and Hunter the Parenting are set in the same universe, just from different characters' perspectives. HtP is about 'normal' humans who are involved with the supernatural world, and based on the lore of Hunter: the Reckoning. Norfolk Wizard Game is a live play of Mage: the Ascension, which focuses on people who discover that reality is malleable to a point and can be shaped by their personal beliefs and perceptions. Both are TTRPG's like D&D, but normally run as urban fantasy.
mackeere really did an otherworldly job with the music, i am no music nerd and i can't really describe why, but that haunting feeling this evokes, not like a ghost haunting, but of just something fundamental, everywhere, an inescapable sort of... "wrongness". the audio mixing too for the full episode was incredible, i was lying down couldn't sleep, so i listened to it, the woods and the strings and how it was narrated, the command of the voice and that otherworldly ambience was incredible and has stuck with me. there is nothing like your guy's work; i thought tts was great and after that i really didn't expect much, but this is an entirely different thing, what it pulls at what everything feels like there is nothing like it that know of, no show that pulls at the existential threads in the manner which you do, which both shows the darkness of the world but doesn't fall down into cynicism or misanthropy, i don't say it lightly but probably one of the chief reasons i haven't fallen down that path is because of you and your team's work. i cannot fathom how you guys can make all this stuff, but i don't think i can be grateful enough for all of it. much love from the middle of nowhere.
I love world of darkness all in concept, but mage has to be one of my favorite systems in terms of play. Vampires and werewolves and changelings are fine. But no game connects the message of the system directly to the player as well as mage. Telling your players "you are a god, be afraid" is glorious. And this music, this hits *exactly* that note. Power, hope, humanity intermixed with something more abhuman. The rest are things we make up in the dark, monsters tied to the human by proxy of being figments of what we fear. Mage, infinite and endless power, to be a god, exploring that. That's something more terrifying somehow.
Wraith's mechanics are also stellar for this. Fetters keep you tethered to what you left behind while your personal Shadow self tries to drag you into the oblivion you secretly feel like you deserve. The ghost politics and ghost cities are icing on the cake but the core mechanics of trying to hold on to what you have as it inevitably slips through your fingers, or letting go and moving on is sublime.
I like it the other way around. You are an average human and horrors of the night have damned your life but the nightmarish abominations can be bested they can be beaten! I love that kinda shit
@@VallornDeathbladeChangeling also has great systems for immersion. You literally run off fairy tale logic, it’s what fuels your power, acting too boring will actually kill you after a while. Acting too nonsensical will do the same.
i think changeling has th ebest narrative and mechanical interplay, personally. changeling's mechanics just really reinforce the idea that you have to work hard to keep the crushing banality of life at bay for even just a few more years.
@@TheRandomMuffinMan hey dude, totally off topic. Was browsing the comments and saw your pfp. You use a picture a friend drew for me like 2 years ago, how the hell did you find that LOL
Ahhh the sweet dulcet tones of the glockenspiel, the most whimsical of all percussion instruments. My soul is refreshed and ready to tackle the abject horrors of daily life in SHITTY NOT PARANORMAL WORLD.
Who said it's not? If you want to make the world paranormal, there are many avenues of such. Constellating, integral viewpoints, noetic matter, psychonautic experiences, hell even physics, chemistry, and biology are just substraits of magic, just one we're all to familiar with.
There's a few more episodes already released on Spotify. Just bear in mind it is A LOT more confusing to listen to without any visual aide (source: I listened to the first 45 minutes of the first episode and entirely missed how the dice rolling worked).
@@lesigh8682 oh I listened to the first 5 episodes, loved them, and I know they are super busy doing about 5 different things all at once, just wanted to give an algorithim boost and say I enjoy their work
@@lesigh8682 "Missed how the dice rolling worked" - the answer is magic. Do not think about it, it just works. These arcane mysteries are beyond your mortal comprehension. Unless you're willing to pay the price, that is...
@@lesigh8682Wish they uploaded more of it I understand they release already edited and remixed podcasts with sounds effects and music put into it. But I just want to know what happens on episode 2.
I HAVE SEEN BEYOND THE REALM OF AETHER, BEYOND THE VIRTUAL BINARY, THIS REALM, HELD BY LAWS OF ALL ORGINS OF CREATION AND NONE, OH TRULY A MARVELOUS SIGHT - my honest reaction after seeing this intro.
ngl it feels very self important compared to the rest of WoD. I want to have a fairly grounded game and meanwhile I'm getting magesplained about how elevators are actually teleporters and that Isaac Newton was a Technocracy plant tasked with chaining us to the floor. Addendum: also it’s a powerscaling nightmare, and I dislike playground arguments
Mage gets crazy and fast. There is always a bigger fish, and once you are keen on what mages can actually get away with, you start to understand why so many of the most astrange out in the periphery can be terrifying. Bending reality to ones will tends to disconnect one from society.
The only bummer is this means we're probably not getting mages in Hunter: the Parenting. Love the opening and how it understands that Mage is about the quest to understand the strangest parts of the World of Darkness as much as it is fighting other nerds over philosophy.
@HenshinFanatic Sorcerer, most likely. Requires no explicitly supernatural abilities beyond the capability to learn, and mystic organizations like the Arcanum often study such things.
I interpreted it more the opposite, as it’s suspected Markus is a Chaos Wizard, after him and Brock had their confrontation in the bar. This series exists to demonstrate why thats such a big deal
i am absolutely enamored with this theme / opening. it manages to evoke such a strong, almost raw kind of emotion that i dont think ive ever seen explored in music, as opposed to sheer soundscape. its not quite fear, not quite reverence, not quite catharsis, and yet still all of it in its totality. its like if the sensation of 'i have finally realized a truth i was never meant to grasp, and all i can do now is try to hold on to what i have left in a desperate attempt to stay myself' was distilled into a short 3 minute experience and i cant stop fawning over it
It's incredible that you put together such a dramatic opening with a song that strikes directly at the heart of what Mage is about, and then named the show itself "Norfolk Wizard Game". The tonal whiplash is excellent.
This team goes from strength to strength. No matter if it's a full-blown episode, a little mini-sode, a short sketch, or a humble audio log - every second of Ogre Poppenang's creations spark so much joy in me, and I'm glad you guys exist and can follow your passions. I absolutely dare to speak for all of us when I say: Thank you, everyone on the team, and much love from us!
Listening to this theme for the first time on Mackeerre's channel, and it was was surreal in how haunting and foreboding the song comes off. This Introduction captures that exact bizarre surreal feeling I get when I get told of the Mage lore from oWoD from a friend who was a story judge for a Vampire/Mage Larp.
Knowing what I know about WoD and M:tA, all I can say is that this series is gonna be both fantastically weird and stupefyingly tragic, and I am TOTALLY here for it!
I am anticipating this series with frothing breaths. And I received my plush Kevin today. Already after unpacking it I can feel the ghouls, goblins and bad humors being exorcized from my home leaving it a safe haven from the shadowy denizens of this or any other world. Also it makes me smile whenever I see it.
Ah Mage… the game has so much freedom to it. So glad I picked it up after playing VtM. While its terminology and ascended ideas may be a little difficult to wrap your head around, it is genuinely the best tone out of any of the games.
I was watching the pod cast where his episode is already up and after a few minutes I was like “why does this guy sound so familiar” he sounds so different without his blanket XD
@@echoambiance4470 yeah the rest of the first batch of episodes are in Spotify. You can hear the remaining 2 there before we see their TH-cam adaptations.
Mackeere went unbelievably hard with this theme, truly a work of art, along side all of you with this masterwork of an intro. Every time I watch this video I get goosebumps.
Spouse showed me a sink with intricate line work that made me remember the intro to this and I'm still taken aback by how much I love the visuals and music of this intro. Just well done, team Popenang Ogres
I keep rewatching this. I think I've watched it like 10 times at this point. At first I couldn't pinpoint what this was making me feel. But I think I realize it. It makes me feel called upon to create change. I can't believe how utterly perfect that is. Mages are agents of Change. The single most fundamental point of the Magi, given to us in full splendor as the intro. Bravo to you all. Also just want to say I appreciate all the little bits at the beginning of the kaleidoscope part where you're seeing Bill's threads, Sybil's living city, and what I'm assuming are how the yet to be introduced awakened see the world. Maybe even a glimpse or two at some avatars if I'm not mistaken. Again, Bravo to you all, and thank you.
*The lyrics* _Was that just a dream?_ _Was that not real?_ _Was that just in my head?_ _That’s just not how it feels…_ _Was that really just a dream?_ _No, that’s not how it feels!_
This theme is the latest on the list of themes I will listen to for an hour or more to burn into memory, and the larger vision and introduction to Mage: The Ascension has slowly been capturing my imagination. FIrst and foremost, excellent work all around. I'm increasingly growing to love Mackeere's work, and this is one of their best pieces, capturing the haunting vibe, the lost reality, and grasping for control. The visuals, both in the show and in this intro, play off of that so well. I adore the designs for the Avatars, or at least what seems to be their Avatars, so far. I especially adore the commitment to conveying that transcendental experience that seems core to this little corner of WoD. Even as I've played a tabletop system directly derivative of the WoD system and setting for about 8 years, this series and all its good work really makes me want to play Mage, or at least deeply engage with my own ideas, and generally learn more about its particular systems. It all seems perfectly set up, a honed machine for character exploration in its purest form, and you do an amazing job of selling that idea, that vision. I am so hyped to see more, and to engage with it on my own time as well.
Shivers!? That’s the one of the most wonderful and true things that can happen while listening to music, and I’m very pleased that you have that reaction to my music! 🎶 Thank you very much, Warsmith!
@@vladamirkalashnikov3704 Whether it be the original Ascension or M20, both are leagues better compared to Awakening. I guess the biggest thing is that Awakening is not based on real life events and feels like a complete fabrication and all of them are explained with "lol Atlantis". The M20/Ascension traditions have at least some anchors in history and traditions of magic. Ascension feels more "real" and tangible, dealing with daily life, humanity, consensus, belief vs. banality, how to find magic in a world where magic is going away because of technology, whereas Awakening is removed from the world and all about mystics building silver ladders to Atlantis and magic going away is because mages tried to ascend and pulled demon realms of the abyys between planes and blargh. It takes agency from humanity and mages. And, like I said, everything can be explained with "Atlantis". Where do mages come from? Atlantis. What do they try to accomplish? Atlantis. Who taught them to do that? Atlantis. What do the three seashells do in the toilet? Atlants, probably. That's basically my whole opinion on New WoD overall, it feels so, I dunno, removed from reality and fake whereas the original and 20 feel like they're our world with our history, but with supernatural forces pulling the strings and acting in the periphery. I'm not saying 20 is better overall, just that the feel is better and I can believe in it, unlike nWoD.
The music is so introspective and ethereal. I LOVE IT. It really brings on the feeling of the deeply personal nature of witnessing your personal reality and wielding it into being.
Special 🌹 for Mackeerre and his music, I loved your content before, since TTS, but his touch on your more "recent" projects are just the cherry on top for me 😊 congrats !
Mage is so fun in part because its litterally about telling the grim dark aspects kf the setting "Nuh uh" and "Nuh uhing" your way to a less terrible existance
ya know, y'all have done what i think all good parody shows do. you play around and have fun for a while but there are moments... moments like this where you just... depict the source material in all of its glory and literal awesomeness. Sometimes a good parody just... lets the source material go off. and thats whats been done here and in the one video with Big D and the old vampire lady
I just now starting to listen to the podcast but i have to say that the intro is amazing! I cant get the song out of my head, how its simple yet effective and the animation as always is amazing
A thing of beauty. Hard to tell if the thing that feels as though a dream in the song is the magic in their grasp upon awakening, or the lives they had prior to awakening.
The Madness that you people exhibit and express through your art is deeply fascinating. The story, accompanied by music aswell with the visuals is really really up there. Up in the clouds Thank you very much for existing, your brains seem capeable of so much, please let the creativity flow right out onto our collective computer screens
its been more than 10 years and i think, even if its really niche, this channel deserves so much more subs...... dont worry, ill still be here in 10 years and i hope this channel too.
that crescendo gives me goosebumbs every time I relisten to this intro. it's like suddenly being taken over by the waves and having to ride it out. quite fitting I think.
This song is haunting me its like a glimpse into a dream that got cut short and you cant remember the rest of it no matter how hard you try its over but theres something thats not where it should be anymore
GW skins you alive for bringing probably tens if not hundreds of thousands of new customers and fans into the hobby with TTS, Paradox just lets you use their IP royalty-free,
Ehh honestly I think Bruva left just because TTS was just changing and his series couldn't keep up. GW never touched him, he left out of worry as he put it.
Using a tabletop RPG as a basis for your media is afar more stable idea. Especially one where the lore is kinda settled and not liable to change.
For Context, Paradox or white wolf post their golden age just have a hard time getting people into world of darkness and has long embraced the approach of embracing any creator. Big or small as they just genuinely have such a low number of customers. Bloodlines 2 was supposed to be their only hail mary as it is the biggest profile project they have.
The 2nd biggest shots is either the Alfa teams benevolence and the new season of New york by night that has been delayed for years.
@@overscoresam948 honestly bruva and his team got me to purchase a copy of mage (edit: typo)
@@Illier1Settled? It's a hard retcon filled with lots of plot holes. Some left intentionally but some don't. The new edition for werewolf the apocalypse can be considered a reboot rather than an actual continuation. Which is honestly the way they should do it I think.
Also white wolf about "embracing" different creators only comes if you ready to pay them. They have quite high sell tax on translating and selling books. This includes even the books that can be considered outdated or non canon. Which lead people into doing illegal translations and spreading them for free.
GW would never do that!
They'd send the pinkertons to do it for them.
I don’t think Burgerkrieg prepared me for how batshit crazy Mage the Ascension really is.
Especially a Chronicle helmed by this bunch
One of my players is a power ranger.
@@The_Sock_ You have one of those too? Awesome!
One time my players went up against a Marauder who thought the world operated off super sentai logic, so the second they entered his bubble everything became horribly dramatic, cheesy, and they were transformed into evil monsters that faced off against him and his 'team' of rangers (in actuality a bunch of his friends who got trapped with him). They weren't able to directly win due to the logic of the format working against them, so they instead incited a betrayal in his team. Since the Marauder believed the others were just as strong as he was he was able to be beaten by them. But then he summoned his zord, and began to chase them around the city in a giant robotic cormorant; during which he killed off his former friends one by one.
The party were eventually able to convince him that he had become the bad guy, which incidentally turned them into new rangers, which allowed them to summon their own zords to beat up his. They finally killed him with an epic finishing move... which destroyed the Marauder bubble and revealed three blocks of the city now destroyed, with the wreckage of multiple giant robots strewn about. The local technocracy got involved at this point, with the reoccurring agent guy who served as their primary nemesis taking one look at the mess to decide "yeah, we're gonna have way too much on our hands fixing this mess without needing to chase you," and so he just let them go without a struggle.
@@carissamaceThat’s fucken crazy
@@carissamace That's sounds like you guys had a wild time playing through that.
First person to say "so this is why the Hunter updates take so long" will be eaten by the fandom. The first episode of this was absolutely.... magickal. 🎉
I am very confused. Is this boardgame a part of the Hunter the Parenting universe or is it different?
@@krieger8825 "Boardgame"???
@@krieger8825so yes, they share a setting called the World of Darkness. HtP and Norfolk Wizard Game seem to be separate projects exploring the same universe however.
@@krieger8825 Same universe, different Norfolk.
@krieger8825 Norfolk Wizard Game and Hunter the Parenting are set in the same universe, just from different characters' perspectives. HtP is about 'normal' humans who are involved with the supernatural world, and based on the lore of Hunter: the Reckoning. Norfolk Wizard Game is a live play of Mage: the Ascension, which focuses on people who discover that reality is malleable to a point and can be shaped by their personal beliefs and perceptions. Both are TTRPG's like D&D, but normally run as urban fantasy.
mackeere really did an otherworldly job with the music, i am no music nerd and i can't really describe why, but that haunting feeling this evokes, not like a ghost haunting, but of just something fundamental, everywhere, an inescapable sort of... "wrongness".
the audio mixing too for the full episode was incredible, i was lying down couldn't sleep, so i listened to it, the woods and the strings and how it was narrated, the command of the voice and that otherworldly ambience was incredible and has stuck with me.
there is nothing like your guy's work; i thought tts was great and after that i really didn't expect much, but this is an entirely different thing, what it pulls at what everything feels like there is nothing like it that know of, no show that pulls at the existential threads in the manner which you do, which both shows the darkness of the world but doesn't fall down into cynicism or misanthropy, i don't say it lightly but probably one of the chief reasons i haven't fallen down that path is because of you and your team's work.
i cannot fathom how you guys can make all this stuff, but i don't think i can be grateful enough for all of it. much love from the middle of nowhere.
Oh my god, incredible compliments, our biggest and massivest thanks!!!
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This man speaks truth
No lie this is exactly how I felt first time I heard it, and the tenth time I heard it.
I love world of darkness all in concept, but mage has to be one of my favorite systems in terms of play. Vampires and werewolves and changelings are fine. But no game connects the message of the system directly to the player as well as mage. Telling your players "you are a god, be afraid" is glorious.
And this music, this hits *exactly* that note. Power, hope, humanity intermixed with something more abhuman. The rest are things we make up in the dark, monsters tied to the human by proxy of being figments of what we fear. Mage, infinite and endless power, to be a god, exploring that. That's something more terrifying somehow.
Wraith's mechanics are also stellar for this. Fetters keep you tethered to what you left behind while your personal Shadow self tries to drag you into the oblivion you secretly feel like you deserve. The ghost politics and ghost cities are icing on the cake but the core mechanics of trying to hold on to what you have as it inevitably slips through your fingers, or letting go and moving on is sublime.
I like it the other way around. You are an average human and horrors of the night have damned your life but the nightmarish abominations can be bested they can be beaten! I love that kinda shit
@@VallornDeathbladeChangeling also has great systems for immersion. You literally run off fairy tale logic, it’s what fuels your power, acting too boring will actually kill you after a while. Acting too nonsensical will do the same.
i think changeling has th ebest narrative and mechanical interplay, personally. changeling's mechanics just really reinforce the idea that you have to work hard to keep the crushing banality of life at bay for even just a few more years.
When you can change the fundamental laws of reality on a whim how does a Man or Woman hold onto their Humanity when given the powers of a God?
Memes aside, this show has such a cool and atmospheric opening/song. I love it
@MatthewCSnow kinda gives me Dishonored vibes ngl
Yeah the song is great
I would totally love a longer more detailed version
Found myself humming it pretty often since hearing it. So good...
@@TheRandomMuffinMan hey dude, totally off topic. Was browsing the comments and saw your pfp. You use a picture a friend drew for me like 2 years ago, how the hell did you find that LOL
Ahhh the sweet dulcet tones of the glockenspiel, the most whimsical of all percussion instruments. My soul is refreshed and ready to tackle the abject horrors of daily life in SHITTY NOT PARANORMAL WORLD.
Who said it's not? If you want to make the world paranormal, there are many avenues of such. Constellating, integral viewpoints, noetic matter, psychonautic experiences, hell even physics, chemistry, and biology are just substraits of magic, just one we're all to familiar with.
@@Myname-cb9ru show me your world magic-man.
Norfolk wizard needs more episodes. Tell speaker to get back in the mines!
There's a few more episodes already released on Spotify. Just bear in mind it is A LOT more confusing to listen to without any visual aide (source: I listened to the first 45 minutes of the first episode and entirely missed how the dice rolling worked).
@@lesigh8682 oh I listened to the first 5 episodes, loved them, and I know they are super busy doing about 5 different things all at once, just wanted to give an algorithim boost and say I enjoy their work
@@lesigh8682 "Missed how the dice rolling worked" - the answer is magic. Do not think about it, it just works. These arcane mysteries are beyond your mortal comprehension. Unless you're willing to pay the price, that is...
@@lesigh8682Wish they uploaded more of it I understand they release already edited and remixed podcasts with sounds effects and music put into it.
But I just want to know what happens on episode 2.
@@nox22119 fierce brosnan might actually get to use his signature Deagle
I HAVE SEEN BEYOND THE REALM OF AETHER, BEYOND THE VIRTUAL BINARY, THIS REALM, HELD BY LAWS OF ALL ORGINS OF CREATION AND NONE, OH TRULY A MARVELOUS SIGHT
- my honest reaction after seeing this intro.
Mage the Ascension is probably the best out of WoD's supernatural-themed TTRPGs
Aren't they all supermatural themed?
@@GreaterGrievobeast55 Yes ...and MTA is still the best
ngl it feels very self important compared to the rest of WoD. I want to have a fairly grounded game and meanwhile I'm getting magesplained about how elevators are actually teleporters and that Isaac Newton was a Technocracy plant tasked with chaining us to the floor.
Addendum: also it’s a powerscaling nightmare, and I dislike playground arguments
Mage gets crazy and fast. There is always a bigger fish, and once you are keen on what mages can actually get away with, you start to understand why so many of the most astrange out in the periphery can be terrifying. Bending reality to ones will tends to disconnect one from society.
@@alizard7617So more like Fate Nasuverse mages rather then DnD mages then?
The intro is pure gold and years of practice and talents put together, but seriously Mackeere absolutly crushed it with that music, holy fuck
The Alfa squad outdo themselves again
The only bummer is this means we're probably not getting mages in Hunter: the Parenting. Love the opening and how it understands that Mage is about the quest to understand the strangest parts of the World of Darkness as much as it is fighting other nerds over philosophy.
Then what is the chapter master of the guild?
@@HenshinFanatic May be a hunter who knows some hedge magic, but I sincerely doubt he's a true Awakened.
@HenshinFanatic Sorcerer, most likely. Requires no explicitly supernatural abilities beyond the capability to learn, and mystic organizations like the Arcanum often study such things.
I interpreted it more the opposite, as it’s suspected Markus is a Chaos Wizard, after him and Brock had their confrontation in the bar. This series exists to demonstrate why thats such a big deal
@@HenshinFanaticthe say he uses Solar Sorcery, so he’s a Sorcerer. Which is more magical than a normal guy, but nothing compared to a Mage.
God I loved warhams, genuinely happy that we got a wod version
My Zeddi-bucks are now worth something again!
@@PANCAKEMINEZZ Mashed Potato squad now stream lined into "Chimp with a Hand Gun"
The existence of this series makes me so happy, it should be illegal.
No such lucks. Clowngoblins are still legal after all
Oh yeah because that worked out so well for drugs
@@Halvos12well now hold on a minute. If prohibition expands demand and creates a larger market, and we outlaw extreme joy...
THAT SOUNDS HIGHLY FUCKING ILLEGAL!
please I don't want us to lose HTP like we lost TTS
i am absolutely enamored with this theme / opening. it manages to evoke such a strong, almost raw kind of emotion that i dont think ive ever seen explored in music, as opposed to sheer soundscape. its not quite fear, not quite reverence, not quite catharsis, and yet still all of it in its totality. its like if the sensation of 'i have finally realized a truth i was never meant to grasp, and all i can do now is try to hold on to what i have left in a desperate attempt to stay myself' was distilled into a short 3 minute experience and i cant stop fawning over it
It's incredible that you put together such a dramatic opening with a song that strikes directly at the heart of what Mage is about, and then named the show itself "Norfolk Wizard Game". The tonal whiplash is excellent.
the tonal whiplash is _also_ what mage is about!
This team goes from strength to strength.
No matter if it's a full-blown episode, a little mini-sode, a short sketch, or a humble audio log - every second of Ogre Poppenang's creations spark so much joy in me, and I'm glad you guys exist and can follow your passions.
I absolutely dare to speak for all of us when I say: Thank you, everyone on the team, and much love from us!
Hold on, just need to eat this “brownie” to awaken for full enjoyment
Listening to this theme for the first time on Mackeerre's channel, and it was was surreal in how haunting and foreboding the song comes off. This Introduction captures that exact bizarre surreal feeling I get when I get told of the Mage lore from oWoD from a friend who was a story judge for a Vampire/Mage Larp.
Knowing what I know about WoD and M:tA, all I can say is that this series is gonna be both fantastically weird and stupefyingly tragic, and I am TOTALLY here for it!
I am anticipating this series with frothing breaths.
And I received my plush Kevin today. Already after unpacking it I can feel the ghouls, goblins and bad humors being exorcized from my home leaving it a safe haven from the shadowy denizens of this or any other world. Also it makes me smile whenever I see it.
OGRE POPPENANG YOU TRULY ARE THE OIL TO MY GLOINS
Loved this song when i first heard it on Spotify and love it still now, the visuals accompanying it are so much better than i imagined
Ah Mage… the game has so much freedom to it. So glad I picked it up after playing VtM. While its terminology and ascended ideas may be a little difficult to wrap your head around, it is genuinely the best tone out of any of the games.
I'm very excited to meet the rest of the characters, and I'm very excited to see the Technocracy in action!
BEHOLD THE MIGHTY KEVIN!
Different norfolk
@@gerardmourits8709FOOL THE GREAT AND MIGHT KEVIN CAN BE IN ANY NORFOLK AND EVERY NORFOLK IF HE WISHES
Kevin isn't a mage unfortunately.
@@atpsoldat6108Yeah Vampires even with "magic" are not mages.
@@atpsoldat6108 You dare disrespect the art of blood magic?!
The intro gives me chills (I am frozen in an ice cube)
I literally just got done listening to all the podcasts on Spotify
Me ot
Fredrik Knudsen is in this???? Let’s go, can’t wait for the Norfolk Wizard Game Down The Rabbit Hole episode
I was watching the pod cast where his episode is already up and after a few minutes I was like “why does this guy sound so familiar” he sounds so different without his blanket XD
The intro to this is genuinely one of my favourite intros to anything. Seriously, it just nails the abstract horror/wonder of Mage perfectly.
For those who haven’t heard the Spotify yet…This adventure is about to get wild, can’t wait for more episodes
The spotify?
@@echoambiance4470 yeah the rest of the first batch of episodes are in Spotify. You can hear the remaining 2 there before we see their TH-cam adaptations.
Norfolk wizard yippie
Mackeere went unbelievably hard with this theme, truly a work of art, along side all of you with this masterwork of an intro. Every time I watch this video I get goosebumps.
Spouse showed me a sink with intricate line work that made me remember the intro to this and I'm still taken aback by how much I love the visuals and music of this intro. Just well done, team Popenang Ogres
Now that we know of all the awakenings, those visuals make a lot more sense
I keep rewatching this. I think I've watched it like 10 times at this point. At first I couldn't pinpoint what this was making me feel. But I think I realize it. It makes me feel called upon to create change. I can't believe how utterly perfect that is. Mages are agents of Change. The single most fundamental point of the Magi, given to us in full splendor as the intro. Bravo to you all.
Also just want to say I appreciate all the little bits at the beginning of the kaleidoscope part where you're seeing Bill's threads, Sybil's living city, and what I'm assuming are how the yet to be introduced awakened see the world. Maybe even a glimpse or two at some avatars if I'm not mistaken. Again, Bravo to you all, and thank you.
*The lyrics*
_Was that just a dream?_
_Was that not real?_
_Was that just in my head?_
_That’s just not how it feels…_
_Was that really just a dream?_
_No, that’s not how it feels!_
ALFABUSAAAAAAAAA
DROP ANOTHER HUNTER CHAPTER, AND MY LIFE! IS YOURSSSSS
This theme is the latest on the list of themes I will listen to for an hour or more to burn into memory, and the larger vision and introduction to Mage: The Ascension has slowly been capturing my imagination.
FIrst and foremost, excellent work all around. I'm increasingly growing to love Mackeere's work, and this is one of their best pieces, capturing the haunting vibe, the lost reality, and grasping for control. The visuals, both in the show and in this intro, play off of that so well. I adore the designs for the Avatars, or at least what seems to be their Avatars, so far. I especially adore the commitment to conveying that transcendental experience that seems core to this little corner of WoD.
Even as I've played a tabletop system directly derivative of the WoD system and setting for about 8 years, this series and all its good work really makes me want to play Mage, or at least deeply engage with my own ideas, and generally learn more about its particular systems. It all seems perfectly set up, a honed machine for character exploration in its purest form, and you do an amazing job of selling that idea, that vision. I am so hyped to see more, and to engage with it on my own time as well.
This Intro Song is BRILLIANT. The singers voice sends shivers down my spine. Apt for this Universe.
Shivers!? That’s the one of the most wonderful and true things that can happen while listening to music, and I’m very pleased that you have that reaction to my music! 🎶 Thank you very much, Warsmith!
Please put this on Spotify or something. I need it daily
Its such an incredible song, you guys once again created something truly wonderful!
Love the _Muse_ vibes from this intro. I've long thought Muse works well for capturing the themes and vibe of Mage: The Ascension.
gona say it here again but Mackeerre outdid himselve and made this masterwork of a intro fucking peak guy
I'm just happy it's M20 Ascension and not Awakening.
Why is that?
I understand that M20 has amazing things, I just want to hear your opinion: this question is not criticism.
@@vladamirkalashnikov3704 Whether it be the original Ascension or M20, both are leagues better compared to Awakening. I guess the biggest thing is that Awakening is not based on real life events and feels like a complete fabrication and all of them are explained with "lol Atlantis". The M20/Ascension traditions have at least some anchors in history and traditions of magic. Ascension feels more "real" and tangible, dealing with daily life, humanity, consensus, belief vs. banality, how to find magic in a world where magic is going away because of technology, whereas Awakening is removed from the world and all about mystics building silver ladders to Atlantis and magic going away is because mages tried to ascend and pulled demon realms of the abyys between planes and blargh. It takes agency from humanity and mages. And, like I said, everything can be explained with "Atlantis". Where do mages come from? Atlantis. What do they try to accomplish? Atlantis. Who taught them to do that? Atlantis. What do the three seashells do in the toilet? Atlants, probably.
That's basically my whole opinion on New WoD overall, it feels so, I dunno, removed from reality and fake whereas the original and 20 feel like they're our world with our history, but with supernatural forces pulling the strings and acting in the periphery. I'm not saying 20 is better overall, just that the feel is better and I can believe in it, unlike nWoD.
The music is so introspective and ethereal. I LOVE IT. It really brings on the feeling of the deeply personal nature of witnessing your personal reality and wielding it into being.
The music gives me them goosebumps and i love it
Special 🌹 for Mackeerre and his music,
I loved your content before, since TTS, but his touch on your more "recent" projects are just the cherry on top for me 😊 congrats !
Bruh I was NOT ready for that first episode. I will be eagerly waiting for more!!!
I binged watched the entire 5 Episodes on Spotify & this Song definitely needs a spot in it's own right
The song is so good, I wish it was uploaded to Spotify separately from the podcast episode of the session.
I want Mackeerre to orchestrate the background music of my whole life
Hahha, it’d be my honour!
Something about this intro, the sound, the visuals or something else instils deeply within me a feeling I can only describe as wonder
Mage is so fun in part because its litterally about telling the grim dark aspects kf the setting "Nuh uh" and "Nuh uhing" your way to a less terrible existance
Gonna be playing this on repeat for the rest of the day tbh
I have already been stuck in this time loop, reduced to a shrivelled mummy, still bopping along.
I really hope this gets added to Spotify eventually. I would love to add this to my playlist.
ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING, you guys balls to the fucking walls outdid yourselves
I am IN LOVE with this song!
It is a perfect intro for the show/podcast and the accompanying visuals make it even better. Fantastic work as always.
ya know, y'all have done what i think all good parody shows do. you play around and have fun for a while but there are moments... moments like this where you just... depict the source material in all of its glory and literal awesomeness. Sometimes a good parody just... lets the source material go off. and thats whats been done here and in the one video with Big D and the old vampire lady
Words cannot express how much I hope this is on spotify
Welp time to listen to this intro on loop for a full ten hours, AND NO YOU WON'T STOP ME!
I just now starting to listen to the podcast but i have to say that the intro is amazing!
I cant get the song out of my head, how its simple yet effective and the animation as always is amazing
Glad to see you're back to it. We really missed you. Welcome back and thanks.
The double bass section at the precipice got me feeling shivers!
Your intros NEVER disappoint on giving the general feeling/vibe of the setting, specially for a WoD newcomer like me.
Astounding work as always!
I'm hooked, can't wait until the next episode
Loving it! It's making me kinda regret getting up to date on the episodes on Spotify. Still glad to see this is alive!
Gorgeous, gorgeous. My favorite part is honestly the kaleidoscope, it’s simple but very effective, especially with the music.
Have listened to all the audio stuff for this and omg I need more. My hunger for stories in world of darkness can't be filled.
chills every time i listen. it's too good for something so silly.
A thing of beauty.
Hard to tell if the thing that feels as though a dream in the song is the magic in their grasp upon awakening, or the lives they had prior to awakening.
I'm so happy to have the intro/song on their own. Now, I won't have to rewind the episode over and over again just to listen to it, lol
Brother i actually got a tear out with this intro, its fucking beautiful man.
i fricking love the intro so god damn good!
i can't believe y'all start doing this while i'm rewatching the X-Files
thanks for giving me goosebumps so hard i went up a shirt size for a few seconds m8
Absolutely fucking incredible, it’s absurdly atmospheric and evocative. I can’t wait for more Norfolk wizard game.
This needs to be on Spotify
That intro is so bloody beautiful...
The Madness that you people exhibit and express through your art is deeply fascinating. The story, accompanied by music aswell with the visuals is really really up there. Up in the clouds
Thank you very much for existing, your brains seem capeable of so much, please let the creativity flow right out onto our collective computer screens
I have no idea whats going on but it looks real interesting
its been more than 10 years and i think, even if its really niche, this channel deserves so much more subs......
dont worry, ill still be here in 10 years and i hope this channel too.
Amazing intro with music that's a banger
So far this series has provided some rather insane imagery. Plus I can't wait to see how you guys adapt the Reboot/Antiques Road Show segment
I just keep retuning to this intro. Amazing original work.
that crescendo gives me goosebumbs every time I relisten to this intro. it's like suddenly being taken over by the waves and having to ride it out. quite fitting I think.
If i wasnt a literal broke homeless man i would be giving you guys SO MUCH money. You dont even know the lengths i would go to support yall
Watched the intro episode and thought it was great. Get hyped!
This song is haunting me its like a glimpse into a dream that got cut short and you cant remember the rest of it no matter how hard you try its over but theres something thats not where it should be anymore
It feels illegal to be this early!
I haven't watched the episodes yet but this already makes me want to play Mage The Ascension
I couldn't wait and are already listening to the audio only versions on Spotify after watching episode 1. Fucking fire.
This intro does it better than secret invasion!😂🎉
This intro, music especially, is fucking awesome!
This series is gripping and thrilling the whole way through. Absolutely stellar storyteller and player duo. I can't wait for whats next
I'm so excited for this series to get a bigger audience! Y'all who haven't heard all the podcast episodes yet are in for some fantastic stuff :)
mackeere outdid himself with this one :)
I'm really happy to see a campaign in my state and I'm excited to see more!
You know it's a fire opening when my only complaint is that there's not a full version of this song.
This song is *AMAZING!*