RWBY - The Hindenburg on which Rooster Teeth rests its hopes, dreams and future

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Just see it as one of the saddest ways to show how an IP has a bigger franchise. (Seriously, when was the last time you heard an IP had a D and D campaign/show be declared to be canon to the IP in question? Is RWBY really that desperate to show its supplemental material?)

Dragonlance. But Krynn was effectively a Faerun flavor pack anyways.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

And now the D and D fans get something. https://twitter.com/OfficialRWBY/status/1418274527230971913

Free to watch? Was this some recorded homebrew campaign?

 

[Random Internet Person]

Free to watch? Was this some recorded homebrew campaign?

Well, here’s the details:

https://mobile.twitter.com/OfficialRWBY/status/1359986735107764224

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

Well, here’s the details: View attachment 2372171View attachment 2372172

https://mobile.twitter.com/OfficialRWBY/status/1359986735107764224

Jesus christ, why does everyone want that Critical Role money?

 

[Random Internet Person]

Jesus christ, why does everyone want that Critical Role money?

No clue, but I doubt there’s a lot to go around.

 

[Tanner Glass]

Jesus christ, why does everyone want that Critical Role money?

Because it's so much fucking money and it's so fucking easy.

It makes (at least, by very conservative estimates) $75,000/month from Twitch alone (before merch, whatever else) for what's essentially Matt Mercer and his friends fucking around and playing D&D in their downtime.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

Because it's so much fucking money and it's so fucking easy.

It makes (at least, by very conservative estimates) $75,000/month from Twitch alone (before merch, whatever else) for what's essentially Matt Mercer and his friends fucking around and playing D&D in their downtime.

But nobody is capable of capturing that audience or even a fraction of that success. Every single D&D show I see barely scraps by with 1~5k views. People that like critical role won't abandon it for anything else, and they won't add others to their watch lists because "ThAtS nOt HoW MaTt MeRcEr PlAyS"

 

[Chilson]

But nobody is capable of capturing that audience or even a fraction of that success. Every single D&D show I see barely scraps by with 1~5k views. People that like critical role won't abandon it for anything else, and they won't add others to their watch lists because "ThAtS nOt HoW MaTt MeRcEr PlAyS"

The bold part of @Tanner Glass comment should just be "Its so fucking easy", because that's the only reason they are doing it.

It won't ever actually work because RT has been trying to get on the Critical role money train for 5+ years and only the first one was semi-successful, which they utterly ruined by going full insufferable political pandering by awkwardly shoving a Trump character into the story (and Geoff's marriage coming apart behind the scenes).

Every single attempt afterwards (and there are SO MANY attempts) have completely and utterly failed on arrival.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

awkwardly shoving a Trump character into the story

Yes, I too love it when real world politics are placed into my escapism so I am constantly in the living hell that is current year and current politics.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Critical Role and its consequences have been a disaster for the TableTop hobby.

 

[Chilson]

Critical Role and its consequences have been a disaster for the TableTop hobby.

Normal fags running head first into Tabletop because of critical roll are worse than "that guy"'s by being an unbearable virus that starts off well, then slowly ruins games from the inside out. Which is pretty much RT's current audience.

At least "that guy" have the decency of blatantly being pieces of shit and getting quickly kicked from the group.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Normal fags running head first into Tabletop because of critical roll are worse than "that guy"'s by being an unbearable virus that starts off well, then slowly ruins games from the inside out. Which is pretty much for RT's current audience.

At least "that guy" have the decency of blatantly being pieces of shit and getting quickly kicked from the group.

The popularization of TTRPG is a nightmare scenario to begin with, but the Mercer Effect is something that I've dealt with first hand multiple times and it's never pretty. Theatre kids ruin everything they touch.

 

[Tism the Return]

Critical Role and its consequences have been a disaster for the TableTop hobby.

Critical Soy has done more damage to TTRPGs than the moral panic from the 80's.

 

[Tanner Glass]

But nobody is capable of capturing that audience or even a fraction of that success. Every single D&D show I see barely scraps by with 1~5k views. People that like critical role won't abandon it for anything else, and they won't add others to their watch lists because "ThAtS nOt HoW MaTt MeRcEr PlAyS"

True, but the allure of Critical Role (for other content creators, like Rooster Teeth) is that it's so much money and it's incredibly easy.

It's actually not easy and Critical Role just makes it look pretty easy by putting together a group of people who happen to be actually good friends who have actual real chemistry which is not something that you're going to stumble onto randomly - and certainly not at the Rooster Teeth office.

 

[Random Internet Person]

 

[Tism the Return]

Now that it's free has anyone watched the RWBY DnD campaign? I doubt the game itself is interesting, but maybe the homebrew shit they added to the campaign itself could be salvageable.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Now that it's free has anyone watched the RWBY DnD campaign? I doubt the game itself is interesting, but maybe the homebrew shit they added to the campaign itself could be salvageable.

The Records of Remnant series?

EDIT: Just drop me a link, I've got some spare time I'll give it a watch.

 

[Tism the Return]

The Records of Remnant series?

EDIT: Just drop me a link, I've got some spare time I'll give it a watch.

RWBY: The Grimm Campaign - Roosterteeth

The Grimm Campaign follows a Huntsman and Huntress team as they journey through the heart of Mistral’s underworld. Set prior to the events of RWBY, this roleplaying adventure will uncover dark secrets in one of Remnant’s most mysterious and dangerous kingdoms.

roosterteeth.com

It's just the first season that out there for free, but you're a real homie for taking the bullet.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

RWBY: The Grimm Campaign - Roosterteeth

The Grimm Campaign follows a Huntsman and Huntress team as they journey through the heart of Mistral’s underworld. Set prior to the events of RWBY, this roleplaying adventure will uncover dark secrets in one of Remnant’s most mysterious and dangerous kingdoms.

roosterteeth.com

It's just the first season that out there for free, but you're a real homie for taking the bullet.

Thanks, don't expect anything fancy like clipping and what not, best you're gonna get out of me is timestamps.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

Thanks, don't expect anything fancy like clipping and what not, best you're gonna get out of me is timestamps.

Honestly I'd settle for an essay where every sentence is just "this is shit". Best of luck.