Do you like him? Hate him? Why? I noticed some general animosity against him on this website, but I can't imagine his content being offensive to anyone. Maybe he's "reddit" or "woke" or something, I don't know, but I listen to his deas.
He gives bad advice>DM's should just fudge rolls whenever they want for the story!He's basically just another Critical Role support influencer who peddles their style of "game" to newbies
>>>/tv/
>>96796099Most of the advice I got from his videos was decent, the parts about planing was particularly helpful.
>>96796153Nah, this is a /tg/ related micro celebrity.
>>96796153>Several actual tv show threads are up and thriving on this very board right now>But discussing a game masters advice is /tv/>>96796129It's true that he's narrativist, but is liking a more narrative style of playing the wrong way to have fun? If your guy dies to a wolfpack on his way to go shopping, wouldn't that be an incredibly unsatisfying end to his legend?
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>>96796099I just hate his hairstyle
>>96796099The way he edits out any pause in speaking results in a jarring, jerky, unnatural flow of speech that is unlistenable to me.I also find him to not be a very good GM, and whatever good tips he gives are things that should be obvious and are already in most GM rulebooks.
>>96796099Internet "celebrities" are loathsome by default. I don't know anything that would make this one different.
>>96796196I think people are just annoyed at the prospect of altering the result of a roll, if you are rolling for something it is supposed to random.Like sure, you can enhance a scene by pretending to roll but that falls under the theatrics of in person games.
>>96796196If the GM doesn't want the character to potentially die fighting a wolfpack on his way shopping then why create that encounter? Why waste everyone's time with something that has a preplanned conclusion? Because you aren't playing a game, you're sitting in on a very time inefficient novel
not a fan of 4e or how he hypes it up as the end all be all... but he's trying to sell his book so I guess I can respect the hustle
>>96796099He's a big reason I decided to give GMing a try, though In cobbled my method together from multiple sources in the long run. It's going to be his earlier videos that have the most merit.My main problems are.>He's a shitlibBut this is hardly unique, still a negative.>Kind of a piece of shitAlso hardly unique, especially among shitlibs. But he's the kind of guy that would ban you for making memes using his own video thumbnails.>His games KickstarterThe guy had absolutely no fucking idea what his game was going to be, which is very scummy and preyed upon the good will he'd built from previous campaigns.Less of a problem but, he also was really adamant about always playing the most recent version of D&D. Which is funny since some of his advice was to steal D&D4e powers as rewards for the players. Or to flat out use that editions monsters instead.
He's a good speaker and salesman, some of his videos get my hyped.His games seem boring af, I'd say he doesn't even try to run a fun game, the games he designed seem uninspired and boing to me.
>>96796352have you seen him GM?it's a a by the book slogfest where people spent long stretches just anouncing actions and rolling die. That's why he gives that advice, it's aimed at people who'd never do that-Anyone who thinks he's narrativist hasn't seen him run a game.
>>96796099Why is he white?
>>96796099Like his advice, don't care for his products. He has good ideas and is effective at communicating them, but what he wants out of the hobby and what I want are two very different things.>>96796199Genuinely controversial take for me. He seems to have male pattern baldness and is using the hairstyle as an elaborate comb over and for me that works. He has a good looking head of hair I'd say. That said he does apparently pitch down his voice on recordings so I guess he is over average vain.
>>96796099This thread is so fucking inauthentic. Not a single person knows who this nobody is, let alone have an opinion on him. Buy a fucking ad.
Some of his videos have good ideas or analysis.I strongly dislike him on a parasocial level re: who he presents himself as, or any time he talks about anything other than D&D. A spoiled vain only-child Dunning-Krugermeister incel who panics at the idea of anyone pushing back on him when he chats nonsense.Watching him actually DM a campaign was a huge shock, he's an abysmal DM. I also pirated his novels and attempted to read them, and he's a pathetically bad writer. Can already catch glimpses of that from the naming conventions in his homebrew setting material.
>>96796099He's not a chud subhuman so that's a plus. But his advice is middling to terrible and his game has solid rules but has any shred of soul removed surgically.
>>96796196If you fudge dice why play a game in the first place? Just write a book instead of larping as part of a community you don't intend to follow the rules of.
>>96796099There are better YouTube channels to watch. But his niche is advice for new GMs. He’s got good advice if you can get past his California theatre kid personality. I wouldn’t want to be friends with him IRL or support his projects but otherwise he’s fine.
>>96796196the danger is what makes the game fun. if you dont like the chance of dying to a pack of wolfs just play a game where that isnt possible. like, i dont know dnd 5e above leve 4 or something
>>96798391I would say it's mostly the issue with RGN, you can totally have a monster throw 3 or more crits on a row and that's hardly satisfying or strategic.I'm whoever in the camp of: open rolling and if you want to control the outcome just don't roll.
>>96796099I remember enjoying some of his videos about prepping things but had a feeling the further I watched the more he started to become more of a caricature of himself, an exaggerated persona for selling content to others, no that that's unique when it comes to people depending on youtube and shit as their main source of income. "Meh" would be my feelings I suppose.
>>96796447I listened to him and other DM gurus (Seth Skorkowsky primarily) in the downtime between deciding to DM and actually sitting down at the first session. I'd say it helped me a bunch, as long as you're aware that one youtuber isn't someone you have to emulate in order to succesfully DM.
>>96796099>"Yes, I proudly fudge die rolls so the players can experience my magnificent storytelling that failed as an author but succeeds wonderfully to my captive gaming group">Tolkien sucks. Too many descriptions. Not enough action. Do I really need to know what kind of trees are in those woods?You tell me why he's contemptible.
>>96799316>I would say it's mostly the issue with RGN, you can totally have a monster throw 3 or more crits on a row and that's hardly satisfying or strategic.>I'm whoever in the camp of: open rolling and if you want to control the outcome just don't roll.LOL. "Well, in any given combat it's possible that nasty racist RNG could kill the player and I don't fudge therefore I don't roll for combats and just declare the players always win."
>>96796197>Literally whoFailed video game designer.
>>96796196>is liking a more narrative style of playing the wrong way to have fun?It's not the wrong way to have fun but it's a way of having fun which is painfully unsuited to D&D. If you want to run a narrative game there are a fuckity-wuckton of those out there, like Blades in the Dark. If you're extremely wedded to D&D 5e trope content there's Dungeon World, which was made by a pink-haired robot rapist. What could be more 5e than that?!
>>96799454Are you inventing things to get mad at again?
>>96796099>e-celeb threadfuck off
>>96796196>Plays DnD>Runs story gamesPick one and make quality content for it.
>>96796196>It's true that he's narrativistHe was clearly isn't, because the point of these games is that the dice results make the narrative and this advice is to actively ignore that. Plus it being a group game and that includes everyone at the table, where the dice rolls lend themselves to the point that the varying and surprising outcomes of actions are also keep it a interesting game for the GM. To have one guy become a pure storyteller instead of also narratively reacting to the dice results like the rest of players at the table is not that. If that is the experience you prefer, just sit around a table and do that instead - no need to bother with a system where your idea of improvement is to ignore one of core resolution mechanics.
>>96796447>Incapable of critiquing someone without bringing up their unrelated politicsGod you faggots are insufferable. I'd bet money you're the kind of cocksucking mongoloid that bitches and moans about how THE LEFT can't keep their politics out of unrelated spaces, too. It makes sense though, since you're a nogames, bugchasing tourist who leaked in here after some schizo talking head told you how to feel about 5e or some equally retarded bullshit. Kill yourself.
I don't know how hes cultivated this image as a master GM people will fork over millions of dollars to to buy his game and watch this advice videos in droves. I watched this guys live play and he's a very middling GM. Looking at his phone constantly, not very good with descriptions, looked bored and checked out, half his session was just trying to figure out combat in D&D 5E, a game he's been running regularly for years. Maybe I just saw a bad episode, he didn't seem like a terrible GM, just a very average one, certainly not one id ever care to watch regularly or hand cash to for his work. The black haired girl with the accent he plays with is actually a wonderful roleplayer though. I got the same vibe from Mercer and CR recently when I tried giving one of their episodes a try recently. Don't know how those dudes became /tg/s boogeyman for "theater kids", they hardly roleplay, constantly speak and joke out of character, and they too don't know 5e combat rules despite playing regularly for years. They're good at voices but that's about it.
>>96796099I think he's pretty good at recognizing issues and talking about dnd.He's not my type of dm, but he's worth listening to.
>>96800159You 're either very forgiving with your assessment of him being a mediocre dm or you have had very bad dms throughtout your lifeHe is actually one of the worst dms i have seen.
>>96800159>Don't know how those dudes became /tg/s boogeyman for "theater kids"It's because they're all voice actors, which is literally a grown-up form of theater kid.
>>96800251>He is actually one of the worst dms i have seen.Colville isn't even a DM, he's a 60 year old theatre kid who wanted to be an author. His vanity extends to Just for Men hair dye and voice software that deepens his contralto to a baritone, but not quite to losing weight (though I haven't seen his vids for years so maybe he's on Ozempic now). He lucked into the ultimate midwit storm -- Covid shut-ins and Storytelling Safe Mode D&D and Reddit -- that laps up his brand of pablum. I give him credit for creating a business out of that pablum.
I don't treat anything he says as gospel, but his videos do contain useful insights. He's how I found out about Diplomacy.
>>96796099Apparently he likes modular synths which makes me hate him tbqh. >the longer and more expensive the chain of shit it took to make this bassline, fhe betterer it really is>um sweetie this nest of cables is really tactile and organic
>>96800341Do you wear a cape? You should wear a cape.
>>96796199Yeah, it's... weird. Like, there's something actually kind of unsettling about how well groomed and shiny it looks on top of somebody who's otherwise a fat slob who obviously doesn't take proper care of himself. Uncanney Valley shit. It's like he scalped somebody better looking and wore it as a hat.
>>96800341Jeez is he really that old? I guess that's why he's so weird looking, he's obviously trying to look younger and not quite pulling it off.
>Fat Coalshill thread number 50 billionand I'm here for it>>96796099His advice is fine at best and I don't like any of his products, but he isn't terrible to listen to. Personally I think he's a bit of a fag. I remember that one pic of a reddit post an anon posted where Matt copes about deleting posts mocking his looks because "women get it worse" or something. No worse than any other DnD e-celeb.>>96796196>wrong way to have fundifferent strokes for different folks. whatever. people can enjoy their catered """roleplaying""" experience if they want. >unsatisfying end to his legendthe goal is to roleplay a character in a world, not to have a "story." sometimes people get unlucky and die. sad. that's the game. real danger without babying from the DM is what makes the game immersive and enjoyable, not "wow wasn't it heckin epic when I did the thing the DM wanted me to do?"
>>96800341>Colville isn't even a DM, he's a 60 year old theatre kid who wanted to be an author.He actually wants to be an auteur director. All the way down to the terminology in his shitty RPG being influenced by that unfulfilled desire.
>>96796199>>96801806he 100% dyes his hair and uses other trickery to get you to think it's natural
>>96800087You first faggot, his politics are very much relevant.
>>96796196"narrativist" and "fudging rolls (and rules) so nothing matters" don't mean the same thing.
>>96799316So don't play a game with a fundamentally shit combat system that sucks? I don't see how you got that conclusion from this.
>>96796196Yes, it is /tv/, because a game master's advice isn't a traditional game so it isn't on topic for the board for discussing traditional games. If you want to discuss gay faggot celebrity communists, you can do it on a board for that purpose.
>>96796099I dunno who this guy is
>>96802237nobody thinks it's natural
>>96796099I don’t even know who this is, OP. But in my experience while it’s good to have a general framework for where you want to go with your campaign, ultimately the best way to run it is going to depend on your group, your shared schedule and the game you’re working with.There’s so many variables to running a game that I can’t imagine some guy throwing out universally applicable advice even if he’s been playing for decades, it really just comes down to whatever the group finds fun but preferably also constructive for the longevity of the campaign (unless everyone agrees to give it up after the first few sessions).
>>96802905>If you want to discuss gay faggot celebrity communists, you can do it on a board for that purposeyou actually cant as the /tv/ board only accept movie & tv celebs. So if your man is mostly an online celeb like CR cast and etc. there is no place for them on /tv/
Good. Don't post at all then.
>>96796099I liked his early stuff, it made me give 5e a second look. I haven't watched his stuff in years though.The part I liked was the core message of "just run a game, YOU can run a game TONIGHT, and it will be fun not hard". Which is something I still think a lot of anons need reminding of. Another point of his that stuck with me was about not restricting the cool stuff from a game, something along the lines of "you can NOT have an airship in every other game".I realize this is pretty banal stuff, but just get your game started and put fun stuff in it is something I would think everyone posting in good faith about rpgs should agree with.
Why shouldn't you have an airship in every game?
>>96801833>Jeez is he really that old? I guess that's why he's so weird looking, he's obviously trying to look younger and not quite pulling it off.lol, yeah he is (I mean maybe 59 but something like that). But check this out. With public databases EVERYONE who's not an illegal but has a credit rating, earned a W-2, rented an apartment, etc has their age out there in public. I'm positive I could find it quickly but I not care enough to even spend a couple of minutes. If someone knows the city he lives in, it'd be particularly easy.
>>96803036no, retard. The idea is that you should see it as>I'm allowed to skip some cool stuff this timeinstead of>I'm allowed to have some cool stuff this timeDon't save the things you like for games you'll never end up having.
>>96802905Real communists would either shoot him or send him to the gulag.
>>96803036>Why shouldn't you have an airship in every game?Cloud Negroes
>>96803025>>96803036>>96803082Do you mean >"Not every campaign has airships, so if your campaign has something cool and unique, whyt keep your players from it? Let them have the airship."
