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I mean, it's not like we were promised some deep story and loredumps. The preview promised silly anime-style humor and action, and we got that. Props to the guys for trying something new and interesting.
Spoilers ahead. Don't spoil yourself on this one
This feels like a psychotic break. The extreme violence and drawn out excruciating execution of beenu innocents begging for their lives. It was kept dark and presented in a simple but calm manner by rob leaving the viewer with no relief from it. Cut to break sharply. Come back days or a week after that event. Sex, jokes, and very interesting elements come in. It's players we are familiar with and no doubt miss. The viewer is trying to slip back to familiar settings and distractions. Cut to break again. When we come back, it's a slightly offputting sportscaster discussion that goes on longer than expected. At this point it's almost dreamlike. When the normal game resumes we are fully distanced from it, watching it from the viewpoint of the sportscasters. The fights are all bloody and viscous but miraculously no deaths. In fact, there's no hard feelings at all. The characters all build some kind of respect for each other despite the horrible mutilation. The sportscaster setting begins breaking down. The feed cuts in and out as we drift fully away from the reality of the show. It even breaks down around the most lethal of attacks.
It's not the player characters losing their minds. This isn't a dream at all; it's normal cannon. It's the viewer as a character that's lost it - the Viewer who is referenced as a manifestation of the Old Gods. Of course we in the audience have not lost any bit of our sanity and no doubt enjoyed this show as much as I did. What has instead happened is legitimizing the character we are portraying. The one between the real players of the game, and those of us watching at home. That Viewer character got too close to the show, got too emotionally attached, and had to distance itself behind proxies of sports, commercialism, and familiar faces. By the end, it's so far gone the plot of the show is entirely lost. There is no wrap up, explanation, or even a cliffhanger for the meaning of the tournament or consequences of earlier actions. It's just over and done.
Well that's the best I can make of it, but I'm just not happy with that answer. It feels like I'm overthinking it out of a need for closure. Maybe it really is just an avant garde anime parody that ends on a joke staring us in the face the whole time.
Rob if you're reading this or decide this is too much waffle to read, I have to say this was a great show. I missed hearing the rest of the cast during the last part, but as a one off oddball sort of thing this hit the mark.
I do wish that the ending, with the distortions, mad whispers and the Sinner Image did build up to something, but I still love stuff like that. It's why I liked the Beannu Doom Box in Unexpected Discovery. I'm certain that it's related to the Tears of the Old Gods Donation during the Beannu massacre, and that we might get it's pay off next Campaign.
My only complaint, and it is small; I was promised Nisovin for the ending Pre-Recorded Side Campaign. Nisovin was not anywhere there. I was thinking Nisovin was going to talk to the Sports announcers after his defeat, at least for one fight, but he didn't appear. I do hope that, at the end of Season 3, we get to see the Side Campaign at normal speed without Rob and Roamin's commentary over it.
Anyway, other than the ambiguous ending the show was great with lots of new and creative stuff going on can't wait to see more!
Like in Dragon Ball, Yu Yu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter, etc, etc, there's hundreds more examples... In anime fighting tournaments, you may get some character development and maybe someone dies along the way, but usually those things could have been done in a different way and in 10 (or 40) fewer episodes if it weren't for the tournament setting.
The characters were great, Spiff's seemed slightly less well played out, but she's new so she gets a pass. Act 1 was a fun RP bit, which I'll be able to rewatch lots. Act 2 brought us back to sneak week almost, which I liked, and also kind of a demonstration on how they'd play in real combat. Millboar saving the day was also funny and great. Act 3 was disturbing, which I think is good. This is the first time Urealms has made me tear up, like I was fine when Roamin's daughters died last campaign... that was messed up @Sixelona ;
i think something people miss is that the player characters this week were bad people. They had a bond with a ruthless assassin queen and did not have a problem with purging the lesser race. The reason we liked them is because the players made them likeable for the SHOW. If Roamin's band of thieves acted like general thugs, it wouldn't have been as fun, same thing here. It was gut wrenching but necessary.
The tournament was fun to me. I didn't like how the commentary didn't line up with the background tabletop play, but I can imagine how difficult that would be. I loved Roamin introducing a sponsor joke after the first fight and the jingoism, it was pretty great. The bei mei xhirt joke was good, but I'm yet to understand the 7 joke, which is fine, I'm sure I'll have a laughing fit when I do.
Overall probably the most unique and best (Maaaaaybe beat by Deadlantis) campaign, the only thing I could have wished for was maybe a point at the end where the commentators interviewed Coe. But as always, rob made a great campaign. Thanks a ton!
Really though, pretty good campaign.
I'm actually gonna make a new thread just dedicated to my favorite parts in the morning but for now, just... thank you, Rawb, and the whole gang.
I like that you're trying new things, some will be a hit, some will be a miss. Keep up the good work.
Also, I think they said there was originally going to be back to back campaigns which makes me think the next one is/was going to be a direct continuation of this story line so maybe that's why the ending felt abrupt. Just part 1 of 2 maybe? If that's the case Haunter should stick the JoJo to be continued outro at the end of the last episode for youtube.
I have voted against the majority for all of season 3 and I really want to see the minority to win at least once.
On a different note, Coe's spirit animal will forever be Snakes. Snakes are now part of Coe just how it is always his Birthday. Seriously, he has 4 characters involving snakes in some way (Snakemaster James Briggs, Deputy Sly Johnson, Borracho and his new character Queen of Blood Bae Mei Xhirt).
And I want to encourage all the players and artists to keep making bold experiments with campaigns like this. In my opinion URealms Live was made possible by trying something new in the first place.
I liked the idea of how the tournament of power format was but more as an alternative to Naders Tales rather than during a campaign especially since the fight between Blackwind and Bruce almost felt for the most part scripted since it took very little time and only a few rolls with no real explanation(understandable to what we had seen before) as to how Bruce someone we saw earlier take a much larger pounding than what seemed to happen in that round. I personally would have preferred to actually watch the fight.
It was however a fun format to listen to in general especially in the fights involving non-legendary figures. wasn't the best to watch but when I stopped watching and just listened it became much better and 110% worth it. Why I believe it might work better as a Naders tale alternative for campaigns that might work better to have the summary delivered in this format.
The arc continues! More flashbacks! And everyone's favorite side hero makes an appearance! Why do the assassins mindlessly follow their master? Who will slip up? Who will oppose them?
FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON AZVELTARA Z!!!!
luck. Deadbones played the edge-lord great. Loved how he utterly -annihilated- Xavius at the end, and Coe was just downright creepy for his character. So props to him for that bit.
While overall the campaign wasn't my favorite, it was a rather nice change from the norm, and i wouldn't mnd seeing things like this from time to time.
Coe and Milbee were stars this week and Milbee and Spiff's character dynamic was gold.
Isn't that obvious?
... It's because of all the Friendship.
@Junkhipster ; Right, mate. Rob sending in celebrity guests completely blew my mind, I don't know how he got the guy behind Tuesday Talkstuff to do a scene.