Can't wait to watch this!

Mornin! Nice day for fishin ain't it? Hu ha!

A beautiful day for fishing it is

Gentlemen... Bravo! 👏 👏

It sure is! You guys are the Monty Python of our generation - keep up the great work, and bring some much needed comedy to our lives.

Underrated comment!

Briliant

Nice

I wish they did the Mugger thing in that episode. But i guess it is too much work to make Rowan fight himself.

Ok at least 2 meter distance.

Oh come on guys this was a funny ass comment more likes.

Up this comment

There was a probably a whole script ready where we'd learn about Baelin's backstory and who he is as a NPC, but Rowan just couldn't remember. :)

Hu Ha!

LOL It's not the words as much as how he delivered them.

It WAS noticed.....lol

Took my brain 15 seconds to realize that haha.

Oh, its noticed....

This is probably the only thing ive seen that i actually want to see again bc of how beautiful it is.

This is a shockingly accurate statement... isn't that sad...

​@@SqueakingLionit's not.

9 words

Player accidentally attacks level 493 fishermen: *so you have chosen death*

Underrated comment. Lol.

@@kynriv101 indeed the original comment is, glad you agree

@@enb6720 you know he was talking about the original comment right?

@@OneRichMofo yes I did, bad wording on my part

This is what happens when people really care about their work :)

I think indie's try something different, and once they become large, they stick to what works. Same applies to games.

Mornin nice for fishin aint it

At this point there really is nothing that separates these guys from any other production studio they have the means to employ people that are good at making films and videos. Wouldn't be surprised if they hired a fight choreographer for this. These guys are a lot like robot army. Except better because they're not aussies

Name me one film in the last years that has a better fight choreography (rewatched this one quite a few times now and honestly...no strange moves no things that stick out as making no sense in a real live,... and the fights look organic not like orchestrated dances like in many films the last decade).

Greg's epic adventure can be seen in short clips and glimpses in the Epic NPC Man series. Chronologically, Greg's story begins when Greg arrives during player character creation and then instructing the movement tutorial, after which the tutorial Greg torments the player with a microtransactions. Then the farmer Greg can be met again in front of his poor hut where he introduces the player to the magical world of Azerim and gives the player the first quest because Greg's sheep have run amok and since then Greg has been involved in many epic head and side quests and is more helpful than Baradur. In Skycraft, you can also meet the merchant Greg, who runs the local shop from time to time, and the tavern Greg, who runs the local tavern from time to time. I recommend watching the series.

Greg had a WIFE!

@@jankrynickyno, he didn’t? I mean unless you’re talking about that one update ages ago that lasted all of 3 days

@@horizonwireless That's exactly what I'm talking about. :-)

@@horizonwireless It wasn't three days for him GREG AND GRETA BELONG TOGETHER

I completely agree to this. I would too. I feel like one of those NPCs who can completely relate to this but cannot express it. I am not stupid, nor shy, nor uneducated, I can cry, I can be strong, but it's just when it comes to these "thengs" I just go bmggaaah, even though I feel it so deep in my heart and I have a million other things to say instead of bmggaaah!!!

I would too, but not at a full price. Maybe around 4 to 6 €/$

An NPC that you just cannot kill because his part of the environment, like a roc. Invicible because never designed to fight or take any damage.

Baelin kinda reminds me of Aranhir in WoW who is just a shop owner in Dalaran and for some reason he has the highest hp in the entire game, more so than end game bosses 😂

Well I guess 1xp per fish is a lot of it is all you do

I would figure he is named after the lead programmers kid or dad and so is just straight up invulnerable.

I just thought he was essential, but I suppose that makes more sense.

I was a bit disappointed actually, that the muggers were not in this 😋

But it's a dragon....

I'm sure the next movie will be about the muggers now

@@aaronmackay6123 That could be hilarious.

"Yes we are. Face huggers!"

You forgot to add B/P/E scores.

I like how you think

I think he's just an NPC marked essential, basically unkillable so will always come out on top

Awww I like that 🥰

Make it happen, also dragon was considered a fish in cat goes fishing, make it avaible on Bailin pcoket pls but greyed out

@@ArdiSaputra-nj2wm thats not my choice, it would maybe destroy his character too. It would have been nice but that's they're choice

i like the added route idea but would keep the one line cause its great

@@a1fastyellowkitten780 Eh~ They could add one line imo: "Evening! Nice night [...]", for the night part of the games day-cycle.

he would be good in dnd

I'm thinking since it's set in an MMO, he is one of those unkillable NPC's.

@@spoilerguy7285 My current character is a Druid that fights with a fishing pole because of Baelin =)

He is just a mmo character with paid fisherman skin

Clearly the monkey king

I mostly agree with you, except that marvel isn't even half good as vldl. The last good marvel film was the original spiderman movies imo.

Yeah but VLDL has something that others don't have............. Rowan as he himself had a role in the Avatar movie.

Ever seen Rings of Power? It has a million-dollar budget and yet it still looks worse than indie films. This short movie looks better funded than that.

Ever played WoW? They have Gamon in Orgrimar. Everyone used to one shot him, so thy buffed him, now he is a Org raid boss type NPC lol.

I mean theres a speedrun of an rpg game 'Two Worlds' where it only takes 2 mins from a fresh game to kill the final boss and finish the game. Cause the boss is in the starting area for some reason and you can make him aggro the npc villagers.

So how I understand this is: you recruited Baelin, added him to the group, added Willow to the group. Then you attacked Bealin, which deleted the group bond between you, but Willow and Baelin still were allies, so he stayed in the group. Then you attacked Willow and removed your group bond, but Baelin and Willow were still allies, so Baelin carried out the quest to it's completion... it all makes sense to me. It doesn't sound like a bug... but we should still remove the ability to recruit Baelin.

@@FunnCubes that's most certainly an exploit

@@FunnCubes Yeah - that was exactly how I saw it in my head. I had typed out half of it, but it made the comment less funny so I kept it short. It was just so amusing that I could imagine this being an actual bizzare bug in a complex game. "You can't RECRUIT npc in-town, so this wasn't an issue until the rescue quest was added to that zone, which meant Baelin's pathing now puts him "out of town" for about 30s" Part of what made this so enjoyable is that it keeps the underlying MMORPG mechanical framework, without feeling the need to point it out every time. Like, the villain/NPC dialog referencing "adventurer"... because why would they have a speech line for "Fisherman"? Subtle, but consistent. ::Chef's kiss::

Best video game movies they've made so far, are Sonic, and Detective Pikachu

While funny and enjoyed, honestly, if I had to pay 20 bucks for that I would still be pissed

Lvl 55 Got Beaten By a Npc Hollywood Cant Beat that XD

Take note Honeywood*

@@Luablood cool reference

Sorry our stats show Greg is a very popular romance option so we can't be having him as married,it muddies the water

YES!!!

I really love Allen

​@@Bigotsandwich1995If he can hook up with a full server of horny adventures, I think the waters are pretty muddy already.

YEAHHHHHH

I love this whole group, but Rowen is definitely the most talented actor among them!

I am Groot

They are all awesome and talented People

They all are amazing actor's. Including all the "guest stars" they have had over the years. I'm convinced everyone from New Zealand is a naturally born actor.

Honestly i totaly understod everything that way, refreshing video really enjoyd it :)

thanks for the 20

I too watch it regularly..and it still makes me cry lol.

When bodging creates a sentient being!

This is exactly how I imagined him getting his combat stats.

"These violent delights have violent ends"

Also the fishing rod item is unobtainable ingame, so they just copypasted the legendary sword of eating souls item and changed the sprite.

This is fucking canon now !!

I thought Adam was the one who played that character?

That next show in the NCU? _NPC Cinematic Universe_

@@dieafrikaansbear8995 thats the characters name i believe

lol you could make that yourself with a little editing 😂

I would watch it

This, we need this.

ENMCU has a good sound to it, i'm buying!

Omg yes

I would love to see that!

Yes👏I'd watch them all!

Honestly that's not sayin much mcu as turned into mcfu

@@JasonDean2047 While it's true what you said about the MCFU, that's still saying quite a bit though being the film had a $250mil budget.

@@ComedyBros5 They wasted that much money? Damn.

@@MooingCat7 Granted, that includes marketing. But still, a budget is a budget and that's what they had for the movie.

@@ComedyBros5 what does mcfu stand for? Marvels cinematic f*cking universe?

Much better than "I am Groot" lol

Agreed

The lines that made Baelin develop its character and personality. 4:40 "No, I'm just a fisherman" _This is also when Balein realises that he's more than an NPC_ 4:46 "What do i do?" 9:02 "Hello" 9:05 "Baelin the Fisherman" 9:20 "Me too" 10:26 "Well he's really a pain in the ass isn't he" 10:34 "Hu-hah, rare" 10:40 "This mission isn't that important to him" 10:45 "Is anything wrong?" 10:49 "Is anything wrong?" *Baelin realises that he cannot, in fact, communicate* 11:03 "Look I'm saying something now" 11:08 "Hello" 11:15 "Im Balein The Fisherman" 11:35 "Mornin! Nice day for fishing ain't it?" 13:30 "How about you not touch her" 15:30 "I can't" 16:14 "We need to go back to the adventurer" 16:23 "Fine" 18:02 "What?" 18:05 "We'd better get out of here." 18:30 "Hands off" 20:56 "You're awake" 21:10 "Of course" 21:21 "To get your strength back" 21:44 "What do you mean?" 21:50 "No, I'm locked to my path" 21:56 "Indeed" 22:08 "And how do you feel now?" 22:20 "Oh, all by yourself?" 22:28 "Really?" 22:52 "Why?" 22:57 "Don't judge a book by it's cover right?" 23:00 "Sure" 23:13 "Really" 23:46 "I understand" 23:53 "I hope you find your home" 24:35 "The princess of Wraith?" 26:49 "Hi! I think there's need of fishing here!" 27:52 "Willow!" 29:04 "Close" 30:09 "My pleasure" *_The rest is history._*

now he have more dialog than in Avatar movie :)

That's what I was thinking through the entirety of this masterpiece

I broke my feet today because I kicked my computer because someone commented that my videos are bad! I hate unjustified criticism. Please wish me a speedy recovery, dear jaca

Yes 100% thank you

@@frozensilence6173 Um...? It's literally free for us to watch... Is what he meant... What a dope.

I completely agree with you, thank you all for helping them make this!

@@frozensilence6173 are you a moron? The OP was saying to thank the patrons who gave the money to produce this.

Like a Smurf account or something lol

Yea like those lvl 20 players in ESO that easily wreck a CP2000 guy 🤣

Love it!

​@@screamsoftranquility wait CP goes to 2000 now? Holy shit I quit when it was 660.

@Gay Poo Eater wow man that's like 2018 or so. I think it already goes up to cp2600 or so, I am not sure

😂

Isn't it funny that VLDL's budge was not even 1/135th the amount of things like Lord of the Rings but they managed to produce a much enjoyable film that was a quarter the length? It goes to show you, that audiences don't care about fancy CGI; we care about great acting, beautiful shots and a great story.

@@jakholly2 yeah

That's what I taught. But don't need to be memorial but they just wanted to have game more alive

i like that idea

This is canon to me.

I then raise the glass to that lost friend.

The dev made them ridiculously overpowered because they didn't want their friend's tribute to die in game. Merciful gods it's all coming together. You're right.

Rowan plays both bodger the blacksmith and baelin the fisherman

@@Acanthus214 r/whooooosh

@@Acanthus214 big oof you should delete your comment quick

@@Acanthus214 That's the joke...

@@Acanthus214 yes, that's the joke. Bodger only shows up as a cameo at the beginning, and Baelin only says the one thing, so in total, he only has about two lines

Noice

no a trilogy of 2 hours films in the future)

#ReleasetheBaelinCut

Don't forget a video game

a SMALL 2 hour movie

Soon this’ll have its own Synder Cut

hahahahah

Lol

Morning! Nice day for fishing aint it! Hu ha!

The way he conveyed the emotion, exactly as the subtitles point out, speaks much more than a few lines.

@@tafferchuck1349 what the hell did you just say? Now I gotta watch the whole thing again with subs

Exactly The lines that made Baelin develop its character and personality. 4:40 "No, I'm just a fisherman" _This is also when Balein realises that he's more than an NPC_ 4:46 "What do i do?" 9:02 "Hello" 9:05 "Baelin the Fisherman" 9:20 "Me too" 10:26 "Well he's really a pain in the ass isn't he" 10:34 "Hu-hah, rare" 10:40 "This mission isn't that important to him" 10:45 "Is anything wrong?" 10:49 "Is anything wrong?" *Baelin realises that he cannot, in fact, communicate* 11:03 "Look I'm saying something now" 11:08 "Hello" 11:15 "Im Balein The Fisherman" 11:35 "Mornin! Nice day for fishing ain't it?" 13:30 "How about you not touch her" 15:30 "I can't" 16:14 "We need to go back to the adventurer" 16:23 "Fine" 18:02 "What?" 18:05 "We'd better get out of here." 18:30 "Hands off" 20:56 "You're awake" 21:10 "Of course" 21:21 "To get your strength back" 21:44 "What do you mean?" 21:50 "No, I'm locked to my path" 21:56 "Indeed" 22:08 "And how do you feel now?" 22:20 "Oh, all by yourself?" 22:28 "Really?" 22:52 "Why?" 22:57 "Don't judge a book by it's cover right?" 23:00 "Sure" 23:13 "Really" 23:46 "I understand" 23:53 "I hope you find your home" 24:35 "The princess of Wraith?" 26:49 "Hi! I think there's need of fishing here!" 27:52 "Willow!" 29:04 "Close" 30:09 "My pleasure" *_The rest is history._*

My favourite part of this is that Baelin basically followed the classic Hero's Journey. Status quo, call to adventure, refusal, discovery, point of no return.... all in just 30 minutes, and seven words (plus gaffaw). Nice.

But... The NPC with 3 voice lines IS the main protagonist!

@@itisALWAYSR.A. ...Wow, you're right. It's a Viva La Dirt League video, so rewatching it is a given, but now I'm going to have more to enjoy next watch through with that in mind.

Hut hut hyeh hyaaah.

This was really GOOD! Much better then some of the crap coming out of HollyWeird these days.

@@bartm6432 Hollywood? More like Honeywood

@@bartm6432 chill lol

When a youtube movie beat all 3 installations of the Hobbit

Absolutely amazing. I want a full-scale move, what was next. I will pay for the ticket with joy.

That also explains his limited dialogue options!

Some NPC are marked as "essential". Baelin in marked as "critical".

I mean, considering Willow is able to fully understand Baelin, it means there is dialogue programed. Only the players hear the one dialogue line. So I buy into this theory

​@@christopherdavidson17 I had a slightly different theory that Willow's ability to understand him was a function of being a "quest" NPC. I notice in other skits that even when the adventurers are "silent" the NPCs can always interpret what they mean. So I figured it's just a function of being a "quest" NPC as opposed to regular NPCs like Greg who still only hear the one line.

@@olandir Greg literally loses his sheep every day and sends people on a quest to retrieve them. He also has a main quest line that escorts adventurers through the whole of the Honeywood area. He's both a quest giver and a quest NPC. And Greg is like the only one with a skit dedicated to going ape shit crazy on Baelin because he won't stop saying the same thing. It's more or less an "I am Groot" gag, with undertones of them being in the same situation, both being preprogrammed automatons who are trapped on their respective routes. It's at the point where the adventurer is about to kill her because she "dare not stray from the path" that Baelin makes a conscious decision to stray from his and take over the role of the reluctant protagonist. And it ends with him gaining the ability to chose his actions by what he sees as right and wrong without simply barreling down the same route everyday like a robot, oblivious to what is happening to those around him.

Nerfed in next patch.

99% he got hit once by the orc sorcerer.

@@Im_Not_From_Around_Here and once by the orc captain in the Stomach

@@Im_Not_From_Around_Here thumbs up for the perfect username

He is the Cactuar of Skycraft!

And Ben after being beaten to death

Mornin

Pretty sure one of them is from 'OwnedByPandas'

@Tree Star mornin

Hu ha

.... outworn meme

....and I took that personally.

Underrated!

Hm. yea that wasn't so bad, but I liked the part more when he said "Mornin'. Nice day for fishn', ain't it?"

i was hoping, that this was the "shopkeepers (essential NPCs) are invincible" trope.

Yeah, man he's broken

@@ollllj But he is essential .. his fishing tutorial is part of the main quest. :)

It's funny because you can see this in another sketch too. The one where the adventurers put a bucket in-front of him to prevent him from moving and keep messing with him until one of them actually attacks him, then they get destroyed.

Don't kick the chicken.

OMG This would be pure gold XD

same

I was hoping we would find him bullying people in town, the see Baelin coming and run away in fear.

I would love a follow up with the "Adventurer", that since HE did not completed and received the reward for the quest, it is bugged and he is unable to fast travel ever again

@@onerbreziar that would be hilarious 😂😂😂

Epic comment! Hu ha!

Yes, we do. Mornin'!

Sauron: Whhattar you doin here??

@@theobserver3753 Fishin' ...

Fisherman: kills the Sauron -ha-ha

It was masterful cinematography and a very excellently choreographed fight.

There is no way Rowan and the rest of actors in this movie didn't study acting

i was thinking the same thing as they were fighting single take action fight i was like holy crap rlly

I totally agree

@@matix676 rowan has a bit of a career outside KZfaq. I've seen him in commercials.

I was thinking the same... half of the movies on Netflix are below this short.. production scrip costumes camera work effects...

Ah Epic Asian is here to watch this too~

Yeah bro agree

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was not expecting to want a sequal so bad

She's pretty good yeah. But then again. Anyone could do that with enough time and practice. The production of this must have taken forever

@@cherrydragon3120 Could have stopped at "She's pretty good yeah"

@@cherrydragon3120 point is they had fun.. that is what making movies is about.. Do you even watch movies or bloopers for that matter 🤔..

@@cherrydragon3120 Ok. You have 1 month to do Iron Man 4. Good luck with that.

Facts.

Hodor !

Wow, yes. I hadn’t seen the Groot parallel until you pointed it out but obvious once you did.

Dude, this IS a mainstream production. You think those long credits are only KZfaqrs?

and you could follow the combat without cutting six times too.

@@Ritermann I don’t know what’s considered mainstream, but this project required a Kickstarter to produce.

Mainstream is usually denoted by a triple a list

I am Groot

My name is inigo montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die

coupled with good writing written by beautiful people.

I understood that reference

Mornin', nice day for fishing... Is like I am Groot!

Yea shes the only one in high school that passed that class

nice joke. 10/10

I don't get it :(

Most underrated comment in here by far. Many kudos 😁

You sir, have put a smile on my face.

Hahahahahahaahahha

LMFAO!!!!!

or Alien huggers :D

Speech level: -3.14159

Dump stat

I was hoping that he would level up after this. What changes to his character would happen at level 2?

I'd say his speech stat is maxed out to the moon, 1 sentence to say all words in existance.

Baelin is a leftover essential character from the beta i think one of those repurposed npcs who used to be main quest characters in an unreleased version of the game.

thank God for google translate so I could read the beautiful things you wrote brother

@@barbados3592 Actually a sister ☺😘

@@pticha89 ❤😂

Evenin’, good night to do dishes.

"Mornin?"

Huh-huh!

Both of them

"Morning, good day for fishing!" Excitedly "Morning, good day for fishing..." Sadly Check and check

I think that's kind of the point.but it is shown very early an after this the battles only get tension by endangering the princess. It should somehow be made clear he looses his essential status the moment he crosses from NPC to adventurer.

@@zeugenberg or maybe he was an adenturer all along, a player roleplaying as a fisherman with a funny dialogue

Remember when they were making fun of him by placing a bucket on his path and pulling his pants down? But then they would attack him and he obliterated the adventurers... Well, he's broken, as is nearly everything in Skycraft. XD

@@maxturra must be an admin

Don't forget he is secretly also the city guard in disguise...... and, well........... someone kicked his chicken! 🐔🦶😱

this just prove it dost not matter what we say, it only 20 pr, look for body language, emotions, and more.

I'll up you one.... "I am Groot" 😂

@@Wigmore72 "Hodor!"

I 100% agree with this, emotion>line The lines that made Baelin develop its character and personality. 4:40 "No, I'm just a fisherman" _This is also when Balein realises that he's more than an NPC_ 4:46 "What do i do?" 9:02 "Hello" 9:05 "Baelin the Fisherman" 9:20 "Me too" 10:26 "Well he's really a pain in the ass isn't he" 10:34 "Hu-hah, rare" 10:40 "This mission isn't that important to him" 10:45 "Is anything wrong?" 10:49 "Is anything wrong?" *Baelin realises that he cannot, in fact, communicate* 11:03 "Look I'm saying something now" 11:08 "Hello" 11:15 "Im Balein The Fisherman" 11:35 "Mornin! Nice day for fishing ain't it?" 13:30 "How about you not touch her" 15:30 "I can't" 16:14 "We need to go back to the adventurer" 16:23 "Fine" 18:02 "What?" 18:05 "We'd better get out of here." 18:30 "Hands off" 20:56 "You're awake" 21:10 "Of course" 21:21 "To get your strength back" 21:44 "What do you mean?" 21:50 "No, I'm locked to my path" 21:56 "Indeed" 22:08 "And how do you feel now?" 22:20 "Oh, all by yourself?" 22:28 "Really?" 22:52 "Why?" 22:57 "Don't judge a book by it's cover right?" 23:00 "Sure" 23:13 "Really" 23:46 "I understand" 23:53 "I hope you find your home" 24:35 "The princess of Wraith?" 26:49 "Hi! I think there's need of fishing here!" 27:52 "Willow!" 29:04 "Close" 30:09 "My pleasure" *_The rest is history._*

u just got everyone counting his words with their fingers

Agreed. THIS is good story telling, and they didn't need millions to do it. If you have a good story and are good at telling it, you don't need much else! Very much enjoyed this FAR more than I expected to.

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Very true!!

💯

100 %

I'm not so sure, probably just really high level because the big bad managed to hit and push him back at the end there. With that in mind though, I wonder if Ben could've even completed the quest? If he could hardly handle a group of bandits then......

He is also rocking a lvl100 fishing rod

Umm...actually, nice day for fishin,' ain't it?

Im pretty sure hes a reused asset from the alpha version of the game, he was an essential npc back then , now hes just baelin the fisherman(essential).

Of course he's essential, he is part of the main quest!

Also better jokes ;-)

how did you do that???

@@cannaisuer2091 "Hu-hu -- Hu'Huh !!"

@@potterj09 Mornin’ !

This was AMAZING

Clearly he's an immortal npc with a legendary fishing rod.

In a few years some new AAA RPG is gonna have him as an NPC as an Easter egg. I would bet good money on that.

Ha I actually did this kind of in Fallout 4 with some settlers. I used the console to make them level 50 then gave the the NPC relevant stats for the "build" I wanted them to have and..., well lets just say when I spawned in about 10 Mythic deathclaws, I felt sorry for the deathclaws LOL

he's doing sidequests as said by the adventurer and working on his skills/jobs, he's legit overleveled for a starting city tbh lmao

Reminds me of the one MMORPG I used to play a long time ago. It had mechanics similar to Warcraft where you can break into the another player faction npc city and kill the NPCs there. There was a Fishing NPC that was tied into a fishing quest line but he was located near an monster spawn location, so they made him Unkillable and buffed his stats quite high. Entire raiding parties got wiped out by one Fisherman until the devs wised up and made it so he couldn’t move away from his small fishing spot. But he would wipe out anyone who got too close.

After slaughtering you in a matrix style awaking of self awareness.

I was kinda hoping for an end credits scene where the dude finally gets back to his body

@@A90yearoldLADY I expected him to be running through the woods as a ghost naked cursing.

He must originally have been a capital city NPC guard, where they are all max level

@@freeipodify *For peace in the kingdom! For the alliance!*