"if they dont make that, they are fools" DnD Beyond : hold my beer

the d&d marketing guy in charge of watching Sam's ads to make sure they don't get them in trouble: "um, boss? you need to hear this. no, it's not bad. it's.... it's perfect."

You can totally hear Sam’s voice mixed into the final drum beat

I don't know what Critical Role would be without Sam Riegal. The man is a creative genius.

Laura's reaction when she realizes they're about to play it again gives me life every single time

So cool, especially when you realize that this is the seed that led to the Vox Machina Kickstarter.

I wish I could have seen their reactions as the video was playing, not just at the end of it

its insane that the jingle he came up with is first draft and final product got to be unchanged from his version , sam is a creative god

“We’re an 80’s cartoon guys!”

What I really love is how everyone's laughing along with the joke in the beginning, and within fifteen seconds of Sam singing there's, like, a genuine edge of "but this is GOOD though??" to their expressions. Domino moment of the ages.

"I want to play D&D for my birthday." And years later...

"We're gonna play it tonight and you might enjoy it" If that doesnt get him the award for the understatement of the decade, I dont know what will.

Sam: "And it's really fast so we thought should we may--" Travis: "Yes"

When I saw this live I went "There's no way this is real - it has to just be Sam messing around" then I opened D&D Beyond and it was on their page and I couldn't help but go "Well shit, D&D Beyond is awesome"

Jaffe's reaction is priceless. He can't believe it. "What! What!!"

I could watch them freak out about this for hours. Wait. Not could. DID.

Am I the only one getting goosebumps every time I watch this?

I heard gnomes when they said knolls and I was imagining M9 committing gnome mass murder in a cave

I like that he did a 12 part harmony, Sam is a blessing

I really wish they would've had a sidecam for the reaction faces. I hate that we never get to see their instant reactions for awesome things like these

I love that this is, more or less, a room full of people fan-girl/-boying *over themselves.*

Thank you, Legend of Vox Machina, for leading me down this rabbit hole.

Hearing the original/improv version and then the professional version, it is awesome. Like the base version Sam did really was the ONLY way to do this song, and they did it perfectly As a side, who else wants someone to chronicle this whole campaign and make a tv show out of it. Like they already have the voice acting done!

I started watching critical role because of this video.

the thing is "Riegel" is German and means "bars" no wonder why this man is spitting them

I would pay to see their reactions live honestly

The whole group's reaction is amazing. So much shock, Travis is like a kid at Christmas, it's beautiful.

Who could have known... that these short moments... would Kickstart a media juggernaut... that will soon be premiering on Amazon Prime.

Ha, it actually has Sam's drum parts in it too!

And now, we'll see the Might Nein in an actual animated series!

DnD Beyond was constantly throwing this ad at me I didn't hear about it on Critical Role, I heard about Critical Role from this ad

Sam Riegal just IS a bard.

I'm terribly late to the party but this is beautiful.

Thank you so much for putting this together. I'm sure all critters like me just watched separate clips over and over in this EXACT order for ourselves and when we showed our friends!

I love watching this. Their glee once the clip had been shown. We

Matt saying "it' so awesome" at 3:57 gives me so much joy

You'll have to do an updated version of this soon... :D

I have watched CR from the beginning and there is a wierd sort of fun in watching Sam's add get more and more wierd and outlandish over time, as well as watching all the others groan in pain whenever he hits a new low. But then there are these gold nuggets, when he really hits it on the head and they are all applauding and cheering, because the add is actually good (like in this case), and I'm laughing and cheering as if he was my child who just won gold at the local track meet. It's so silly, but I get so much enjoyment out of Sam being recognized for his comedic genius.

I can't believe it's 2 years old and still so goddamn good.

I bet this sparked their idea for their own cartoon some day….Sam will always be CR’s MVP ❤️😀

Everytime I get sad, for whatever reason, I come back to this video

I just know I will watch this again and again. Jolly vibes, love and respect

I can't help but feel like this started out as Sam trolling Travis and then evolved into something awesome.

I love the giddyness you see when it occurred. They are great

Only just realized the one who was a ghost was the game master.

Sam is a legend. Thank you Lord 🙏

I have only recently discovered Critical roll and This D&D Beyond jingle. This animated video made me tear up. I want to see a show like this. Thank you for posting this.

seeing nott hide behind frojde melts my heart that why nott best girl EVER

I came over her for more 80s goodness after watching the legend of vox machina s2 e6. Sam is amazing. These guys really did it. And now we’re getting m9 animated too.

Thank you for putting this together! I'm so happy.

This is the most satisfying thing

I'm gonna listen to that everytime for the best reasons, Sam is amazing

Stuff like this makes me wish I was alive durring the 80s

This brings me so much joy :)

This song is SO FUCKING GOOOOOD like I can't get enough of it

Listening to the podcast of this episode, perfect hahah

Believe it or not, your choice, but I just got the d&d ad with critical role when I clicked on this vid lmao

Travis: If they don't make that they are FOOLS! DnDBeyond: Ight bro bet

And then Sam made Ashley do an a capella cover...

So good

this is AWESOME

I mean, it's just perfect.

It sounds like the magic school bus Theme i’m getting like in like a feeling of like the 80s feeling

SPOILER FOR CR CAMPAIGN 2 FIRST 30ish EPISODES It makes me weirdly sad that this is the only real animation we ever got from Molly ..... imagine more of him i just miss him man...

Action figures busting through walls. 😂 Poor Taliesin was kind of prophetic. Now they have action figures!

I think my ears just came

Literally first draft perfection

its in my head more than anything now

D&D Beyond is still using the jingle and have now used an instrumental version as bump music in their developer update! kzfaq.infoUgkx6uXtKLqHW63xnYy5nB0xOHYMCTCWINk_

I would looooove to see the make of this!!

This was the moment they realised they just had to make a full blown cartoon :D

2:09 "And going on 'til infinity" that didn't age well, did it?

still a banger

i always get a bit sad when I see Molly in this...

This is why they paid Them 45k pr episode

I desperately need a Britblade Fjord update

I don't actually like d&d beyond, but man I love this song haha

3:19 Fjord's F belt buckle

Maybe you could add the new orchestral version that D&DBeyond use for their videos now

It do be so good do

the true precursor to the legend of vox machina.

5:42 Haven't the DnD peeps learned not to look at a beholder yet XD

Matthew brown exactly

talking kitty cat

We need an updated version with the parody for travis and the version of ashley (i believe its s2 e98)

hold up, mcream???

Thank you for putting this together! It's so great to see the whole saga. One thing I wonder is -- why didn't Jester get more screen time?? If even Yasha did (love to Yasha, but she's around less) it seems unfair that Jester really didn't get any moments to herself. I would have been bummed if I were Laura --but hopefully she isn't!!

0:51 Sam Riegel's inner Jack Black, tell me I'm wrong

....welp.

I mean this was cute, but is critical role content realllly going to do well if animated? I dunno guys.

Critical Role sucks so very much