Well I can't speak for everyone but this is one of my favorite videos summarizing the absolute insanity of those first 12 hours so good on ya.

It confused me a first but it's a good twist on the meme.

@J Newman you're going to have to update that: 88,887 backers pledged $11,385,449 to make that project come to life

@@delta57dash yes exactly, preserved history

The police can’t stop him

*crashes through back door* hey son are ya winning?

Holy crap I literally just read that meme 20 mins ago wth lol

Grandfather Ascended.

Uh, Nani the fuck?

Okay, I knew it was a lot, but I didn’t know it was that much “a lot”

OMFG

It's to little, were do I sing up?

@@ACastillo2020 Unfortunately the kickstarter has ended but you could possibly help by watching VM animated on Amazon since it'll get two seasons there.

Truly some legendary Grog haggling.

"alright sir, that will be $3,000,000." "Alright." "oh, actually, it was only 750,000" "I WOULD HAVE PAID 11 MILLION" "...okay" "I aint fuckin around" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mtqcl8qLnLCupqM.html

@@HYDN150 there is a quote by a great man named todd howard that fits this situation quite well "15 times the detail" such an emotional quote it makes me tear up every time

@@HYDN150 AND IM NOT FUCKING AROUND

@@AndrewJW you are cultured for knowing the quote.

If only they lived in pretty much anywhere else cough cough

@@hip2besquare632 Don't bring politics into this..

@@_NightSaber_ I'm in canada and confused. I broke my arm and got a concussion in the same year and payed 10 bucks. Why does the cast need 10 million dollars for hospitals?

@@bubblegunsoldier7484 American healthcare is very expensive. "The average cost to traditional health insurers for the first 90 days following a heart attack is $38,501. Medicare spends over $14,000 per patient on hospital bills in the year after a heart attack, plus additional amounts for physicians and outpatient care." - Google. Of course, NightSaber asked for no politics, so I will make no further comments.

@@lastsymphony1300 LOL If y'all just wanna blatantly lie based on the most basic Google searches, which were admitted to being tampered with to promote left wing ideology to the Senate, House, and SCOTUS, then sure. If you want the truth, America is basically average, maybe slightly below average for amount paid for healthcare across the world in developed nations, and America is on the lower end of wait times for surgeries. I've debated this topic many times, and every time I do it I am the victor, but I'd be more than happy to prove it again if needed. We would have lower costs if Obamacare wasn't a thing, too btw. Costs jumped overall when it was introduced, but left wing talking heads have blamed inflation for that instead, which I admit had a role in it but was smaller than the total jump.

Save your money. Blindspot isn't long for this world. Their ratings have only gone down over the years. It's a miracle they weren't cancelled last season, and their numbers this season are even worse.

Let her be successful on regular TV as well. I always miss her in the show but when she is around it's worth the wait

I wonder if like 7m will work lmao

I'm pretty sure that most of you folks are just fooling around, but to those who seriously believe that "buying" Ashley out of her NBC contract is a real possibility and a permanent solution for her absence, consider this: TV-acting is her career, she pursues it on her free will. It's probably what she wants to continue doing regardless of CR's success and I wouldn't be surprised if she picks up her next acting gig pretty quick. Maybe she'll get one in LA, that's the best you peeps can hope for.

@@schweppes1313 she'll likely pick on in LA if she has the chance, makes things easier for both her friendships and romantic relations, but you are 100% correct; besides, Blindspot wasn't bought for 5 seasons at face, really no TV show is (though some promising ideas get sold on 2 or 3 seasons apiece), so Ashley must have _actively_ chosen to continue on that job after CR blew up at least once or twice... And there's really nothing to it. I think part of what makes CR so great isn't _just_ the quality of the acting, but that everyone there _loves_ acting; helps creating the vibe of so genuine _fun_ they are all having on the set that we love watching. But I won't lie, I was fucking stoked when she came back for an indefinite amount of time =p

Nah, we change a previous park to Nott’s Berry Farm

@James Kessler Well... _now_ it isn't...

Not only would I donate i would go opening day.

I remember they talked about that and said something about a ride called Widowghast’s Nine Sided Tower (or something like that) and you would hear Caleb say “Think up” and then the ride starts moving up.

we could fund a planet

Longest 1:49 minutes of my life.

Slow down the video. And then read this comment in slow motion.

They're doing that on purpose just incase they get a fluke or someone messes up.

@@yasminafarih3681 it's also better to aim low and receive high than aim high and receive low. Hell, if they said "we want 3 million dollars" I don't know if they'd have gotten there to been considered too greedy.

Or they're just actual good, humble people who don't try to fleece their fans of their money.

Nerds have the money an no attachments to waste it on usually. I should know im one of them.

@@Linsquip_ I have way too many attachments(games,tech,dnd,bass…)

one of which was amazon which as an apology to doubting CR basically greenlit a second season with 2 more episodes in each season on top. so hallelujah to that

Amazon knows where it's at.

@@jonanderson5137 amazon saw the 11 mill and immedietly jumped on it. they do, in fact, know whats up

I like to remind people (although, I think it's almost preaching to the choir here) that Critical Role didn't "sell out" to Amazon with the whole partnership thing. Amazon and Twitch have a very close relationship, enough where they have the Amazon Prime = 1 free Twitch subscription. If anything, by sticking with Amazon, Critical Role is staying close to it's roots

@@sammiehopkins9408 Is it really a "close relationship" when one of them literally owns the other?

AKA it was fucking used wrong What the fuck

@@kubli365 iill agree i stumbled upon not knowing much about critical roll and thought vox machina was a huge failure or something lol

I thouth they stole the money or something.

@@kubli365 I'm pretty sure it was a reference to Matt Mercer singing it in their Q&A about the kickstarter. I think if even used a still from that part of the video in this one.

The curb your part would be when they turned around selling it to Amazon for even more money, making it exclusive.

Cool Dude Fans: shhhhshhhhhshsshhs, shush, take our money.

I read it woth DingoDoodles' voice

Nott: How much were the books? Caleb:... 13 gold Nott: Here. Caleb: Nani!? Same energy.

Well technically the fans said: Hey kickstarter here's 1.5-2m, cr can have the rest

Fans: SHUT UP AND TAKE OUR MONEY DAMN IT! 😂

I think they should do it in increments, start with a critical role themed cruise... a floating critical role land.

@@acm4bass So like... Metal Cruise, but for critters?

I’m sure the Critter community could crowdfund enough to buy a small island for this exact purpose

A critical roller coaster and tunnel of tusk love

With molly mocks magic show and fortune telling. Next to caucuses vegan snacks and tea; called the good mushroom.

I have a feeling that those who thought this was risky are kicking themselves in the ass right now.

Though I'm actually glad all those studios turned them down. A studio agreeing to make the project would not be nearly as satisfying as them seeing the Critters crush that goal. It would have just been more of a business deal than to see them Broken by how fast the Critters jumped on that.

@@Logan_Baron this also give them full rights that they might not have if they were through a normal production.

@@Logan_Baron Agreed. Also, studios putting money into the project means they can dictate stuff about what goes and what doesn't on screen. Say a bisexual (openly so) main character? Guts and lots of butt stabbing? By being self reliant they are also the only ones (mostly) deciding what happens to their product.

@@mysdannie Don't forget the Dick lightning.

They might produce a lot of trash, but there will be a few pieces of gold between them. It also encourages more people to play DnD. I don't see a problem.

Even if they put out crap it won't make Critical Role bad or any other good stuff, bad. There's lots of crappy sci fi, but that didn't stop the good sci fi.

I'm not so much worried about the stuff that will be produced (Everything will have it's highs and lows when it comes to quality and passion), but more so worried about how corporation may try to monetize every aspect of D&D. D&D is one of those experiences where you don't need expensive equipment to make the most out of it, the "entry cost" is entirely up to you. This is just me being skeptic, but corporations will always find ways to monetize something with lots of traffic.

It's already been monetized. You don't need expensive equipment to play, but said expensive equipment has been there for ages. You have the choice not to buy that stuff.

@@Logan_Baron And the 80's produced LOTS of crappy fantasy.

45 days? We thought they said 45 minutes!

I’m SO glad you added the word “fight”. 😂

That's the problem of being golden gods... Amazingly fragile...

Critical Role Land. It's going to happen, it's just a matter of when they decide to ask for the money.

@@Shinbu1128 I love this determination x'D

@@Shinbu1128 I'd fund that

@@Shinbu1128 weeeeell... I'm from Chile and I wouldn't be able to go ever, so I actually preffer the Netflix option

@@Shinbu1128 With the money they raised in this kickstarter, and given that smaller indoor themeparks cost $10 mil on the lower end, they actually could've built a themepark with the money we raised already. In other words, we've done it once, we can do it again!

lol

Chris Pratt. All of the characters will be voiced by Chris Pratt.

One correction: Matt Mercer isn't even-keeled. He is as much a ball of anxiety as anyone else. And that is why we love him 🤣

No one forced anybody in debt to back the Kickstarter. I think it's called freewill and being responsible with your money

@@CrisSelene No one forced anybody, yes; but it's more the case of the natural order of DND has people already diverting a (sometimes large) budget specifically for the game itself, that when the campaign came around the money got diverted to the campaign instead of average DND shinanigans.

Hold on hold on, 25-30$ books and adventures? Where?!?! My local comic shop sells those materials for 50$ each! Also, they sell DnD miniatures in packets of two for 5$.

There are free pdfs of all the books online, as well as many sights that do online character sheets, and heck google has a built-in dice roller. So you can really play the game entirely free if you wish.

@@sirispendragon5524 and only a few of those PDFs are legal, most of them are bootleg, and often poorly scanned or even missing crucial content. I was dealing with a version of Xanathar's that had no index, table of content, and entire sections missing (such as the racial feats and artwork) for two years before I found out anything was missing. But yes, the Players Handbook, Monster Manual, and Swords of the Coast books are officially released as free PDFs.

* _Laughs, in 11 million_ *

CR: "We want to make..." Critters: "History. You're going to make history."

6.7 million dollars right now

"Better back down, Matt... there's no funding to make this show...." "Funds?..... where we're going we don't need.... _drops sunglasses_ funds."

@S S Power Word: Cash

WE GET TO SEE NO MERCY PERCY!!!

Yeh we are biiiiiiitch

I believe it was 43 minutes to be exact. I was trying my best to watch it while on break at work... it was not a good day to be at work.

I discovered it 6 months ago. I'm super mad i didn't knew about it sooner cause the firet campaign was EXACTLY at a point in my life where i would have NEEDED it so bad, anyway, I'm mad at myself for not getting more interested in DnD in general sooner

I mean, there are only so many dollars in the world. It can't keep growing exponentially

Theres still a month to go, with 2 or 3 more paychecks coming

We are at 6.7?!

Wait until people get their next paycheck

Every kickstarter slows down, and this one took longer to slow down than most. There's also usually a huge uptick in the last 48 hours or so, so I think we're in a good place.

6 now :)

@@wverms oh my fucking god I am laughing my ass off, poor Matt he must be so broken at this point we might break that 7.5 stretch goal lads, and we still have like 40-ish days to go how far can we take this shit, can we break 10? that would be amazing

We're just gonna fund the first four or so arcs and then after that I think the series might sort out the rest, haha. @@h0lly_blue

HollyBlueAgitated we just broke 7.5

They did that for regular g&s streams as well, not just CR.

Actually $11.3 million

MN on it's way -yeah