Pretty sure Sam Riegel is the only person on the planet capable of making an ad that people actively compile and search for to watch again.

Laura's sunglasses under the sunglasses will never get old

The craziest thing is that they had Matthew Lillard for the ad, and not for the episode

The "smaller sunglasses under sunglasses" joke is literally my favorite ever visual gag so Laura at one point wearing THREE pairs of glasses was amazing

"I'll have to hack it. Get me my trench coat." "The tan one or the black one?" "Does this look like a tan trench coat situation to you?!"

The emotional roller coaster that Taliesin goes on throughout these ad bits will never not give me life. Also, I'm just gonna save this video for whenever I need to die of laughter for a minute.

This lore needs a wiki.

Laura's acting in the first ad pretending to wonder whose voice they're hearing... Oscar worthy

Taliesin tapping SOS at the beginning really brings this home lol

13:29 *Gasp* "... Power glove!" Travis is so into it, he's like a kid watching a power rangers movie

I cannot believe I willingly watched 27 minutes of ads

Marisha just awkwardly sitting there while Taliesin is doing his bit never gets old! Such an underrated moment lol

I love that the list of people Sam recruits for these ads just goes -himself -Laura -Matthew Lillard, who doesn’t even go here -Taliesin, for some reason -Laura

Every time laura removes her glasses to reveal the smaller glasse i just loose it

The sheer awe and amazement in Travis’ voice when says “POWERGLOVE”

Oh my god, I never noticed Taliesin doing morse code on the table, I'm DYING

I find it hilarious that Sam's name changed from blackwillow73 to blackwilllw69 😂

They had Shaggy. For an ad read. I'm sold, this is the best show on the internet.

Matthew Lillard, Matt Mercer and Talliesin Jaffe all in one place... the power in that room could've sustained all of LA.

At 20:08 when Laura says "Holy Shift", Travis' face says it all! XD

Taleisin tapping SOS on the table in the first thirty seconds is pure atr

I just saw that Taliesin starts tapping SOS in morse code on the table at 0:26 xD

Not gonna lie Liam and Travis turning to look at Laura simultaneously at 17:23 was pretty neat

I love how much Talesin enjoys these ads!

I really wish Ashley showed up as gale, It’s the crossover I need.

The Matthew Lillard cameo and Laura’s double glasses, they’re the best! Oh, and also “simulsliced”.

Nord only wanted a sponsorship, but their PR guys got too invested in the saga so now we get an episodic series.

The fact that they got Matthew Lillard to do this is pure gold.

11:16, or Program 4, is the change from BlackWillow73 to BlackWillow69. I’m assuming there’s a lore reason for it, but I’m also assuming that Sam just forgot over their few months break for Covid

I love that every time Sam does one of these bits Taliesen can be seen off to the side having a breakdown

If The Legend of Vox Machina series is half as good as this, I will be very impressed

My favorite quote about these is when one ended and Matt said "thank you very much to BAFTA award winning actors Ashley Johnson and Laura Bailey."

Ashley attempting to put on the glasses and catching her own reflection on the screen gets me every time.

matthew lillard kissing Taliesin will always be the best part of this

My favorite past time is watching Taliesin the entire time just lose his mind

It's like CR wanna mess with you for doing this. They just had another NordVPN ad for episode 126.

Sam Riegal managed to turn an ad campaign into one of the most entertaining bits they've ever done I absolutely love these

Matt: I think we've gone too far Video: *Not even halfway done*

Just found out that Matthew Lillard actually played a character named Cereal Killer in a movie called Hackers!

Although this is funny regardless, as someone who works in cyber security, this is absolutely hilarious. Sam is really a treasure and a visionary. NordVPN for life haha!

7:00 "What is the Ultra Kodex, Matt? You don't know!" Of course he doesn't

From little things big things grow

The most entertaining part of all of this is Taliesin's face

As someone who’s never watched Critical Role (though it’s been on my list for a while) I saw the thumbnail for a clip from these and thought they had done a Cyberpunk 2020 and/or Red one shot. I was greatly mistaken but not at all disappointed.

C3’s new Nordverse ad brought me back to this compilation again… Cause I miss it and need a refresher…?

Taliesin’s face throughout all of this brings me so much joy

At 12:10 when Sam is given his laser sword you can see the hand that gave it to him 😂

What I learned from this video, Nord's deal got worse and worse with each hacking. Also, really loved Travis and Liam's reaction to Laura's "Holy shift".

watching this solely to see taliesin's wonderful blend of complete hopelessness and hysterical laughter in the face of sam riegel's various crimes

I love the absurdity of the in show ad, the fact that someone edited it together and that I watched all of it.

We're all knee deep in that Nord Lore now...

I love this show. The only weird thing is the 3 to 5 hour after show where they play competitive monopoly or something.

Just looking at Talesin for the whole video is the best part. He is dying every second something happens. But I'm not sure if I should feel bad or not. Cause my god that is a lot he has to see. But as soon as he "joins" Marisha is the one I look at, the ones that have to sit through this and watch are the ones with the best reactions And as soon as Ashley joins you can just see Marisha regretting some decisions she made in her life And then there is just Matts face questioning why NordVPN is still sponsoring them

I just watch for Taliesins's reactions

Ok but the cool part is 01111001 is the lowercase “y” when converting binary to 8-bit letters. Sam did his research. I’m so pleased.

Sam is the only person that can makes me watch ads voluntarily

Ohhhh my god thank you for uploading this! Since you're presumably going to be uploading another one, after the most recent ad, could you include the part in episode 105 where Matt introduces the ad under its Proper Title of "Nord by Nordwest: The Quest for the Ultra Kodex: Reloaded"?

These advertisements have all the production value of an episode of Bibleman and I’m here for it.

Ashley entering and going OY!!!! still cracks me up omg its so good That kick

I love watching Talesin just losing his shit.

7:57 for one of Talesin's best reactions

I can’t wait for Sam to use Blackwillow69 in Narative Telephone!

At the end of the second episode, liam says "if". He clearly hasn't watched internet historian's nord vpn adds.

This is genuinely the best NordVPN could have hoped for. Because look, someone supercut this and its essentially 30 minutes of NordVPN ads but also damn entertaining.

I'm just here for Taliesin dying in the corner

I love that talesin is tapping in Morse at the beginning

Love the regular human hand at 12:12 that gives Sam the sword

I like how their outfits just get progressively more neon-y with each new character.

I am so sorry that you took the effort to compile this and just after you upload it, a new one comes out

Taliesin's reactions drain my lungs like nothing else.

This may have been said but Marisha’s laugh after latex dork is excellent

If only more brands realized that if ads were creative and lighthearted like this that people might actually be more inclined to buy their stuff rather than want to skip their ads immediately. Or at the very least, viewers would be entertained and have a greater likelihood that they will talk about their brand positively because they saw "that weird crazy NordVPN ad on Critical Role" or whatever brand was smart enough to allow creative freedom to the people promoting their stuff instead of reading from a boring script. Nobody likes seeing the same formulaic, repetitive, and bland yet annoying format of "This is Brand. Brand sells product. Product good. Buy product." Let creators do weird funny shit like this, because the fact that people (myself included) *voluntarily* sought out these ads to watch again in this age of an invasive ad-ridden webscape and might even *look forward to more ads* of this nature just speaks volumes to the quality of these ads even with a small-ish budget in an improv environment. Fuck, even the fact that there's literal fanart that people spent time on and made of these doofuses dressed up in costume for an advertisement (which in turn gives more free publicity) shows that this is how advertising and "boosting brand image™" should be done. Internet Historian is also another example of someone who makes god-tier advertisements that make you want to watch them again

😂😂😂 i cant stop laughing watching this. Thank you! 😂 can't wait the next episode of this ads.

I think part of the reason they invited Matthew Lillard was because he was a hacker in the 1995 movie Hackers? XD

Exactly the compilation i needed for tonight 😂

Simul-sliced! This is the funniest 27 minutes on KZfaq!!

So... A new Critical Role Advertisement Bits, with wich I can bother my friends. Probably one of the best Sam Riegel Bits.

This is actually a really cool concept for a show lmao. Hackers all around the world uniting to keep their darknet safe from some kind of government programme to shut it down or something.

Watching this once a week soothes my soul. I love these people.

7:21 You two should know, you're making a man with black nail polish double-facepalm.

The only ad that should be made into a movie!!! thank you Sam & friends!

The best Cyberpunk 2077 crossover ever

This is a slow decent into madness, and I for one, am here for it.

YES DUDE! Thank you! ❤

the best part, easily.. is the ancient one's facial expressions of horror throughout :D

I'm so glad you made this. I've been watching and waiting. Thank you.

"This binary sequence is tattooed on my costar" Classic

I got Nord VPN just a couple weeks ago, as they had a birthday sale. I got 2 years for about $90 total, that covers six devices. Thanks to Sam and CR for promoting them!

"There isn't a digital Kenan that we can't Kel!" [beat] [Realization & Laughter]

Thank you for compiling this. Also, Sam where did you ever get a cell phone from 1989?

Taliesin tapping out SOS in Morse code is beautiful.

Taliesin's insane amount of internal pain is refreshing and, sorry Tally, but incredible to watch.

You just can see Taliesin dying from the very first second.

As someone who works in IT, this is so hurtful. Right in my soul.

The fact they got Shaggy’s actor for this killed me

I'm only on episode 87 as of today and OH GOD THERE'S LORE

I adore watching tal in these.

For you kids out there. This is scarily accurate to the cyber wars of the 90s.

i was wondering when sam switched from blackwillow73 to blackwillow69!! ty for this