I Hit It With My Axe: Episode One: Meet the Party

[Rokar333]

Okay, I had false expectations. Now what? What grounds have you gained in the argument? The video is STILL not interesting/entertaining for me in any way whatsoever. Surely it's not wrong to hope the video would entertain me, even slightly? Like I mentioned before, the video is, intentionally or not a throwback to Italian neo-realist movies. Non professional actors, nothing happens, filmed on location, use of hand cameras - all the elements are there. I hate neo-realist movies.

I'm not saying that it changing your expectations would make you enjoy it more or at all. It just annoys me when some people (not actually you, but some earlier commentators) hate on a video by comparing it to things outside its category. You shouldn't judge this video on how funny it is, because it is not really trying to be funny. That's not to say that it will be interesting to everybody, or even most people, just that it fails as a comedy because it never claimed to be one.

Personally I am interested in this only because I'm DMing my own D&D game right now, and looking at the blog link that other members have posted, the guy looks like he is actually a good DM.

 

[holy.triforce]

I hated it. What's so special about a stripper playing DnD?

I'll try it again when they play unforgotten realms.....

 

[MurderousToaster]

Hehe. Zak Sabbath. That's quite a cool name.

Porn stars doing Dungeons and Dragons. That's certainly not something I was expecting to see in my life.

 

[The Fitzynator]

Ok so it is cool that there are porn stars and strippers who play Dn'D but in general it's never EVER been a good idea to film a Dn'D game. Unless they strip and make out...... does that make me a horrible person?

 

[James Hueick]

how is this even funny...?

 

[Splitfire3]

aaah this was rather painful.. i dislike the atmosphere..and the dialoge..and D&D in general.. dang, have to see a yahtzze before complete and utter boredom strike me! gaah!

 

[Simriel]

umm... Questionmarkface? Is this an actual Vlog? or a Mockumentry? If its the former, why do I care? My own D&D group is much more interesting and funny, and if its the latter, where are the lulz.

 

[Rokar333]

how is this even funny...?

Who said it had to be?

Nowhere in the video description, nor the tags even implied funny. It is what it is, a group of people playing D&D. It may, understandably, not be for you. However if you think this is a comedy site, I suggest you look through the weekly columns and reevaluate your expectations.

 

[shlominus]

if this manages to catch the humor of the original blog (which i just found, thankyouverymuch), it should be great fun.

anyone enjoying rpgs should go read the blog! (for everyone not enjoying rpgs, what are you doing here?! ;P )

ps: yahtzee should review this.

pps: "...and stab him, and he vomits up a hydra." made my day.

 

[mrx19869]

dont forget to wash thee dice..

but still this was interesting..how high does everybody look...lmao..

 

[Rick Marshall]

Dear Zak,

As a longtime reader of your blog, I enjoyed putting voices and expressions with the faces, names, and characters. I'm looking forward to seeing more play.

Sincerely yours,
Rick

Postscript: My thanks to The Escapist for carrying this. I joined today so I can comment and to show my support.

 

[brainfree]

I remember getting into a similar bar fight/arson situation, unfortunately I was a big ugly Half-Giant... I think he had a charisma score along the lines of 5 or so...

He (of course) failed the persuasion checks and ended up running across the countryside with around fifty town guards in tow. He managed to escape ... at the cost of the lives of several heroic guards. After rejoining his party, he found he had garnered a new reputation and had to hang out in the forest (or whatever) when the group went into any given town or risk another fun-run with the guards.

 

[Woodscare]

I hated it. What's so special about a stripper playing DnD?

I'll try it again when they play unforgotten realms.....

Thats the stuff right there. Have you seen the the show?

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

Was I supposed to laugh? Either way, not entertaining. At all.

I was thinking the same thing, boring as hell. Its like cloverfield if the monster never came and the party didnt stop, but the party was only made up of 4 people playing Mario Kart

 

[Susan Arendt]

how is this even funny...?

It's not trying to be funny.

 

[Zydrate]

Interesting idea but it's a ridiculous gimmick. Hot chicks playing games. Not as riveting as you think.

 

[Sephiroth_deus]

I hate to join the many who've already said this but huh? I don't get it. Porn stars playing D&D is interesting in so far as it makes them more like people as opposed to the sex-crazed deviants most of us probably imagine them to be (maybe that's just me), but as a gimmick I don't care. If this was about people playing D&D then why was so much time spent on the minutia of role-playing? Deliberation, character creation, and game pieces can be interesting and entertaining but not in something six minutes long. I think ultimately they tried to do too much in too short a period of time. I'll keep watching and hope that they focus on what it is they are trying to say and/or do.

 

[Sephiroth_deus]

double post

 

[holy.triforce]

I hated it. What's so special about a stripper playing DnD?

I'll try it again when they play unforgotten realms.....

Thats the stuff right there. Have you seen the the show?

I don't know what you mean with 'the stuff right'
But I didn't watch it in a whole because it bored me.

 

[BGH122]

I don't understand why anyone would watch this. Usually we put up with useless, boring material on the TV because the pretty people on the show don't have reams of videos all over the internet of them getting reamed (see what I did there?).

I like Sasha Grey because she is sex-a-licious, but why would I want to watch her impaling beasts in dungeons and dragons when I can watch her getting impaled by a beast in a sex dungeon?

...

Okay I'll stop with the shtick.