barry 9 behavior

[@Rylee_G]

I NEVER ADDED CHAPTERS HOW DOES THIS HAVE CHAPTERS NOW

[@bellboy7809]

My goodness, the phantom captioneer is back at it again

[@shaggyrogers1851]

i think it used the phrases that showed up on the captions for the longest to autogenerate chapters

[@CassReidIsSomeone]

Both Lou and Murph have acted as each other's impulse control at one point or another in d20. Watching the two fully dedicate to the exact opposite is absolutely amazing.

[@Goliath5100]

It’s particularly marvelous to watch because you can see them looking at each other desperately hoping the other one will pull the plug on the bad decisions but nobody ever does

[@baslewis]

i feel like murph is the sole impulse control for the group in most sessions and having him play a character that isn’t realistically like that is so dangerous for the gang, but in the best possible way.

[@cospaws8810]

@@baslewis Wih the exception of table rolls. Him: “I’ll roll!” Everyone else: *violently smacks the die out of his hand*

[@a_guy_in_orange7230]

The drastic pull to out of character "WERE LETTING MURPH ROLL? FUCK" is so great

[@idanzick2710]

It's one of those beautiful moments where you just think to yourself, "this is as bad as it gets" and Lou continues to prove that single thought wrong, roll after roll. I fucking love Zac just saying "Is it okay if I just lay down on the ground?"

[@j.a.6310]

Mfer gonna get his legs and arms snatched.

[@rain.enthusiast]

Genuinely, I’ve NEVER seen Lou roll this badly. Narrative dice rolls are my absolute favorite

[@Gabrielles108]

Fabian?! Season 2!

[@_desibees1876]

@@Gabrielles108 spiritual successor of fabian in s2 i swear to god

[@angellin7602]

During the live discord chat, Siobhan popped on during this part and said "Watching live because I blacked out when this happened". And honestly, I'm watching this KZbin clip for the same reason.

[@JS-ul8nm]

2:55 "Honestly, ball's not rolling up anymore; it's flying straight up in the air." Ah, yes, what's that classic saying? What goes up must... continue in an upward trajectory...?

[@DeathnoteBB]

I mean they are in space

[@alecLogan]

@@DeathnoteBB So it starts swinging in a wide arc and, at an angle, enflames on re-entry to orbit. Though technically that’s still flying.

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

Good thread everybody

[@dilsdoes]

i love how brennan is clearly emphasizing theyre called utensils because he said theres utensils on the ship and no one made the connection between that and chefs tools

[@Rylee_G]

Did he really say that at the beginning?

[@dilsdoes]

@@Rylee_G im going off of him saying later that he said the jibjob workers have utensils and stuff for cooking meals on the ship but im pretty sure he did indeed say they need chefs tools to cook after saying they have access to utensils

[@moninunya1705]

not only that he tries several times to make it clear that they have a full kitchen onboard and gets cut off right before he says it every time

[@carmacksanderson3937]

@@moninunya1705 Some disasters just can't be avoided

[@garrettsharpe1464]

When you later find out they had chefs tools in the ship the whole time and didn't even need to go on this side quest.🤣. And then Barry 6 goes full meteor.

[@alexryll9237]

The best thing about this scene is that it isn’t even the most chaotic part of the episode

[@charlieboy1087]

This whole season continued to top itself with the most chaotic moment episode after episode

[@beccy137]

The look of horror on everyone’s faces when they realised it was up to Murph

[@lemoncholly]

I somehow missed the entire cast wearing their notebooks on their heads as a defense mechanism.

[@Reven619]

Murph literally turned into gollum when he said 500 credits. Manifested eye bags and a malevolent aura

[@greatamadan]

I've watched all of Critical Role Campaign 2, along with all the seasons of Dimension20. I have never had my heart in my throat as much as this moment. Amazing episode, amazing season.

[@debran940]

Watching this while sick, I had to pause so many times just to take a breath like holy fuck I've never felt so stressed out

[@Benisuber1]

​@@debran940 For me, this series hasn't been as stressful as even A Crown Of Candy. They're really letting the cast go wild in the Starstruck universe, and clearly have a big comedic focus. They're doing very stupid things for sure, but the whole vibe has been 'go for laughs' which negates the stress for me. Maybe once Brennan really starts to punish them it will kick in.

[@debran940]

@@Benisuber1 Definitely not the series, it was specifically the gambling scene that just made me so uneasy.

[@uhkingdom]

Lmao fucking same. I watch on my phone when I go outside to smoke and I started jumping up and down a bit from the pure anxiety and laughter. I could barely contain myself

[@wonderingamazon4973]

Even knowing the outcome, this scene still gives me hives. My anxiety was so high, I felt like I was choking. My hands were on my head around the same time the journals went into hat mode.😂

[@alivecoy]

Ally's response to this was everyone at home. Their expressions are so pure! Never change Ally

[@MeonLights]

I get such second hand embarassment and panic from scenes like this so I completely understood their reaction I wanted to leave, get out, stop And I could not stop watching it...

[@GZilla311]

Gunnie plays like a high Int dumped Wisdom character so hard.

[@Notbatman374]

I cried laughing the first time I watched it. Then the second time I focused on the rest of the cast as this happened, and cried laughing again. Best season ever. Allys "I NEED A RIDE HOME" kills me

[@mirainhaf]

gunnie telling barry not to bet it all has the same energy as Sam trying to convince ally to not get the tattoo in total forgiveness ‘you shouldn’t do it, but you’d be a legend’

[@Mugiwaras_420]

The rolls by both Murph and Lou at the table will forever be engraved into my brain. Along with their iconic lines of "Keep calm and Barry on" or "OH IS IT?! followed by a 6 😂

[@kaizenkltr]

So he did, technically, Barry on

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

"Oh no, we're letting Murph roll?" I can't tell if this makes me want friends who know me this well, or if it makes me happy my friends have more confidence in me than this.

[@Rylee_G]

Yeah but have you seen Murph roll

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@Rylee_G I mean, point?

[@Scufflegrit]

bit of both

[@jackdog06]

3:00 Notice that when Siobhan jokes about being about to faint Zach double checks that they're okay. I just think that's great.

[@samanthatyler9863]

This warmed my heart too

[@meganf7087]

Does Siobhan’s go by they/them pronouns now?

[@jackdog06]

@@meganf7087 not that I know of, I just use them by default.

[@meganf7087]

@@jackdog06 cool thanks for the clarification

[@junebug3859]

@@meganf7087 her character went by they/them in this season so there's that i guess but she still goes by she/her to my knowledge

[@WriterDreamOfSweden]

Ally and Emily wearing their notebooks like helmets, trying to prepare themselves for this scene, when nothing and noone could have been prepared for it

[@LaQuincess]

emilys face when lou says he has to cast it on someone else and she realizes murph has to role

[@pedxing]

bbahahahha 07:01 Ally saying "I need a ride hoome" while uncontrollably out of their chair and pacing is exactly how I felt. =)

[@observing..3036]

ally uses they/them btw!

[@Rylee_G]

@@observing..3036 thanks

[@isaactfa]

One of the funniest things in this sequence to me is the way Brennan says "pot" at 0:04.

[@glassy_rose]

The way Brennan is STRUGGLING not to lose it when playing the waiter

[@LashanaKaos]

Murph going from playing relatively straightlaced Riz to somewhat reckless Barry is such a trip. He's such a great player! And everyone else's reactions, knowing they have no control and all they can do is witness Murph and Lou's full commitment to the bit. Like watching one of those "stunts gone wrong" shows. You know it's going to be bad, but you also know it's going to be entertaining.

[@abjaaksm]

Lou’s frozen face after murph’s roll is the most hilarious thing

[@alejandroromero6702]

absolute best thing about this is when “Utensils” comes back later in the saddest and funniest way

[@jackdog06]

"Is there a chef here? Presumably they use tools"

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

I was shocked when Gunnie was the one that came out of this with a gambling addiction. Then I thought, "why am I surprised that Mr. 'The Ball is Defying the Odds' is the gambling addict?"

[@user-gk2sc4ky4i]

i love how everyone talks abt lou but MURPH IS THE ONE WHO TOLD HIM ALL IN like MURPH WHY

[@Rylee_G]

He correctly pointed out that anything else would be boring

[@Ultemo]

Haven’t laughed this hard since Lou’s Leviathan moment in FHSY. Love the amount of chaos here!

[@godfreemorals]

Also, they should show this episode (specifically the casino bit) as way of discouraging gambling. Hilarious stuff

[@Rylee_G]

I think it does discourage gambling and yeah there was a bit about how stupid it is in the newest ep

[@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong]

Tbf, there's no problem with gambling if you have the restraint. It's just that you never hear the story of a guy who set aside some money for gambling and stopped when it ran out. It's always "I triple mortgaged my house at the blackjack table and now the Caesar's Palace Mafia is trying to take my kidneys."

[@Fro609]

this was by far the best dimension 20 campaign they have ever made lol. Never laughed so hard and so consistently in my life.

[@HydraQU33N]

The funny part is statistically they would have had a better chance with the two DC 8 rolls, and then they rolled two rolls that would have beaten a DC 8 roll, but they chose the DC 13

[@danielle3798]

You’re fully right, but statistics don’t and will never factor in when Murph rolls dice. He’s not Wil Wheaton levels of cursed, but he’s damn close

[@HydraQU33N]

@@danielle3798 tbf Lou rolled the second time, and barring a 1-3 Murph would still be in range of the DC 8 with that extra d4

[@danielle3798]

@@HydraQU33N you’re not wrong, but you’re relying on statistics again. Statistics don’t matter when you’ve been forsaken by Dice Christ in the way Murph has. When Dice Christ has turned their back on you, that bleeds to those rolling for you. Lou didn’t have a chance

[@Rylee_G]

Brennan gave them a trick math question asking them which one they wanted and he knew it

[@Zorant0Zero]

Yeah I have had 20ac against enemies with +1 to hit and died because the gm happened to roll 19s and 20s every time they attacked my character. Which is why I started exclusively playing barbarians or backline casters

[@thefollowingisatest4579]

The most insane episode of dimension 20, not a small acheivement

[@bookworm4133]

I love the fact that this roll all came down to Murph, the famously low roller, purely by circumstance.

[@wildgophers91]

emilys face when it turns out murph is gonna roll lol

[@jefflz72]

I just noticed that Gunnie says Barry six times in the beginning

[@minanathans6005]

This is Barry 9 behavior, and Barry 6 can't say worse than that!

[@froggy9710]

Haven't seen Starstruck Odyssey yet but this has major Fabian-and-his-cult vibes.

[@cogsworther1639]

I don't know if anyone has seen the Mitchell and Webb "Corner store" skit, but these bits share that same tragic energy of people desperately trying to rationalize their own self-destruction.

[@isaactfa]

"In Spain they wouldn't dream of starting the day without betting all of their money and weapons. Probably."

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

I'm obsessed with this reference lmao

[@joshbowman9481]

This was the craziest moment of the series so far. And all they needed to say was utensils…

[@jovialjesterofjupiter]

just got to this part of the episode minutes ago and had such a deep feeling of anxiety and impending devastation. like after they lost those 4 credits i became an unwilling oracle of fictional gambling losses. came here because i think if i witness these events unedited in-episode i will pass away.

[@jovialjesterofjupiter]

I am going to turn Gunnie into a gaming PC and sell him on eBay

[@junebug3859]

@@jovialjesterofjupiter LMAOOO, this is so fucking funny. Exactly how I felt when I first watched this

[@ARCADEkid55]

The way Brennan says pot at the beginning of the vid cracks me up

[@kingstarama5478]

3:06 and that’s why you’re the best d20 highlights editor out here I mean It’s the little things

[@Rylee_G]

Thank you SO MUCH for the compliment and for addressing that bit I was worried no one would like it lol

[@Sabbathtage]

Notebook hats are so in this year

[@tuxedobike4067]

Nah, smartphone hats are way more convenient in this day and age.

[@genuineinterest]

I nearly forgot how fucking insane this episode was, Siobhan's "I might actually faint" was so real. Anyway I got my friend into starstruck and he's been getting me back into rewatching clips of it and this is a wonderful service youre providing basically

[@EL3KTRlK]

This is my favorite scene so far! Had me yelling and laughing at my phone the entire time. 🤣

[@Peckan]

This whole sequence with these two caused me insane anxiety.

[@spencerlow8826]

finally was able to watch the ep today and at this part had to pause just like every 30 seconds and collect myself i was so stressed out lmao

[@Rylee_G]

I weirdly was only stressed by it while editing it But it was stressful to edit, so. Yeah

[@4davidrosen]

Aaaaaand.... that's how gambling works. Thanks for the lesson!

[@jadync.5971]

Ally: I need a ride home Me at home: Same

[@godfreemorals]

I have removed 'Kitchen Utensils' from my vocab and replaced it with 'Chef's Tools'.

[@laurels4040]

never have i related to anyone more than the reasonable players at the table wearing their notebooks like a helmet that might protect them from everything that's about to happen. and then the escalation of everyone slowly dying of horror

[@90maducc]

Damn, the editing beautifully matches this session; *chaotic* .

[@-Commit-arson-]

It’s like watching a car crash you know what’s going to happen because it’s currently happening there’s no way to stop it, but you can’t look away to save yourself from watching it unfold

[@Rylee_G]

Gunnie is fucking adorable

[@mattk38918]

I need, “Every one keep calm and Barry on,” on a shirt

[@curtisholsinger6023]

Ah, yes, the spiritual successor to Fabian Aramais Seacaster and the Slaughter in Leviathan.

[@Lucifersfursona]

My new gender is Brennan singing Danger Zone

[@luyucyycyccuycuy]

Seeing the captions say brian is so strange to me like that's not his name

[@britnicox3929]

Lou has slowly become the funniest person in all of dimension 20 and DROPOUT

[@Dreggerboy]

Ball's.. rolling... up...

[@demonsarisingmetal]

There were zero brain cells between Gunny and Barry in this scene

[@eliyahmontgomery9031]

I feel like Gunnie and Kristen from FH would….Well be chaotic. Because Gunnie FULL ON would have encouraged “can I use my ribbon to rappel down the tower like Indiana Jones?”

[@richardmiddaugh9749]

I absolutely love when Lou gets this much into character and just stops thinking like a player. He knows exactly what Gunnie would be doing in this situation and fully commits to it regardless of if its a logical game move.

[@djwarrior5150]

I've never related to something so hard, the rush was so good it was like I was there. I think there can be a better way to play Blackjack with dice but it got the point across too well 😭😂

[@SuperAdventuretime10]

I need a compilation of every time they’ve said “I need a ride home” 😂

[@Butterratbee]

All of them with their notebooks on their heads

[@oFenriro]

A Starstruck campaign was epic! I enjoyed it sooooo muuuuuch Kinda wanna rewatch again after this video

[@ShardReaper]

If anyone dies this season it will truly be from their own idiocy, my god 😭😭😂😂😂

[@sunwurm]

the absolute dead silence after the loss where they all just stare blankly at the table is so funny

[@pink-mo9kw]

The notebooks in the head !

[@micahnewby7964]

6:41 lol @ the captions not knowing the difference between Emily and Siobahn

[@billeckert6614]

KEEP CALM AND BARRY ON

[@Wack..]

Makes me wanna rewatch the season for a 4th time

[@mythmakroxymore1670]

3:25 omg that face

[@Ziza9423]

that edit of Lose Yourself was fantastic

[@Rylee_G]

thank you, i only had one shot

[@Rylee_G]

one opportunity

[@Scufflegrit]

500 CREDITS. ONE HAND.

[@jagrubster]

Just ten seconds in and im laughing like a maniac

[@kuno3336]

At about 6 minutes, the caption says that Ally says "oh no!" but it was Siobhan

[@Rylee_G]

classic mistake

[@VeteranVandal]

A series of poor decisions in a row.

[@KotaTheGreatest]

Lou and Murph are not the dynamic dou they are the badluck dou

[@Whisdom]

broke Brenan

[@toniwels8195]

One hand, one hand? ONE HAND!? ONE HAND!! Gunnie: So Sir, "wats tha word on those Chef's tools?", 😂😂😂All tha Girls have Books on their Heads!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Notbatman374]

Zac does too, they all took cover xD

[@LeakyTrees]

Wait- his captions say Brian??

[@taquitotexano09]

It’s been DAYS and I’m still, honestly, SOOOOOOOOO mad at Lou for this. I know he’s in character but it put me in such a sour mood 😫

[@octodaddy1602]

Hey, Barry Nyne's actually a great guy 😡😡😡