The Dwarves of Deep Rock Galactic

[@robertfriis6742]

Robert from Ghost Ship here, Art Director and the voice of Mission Control. Your videos are an absolute delight, man. You have me giggling at the office. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@sniss]

it means so much that my content is enjoyed by you all at ghost ship. thank you for the amazing work you've done on DRG. rock and stone

[@papahemmy8587]

V

[@stefansvideos]

Hey you’re a funny guy thanks for the funny dude

[@inquisitorbenediktanders3142]

I really like your voiceacting, which is why I kick barrels into the launch bay

[@Julius_Caesar69420]

Thx for funny

[@ithaldir]

My favorite quote is the gunners' "I call this my grenade grenade!" When he throws a cluster bomb. He just says it with such relish.

[@daveinthemicrowave]

Oh is that what he says. I always thought he said "I called in Michael Bay"

[@lojika1majik]

@@daveinthemicrowave he can say multiple lines

[@dell988]

@@daveinthemicrowave There's one he says "I call this the Michael Bay grenade."

[@kurumachikuroe442]

wouldn't you? it's a bomb with more bombs! like 100% more bomb per bomb!

[@ashamefulgamer1578]

That followed up with the 3 teammates icon going red

[@trenth7749]

Fun fact: Tolkien co-wrote one of the first dictionaries, and when his publishers tried to correct his spelling of dwarves, he said he wrote the dictionary and moved on.

[@LordVader1094]

Based Tolkien

[@LastHCompany]

He wanted it to match "Elf" and "Elves", which sounds like a roadbump. Elf? Elves. Dwarf? Dwarfs...?

[@federalnickel]

Also he added the "ves" on the end instead of the traditional "fs" to intentionally differentiate his fiction from the old Germanic fairie tales

[@alexkaplan6581]

@Nicholas Darryl H. "I am the senate!"

[@dabiga2315]

To be precise, he worked on the first Oxford English Dictionary, doing most of the beginning of the "W" section

[@reeanimationgaming1034]

Hey man.. I'm the animator on the game.. Thanks for making this video, it's great fun, and it has now been shared with the whole team ❤ Keep up the good work - Rock and Stone Brother!

[@thecrimsonviscount5689]

4:51 Me who spams 6 different voices lines in TF2 at 40 seconds: *P A T H E T I C*

[@machineboot6748]

i guess you are a medic main, cause if you werent you would had probably spammed like 50 voice lines in 10 seconds. And all of them would be. *MEEDDIICC*

[@theinternetpolice2078]

Needa' dispensah here!

[@FrenziedRoach]

Rock and Stone is more than a phrase, it's a state of being that starts in the heart.

[@BMofficialvids]

Rock and stone from the heart!

[@Gnomie445]

Rock and stone is the caveman affirmative grunt but moddernized

[@reinbeers5322]

Rock and stone in the heart!

[@dj11o9er]

If you Rock and Stone, you're never alone!

[@hevyguy8192]

@@dj11o9er Karl would approve of that

[@ThomasBlithe]

The Rock And Stone hotkey really makes everyone so much friendlier. Every time I drop into a game already in progress I get a Rock And Stone from people in the lobby

[@DodgeThatAttack]

Yea because in this game nobody has time to write "hey look at this candy cane looking mofo" cos they will get killed, but its easy to just press V and be friends

[@rentokawaii1216]

if you dont rock and stone you aint coming home

[@hannahdawg6829]

It also helps that this game really focuses on co-operation, with the game practically screaming "WORK TOGETHER OR YOU ARE ALL GOING TO DIE" on some mission types like Elimination, especially on higher Haz levels

[@reinbeers5322]

Stone and rock! Oh, wait!

[@hannahdawg6829]

@@reinbeers5322 ROCK! AND! STONE!

[@nicheman4455]

When I customize my dwarfs I try to keep their circumstances in mind, for instance when running a driller with the crspr I keep the beard so that he doesn't light it on fire and compensate with a more extravagant moustache. Now a driller with the cryo cannon is probably gonna be cold fairly often so give em an ushanka and the biggest bushiest facial hair.

[@LucarioDoT]

Shouldn't drillers have short beards in general on account of the drills?

[@thereprehensible435]

I just play pirate dorf driller. Nutbeard, scourge of the seven drillers' unions. Snatcher of lunches and planter of C4 charges. I don't troll with said charges by blasting them, but I like to make folks panic by throwing them at their feet sometimes before then defusing 'em.

[@sebastianmuntaner7162]

Me too! I always have my scouts have a short beard because who's gonna want a long beard while using a grapple hook? Would hate to get all tangled up

[@InferiorBeing]

Dwarfs are the superior fantasy race. They know how to party.

[@limbonlegs1662]

Elves are vertically stretched humans Dwarves are hirizontally stretched humans

[@zakkymiftahurrahman1665]

@@limbonlegs1662 giants: both

[@reinbeers5322]

They are powered entirely by beer

[@nurgle-j5n]

@@reinbeers5322 just like me!

[@bondgaming0001]

i wish you had mentioned the laser pointer, it literally lets you communicate perfectly without a mic. the amount of stuff that you can ping is super useful in telling your team what you think should go down

[@morinor1340]

WE'RE RICH!

[@lojika1majik]

@@morinor1340 MUSHROOM!

[@claymore5347]

THIS IS WORTHLESS

[@friendlyfrenzy3498]

"What is this?"

[@ahlikx6295]

THERE IS GOO IN THE SACK

[@fennikk5810]

9:25 Oh my god, "My identity is having jaundice" made ma laugh so hard

[@primalchaotix3715]

My most favorite thing is the lines for the dwarves, especially of course just the tone of voice adds their own unique personality. Scout feels like a young bubbly adventurer who takes his job seriously but likes to have fun at least during missions, gunner is like your fun carefree uncle that has a lot of made up or fun stories to share about how he took out like 6 oppressors at once with only his wit, 500 rounds of ammo in his minigun and only his bulldog having full ammo. ( insert I am heavy weapons guy meme ) Engineer is like the helpful mature one that doesn’t mind his job too much and is not really afraid after fighting for so long. He really really enjoys fighting beside everyone else whenever there’s a mission to do. Don’t really know about driller than I can think of him being that he likes the fact he’s working with a team who relies on him as he does with them and enjoys the teamwork that comes with the mission and fights themselves, likes being the “ this is the guy that can do it and he’s proud to be that guy for them.”

[@fastasfuckboiiii7134]

Holy shit, you just made them even more likeable and wholesome

[@fastasfuckboiiii7134]

BTW, when you ping your fellow dwarf, your own dwarf will say "You make this team really wholesome"

[@raylordofkhalah28]

I play driller like the crazy grandpa who is far past his prime and is ready to nuke any bug with his weapons

[@fastasfuckboiiii7134]

@@raylordofkhalah28 Its rare to encounter a friendly Driller, since they always tend to resort to uhmmm. DEADLY precautions. Atleast to some teammates

[@raylordofkhalah28]

@@fastasfuckboiiii7134 that's more of a meme than anything else tbh. I know very few drillers who hurt teammates on purpose without it being a joke they know they can fix with revives or nearby healing

[@vonheer7418]

Bold of you to say DRG is better than Dwarf Fortress. Well they both are superb, just incomparable. Would love to see a DF reference in DRG. "Strike the earth!" "I need alcohol to get through the working day." "I've forgotten about this beast!" Or a random missing sock down in the caves would all work as rare easter eggs.

[@MrMickio1]

I'd friggin love that. There's so many good memes you can pull from DF. strange moods, craftdwarfship, digging too deep, the list goes on.

[@vonheer7418]

@@MrMickio1 It was inevitable.

[@sailorgoon501]

Cat sploshions, Ferocious Glyphids that look alarmingly like elephants, maybe even an abandoned mining outpost called boatmurdered.

[@muffincatgames]

A mate of mine made a Steeve poster ages back, still can't believe the line is in the game today! Believe in Steeve! Rock and Stone!

[@0ZER0306]

Karl would approve of this

[@sniss]

i strive for karls approval

[@0ZER0306]

Karl does approve of this

[@codybrox4693]

FOR KARL! ⛏

[@sanuku535]

You can't have a dwarf without a lots of personality to make up for the small amount of space they fill. Good joke.

[@bugjams]

"I hate everything ball-shaped." -The DRG Dwarves

[@T4FF3R]

Dwarves have always been the best fantasy race despite what my elf loving wife thinks. They were definitely a big reason this game caught my eye initially. Dwarves in space? What the hell could be cooler than that? The answer is: nothing.

[@justanicemelon9963]

Your wife sounds awful lot like a leaf lover to me

[@airhunter4752]

My absolute favorite voice line from this game is "Another day at the office". Absolutely makes me smile every time i hear it.

[@mikeantonaci2602]

I love it. Just an average day as a dwarf.

[@Kentaloupe]

8:40 so glad the lower half of my survivor engi got put in this video

[@moreps6023]

One of my favorite traditions that I’ve developed with my DRG group is redesigning our characters every time we fail a mission, considering the dwarves that failed the mission as KIA. This forces us to continually redesign our characters but it also allows us to get emotionally attached to the way our character looks just long enough for it to be devastating when we inevitably lose them a few missions down the road

[@Legionless]

How the hell do you get your voiceover sounding so scrumptious?

[@Legionless]

@@gamecavalier3230 thanks! I actually hit up sniss for some tips that I used in the OSR video 😬

[@Julius_Caesar69420]

Ay its you!

[@Legionless]

@@Julius_Caesar69420 it's me!

[@snortymcsnortface]

What does scumptious mean?

[@fionnlaghwragg2306]

@@snortymcsnortface nioce, good, tasty

[@rebeccabrowne5855]

Low poly space dwarves are my favorite characters

[@noahdigit430]

Also, all of Deep Rocks cosmetics, despite how colorful or insane, fit into the style of the game... UNLIKE NEON GREEN IN TF2 WHY GO-

[@Gekk-rx7nv]

*The lime Scout strikes again*

[@ComedicLetter]

The mighty scunt

[@TSE_WOODY]

@@Gekk-rx7nv I’ve not played in years but they always had the fucking press fedora or a beanie and either the tracksuit top or the shirt and vest Disgusting

[@Dan86130]

Scot

[@dblundz]

as skill up has said in his review " i would like to grab a beer with these guys, they're just so awesome and likeable"

[@sherican23]

"Steve is dead, long live Steve!" Has and always will be my favorite line

[@doublemdoublefun708]

Extra kudos points for having used as a "subvert expectations" moment one of the unused voicelines from experimental (to which day I still defend as one of funniest voicelines for saluting yet, change my mind). Outstanding job as usual miner, see you at the Abyss Bar!

[@vizthex]

if you don't rock and stone, you ain't coming home!

[@carrotmaster8521]

THATS WHAT THIS GAME REMINDED ME OF!!!! Valve level of quality and personality

[@neonyeko]

5:09 Everything in my room went quiet just as our favorite dwarf sounded off the song of our people, and it gave me goosebumps of pure pride. The stars aligned, my soul attuned, and my mouse cursor gravitated back to my steam launcher. Such power in three words, mere combinations of letters on their own, but legendary brought together. Rock and stone, brothers.

[@ShroomonGnom]

You have such a high Level of content, its so charming to listen to you and watch your videos... I feel do bad that DRG fanbase is actually... not that big as it should, your amount of subscribers would skyrocket. Keep it up, the team is proud of you. Rock and stone

[@FancyOctopus5]

I'm so glad I stumbled across this channel. You consistently make great well spoken content about a game I love dearly. Plus your humor is top notch to boot. You earned a sub here, and I can't wait to see more content (DRG related or not) from this channel. Rock and Stone brother

[@sniss]

thank you :`)

[@placebo2361]

Honestly I still can't help but laugh when the dwarfs get chatting almost reminds me of the halo marines more voice lines then you can shake a stick at

[@TheCrackersman]

Finally, someone who shows Dwarfs the respect they deserve. Thank you for this.

[@RedjeeMan]

Rock and Stoneeeeeee!!!

[@2Lupus1]

ROCK AND STONE

[@cgRui34]

This channel and DRG Historian probably have the best in-depth DRG content in KZbin.

[@iv9753]

The real dwarves were the friends we made along the way

[@bermby]

ROCK AND STONE!

[@JoeBauers]

Keep it up, buddy-well written and performed videos. Insightful, and often very funny. Cheers!

[@joelkp1185]

I just love how GsG even implemented some references into the dwarves voice line. I’ve heard my dwarf say “look at me, I’m stony rock” while grinding on a pipeline in on site refining, obviously a reference to the tony hawk skating games. I’ve also heard my dwarf say “I believe in Steve” when I tamed a grunt, which I thought was a nice nod to jacksepticeye’s all the way song

[@krau6000]

It's great to see this level of quality in an up-and-coming channel.

[@Windette]

To start, your thumbnails are gorgeous and INCREDIBLY aesthetically pleasing. first word of this video had me giggling, the pauses in script to just ad-lib over it are hilarious, (how the fuck do you get background blur and camera angles to get shots like that in this game?), you're a fellow tf2 gamer with over the 1500 hr mark... dude (C-7 and X-5 best bindings), deep analysis on meaningless phrases grant me happiness, "first of all... ouch" the fact that I remembered each of these details subsequent to watching a video states just how f**king cool you are.

[@SkywayFishers]

The full quote for the iconic salute is, "We fight, we mine, for rock and stone" and that basically gives something for all dwarves no matter their background something to unite around, especially since fantasy dwarves are generally mineralogically inclined. Also worth noting that Treebeard's line from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers has him say, "My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone" which is a pretty badass line basically meaning he's bringing the hammer down bigtime, which I'm sure dwarves with gigantic guns can relate to.

[@medsuit1686]

Rock and stone!

[@delieplay]

I really like the AC/DC inspired quote: For those about to Rock and Stone, we salute you.

[@Cheesecannon25]

0:36 the icon itself doesn't show it, but every character has a lengthy description of their appearance and an even longer one describing their character

[@dwightyoung2291]

Staying up late the day before exam isn't the smartest thing to do but fuck it, rock and stone to the bitter end

[@l4zrh4wk]

Thank you for continuing to make humorous, interesting and entertaining DRG content. I love this game and I love your channel. R&S!

[@El-Burrito]

FOR ROCK AND STONNNE! I love seeing people talking about DRG, but this is the first video I've actually seen someone do like a video essay on DRG. It's just so good.

[@GMMReviews]

You should do a video on the 2 new missions they added! I've loved your series on DRG, your humour is just my type, and your editing skills make me jealous. You clearly love talking about DRG, and I love hearing you talk about it, so please don't stop 🙂

[@sniss]

:)

[@sumbuddy4088]

After only playing 3 online missions I already deciphered when “rock and stone!” is being used to say “thanks”, “let’s continue the objective”, or a battle cry. Sometimes the best way to get players communicating is to give them the simplest of tools.

[@jacob4245]

just waiting on the burger king crown

[@sniss]

me too

[@clementsimlinger457]

One of my favorite voice lines is also pretty rare i think, somethimes when you Power Pickaxe a crawler or what ever you could hear a "DIE ALIEN SCUM"

[@Janfon1]

"ZXC is too complicated" As someone who memorized almost the entirety of Smite's and Paladin's VGS systems, I feel called out

[@audiblerangerdms6616]

"Your dwarf is part of your identity, and my identity is having jaundice." My lungs exploded and I killed my entire family with the shrapnel created by my ribs

[@archmagejohnpaulii6287]

Your vids are quality stuff and you're a very intelligent person yo

[@Ghost_PM11]

ROCK and STONE fills my heart with joy.

[@Nothing92849]

The dwarves have those perfect lines where its the right balance between seriousness and funny

[@daniel5730]

You can get a more detailed look on your dwarves in Dwarf Fortress, in fact - they are all unique in appearence and their characters.

[@nathanrolls4015]

ROCK AND STOOOONE

[@leikegielen3090]

2 Favourite quotes: If this doesnt bring the pain im retiring, just kidding it wil! And gunner spinning minigun barrel : Brrrrrraaaat

[@ahlikx6295]

and now the hurricane one make you go "wooooh-wooh-wooh"

[@thundergaming155]

I really want to see a Doug dimadome dwarf and hear that they clam to be the owner of the dimsdale abyss bar.

[@PhilipLL]

Yo, this is some quality stuff right here. You have yourself a new subscriber my friend.

I love this, thanks!

[@aidankocherhans9861]

The best part of the varied voicelines is that whenever there's only on voiceline for something it becomes a meme. "We're rich!" "Mushroom!"

[@AhmedEx1.]

MUSH rum

[@acewolfgang276]

We're rich!

[@nightfox538]

And then Mission Control gets on our case for our little rituals. Ghost Ship Games is really good at adding to the humor. General rule of thumb, the Richual is complete when Mission Control gets angry.

[@loriw780]

Greetings from Knockout. You've been subbed!

[@zerosignal_8671]

Another very rock and stone video, good job! I love these dives into the game and it's systems, especially with your take on them. Edit: any clues as to next topic you plan to cover?

[@El-Burrito]

If you dont rock and stone, you ain't comin' home!

[@thatpedanticcommenter5847]

"You become attached to your disgusting amalgamation you made at 2am in the morning." Or... You shamefully pay ten bucks at the store just so you can purchase the golden supporter skin pack so you can dress up your driller like The God Emperor from 40K after you just acquired Scale Brigade from no-lifing the game hard for two months.

[@kitteninabag7402]

Honestly I would rate DRG 1/10th less if there was no rocking or stoning

[@hook7738]

now this is epic

[@Gebunator]

What really ties up DRG is the community. One of the few games where joining up with randoms is a blast 90% of the time. Be it Cozy low hazard or intense haz4-5 runs, there's always room for some dwarfy silliness. As long as you shoot right, use your traversal tools and kill bugs, you're a good dwarf.

[@justincasebro1567]

Every vid is a win Sniss. You're a legend in mines brother. R&S

[@AnAngelForsaken]

We are the Dwarf Squad and we’re coming to town!

[@sugarjumper45]

One thing I love about the cosmetics of DRG, is that I almost never see 2 dwarves that look alike (unless they’re new players) which not only adds character, but adds to the feeling of working for a private company with many different folks coming in an out.

[@CurlyHairedRogue]

I gave my dwarves some stories starting out. My scout was a thrill-seeking ex-ranger who was constantly looking for his next adrenaline rush, so he went to DRG to slay bugs, fling himself through the air, and generally have the time of his life. The gunner is an ex-military gent from a desert planet, he’s following a friend of his to DRG to see what he’s been up to the past few decades… turns out that friend became the driller, and went a little crazy after seeing some of the crap that happens on Hoxxes. So the gunner is trying to work with his friend to maybe get him some help and get him to retire. The engineer is a college student in massive debt, but he still wants to work on stuff, so he got a contract with DRG so he could pay his bills, and continue making cool stuff.

[@auspicious6653]

Now this is a high quality video 😏

[@PsychicSploob]

Super well made video!

[@sniss]

thanks! your stuff is wonderful as well, and i love the profile picture!! loved nitw :)

[@mikeantonaci2602]

By the beard! What a great video. Really summarizes most of my feelings towards the game

[@VB-12]

That driller your showed looked hecking great 10/10 will definitely recreate him

[@saedimic]

4:50 Voice lines were... kinda new at the time. As in, looking at a Medic and pressing the combo for "MEDIC!" gives a specific line for that interaction. Same with player and "SPY!" is always a contextual difference. Some of them have actual importance, but a lot of them are also just for fun. Jeers and cheers dont really do anything except reflecting your mood. It was just a thing of old when voice lines where something to be experimented with. As someone who is very used to using these voice lines, I have seen simplified versions of it, that dont exactly work? Overwatch for the longest time only had "hello" "thank you" "Move forward" and "group up", while making everything else contextually sensitive. Saying "No" just wasnt in the cards, but looking at blizzactivisions reputation, that's not exactly surprising. On the points of cosmetic, I just would like to a) the flares. LGBT light glowsticks just would be fun. and b) echoing my friend: Lady dwarves. Dont worry, they wouldnt look too much different. According to Terry Pratchett, they'd maybe wear a dress or wearing a bow in their beard, if they feel especially feminine that day.

[@DonnaPinciot]

Only towards the end of the video did I realize what this reminds me of: The 'review' section of Shrek Retold! The delivery and jokes really seemed like they could have been written and said by the same person.

[@ashamefulgamer1578]

Just gonna point out how well the dev's designed the dwarves. The way their body is proportioned and how the animations are made to matched how a dwarf would move is just on point. Just the running animation when you're in the lobby is perfect. They don't run like someone that is tall and lanky with big wind up movements, but short and rapid movements to accommodate for how short and rather stubby they are. Stubby is the right word yes? I'm not english so I might have fucked up there.

[@drubo17]

“If you don’t rock and stone, you ain’t coming home!” Best quote from a dwarf

[@captainadventures]

"isn't enough love for dwarves in video games" Are you kidding me? They've been in so many games for the past 20 years

[@cron1807]

The rocket jumper and blast jumping OD literally have a similar symbol of the class flying with an explosion behind them

[@nousername8162]

Dwarfs are small people. Dwarves are the badasses that will crush rocks with their bare hands

[@electrum5579]

Dwarves even has a V in it! ROCK AND STONE!

[@Lilian040210]

I like how the video starts normal and then gets into some slightly deranged depths😂

[@CapitainCutlet]

Rock 'n Stone to the Bone!!!

[@fleshanbones1550]

I have a friend that made a dwarf so ugly he had to change it because everytime he looked at it he was just utterly disgusted

[@jmueller9288]

Rock and STOOOOONE!!! A little late to the party but my friend and I just got this game on a whim and we've been hooked for 2 weeks 😂

[@colinm.hansbury2921]

Bro I don't know how I've been sleeping on this game for two years but here I am.

[@killianjames2310]

I gotta say I love that so many of ghost ship team watched and commented on this video, to me that really shows on a whole other level how much you guys at GS care. Thank you for this incredible game from a PS greenbeard. ROCK! AND! STONE!!!

[@vinassier6186]

IF YOU DONT ROCK AND STONE YOU AINT COMING HOME

[@Highlaender]

The end frame and the Last words make me came so good

[@inquisitorbenediktanders3142]

I think with the Update 32 cosmetics the percental part of those you need to buy are about 1.5%

[@elmatador9086]

Thanks for the content sniss, I've been hungry

[@enricob15]

I really love the ROCK AND STONE concept

[@neon-yo8vy]

dwarfs are my favorite fantasy race and yes I can understand and play dwarf fortress

[@vcghosty9752]

idk why but just listening to this video makes me smile

[@biggunsmcgee113]

My favourite dwarf quote is "Look I'm Stony Wark!" when you grind on a pipe