He actually did on Chris Perkins' Dice Camera Action stream. Bag of Nails, the tabaxi ranger. Dude stole an airship and soloed an ancient red dragon while everyone else was hiding.
@@LWT1331 What do you mean? Even if they *weren't* planning for a next episode at this point where Laura shows up as Cryptonic Override (though it's very likely they were, there's just 3 episodes between this and the next ad and it's entirely likely Nord VNP had already confirmed their sponsorship for that as well, you have to be able to plan ahead with sponsors), she's clearly pretending to be wondering who's talking
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
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.
I havn't seen anyone mention it but I believe Taliesin taps SOS in morse code on the table within the first 30 seconds of this video and it's brilliantly subtle and wonderful
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
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
@@crydunkey5982 I love the idea of a primordial god taking human form just to watch the silly bullshit humans do for entertainment. It’s very heartwarming as a concept
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!
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.
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".
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"?
I had originally planned to call the compilation that, but I worried that with such a title the algorithm wouldn't have as much luck knowing who to show it too!
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
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.
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.
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!
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 still think part 2 is the best. We have funny jokes, discover Laura is Cryptonic Override and the fact she wore two pairs of glasses. Part 3 is the second-best because Matthew Lillard. Here are titles for this series: • Hack the Planet! • The War of the Ultra Codex • Hack the Planet: The Ultra Codex • Blackwillow69 Vs. The Ultra Codex! • Swordfish: It's Always Swordfish • Jack In Jack Off
![[DRAGON BALL LEGENDS REVEALS ＆ STUFF] LEGENDS FESTIVAL 2024 Special Edition Part 1](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mV5bGIswTtQ/mqdefault.jpg)
The craziest thing is that they had Matthew Lillard for the ad, and not for the episode
I know...with how amazing that ad was, just imagine Lillard playing a one-session character a la Chris Perkins' Spurt.
He actually did on Chris Perkins' Dice Camera Action stream. Bag of Nails, the tabaxi ranger. Dude stole an airship and soloed an ancient red dragon while everyone else was hiding.
@@richardthompson1125 well now I have to go find that episode. Kudos.
That was what I thought... until the Nintendo Power Glove appeared!
HIm breaking character and going into the ad is the single funniest moment of this compilation for me.
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.
Seriously, NordVPN is getting so much value out of this.
long long man begs to differ but I agree he's very good
Laura's sunglasses under the sunglasses will never get old
Like TF2's Sniper all over again.
You can wear 7 freaking pairs of glasses at once.
It's always funny
I cannot believe I willingly watched 27 minutes of ads
The funny thing is I’d happily do it again!
Believe you me that's what we're all thinking.
Power of sam.
i think you meant 27 minutes of art
Meanwhile I'm on my third rewatch.
"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?!"
I am glad to see other door monster fans more and more across the web
@@gmacwizard8890 May the doors be with you.
- "Skull gif... Skull gif!"
“Oh that’s right he’s seen movies!”
This lore needs a wiki.
I'm surprised Crit role stats hasn't done that already.
Laura's acting in the first ad pretending to wonder whose voice they're hearing... Oscar worthy
I’m so glad someone else noticed that!
THANK YOU I've always wondered if anyone else noticed that
Sorry to spoil the fun, but I don't think they were planning that far ahead.
@@LWT1331 What do you mean? Even if they *weren't* planning for a next episode at this point where Laura shows up as Cryptonic Override (though it's very likely they were, there's just 3 episodes between this and the next ad and it's entirely likely Nord VNP had already confirmed their sponsorship for that as well, you have to be able to plan ahead with sponsors), she's clearly pretending to be wondering who's talking
@@mrsiwtv Fire the Canon
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
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.
Or 27 minutes.
Taliesin losing his shit at every absurdity i's definitely the highlight for me.
I havn't seen anyone mention it but I believe Taliesin taps SOS in morse code on the table within the first 30 seconds of this video and it's brilliantly subtle and wonderful
Marisha just awkwardly sitting there while Taliesin is doing his bit never gets old! Such an underrated moment lol
She looked so much like Pam from the office. Just given up at this point.
And, of COURSE Talesin owns a Power Glove.
"I don't know why I had to be here" - I died
LOL she looked so scared
Taliesin tapping SOS at the beginning really brings this home lol
It’s funnier when you realize he did it wrong (sos is … - - - … he did … - - …)
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
Who wouldn’t recruit Taliesin for this chaos?
Also “who doesn’t even go here” lmao
Oh my god, I never noticed Taliesin doing morse code on the table, I'm DYING
timestamp please?
@@dastanghaedrahmati6977 0:23
What does it mean?
I think he was trying to type “sos” but he was short a tap.
@@nickramberg5086 it’s sos he wasn’t short a tap
13:29 *Gasp* "... Power glove!"
Travis is so into it, he's like a kid watching a power rangers movie
Matthew Lillard, Matt Mercer and Talliesin Jaffe all in one place... the power in that room could've sustained all of LA.
I'm surprised the room is still standing considering Taliesin and Lillard are both ancient primordial gods
WAIT thats Matthew Lillard??? He was in the 1995 movie hackers! Iwonder if thats the reason they wanted him in this skit 😂
@@hinumayyyy It most likely is - he has the same name as in the movie - Cereal Killer
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.
I'm sorry.....Shaggy? Someone clearly didn't get the Cereal Killer reference. I recommend you watch Hackers.
@@mjspitz such a great movie. I totally missed from his cameo onward live :(
The sheer awe and amazement in Travis’ voice when says “POWERGLOVE”
He loves the PowerGlove. It's so bad.
Of course Talesin owns one.
I really wish Ashley showed up as gale, It’s the crossover I need.
Gag me with a spoon, that would be so perfect
I don't think this fireall *click click" could handle me
Not gonna lie Liam and Travis turning to look at Laura simultaneously at 17:23 was pretty neat
Nah fam that shit was creepy to me
At 20:08 when Laura says "Holy Shift", Travis' face says it all! XD
There needs to be a compilation of just Talesin’s reactions to sams ads
YES
Taleisin tapping SOS on the table in the first thirty seconds is pure atr
Every time laura removes her glasses to reveal the smaller glasse i just loose it
If The Legend of Vox Machina series is half as good as this, I will be very impressed
Imagine if they do mini animated versions of these ads for LOVM
If only they’d release it
I love how much Talesin enjoys these ads!
I just saw that Taliesin starts tapping SOS in morse code on the table at 0:26 xD
Nord only wanted a sponsorship, but their PR guys got too invested in the saga so now we get an episodic series.
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
They'll have to explain it in a future episode.
The Matthew Lillard cameo and Laura’s double glasses, they’re the best! Oh, and also “simulsliced”.
The fact that they got Matthew Lillard to do this is pure gold.
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."
My favorite past time is watching Taliesin the entire time just lose his mind
It's like he's reminded of why he has taken physikal form in this vessel and walk among these mortals everytime something like this happens.
His 2nd hand embarrassment is so high.
@@crydunkey5982 I love the idea of a primordial god taking human form just to watch the silly bullshit humans do for entertainment. It’s very heartwarming as a concept
I love that every time Sam does one of these bits Taliesen can be seen off to the side having a breakdown
It's like CR wanna mess with you for doing this. They just had another NordVPN ad for episode 126.
Holy shift! I guess I'll just have to make a RELOADED version at some point.
@@BetweenDD Please do all Nord ad reads together now that it’s over! I’m dying to watch them all in one. Please!
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
Just found out that Matthew Lillard actually played a character named Cereal Killer in a movie called Hackers!
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*
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!
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.
The most entertaining part of all of this is Taliesin's face
watching this solely to see taliesin's wonderful blend of complete hopelessness and hysterical laughter in the face of sam riegel's various crimes
Taliesin’s face throughout all of this brings me so much joy
C3’s new Nordverse ad brought me back to this compilation again…
Cause I miss it and need a refresher…?
7:00
"What is the Ultra Kodex, Matt? You don't know!"
Of course he doesn't
I love the absurdity of the in show ad, the fact that someone edited it together and that I watched all of it.
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.
From little things big things grow
Life needs things to live?
We're all knee deep in that Nord Lore now...
These advertisements have all the production value of an episode of Bibleman and I’m here for it.
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".
I can’t wait for Sam to use Blackwillow69 in Narative Telephone!
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"?
I had originally planned to call the compilation that, but I worried that with such a title the algorithm wouldn't have as much luck knowing who to show it too!
I just watch for Taliesins's reactions
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
Sam is the only person that can makes me watch ads voluntarily
I like how their outfits just get progressively more neon-y with each new character.
I love this show. The only weird thing is the 3 to 5 hour after show where they play competitive monopoly or something.
I love watching Talesin just losing his shit.
I think part of the reason they invited Matthew Lillard was because he was a hacker in the 1995 movie Hackers? XD
Ashley entering and going OY!!!! still cracks me up omg its so good
That kick
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.
This may have been said but Marisha’s laugh after latex dork is excellent
I'm just here for Taliesin dying in the corner
7:21 You two should know, you're making a man with black nail polish double-facepalm.
I love that talesin is tapping in Morse at the beginning
7:57 for one of Talesin's best reactions
It's escaped containment!
Taliesin's reactions drain my lungs like nothing else.
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.
Taliesin's insane amount of internal pain is refreshing and, sorry Tally, but incredible to watch.
As someone who works in IT, this is so hurtful. Right in my soul.
You just can see Taliesin dying from the very first second.
Love the regular human hand at 12:12 that gives Sam the sword
I am so sorry that you took the effort to compile this and just after you upload it, a new one comes out
Taliesin taping S.O.S. with his fingers in morse code on the first one is the most hilarious thing ever.
For you kids out there. This is scarily accurate to the cyber wars of the 90s.
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!
the best part, easily.. is the ancient one's facial expressions of horror throughout :D
"There isn't a digital Kenan that we can't Kel!"
[beat]
[Realization & Laughter]
"This binary sequence is tattooed on my costar" Classic
So... A new Critical Role Advertisement Bits, with wich I can bother my friends.
Probably one of the best Sam Riegel Bits.
The best Cyberpunk 2077 crossover ever
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
At the end of the second episode, liam says "if".
He clearly hasn't watched internet historian's nord vpn adds.
Because the 'V' in 'VPN' stands for 'va...
ngl i almost cried when freezerburn sliced himself to restore their mad skillz
I'm still miffed that they didn't get Lillard to actually play with them
Lillard has standards. He won't get out of bed for anyting less than gleaming the cube.
Tal dying of laughter is just the purest thing on this planet lmfao
I saw a TV ad for nord VPN a couple weeks ago that was traditional and normal. It was deeply confusing.
Simul-sliced! This is the funniest 27 minutes on RUclips!!
Thousands of years, armies, rival gods, but nothing came as close to killing Talesin as his laughing at the Nordverse.
i was wondering when sam switched from blackwillow73 to blackwillow69!! ty for this
Did anyone else notice Taliesin typing out SOS in Morse code at the beginning?
I still think part 2 is the best. We have funny jokes, discover Laura is Cryptonic Override and the fact she wore two pairs of glasses. Part 3 is the second-best because Matthew Lillard.
Here are titles for this series:
• Hack the Planet!
• The War of the Ultra Codex
• Hack the Planet: The Ultra Codex
• Blackwillow69 Vs. The Ultra Codex!
• Swordfish: It's Always Swordfish
• Jack In Jack Off
critical role sure has a multiverse of stories including ads 🤣
THE HARD CUT TO MATT IN THE ULTRA CODEX HELMET MADE ME KEEL OVER
... was Taliesin doing Morse code with his hand at the start? Lmao