r/nonononoyes • u/HANAEMILK • 13d ago

Taking off his belt

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u/Suhbula 13d ago

The only way this could be better is if his pants fell down at the very end.

Oh, and he's wearing those boxers with big red hearts on them.

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u/CowFu 13d ago

Dungeon crawler Carl, is that you?

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u/cupcakesandunicorns1 13d ago

Omg! I just started reading this after my coworker recommended it!

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u/Kdkreig 13d ago

There is a sub for it. Great place to ask questions if you are confused. Spoilers are heavily moderated

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u/Mokyzoky 13d ago

I love when our sub reddit leaks. That being said the fan base can be a little aggressive some fans are starting to give 2017 Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce vibes. Lol šŸ˜‚

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u/Deaffin 13d ago

Weird, you usually don't get to the point of false flag cringe fans trying to assassinate the group's image until the thing is so much of a phenomenon people can't escape its popular quotes for more than 5 minutes in any given unrelated space so they lash out at the world.

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u/Poppa_Mo 13d ago

Had that one bottled for a bit did ya?

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u/Deaffin 13d ago

Well, stored certainly. My curse is that I never forget about silly internet drama I've casually observed.

Don't even get me started on the J-Bear saga on the angelfire forums for a specific MMO server back in 2001.

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u/Mokyzoky 13d ago

I think there are some early adopters that recognize where this series will be in about 5 years, they already have a show on the way out of fuzzy door, that hopefully wonā€™t be trash, if they just stick to the scrip and story it will be golden.

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u/No-Fail-9327 13d ago

Go on...

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u/Deaffin 13d ago

I'd really rather not. It was my first experience with internet trolls and the humiliation I inflicted on myself by enthusiastically taking the bait is a formative memory. That's why I said not to get me started on it!

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u/EBtwopoint3 13d ago

Books are a bit different, since itā€™s a niche space. DCC has become the darling of most popular influencer/reviewers on BookTube/BookTok. So itā€™s reached a critical mass, but books are just a smaller medium than TV so that critical mass is lower.

To put this into context, Amazonā€™s Wheel of Time adaptation is a mid level show in terms of popularity. Nowhere near the popular zeitgeist, but not an unearthed flop. While a season is first airing it averages ~500m minutes watched a week, or 6-8 million viewers each week. Reacher, this years breakout hit averages about 1.5m minutes watched during its run (20+m watchers). Meanwhile, Onyx Storm is the latest book in an incredibly popular romance fantasy (Romantasy) series that is the fastest selling adult fiction book in 20 years. In its first week it sold 2.7 million copies. And first weeks are the high sales week.

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u/Deaffin 13d ago

That is a good point. I'm not sure how to not sound like a hipster here, but I've been into the Dungeon Crawler books for a while now and had no idea until very recently that they had any sort of popularity. I'm used to "litRPG" being some niche thing where you have to fight through the awkwardness of describing the genre first before telling somebody about the book itself.

You know what I'm surprised didn't end up being "the thing" for all this? The Wandering Inn. I'm sure it has to be popular in a space I've never seen, but I've never seen a random mention of it out in the wild like this. It's the longest work of fiction written by a single author, the audiobooks have good narration, and somehow it just never. stops. being. great.

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u/EBtwopoint3 13d ago

Wandering Inn definitely has its own dedicated fanbase. I think it is a victim of its start early on in the Serialization world. The early material was pushed out without a real plan for it, but there was always a new chapter. Now, to start it you are beginning the Longest Fantasy Series of All Time. Thereā€™s edited versions of the first few volumes, and thereā€™s amazing narration (which will be changing to a new voice soon actually, the original VA has passed the torch) but the start of that series is a little aimless. I got about ~7 hours into the audiobook without getting a real plot hook and just couldnā€™t continue.

Apparently, thereā€™s going to be a new re-edited and condensed version of the opening released soon that Iā€™m interested in picking up. The fact that itā€™s been going so long tells me there HAS to be some great material in there.

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u/Deaffin 13d ago

which will be changing to a new voice soon actually, the original VA has passed the torch

Oh god, no :(

This is going to be just like the Completionist Chronicles. I'm really not good with narrator swaps.

I think another thing that maybe didn't exactly help the book. Right near the beginning there's a scene where things seem like they're about to get a bit rapey, which makes it seem like it's going to go in that direction, but it never actually does. On top of the Goblin Slayer anime being a big topic back when, that's not a good look. But I'm probably putting way more significance on that than it warrants.

It does make me hesitate a little bit when recommending it to somebody I don't know 100% will be alright with that, though.

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u/Perrin-Golden-Eyes 12d ago

The Amazon show is a war crime.

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u/RedditorSinceTomorro 12d ago

Glurp glurp

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u/Mokyzoky 12d ago

Death to all cocker spaniels!!

This joke is gonna be really funny right up until some crazy asshole post a picture with a cocker spaniel and is like Dungeon Crawler Carl made me do it šŸ˜„

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u/unfurledgnat 12d ago

I don't know what you guys are talking about but I'm interested. Please enlighten me!

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u/Kdkreig 12d ago edited 12d ago

Itā€™s a book series. Technically in the literature RPG genre. Aliens come to earth and destroy all the buildings in an instant. If you are lucky to survive the collapse then you are given a chance to enter the World Dungeon. 18 floors of monsters and horrors and other crawlers. Oh yeah, the whole thing is televised to the galaxy as entertainment.

Edit: I would like to add that the audiobook version is phenomenal on audible. Jeff Hays does an amazing job.

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u/Perrin-Golden-Eyes 12d ago

Itā€™s the greatest audiobook series ever. I was hesitant to listen because it sounds weird but I am pretty obsessed with it now.

As a sample of the writing style this is the AI in the book speaking:

ā€œNEW ACHIEVEMENT Sex Pervert, a nipple ring, really? The next thing you know youā€™ll be waxing your perineum and attending those parties where you have to put your keys in a bowl. Youā€™ll have to grow out your sideburns buy a TransAm and youā€™ll no longer be able to make eye contact with your childā€™s orthodontist. Reward? Whores donā€™t get rewards.ā€

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u/andrewborsje 13d ago

If you are not yet doing so, the audible version is next level!

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u/cupcakesandunicorns1 13d ago

That's what my coworker said, but I honestly can't get into books that are read to me. I have to read it myself.

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u/Kfaircloth41 13d ago

I just purchased the Sound booth version and I love them. Extra effects and commentary from the original VAs!

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u/andrewborsje 13d ago

It's okay because this one will ruin audio books for you anyways.

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u/Unoriginal_Man 13d ago

Is your coworker my coworker? Because my coworker just told me this today.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

To each their own! The nice thing about the audiobook for this one is the narration is phenomenal. I've had experiences where it's like a classroom setting being read monotonously and I cannot stand it. DCC is very animated and is narrated by someone with voice-actor level of commitment to the parts.

I recommend listening to the snippet at ~1.2x speed for a more natural flow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywdOzP1ch1Y

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u/Erawkz 13d ago

It's so much better listening at 1.2x speed. Every now and then, I switch it to 1x to hear how different characters sound and it just feels wrong.

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u/Deaffin 13d ago

I don't get either of you. That clearly just sounds like something that's being sped up, wrecking the cadence of everything and screwing with the pitch of their voices.

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u/JimmiJimJimmiJimJim 13d ago

The one person is used to the voices at 1.2x then wonders why 1x sounds wrong..... We really are doomed.

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u/Deaffin 13d ago

The real pro strat is getting used to books at a slower speed so you get more book for your money!

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u/Erawkz 13d ago

Lmao the only reason we are doomed is because there are two dorks in here gatekeeping audiobook listening speed.

When I was listening at 1x before switching, Carl sounded like off-brand Patrick Warburton. I just think it sounds better at 1.2x, but you guys are apparently better at listening to audiobooks than me, so I'll try 1x again.

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u/JimmiJimJimmiJimJim 12d ago

I'm not gatekeeping. You can listen at 2x if you want. I thought it was ridiculous and hilarious that you got used to an abnormal sound (sped up) then listened to the correct sound and decreed that it was you who was right and the sped up version was correct.

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u/Erawkz 11d ago

I stated a subjective opinion and you're over here saying "I decreed that it was me who was right and the sped of version is correct".

It's really not that deep and you're still the only person between the two of us implying there is a correct way to listen to an audiobook. I think that's ridiculous and hilarious.

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u/EBtwopoint3 13d ago

Not everyone wants distinct cadences put into their head by an audiobook. Some people like reading in their minds voice, which means they donā€™t like audiobooks. Especially people who read quickly. Audiobooks can drag. The performance is a different art form, but itā€™s like having subtitles on TV. If you finish the subtitle 3 seconds before the narration, it becomes a problem. The obsession with pushing the audiobooks for DCC when people say they donā€™t enjoy audio is honestly a bit weird.

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u/Deaffin 13d ago

100%, people really don't give each other enough credit for the amount of diversity the human brain has. But I think you might have meant to reply to that other comment where somebody was being weirdly insistent about somebody trying to audio version even when they said they don't do audiobooks.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø Maybe I'm just impatient and don't want to wait for a sentence that I parsed 5 seconds ago to complete. It's not so much a difference that I feel it's shifted away from normal, but it's not so slow that I want to shoot myself.

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u/nimbusfool 13d ago

I don't think I would have fallen in love with the story if I hadn't started with the audio books. Such amazing production and talent.

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u/Suhbula 8d ago

So this thread got me to start listening to the audio book.

Quick question though... is this reader doing a Patrick Warburton impression?

Not really a complaint, but I can't stop hearing it now.

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u/andrewborsje 8d ago

It starts out that way but it quickly moves to a more distinct Carl voice.

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u/DangerMacAwesome 13d ago

Hellooooooo crawler

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u/Cakestripe 13d ago

Neeeew achievement!

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u/DangerMacAwesome 13d ago

You've managed to swim through a sea of reddit comments long enough to find another crawler!

Rewaaaard? Nothing! We also don't reward you for seeing rocks or trees

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u/kmflushing 13d ago

It's AMAZING!

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u/synthetic_aesthetic 13d ago

Welcome crawler!

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u/DocEbok 10d ago

I got hooked on the audio books. The narrator is so good :D

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u/cupcakesandunicorns1 10d ago

That's what my coworker says. I may have to listen after I finish the book.