tips on how to manage the sheer length of critrole

transjester:

Some tips for getting into critrole because it’s…. so long.

• Start with Campaign 2! There’s less episodes so it’ll be far easier to catch up.
• Keep in mind that while the timestamps might say 4+ hours, 30 minutes is usually for ads in the middle and there are about 15 minutes before and after each episode of them talking/showing art.
• They have a podcast version that has a closer timestamp to what you should expect.
• If it doesn’t mess with you, play the episodes at increased speeds. I usually go with 1.25x or 1.5x speeds.
• For podcasts, there should be a pretty obvious button to change (for ios devices, it’s the numbers in the lower left corner.)
• For YouTube, click the gear/settings, and go to speed to change it.
• A lot of people skip through fights or shopping scenes because there’s usually not a lot of plot going on there.
• A lot of people get hung up on trying to watch an entire episode in one sitting. Don’t do that. 
• Watching one hour a day over four days is a lot easier and more manageable than watching four hours in one day. 
• Watching an hour before you go to school/work, an hour over break(s), and two hours when you get home is also easier than trying to sit down and listen for four hours.
• There’s a natural break usually about 1 and a half, 2 hours into each episode and after that break, Matt does a quick recap. The break would be a good stopping point, and you could watch the rest another day/time and have the recap so you know what’s up!
• A lot of ADHD people struggle with it–me being one of them. Breaking up the time is very helpful, but I recommend something to do while watching/listening. Make sure whatever you’re doing doesn’t require you to read because that can be distracting
• Some things people do while listening: draw, paint, knit, sew, work on cosplay, exercise, go on walks, cook, drive, clean, play with pets/animals, farming/leveling in video games, playing video games that don’t need you to read/listen to people talk, etc.
• Also playing a mindless app on your phone helps ! [Here’s a list] of some I’ve been recommended.

Resources:

• For Campaign 2, they have recaps for all of the episodes. For episodes 1-10 it’s all in one video. [Here’s the link to the YouTube playlist.]
• For Campaign 1, here’s a transcription of every one of Matt’s “previously on..” up to episode 85. (Basically short recaps for what happened on the last episode of CR.) [Here’s the link.]
• Transcripts for Talks Machina, CR1, CR2, and some of the one shots can be found [here].
• [CritRoleStats] has a bunch of neat information, but beware that there are lots of spoilers. [Their Twitter] has liveblogs of the episodes.