The State of the Role reiterates this: "Now, I'm sure many of you are asking, 'Wait, what does this mean for us Twitch and YouTube subscribers?' And the answer is: Nothing changes for those audiences on how you view our main shows. You will still be able to watch and listen freely with the same release schedule that it has always been for all these nine going on 10 years."

Also, if you were to navigate to an episode on the site that is already on YouTube, for example Campaign 3 Episode 93, they cross-link to the free version on YouTube, stating that it is the version with ads:

So of course I had to get in on this because I'm all for discounts and early access and NOT giving money to Twitch and YT if I can help it.

And yes, the site is getting SLAMMED at the moment, but I've now managed to get in, and it's working great.

Couple notes:

If you have the same email address for the CR shop and for Beacon, once your Beacon account is created, it auto-applies the discount to the shop. You will see the price crossed out and a discounted price next to the item (limitations do apply, they go over that).

I gather there is some wonkiness going on with the Discord, so I'd suggest waiting a day or so on that one.

Cooldown (the immediate after-show filming) IS WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. Listening to them conspiracy theorizing and Matt answering a couple things (or in more cases, "You don't know!") is just great to watch.

Yes, there is subtitles/captioning, and it looks like it's done by the same folks they have doing the main eps.

Re-Slayer's Take is *NOT* the main cast -- it is run and played by other people. I gather this is in a similar vein to Midst, but them allowing other groups to "play" in Exandria. It is also all-ages-friendly.

There is an app in the Apple store and Android store -- IT IS CALLED POCKET BEACON. HOW FUNNY IS THAT?!

Happy Neinth Anniversary Critical Role!! 🗡️🔥🐦‍⬛

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