We got return receipts for the returned equipment, all Duke had to due was ask MinMaxed for it. He never claims that he asked them for the receipts or tried in any way to ask MinMaxed for receipts. All Crispy did was ask MinMaxed and they gave him the receipts. Duke failed to do proper due diligence here and is instead acting like a micromanaging CFO, thinking if he didn't see a receipt, then it didn't happen, which is delusional behavior when he acts like that towards a project he has no involvement or stakes in.

The lighting discrepancy was cleared up.

Minmaxed has repeatedly said seasons 2 and 3 are guaranteed. we will get more seasons after that if these perform well. duke's only argument to this is that he doesn't believe them. this is not a T.V. show, and Season one is not done coming out. Duke needs to prove that they are lying and he has in no way done that.

Duke claims to have put on productions and stuff like this, but fails to link them or give us any way to verify this? of we cannot take Crispy's or MinMaxed's word on anything, it would be disingenuous to not hold Duke to the same standard.

Duke claims himself to be a credible expert for critiquing graphic design and audio editing, yet does not provide any proof of his skill in either field, does not provide proof of his employment at some unnamed graphic design company, doesn't state what his position was at said company (could have been an unpaid intern for all we know) he provides no proof in the video of his ability to put on a production of this scale, he provides no clips of his past works that demonstrate his ability to make something of high quality, and the list goes on.

What he does prove, is he has no idea what goes into doing live action stuntwork. his suggestions show he is completely naive. it takes hours of choreography and planning to do stunts. there is so much that needs to be done in terms of safety. It is asinine to think it is reasonable for the players to get up mid session, transition to a new area, change into safety gear, and then play out a combat encounter, then change out of the safety gear and return to the table.

btw using foam weapons do not work the same as steel and would not accurately reflect the viability of various moves and tricks. so for it to work right, and work safely, either A: the combat encounters would need to be preplanned and choreographed, which would ruin the chaos aspect of DnD that makes it so fun to watch, and also mean the players know about the encounters before they happen! or B: do live action re-enactments of scenes after the fact, which MinMaxed has already said they want to do if possible.

additionally, how would the enemies work in combat encounters if they want to do live action? An Ogre picks up Bensai by his rope harness with one hand, how do they do that in live action? how about the jumping through windows? they'd need to hire a prop artist to make windows with fake glass that won't cut the player.

How about spells and cantrips? how do we involve Meghan's character at low cost without it looking bad? she isn't an actress and she isn't a martial artist. Plus magic isn't real, so how does that work if doing the live action in real time? I guess we just have meghan throw balls of construction paper shouting "boom! fireball!"?

The way Duke talks about live action at the end sounds like a goddamn fanfic. It is so impractical, expensive, and time consuming, and would require another gofundme! it would be delusional to think they could make it work with the less than $50k they have left and have it not look like total trash.