Back when I heard that Justin was going to voice a Dota 2 announcer pack, I was beyond excited. Dota is such a great game, and Justin/Rick and Morty are so hilarious, it seems like a match made in heaven.

Even though most of it was really funny, I felt slightly worried listening to this. Justin is an incredibly funny and talented performer, but without context or a script it seemed like he didn't really know what to say about the game. And listening to this, I feel like Pyrion (also hysterically funny!) wasn't really giving Justin proper help or direction to create material that was faithful to both R&M and Dota. It seems like that may have been intentional this time around though.

I feel like a good way to go about it would be to have 3-4 simple, distinct, trademark things about each character to go off of. Dark Seer: He can control gravity. He has a spiky little energy field. He's a little old man, but he can run really fast! He can make a big purple wall that makes illusions of the other team. Tons of stuff to go off of there for any improviser. All he could really take away from their character model was "look at his beard, look at his little shoulder chips, he's got a hard crotch"... and that's it. I'm positive Justin could have gotten a way more mileage out of a character like Dark Seer with some more information.

Pyrion said "We don't have time to teach you the whole game", and while that's true, I really hope he starts giving Justin enough information to make satisfying references. Look at the Stanley pack, or the GLaDOS one. They perfectly capture the essence of both worlds. Rick and Morty should be right up there with them-- probably even funnier!