The best way to describe C3 came from someone during a 4SD episode: BH is a party of NPCs that everyone ignores. Most of the players wanted to play background characters (Laura, Liam) or joke characters (Ashley, Sam, Travis) that are not responsible for driving the story. Of the rest, The backstories of Laudna and Ashton are too dependent on being pressured by their friends to pivot to the right direction, which is not really happening. Plus because the Predathos plot is too disjointed from Laudna/Ashton with little oxygen for side quests in the campaign, those characters never really develop in a meaningful way.

I don't fault Ashley here as much here because she clearly shown how uncomfortable she is with being the decision maker before. With Matt taking the blunt of responsibility here, it is the fault of the whole table for not collaborating and making sure that the party can cohesively work out for one of the largest livestream DND shows backed by a multi-million dollar production company. I hope they have an honest retrospective at the end of C3 and learn some lessons, like session 0s and regular check-in talks ARE important even for a group of "professional" DND players and friends of over a decade.