Talks Machina 9: What Lies Beneath the Surface

is the ninth episode of Talks Machina.

Andrew from CritRoleStats answers questions about how he got started with stat-tracking for the show and how CritRoleStats has grown from there. Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel discuss with Brian Wayne Foster.

Talk with Andrew

 * Q: How many people maintain the website?
 * A: Four (Andrew, Catherine, the Singning Badger, and Lauren. More on CritRoleStats)
 * Q: When did Andrew start watching the show? And what is the origin story of the website?
 * A:, taking his personal notes that evolved into the CritRoleStats.
 * Q: Walk us through your thursday night. What are the live duties of CritRoleStats?
 * A: Andrew handls live tweeting, Catherine trackes HP shifts, both Badger and Lauren track the running stats (dice rolls, puns, etc).
 * Q: What are the most strangest stats do you track of?
 * Q: What are the most strangest request you got from critters?
 * Q: What are your favorite stats to track?
 * A: For Andrew — stats connected with time (running time, battle time, etc). For Badger — media references.
 * Q: What are the biggest challenges your face with working on the CritRollStats?
 * A: Time