In a bold example of a video game actor taking their role to previously untold heights, Luke Dale, the thespian responsible for bringing to life the true protagonist of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, the ludicrous Lord Hans Capon, has ascended to the ranks of Twitch royalty.
Hardcore fans will recall Dale hyping up KC: DII before and throughout the game's launch window, and continues to do some fantastic, extracurricular marketing even now, over a month later. Truly beginning his Twitch career just a few days before the game was released in early February, Dale, who wholly inhabits his role as "LordHansCapon" online, managed a peak viewer count of just 350 filthy peasants (thanks, Insider Gaming), who love being talked down to by their aristocratic liege lord.
Rocketing to super stardom following the release of Warhorse Studio's truly magnificent RPG, it certainly helps that Dale is a very likeable, funny, charismatic sort, spouting his Latin catch phrase, and Capon's family motto, "audentes Fortuna iuvat" (fortune favours the brave) at every opportunity. He would ultimately get this creed, along with the Capon family's coat of arms, permanently tattooed on his arm, live on Twitch, of course.
It's not quite mid-March, and Dale is now regularly pulling 50k viewers, apparently among the 0.1% of most-viewed streamers on Twitch; this is especially impressive when you consider how few times he's actually gone live, and has since made Partner. Dale is currently hyping up a 24-hour livestream to coincide with the game's eagerly anticipated 1.2 update, set for 14th March. It's your feudal duty to answer when your liege-lord calls, and so you'd best be there.
We've never seen anything approaching how Dale has taken it upon himself to become our rightful Lord Hans Capon, both in the game, and without; seemingly above, beyond, and separate from anything required by Warhorse Studios. Are we witnessing history in the making, a glimpse of a bold, possible future for video game marketing?
Have you been tuning into Dale playing through KC: DII, listening to him rant on and on about his pizzle? Pay homage to your betters in the comments section below.
[source x.com, via insider-gaming.com]
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This guy is a dream come true for War Horse studio kind of goes to show what can happen when you treat your people right. He clearly had a blast playing the role, and was clearly treated well by the team that created the game. With all the news of games being cancelled, and studios being shut down…this is a breath of fresh air. This is how a game studio should be run. Treat your people right, and they reciprocate. Love it.
He is a truly likeable and talented chap. I don't watch twitch streamers but I am tempted to watch him.
I hope he gets more and more roles coming his way =)
The next Neil Newbon…? Imagine the collab
Damn he's hitting his stardom well deserved
I wached a couple of streams, and he is a truly likeable guy, hopefully he gets more (MC) roles in the future.
It's funny because he auditioned for Henry (John Snow Yorkshire Henry) and Dan Vavra basically hired him as Hans on the spot... for obvious reasons (He is very much a Hans) 😅 The game's casting is a huge part of the reason it became such a success too, and it's great to see that success lead to more positive things for those involved. Fate, really good timing and all the stars aligning, pure unadulterated luck? The game would be so different if those two hadn't auditioned and quite naturally been exactly the right people for those roles. Nothing has to be forced and it is one of the reasons I've called the first game the most charming game ever released many, many times.
Sometimes things are meant to be.
Audentes Fortuna Iuvat! JCBP!
Damn that'a one very good looking man .
Watched this guy a few times a very likeable chap , although he does spend more time talking and drinking alcohol, than he does actually playing the game 😂
Lord Hans deserves it all!
@Ravix it's going to have to be a very special game that beats it for game of the year ,and i honestly can't see it happening , the humour is very British at times which I love , sometimes especially when henry is drunk, I think I'm playing fable 😂 I've proper belly laughed at some parts, which is rare in a video game,when henry is drunk and he's joining in with the cuman song and making up words, fantastic.
N.i.c.e.both Kingdom come deliverance games is so incredible. Word up son
To think Lord Capon didn't even know how to download a patch two months ago
@lazarus11 I feel only Death Stranding 2 and GTA VI (if it releases this year) have a chance of beating KC2 for my GOTY this year. Either way though this year is clearly going to have quite a few GOTY worthy games.
I regret not tuning in when KCD promised special gear early on - I was too busy playing to get a twitch account and link it and then timing being a parent with their streaming calendar. But now I am on Twitch. Hopefully they'll release the gear again or something.
It took Like about an hour of actually streaming before he loaded into the game😂 I don't enjoy watching someone else play, but I'll support Luke and Warhorse a bit. The 14th of march is the next opportunity, but will there be rewards for all viewers?
The game character Hans Capon is such a likeable noble w**ker.
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