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The Magnus Protocol 1 – First Shift

🕑 Added 2024-01-16 16:00:10 +0000 UTC

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Wren-egade

It breaks my heart that Magnus Protocol opens with a goodbye party, after almost no one could be free of the Magnus institute. I'm also half convinced that Teddy is gonna end up folded underneath the floor or something.

crypt-orchid

Just finished my first listen to TMA that I devoured in 2 weeks and WOW I am so excited to start TMP and so grateful to have discovered this incredibly rich world

seven_color

I craved more magnus so bad after finishing magnus archives, naturally I’m here now. IM SO READYYY

Rurrie

"It's a privilege and an honor to be horrible in your ears" AWWWWWWWW <3 <3 <3

Danneth Sanguis

So I should assume the statement regarding Arthur is "The stranger" right?

David Pierce

I had the same reaction! I had to rewind to make sure I wasn't imagining things!

Quizzy1313

Having a hiatus relisten and omg Alex calling us out for relistening to all the horror and tragedy from TMA.....sir I feel attacked.....

Anti

this is still so good, the relisten quality is insane

Christina!!!

I have relistened to this probably 6 times since the release date omg it’s so good and I’m so excited to see where this goes

dipper

I have listened to the the first 3 episodes and my god they are so amazing I love how you can still feel the presence of the feeling the statements makes from the archives everyone who puts their time and effort into this is so talented

Madeline H

When I heard her last name mentioned at the end of the podcast I freaked out :') another Bouchard!

Shalyn

I'm just so happy...you have no idea how much joy this brings to my life!! My daughter sent me a link to The Magnus Archives last year, w/note attached: "A Spook.E for my horror obsessed Mom.E"... and I binged it. Thank you guys for this amazing world you've created. From the story, to sound effects, great characters, and beautiful soundtrack...I have goosebumps. You can tell love and care have been poured into this project, and it's gorgeous! Just thank y'all so much!

Katie Hopkins

Oops. Relistened again and at the party they confirm that it is 6am. So you were 100% correct!!

BuriedInTheArchives

Trying to avoid the Michael problem from tma lol

Max

This is why I go through comments on y.t and patreon. I'd never figure this stuff out otherwise

Audrey R

I was here at the beginning!

FyreFlye23

Guys...the WEB. The world wide WEB. The tapes belonged to the WEB.

Aleksa H

hello my very beautiful magnus protocol. i love u so much already

Anthony

Alex said on stream yesterday that there was another character called Neil so they changed it for convenience

Raith Rougeot

Why did they change the first name from Niel to Norris but keep the other 2 the same???

Chyou Xian

All of these characters are so precious and I love them, but I know they're gonna go through some shit 😭 Also, I love that Jon used to read statements but now he just IS the statement lmaoo

Kate McKiernan

Oh my gosh. I didn't see it before. Casement CAT1RBC5257-12052022-09012024. It has Arthur's **voice**. It is **Some of** Arthur. Sounds like a description of some others we know.

Heather MacKenzie

Soooo good. Bravo! Got a thrill hearing Jonny say "Rusty Quill Presents" again.

Kitsushi

So well done as always so glad I was able to listen to it already!

Tyler

I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED

Kate McKiernan

Oh huh, I had taken it as the party being a full day before Sam’s first shift; I hadn’t even considered other options! And we only get date stamps from the cases.

Katie Hopkins

Just relistened - In Gwen’s performance review, Lena said the party was “last night”. But in episode 2 Sam references that he heard about the archive on his first night. So in my mind, either the party was a full day before Sam’s first shift (possible if Alice brought him along) or it was at the beginning of the “night” and the performance review was in the morning/closer to the end of shift. (Not discounting your point, I’m just trying to walk myself through it)

Georgia S

THE THEEEEEEEMEEE

The Arueshalae Table Building Society

shame they didn't get Alice Caldwell-Kelly to play Alice smh smh my head...

zenochalk:3

I have SO many questions but this feels surreal

Carleigh Warsing

This was the 5th time I've listened to the pilot episode and this release STILL gave me goosebumps. I love the emotion you can hear in this version. It definitely makes me feel more connected to the characters. Also shout out to Colin who has already claimed all my love. Thank you all for your hard work!

JJ Hunter

Given all that, worth keeping an eye on where Sam is effectively helping accession himself for the database (e.g. onboarding plan selections) vs. where he is and isn't forthcoming with his history with his new coworkers - everyone wants a bit of categorization to understand where someone fits or doesn't fit, seems like. Interesting.

JJ Hunter

Incredibly blown away by the orchestra version of the theme, holy cow!! Some of those string lines had my soul shivering. Looking forward to this hitting public release, I have thoughts about the shift from TMA's Victorian classification system to what appears to be more of a 1980's high dimensional dataset discovery approach - particularly given how we've got AI training fears so resonant in our universe re: what can be done with sufficiently large datasets. On my original listen, I was very hyped for the three digital voices; this round paying more attention to Freddie (eldritch Clippie?) and how Webby and Watchful this whole net surveillance process seems to be. Maybe the old Entity categorizations don't fully apply in this new universe; still intrigued by how much the ruin of TMI sounds like the ruin of Leitner's library..

Rusty Quill

Hi there, the transcript is attached as a downloadable PDF at the bottom of this post. The link in the shownotes will update with transcripts once the episodes go out publicly.

Rusty Quill

Hi there, the transcript is attached as a downloadable PDF at the bottom of this post. The link in the shownotes will update with transcripts once the episodes go out publicly.

Kate McKiernan

Also I like that the case numbers are updated, that’s a cool touch.

Kate McKiernan

Wow, absolutely incredible! Hats off to everyone. I did notice a SFX got dropped from the draft, one that I still kind of wonder about plot implications. It was after the “I’ll miss you, Teddy” line. There was a tape squeal noise, like a rewind or erase. It’s not there anymore. Sam is surprised that a pub is open at the start, but was brought to the pub after the opening party. Shouldn’t he know? It still feels like an erasure of something, even if the SFX I had tied it to is gone.

Katie Hopkins

Not just you!

Kate McKiernan

One of the first things I thought of hearing the episode.

Annie Brod

My whole heart is singing with joy!

Robert

I didn't know how much I missed Magnus! The mystery and slowly revealing mythos and horror, and so personal! I love it and I needed it so badly.

Milk

Love the polish on this new version, and Billie is great as Alice!! Excited to get to know all the new characters 😊

David Friedman

God I've missed this kind of quality story telling. Haven't registered to the Magnus Archives in quite awhile and this is already so engrossing.

Kaelyn

YES I had the same reaction

Connor M. Carnall

RedCanary: 👀 🗣️TMP IS GOATED

Valerie Kaplan

Dang, the music is fantastic! Also, I love how Alex and Jonny shift from text-to-speech tones into emoting and then back at the end, very smooth. 😙🤌

Soucerer Suspicious

The quiet reprise of the Magnus Archives theme around the 30 minute mark got me q u a k i n g

LainyJP

Sooooo good to hear the intro!!

Matthew Swift

“Your soul is forfeit” < I still need to know if this is a Critical Role reference XD

MarlaBothBothIsGood

Upteenth listen (first official) GOD WHAT A WAY TO START

Rox Rosenberg

I'm referring to working in an office btw

Rox Rosenberg

[listening to nightmares and horrible stuff happening to someone] I LOVE THIS THANKS <3

Anthony

yeah a friend of mine said the same. however it’s also on this post as an attachment on the bottom if you’re on mobile!

Jaymes Brown

I love the new music!!! It rattles deep in my chest. I'm so excited to find out what the heck is going on!

Cas D

Just finished listening to the audiobook of thirteen storeys & I'm far from over that yet, but I couldn't hold off when I saw this drop! Mr. Sims & Alex are kings of spook imo. edit: anyone else not able to access transcript for this, folder says it's empty or is it just me?

Ana Souza

Absolutely love it already

Rex

I'm so excited!!!! The music is absolutely amazing! Can't wait to see what horrors await us!!

genevieve

i absolutely love alice’s new voice!!! i think it fits very well. soo excited to listen to the next one !!

Joan Flyvholm

Yay! I can't seem to access the transcript though

FyreFlye23

OMG the MUSIC is GORGEOUS

cloudkissed

HELL YEAH

Tara Hamlyn

The music!!!! Billy!!! The polished feeling!! The pure joy of hearing this and knowing I get to follow along now because it's out!!!!

Marieke

The orchestral music is just *chef's kiss*

sAZAndorable

Aaaaaa this was so cool even to "re"listen to!!! God DAMN the music is so much (the ending credits are so theatre-worthy!!!!), and I was worried how I'd feel about the recasting of Alice, but I really enjoyed Billie's performance as well, and appreciate even more the nuances she brought to the character! I feel like this Alice comes across as more open and likeable a person than the cool but more closed-off, 100%-sarcasm class-clown Alice of the pilot. So pleased!

Maxwell the gaylord

COLIN IS SO BBG J LOVE HIM

Levyn

the music is blowing me away, the soundscaping is so freaking good! all the computer/tech noise brings me back to computer lab in the 90s, i absolutely love it.

Merlin3434

YIPPIE

Spunky0ne

Wonderful!

gigaslash

literally finished re-listening to magnus archive (for the 4th or 5th time) earlier today! lets fucking gooooo!

rooqsandravens

COLIN !! I LOVE COLIN

Evelyn Manuel

ITS SO GOOD

Runaway Milkyway

This is amazing! Everyone did a phenomenal job, and I'm already so hooked on the plot! I can't wait to hear more!

Autumn kieran sprount

RAAAAAAAAAARRRRWWWW I CANT WAIT FOR THE REST LALSKDCJDJDV

James White

Wow Alice’s voice sounds so different from the preview. So pumped.

Willow Edwards

THE MUSIC IS STELLLARRR WHAT AN EXCELLENT FIRST EPISODE !!!

Anthony

THE GLOW UP!!!! god it is so cool to see how the sound design was developed between october and now. the scene with colin and sam especially! also BILLIE NAILED IT WOW, she brings so much warmth to the character ;_; i’m EMOTIONAL… omg i’m so glad ep2 drops today i am STARVING for more! amazing work everyone 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

jox lvndrcrow

god i love the improvement from the pilot AND THE VOICE ACTING !!! I CANNOT wait for the next episode

BloodyBaroness

To new beginnings with old friends! The music is so good, you can clearly hear the difference. Glad that stretch goal was hit^^

Noeyedseer

Absolutely amazing!!!! so excited for the next episode :D

eli

the music is so good woww

loregano

am I the only one who hopes to see Sergey Ushanka make a cameo in Protocol 👀

Niamh Introverted Cosplayer

I can’t access the transcript, I don’t know about anyone else though,

Error404

Omg Gwen Bouchard!!!!!! Related to Elias no doubt. no wonder shes picky about doing this right

Hayerim

The soundscaping is so crunchy (the texture!!! <3)! And Billie's voice is absolutely lovely for Alice, it's a delight. Can't wait for Making Adjustments. Grats to the team, it's so good I am going to listen to this on loop till next week.

Charles H

This is a work of art congratulations to the rusty quill for goosebumps occurring in episode one

Red

🥳 let's frickin goooooo, lads🥳

Helena McCoy

THE MUSIC IM shdhhsbxje

LittleRain

Not exactly, Alice voice is different and the sound/noise/music changed a bit They also added some more "emotion" on certain line deliveries

Mar-y-sol

I don't know how many times I've listened to the intro but it still hits so hard!!

mariah Gibson

Is this the same as the pilot audio

Evelyn Manuel

RAAAAAAAAH

Silly_Goof

MAGNUS PROTOCOL WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Space Modulator

*incoherent screaming*

Niamh Introverted Cosplayer

I’m ecstatic!!! 😁😁😁

esmeeeeeeee

im so excited!!!

Xan

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Kaylie Langhaim

So excited!

AlicenWrites

🥳

Apollo Payne

yesssss

Kin

LET'S GOOOOO

LittleRain

TMP DROPPED !! Good ride everyone! Edit: First excuse my bad English, French is my mother tongue so I make a lot of mistakes. I’ve listened to the pilot numerous times since it dropped and absolutely loved the changes made. I feel like Alice’s voice suits her better, there’s more emotion in the line deliveries (which I adore). The music and soundscape created so much dimension on this episode ! It made things less overwhelming for me with of all the different characters introduced. As a bilingual person (Canadian English) the lines sounded really clear. Even Collin’s, which I was apprehensive, was easy to understand. (No offense I just have difficulties understanding thicker accent)