RoryDropkick
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This sounds familiar.. is this that group where that dopey MarzGurl comes from? I see her around my town sometimes.
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What happened to Channel Awesome?
- Thread starter Uzumaki Goku
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NiiloPielinen
Member
I could swear he was talking about some physical heart(?) condition one time in his vlogs, something about how doctor says he shouldn't drink energy drinks. Haven't seen any confirmation to this though.
Yep.
Lordkat but I wouldn't put anything of worth from what he says, dude was a real asshole.
RoryDropkick
Member
Ok, that's what I thought. She's annoying. Her and her husband talk over each other during their videos and their content is just overall lame. Also somehow she's doing work for Tokusatsu Network for some reason.
Rhomega Beta
Member
I've been watching AT4W every week. Could've sworn that was much more recent.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I feel like his last story push was around the time his movie came out.
Fancyarcher
Member
I believe there was a post movie storyline he did for a few episodes, but other then that you're correct!
PaulBizkit
Member
I watched the Nostalgia Critic episode of Pokemon The Movie a few weeks ago and Doug is annoying as fuck. The way he complains is so obvious. I liked him back in 2011 but now it doesn't click with me at all.
Sooometimes i watch the rap critic, he's cool
Sooometimes i watch the rap critic, he's cool
Lord of Castamere
Member
Given Brad Jones quality and consistency, it's criminal that he doesn't get more views.
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
Does he do it full time?
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
Boy, who's he gonna do next?
Davey Cakes
Member
Doug needed to fix that awful theme song for NC.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
He does actually.
Rhomega Beta
Member
Just went back through his archives. The last episode to feature a storyline was Godzilla:Kingdom of Monsters #4, which was less than 2 months ago.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
Still watch Nostalgia Critic and check out Linkara from time to time, also I like Todd's One Hit Wonderland show. Never liked Angry Joe.
Fancyarcher
Member
You're right, I stand corrected. Looking at the previous episode though, I think that and Reagan's Raiders were just meant to reintroduce 90's Kid and Harvey Finevoice to the regular cast again, more then anything, since neither had been used in about a year since the episode aired.
I'm still looking for some answers on this. My googling has lead me nowhere.
Doug just needs to get rid of that shit period.
Linkara is still pushing on with his storyline crap? It's always been utterly godawful and is why I didn't just drop AT4W but found it to be completely unwatchable. Linkara is many things, but a good actor is not one of those things.
plagiarize
Banned
Best movie review show on YouTube right now is 'movies with mikey'. Good analysis, funny and he actually likes movies. Crazy format right? I hope spoony gathered himself.
UnnecessaryTodd
Member
It really has, she puts out some of my favourite analysis videos.
I liked some of the ATLA vlogs that Doug did but the Adventure Time and Steven Universe ones are severely lacking, mostly just being a poorly remembered recap of the episode and some minor thoughts.
It still amazes me that despite everything that happened Spoony could so easily make a come back. If he just started making game/movie videos like he used to then his fan base would likely come flocking back and his Patreon numbers, whilst they might not hit $5k again, could easily surpass $2k/month.
Hell, he could just push out a DVD box set or digital purchase set of his archived material for $50 and it'd make bank.
If he ever made a comeback he would have to basically ban himself from Twitter though. It's not healthy for him and clearly just gets the worst of him completely riled up.
Hell, he could just push out a DVD box set or digital purchase set of his archived material for $50 and it'd make bank.
If he ever made a comeback he would have to basically ban himself from Twitter though. It's not healthy for him and clearly just gets the worst of him completely riled up.
Wait, what happened to him?
It just seemed like poor management, changes in video platforms and early outsized "internet personalities" creating their own bubble of drama tore the whole thing up. It was the quaint early steps on the path to current youtuber drama. I liked Lindsay Ellis, Hope Chapman and the occasional Spoony video, but everything else really made me cringe. Anything that was really skit heavy was just terrible and they all seemed to get more and more self indulgent as far as that was concerned as time went on. They really pissed a lot of people off though, because there is some absolutely vile shit said about ex channel awesome people out on the internet.
That's a terrible excuse to fall back on. "This has to look like a high school group video project because it's for the fans." I bet their fans would be even more pleased if they made an actually good piece of drama/comedy/whatever.
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
I always forget Channel Awesome is supposed to be a thing outside of Nostalgia Critic. Around the time im always thinking of tuning out of his videos, Nostalgiaween pops up and im a sucker for horror anything.
s_mirage
Member
He could, but I think he'd have to start producing content frequently, and for a period of some time, before a lot of fans would start putting money down again. IIRC, the last video he did (whenever that was) seemed to have absolutely no effect on his Patreon numbers. I'd read that as the majority of his fans simply not trusting him to produce anything any more.
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
Spoony needs to get off Twitter and make a video explaining everything
No is going to believe until he actually produces videos because he claimed he was getting better
Thinking about it, Channel Awesome has always had some sort of controversy.
The earliest being the firing of Daniel Rizzo, AKA The Aussie Guy. He was fired with no explanation given to the fanbase and completely wiped from the site excluding videos that would be difficult to do so. Turns out he was going around calling Ellis a slut.
Not to mention the time they hired The Amazing Atheist. Yeah, that was a thing for a while.
I think the pinnacle of the mismanagement fuck-ups (outside of firing key people like the PR person and the whole Lupa fuck-up) was the handling of Blistered Thumbs, the spin-off video game site. Early on it had big people like JonTron and PeanutButterGamer, but they left and all that was left was a bunch of nobodies and terrible text reviews (Wonderful 101 offended me! 3 out of 10!) Hell I'm surprised they didn't attempt to bring in the Irate Gamer (Guru Larry did do an April Fool's joke about that, but so many people got butthurt so it was taken down)
Speaking of, Guru Larry is still part of the site. Somehow he's managed to stay on. I guess CA's management is still better than ScrewAttack's. Hell, ScrewAttack couldn't even keep the AVGN attached.
The earliest being the firing of Daniel Rizzo, AKA The Aussie Guy. He was fired with no explanation given to the fanbase and completely wiped from the site excluding videos that would be difficult to do so. Turns out he was going around calling Ellis a slut.
Not to mention the time they hired The Amazing Atheist. Yeah, that was a thing for a while.
I think the pinnacle of the mismanagement fuck-ups (outside of firing key people like the PR person and the whole Lupa fuck-up) was the handling of Blistered Thumbs, the spin-off video game site. Early on it had big people like JonTron and PeanutButterGamer, but they left and all that was left was a bunch of nobodies and terrible text reviews (Wonderful 101 offended me! 3 out of 10!) Hell I'm surprised they didn't attempt to bring in the Irate Gamer (Guru Larry did do an April Fool's joke about that, but so many people got butthurt so it was taken down)
Speaking of, Guru Larry is still part of the site. Somehow he's managed to stay on. I guess CA's management is still better than ScrewAttack's. Hell, ScrewAttack couldn't even keep the AVGN attached.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
CA drama is when I first began to think the Internet was a mistake.
It felt so weird to me, and people just airing out their dirty laundry like that was so strange.
It felt so weird to me, and people just airing out their dirty laundry like that was so strange.
shawnbuddy
Member
Yeah, I don't like Linkara. His approach to bad comics, all the exaggerated vitriol and wanting them to "burn" is just wrong. They didn't shoot your dog, they deserve at worst bemusent and mockery of their absurdities. Mr. Kitty's Stupid Comics blog was a better approach.
http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
AVGN was that site
I thought Screwattack is the Death Battle channel.
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
Well sure now, but 10 years ago?
Don't give that douche nozzle clicks, pls.
This alt right, racist, gamer gator is worse than any of the channel awesome dudes. Stop linking his shitty page.
RiverShell
Member
Tom having his business become a success and ending The Game Heroes (due to lack of time) was probably a hit to BT as well.
The ScrewAttack talk reminds me of the ti.es when I first got to the site, with shows like Captain S, and their top 10s.
Amen.
After the Noah thing, shit started turning and then 2013 happened where everything went to shit pretty much.
Everyone blamed one of another, some people hated others and some got lost in the shuffle.
MagnaderAlpha
Member
I still watch Brad Jones, Angry Joe, Linkara, Anime Abandoned, and a few others (particularly still follow Allison and Phelan's channels). I recall Brad hinting on more than one occasion (recently, too) that he still hasn't gotten paid for his inclusion in the League of Super Critics.
Falcs
Banned
Damn I really liked those two vids and subbed to the guy because of them.
Is there something I should know???
Mr Metokur is The Internet Aristocrat. He's one of the major catalysts for Gamergate.
I didn't know that. I just browsed his channel videos and immediately saw shit whining about SJWs, so I didn't bother watching him.
Let's not promote asshole regressives and anti-feminists, yeah?
mhayes86
Member
Which is a shame since I loved his "Until We Win" series.
TGWTG, Spoony, JewWario, and LordKat were the content creators I enjoyed the most, but I eventually stopped viewing Spoony's content, because he never seemed to have anything positive to say in his vlogs. I slowly stopped visiting the site after Doug revived TGWTG. I didn't particularly care for the new style or skits.
When I heard about the drama a few years ago, it was sad to hear that Spoony and LordKat were awful. I continued viewing JewWario's content, and was heartbroken to find out about his suicide shortly after his last video.
Mister Metokur might be one of the worst YouTubers of all-time solely for all of the real life damage he's indirectly caused as a result of GamerGate. His non-GG videos mostly just seem like some Encyclopedia Dramatica shit of mocking easy targets on the internet in the most mean-spirited and tasteless way possible.
Fancyarcher
Member
I agree that he can be annoying, and he's an example of a "hateful nerd" online, but I admit I enjoy some of his videos, especially his History of Power Rangers. Plus he seems like a nice enough guy based off the few interviews he's given. I liked seeing him in the Midnight Screenings videos on Power Rangers / CHIPS from a month back too.
MadJackChurchill
Banned
He changed accounts specifically because he realised how much shit he was in. Spineless piece of garbage with no original content to his name except for anti-feminism ranting in to a microphone.