SparksterMeta0
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Was just thinking this.
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...And now there's a Muppet on Twitch
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Was just thinking this.
MotionBlue
Member
This is magical. The "loot song" made me laugh.
MisterSamMan
Member
This is beautiful and entertaining.
UberTag
Member
It's not polite to ask a Twitch streamer about the color of their skin. How would you like it if you were streaming and someone made that a point of conversation about you?
It's not skin, it's hair, tho.
UberTag
Member
Fair enough. Judging the color of his eyelids, his skin is probably a light peach.
LunaticLMD
Member
Enjoying this. Cute idea.
NormalFish
Banned
This is legit amazing.
Harken Raiser
Banned
LMAO! I'm so salty right now. I had this same damn idea, but I didn't follow through with it!
I even built my own damn muppet from scratch:
I even built my own damn muppet from scratch:
NormalFish
Banned
That finish was hysterical. Followed. Will Sub when he inevitably gets a button.
Cynn
Member
Dude. That sucks! lol There's an audience for it. Start now and form a puppet gaming league.
Harken Raiser
Banned
The only path left for me is to become this guy's mortal enemy!
Cynn
Member
I would subscribe to that. lol
Crash Station
Member
This isn't the first gaming muppet.
peaceiscloser
Member
Am I a man?
Or am I a Muppet?
Or am I a Muppet?
KZXcellent
Member
He's baaaack http://www.twitch.tv/bennyfits
I made my own too ... but the focus was always youtube ... but twitch was on my mind xD
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBGiP86mK4R/
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Lol! I would normally hate this sorta thing, but I love this. So great!
Ultimadrago
Member
I'll be honest, the novelty of this wore off for me in like 10 minutes tops. It is the first time I've seen this type of streamer though, so there's that.
OniBarubary
Banned
This is ridiculously entertaining
RageWaffles
Member
"Benny is like an onion: Peel away many layers and cry, even when you shouldn't."
I'm utterly hooked on this dude and his positivity.
I'm utterly hooked on this dude and his positivity.
Just the sheer clever-ness of his very meme-repeatable lines lead me to believe that the guy doing the puppet is some kind of comedian.
I'm also pretty sure that there's 2 people involved, 1 for the puppet and one playing the game.
Much of his off-hand dialogue is directed at the game in a third party sense (don't 'you' do that), and while it's easy to hand wave it like it's part of his charm I'm fairly certain he can't be controlling the puppet's mouth and competently playing a game at the same time, it really just makes the most sense that this is a two-man job, which let's the puppeteer focus on the chat and keep people entertained while guy #2 just...plays a game. They probably coordinate "hands-off" moments like if the puppet needs to raise his hand to make some kind of emote, and the guy playing can stop playing for that moment.
...but this really isn't about defragmenting how this works, it's all meant in good fun, and it is indeed a great watch. Followed and watched a good amount the other night. I even asked a couple questions that got *hilarious* answers...
Me : "Hey, what's your favorite excercise?"
"My favorite excercise...is the 2-handed burrito lift, oh, oh, and the best part is...the 2-handed burrito lift...get's EASIER as you do it"
I mean come on, that's just freaking brilliant. Or...
Twitch user : "my butthole when he survived that )o("
"Oh, come on, you cannot fool me, that is a tie fighter and everybody knows that"
I'm also pretty sure that there's 2 people involved, 1 for the puppet and one playing the game.
Much of his off-hand dialogue is directed at the game in a third party sense (don't 'you' do that), and while it's easy to hand wave it like it's part of his charm I'm fairly certain he can't be controlling the puppet's mouth and competently playing a game at the same time, it really just makes the most sense that this is a two-man job, which let's the puppeteer focus on the chat and keep people entertained while guy #2 just...plays a game. They probably coordinate "hands-off" moments like if the puppet needs to raise his hand to make some kind of emote, and the guy playing can stop playing for that moment.
...but this really isn't about defragmenting how this works, it's all meant in good fun, and it is indeed a great watch. Followed and watched a good amount the other night. I even asked a couple questions that got *hilarious* answers...
Me : "Hey, what's your favorite excercise?"
"My favorite excercise...is the 2-handed burrito lift, oh, oh, and the best part is...the 2-handed burrito lift...get's EASIER as you do it"
I mean come on, that's just freaking brilliant. Or...
Twitch user : "my butthole when he survived that )o("
"Oh, come on, you cannot fool me, that is a tie fighter and everybody knows that"
boredofcanada
Member
"This is for DemonX, a guy I do not know"
"Show me a YouTube Chanel to
Launch, and I will send her on her maiden voyage"
This has impressed everyone I showed it to today. I want him to do Dark Souls 3.
"Show me a YouTube Chanel to
Launch, and I will send her on her maiden voyage"
This has impressed everyone I showed it to today. I want him to do Dark Souls 3.
Fushichou187
Member
As someone with a young one in my life (a 4 year old nephew), I loved this. This is exactly the kind of thing I could put on the TV (via PS4) and he would likely be transfixed and not tell me to put on Dinosaur Train.
Also, mark my words, in a few years we'll have Sesame Street characters doing LPs on PBSkids.org.
Also, mark my words, in a few years we'll have Sesame Street characters doing LPs on PBSkids.org.
D1AMONDDOGS
Neo Member
This is actually pretty brilliant. I can definitely see this blowing up.
POWERSPHERE
Member
It's some boring girl now.
UberTag
Member
Considering the appeal towards kids of someone like PewDiePie - and the fortune he rakes in as a result - not even due to actual gaming skill, but simply by reacting and interacting in an engaging fashion, it's downright remarkable someone like Benny hasn't come along sooner. If anything, he just needs to dial back his hours to earlier in the night.
Fushichou187
Member
I suspect that the reason we haven't seen something like this pop up in the educational games sphere might be due to the idea that the player needs to play the game for themselves in order for the lesson being taught to take root, as opposed to essentially having a muppet do it for you. Personally I think there's a halfway point here that's being neglected. I think you can have both.
GamingOblivion
Banned
You must be new. Bennyfits is hosting another streamer.
OniBarubary
Banned
It seems silly to say this, but there's just something very natural about the way he interacts with chat and plays. Whoever is doing the stream is very good at coming up with clever things, in character, on the spot and manages to keep everything very PG while still interacting with an R-rated and relatively unmodded chat.
While I think it's certainly possible it's two people, it may actually be one; if he's using only a mouse with additional side buttons for his abilities he could play one-handed and still manipulate the puppet with his other hand. It would also explain both the higher level he plays at so he's less likely to wipe and how sometimes he is very loose with his targeting and clicks like when he sells items and misses them occasionally.
While I think it's certainly possible it's two people, it may actually be one; if he's using only a mouse with additional side buttons for his abilities he could play one-handed and still manipulate the puppet with his other hand. It would also explain both the higher level he plays at so he's less likely to wipe and how sometimes he is very loose with his targeting and clicks like when he sells items and misses them occasionally.
It's true, it's very possible a Razer Naga (or something similar) is involved.
OverturePT
Member
That's actually pretty cool.
Never played ... Can it be played with just one hand ?
I wonder if this game breaks the "just one guy multitasking" theory
bigboss370
Member
he's not the first to have done this is he?
He's playing really badly, I hope it's because one hand.
Crash Station
Member
He's not, and some lesser-known people that did it are PISSED.
Krappadizzle
Member
Seems a silly thing to be PISSED about.,
He is not, but he is probably the first to do it REALLY good
