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Game Grumps (aka Egoraptor plays some games)
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Jawmuncher
Member
I like seeing arin play so bad. Just reminds me I'm not the only one who can have trouble with Nintendo games sometimes.
I honestly kind of wonder if the quality would be more consistent if they swapped out Arin's co-host annually.
But I don't think Dan would have as big a fanbase to fall back on as Jon does, plus they still occasionally have a hilarious playthrough.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I absolutely loved the Art Academy Grumpcade today. Seeing Ross and Barry lose it was amazing.
You'd think that after this long he'd have cottoned onto the fact that reading the tutorials instead of skimming them isn't a bad thing. I get that he thinks it kills the pacing of the episodes, but constantly having sections where the audience is screaming at the TV because he's confused about something that was in a tutorial box he didn't read isn't exactly doing wonders for the pacing either.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Art Academy is amazing so far. Their first 3DS game and it's off to a great start.
I think they should have put the second screen to the right instead though. Most games don't really need them stacked.
I think they should have put the second screen to the right instead though. Most games don't really need them stacked.
Don't bring Dan into this! He's awesome and the main reason to watch Grumps right now.
Arin sucks either way.
I played Galaxy while chatting to my friend on Thursday and even checked on her Minecraft dyring a boss fight and I didn't suck as much as Arin does.
Glitchesarecool
Member
I would have to think by now that Dan has a strong following. Could probably do his own gaming channel if he wanted to take a break from all the music.
Last_colossi
Member
Ummm, I don't know about you guys but I don't watch game grumps for their amazing gaming skills, I love the show because it's basically a podcast with gameplay and I find their conversations interesting and very entertaining.
If I wanted to see someone be incredible at a game I'd go watch a speed runner on twitch or something.
Arin isn't BAD at games, he's actually better than me at bloodborne and watching their playthrough has really helped me out at a lot in my own playthrough.
If I wanted to see someone be incredible at a game I'd go watch a speed runner on twitch or something.
Arin isn't BAD at games, he's actually better than me at bloodborne and watching their playthrough has really helped me out at a lot in my own playthrough.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
I remember Arin talking lots of shit about Mario Galaxy in the past. And of course it turns out he's terrible at it. lol
Box of Bunnies
Banned
There's a lot of middle ground between "frustratingly terrible" and "awesome speedrunner."
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
You realize there's something between how Arin plays and speed runners right? Like dying 4 times in the first level of a mario game doesn't prove that the only person possibly better than that is a speedrunner... I always love how defensive people get in this thread and the crazy rationalizations people use to prove that Arin is good at games. There's a difference between annoying bad and funny bad that people don't seem to understand either.
Ehhhhhhh, who are you swapping for though? People outside of the group? Because Arin + Ross is just mindnumbingly painful for me and many times Barry is just too quiet or it's just awkward humor (Maybe it's just because I don't like the videos with him and Suzy as a pairing). Most of the pairings aren't as good with Arin besides Danny so I think it would make it worse to swtich with someone else.
PS: <3 Danny for pointing out he should have done this chalice like 50 levels ago.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Watching Arin die in the very first levels of Mario Galaxy is like... he needs to go on like some 'gamer re-education course' or some shit. That or get Dan to play more 3D games rather than let him avoid them and never get any better and honestly have no purpose on this gaming show he's, I'm a bit concerned, losing interest in.
Arin also needs to have a huge "oh this is why you read things/tutorials" breakdown before he ever actually improves. Its funny the first few times, but years later its like "motherfucker, being a thicko illiterate ADD fuck is not endearing". Homeschooleds, man. That "i don't need to learn!!" mantra is hard to shake but if you dont by your 30's seems youre doomed.
Arin also needs to have a huge "oh this is why you read things/tutorials" breakdown before he ever actually improves. Its funny the first few times, but years later its like "motherfucker, being a thicko illiterate ADD fuck is not endearing". Homeschooleds, man. That "i don't need to learn!!" mantra is hard to shake but if you dont by your 30's seems youre doomed.
Spring-Loaded
Member
It's now more clear than ever that Arin conspired to have Jon axed because he was jealous of his game skill.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
I'm not sure I can watch the show for like a month or whatever due to the absolute shitshow the Bloodborne finale was.
Having to yank other Youtubers captured footage and commentate uselessly over the top feels like some sort of final straw for how shit Arin has become. Whats even the point anymore? Why even bother?
Having to yank other Youtubers captured footage and commentate uselessly over the top feels like some sort of final straw for how shit Arin has become. Whats even the point anymore? Why even bother?
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Eh, I don't blame him. If anything I'm sure that Arin might've compensated them in some way.(I think he started commissioning those little art pieces he uploads because animators were going to lose alot of revenue with the youtube changes a while ago.). Who knows though, I doubt he would've just ripped this people stuff without permission. That and Danny kinda pushed him to look at the true ending and the submit your life ending.
KojiKnight
Member
I never stop being amazed by people watching game grumps for good game playing. It's been 3 years, if you haven't figured out what Game grumps is and is supposed to be by now, you really don't have any right to complain.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Wait, what? I stopped because they were further than I was in the game but he literally didn't best it but instead talked over some other video of someone beating it? Holy shit
I never stop being amazed by people who can't read. It's been 3 years, if you still can't spend the time to read a post before commenting, you really don't have any right to complain.
Wow, the Pokemon Art Academy playthrough is pretty freaking funny. Barry and Ross actually play pretty well together.
Yeah, so
Why am I spoiling a stupid internet video? I dunno. Better safe than sorry.
Yeah, so
Arin fought the final boss, but didn't use the three items that he needed to use to get the "good" ending. (He just assumed that he had to have them in his inventory.) When he finished the ending, it immediately threw him into New Game+, so he couldn't go back and get the good ending. (Which seems silly to me, but whatever.) So he and Danny looked up the other two endings on YouTube and commented over them.
Why am I spoiling a stupid internet video? I dunno. Better safe than sorry.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
They're actually good on recent stream train. I missed Danny doing it with ross because I loved the point and click games.
Ah, forgot you can't replay because of new game plus. I thought he just literally couldn't beat it and gave up
Uno Venova
Banned
I don't even have the tab on the GG video, I just listen to the commentary, if Arin's play has bothered people and it's been the same for years why do people watch?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Read the thread? It's literally been discussed on this page FFS.
Uno Venova
Banned
There aren't that many posts that I can see about why people find Arin infuriating to watch play games, but still tune in.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Theres erroneously watching Arin for "good gameplay" and then theres the level at which he's failing the show by putting in the lowest amount of effort or thought possible. When that reaches the point where he has to use footage from other Youtubers when he coulda brought in his home PS4 and save for the rematch...
But, fuck it right? Just roll footage, who cares. At that point why even have Arin play the games at all.
But, fuck it right? Just roll footage, who cares. At that point why even have Arin play the games at all.
CaptainTiptop
Member
It's a comedy show, not a serious let's play channel. Jesus.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
:lol Still love the outage against imaginary arguments. So good.gif
Glitchesarecool
Member
I'm just getting to the point where I don't like Arin period. Three years is too long for him, he's rehashed the fuck out of jokes time and time again and can't seem to find new material.
Like I compare them to SBF and while that group has their tried tones as well, there's just something more in depth there. For example, their Ride to Hell playthrough has been incredible because it's breaking into Matt's background as a QA tester while showing some absolutely insane shit. I don't know, there's just some quality there that Grumps generally lacks, and I can't exactly put my finger on it.
Like I compare them to SBF and while that group has their tried tones as well, there's just something more in depth there. For example, their Ride to Hell playthrough has been incredible because it's breaking into Matt's background as a QA tester while showing some absolutely insane shit. I don't know, there's just some quality there that Grumps generally lacks, and I can't exactly put my finger on it.
He's just an arm chair game designer and anything that doesn't fit his "natural tutorials" idea is automatically bad.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
I still love you Arin. ❤️
Gunstarheroes
Member
Did you even read the last page? He beat the game.
OricWindstar
Member
I don't understand the hatred with the Bloodborne ending. It's not like they faked it and pretended it was his gameplay. I thought they made a pretty funny joke out of it and even poked fun at Arin messing up on Grumps.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Yall are dumb if you get bothered by people not being good at a game. Who gives a fuck if someone isn't good at the game. I just busted out laughing because they started singing Blind Melon after they got the bee suit. I am glad I am having a much better time than you guys.
And it's not even that "there's a big difference between a speed runner and Arin." These exact same comments show up on basically every single stream of every game for everyone. You people just cannot STAND IT because HEY they're DOING THING WRONG. Chill.
And it's not even that "there's a big difference between a speed runner and Arin." These exact same comments show up on basically every single stream of every game for everyone. You people just cannot STAND IT because HEY they're DOING THING WRONG. Chill.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Are people actually upset at them looking at the endings online?
As Dan said in that episode, it was a very Game Grumps appropriate ending.
Why are you guys complaining about it but continue to watch? What are you, masochists? And you don't watch GG for pro-level gameplay. You watch it for the comedic interactions between Arin and Dan.
I love it when they impersonate Mario and start saying crazy stuff. It's absolutely hilarious!
I love it when they impersonate Mario and start saying crazy stuff. It's absolutely hilarious!
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
I started watching Shattered Memories. Shit's fun.
RuinerPrime
Member
It's always so serious in this thread. I've been watching for about 2 years now and never had a reason to rage over something like this(free entertainment)
BreezyLimbo
Banned
The only thing that makes me uneasy, is the charity stream. I mean, I guess his mom runs a...haven for horses, but it's just so nepotistic.
Even the GG subreddit is less entitled than the people in this thread, which is saying a lot.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Feel the same way.
Love the channel and most video are hilarious or at least entertaining and its just the thing I watch before bed every day.
3 eps of GG and sleep.
CaptainTiptop
Member
Still love you getting salty every time Arin doesn't play the exact way you want him to. sogood.gif
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Watching Shattered Memories, I kinda wish they openly used walkthroughs more. There's just less time spent trying to progress.
I've been watching the Game Grumps charity stream off and on most of the night, it started pretty rough but they found a groove, and they've been answering a lot of questions about possible future series and stuff.
Arin and Ross mentioned wanting to return to DKC3, Danny (who unfortunately was not present because he and Ninja Brian have been signing Ninja Sex Party albums for the last week and a half) has been practicing for more Punch Out. Arin mentioned that he and Markiplier are trying to get time to set aside and get some more episodes in Brutal Mario recorded. Arin also said that now that they have their streaming set up and graphics established, he'd like to stream his new game plus gameplay for Bloodborne, and possibly a stream of him trying to get to A+ in Splatoon ranked (He and Barry mentioned how frustrated they get trying to rank up and dealing with poor team match ups.) Ross also mentioned that they still want to do the Amazing World stream.
They also talked about having a four person Grumpcade with Ross, Barry, Arin, and ProJared where they do a couple episodes of Kingdom Hearts, specifically because ProJared lost like 6,000 subscribers almost instantly after mentioning in a video that he didn't like the game. This was at the end of the stream at like 3:30 in the morning after they'd been going for 10 hours straight, so they may have been a little loopy and not totally serious.
They mentioned that a lot of games they start get dropped if they aren't getting an unspecified average of views. Ross mentioned that the Finding Teddy 2 episodes he did with Barry would take over 4 days to hit 100,000 views, so they stopped it to make room for other games (which they both said worked out for the best because they said Pokemon Art Academy is one of their favorite games they've played together).
Ross said games like Finding Teddy 2 will likely not come back, particularly because the people who do watch and enjoy this episodes, mostly do because of the commentary and not the game itself, and that series in particular was mostly Ross and Barry telling stories, which they could do in any series. But there have been cases where they start a series and it underperforms but they enjoy playing the games so much that they decide to come back to them anyway. I can't recall the examples they gave of those, though...
It was pretty interesting to hear them talk about some of the process for them, things they're working on, and such, even if some of the answers were a given.
Also, The Odd Gentleman sent them a bunch of Sierra shirts to give away on the stream, (they also gave away signed merchandise and Microsoft gave them a White Sunset Overdrive Xbox One bundle to giveaway at the very end), so it seems like they're very aware of Ross and Danny's King's Quest series, and encouraging them to play the new game. I figured they were going to do it anyway, but it made me more excited for it.
Notch gave them a $3,000 donation near the end, and there was talk about a possibly Grumpcade/Guest Grumps episode with him.
I think in total they raised a little over $100,000. And for those who didn't know, it was for the Healing Horse animal rehabilitation center that Arin's mom runs. Barry was a total boss, at the $40,000 mark he Arin and Ross has a race to 50 push ups. Barry won, while Arin was at like 32. Arin powered through and finished his 50 and popped a blood vessel in his eye right at the end. And Ross made it to 32 before he stopped, despite a back and forth he was having with a donor about being ripped and taking each other down. And then at the $50,000 mark, Barry shaved his beard.
It was a decent stream, it'll be interesting to see what they do with their twitch in the future now, if anything. And it was kind of cool to see them playing games without being completely "on" for the audience, more casual.
Arin and Ross mentioned wanting to return to DKC3, Danny (who unfortunately was not present because he and Ninja Brian have been signing Ninja Sex Party albums for the last week and a half) has been practicing for more Punch Out. Arin mentioned that he and Markiplier are trying to get time to set aside and get some more episodes in Brutal Mario recorded. Arin also said that now that they have their streaming set up and graphics established, he'd like to stream his new game plus gameplay for Bloodborne, and possibly a stream of him trying to get to A+ in Splatoon ranked (He and Barry mentioned how frustrated they get trying to rank up and dealing with poor team match ups.) Ross also mentioned that they still want to do the Amazing World stream.
They also talked about having a four person Grumpcade with Ross, Barry, Arin, and ProJared where they do a couple episodes of Kingdom Hearts, specifically because ProJared lost like 6,000 subscribers almost instantly after mentioning in a video that he didn't like the game. This was at the end of the stream at like 3:30 in the morning after they'd been going for 10 hours straight, so they may have been a little loopy and not totally serious.
They mentioned that a lot of games they start get dropped if they aren't getting an unspecified average of views. Ross mentioned that the Finding Teddy 2 episodes he did with Barry would take over 4 days to hit 100,000 views, so they stopped it to make room for other games (which they both said worked out for the best because they said Pokemon Art Academy is one of their favorite games they've played together).
Ross said games like Finding Teddy 2 will likely not come back, particularly because the people who do watch and enjoy this episodes, mostly do because of the commentary and not the game itself, and that series in particular was mostly Ross and Barry telling stories, which they could do in any series. But there have been cases where they start a series and it underperforms but they enjoy playing the games so much that they decide to come back to them anyway. I can't recall the examples they gave of those, though...
It was pretty interesting to hear them talk about some of the process for them, things they're working on, and such, even if some of the answers were a given.
Also, The Odd Gentleman sent them a bunch of Sierra shirts to give away on the stream, (they also gave away signed merchandise and Microsoft gave them a White Sunset Overdrive Xbox One bundle to giveaway at the very end), so it seems like they're very aware of Ross and Danny's King's Quest series, and encouraging them to play the new game. I figured they were going to do it anyway, but it made me more excited for it.
Notch gave them a $3,000 donation near the end, and there was talk about a possibly Grumpcade/Guest Grumps episode with him.
I think in total they raised a little over $100,000. And for those who didn't know, it was for the Healing Horse animal rehabilitation center that Arin's mom runs. Barry was a total boss, at the $40,000 mark he Arin and Ross has a race to 50 push ups. Barry won, while Arin was at like 32. Arin powered through and finished his 50 and popped a blood vessel in his eye right at the end. And Ross made it to 32 before he stopped, despite a back and forth he was having with a donor about being ripped and taking each other down. And then at the $50,000 mark, Barry shaved his beard.
It was a decent stream, it'll be interesting to see what they do with their twitch in the future now, if anything. And it was kind of cool to see them playing games without being completely "on" for the audience, more casual.
Glitchesarecool
Member
All these posts about the whole "don't watch it if you don't like it" mentality, you do realize that criticism is a good thing to offer up? Sometimes a critic is a very passionate fan? To just hand wave it away as bellyaching, to tell a person to go find another channel, is damn near insulting.
I keep coming back to the grumps because they are generally very interesting people and sometimes have amazing moments. The Art Academy videos are set up to be golden. But sometimes you just have to vent about something they did, and that's ok. There wouldn't be a community without some venting.
I keep coming back to the grumps because they are generally very interesting people and sometimes have amazing moments. The Art Academy videos are set up to be golden. But sometimes you just have to vent about something they did, and that's ok. There wouldn't be a community without some venting.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
I think the sentiment is more "At this point, why are you still complaining?" Like, it's been years. They're doing their thing their way, and I doubt years into it they're going to change because a small subset of their fanbase is still upset. I take it more as "Get over it."