Sunset Samurai
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Name a favorite youtube channel of yours that recently went to shit
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Who's that? I recognize him
I can think of several things wrong with this suggestion.
I mean, we already got the Smash Bros. announcer to quote several GAF posts; I'd love to see that expanded upon.
CrunchyFrog
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I've just noticed on a handful of channels that there's no option to sort the uploaded videos list by # of views, but sub-groups and playlists have the option. Is this a recent thing? I get it, though it's annoying when I'm trying to figure out if a channel is worth subbing or not. I'd rather demo some of the objectively better/interesting stuff without having to manually sift through a couple dozen.
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
Man I subbed to him because of your mention. He's a beast at DS3 PvP!
BKatastrophe
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Of this, I did not know
NinjaCoachZ
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On the once-in-a-blue-moon occasions they've actually updated in the past six years, they're still gold.
I'm really happy for The Brothers Chaps having achieved success with mainstream cartoons, but I really, really miss Homestar. Ah well. Had an amazing run.
SchrodingerC
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foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Game grumps did infact have a lul and I stopped watching for atleast like a year or so but they have mostly been back on track now.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I agree their best LPs have been when they're playing games they love from years past, especially when its japanese games which they all admit they gravitate more to.
But alot of the time its sometimes the one offs that really sell it, like the creepy japanese bullshit series with matt and liam, two guys who clearly watch their fair share of hentai haha.
Rexatality
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Rooster Teeth. Used to like their craft and Red vs Blue. Not so much anymore
BKatastrophe
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Beautiful
Sleight of Jam
Banned
Angryjoe - he's just milking reaction videos now and then complaining he doesn't have time to make Angry reviews.
Gradeaundera - as someone else mentioned he just does boring rants about YouTube now.
Game Theory - Sold out big time and neglects his original content.
Gradeaundera - as someone else mentioned he just does boring rants about YouTube now.
Game Theory - Sold out big time and neglects his original content.
BKatastrophe
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Say what now?
Him being unfunny often and having misinformation ruined him.
This makes me sad as I used to watch and enjoy his content so much back then...now I wonder what happened to him!!!
TheGamingBox
Banned
who is that?
He did lots of game and movie reviews back in the day, now he really doesn't do them anymore, definitely not often! He was also on thatguywiththeglasses.com.
TheGamingBox
Banned
what is his name?
Oh man he's eating shit now?
Spoony/Noah Antwiler.
YesManKablaam
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Haven't seen it mentioned in this thread yet, but a couple years back I really enjoyed AuzzieGamer. Really fun playthroughs of Splinter Cell Conviction, Hitman Blood Money and some good montages of Assassins Creed multiplayer brought many laughs. He went dark for about two years then popped back up but.... I'm not feeling it.
Maybe it's that large passing of time but his stuff just feels a little crass to me now, just doesn't hit the same comedy nerves it used to. Plus there's an inconsistency to content updates; the Hitman Absolution playthrough is still unfinished, Metal Gear Solid V was a complete non-starter and his new Hitman material just isn't as enjoyable to watch as before. Maybe it's just me.
On the note of TheSw1tcher, I still regularly tune in but the LP's rarely keep my attention. It's reached that point of content saturation where I can't think of games I'd like to watch and hear others commentate. I'm always down for Fisticuffs though, and wish they did more of those weekly specials, even if they can be hit or miss. I still go back and watch THE FIGHTING time and again.
Maybe it's that large passing of time but his stuff just feels a little crass to me now, just doesn't hit the same comedy nerves it used to. Plus there's an inconsistency to content updates; the Hitman Absolution playthrough is still unfinished, Metal Gear Solid V was a complete non-starter and his new Hitman material just isn't as enjoyable to watch as before. Maybe it's just me.
On the note of TheSw1tcher, I still regularly tune in but the LP's rarely keep my attention. It's reached that point of content saturation where I can't think of games I'd like to watch and hear others commentate. I'm always down for Fisticuffs though, and wish they did more of those weekly specials, even if they can be hit or miss. I still go back and watch THE FIGHTING time and again.
I probably outgrew Yahtzee's humour rather than him going to shit, but I think a real turning point for me was the Bayonetta 2 review. I don't think he made a single point about the game, just jokes. It solidified for me that while he was still funny, he had clearly long abandoned video game criticism.
Plus I resent his South Park-esque "the truth is always in the middle and caring makes you suck" approach.
Plus I resent his South Park-esque "the truth is always in the middle and caring makes you suck" approach.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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Fitness/bodybuilding channelss:-
The Hodge twins have become lazy as fuck and don't even seem interested in working out anyymore.
Plus their fast food challenges are disgusting.
The whole POG/pumpchasers thing kinda put me off Chris Jones.
Rich piana just seems like a sad lonely old dude now.
CT fletcher seems like his body has had enough. And he needs to stop pressuring his son because he clearly isn't about that hardcore fitness life.
The juggernaut fitness drama is entertainingg, but that might be the biggest YouTube self-destruction I've ever seen.
At least kail muscle is entertaining, but I'm convinced he has a intern who does all his gaming for him.
The Hodge twins have become lazy as fuck and don't even seem interested in working out anyymore.
Plus their fast food challenges are disgusting.
The whole POG/pumpchasers thing kinda put me off Chris Jones.
Rich piana just seems like a sad lonely old dude now.
CT fletcher seems like his body has had enough. And he needs to stop pressuring his son because he clearly isn't about that hardcore fitness life.
The juggernaut fitness drama is entertainingg, but that might be the biggest YouTube self-destruction I've ever seen.
At least kail muscle is entertaining, but I'm convinced he has a intern who does all his gaming for him.
Oh yeah, Spoony/Noah Antwiler like the other guy said.
BKatastrophe
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What the fuuuuuuuuck
All those things are the best.
Your taste can be described as very poor
Matt is kind of the worst
Frankenstrat
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GradeAUnderA. I really, really do not give a shit about any of the youtube drama shit he does now beyond wishing he would talk about something else. Same with H3H3.
NinjaCoachZ
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I didn't care for their last couple of videos but I can forgive their phoned-in nature considering they're presumably at work on Version 4.1.
Pretty much this, I wish I never watched his other channel. It's just him making a dickhead out of himself with a lot of unfunny """""""ironic"""""""" pandering.
SBFP is fine for me but I find it funny what two small problems I have with them: Liam is incredibly knowledgeable but he gets grating as fuck when he's on a game he knows a lot about.
Pat's generally funny but he likes to pretend he always knows what he's talking about which is annoying as hell.
True, but I don't really feel the quality declined and I like the new type of boxes he goes for instead of those damned lootcrates. But I agree he sticks to the formula. I do think it is partially because he is making another film and because he recently wrote a book.
Also, his new channel Barshens has been quite creative thus far. The more recent vids are noticably better than the early ones and there have been some funny concepts.
Unspoken90
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I like SBFP, but Matt can easily turn me off from a LP if he isn't into the game. Woolie, Pat, and Liam at least try to make bad games entertaining through their commentary, but if Matt doesn't like a game he comes off bored and annoyed which in turn makes me bored and annoyed watching it. He was the worst part of the David Cage LP's.
I do like his streams and enjoy his solo videos though.
I do like his streams and enjoy his solo videos though.
Nostalgia Critic went way overboard with the skits and it makes most of his reviews really tough to watch now. It's even seeped into his editorial stuff a bit which is usually still pretty good.
Screwattack and Machinima stopped being good years ago. Machinima is basically a dying husk and Screwattack lives off of death battle.
I stopped watching Game Grumps after Jon left, although tbh it was getting a bit stale even before he went.
SBFP is still great, however I'm far more selective with the LP's nowadays. I often find myself gravitating toward the far superior podcast instead, although they still do great LP's. Eyes of Heaven is pretty fun just to hear Pat and Woolie geek out about JoJo for half an hour every few days, and I just finished their older Silent Hill 2 playthrough, which I thought was quite good.
Watching them for so long though, there are aspects of all 4 of them I found grating after awhile. Matt can get overly defensive and runs jokes into the ground, Pat bitches about the stupidest things and acts like he knows everything, Liam can be way too smug, and Woolie can get somewhat obnoxious.
Screwattack and Machinima stopped being good years ago. Machinima is basically a dying husk and Screwattack lives off of death battle.
I stopped watching Game Grumps after Jon left, although tbh it was getting a bit stale even before he went.
SBFP is still great, however I'm far more selective with the LP's nowadays. I often find myself gravitating toward the far superior podcast instead, although they still do great LP's. Eyes of Heaven is pretty fun just to hear Pat and Woolie geek out about JoJo for half an hour every few days, and I just finished their older Silent Hill 2 playthrough, which I thought was quite good.
Watching them for so long though, there are aspects of all 4 of them I found grating after awhile. Matt can get overly defensive and runs jokes into the ground, Pat bitches about the stupidest things and acts like he knows everything, Liam can be way too smug, and Woolie can get somewhat obnoxious.
Robot Pants
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Cross Counter when SF5 released. Heyoooooo
Ravensmash
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I'm not liking the frequency of the shorter videos, but the Poundland stuff is still a highlight for me.
That being said, the guy seems pretty down to earth in comparison to most big youtubers, so I wonder if it's more a case of him having a lot of stuff going on at the moment (new film etc.)
Ashens for life.
Edit: I don't like the new schedule for nerdcubed.
Too much of a reliance on his playthrough videos.
Lucky Seven
Banned
I would've said Rebeltaxi, but he's done an 180 over the past year and he's not as cancerous as he was turning out to be. Was real close to not watching, I tend to keep my subscriptions very small.
Two Best Friends/TheSw1tcher.
They've grown obsessed with MRA-esque mantras lately ie: saying cuck and other super weird things unironically every other video. Before that their YT audience has been pretty shit since TWD Season 2 when all the Kenny fans/mras came out of the woodwork and got super pissed with them for not liking the guy. I didn't have an issue with any one of them individually. My issue is their seeming embrace of alt-right bs.
Red Letter Media.
Similar to TBF but they've dived in even harder on alt-right mantras/ideals than TBF have. Not to mention they have, for quite a long time, been fairly transphobic. And the over reliance on rape "jokes" as of late is also quite grating. They've changed so damn much the past yearish and the quality is just....not that great anyway. I used to love their stuff but it's all such an incredibly huge turnoff now.
They've grown obsessed with MRA-esque mantras lately ie: saying cuck and other super weird things unironically every other video. Before that their YT audience has been pretty shit since TWD Season 2 when all the Kenny fans/mras came out of the woodwork and got super pissed with them for not liking the guy. I didn't have an issue with any one of them individually. My issue is their seeming embrace of alt-right bs.
Red Letter Media.
Similar to TBF but they've dived in even harder on alt-right mantras/ideals than TBF have. Not to mention they have, for quite a long time, been fairly transphobic. And the over reliance on rape "jokes" as of late is also quite grating. They've changed so damn much the past yearish and the quality is just....not that great anyway. I used to love their stuff but it's all such an incredibly huge turnoff now.
TBFP/SBFP 
man, the husband and I watched them religiously for years, and now the only thing we're looking forward to is Shitstorm... If they do it. And depending on who plays.
Honestly, Liam drives us both up the wall, and Woolie can really come off like a dick. Pat's angry schtick is still funny, but eh. Matt's still funny.
Mostly, we just go back and watch old Matt/Pat LPs and Machinima episodes than any of the new stuff.
man, the husband and I watched them religiously for years, and now the only thing we're looking forward to is Shitstorm... If they do it. And depending on who plays.Honestly, Liam drives us both up the wall, and Woolie can really come off like a dick. Pat's angry schtick is still funny, but eh. Matt's still funny.
Mostly, we just go back and watch old Matt/Pat LPs and Machinima episodes than any of the new stuff.
Seriously? That's a thing? I haven't watched his content recently. .....Well, adding another to my list of: "channels turned to shit because of the alt-right".
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Jim Sterling? Maybe I've outgrown his style but his "Fuck AAA" and "Fuck Greenlight" and all the videos he does about random early access shit grew tiresome.
PBG, Completionist, Game Theory, Jontron all sold out a long time ago.
H3H3 and GradeUnderA... were never that good in the first place.
ReviewtechUSA was also never that good but has somehow gotten worse.
SBFP is still good but their content grew overwhelming.
Brainscratchcomms were a favorite of mine but Ryan comes across as an opinionated manbaby, Ted is annoying, but Johnny and Lewis are still cool. Some of their guests can be aweful at times. They brought in this girl that turned out to have some major issues. Made hearing their stuff awful for a while. Feel bad for her though.
I feel bad for Doug Walker considering that his entire business is collapsing. He's a terrible writer and reviewer but I still respect him for turning out content every week.
PBG, Completionist, Game Theory, Jontron all sold out a long time ago.
H3H3 and GradeUnderA... were never that good in the first place.
ReviewtechUSA was also never that good but has somehow gotten worse.
SBFP is still good but their content grew overwhelming.
Brainscratchcomms were a favorite of mine but Ryan comes across as an opinionated manbaby, Ted is annoying, but Johnny and Lewis are still cool. Some of their guests can be aweful at times. They brought in this girl that turned out to have some major issues. Made hearing their stuff awful for a while. Feel bad for her though.
I feel bad for Doug Walker considering that his entire business is collapsing. He's a terrible writer and reviewer but I still respect him for turning out content every week.
I'll never forget ReviewtechUSA and how awful his 'Transgender character in Assassin's Creed' video was. The way he claimed he wasn't transphobic or homophobic (as if those two terms and interchangeable), and then proceeded to go on a 10min rant about how including Transgender characters in video games was pandering and forcing identities upon a character that didn't fit the narrative. Argh the double standards in the video got me so riled up - fuck that guy.
Christopher
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How are more people not saying h3h3 it clearly went to shit as he became bigger.
They've improved. But yeah, slow going with them sometimes.
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