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The Spoony Experiment

Orin GA said:
Honestly, if TGWTG were The Beatles, Spoony would be John Lennon. He's that good.

What really pisses me off is the alleged reason he got fired. Before you say anything, no, it's not because Obscurus Lupa can't tell the difference between rape and domination. (Of course, this sad fact opens up a whole new set of questions about hers and Phelous' sex life which I'm not even qualified to answer, other than to say that it must be sadly vanilla.)
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WHAT THE FUCK, dude!?

What you wrote is disgusting!
 
LiK said:
Joe has responded, hehe.

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If Joe on your side/sticking up for you, then you should know that you are on the wrong side and doing something completely wrong.

Orin GA said:
http://austincovello.blogspot.com/2012/06/spoony-getting-fired-from-tgwtg-my.html

Spoony getting fired from TGWTG, my thoughts.
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No,just no.
 
Orin GA said:
http://austincovello.blogspot.com/2012/06/spoony-getting-fired-from-tgwtg-my.html

Spoony getting fired from TGWTG, my thoughts.

I noticed the signs a while ago. I tried to deny it. I told myself, "It was just a phase, some growing pains. This is just a transitional period. Things will get better." Then the unthinkable happened. The line was crossed, and I lost all respect... because I had to admit, thatguywiththeglasses.com was a mere shell of what it had been in days past. It proved that by firing Spoony.

You know, I began getting a bit nervous when I saw their shiny, brand-new ads: chrstianmingle.com, "Jesus Loves You," and the like all over the site. I thought, "Well, now we know why The Amazing Atheist got fired!" But I took that in stride; even in the youtube atheist community, TJ is a controversial figure. (Honestly, I never know what to make of the guy.) Honestly, Spoony getting fired is a symptom of the problem, not the problem itself. And before you say anything, Spoony isn't the problem.

First of all, I want to say this: During the past year, Spoony is the only TGWTG contributor who managed to make me laugh out loud, both in the few and far-between times he made an official episode, AND in his vlog reviews. Not to mention that I thought his tweets were hilarious. Honestly, if TGWTG were The Beatles, Spoony would be John Lennon. He's that good.

What really pisses me off is the alleged reason he got fired. Before you say anything, no, it's not because Obscurus Lupa can't tell the difference between rape and domination. (Of course, this sad fact opens up a whole new set of questions about hers and Phelous' sex life which I'm not even qualified to answer, other than to say that it must be sadly vanilla.) No, he got fired because TGWTG did what every candy-ass Hollywood insider has done since the beginning of time: played it safe and kowtowed to the fans.

One thing you need to know about Spoony: he's a troll and an evil clown. His review of Final Fantasy 8? A masterpiece of flamebait. Even Encyclopedia Dramatica paid him respect, once upon a time. Can you picture a guy like that kissing fanboy ass?

Yeah, neither could I. So it's no surprise to me that the guy, every so often, busts his fans and his haters' collective chops. Hell, he's was doing it LONG before the giant breakup with Scarlett, and he'll be doing it when he gets a new girlfriend. So these past few days, he's been busting everyone's balls, just like he always does. Spoony hasn't changed. The only people who HAVE changed are the folks running TGWTG. And, of course, the other jerks who interact with him and claim to be his fans. The guy went through a life-change, shit hit the fan, and a bunch of COMPLETE STRANGERS tried to offer him pity. Now, I don't know about Spoony, but if some random assholes tried to offer me pity and sanctimonious platitudes, my reaction would be, "FUCK PITY!" And I'd go off on them, like he did.

Of course, nobody likes it when you refuse their pity, since it makes them think that you probably don't need them to straighten yourself out, even assuming you needed it to begin with. So the fanboys went sniveling to TGWTG because Spoony... did what he always does. The only difference is that TGWTG actually LISTENED to them! And so he was suspended, and eventually fired.

IOW, instead of standing by their best reviewer, TGWTG bowed to HATEMAIL! (Oh, and don't even think for a second that the Jesus-freaks who sponsor the site weren't involved. Spoony calls out D&D hate and misconception all the time. Chances are, Counter-Monkey has as much to do with Spoony getting fired as the twitter drama does.)


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Orin GA said:
Just for clarification guys.....that is not me....Jesus tap dancing christ....
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Sorry, I wasn't aware we were meant to be psychic. You offered up the blog with no comment, or indeed anything to hint that the thoughts weren't your own.

Stick it in quotation marks and tell us what you think, and everything will be fine.
 
LSauchelli said:
He makes me laugh so it's OK? It happened on twitter so it doesn't matter? What? Still, didn't all the involved parties state that that wasn't the reason? Or at least wasn't the *only* reason?
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Not only "it happened on Twitter, so it doesn't matter," but also "it's his Twitter and he can say whatever he wants on it." People have a bizarre idea that freedom of speech equals freedom of consequence from your speech. Edit: Other than being jailed and the like, of course. You know what I mean. I hope.

There was a statement from someone at ThatGuy that the separation of ThatGuy and Spoony had nothing to do with any of the mess going on with the video producers. This whole situation is such a mess that there's no way to make sense of most of it.
 
Duly noted for next time....tho If I were to say something I wouldn't give a link to my blog, I'd just post it here.
 
Totobeni said:
If Joe on your side/sticking up for you, then you should know that you are on the wrong side and doing something completely wrong.
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Why? Joe's right. Using a podcast to publically spew bile about someone, without giving them a chance of rebuttal or being in full posession of the facts, is not cool. In fact, I personally find it to be decidedly less cool than any poor taste joke could ever be.
 
Vice said:
I hope this somehow brings an end to TGWTG's obsession with crossovers and storylines.
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Sadly, I don't think that'll be the case. I see it as a crutch, so if a particular person needs to use it, they'll use it.

I'm fine with recurring jokes. Or a "character" used as a 2-second quip and then goes away. But I DON'T want 10+ minute "skits" that have fuck all to do with the review. Or gimmick reviews where the person is "in character" and makes an annoying voice through the entire video. Crossovers don't make me close the window as much as shitty skit/"character" reviews, but they're ultimately useless. It always devolves into the two just alternating lines, there's really no reason to have two people do a one-man job.
 
I just checked spoonys page for video game / movie related content while ignoring everything else so I was blissfully unaware of this drama.

Honestly as long as he keeps pushing decent content I don't care.

Gotta say, crossovers, story lines and those abominations they released yearly suck balls.
 
Cow Mengde said:
You do realize Nostalgia Critic IS a character and not Doug Walker right?
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Yes, I know that. I should've emphasized the "gimmick" part.

I'm talking about the one-off reviews where they have a new "character" and have the entire vid like that. Good example was NC's awful Transformers cartoon review.
 
Tweets earlier said Spoony's going back to the 'dungeon' to make more videos.

That and apparently wants to hang out with Pat the NES punk
 
Orin GA said:
EDIT: NOT ME, DO NOT TAKE ME OFF YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST

http://austincovello.blogspot.com/2012/06/spoony-getting-fired-from-tgwtg-my.html

Spoony getting fired from TGWTG, my thoughts.

I noticed the signs a while ago. I tried to deny it. I told myself, "It was just a phase, some growing pains. This is just a transitional period. Things will get better." Then the unthinkable happened. The line was crossed, and I lost all respect... because I had to admit, thatguywiththeglasses.com was a mere shell of what it had been in days past. It proved that by firing Spoony.

You know, I began getting a bit nervous when I saw their shiny, brand-new ads: chrstianmingle.com, "Jesus Loves You," and the like all over the site. I thought, "Well, now we know why The Amazing Atheist got fired!" But I took that in stride; even in the youtube atheist community, TJ is a controversial figure. (Honestly, I never know what to make of the guy.) Honestly, Spoony getting fired is a symptom of the problem, not the problem itself. And before you say anything, Spoony isn't the problem.

First of all, I want to say this: During the past year, Spoony is the only TGWTG contributor who managed to make me laugh out loud, both in the few and far-between times he made an official episode, AND in his vlog reviews. Not to mention that I thought his tweets were hilarious. Honestly, if TGWTG were The Beatles, Spoony would be John Lennon. He's that good.

What really pisses me off is the alleged reason he got fired. Before you say anything, no, it's not because Obscurus Lupa can't tell the difference between rape and domination. (Of course, this sad fact opens up a whole new set of questions about hers and Phelous' sex life which I'm not even qualified to answer, other than to say that it must be sadly vanilla.) No, he got fired because TGWTG did what every candy-ass Hollywood insider has done since the beginning of time: played it safe and kowtowed to the fans.

One thing you need to know about Spoony: he's a troll and an evil clown. His review of Final Fantasy 8? A masterpiece of flamebait. Even Encyclopedia Dramatica paid him respect, once upon a time. Can you picture a guy like that kissing fanboy ass?

Yeah, neither could I. So it's no surprise to me that the guy, every so often, busts his fans and his haters' collective chops. Hell, he's was doing it LONG before the giant breakup with Scarlett, and he'll be doing it when he gets a new girlfriend. So these past few days, he's been busting everyone's balls, just like he always does. Spoony hasn't changed. The only people who HAVE changed are the folks running TGWTG. And, of course, the other jerks who interact with him and claim to be his fans. The guy went through a life-change, shit hit the fan, and a bunch of COMPLETE STRANGERS tried to offer him pity. Now, I don't know about Spoony, but if some random assholes tried to offer me pity and sanctimonious platitudes, my reaction would be, "FUCK PITY!" And I'd go off on them, like he did.

Of course, nobody likes it when you refuse their pity, since it makes them think that you probably don't need them to straighten yourself out, even assuming you needed it to begin with. So the fanboys went sniveling to TGWTG because Spoony... did what he always does. The only difference is that TGWTG actually LISTENED to them! And so he was suspended, and eventually fired.

IOW, instead of standing by their best reviewer, TGWTG bowed to HATEMAIL! (Oh, and don't even think for a second that the Jesus-freaks who sponsor the site weren't involved. Spoony calls out D&D hate and misconception all the time. Chances are, Counter-Monkey has as much to do with Spoony getting fired as the twitter drama does.)


...............Click link for full blog.......................

EDIT: THIS IS NOT ME. "Spoony getting fired from TGWTG, my thoughts" IS WHAT THE ARTICLE STARTED WITH.
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At first I laughed

and then

I realized this was serious and I stopped laughing :|
 
I also really don't understand the hate for crossovers. I'm not saying every single one of them are amazing or anything, but I think they serve a purpose. Sometimes it's just good to get 2 different opinions at once rather than 2 different videos covering the exact same movie. Like the Tekken crossover; I don't like or dislike Film Brain, but I thought it saved me the trouble of having to watch another video because both of their views were made clear in a single video.
 
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