Forum Overview :: Ultima VI: The False Prophet
 
Damn I'm fucking up double posts today by fabio 08/10/2014, 10:47pm PDT
skip wrote:

It gets boring just bitching about stuff you hate, even on Caltrops. Then to put in the time and effort to make well-edited videos on it? I can see how they want to liven stuff up by goofing off with friends, especially if it's not paying the bills. I liked his Phantasmagoria and Ultima series (didn't watch FF8 or 10 since I didn't mind the games) and was okay with skits and long stretches of dull videos, until he got on Patreon. He's earning over 4K per month now (not even including video advertising) and most of his videos are him goofing off with Nostagia Critic and his posse or reviewing movies with his girlfriend. His videos have gotten worse since he started earning a salary.


Getting friends involved is the point of no return. What makes a good end product is not the same as what's fun to shoot, and friends will just want to goof off. It's why they always start making no other genre but horror movies, where you're supposed to overact and get to squirt fake blood everywhere. A director has to be able to tell people "no" and you can't do that with friends. Doubly so with girlfriends, quadruply so with nerds terrified at the thought of never touching a woman again if they slip up.

Nerd crowdfunding is nothing but cashing in and coasting on fan momentum by people who got in on the ground floor of one of the media generations. You have the pre-internet generation (Chris Roberts, Jane Jensen), the web 1.0 generation (Penny Arcade), and the vlogger generation (AVGN, Nostalgia Critic). All of them coasting on accomplishments that haven't been impressive for over a decade. Imagine any their work even registering if they had debuted in 2010.
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Spoony didn't like this one. I was surprised. by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/10/2014, 11:38am PDT NEW
    Can anyone watch 2 minutes of the above YouTube video? I couldn't. NT by "acting" and "comedy" 08/10/2014, 1:15pm PDT NEW
        Which browser are you using? by Brandon Flick 08/10/2014, 2:14pm PDT NEW
            Don't be an asshole, asshole NT by NA 08/10/2014, 2:25pm PDT NEW
                That was a pretty funny ATOR actually.... NT by Caltrops Standards & Practices 08/10/2014, 7:07pm PDT NEW
        Every online reviewer eventually falls prey to sketch syndrome by fabio 08/10/2014, 4:30pm PDT NEW
            It's hard to blame them. It must get tedious. by skip 08/10/2014, 7:29pm PDT NEW
                Re: It's hard to blame them. It must get tedious. by fabio me me me 08/10/2014, 10:17pm PDT NEW
                    Damn I'm fucking up double posts today by fabio 08/10/2014, 10:47pm PDT NEW
        He has angry video game reviewer syndrome (AVGRS) by blackwater 09/05/2014, 7:14pm PDT NEW
            You're talking about "skit syndrome" and it goes beyond game reviewers by fabio 09/06/2014, 12:00am PDT NEW
    Re: Spoony didn't like this one. I was surprised. by Jiz 09/05/2014, 1:33pm PDT NEW
    Yes, he was and is crazy. NT by HTH. HAND. 11/12/2024, 10:39am PST NEW
    Do you rate The Bard's Tale above Might and Magic? NT by Mischief Maker 11/12/2024, 10:45am PST NEW
        Re: Do you rate The Bard's Tale above Might and Magic? by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/14/2024, 10:06am PST NEW
 
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