DETHANAUT said:
Rogue 09 said:
Mindfury said:
Rogue 09 said:
This was a video from people who took Gaming Jokes 101 and thought they'd mastered the artform. The jokes were all pretty old and had been done on numerous other series before them. To add insult to injury, the actors came off as too annoying most of the time for me to enjoy them. Still, I'm hoping that this series isn't going to completly blow like DeRez, so I might check out another episode or two before I purge every memory I have of it through pain and fire.
By the way, with a show like that you'll never come close to being even comparable to ZP or UR. Let's not make the mistake of thinking you can...
And your show exists... where?
God, don't we all love an armchair critic with an inflated feeling of self worth...
Is that how it works? Only people who make shows can judge whether or not they like it?!?! Well, where's you rshow to support them? You obviously can't like the program since you don't have any videos out there to use as experience.
Doctors don't need to contract a disease to be able to diagnose it, and I don't need a doctor to remove the tape worm growing inside of me. So how about you slip into you're rubber underwear to keep all that dirty filth locked up inside and we can move on with our lives...
P.S. I didn't think the show was a disease... don't get the wrong impression. I actually liked the show and the creators and actors are all wonderful people who I'd love to have brunch with sometimes... You just chose to look at all the negative comments in my negative posting.
For Shame
Mindfury plays Donkey Kong in the episode. That's where his show is.
Besides, I was mostly addressing the bold, thus the comment on an inflated sense of self worth. Wow, so you don't like it... does it really mean that you'd need to come across as a melodramatic ass about it (
oh, woe is me, a webseries that I have slight qualms with. Better bust out my hyperbole hat and hit the forums...). I'm sure are a few people out there that don't enjoy this as much as Michael would have hoped, but it seems they, unlike you and about 2 other posters in this thread, have both the ability to show some self restraint and some appreciation for the time and effort that goes into any creative piece, whether it be music, photography, comics, or a game-related webseries.
Secondly, taking a clearly obvious joke (as demonstrated by the slight rib against De-Rez beforehand), spinning it as arrogance, and then attacking that by passing opinion as fact is simply moronic. Yahtzee is a much-deserved internet phenomenon right now, and is absolutely hilarious. I think that, and I know Shanks and Lund think it too. I'm pretty sure, however, that you're
allowed to aspire to that, or rather,
any level of success. I'm also pretty sure that your assessment that ZP is better than this isn't the law of the land. I know people who don't enjoy ZP for various reasons... This doesn't mean I need to jump on my high horse and lambaste them for thinking differently. ie: have an inflated sense of self-worth (my catchphrase of the day, clearly)
And lastly, yes, as Michael Lund pointed out I am involved in this series, so there you go. And while that doesn't, nor should it ever, constitute for taking credit for Shanks' work, as my part so far in the written episodes is absolutely miniscule, while Michael writes, edits and stars, i'm sure he knows and appreciates the fact that Lund, Alex, Ash, Nick, Sam, myself and anyone else involved will continue to provide him with both physical appearances and creative ideas.
So, in summary, you can love it or hate it... But being an ass about it doesn't change jack shit. As long as there's an audience that enjoys it, which there clearly is, there will be much more of it to come.
There's no accounting for taste, I guess. Which is why we didn't try! Two winners, two new series. Something for everyone. See? We're populists here at The Escapist.
