Holy fuck, what crawled up your guys's asses and died? 5 pages and it's seriously almost unanimous that a guy trolling on a game of halo so much as slightly constitutes his home being invaded by a swat team?
Griefing is just stupid fun at the end of the day. Take that girl for example. Ok, maybe she was annoyed for the time being, but do you think she was permanently traumatized by some guy acting stupid on a game of halo? No. If anything she has a funny story she can tell now about how some doucher on xbox live started screaming "put the cupcake in my ass! Bake that shit! it's risin' I'm risin'!" Even if she's not a good sport about it, so what? one game got ruined. Some dildo camping with a sniper can do that just as easily. Plus, she could have easily muted him or left the game.
I really have to disagree with this:
So no, I don't think he deserves this. Does he deserve to be regarded as a jerk? Sure, because that's what his "character" is, so obviously that's the point. Do I think this is funny? There are much funnier things, and much funnier griefing videos for that matter, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't chuckle when he starts rattling off stupid sexual pseudo jargon in quick succession while the girl says "can you shut up for like, 2 minutes?"
In basic comedic back and forth, usually there's a strait man and an eccentric. Think of some comedy shows or movies you like. More than likely there's at least one scene wherein the comedy is derived from a "strait man" character getting angry at an eccentric. That's what this is. The eccentric is played by an improv comedian while the more realistic "strait man" character is played by an actual person. The result is a very real type of comedic tension, which can be fucking hilarious in a more unique and unpredictable way than scripted comedy. This is why I grief and enjoy griefing videos.
But even if Keemstar did this with completely malicious intent, again, it's an online match in a videogame. It's not that big of a deal.
Griefing is just stupid fun at the end of the day. Take that girl for example. Ok, maybe she was annoyed for the time being, but do you think she was permanently traumatized by some guy acting stupid on a game of halo? No. If anything she has a funny story she can tell now about how some doucher on xbox live started screaming "put the cupcake in my ass! Bake that shit! it's risin' I'm risin'!" Even if she's not a good sport about it, so what? one game got ruined. Some dildo camping with a sniper can do that just as easily. Plus, she could have easily muted him or left the game.
I really have to disagree with this:
To me that's what justifies it. Acting like an asshole and annoying someone temporarily is more than outweighed by bringing joy and entertainment to thousands of people.MiracleOfSound said:
So no, I don't think he deserves this. Does he deserve to be regarded as a jerk? Sure, because that's what his "character" is, so obviously that's the point. Do I think this is funny? There are much funnier things, and much funnier griefing videos for that matter, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't chuckle when he starts rattling off stupid sexual pseudo jargon in quick succession while the girl says "can you shut up for like, 2 minutes?"
In basic comedic back and forth, usually there's a strait man and an eccentric. Think of some comedy shows or movies you like. More than likely there's at least one scene wherein the comedy is derived from a "strait man" character getting angry at an eccentric. That's what this is. The eccentric is played by an improv comedian while the more realistic "strait man" character is played by an actual person. The result is a very real type of comedic tension, which can be fucking hilarious in a more unique and unpredictable way than scripted comedy. This is why I grief and enjoy griefing videos.
But even if Keemstar did this with completely malicious intent, again, it's an online match in a videogame. It's not that big of a deal.
