The Spoony One has been ejected from That Guy With the Glasses.

[DJShire]

Just one. How is this going to effect the 4th year Anniversary thing?

If I remember correctly, it has been stated that the 4th Year Anniversary Special will go as filmed, and Spoony wont be taken out of it.

 

[KrabbiPatty]

Well let's be fair...

Spoony didn't "start" this. Whatever remark he made, everyone agrees, happened a long while ago. Lupa dredged this up again for reasons as yet unknown and most likely extremely petty, so she gets blamed because that's a dick move. Especially considering that Spoony is, to put it bluntly, bath-salts-crazy half the time and God only knows what may or may not put him over the edge and make him go Mr Anime or whatever.

EVERYONE involved is being an asshole, but some assholes are bigger than others. And unless and until I hear otherwise, the one who pulled this out of the dark just to fuck with someone else and get them fired is the bigger asshole.

Frankly I'm no fan of Spoony but the evidence so far points to Lupa and possibly her friends at the top pulling some bullshit. And Lord Kat is just a bandwagon jumper. The irony is that from what I understand, Hope Chapman, the girl supposedly maligned by Spoony, has stayed out of it...so this was instigated BY Lupa for whatever reason, possibly the E3 debacle.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

Ew... that kinda thinking right there I don't like. I like watching CA cause it's kinda like Punk Rock or Indie.... saying they'd get rid of Spony for PR makes them sound like.... well that's sell out talk.

Erm....no. TGWTG.com, CA, and all associated parts (like Blistered Thumbs) are a business. Like all businesses, they have an image. Anything that can damage that image, is bad. Spoony was bad for the image of the site.

Well yeah but... I just don't like that idea. I like all those reviewers cause I see them rebelling against the mainstream and making their own money, being their own bosses persay.

Once a business starts using words like "What about our image?" like... ya know, it does not create endearment for me.

But thats just this mans opinion.

Basically, it's the whole Bill Hicks rant about mediocrity and banality. Kinda like Jimi Hendrix, ya know? "I don't care if they died in puddles of their own vomit! I want someone who plays from his fucking heart!"

Oh well. I've no clue about this whole incident but from what I've pieced together just from the posts here:

1) Spoony needs to seek a psyhciatric evaluation. Can be a good person/comic if he really tried enough.

2) LordKat needs to travel through all of the circles of hell in an infinite loop. Preferably with his face going down the crack of a demon's soiled ass just before he passes onto the next circle.

3) Lupa seems to be a manipulator and should be well avoided.

4) TGWTG is basically a group of people putting out YouTube videos, which, doesn't sound too impressive; but I watch LAGTV, so who am I to judge?

Spoiler: 5) Because I've already mentioned him, this is for you TGWTG especially as it involves advertising

 

[Souplex]

I really hope this doesn't turn into another ScrewAttack Handsome Tom thing.
Or an Escapist Extra Credits thing for you young'uns.
If we had to lose either Spoony or Lupa though, I would much rather lose Lupa as she never really seems to put out anything of worth.

 

[lacktheknack]

hmm... ya know at this point I have to question why we're all interested in this. Is it for truth or for petty entertainment?

I'm in it for the truth. I'm not getting any pleasure out of the fighting. It's like during the clusterscrew that was Extra Credits breaking off from the Escapist, I ended up figuring out most of what the heck was going on via a lot of research and head-desking.

I do admit that I get a kick out of finding the right answer, but not the journey there.

Oh come now, the journey is half the fun.

Extra Credits vs. Escapist wasn't "fun".

Lupa vs. Spoony. vs. LordKat vs. Holly vs. Phelous vs. everyone who isn't JesuOtaku isn't fun either, it's depressing and crappy.

Sometimes, you don't do something because it's fun, you do it for what you get at the end.

 

[Something Amyss]

So why is JO still on there?

What did JO do?

She made some pretty homophobic comments. Not only did CA not seem to have a problem with it, many CAers browbeat anyone who was offended and then later bullied a separate site into removing comments regarding the incident.

 

[The Great JT]

I'm kind of awestruck. At this point, I'd believe that everyone has been taken over by a lantern corps ring that channels madness. Not rage like the Red Lanterns' rings, but madness, insanity or all-out craziness. Because this shit is reaching Florida levels of crazy.

For the record, the Crazy Scale goes as follows:
Nutty---Bonkers---Nutso---Crazy---Madness---Crazy Mad---Insane---Japan---Cthulu---Florida

 

[lacktheknack]

I really hope this doesn't turn into another ScrewAttack Handsome Tom thing.
Or an Escapist Extra Credits thing for you young'uns.
If we had to lose either Spoony or Lupa though, I would much rather lose Lupa as she never really seems to put out anything of worth.

Looks like we're losing both. There's rumors (read: RUMORS) that Phelous and Lupa are going to exit the site as well, and Spoony's already gone.

 

[Something Amyss]

Sometimes, you don't do something because it's fun, you do it for what you get at the end.

And sometimes, you do it because it's a train wreck and you can't look away.

 

[KrabbiPatty]

I remember Handsome Tom. And now you made me feel old.

If we had to lose one--because GOD FORBID we make these children play nice with each other lol--then I'd say...Lupa? I guess? I've never really liked her videos much as more than a time filler.

She's no Brad Jones, or Linkara...hell you know what, she's no Doug Walker. She's funnier than Phelous, but really, funerals are generally funnier than Phelous. Funerals for babies. Who died in 9/11. From cancer.

 

[bawkbawkboo1]

Somewhat off-topic: does anyone know what happened to that supposed redesign of TGWTG.com itself? Doug hyped in videos months ago, and in December they said it would be ready by spring. did they scrap it altogether or it just delayed? Their current site layout blows, and there are still a handful of contributors on there that I watch.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I really hope this doesn't turn into another ScrewAttack Handsome Tom thing.
Or an Escapist Extra Credits thing for you young'uns.
If we had to lose either Spoony or Lupa though, I would much rather lose Lupa as she never really seems to put out anything of worth.

Looks like we're losing both. There's rumors (read: RUMORS) that Phelous and Lupa are going to exit the site as well, and Spoony's already gone.

Not to sound like a jerk, but, in my opinion, if those rumors are true...nothing of value was lost. Other than, perhaps, the inevitable NC/Phelous Child's Play 3 review.

 

[Souplex]

I really hope this doesn't turn into another ScrewAttack Handsome Tom thing.
Or an Escapist Extra Credits thing for you young'uns.
If we had to lose either Spoony or Lupa though, I would much rather lose Lupa as she never really seems to put out anything of worth.

Looks like we're losing both. There's rumors (read: RUMORS) that Phelous and Lupa are going to exit the site as well, and Spoony's already gone.

So it is going to be another ScrewAttack.
Here's hoping they don't take anyone talented with them when they break away.

 

[KrabbiPatty]

Should we start calling Lupa "Acceptably Cute Alison" now?

 

[Souplex]

Should we start calling Lupa "Acceptably Cute Alison" now?

I don't get your reference.
Elaborate.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

hmm... ya know at this point I have to question why we're all interested in this. Is it for truth or for petty entertainment?

I'm in it for the truth. I'm not getting any pleasure out of the fighting. It's like during the clusterscrew that was Extra Credits breaking off from the Escapist, I ended up figuring out most of what the heck was going on via a lot of research and head-desking.

I do admit that I get a kick out of finding the right answer, but not the journey there.

Oh come now, the journey is half the fun.

Extra Credits vs. Escapist wasn't "fun".

Lupa vs. Spoony. vs. LordKat vs. Holly vs. Phelous vs. everyone who isn't JesuOtaku isn't fun either, it's depressing and crappy.

Sometimes, you don't do something because it's fun, you do it for what you get at the end.

The situations are indeed shitty, but the investigating is satisfying. For me at least.

Like an internet Batman

 

[Dryk]

Spoony never has had a consistent schedule for his videos, he goes fucking crazy at the drop of a hat on twitter, and he's apparently incapable of responding to any input of any kind without coming off as an egotistical twat. What the fuck is with people blaming Lupa for this? The guy needs serious help. Also, getting your entire site banned from press events for going apeshit at a presentation is a valid reason to get fired.

Because Lupa got sick of the aforementioned and seems to have dredged up a month old problem in the hopes of triggering an episode getting rid of him. Then the outburst she caused due her getting fed up with him caused a glorious cascade of everyone else getting fed up with him too. The resulting shit-storm can be seen for e-miles.

Gone. Horribly. Right.

It's a dick-move, but it's hard for me to curse her out for it because that's probably what I'd do if someone's asshatery had been rubbing me and my friends the wrong way for years and I decided I'd had enough.

That said if I did I would be joining Linkara in trying to calm everyone down, so I'm just mostly a horrible person

EDIT: I also don't really care if Lupa ends up leaving too, I like her okay in cross-overs because she's reviewing something I care about, from someone else's script. But her chosen field and style I don't really care for.

Well I care in so much as the community will probably never recover and this is all terrible. But personally I won't feel it.

 

[lacktheknack]

Sometimes, you don't do something because it's fun, you do it for what you get at the end.

And sometimes, you do it because it's a train wreck and you can't look away.

Oh, I can look away. I think I'm done for now. JO's homophobic comments? An E3 debacle? LordKat being LordKat? A million oars were suddenly put in? I don't want to look any of this up.

I'm done looking at this, maybe I'll just wait for the neat little paragraph on the whole thing to appear on Channel Awesome Wiki after it's all over.

Not to sound like a jerk, but, in my opinion, if those rumors are true...nothing of value was lost. Other than, perhaps, the inevitable NC/Phelous Child's Play 3 review.

So it is going to be another ScrewAttack.
Here's hoping they don't take anyone talented with them when they break away.

Daw, I liked Lupa. And her "chemistry" with Todd was hilarious!

D'oh well, I'll just start blog-stalking.