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

[ThePenguinKnight]

Maybe the drop in cash flow will encourage Spoony to stop moping around and get off (or on) his ass and make some videos in a timely fashion.

If Brad Jones can come out with a snob episode every week and still have time for midnight showings, 80's Dan, writing/staring/directing movies, Ninja The mission Force, and is preparing for an animated series than I think Spoony can come out with 2 episodes a month.

Dude, depression (ACTUAL depression) isn't something you just shrug off and get on with your work after. Have you been paying attention to ANY of the crap that Spoony has been through over the past year and a half? The guy needs some time to recover, not push himself into a wall to satisfy his demanding fans.

I know, I suffer from depression and am on several medications and taking therapy. My two aunts and my uncle all have cancer and guess what? They go to work on time. Just because you have problems doesn't mean you should ditch your responsibilities. His fans pay his bills, I think he can contribute in a timely fashion.

Isn't a fan then asking to much? Just go off and watch some other shit and when he posts something, he posts something. He doesn't really owe us anything and vice versa, if you like the cut of his jib great! if you don't just move along down the salad bar.

Like I eluded to above, he owes his lifestyle to his fans and contributing a little more consistently really isn't asking for much. I highly doubt I'm the only one who feels this way and I do watch a large variety of videos when I'm not doing something else but still. He even stated in the past on numerous occasions that he's slacking off and that he'll be stepping back up but he never does. He can treat his fans like shit but he could at least be true to his word.

 

[Allthingsspectacular]

Spoony has always been in rough shape emotionally so this comes as no surprise.

 

[ToffeeMC]

I assume Phelous is standing with Lupa on this, obviously, but could anyone confirm this for me? Or has he not commented on it at all?

 

[Karadalis]

So in short Lupa threw a gas canister into the fire that was spoonys allready not so stable mind and then gloated about the ensuing explosion?

I agree that spoony needs some professional help badly cause it seems that the shit thats going on in his life is a little to much to handle all on his own. He has done and said some very extreme stuff due to his condition and the stuff that was going on with scarlette just showed how badly he needs help.

But going out of your way to trigger an unstable person just because you dont like him... on the net... where you.. you know.. can ignore people?

I mean if she doesnt want to see his twitters.. then just unsubscribe.. dont make a huge fuss about it.

From a professional standpoint not only he but also lupa has to go, him for being unstable and her for triggering this mess.

If she doesnt get removed from CA I guess thats it for me visiting their site and generating add revenue.

 

[Davroth]

I assume Phelous is standing with Lupa on this, obviously, but could anyone confirm this for me? Or has he not commented on it at all?

Unfortunately, if you look at his twitter, you will find that he was pretty vocal about it, going so far as to what I'd interpret as mocking. It wasn't very classy.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

So in short Lupa threw a gas canister into the fire that was spoonys allready not so stable mind and then gloated about the ensuing explosion?

I agree that spoony needs some professional help badly cause it seems that the shit thats going on in his life is a little to much to handle all on his own. He has done and said some very extreme stuff due to his condition and the stuff that was going on with scarlette just showed how badly he needs help.

But going out of your way to trigger an unstable person just because you dont like him... on the net... where you.. you know.. can ignore people?

I mean if she doesnt want to see his twitters.. then just unsubscribe.. dont make a huge fuss about it.

From a professional standpoint not only he but also lupa has to go, him for being unstable and her for triggering this mess.

If she doesnt get removed from CA I guess thats it for me visiting their site and generating add revenue.

Very true. She could of just blocked him/unfollowed him and moved on.

Instead she felt the need to announce she was unfollowing him. To him

 

[malestrithe]

Maybe the drop in cash flow will encourage Spoony to stop moping around and get off (or on) his ass and make some videos in a timely fashion.

If Brad Jones can come out with a snob episode every week and still have time for midnight showings, 80's Dan, writing/staring/directing movies, Ninja The mission Force, and is preparing for an animated series than I think Spoony can come out with 2 episodes a month.

Yeah, the cash flow problem will not snap him out of it. All it will do is further increase the depression within him. I know because I have depression and I've been in a similar situation before. It's going to take some thing within himself to get him out of it and to get the help he needs.

Also, Brad is in a better place in his life right now and is motivated to do all of his shows. Spoony is not.

 

[malestrithe]

If thats the case we may end up seeing a nice change when Doug returns. By that i mean a few abusive producers fired, an abusive HR rep fired, & Spoony rehired. Course that's all if this is true. Frankly i would have to say most of it is. Took some doing but the twitter feeds(blasted hellscape though they be) points to wrongdoing by Lupa for whatever reason. Seeing as she started this war with a comment about a joke from a while back & now is now acting like she never commented on it, this Looks bad.

Or because Doug Walker is a business man, and Channel Awesome is his business, he might side with Lupa. In the last 12 months, Spoony has made less than 20 videos that made it onto Channel Awesome. In that same time Lupa managed to get out 50 videos to the site. One generates a big pop in revenue when his videos get on to the site. The other generates a more consistent revenue. Spoony may be more popular than Lupa, but from a purely business standpoint, Lupa is the person you keep.

Also, regardless any power plays or hidden agendas you see from Lupa, Spoony is not entirely blameless in this. He could have accepted his Channel Awesome 30 days suspension like a man.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Maybe the drop in cash flow will encourage Spoony to stop moping around and get off (or on) his ass and make some videos in a timely fashion.

If Brad Jones can come out with a snob episode every week and still have time for midnight showings, 80's Dan, writing/staring/directing movies, Ninja The mission Force, and is preparing for an animated series than I think Spoony can come out with 2 episodes a month.

Yeah, the cash flow problem will not snap him out of it. All it will do is further increase the depression within him. I know because I have depression and I've been in a similar situation before. It's going to take some thing within himself to get him out of it.

Also, Brad is in a better place in his life right now and is motivated to do all of his shows. Spoony is not.

Dunno, anger can be a great motivator. Also as bad as this chaos is for those worried about "image", it's made Spoony the most watched guy right now. It's like when Matt Hardy got legit fired because of the whole Lita cheating on him with Edge thing. Matt Hardy was the hottest property then, you couldn't turn watch an episode of RAW with out hearing the fans chant his name.

If Spoony plays his cards right things could work out better for him.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

If thats the case we may end up seeing a nice change when Doug returns. By that i mean a few abusive producers fired, an abusive HR rep fired, & Spoony rehired. Course that's all if this is true. Frankly i would have to say most of it is. Took some doing but the twitter feeds(blasted hellscape though they be) points to wrongdoing by Lupa for whatever reason. Seeing as she started this war with a comment about a joke from a while back & now is now acting like she never commented on it, this Looks bad.

Or because Doug Walker is a business man, and Channel Awesome is his business, he might side with Lupa. In the last 12 months, Spoony has made less than 20 videos that made it onto Channel Awesome. In that same time Lupa managed to get out 50 videos to the site. One generates a big pop in revenue when his videos get on to the site. The other generates a more consistent revenue. Spoony may be more popular than Lupa, but from a purely business standpoint, Lupa is the person you keep.

Also, regardless any power plays or hidden agendas you see from Lupa, Spoony is not entirely blameless in this. He could have accepted his Channel Awesome 30 days suspension like a man.

The suspension doesn't seem to be the problem. The problem was CA effectively censoring Spoony telling him he wasn't allowed to attack fans or his fellow coworkers... which ya know is kinda spoony-being-spoony. It's like when the big studios hired John Woo to direct Hard Target and then when they sat down and watched the flick the studio heads where all "Whats with all the birds? Why does it take that many bullets to kill a guy?"

 

[Matthew Keppers]

I really hope that everyone involved realizes at some point, that all of this makes them look like a bunch of psychotic man-(and woman-)children that are unfit to be involved in anything that requires any amount of professionalism, restraint or sanity.

Which might be bad in the long run, business-wise.

Linkara, poor schmuck, seems to be desperately trying to calm the whole thing down and contain the damage all by his lonesome while everyone else is exploding into RAEG!!!

Oh Lovehug, why must you always be the Blue Ranger.

He's the only one that's been acting perfectly professional during this entire ordeal.

Lewis deserves so much more respect that he gets.

Good to see someone acting professional in this cluster of crazy. More power to him for trying to play peacemaker, but I think it's pretty much set in stone that there's not going to be much to salvage.

I find him to be very confusing.
He seems to be a nice, thoughtful, professional person, who is both willing and able to behave like an adult.
He´s also internet-famous.
How does that work ?

He is Minnesotan, if you are from the area you would understand.

 

[Prtyclever1337]

Just putting this out there... Doug doesn't run Channel Awesome. Quite the opposite. Channel Awesome owns TGWTG, which is Doug's website. He may have some input, but the final decision comes to the guys at Channel Awesome.

And I also think this is all less about the rape joke, and more about the fact that Spoony is a GIANT egotistical asshole who has no respect for any one except himself. He insults his fans, his coworkers, and total strangers for things like TRYING TO START A CONVERSATION. This goes beyond Lupa, it's Spoony's lack of control and ego that got him fired.

And I've been a fan of Spoony since 2008. I remember in one of his commentaries, in like 2009 or 2010, and he was watching one of his older videos and he said "Oh, wow... I just told the audience 'fuck you!'". He said that in a way which implied he SHOULDN'T have said that, because that's not how you treat your audience and fans.

But now he tells his fans to fuck off on a daily basis. Dude's off his fucking rocker.

 

[Instinct Blues]

What was the reaction from the TGWTG crew to Lupa bringing up something completely irrelevant way in the past, to someone that is obviously struggling with serious mental issues, just to kick him when he's down (and obviously push him over his limits)? Regardless of how Spoony behaved after he was poked, prodded and bullied into losing control, surely that kind of behavior is considered a pretty reprehensible thing to do?

I don't think Spoony was pushed and prodded into losing control. If you've paid attention to his twitter at all over the past couple of months you'd be able to see he was becoming quite unhinged all on his own. Not taking any sides because from what I've seen everyone involved is partly responsible. I don't think Lupa masterminded some plan to get Spoony fired that's some conspiracy theory bullshit.

I think it's that they didn't really get along, but they had to interact in the workplace so they both tried to be civil to each other. Then Spoony comes along with all of these misogynistic comments on his twitter and she just can't take it anymore. I read her tweet in response to one of Spoony's more jackass tweets that said something to the effect of "Seriously dude I can't follow you anymore." To which Spoony replied (since he's not too good at taking criticism) with an abundance of anger that wasn't necessary.

Also to those who are giving Spoony a free pass because he's been diagnosed with depression aren't helping him at all. Just because you have a mental problem doesn't mean that you can just say whatever the hell you want. I mean he can say whatever he wants because we have the freedom of speech, but the doesn't mean he can't be fired, yelled at, or generally disliked for what he is saying. And if you've seen his twitter recently you'd be disgusted with what hateful things he's been saying.

 

[Rednog]

If thats the case we may end up seeing a nice change when Doug returns. By that i mean a few abusive producers fired, an abusive HR rep fired, & Spoony rehired. Course that's all if this is true. Frankly i would have to say most of it is. Took some doing but the twitter feeds(blasted hellscape though they be) points to wrongdoing by Lupa for whatever reason. Seeing as she started this war with a comment about a joke from a while back & now is now acting like she never commented on it, this Looks bad.

Or because Doug Walker is a business man, and Channel Awesome is his business, he might side with Lupa. In the last 12 months, Spoony has made less than 20 videos that made it onto Channel Awesome. In that same time Lupa managed to get out 50 videos to the site. One generates a big pop in revenue when his videos get on to the site. The other generates a more consistent revenue. Spoony may be more popular than Lupa, but from a purely business standpoint, Lupa is the person you keep.

Also, regardless any power plays or hidden agendas you see from Lupa, Spoony is not entirely blameless in this. He could have accepted his Channel Awesome 30 days suspension like a man.

I'm not sure on the details, but Channel Awesome did host Spoony's website. I'd be surprised if they weren't getting something from all the revenue it brought in.

 

[GrimSheeper]

I'm just sad to see one of my favorite reviewers on the internet tear himself apart like he is doing. Noah Antwiler needs a lot of help from a professional and I wish it didn't have to spiral out of control like this. Maybe he will get help, maybe he even actually does already. I don't know. I just see a man wrecked with depression destroying himself while others stand by or point fingers at him. I also see TGWTG worrying about income, as it is a business and those people need to make the money they do to continue providing us with content, and one of them reacting this violently to the fans that make them money is unacceptable.

And then it just gets difficult, as Spoony needs all the understanding he can get for his depression, but shouldn't have access to Twitter in the first place, the last thing he needed was a way to project his rage and sadness out to hundreds of thousands of people, while I find it rushed to fire him for being angry and irrational at fans. That's how you are when you are depressed, in the middle of a breakthrough and angry at yourself and everyone in the world, even trying to help will cause a backlash. And it doesn't even seem necessary, twitter is just a website. A website with huge user base and lots of impact online, but it's not like Spoony drove to the people he tweeted angry things at to punch them in the face. It was a sad, angry man lashing out and people wouldn't leave him alone. Which then shone a bad light on Channel Awesome... I wish live wasn't a freaking soap opera, I love the reviews on Channel Awesome, just as I watch Brad Jones website and the Spoony Experiment, it pains me to hear this, it really does. I want Spoony to do better, to return to pushing out videos regularly and loving his work, he is a talented reviewer that has some deep personal issues in need of resolving and I fear that it wasn't handled in a very nice way by Channel Awesome. It was handled professionally though, cut losses, ensure the website can continue without blemishes, which isn't really what I would have done.

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You know what depression is and that it requires a lot of effort to work through it then. I agree that it's hard to continue following him when there is nothing to follow, but I don't want him to produce some halfway funny stuff and destroy himself even more. I rather he doesn't do anything online for half a year, shuts down his Twitter, facebook, website and what have you and goes into therapy.

That would be better than forcing him to do half-assed videos that aren't funny just because we fans want him on our screen. I want the Noah Antwiler that received an award for being funny, not a sad, haggart and depressed Spoony that is just raging at the camera because he is angry, not because it's funny.

 

[Azaradel]

Wow, Jason has a bit of an ego about him, doesn't he?

It certainly seems so, yeah.

I assume Phelous is standing with Lupa on this, obviously, but could anyone confirm this for me? Or has he not commented on it at all?

Phelan is acting like a mature adult about thi--- oh wait.
Phelous:
Also guess fucking what? You don't need to be female to find a stupid ass male's misogyny offensive.

Yeah, he's acting like a complete shithead because not everyone agreed wholeheartedly with his lovely girlfriend deliberately winding up a crazy man just to watch him snap like a rubber band.

 

[malestrithe]

The suspension doesn't seem to be the problem. The problem was CA effectively censoring Spoony telling him he wasn't allowed to attack fans or his fellow coworkers... which ya know is kinda spoony-being-spoony. It's like when the big studios hired John Woo to direct Hard Target and then when they sat down and watched the flick the studio heads where all "Whats with all the birds? Why does it take that many bullets to kill a guy?"

There is a difference between being highstrung and being downright mean. Look at some of his earlier video reviews, you will see highstrung spoony. He was talking about the games or movies in a friendly manner. His review of FFTA2 is a good example of this. He was annoyed by it, but did not lose his temper. When he got mad at his fans, he talked about them in general. He did not go out of his way to single out one or two of them.

If that's the spoony you like, then you can have him.

Also, enough with the analogies. They do not work to explain your position. It actually hinders it.

 

[malestrithe]

Dunno, anger can be a great motivator. Also as bad as this chaos is for those worried about "image", it's made Spoony the most watched guy right now. It's like when Matt Hardy got legit fired because of the whole Lita cheating on him with Edge thing. Matt Hardy was the hottest property then, you couldn't turn watch an episode of RAW with out hearing the fans chant his name.

If Spoony plays his cards right things could work out better for him.

It could be, but it is a destructive one.

 

[The Night Shade]

Poor spoony i think he is a great person with an extreme personality and his videos are hilarious so i hope that he gets better if he is suffering depression. Also I only watch NC, the cinema snob and spoony i don't really care for anyone else so i can't comment on the other members but the site is a business they receive money for each video they make and if something is damaging the business (in this case Spoony) they have to fix it.

Edit: Chill the fuck down this is the internet everyone can claim whatever the hell they want and passed it off as true so think before blindly believing in someone.

 

[Moderated]

I never watched his show anyway, but I see that it was just a joke. I notice that people said that the person who the joke was said about is staying out of it, and it was just one of her friends trying to tear down someone she doesn't like. It seems like she is the ***** in this situation.