goldenheart323 said:
RagingScottsman said:
For those of you too stupid to catch on, it would appear the man took a vacation. Get over it and realize you're lucky to have a video at all. Dumb, pretentious bastards pretending that they're owed something. For fuck's sake ,people...
This is for those of you who are "too stupid" to understand why anyone would be mad at Yahtzee. He starts his video by saying "Fuck you" to all of us. That right there's enough reason for anyone to be mad at him.Is that concept really too difficult for some of you to understand? If someone says "Fuck you," you don't say "Oh, well thank-you very much for still speaking to me."
Imagine if you went to a restaurant for a meal, ordered a nice big hamburger, and the waiter instead brought you a plate of bones and grissel and said "The cook took the day off. He said anyone who wanted him to work today can fuck off. Oh, and give him this plate of crap too." Would you be all "Oh, well good for him. He deserves it. Thank-you very much. MMmmm... This grissel is very well seasoned. I'm quite grateful for it."?
Yahtzee acted like a jerk, so don't be surprised when people get mad at him. You really make yourselves look like HUGE Yahtzee fanboys by defending him like this. (That's putting it VERY mildly and very politely.) It would've been a whole other situation if he'd started his video with "You may've noticed I'm in DC. I'm on a road trip, so I haven't been able to make a ZP episode. In fact, I barely had time to make the following video. It's nothing but a bunch or random ramblings, but it's all I could manage this week. I hope you enjoy it."
But no. He started off with "Fuck you," so a lot of people are saying "fuck you" right back. It's not rocket science people.
Have you ever heard Yahtzee refer to his audience with: "Sorry sorry sorry, I'm away this week, can you please forgive me?" No, that would be nice. Part of why we watch his reviews is that he is one of the few people that draw otherworldly enjoyment from being dicks. Basically because he knows that calling us all idiots (which he did a few weeks ago) will only increase his traffic and his cynical personality is the reason why his reviews are popular.
I'm pretty sure that the people that perceived the "fuck you" as rude or hateful either just discovered ZP or have self-esteem issues. It happens roughly every week. We're all repeatedly called tools, morons, drooling retards, and in most cases he just uses it because Insulting, Swearing, and the Words "Dick" and "Pants" Are Funny. At least today he had a reason ("No, I haven't done my chores because I've been sleeping in a car for the last week. Fuck you, stop acting like my mom").
I completely understand all the bitching (in fact, I hereby announce that I, too, am disappointed, largely because the lack of my weekly ZP fix makes me unreasonable), but I'm extremely glad that even a negative response garnered such overwhelming traffic.
I can't see a quick post of "In DC, ZP will continue next week" hoarding 460 comments. And Yahtzee could have made a 3-hour video of him drooling on the back seat, since it doesn't really matter - we'll all still be right here next week. Don't deny it. -.-
EDIT: Ah yes, the video. I haven't seen such a fine specimen of
filler vulgaris since the whole of Buffy Season 7. Great job on being consistent. Live Yahtzee making random observations and inappropriate sick-people jokes is better than "come back next week."
I suppose a lot of people are thinking: "What do you mean, Yahtzee is a biological entity with an actual normal speaking voice? Witchcraft!"
Yeah, he should be more considerate; he just disappointed a lot of people by not being an untouchable deity of dick jokes that lives in the internet and reviews at the speed of thought. You know, they looked up to you...