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Re: Favorite and least favorite Gaming Youtuber.
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2015, 02:16:21 pm »

Favourite: Aavak maybe? LGR I like too, uh... Accursed Farms, Scot Manley, Beaglerush, Robbaz...
Okay there's a lot that could get in the best charts.

As for least, I'll probably go with an easy choice like DSP or Pewdiepie. I don't really keep intensive track of things I don't like.

EDIT: Oh, nerdcubed got himself on my shit list (not the same as a shitlist) relatively recently when I cottoned on to how I really don't like how his channel is now. Editing is much more lazily done and there's the sense of arrogance that ends up coming with anyone's first e-fame. Also being a dick.
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« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2015, 02:25:36 pm »

Aavak is good and is a bay12er. Tad30s is good (I don't think he is really a bay12er, but he used to post lps down in play with your buddies).

Least favorite... I don't watch anyone I don't like, so I dunno.
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Re: Favorite and least favorite Gaming Youtuber.
« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2015, 02:33:16 pm »

I really like watching the playthroughs that Sips does. He tends to have the least 'gimmicky' stuff while still being fairly personable and entertaining.

Probably my least favourite whose videos I've seen would be TotalBiscuit. His attitude rubs me the wrong way completely- he comes off to me as acting elitist.
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Re: Favorite and least favorite Gaming Youtuber.
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2015, 03:10:04 pm »

Favourite is Two Best Friends Play. They're really funny guys and they're real connected to the community.

Least favourite is Pewdiepie, Markiplier and the horror-game-face-cam ilk

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Re: Favorite and least favorite Gaming Youtuber.
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2015, 03:12:21 pm »

I absolutely love Raocow, and i've gotten quite a lot of fun from watching Pauseunpause and friends play TTT, along with watching almost everything Ashens (Not game related all the time, still worth mentioning) and Cr1tikal (Penguinz0) have uploaded as the very top of the scale. Voidburger is also great, though she's mostly uploading stream recordings now so I don't know if she counts. The two best friends are also pretty cool so far, though I haven't watched a lot of them.


It would be predictable to say pewdiepie, but to be honest. I don't hate the guy, just dislike him. Though I actually dislike Zero punctuation and Total biscuit a hell of a lot. It's one thing being a critic, it's another thing being a caustic critic. And it's entirely another thing to just be an unenjoyable pompous ass.
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Re: Favorite and least favorite Gaming Youtuber.
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2015, 03:15:59 pm »

It would be predictable to say pewdiepie, but to be honest. I don't hate the guy, just dislike him. Though I actually dislike Zero punctuation and Total biscuit a hell of a lot. It's one thing being a critic, it's another thing being a caustic critic. And it's entirely another thing to just be an unenjoyable pompous ass.
I don't like pewdiepie because of his 8-12 year old fans. I think he is fine as a person, if not a bit annoying.
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Re: Favorite and least favorite Gaming Youtuber.
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2015, 03:27:41 pm »

I don't like pewdiepie because all he does is shout at the screen and make crude jokes. I don't really like LPs in general, unless the LPer is actually interesting to listen to.

TB is pretty great IMO. I like his style of criticism. That said, caustic critic/pompous ass is a fair point.
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« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2015, 03:32:15 pm »

I think caustic was meant to be Yahtzee. Not that I agree with the sentiment.
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« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2015, 03:34:28 pm »

My favorite is Vinesauce.
My least favorite is probably... DarkSidePhil. He's just terrible.
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« Reply #24 on: February 25, 2015, 03:35:56 pm »

I think caustic was meant to be Yahtzee. Not that I agree with the sentiment.
Oh. He's mostly just Australian.
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« Reply #25 on: February 25, 2015, 03:36:34 pm »

My favorite is ChipCheezum, and I also enjoy watching Lucahjin, and I love the Freelance Astronauts old videos.
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« Reply #26 on: February 25, 2015, 03:39:29 pm »

I don't usually like Let's Play-type videos because they tend to be boring (and get pumped out in high volume because they're so low-effort). However, I do watch a fair amount of reviews/analyses.

For such videos, TotalBiscuit is my favorite by far. He tends to be straightforward and honest and isn't afraid to nitpick, but he also recognizes when games succeed in unexpected or subtle ways. Zero Punctuation is entertaining, but too short and surface-level. I like Angry Joe when he reviews bad games, because there the "angry" part can come out and he really tears bad games apart (TWO AND A HALF HOOOOUUUURS!), but I tend to ignore his reviews of actually-good games because instead of being consistently caustic the "anger" manifests as jumping on the hype train and heaping games with hyperbolic praise.

On the next tier down, it's mostly analytical series - things like XboxAhoy's "Iconic Arms". Then there are channels like Errant Signal which are occasionally good but fucking pretentious as hell, what with "ludonarrative dissonance" and "DAE misogyny can't wait for Gone Home 2".

I don't watch much of the obscure bottom tier, but I like Nilsor's videos, especially the Fallout lore stuff. The only problem is that his accent, while sometimes funny, also gets really grating really quick.

As for the worst, I'll jump on the Pewdiepie hate train. Pretty much all Youtubers pander to specific groups, whether it be Errant Signal's appeal to the "games as art" crowd or TotalBiscuit's "PC Master Race" ideology (which I feel is justified simply because there are so many console plebs that PC people need someone to look to), but the average age of Pewdiepie's audience is apparent within minutes of watching his stuff. Also, it's mostly Let's Plays, which are, as I said, probably my least-favorite video format.
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« Reply #27 on: February 25, 2015, 03:41:22 pm »

I think caustic was meant to be Yahtzee. Not that I agree with the sentiment.
Oh. He's mostly just Australian.
He's a britbong m8. If you can't hear that I'm worried for you.
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« Reply #28 on: February 25, 2015, 03:42:57 pm »

I think caustic was meant to be Yahtzee. Not that I agree with the sentiment.
Oh. He's mostly just Australian.
He's a britbong m8. If you can't hear that I'm worried for you.
He lives in Australia. I also may or may not have been pointing at the stereotype of Australians being incredibly crass.
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« Reply #29 on: February 25, 2015, 08:16:36 pm »

Favorites:
For entertainment? Yahtzee
When I actually want to know about a game? Jim Sterling

Least favorite? Probably either Markplier or Total Biscuit.

I love Yahtzee but not really for Zero Punctuation, I mainly consume his other stuff, Let's Drown Out and the like. Even then, it's not really because of the game, I just like his banter.

I refuse to watch any of Pewdiepie's videos so I don't really feel justified putting him as my least favorite.
I don't like Total Biscuit because I find him too serious to enjoy and too tedious to get information from. When I'm deciding whether or not I want a game I generally want a succinct, straight to the point opinion or game play. Jim provides both without having to faff around in the options for half an hour.
As for Markplier? I dunno, something about him just grates me.
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