squeegee joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later[^][v]#566,220
i watched 2 minutes of it. it was spot on
vocalon !74TdoRkjCc joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#566,224
tb;dw
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,231
Yep, he's correct. Hatred ain't all that.
dw joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,247
@566,224 (vocalon !74TdoRkjCc)
what views of his do you disagree with?
vocalon !74TdoRkjCc replied with this 11 years ago, 22 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,248
@previous (dw)
"Injecting politics into fiction is inherently exclusionary and in my view regressive." - TB, 2015. this isn't about a strong moral choice in a game like that one part in mass effect 2 wrt the geth, the context for this is someone making a joke at the expense of gamergate in a webcomic, and thats coming from someone who literally interpreted prison architect as an outrage machine.
also, i for one, enjoy video games and appreciate both the fun value and the artistic value without believing one inherently overwrites the other. also also i think he's really riding on the fact that he knows lots of others and has only really remained in the public eye because he made himself controversial and not on his own merit. and when a game dev reported that they're glad TB doesn't like their game, he flipped his shit and had a hissy fit about "PR", despite it being a one-man team with no PR, him not being self-aware enough to realize game devs treat him like the biggest joke in the game journalism world, and he's just an overall unpleasant person, refusing to empathize with others, saying basic empathy is like dancing on eggshells.
also, have you ever seen the co-optional podcast? dodger and that other guy look like theyre only there because they want to avoid a gamegrumps-esque fiasco
> edit: added more alsos > edit 2: whoops left a few words out
(Edited 2 minutes later.)
dw replied with this 11 years ago, 17 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,254
@previous (vocalon !74TdoRkjCc)
Do you have anything that wasn't written in 140 characters or less??
vocalon !74TdoRkjCc replied with this 11 years ago, 39 seconds later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,255
@previous (dw)
nah bc hes one of those content creators i try to avoid long form writings of because it reads like a post from autphag
dw replied with this 11 years ago, 6 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,259
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,278
Isn't he supposed to be dead by now
hamfist !t5TYQ9eJPs joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 36 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,292
> totalbitchshit
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,318
@566,248 (vocalon !74TdoRkjCc)
Yeah, the comment about involving politics in games being a bad thing was pretty dumb. As Kotaku explained, involving politics in games can really add a lot to a narrative, and many of today's most famous games have overt political themes to them. But still, regardless of your opinion on his political opinions, he's still quite a good game critic. His "WTF is" videos give very infromative overviews of new games.
> when a game dev reported that they're glad TB doesn't like their game, he flipped his shit and had a hissy fit about "PR", despite it being a one-man team with no PR
That indie dev was actually being quite petty and insulting to him, calling him things like "ToiletBiscuit". Sorry, but responding to critcism with childish insults really is bad PR.
dw replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,343
vocalon !74TdoRkjCc replied with this 11 years ago, 4 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,388
@566,318 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
when you're only still relevant because youre "controversial" (re: "ambiguous" ties to gamergate, latching on to polaris secrets and using that as leverage with fans, hell the first time i heard about him was someone saying TB knew what happened to split up game grumps and ive never seen him stand on his own merits since then, just in relation to other personalities.) can you really blame the devs for not wanting you around?
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 12 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,391
@previous (vocalon !74TdoRkjCc)
He's not only relevant because of his sympathies for GG. He's a really prolific games reviewer and commentator, with a very hefty viewership for his content on YouTube. The GG thing just brought him more into focus to the SJW and anti-SJW crowd is all.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 26 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^][v]#566,401
@566,388 (vocalon !74TdoRkjCc)
You seem really upset and whiny.
dw replied with this 11 years ago, 16 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,680
@566,388 (vocalon !74TdoRkjCc)
What are you basing all of this on? You said yourself you don't watch or read any of his content.
squeegee replied with this 11 years ago, 20 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,696
@566,388 (vocalon !74TdoRkjCc)
really? TB has been around for a long time and afaik he's a well liked game reviewer. probably if you'd leave your tumblr cave from time to time and expose yourself to sources other than your circlejerk you'd expand your horizons a bit.
there's a really interesting conversation going on in acedemic circles dealing with confirmation bias, conspiracy theory, social media, and how we all consume content. Not only do people tend to gravitate towards echo chambers, but once they do they tend to stop consuming media that isn't filtered through that echo chamber. So you get people believing a community narrative that rejects anything that doesn't support that narrative and everyone within the echo chamber end up being incapable of objective reasoning since they are not exposed to relevant facts. it's pretty interesting, and sort of explains why conspiracy theories persist in the age of information.
squeegee double-posted this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,697
@566,680 (dw)
the views of his echo chamber are reflected in his opinions. it doesn't matter if he's consumed any TB content for himself, he'll just parrot whatever he's heard as if it's his own opinion because at this point he defers to the group to do his thinking for him.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 31 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,699
@previous (squeegee)
So, all of vocalons posts and "opinions" are really just reblogs from tumblr. I agree
Anonymous H replied with this 11 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,700
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 3 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,730
@566,696 (squeegee)
Perceptions, man. They can be as skewed as fuck. :(
kook !!mCVqftDha joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,768
@566,696 (squeegee)
Sjw's believe that anyone who even gives gamer gaters a platform to speak is culpable in violence against women. They also hate David Pakman because he interviews gamer gaters even though he interviews sjw's as well.
squeegee joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 56 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,786
@previous (kook !!mCVqftDha)
silencing the oposition is tumblr 101
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,788
@566,254 (dw)
It's mostly copy paste from tumblr. Vocalon has no original thoughts
Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 59 seconds later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#566,789