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Dynalo posted...

I'm inclined to agree. While I miss Ray's quick and witty banter (not the same on the streams since he's by himself), Jeremy has been a fantastic addition.

Ray could definitely be really funny, but he was always a bit of a hit-or-miss scenario. If he was having one of his days where he was just "ironically" meme'ing he could be annoying, and towards the end when he was bitter about behind the scenes stuff and barely interacting it was like, "Why are you even still here?" He's definitely individually funnier (and happier) on his solo streams, but like you say, it also means he doesn't really have anyone to bounce off of and banter with (which is why I almost never watch his solo streams, or solo streamers in general).

I feel like people only really have this inflated view of Ray as comic genius because most people discovered AH when they were in their teens/early 20s, which is when their own sense of humor was almost entirely memes. So they related more to him than anyone else, because he was basically being the same idiot they were. Even if he was actually making fun of them (though like Geoff said, "If you're constantly doing something "ironically', eventually it stops being 'ironic' and just starts being you doing the thing." Like fighting monsters and gazing into the Abyss, etc etc.)

Unfortunately, I'm pretty close to Geoff's age - so I never related to Ray on that level (and found him kind of annoying sometimes). So he was never my favorite member of AH anyway (Ryan usually gets that vote - he thinks and jokes like I do, though I play more like Jack).
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