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Gobstoppers12
01/09/23 8:18:51 PM
#51:


TMOG posted...
Then it came out that his "uncle" was just Arin in an old man costume
I feel like it was a pretty obvious bit from the very beginning, though. Like, some people were fooled but I think it was meant to be very tongue-in-cheek.

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TMOG
01/09/23 8:20:23 PM
#52:


Gobstoppers12 posted...
I feel like it was a pretty obvious bit from the very beginning, though. Like, some people were fooled but I think it was meant to be very tongue-in-cheek.
He didn't show up in the costume to announce that the book was on sale until well after he started the bit, and the initial comments he was making didn't really give much indication that it wasn't real iirc.

https://twitter.com/egoraptor/status/1203076758406172672?s=21
This is the initial tweet and the replies, none of which indicated in any way that it was a bit.
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BakonBitz
01/09/23 8:20:52 PM
#53:


Gobstoppers12 posted...
I feel like it was a pretty obvious bit from the very beginning, though. Like, some people were fooled but I think it was meant to be very tongue-in-cheek.
This. It was pretty obvious.

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ultimate_reaver
01/09/23 8:23:00 PM
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yeah, game grumps have done some dumb things but that game arg thing was an overblown controversy

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Funkydog
01/09/23 8:25:11 PM
#55:


TMOG posted...
That was Soviet Jump Game.

He did the same thing with his shitty young adult mystery book by saying his mother was bullying him into promoting his equally bullying uncle to promote his book on Game Grumps, which prompted members of the fanbase to start empathizing with him and sharing their true stories of emotional manipulation or abuse from their families.

Then it came out that his "uncle" was just Arin in an old man costume, the fanbase was disgusted, and Arin didn't really apologize for misleading people in a way that made so many of them feel vulnerable. Then he did it again when he wrote a second book.
I am still genuinely baffled people couldn't tell that was a bit.

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BakonBitz
01/09/23 8:26:58 PM
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Funkydog posted...
I am still genuinely baffled people couldn't tell that was a bit.
Yeah, like the thing about his uncle being an accomplished writer came out of nowhere and there was no real history behind it.

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Gobstoppers12
01/09/23 9:21:18 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

I don't think there's any level of malice or manipulation, though. Their projects tend to perform fairly well when delivered completely straight. They've just played with goofy marketing ideas for the fun of it.

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MrMallard
01/09/23 9:26:32 PM
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I think there's a real issue with LA youtubers, like a disconnect with the rest of the world and the building of social media engagement into a business leeches the authenticity from the content. Look at Game Grumps today, all of Arin's friends have struck out on their own and the staff left over feel impersonal and cold. It is firmly a business now, a show with paid employees doing it as a job. And as shown with that recent topic about two of Oney's longtime friends, that business side is fraught with ugliness that affects people's lives.

That being said, I do genuinely think that Arin has come a long way as a person. I think the sensitivity he takes regarding trans issues is genuine, and while I don't absolve him of how casually he dropped slurs and would do like racist voices - look at Yi Lu on The Dog Island, and how casually he dropped a slur against Asians while in character as a racist dad - I do think he's moved beyond the sort of behaviour he and Jon did where they would just yell racial slurs to make each other laugh.

I also do think that Game Grumps has stayed profitable and kept people employed due to Arin's own business savvy, and I think making a touring company for youtubers was a solid idea. As per his own words, other touring companies either didn't get youtubers or treated them with disdain, so Arin used what he knew as a youtuber and what he felt his needs were as a client booking a live show to create a touring company that catered to the specific needs of youtubers. That's pretty great.

Arin has flaws, but I also think he's grown beyond being a little Floridian demon yelling the f-slur for his friends' cartoons. Admirable, maybe not - it looks like his focus on growing Game Grumps as a company has led to friends becoming alienated and leaving, and he has a past littered with casual racism and bigotry even if he's made steps to improve. I still think he's grown up a lot and become something of a better person, and I find it ridiculous when people bring all this stuff up in the context of Arin hating Sonic or whatever. "I don't like him, ergo he's irredeemable".

That being said, I do trash ProJared to this day because I don't like him. So to each his own I guess.

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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 9:28:55 PM
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I am fine with him. Every issue I have seen people have with him has just been little snowflakey butthurty stuff or just being mad that he sucks at games.
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Zikten
01/09/23 9:30:58 PM
#61:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
I am fine with him. Every issue I have seen people have with him has just been little snowflakey butthurty stuff or just being mad that he sucks at games.
Then you need to read the other topic about the oneyplays people
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Stallion_Prime
01/09/23 9:33:24 PM
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He got so fucking lazy since his shit lets play channel makes so much money.

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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 9:35:11 PM
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Zikten posted...
Then you need to read the other topic about the oneyplays people

I did. Was just a bunch of cryptic one sided hearsay shit mostly about Supermega, with a few people butthurt that he said he ALMOST said the N word like 10 years ago.
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BakonBitz
01/09/23 9:35:24 PM
#64:


Stallion_Prime posted...
He got so fucking lazy since his shit lets play channel makes so much money.
I dunno if laziness is the right word. He used to animate regularly but Game Grumps literally became a full-time business and he's started multiple projects in it outside of just let's play stuff.

It's more like he doesn't have time to animate anymore.

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Zikten
01/09/23 9:37:59 PM
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Jennywentnorth8 posted...
I did. Was just a bunch of cryptic one sided hearsay shit mostly about Supermega, with a few people butthurt that he said he ALMOST said the N word like 10 years ago.
He drove someone to almost commit suicide. Unless you think the victim is lying

It is a fact that the OneyPlays crew do not talk to Arin anymore. Ding Dong and Julian really did quit the channel, and they really did leave LA
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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 9:44:38 PM
#66:


Zikten posted...
He drove someone to almost commit suicide. Unless you think the victim is lying

It is a fact that the OneyPlays crew do not talk to Arin anymore. Ding Dong and Julian really did quit the channel, and they really did leave LA

It is a one sided story that was cryptic as fuck with 0 sources outside their little LA gaming house wonderland clique. Sorry but someone almost killing themselves doesn't give them some golden badge of uncontested honesty that trumps everything. I'd like to hear both sides of the story before I get my pitchfork out or at the very least an unbiased third party's account of the events.
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Zikten
01/09/23 9:48:13 PM
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Jennywentnorth8 posted...
It is a one sided story that was cryptic as fuck with 0 sources outside their little LA gaming house wonderland clique. Sorry but someone almost killing themselves doesn't give them some golden badge of uncontested honesty that trumps everything. I'd like to hear both sides of the story before I get my pitchfork out or at the very least an unbiased third party's account of the events.
Well you never will. Because the guilty refuse to admit it happened, and the victim doesn't want to talk about it enough that would satisfy you. But people who are longtime fans of oneyplays trust Ding dong. He wouldn't just make something like that up. But I bet you are going to see he would
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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 9:56:45 PM
#68:


Zikten posted...
Well you never will. Because the guilty refuse to admit it happened, and the victim doesn't want to talk about it enough that would satisfy you. But people who are longtime fans of oneyplays trust Ding dong. He wouldn't just make something like that up. But I bet you are going to see he would

I had no idea who Ding dong was before I read that topic. I have literally no opinion of him. But it is absolutely silly for people to think they can "trust" or "know" a person just because they watch their youtube videos. I have been watching Aris for a long time. But would I trust him to watch my dog? Fuck no. I don't know the guy. Never spoke to him. All I know is the stuff he wants me to know, aka the stuff he puts in youtube vids, aka the thing that every goddamn youtuber on the planet does. Just fucking delusional to think you know a person just because you are a "fan".
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Koishi
01/09/23 9:59:04 PM
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this is indefensible, those people deserve the money more than a thief.. and the doxxing/outing stuff operating under the assumption it is true is also indefensible

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MrMelodramatic
01/09/23 9:59:40 PM
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Mensis
01/09/23 10:04:04 PM
#71:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
I had no idea who Ding dong was before I read that topic. I have literally no opinion of him. But it is absolutely silly for people to think they can "trust" or "know" a person just because they watch their youtube videos. I have been watching Aris for a long time. But would I trust him to watch my dog? Fuck no. I don't know the guy. Never spoke to him. All I know is the stuff he wants me to know, aka the stuff he puts in youtube vids, aka the thing that every goddamn youtuber on the planet does. Just fucking delusional to think you know a person just because you are a "fan".
It's called credibility. Something that you seem blatantly unfamiliar with

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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 10:08:50 PM
#73:


Mensis posted...
It's called credibility. Something that you seem blatantly unfamiliar with

Lmao literally blind faith. People like you are what made Lostprophets and every church in the world such a success.
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Mensis
01/09/23 10:10:11 PM
#74:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
Lmao literally blind faith. People like you are what made Lostprophets and every church in the world such a success.
Ok butthurt guy. Sorry the guy you've been watching isn't as good a person as you thought he was

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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 10:15:43 PM
#75:


Mensis posted...
Ok butthurt guy. Sorry the guy you've been watching isn't as good a person as you thought he was

My opinion of him was "i am fine with him". Not exactly a diehard fan over here bud. He has made me laugh before, therefore he has earned "fine" from me. Doesn't go further than that. I just don't like when some internet hivemind attacks some dude on hearsay. I fucking hate Danny but I would still defend him over that "grooming" shit, because again, was the exact same thing. Just some internet mob attacking some dude for no reason other than "someone said this thing".
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wanderingshade
01/09/23 10:19:15 PM
#76:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
someone

A former employee

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Zikten
01/09/23 10:21:16 PM
#77:


The entire OneyPlays crew all stand by Ding Dong, and they probably know more details than we do. They seem to think it's a valid story.
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Mensis
01/09/23 10:22:32 PM
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You said you've been watching Arin (or Aris, rather) for years and your first post in the topic was particularly aggressive. If anyone here is in an echo chamber it's you

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sabin017
01/09/23 10:22:53 PM
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He's a better animator than me and he was clobbered to mush by the Epic Meal Time guy for the whole world to see. Definitely admirable.

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BakonBitz
01/09/23 10:27:24 PM
#80:


Mensis posted...
Ok butthurt guy. Sorry the guy you've been watching isn't as good a person as you thought he was
Bizarre thing to say when he literally said he doesn't trust Arin because he hasn't met him and isn't taking sides. You might be the one getting emotional here. Especially since you're pointing out a typo as if it's a gotcha moment.

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Beveren_Rabbit
01/09/23 10:29:36 PM
#81:


He's cool and a fun guy, but I wouldn't call him a role model.

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Mensis
01/09/23 10:30:48 PM
#82:


BakonBitz posted...
Bizarre thing to say when he literally said he doesn't trust Arin because he hasn't met him and isn't taking sides. You might be the one getting emotional here. Especially since you're pointing out a typo as if it's a gotcha moment.
It was a reaction to his "blind faith" gotcha and his entire attitude. But hey keep at it Dr Freud

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BakonBitz
01/09/23 10:32:36 PM
#83:


Aw I think Mr Mensis needs a time out! He's getting a little too cranky.

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Beveren_Rabbit
01/09/23 10:32:39 PM
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however, I'm not shaming the guy for being who he is. I don't expect every famous person to be a good role model.

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Mensis
01/09/23 10:34:21 PM
#85:


BakonBitz posted...
Aw I think Mr Mensis needs a time out! He's getting a little too cranky.
Sick burn

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TMOG
01/09/23 10:41:21 PM
#86:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
hearsay shit mostly about Supermega
It stops being hearsay when Supermega confirms it
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Garlands_Soul
01/09/23 10:53:33 PM
#87:


I loathe him

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DocileOrangeCup
01/09/23 11:02:12 PM
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I listen to game grumps still a bit when trying to sleep, but used to be into them a bunch a while back. Arin just seems annoying a lot of the time.

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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 11:05:21 PM
#89:


Mensis posted...
It was a reaction to his "blind faith" gotcha and his entire attitude. But hey keep at it Dr Freud

"Gotcha"? How in the fuck do I "Gotcha" someone I wasn't even talking to? That credibility shit was literally the first thing you have said to me. And my "attitude" lmaooooooooo literally the definition of butthurt snowflake jesus christ. "This dude's attitude on a dead internet message board about a guy I definitely don't know made me spring into action by calling HIM butthurt, the rubber/glue tactic will sure show him". Just crazy that you actually unironically exist man sorry.
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TMOG
01/09/23 11:08:19 PM
#90:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
"Gotcha"? How in the fuck do I "Gotcha" someone I wasn't even talking to? That credibility shit was literally the first thing you have said to me. And my "attitude" lmaooooooooo literally the definition of butthurt snowflake jesus christ. "This dude's attitude on a dead internet message board about a guy I definitely don't know made me spring into action by calling HIM butthurt, the rubber/glue tactic will sure show him". Just crazy that you actually unironically exist man sorry.
And we have arrived at the early stages of a melty
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Mensis
01/09/23 11:09:35 PM
#91:


Yeah I do have a problem with your attitude. You came in here calling someone's suicide attempt "snowflaky butthurty stuff". You're a piece of work

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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 11:11:15 PM
#92:


TMOG posted...
And we have arrived at the early stages of a melty

Again, I really don't have strong feelings about this topic guys. I feel like I have made that pretty clear but I guess not. Apparently if I use bad words on gamefaqs.gamespot.com people will just assume I am "having a melty". I mean I get it, you are baiting me. I would say I will talk like a robot from now on so that people don't assume I am mad about 2 internet dudes I know nothing about, but again, I just don't really give that much of a shit hombre. But at least throw something else at me. Give me something to work with other than just a vague troll sentence bud.
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TMOG
01/09/23 11:12:35 PM
#93:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
Again, I really don't have strong feelings about this topic guys. I feel like I have made that pretty clear but I guess not. Apparently if I use bad words on gamefaqs.gamespot.com people will just assume I am "having a melty". I mean I get it, you are baiting me. I would say I will talk like a robot from now on so that people don't assume I am mad about 2 internet dudes I know nothing about, but again, I just don't really give that much of a shit hombre. But at least throw something else at me. Give me something to work with other than just a vague troll sentence bud.
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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 11:13:24 PM
#94:


Mensis posted...
Yeah I do have a problem with your attitude. You came in here calling someone's suicide attempt "snowflaky butthurty stuff". You're a piece of work

That is definitely not what I said. I said suicide attempts don't give you a golden badge of honesty. Don't let that pain in your butt keep you from being able to read man that ain't healthy
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Mensis
01/09/23 11:15:05 PM
#95:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
I am fine with him. Every issue I have seen people have with him has just been little snowflakey butthurty stuff or just being mad that he sucks at games.
Ok so explain this then. You said you read both topics on the matter. You have memory loss now?

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TMOG
01/09/23 11:16:53 PM
#96:


Mensis posted...
Ok so explain this then. You said you read both topics on the matter. You have memory loss now?
It's hard to keep a story straight while in the grips of a melty lol
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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 11:23:44 PM
#97:


Mensis posted...
Ok so explain this then. You said you read both topics on the matter. You have memory loss now?

I didn't go back and reread that topic until someone brought it up in a post after this. My memory of that topic was people being mad at Supermega, and ever after rereading that topic that topic was still mostly about Supermega. To be honest no I didn't really remember the cryptic 3 hearsay sentences about his possible involvement.

And again, the reason i didn't remember that topic much was because I generally don't remember things I read 3 days ago about people I don't really give all that much shit about personally, which has always and will forever be my stance.
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Mensis
01/09/23 11:36:51 PM
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You forgot to throw in an insult that time. Must have really tired yourself out from all that back peddling.

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Jennywentnorth8
01/09/23 11:45:56 PM
#99:


Mensis posted...
You forgot to throw in an insult that time. Must have really tired yourself out from all that back peddling.

Pretty strange considering almost every post, including this one, you made has also tried to insult me in some way, but you won't find me bringing it up first (like you just did) since I am not a butthurt snowflake. But ok. It was the first post you made that wasn't just you saying some dumbass thing or being butthurt

That post of yours at least had some sort of purpose or goal, even if was a dumb one. So i rewarded it by actually answering it directly, but what a fool I was to expect anything in reply othet than another butthurty post.
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Mensis
01/10/23 12:05:46 AM
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Lol

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BakonBitz
01/10/23 12:24:28 AM
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Peak bullying content in this topic, lol

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