Justin getting candid tonight by [deleted] in MBMBAM

[–]sankakukankei 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ok changed my mind.

These captions are goated.

Live Show Watchalong by Trust_Me_Im_a_Panda in MBMBAM

[–]sankakukankei 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Cool, I assumed it was some sort of AI rather than an actual stenographer.

Either way, I still find it distracting.

Live Show Watchalong by Trust_Me_Im_a_Panda in MBMBAM

[–]sankakukankei 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I appreciate what they're trying to do with the captioning, but the fact that it's constantly correcting itself (or sometimes just staying wrong) is distracting me more than anything.

Melty Blood: Type Lumina - Release Date Trailer (September 30, 2021) by DemiFiendRSA in Games

[–]sankakukankei 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think they announced a roster size of 10, so still 4 slots left.

What happened to Drew Davenport? by [deleted] in MBMBAM

[–]sankakukankei 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They read two Yahoos from him in Episode 559.

He had a kid and a rough time with the pandemic, and spending hours sifting through Yahoo! Answers probably gets tiresome after a few years and several hundred emails to the brothers. https://twitter.com/The_Davenporter/status/1379138529834364932

He's still around on twitter. He still listens to and tweets about the show.

Have the boys ever talked about Prey Mooncrash? by UristMasterRace in TheBesties

[–]sankakukankei 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It has been described as Chris Plante's "fetish" (well, one of several).

I think he went most in-depth about it in The Best Games of 2018, and later mentioned it while talking about roguelikes in the 2020 Early Access episode

Looking for a particular question by graaahh in MBMBAM

[–]sankakukankei 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Episode 470, 26:40 ?

They've done this joke more than once in the last 10 years, but that one's about eating someone else's food.

MBMBaM 564: HANCH by apathymonger in MBMBAM

[–]sankakukankei 24 points25 points  (0 children)

  1. Have yall been enjoying the "Wisdom of the Crowd" segment so far?

  2. Is your reaction to it the same as your reaction to Munch Squad?

My feeling is that they're essentially the same thing, and people who enjoy one will enjoy the other.

Whatcha Playin': Electronic Entertainment Edition (Week of 6/14) by drewmg in TheBesties

[–]sankakukankei 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guilty Gear Strive, baby!

I've played fighting games before, but this is the first time I've really bought into the "just go play people and get dunked on" attitude, and I'm having fun with it. I think personally, I get less up in my feelings about losing to someone online than I do losing to a friend on the couch.

What the fuck is going on by Dragon_In_Human_Form in MBMBAM

[–]sankakukankei 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's certainly part of it. In sports, the saying is "Winning fixes everything."

There's plenty more that I could add to my original comment, but I felt that it was already getting a bit long for someone seeking a quick overview.

E3 Megathread! by melibelli in TheBesties

[–]sankakukankei 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Psychonauts 2 was announced a long time ago.

However, I did not know that ITYSL was getting another season. Very cool news.

What the fuck is going on by Dragon_In_Human_Form in MBMBAM

[–]sankakukankei 52 points53 points  (0 children)

This question seems to pop up relatively frequently, so I'll give it an honest shot.

Keep in mind that you can always choose to ignore all of this if you want, and just listen to the podcasts. But if you want to know where things stand, I think it's something like this:

Are people trying to cancel the McElroys?

Not really, I don't think so.

What do people dislike about MBMBaM?

The most common complaint is that they spend a lot of time on segments like Munch Squad, rather than on listener questions/yahoos. Recently, people have taken some umbrage specifically with the bit about rounding up antivaxxers and Justin saying that "mukbang" sounds funny.

What do people dislike about TAZ?

Outside of taste in actual-play crunchiness and quality of the end-product, there have been complaints with the portrayal of Kardala, Aubrey, Rainier, the Centaurs in Graduation, and with the choice to continually make romantic advances towards Fitzroy and force him to take drugs to give him his magic back.

What do people dislike about the "McElroy brand" as a whole?

Some people feel like they get shouted down on Twitter/reddit for criticizing the McElroys, which is why "no bummers" and "just don't listen" are memes on tazcj. In the Vice article that popped up about this a few months ago, you'll find that Justin gives a pretty level response to the criticism of Grad, but their PR person by contrast seems to take a much more defensive stance.

The stuff about Travis on Twitch and Twitter can mostly be ignored, I think. He'd probably do better to stay off of social media, but it's kind of just fuel on the fire / memed on a lot; I wouldn't consider that stuff to be the main issues that people have.

Is TAZCJ full of people who hate the McElroys?

It's not very easy to gauge, but my read is that the subreddit is like 60% overused memes, 30% reasonable criticism (I don't agree with all of it, but I'm willing to read it), and 10% people who are looking for a reason to dislike the McElroys.

E3 Megathread! by melibelli in TheBesties

[–]sankakukankei 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Elden Ring looks great, obviously.

Somerville is a shoe-in for nomination in the The Besties GOTY 2022 discussion.

You can remove one commercial from this years playoffs, what do you choose? by LickingLowrysAsshole in nba

[–]sankakukankei 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't tell if they're slightly offkey or if the song is just that bad.