Name a single more qualitative video-game related Youtuber, than Ross Scott. Go ahead, I'll wait

Name a single more qualitative video-game related Youtuber, than Ross Scott. Go ahead, I'll wait.

And no, this isn't an e-celeb thread. Pewiepie is an e-celeb. Fucking Tobuscus is an e-celeb. Ross is not in their category.

>tfw he confirmed he would continue Freeman's Mind

Any news on Freeman's mind 2? or is he gonna upload them in an inconsistent schedule?

I died a little inside when I realized Freeman's Mind 2 started before HL3 got confirmed.

I fucking adore the series but only now I realized that the series has been going on for fucking years now, and ignoring that, HL fans keep making mods , making gmod machinima or talking about the games while Valve jacks off at their offices.

Side note, try out Half Payne, pretty fun mod.

Yes, he's a e-celeb. Just a minor one.

It took him 8 years to get through HL1, be patient.

Fuck Valve, bunch of lazy greedy cunts

I like Game Dungeon. I don't have much use for Freeman's Mind, videochats, or a movie.

He said it'll be out this month or next I think. Game Dungeon is still better

Even then he does all these videos because he actually love games and he avoids any sort of drama or bias that could alienate his fans.

He might be a eceleb but he's one of the few "genuine people", if you will, that we got, so there's that.

I would not call his work "quality". In fact it's often rather poorly researched (though he does go into weird lengths to get access to some weird stuff), offers fairly little impartial and objective (well, "objective") information, and has very low production values.

What I would call it is "really entertaining and interesting to watch". The guy is likable, the videos are very candid and charming, he seems to be extremely honest and just odd enough to be amusing, and he does shit few other people do. And his sense of humor fits well with me. All props to him, especially for Game Dungeon, which I always enjoyed more than Freeman's Mind.

But it's not exactly what pops in my head when I think of the word "quality".

To be fair, he did state in the very first episode that Game Dungeon was more akin to a senile old man raving on his front porch than any objective review.

Was gonna say Slowbeef but remembered I had to unsubscribe after the shit he's be shilling lately

panoots is fucking solid

STOP KILLING GAMES

BUT I HAVE TO MAKE THE MOVIE

>you will never sell your soul to Ross in exchange for candy

>watching people play video games instead of fucking playing video games
>"i-its not an e-celeb thread because he's a nobody"
Saged

Ross is a part of the godhead, but has still not reached the status of Matt Motherfucking Barton

Epic

How is entertainment value and interesting not also 'quality'? It's not just about production values. How in gods name would videos about videogames be 'impartial' or 'objective', and how would that be interesting? And how is it poorly researched, he's the only channel I can think of that does research on stuff sometimes, why is it 'poor'?

Who would win in a fight at their absolute peak?
Jerma
>It's Jerma Rumble
>Star is watching
>Ross called him short
>There's a 100 bucks on the line

Ross
>If he wins footage from the fight can be used in his movie
>His girlfrtiend is watching
>Jerma just said he likes to kill games
>Mapped out the entire battleground

mah nigga. I don't watch all of his streams, but the ones I do are quality background noise to have on while playing vidya, drawing or something along those lines.

He's not a let's player. He makes videos ABOUT video games, and really obscure ones at that. So it's not a replacement for actually playing games.

DarkSydePhil

Only thing that matters is rules say topics about video game culture are allowed. But go ahead complain about the moderation.

Tough bet, gonna have to go with Ross. Jerma is compact, but Ross' height advantage is too much.

ACG is just reviews, no? Very little creative and personal aspect. And LGR I used to like but it's been ages since I happen to watch something of his and be interested. Dude mostly plays the sims from what I gather.

I wonder how did so many people question it after the 1st episode being real.

Sounds like every eceleb in existence.

The Examined Life (of Gaming) is pretty based. Reviewed a lot of obscure B games, has sensible, well-rounded opinions. Cons: hates Serious Sam. It's an acquired taste

Jerma wins because Ross HAS TO MAKE THE MOVIE.

Look, I'm definitely not complaining or blaming him for anything. He seems to be doing things the way he likes, and that is what in the end makes it amusing for me. I don't want or need him to be any more "objective", in fact that would probably make me lose interest. It's not objectivity that I expect from him, or high quality production, I expect him to be honest, because that seems to make his videos so fun and interesting to watch.

I just really found OP's choice of words very odd in this context.

>Ross is not in that category
All I'm getting from that statement is
>I like this person so he doesn't belong in the category I hate

Why do children watch this shit is beyond me.

Are they so insecure about themselves they need to watch an ugly faggot bellowing about muh videogames and following useless "e-drama" to feel they belong somewhere and can't play some themselves?

>How is entertainment value and interesting not also 'quality'?
How is it. "Quality" generally implies the measure of hard work, preparation, effort - in general, what we call "Craft" All those things that can generally be judged on pseudo-objective scale, all the things that are gained through hard work and expertise.

Entertainment on the other hand merely judges a subjective reaction that the VIEWER gets from the show. Unlike quality, which is something is essentially aspect of the work itself, entertainment is a reaction existing solely on the side of the viewer - his positive reaction and sentiment of appreciation.

>How in gods name would videos about videogames be 'impartial' or 'objective',
You literally never read a good review, criticism, analysis, essay? By doing good research, putting a lot of effort into your arguments, covering a lot of grounds - seriously, have you really never seen how any kind of semi-academic or academic normative judgement is made?

>how would that be interesting?
Hmm. That is a good question? Why on EARTH would people EVER want impartial and "objective" (the quotations here are important) reviews or analysis or essay-like work on various products or pieces of craft or art? Can't think of why anyone ever would be interested in something like that...

>he's the only channel I can think of that does research on stuff sometimes,
You never seen TB's work? Even if you disagree with him, he is a good example of somebody who does quite a lot of research and backs it up.
It's not that I expect or want this from Ross, but he occasionally looks into something that picks his interest, but a lot of what he says is utterly ungrounded, often he does not know pretty fundamental things.
Which is not bad. He does not need this, it's not the point of his videos. But still, doing that is something that I associate with quality in medial work.

It's impossible to be based while hating Serious Sam.

This is just lazy, user, you're better than this
I believe in you, senpai

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>Jerma is just a streamwore now who shoehorns his unfunny SJW cunt girlfriend into all of the streams
>Star hates life and just spends all day on Overwatch smurfs

It's not fair. They died too young

already watch 3 of these, checking out Mandalore gaming. It's breddy good so far!

>If he wins footage from the fight can be used in his movie
Yeah, Ross wins.

>That god-tier youtuber that you never see mentioned anywhere

What's her name?

She hasn't actually done anything SJW on stream so far, but she is terribly unfunny.
I just wish Jerma would make a fucking video.

They're not one guy but they're (imo) the funniest and most unique video-game related youtubers. ContinueCast was fucking great as well, was what motivated me to start Earthbound

>shoehorns his unfunny girlfriend
He only did it once, and it was the one stream he played TF2 again.

I did like gameshow week though, I laughed at the fucking Teeth Answer.

>e-celeb thread

Nick is shit

>"Quality" generally implies the measure of hard work, preparation, effort

He really does put in a lot of hard work, he would put out a video every day if he could, but it consistently takes him a month or two for a single game dungeon.

I think the videos are well done at least.

Would you mind posting something you think is quality?

NOT VIDEO GAMES

Remember to sage.

>poster count didn't go up
Wew

>watching the post count
wew

LGR hasn't played a Sims game in forever. He's really dug into a lot of retro PC stuff.

Agreed. Josh is under-rated as fuck though.

Doesn't take that great an effort y'know
Unlike spamming a Ross thread, takes special kind of autism

>He really does put in a lot of hard work,
He puts in a lot of enthusiasm and possibly a lot of work, though it may be questionable how well directed and efficiently that effort is. It does not matter though. I love it. Seriously, this is not about condemnation or criticism of his work: if anything, his work stands as a good illustration that quality and value are not synonymous at all: I value his work more than work of most professionals in the industry. Hell, I may have been a little harsh. I made it sound like his work is half-arsed and it definitely isn't.

Still, there are some professional standards for quality out there, and I don't think his videos are a good example of those. What it is an example of is that those standards mean very little compared to a lot of damn passion and dedication, and simply being interesting enough person to have something to say that is worth listening to.

>"Quality" generally implies the measure of hard work, preparation, effort

That's just not true, it doesn't need to mean that. Things can be said to be 'qualitative' for various reasons, mostly when they succeed at what they aim for. It's not a synonym for "craft", or reserverd for "when someone worked very hard on it". Expertise is a better word to use, and I think Ross has that, he succeeds at what he does.

>academic normative judgement

Dude, where are you? What are we discussing here? I have a masters degree, but we are discussing 1. an entertainment business 2. as discussed in videos also meant for intertainment. A good review isn't necessarily the most objective one. In fact if you'll allow me to be a bit silly but frank: the only objective review of a video game is a summary of the content. A good video in my opinion, brings new perspective, the perspective of the video maker. That's not objective, but interesting.

That's not to say Ross doesn't put in effort, even in terms of research and argument. He covers a lot of ground and his views are maybe not put forth with a lot of argumentation, but they are well thought out views. You can't say Ross doesn't think about shit, especially for a video game channel.

>Why on EARTH would people EVER want impartial and "objective" (the quotations here are important) reviews or analysis or essay-like work on various products or pieces of craft or art?

Again, what are we talking about here? Frankly I find your obsession with objectivity and impartiality very superficial, especially when we are talking about creative content, works of art and craft. They can't be valued and evaluated 'objectively'.

>You never seen TB's work?

No, what is that short for? I'm interested to see what he does, thanks.

When has Jerma last won a Jerma Rumble? It goes to Ross, hands-down.

Fuck e-celeb cancer, go somewhere else if you want to obsess over strangers