Is it bad that that bothered me the most out of the entire episode?teebeeohh said:
Who wants to watch Modern Warfare 2 single player? It's bad enough playing it.misterprickly said:
Drinking Games: Call of Drinking: Modern Warfare 2
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They need to build up more interesting characters and not "random strangers pretending to be drunk" that I frankly do not care about.
Also the general tone and background music is way too slow and meh. These drinking games feel more like prison than entertainment the way it is executed. I hope I'd never have to attend one of these "parties".
So um:
Try to catch the viewer from first second. It's not a good sign when I want to close the page after 5 seconds.
Although it's important to drink responsibly, try to not overdo the whole thing, or make it feel like a chore to watch through certain parts.
Make some interesting characters. Seriously, I don't care who "Chris Pranger" is when there's nothing more than boring to him.
Also the general tone and background music is way too slow and meh. These drinking games feel more like prison than entertainment the way it is executed. I hope I'd never have to attend one of these "parties".
So um:
Try to catch the viewer from first second. It's not a good sign when I want to close the page after 5 seconds.
Although it's important to drink responsibly, try to not overdo the whole thing, or make it feel like a chore to watch through certain parts.
Make some interesting characters. Seriously, I don't care who "Chris Pranger" is when there's nothing more than boring to him.
The Escapist can do much better than shows about drinking games.
Also, having a warning about the legal use of alcohol is nice, but invalidating it by idolizing liquor not a minute later ("How are you enjoying your REAL alcohol") makes it feel stupid and useless.
Also, having a warning about the legal use of alcohol is nice, but invalidating it by idolizing liquor not a minute later ("How are you enjoying your REAL alcohol") makes it feel stupid and useless.
A couple thoughts for future rules:
1) Every time Chris screws up his diction, you take a shot.
2)RPGs!
Every time you open your inventory, take a shot.
Every time you quickload, take a shot. (Warning: this rule has been banned from all Prince of Persia games until such time as synthahol is invented)
Every time you get a macguffin, take a shot.
Genre-specific: for a fantasy game, every time anybody says 'noble' take a shot. For sci-fi, every time anybody says 'gun' or 'pistol' take a shot.
Anytime you complete a gay romance, you make a mixed drink and chug that sucker.
Happy alcohol poisoning!
Semi-unrelated, I was really hoping for a 'walking on walking on broken gla-a-ass' reference. No joy.
1) Every time Chris screws up his diction, you take a shot.
2)RPGs!
Every time you open your inventory, take a shot.
Every time you quickload, take a shot. (Warning: this rule has been banned from all Prince of Persia games until such time as synthahol is invented)
Every time you get a macguffin, take a shot.
Genre-specific: for a fantasy game, every time anybody says 'noble' take a shot. For sci-fi, every time anybody says 'gun' or 'pistol' take a shot.
Anytime you complete a gay romance, you make a mixed drink and chug that sucker.
Happy alcohol poisoning!
Semi-unrelated, I was really hoping for a 'walking on walking on broken gla-a-ass' reference. No joy.
The addition of the double clink around the titles got annoying. And super obnoxious fake drunk chick I did not care for. Awesome shirt, though. The idea is still there, but work on your presentation, polish the acting. Remember, less is more.
If you're going to do this, someone is actually gonna have to get drunk. It doesn't make any sense that you're prepared to deliver a weekly show encouraging people to drink to excess, but don't want to show anyone drunk because... what? It's indecent?
At the end of the day a show about fratboy drinking games is never going to be something I want to watch on The Escapist, but I do appreciate the fun sports parody and it's a well put together show. I won't be watching again, but I have my fingers crossed for more future, non-alcoholic content from Firefilm.
At the end of the day a show about fratboy drinking games is never going to be something I want to watch on The Escapist, but I do appreciate the fun sports parody and it's a well put together show. I won't be watching again, but I have my fingers crossed for more future, non-alcoholic content from Firefilm.
Checked it out of curiosity (since I don't drink) and it's cool to see they followed some of the suggestions from comments on the previous thread (seemed that way to me at least).
I don't think I'll keep watching because obviously it's of little interest to me, but for people who like drinking games, they can get ideas there.
I'm still not sure why it needs to be videos, it seems articles with rules written down can work too. Especially since you'd probably need to write them down to make sure to remember them all.
I don't think I'll keep watching because obviously it's of little interest to me, but for people who like drinking games, they can get ideas there.
I'm still not sure why it needs to be videos, it seems articles with rules written down can work too. Especially since you'd probably need to write them down to make sure to remember them all.
Plastic cups save lives? the f***! what bottle smashes when hit hits a carpet from that height?
Also we did this ages ago.
Still hate this show.
Also we did this ages ago.
Still hate this show.
Well, you had two tries to get me interested. Epic fail. Sorry guys, I guess beer worship and how-to's for getting drunk just aren't my thing.