I suppose ZP. Though I think the escapist could manage without one of those and still work with the others. I mean, it did before, and there's still alot to do here even with those vids gone.
Poll: The show the escapist couldn't survive without
- Thread starter Squirrel1328
- Start date
Recommended Videos
- Nov 27, 2009
- 5,791
- 712
- 118
- Country
- The Dreamlands
- Gender
- Lose 1d20 sanity points.
BTW you know if Shamus is on vacation or something? Because I haven's seen anything done by him in about 1 or 2 weeks maybe more, point is there has not been another stolen pixels in quite some time.darth.pixie said:
EDIT: Just checked yeah it's exactly 2 weeks since his last post was on February 4th and at the time of this post it's 18th.
It seems I'm in the minority when I point out I started visiting The Escapist for the written articles in a yonder time before there even was a Zero Punctuation. The site was fine before all the video content, it would survive without. Mind you with a whole lot less viewers, but still!
This seems pretty open and shut, it would be Zero Punctuation. If you listen to any of the people in the forums when they say how they found this site, nearly all of them say that it was because of Zero Punctuation.
I came to this site when someone linked me a Zero Punctuation clip. Since then I've gotten into the actual magazine content, features, Unskippable and Movie Bob clips too. But Zero Punctuation is unbeatable (in my opinion) when held up to other content on this site.
Well, obviously the factual answer is ZP. It brought me in, and probably 90% or more of the rest of traffic too. Now, I voted for Extra Credits, because I think it's the finest segment on the site to date and is a great exemplar of everything The Escapist stands for - thoughtful analysis for passionate gamers. But if it came right down to it, the one show on ESC that I could not live without... that's Doraleous & Associates. God dammit, if those guys aren't working on a D&A movie, I'm gonna kill 'em, because not having D&A in my life makes it barely worth living. That's a slight exageration, but still.
DAMMIT NEEBS
EDIT: At the end of the week, tho, Movie Bob is the first thing I watch. He just isn't quite as relevant as EC, but he is my favorite commentator on the site.
DAMMIT NEEBS
EDIT: At the end of the week, tho, Movie Bob is the first thing I watch. He just isn't quite as relevant as EC, but he is my favorite commentator on the site.
It could survive without any of those, it just wouldn't be as successful as it currently is, Zero Punctuation disappearing would probably cause the biggest drop in traffic but it might improve the community (nothing against the show itself).
Escape to the movies is the show I'd miss the most, it helps me keep up with the movie world very good, extra credits is a close second.
Escape to the movies is the show I'd miss the most, it helps me keep up with the movie world very good, extra credits is a close second.
I came for the zero but I stayed for the bob, load ready run,extra credits and ENN
oh and the big pic
oh and the big pic
zp may have got me here, but I think it's past it's prime, I'd say my favourite videos on this site are the video reviews
When Zero Punctuation ends,[footnote]As it inevitably will.[/footnote] this site will see 80% less traffic.
Personally what got me on The Escapist was the March Mayhem with Valve and the Free Speech episode of Extra Credits (both thanks to the Steam Forums).
But considering that Zero Punctuation and Unskippable have the honor of being on the navigation bar in the videos section, the choices are pretty clear even if you just got on here today.
But considering that Zero Punctuation and Unskippable have the honor of being on the navigation bar in the videos section, the choices are pretty clear even if you just got on here today.