I like the way you're thinking. Now all I need is someone to argue with childishly. If only my brother played video games.Vigormortis said:
Poll: Totalbiscuit
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I haven't seen more than... one, two of his videos at most. That is, with just him in them. I follow a fair number of other "famous" (it's the internet, you're not famous) Youtubers who play video games in different capacities, and they tend to make crossover videos once in a while. I like Criken, for instance, because despite his seemingly childish demeanour he's a competent gamer who knows just how to edit videos to make them funny. He actually knows the first rule of comedy: don't force it and let it come naturally.
Uh, anyway... when they play games together, I find that TotalBiscuit is the worst kind of aggressive player. He's pretty much spitting salt before the game even begins. He's a poor loser and an even worse winner. I hate that kind of person. Other than that, I don't know anything about him. The article about him makes him seem alright, although I suspect that was the slant of the article.
Uh, anyway... when they play games together, I find that TotalBiscuit is the worst kind of aggressive player. He's pretty much spitting salt before the game even begins. He's a poor loser and an even worse winner. I hate that kind of person. Other than that, I don't know anything about him. The article about him makes him seem alright, although I suspect that was the slant of the article.
I really enjoy his content, even though sometimes he has a very cynical and straight forward look on things. He usually doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to either his content or topics he talks about.
That is why I enjoy the content that he puts out.
That is why I enjoy the content that he puts out.
I'm not quite sure what to think of him. I've enjoyed some of his series but when he gets fanboyish and takes on the PC Master Race outlook it can get quite annoying. However, I'd be just as annoyed if he were acting like that about any of the consoles as well.
I for one appreciate the PC point of view he has when looking at games, there are plenty of console reviews and looks at multi platform games but often the PC users got to settle for a console review which doesn't tell them PC specific details you need when deciding.
He doesnt go out his way to diss the consoles but rightfully does point out when the PC version is just a console port with no thought or consideration of the PC needs, this isnt PC Master Race rubbish... this is pointing out lazy devs doing lazy ports.
I like the detail he goes into by checking the options, it isnt like on a console you pop in the game and its ready to go, the graphic fidelity isnt such a issue when playing on a large TV on your armchair x meters away... but at less than 1 meter from the screen on a PC low quality texture work and poor resolution options hit like a truck, and poor FoV controls will make a number of gamers sick (I dont think its such an issue when viewing it from a armchair, FoV sickness).
There simply isnt that many who will look at the PC side of things, this limits the fanbase a bit so others would rather either be platform neutral or console centric with the viewpoint that PC users will just need to watch console footage.
It isnt a case of one platform being superior to another, its merely as a PC user I want to see information pertinent to my platform of choice, and TB provides it.
Lets be honest, with consoles as long as the game actually runs, there isnt much you can tweak but on a PC there is a lot that can be messed around with... a lot is also up to personal tastes, like me for example, I turn off AA to boost my FPS but turn up Anisotropic Filtering to max as I like the texture fidelity it provides (at 1920x1080... jaggies aint really a problem for me).
He doesnt go out his way to diss the consoles but rightfully does point out when the PC version is just a console port with no thought or consideration of the PC needs, this isnt PC Master Race rubbish... this is pointing out lazy devs doing lazy ports.
I like the detail he goes into by checking the options, it isnt like on a console you pop in the game and its ready to go, the graphic fidelity isnt such a issue when playing on a large TV on your armchair x meters away... but at less than 1 meter from the screen on a PC low quality texture work and poor resolution options hit like a truck, and poor FoV controls will make a number of gamers sick (I dont think its such an issue when viewing it from a armchair, FoV sickness).
There simply isnt that many who will look at the PC side of things, this limits the fanbase a bit so others would rather either be platform neutral or console centric with the viewpoint that PC users will just need to watch console footage.
It isnt a case of one platform being superior to another, its merely as a PC user I want to see information pertinent to my platform of choice, and TB provides it.
Lets be honest, with consoles as long as the game actually runs, there isnt much you can tweak but on a PC there is a lot that can be messed around with... a lot is also up to personal tastes, like me for example, I turn off AA to boost my FPS but turn up Anisotropic Filtering to max as I like the texture fidelity it provides (at 1920x1080... jaggies aint really a problem for me).
Alright. I don't represent Totalbiscuit or anything, but it's good to understand his style and his merits before criticizing him.
Firstly, his content patches are done without script. Maybe he has points jotted down somewhere, or a list of important things he must talk about, but as far as I know and he claims, there is no script for his videos. I trust that as sometimes he repeats himself but in a paraphrase and other "live" commentary quirks.
Second, he makes his living off ad revenue(in youtube). Acknowledging this fact, he has to accommodate his fanbase. He dislikes and constantly puts down fanatic followers who deride others and defend their subscribed channels without substantiation(thus calling them "fanboys" - immaturity and fanaticism) but accepts feedback from the more opinionated and "intelligent"(at least, having some proper reasoning skills) fans. This is evident in his recent E3 videos, which were flops and he tried to grasp his viewership back by asking and in effect pleading with his viewers to tell him what's up. He knows youtube is a popularity contest. He avoids that by providing quality, with the popularity coming from the officiousness of his character(by attending events, commentating Starcraft 2 at invitationals and international events.) rather than pandering and creating a cult of personality like pewdiepie does.
Third, he leads an inherently risky life. Making money off advertising means retaining the 100k views on every video that he puts out. He has to support a family, an esports team(though also supported by his wife, genna) and further his career(which also costs money in trips, equipment.) It's not simple living as John Bain and you have to first respect his willpower for pulling through such circumstances(albeit with help, but more power to him.) He is the cynicalbrit to a point where it helps him maintain his quality. It's not forced where it's NYEH, everything is bad, bad, bad. It simply taking a critical point towards certain features a game should have and focusing down the bad points. Cynics tend to focus on negatives, and most people sub to see the negatives to the games he impressions or the negatives of certain gaming news.
Fourth, he has a framework. Assuming he has no script, there are certain things that are go-to for him. The options menu, for example, is one such thing. He, as a consumer, expects PC games to support FOV and other features to exploit the PC architecture, rather than LOW MED HIGH and BUTTON LAYOUT 1,2,3. He doesn't support this, and feels it cheapens how PC games should be. He wants improvement for PC games in general, and thus has his standards. The FOV argument is always valid no matter how you see it, the PC is much closer to your face, and you want to see more. You can't treat it like a console game with 70 FOV.
I personally support the critical aspect of his videos. I do wish that more people had some critical thinking in their lives, at least towards their own welfare. We all have to be a bit selfish to protect ourselves; that much is understandable. Too many people in my live take things for granted and that's why I feel there is a distinct lack of the kind of thinking more people should have.
Perhaps it would help people understand John Bain as a person if they took his kind of life into account. We all have our flaws, and in his line of work, there is no superior, there is only the audience. Who else can he turn to?
Firstly, his content patches are done without script. Maybe he has points jotted down somewhere, or a list of important things he must talk about, but as far as I know and he claims, there is no script for his videos. I trust that as sometimes he repeats himself but in a paraphrase and other "live" commentary quirks.
Second, he makes his living off ad revenue(in youtube). Acknowledging this fact, he has to accommodate his fanbase. He dislikes and constantly puts down fanatic followers who deride others and defend their subscribed channels without substantiation(thus calling them "fanboys" - immaturity and fanaticism) but accepts feedback from the more opinionated and "intelligent"(at least, having some proper reasoning skills) fans. This is evident in his recent E3 videos, which were flops and he tried to grasp his viewership back by asking and in effect pleading with his viewers to tell him what's up. He knows youtube is a popularity contest. He avoids that by providing quality, with the popularity coming from the officiousness of his character(by attending events, commentating Starcraft 2 at invitationals and international events.) rather than pandering and creating a cult of personality like pewdiepie does.
Third, he leads an inherently risky life. Making money off advertising means retaining the 100k views on every video that he puts out. He has to support a family, an esports team(though also supported by his wife, genna) and further his career(which also costs money in trips, equipment.) It's not simple living as John Bain and you have to first respect his willpower for pulling through such circumstances(albeit with help, but more power to him.) He is the cynicalbrit to a point where it helps him maintain his quality. It's not forced where it's NYEH, everything is bad, bad, bad. It simply taking a critical point towards certain features a game should have and focusing down the bad points. Cynics tend to focus on negatives, and most people sub to see the negatives to the games he impressions or the negatives of certain gaming news.
Fourth, he has a framework. Assuming he has no script, there are certain things that are go-to for him. The options menu, for example, is one such thing. He, as a consumer, expects PC games to support FOV and other features to exploit the PC architecture, rather than LOW MED HIGH and BUTTON LAYOUT 1,2,3. He doesn't support this, and feels it cheapens how PC games should be. He wants improvement for PC games in general, and thus has his standards. The FOV argument is always valid no matter how you see it, the PC is much closer to your face, and you want to see more. You can't treat it like a console game with 70 FOV.
I personally support the critical aspect of his videos. I do wish that more people had some critical thinking in their lives, at least towards their own welfare. We all have to be a bit selfish to protect ourselves; that much is understandable. Too many people in my live take things for granted and that's why I feel there is a distinct lack of the kind of thinking more people should have.
Perhaps it would help people understand John Bain as a person if they took his kind of life into account. We all have our flaws, and in his line of work, there is no superior, there is only the audience. Who else can he turn to?
I voted first option. I especially like his take on the options menu, although I'm not so hard up about it and he is one of YT guys I watch along with Angry Joe, ZP and Jim.
It took me a while to get used to his attitude, but once past that it's refreshing to hear his honesty - kind of like Gordan Ramsey but less vulgar. I would excuse his short comings as he was a lawyer - occupational hazards will always stick with you.
It took me a while to get used to his attitude, but once past that it's refreshing to hear his honesty - kind of like Gordan Ramsey but less vulgar. I would excuse his short comings as he was a lawyer - occupational hazards will always stick with you.
I think you're wrong. He's said on numerous occasions that consoles are good for when you want to relax in your couch etc. But like I said before, no shit he prefers PC. Anyone who can afford a gaming PC agrees that they're objectively better. Consoles right now are only holding the gaming scene back, they need to evolve.omega 616 said:
I'm out of this thread, there's no point in me defending TB, he can do that himself.
I don't like him. Part of it is that I disagree with him and he seems a bit arrogant, but then a lot of it comes from his "fans" who treat him like the messiah. Half the time they jump on a bandwagon for hating something or siding with something just because he doesn't like it. One example and being anti-preorder. They couldn't even give reasons for why preordering was bad, they would just link his video.
I have a gaming PC, it's not a beast but it can do ok, I still prefer consoles over PC gaming by a fairly large margin.Substitute Troll said:
Consoles are just easier, there is no trouble shooting to do, no upgrades, no/easier installs etc
When I buy a game I want to be able to throw it into my machine and play asap. I don't want to select the install location, choose what type of install I want, hope the game doesn't crash to desktop, hope it's compatible with my machine etc.
Before my PS3 ylod I could play any previous generation of game on my PS3, I still can't play KOTOR2 on my PC ...
I was hoping that'd form a naughty acronym.hazabaza1 said:
That process sounds a lot more complicated than what it is, which is pressing enter on the 'next' button three times.omega 616 said:
OT: He's alright. The trouble is that a lot of the time he covers stuff I'm not interested in, and I try and avoid watching videos of stuff I am interested in. Which is not specific to him, I guess, but he is the one gaming channel I'm subbed to that does extensive video footage. (By comparison, Rev3 spend most of their time with their faces up instead of a game.)
I must thank him for constantly banging on about FOV though because I can't play an awful lot of shit for more than 30 minutes if it can't be adjusted, and he's well known enough to be noticed when he complains about it.
AND WHO IN THE HELL IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO READ THESE FUCKING CAPTCHAS?! RJAINRFAI NrfioAN ipN GoNA gioNG pAMi
Oh the magicka and trine 2 videos, hilarious... I might have to look at those terraria videos, although jesse I find slightly irritatingshrekfan246 said:
OT: I like him, he has saved me from making a couple bad purchases (Impire being the most recent one) and his opinions are honest.
I haven't watched any of Jesse's stuff outside of a Retsupurae of him playing I Wanna Be The Guy Gaiden or whatever it's called, but if that's anything to go by then he's slightly less annoying when TotalBiscuit is around and TB plays a great exasperated straight-man to Jesse's ridiculous off-the-wall behavior.lRookiel said:Oh the magicka and trine 2 videos, hilarious... I might have to look at those terraria videos, although jesse I find slightly irritating
Well speak of the devil.... Didn't expect you to show up when I wrote this, who alerts you to these kind of threads? Indeed universal praise wouldn't be healthy. Anyway, hope the family's keeping well. I am looking forward to listening to your soothing tones on the Xbox one.TotalBiscuit said:
Pretty much my main trusted source of videogame journalism. Too bad he doesn't do console exclusives and portables at all, hence I've no trusted videogame critics to check fort that type of content.
I like him for the most part. Do I ALWAYS agree with him? God no. We're two different people. Anyone who says they always agree with another person are fools. But I always respect that he puts a great deal of effort into his videos and he always forms an opinion or point with valid facts and I like that. And I especially like that he's open and honest with his fans about things that affect the channel and video schedule even if it's things that are particularly considered private to most people. That's really showing that he respects the people who watch his videos and wants to make sure they know what's going on and it's nice that he always does take criticism from his viewers and does things based on it. That's how things should be.
So ya, no one's perfect, obviously. I don't always agree, but overall he's a good guy and he does good work. But it's obvious from this thread that there are haters who are gonna hate for no real valid reason other than "our opinions are different and that makes me hate the person". In that case, I have a political party in the US that's right for you that has an Elephant as their mascot.
So ya, no one's perfect, obviously. I don't always agree, but overall he's a good guy and he does good work. But it's obvious from this thread that there are haters who are gonna hate for no real valid reason other than "our opinions are different and that makes me hate the person". In that case, I have a political party in the US that's right for you that has an Elephant as their mascot.
Damn, this dude copied me... before I had put it. Stop reading my mind, not cool.hazabaza1 said:
I hear people say 'ermahgurd he's got a British voice that's so cool' but really... I'm english and it's really not a magical thing. His voice isn't even particularly British.
He's really arrogant. He looks down on consoles, but he also looks down on games that were popular- I heard him bashing Skyrim, and for example when (I think it was) Pete Hines from Bethesda defending day-one DLC, he got angry and said Bethesda knew nothing about day-one DLC because they didn't do it... Seriously? He'll use reasoning like that? I think he pretends to know alot, but in reality... well, look at the example.
I'll admit I used to be subscribed on Youtube, but he was just such a dick about things that it was painful to even see the videos in the subs box.