So...eSults is (trying to be) a thing...

[Quaxar]

Until 3 posts in I thought this said "eSuits", wondering what the point of it was. I guess eSults is... less stupid than a digital suit for the gentleman browser but not by much.

 

[SlaveNumber23]

I love the Nostalgia Critic but these are incredibly awkward and cringe worthy, and seem more like forum suicide devices than forum weaponry. Its kind of depressing that, judging from the feedback on the videos, people seem to be loving these.

 

[Bobic]

Seems to me like his pageviews are dropping, and he figures getting people to post his face and links all over forums and facebook will save him. It won't, they suck, time to move on.

 

[Playful Pony]

Oh, eSults! From the moment I saw the thread title to the point he actually said it I thought it was eSluts, and I couldn't quite see why Doug was the one who started it...

It was a weird moment, but I was with you X3.

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

OH!
Video Insults, eSults, I get it now...

...coming into this thread, I was expecting some sort of newfangled Internet Bath Salts...
...
...
... I'd be lying if I said I'm not a bit disappointed...
[sub]Not that I'm into that kinda thing or anything...[/sub]
[sub][sub]... faces aren't really my thing, but... you know..[/sub][/sub]

But yeah, it's a pretty dumb idea... There are plenty of reaction videos out that that serve their general purpose better than a video of a direct reaction to a specific type of prick.
[sub][sub]God I love Chang...[/sub][/sub]

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Is he seriously trying to monetize forum weapons? I know Demo Reel was a disaster and he only keeps those two failure actors around because he can't admit he fucked up, but this is really stretching it for Doug. Honest to god, the only reason I go to the site now is for Linkara and Sage. Used to be Welshy too, but the guy is all but done for personal reasons.

 

[darkstarangel]

Oh, eSults! From the moment I saw the thread title to the point he actually said it I thought it was eSluts, and I couldn't quite see why Doug was the one who started it...

haha I thought it said eSluts too.

I think memes are more effective than actual videos but Doug should just use clips of his reactions from previous videos, as already shown, rather than have taylor made insults, they're more effective.
In saying that, the cinema snob should do his own versions of short clips. That crystal-pepsi tainted voice of his would be perfect for short smart-arse comments & fake flirting.

 

[SciMal]

So, how about it? Are eSults really the wave of the future for internet snarkery, or is this a failed experiment in trying to stay relevant?

Failed experiment. The entire idea behind a trend or meme for internet usage is that the original content was never intended to be used as-such. It's a find that encapsulates the message the user wants when taken out of context. That said... Experiments are often failures until you find one that works, but...

TGWTG is on the down slope for content.

There are too many contributors overlapping their areas, too many "people reviewing stuff" instead of being "characters", and too many contributors that are either absent 90% of the time or suck.

Aside from Linkara and NC, I don't watch anything off the site. Either I'll go to the individual Blip pages, or I'm completely disinterested.

You either Educate or Entertain as an internet celebrity... Spoony is a great Entertainer, Linkara is a great Educator, and most of the people on TGWTG just repeat what's on the bloody screen without doing either.

 

[Dangit2019]

So...they're forum reaction videos without the charm?

I'll pass.

Seriously, Doug, if you keep trying to force trends on the Internet like this, people are going to forget all the good stuff from Nostalgia Critic, and even that show is getting bogged down by the constant cameos, forced catchphrases, and unnecessary subplots getting in the way of the review itself.

Take a look at RedLetterMedia for example. They know jack shit about "Internet culture", so they don't try to make everything a fucking meme and instead focus on making their opinions valid and humorous at the same time. You know, because that's their domain, as it was yours not too long ago.

 

[Muspelheim]

We deserve this. We have brought this all unto ourselves. This frightening bubos is just an unavoidable side effect of the condition of the machine we inhabit. This vile cyst is only the more revolting for the fact that it is visible, in broad day. But peel back the skin, the smart, slick paneling of this machine, and its true, ashen face will be revealed, so unclean, so strange, so petrifying in its wild hideousness that the memory of such a sight will remain branded upon the retinas of the unfortunate observers.

Forever.

Along with everything else. Every other gift received from this horrible machine of pus.

#hysterical twat.

(I do love being unabashedly melodramatic at random. :3 )

 

[Colour Scientist]

I'm not really contributing to the topic but I find it entertaining how many thread views this thread has compared to comments because most people thought the title was supposed to say eSluts.

 

[sextus the crazy]

I dislike the Nostalgia Critic. This makes me intelligent. Please notice me.

Don't worry Dr. Cakemeister. I still notice you, if only for your kirby avatar.

OT: I still go to TGWTG frequenty, but it's mostly just for Anime Abandon, animania, read right to left, rap critic, and blistered thumbs. I liked NC, but never was super into him.

 

[roushutsu]

Considering how people already like to link up movie and tv clips to use as retorts, these eSults just come off as completely unnecessary. I dunno if I'd say TGWTG is scraping the bottom of the barrel, but Doug and Co. are reaching here.

 

[The Lyre]

I don't think I've ever once felt that I needed someone else to prepare my insults for me, ahead of time, to use instead of my own perfectly serviceable mouth-words.

That said, is this really that strange? I awkwardly crowbar memes of all kinds into my online conversations all the time - and even 'lol' is just someone else's way of succinctly saying "I found that amusing, friend." Isn't this basically the live action equivalent of 'cool story, bro'?

Back when MSN was still a thing, people in my teenaged circles would use MSN Plus, I think it was called, that came with this feature that let you play pre-recorded sounds - mostly annoying crap, or quotes ripped out of films. We used it all the time, spamming it at each other in pre-recorded sound wars.

So whilst it's a a bit too forced for my liking, I can see the logic here - it's a potential next step in meme culture.

 

[Dr. Cakey]

Should've thought of this earlier.

Dear This Topic,

 

[Saladfork]

Well, I stopped watching Nostalgia Critic a while before the last crossover, so I'm not entirely sure if it's picked up at all, but I don't really get why he's think his pre-canned responses would be better than the ones the fans pick out. I mean, if the fans start using it, then they liked it, but if you try to force it, it's almost certainly not going to work.

Then again, I seem to recall he had a bit of a fixation on forcing memes for some reason. I suppose nobody ever explained how it works to him.

 

[Dangit2019]

Should've thought of this earlier.

Dear This Topic,

What an amazing demonstration of why this doesn't work. I'm not going to click and watch that because I know that it only exists to insult me (or anyone the poster considers a whiner). What motivation would I have to open a video like that? And what motivation would a bystander have to open it when they see the title for it and instantly know what the poster wants to convey? It misses the entire point of forum weaponry.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

The Nostalgia Critic wants to be my source of youtube responses? I have an entire playlist devoted to that. I pass.

 

[80sboy]

Then again, I seem to recall he had a bit of a fixation on forcing memes for some reason. I suppose nobody ever explained how it works to him.

Wait, you mean to tell me that whole "Big lipped alligator moment" and the "I was frozen today," he was really trying to make those into memes? I thought he was just using them as a shtick in his reviews. Mildly amusing shticks, but nothing meme worth.

-_-

 

[Something Amyss]

I thought it was a joke at first. Now I just wish it was.

Doug's a nice guy, but he's always had a serious problem with trying to force memes.

Like much of the internet, really.

He did this before with trying to make "I was frozen today" and the evil popcorn eating guy into memes, and it doesn't work at all because it's not funny to begin with

Hey, "I was frozen today!" is awesome.

hence the Nostalgia critic is now Family Guy.

Woah woah woah woah. It isn't THAT bad!

>.>

Hey now, let's not say anything we can't take back. Sure, you might not like the new NC format, but in my opinion "really terrible" are words that one only uses about a parody novel by Adam Roberts or the South Park episode A Million Little Fibers.

This is the internet. "Worst (X) ever" means "I find this slightly less good than last week." Calling something terrible is pretty much saying "not lol funny" in real people speak.

Kind of like how "fuck you, ******" is the equivalent of "I disagree, good sir or madam."

There are too many contributors overlapping their areas, too many "people reviewing stuff" instead of being "characters", and too many contributors that are either absent 90% of the time or suck.

And the absence part is the one that gets to me. Aside from Linkara and Nash, most of the people I most like to watch on the site just aren't updating that often. Doug still updates regularly, but he hasn't been the main reason I came to the site in ages. TGWTG is usually the first video site I check out in my routine, which I used to do because it had the most content I'd watch. Now it's just habit, and I'm lucky if there's one video I give a damn about.

This has nothing to do with eStunts particularly, but I think they are part of a general trend of "meh."

I'm not really contributing to the topic but I find it entertaining how many thread views this thread has compared to comments because most people thought the title was supposed to say eSluts.

I'm surprised that many people think eSluts would be something that was TRYING to be a thing. I think that's pretty much a thing as far back as there is eAnything. Like, I'd think you could figure that out by context alone.