The Spoony One has been ejected from That Guy With the Glasses.

[renaissance_nerd]

whatever we can debate it all day, the fact of the matter is by his outburst he has proven he is no better than TGWTG, he is prone to angry outbursts of absolute merciless vitrol alienating his fans and sliding further down into the muck, any shred of professionalism he claims to have or have had is gone.

there is no excuse for telling someone on an open mic for all to hear to take his bothers gun and splatter his brains all over the wall. just none, and I don't care how you, Lordkat or anyone else attempt to justify it.

you still want to be his fan? cool, I'm still Spoony's fan after what he said but don't attempt to even try and claim Lordkat is somehow a victim in this.

I'm not really a LordKaT fan, I'm a fan of some of his friends on his stream. And I think he's a complete fucking asshole for telling Spoony, who is also a asshole, to kill himself. There's no excuse for it. But you can make the point that he's a massive asshole by saying he told a guy he knew had depression to kill himself. People don't need to bring in other shit, and worst of all be WRONG ON THE INTERNET*, about the stuff surrounding it.

*This is clearly sarcasm. Though I do find the inaccuracies annoying.

I wasn't there so I don't know all I know is the sum of what has been said/show about it, as for Joe asking to choke someone it was for a quick intro to an interview he was doing and the one who agreed to it backed out, so Joe with very limited time tried to get a replacement (clumsily sure but he was running out of time his interview window was closing pretty quick) until finally James Rolfe (the AVGN) agreed to do it.

Its not like Joe went batshit and wanted to harm random E3 goers.

Spoony and Joe in 2010 thought they could bring their "skit" style of video making to a professional press convention, they were sadly wrong and learned their lesson pretty quick. LordKat being the adult he claims to be should have realized that it was their first time and should have been more forgiving than he is.

Although that does beg the question, Why couldn't they?

Really? Is it that unprofessional to go to someone and politely ask if they'll play along for a skit for a comedy site?

Sounds to me like the "professional press" are just a bunch of pretentious dicks.

yes and no, some of these guys are pushing their 10th-20th E3, they forget what its like being new blood in the industry and just excited to be there.

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

whatever we can debate it all day, the fact of the matter is by his outburst he has proven he is no better than TGWTG, he is prone to angry outbursts of absolute merciless vitrol alienating his fans and sliding further down into the muck, any shred of professionalism he claims to have or have had is gone.

there is no excuse for telling someone on an open mic for all to hear to take his bothers gun and splatter his brains all over the wall. just none, and I don't care how you, Lordkat or anyone else attempt to justify it.

you still want to be his fan? cool, I'm still Spoony's fan after what he said but don't attempt to even try and claim Lordkat is somehow a victim in this.

I'm not really a LordKaT fan, I'm a fan of some of his friends on his stream. And I think he's a complete fucking asshole for telling Spoony, who is also a asshole, to kill himself. There's no excuse for it. But you can make the point that he's a massive asshole by saying he told a guy he knew had depression to kill himself. People don't need to bring in other shit, and worst of all be WRONG ON THE INTERNET*, about the stuff surrounding it.

*This is clearly sarcasm. Though I do find the inaccuracies annoying.

I am curious, do you know if anyone else from Blistered Thumbs who as at E3 '10 was denied access and interview privileges because of Noah and Joe, or was it just Jason?

In your original post, it almost came across like you were implying they didn't give two shits about the work everyone else was doing in their coverage of E3, which on paper... doesn't really make any sense. Especially from someone like Joe.

 

[infinity_turtles]

Spoony and Joe in 2010 thought they could bring their "skit" style of video making to a professional press convention, they were sadly wrong and learned their lesson pretty quick. LordKat being the adult he claims to be should have realized that it was their first time and should have been more forgiving than he is.

He didn't really make a big deal of it. At the time he left ThatGuy because Blistered Thumbs reputation was hurting his business. Recently, years later, he included it in a rant detailing all his bad blood with Spoony. And has since dropped it and pretty much all other talk of spoony. That said, that was a huge chance he lost. Easy to say to let it go entirely, but when Roo, Him, and pretty much everyone else at BT were being professional except Joe and Spoony? Resentment there is very understandable.

I think the only reason it probably came up was because it was fresh on his mind given that he recently gave up another business chance to take care of his mom after his dad died recently.

 

[renaissance_nerd]

Spoony and Joe in 2010 thought they could bring their "skit" style of video making to a professional press convention, they were sadly wrong and learned their lesson pretty quick. LordKat being the adult he claims to be should have realized that it was their first time and should have been more forgiving than he is.

He didn't really make a big deal of it. At the time he left ThatGuy because Blistered Thumbs reputation was hurting his business. Recently, years later, he included it in a rant detailing all his bad blood with Spoony. And has since dropped it and pretty much all other talk of spoony. That said, that was a huge chance he lost. Easy to say to let it go entirely, but when Roo, Him, and pretty much everyone else at BT were being professional except Joe and Spoony? Resentment there is very understandable.

I think the only reason it probably came up was because it was fresh on his mind given that he recently gave up another business chance to take care of his mom after his dad died recently.

and and i heard something about telling his dad on his death bed to go fuck himself, Jason is a real class act.

 

[MrMan999]

One things for sure. I have a lot more respect towards JesuOtaku. She's the only one in this spat who acted like a god damn professional.

 

[infinity_turtles]

whatever we can debate it all day, the fact of the matter is by his outburst he has proven he is no better than TGWTG, he is prone to angry outbursts of absolute merciless vitrol alienating his fans and sliding further down into the muck, any shred of professionalism he claims to have or have had is gone.

there is no excuse for telling someone on an open mic for all to hear to take his bothers gun and splatter his brains all over the wall. just none, and I don't care how you, Lordkat or anyone else attempt to justify it.

you still want to be his fan? cool, I'm still Spoony's fan after what he said but don't attempt to even try and claim Lordkat is somehow a victim in this.

I'm not really a LordKaT fan, I'm a fan of some of his friends on his stream. And I think he's a complete fucking asshole for telling Spoony, who is also a asshole, to kill himself. There's no excuse for it. But you can make the point that he's a massive asshole by saying he told a guy he knew had depression to kill himself. People don't need to bring in other shit, and worst of all be WRONG ON THE INTERNET*, about the stuff surrounding it.

*This is clearly sarcasm. Though I do find the inaccuracies annoying.

I am curious, do you know if anyone else from Blistered Thumbs who as at E3 '10 was denied access and interview privileges because of Noah and Joe, or was it just Jason?

In your original post, it almost came across like you were implying they didn't give two shits about the work everyone else was doing in their coverage of E3, which on paper... doesn't really make any sense. Especially from someone like Joe.

Oh, Joe definitely seems to give a shit. I know he spends a fuckton of time on BT. I think back then, he took Cons a lot more relaxed and perhaps even as a little bit of a vacation before he went back to fuckton of work. Spoony... Spoony I don't think really cares. The way he attacked Deadliest Warrior and it's developers, the way he attacks fans, and how the way I've heard him talking about gaming journalism on LordKaT's stream before they've had issues..

And GDC, not E3. As for other producers denied interviews, no. Jason was only denied that interview to my knowledge. I only knew about the Notch thing before this because I asked at the Mojang booth. Those lower on the totem-pole having previously ran themselves ragged at cons and BT's reputation having caused them problems has always seemed like an open secret though. i haven't really followed BT for a few years, but from what i understand they've pulled themselves together since then though.

 

[renaissance_nerd]

whatever we can debate it all day, the fact of the matter is by his outburst he has proven he is no better than TGWTG, he is prone to angry outbursts of absolute merciless vitrol alienating his fans and sliding further down into the muck, any shred of professionalism he claims to have or have had is gone.

there is no excuse for telling someone on an open mic for all to hear to take his bothers gun and splatter his brains all over the wall. just none, and I don't care how you, Lordkat or anyone else attempt to justify it.

you still want to be his fan? cool, I'm still Spoony's fan after what he said but don't attempt to even try and claim Lordkat is somehow a victim in this.

I'm not really a LordKaT fan, I'm a fan of some of his friends on his stream. And I think he's a complete fucking asshole for telling Spoony, who is also a asshole, to kill himself. There's no excuse for it. But you can make the point that he's a massive asshole by saying he told a guy he knew had depression to kill himself. People don't need to bring in other shit, and worst of all be WRONG ON THE INTERNET*, about the stuff surrounding it.

*This is clearly sarcasm. Though I do find the inaccuracies annoying.

I am curious, do you know if anyone else from Blistered Thumbs who as at E3 '10 was denied access and interview privileges because of Noah and Joe, or was it just Jason?

In your original post, it almost came across like you were implying they didn't give two shits about the work everyone else was doing in their coverage of E3, which on paper... doesn't really make any sense. Especially from someone like Joe.

Oh, Joe definitely seems to give a shit. I know he spends a fuckton of time on BT. I think back then, he took Cons a lot more relaxed and perhaps even as a little bit of a vacation before he went back to fuckton of work. Spoony... Spoony I don't think really cares. The way he attacked Deadliest Warrior and it's developers, the way he attacks fans, and how the way I've heard him talking about gaming journalism on LordKaT's stream before they've had issues..

And GDC, not E3. As for other producers denied interviews, no. Jason was only denied that interview to my knowledge. I only knew about the Notch thing before this because I asked at the Mojang booth. Those lower on the totem-pole having previously ran themselves ragged at cons and BT's reputation having caused them problems has always seemed like an open secret though. i haven't really followed BT for a few years, but from what i understand they've pulled themselves together since then though.

Your right I don't think Noah cares about that. I don't think he ever wanted to be an actual "in the field" journalist, he wanted to be a "reviewer" of random nerdy things someone who made videos for the yuks. I think Channel Awesome pushed the whole convention journalist down everyone's throat.

2007 (or whenever TGWTG started) no one was concerned with E3 or being a reporter really, then 2010 hits and almost the whole crew was going to e3. kind weird.

 

[infinity_turtles]

and and i heard something about telling his dad on his death bed to go fuck himself, Jason is a real class act.

Dude, what the fuck? Where did you hear that, and why the hell would you believe it? His dad died in the middle of the night and it caught his entire family off guard. On his stream he talked about how his dad supported what he did and just in general how great a father he was.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

and and i heard something about telling his dad on his death bed to go fuck himself, Jason is a real class act.

Dude, what the fuck? Where did you hear that, and why the hell would you believe it? His dad died in the middle of the night and it caught his entire family off guard. On his stream he talked about how his dad supported what he did and just in general how great a father he was.

...True are not, that's the most metal thing I ever heard.

Imagine if that was the last words you ever heard from your son, seconds before you die? Fucked up man. Fucked up.

 

[Karadalis]

The thing is... can you really blame a bunch of bloody beginners to have to learn first how to behave at a "professional" *coughhack* convention on what to do and what not to do?

As far as i know joe had little to no experience with this kind of event. But in the end they became quite the decent gaming news site anyways.

And i highly doubt this one interview with notch would have catapulted lordkats career sky high... the guy is simply to lazy.

Lordkat also stated several other reasons for leaving channel awesome..

Like not being paid for the Kickassia trip and loosing alot of money because of it for example

 

[infinity_turtles]

Your right I don't think Noah cares about that. I don't think he ever wanted to be an actual "in the field" journalist, he wanted to be a "reviewer" of random nerdy things someone who made videos for the yuks. I think Channel Awesome pushed the whole convention journalist down everyone's throat.

Not really. The people who made gaming videos had their stuff posted to Blistered Thumbs first, they offered up positions for people who wanted to do the whole game journalism thing, and in order to get a press pass to get into the events, yeah they required you to do game journalism stuff while at the event. Aside from the requirements for the press pass, they pretty much let Spoony do his thing.

 

[infinity_turtles]

The thing is... can you really blame a bunch of bloody beginners to have to learn first how to behave at a "professional" *coughhack* convention what to do and what not to do?

And i highly doubt this one interview with notch would have catapulted lordkats career sky high... the guy is simply to lazy.

He makes a living off what he has now. An interview with Notch back then would've meant most gaming sites would've linked to him as the source, which would've brought views and a lot of exposure. It could've been a big deal for his business. I agree he's a lazy fuck though.

 

[Karadalis]

The thing is... can you really blame a bunch of bloody beginners to have to learn first how to behave at a "professional" *coughhack* convention what to do and what not to do?

And i highly doubt this one interview with notch would have catapulted lordkats career sky high... the guy is simply to lazy.

He makes a living off what he has now. An interview with Notch back then would've meant most gaming sites would've linked to him as the source, which would've brought views and a lot of exposure. It could've been a big deal for his business. I agree he's a lazy fuck though.

See thats what i dont believe because even thought everyone would have linked to him... his personality and work ethics would not have changed.

Sure it might have boosted his income but the guy simply is to lazy and resistant to the idea of putting effort into things to hit it big.

He has been on the escapist.. on CA and on BT (wich essentialy is the same) and left all three of them allways blaming others for it.

I doubt he would have gotten bigger then he is now even with an interview with notch.

 

[jimbob123432]

I personally feel really bad for Spoony because of his depression/mental state. I'm also boycotting Lupa for her "Has Oreo found a new mommy yet?" tweet. I don't care what Spoony did, you don't throw someone's one-loved around as an attack. Yes, Spoony's joke was a little uncalled for, but Lupa shouldn't have attacked him like that. As for LordKat, I hope he gets banned for TGWTG, but he won't since's he's on the "right" side.

 

[jedizero]

Honestly? He's always said stupid shit in his videos. Frankly I'm surprised its taken this long to get kicked to the curb. I'll be more than willing to give him another chance if he changes his tune and apologizes properly, we've all done dumb shit when we're really depressed after all.

 

[Sutter Cane]

and and i heard something about telling his dad on his death bed to go fuck himself, Jason is a real class act.

Dude, what the fuck? Where did you hear that, and why the hell would you believe it? His dad died in the middle of the night and it caught his entire family off guard. On his stream he talked about how his dad supported what he did and just in general how great a father he was.

there is some truth to both of these stories. He did say on stream that he has anger issues, and that the last thing he said to his father before he died was "go fuck yourself dad." He really regrets doing so now.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I personally feel really bad for Spoony because of his depression/mental state. I'm also boycotting Lupa for her "Has Oreo found a new mommy yet?" tweet. I don't care what Spoony did, you don't throw someone's one-loved around as an attack. Yes, Spoony's joke was a little uncalled for, but Lupa shouldn't have attacked him like that. As for LordKat, I hope he gets banned for TGWTG, but he won't since's he's on the "right" side.

LordKat hasn't been on TGWTG for over a year now. He left before the third anniversary aired.

 

[renaissance_nerd]

Honestly? He's always said stupid shit in his videos. Frankly I'm surprised its taken this long to get kicked to the curb. I'll be more than willing to give him another chance if he changes his tune and apologizes properly, we've all done dumb shit when we're really depressed after all.

He has apologized properly on twitter for all to see.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

The thing is... can you really blame a bunch of bloody beginners to have to learn first how to behave at a "professional" *coughhack* convention what to do and what not to do?

And i highly doubt this one interview with notch would have catapulted lordkats career sky high... the guy is simply to lazy.

He makes a living off what he has now. An interview with Notch back then would've meant most gaming sites would've linked to him as the source, which would've brought views and a lot of exposure. It could've been a big deal for his business. I agree he's a lazy fuck though.

See thats what i dont believe because even thought everyone would have linked to him... his personality and work ethics would not have changed.

Sure it might have boosted his income but the guy simply is to lazy and resistant to the idea of putting effort into things to hit it big.

He has been on the escapist.. on CA and on BT (wich essentialy is the same) and left all three of them allways blaming others for it.

I doubt he would have gotten bigger then he is now even with an interview with notch.

Hmmm that's an idea.

YO ESCAPIST! GO GIVE SPOONY A JOB, EH?

 

[infinity_turtles]

See thats what i dont believe because even thought everyone would have linked to him... his personality and work ethics would not have changed.

Sure it might have boosted his income but the guy simply is to lazy and resistant to the idea of putting effort into things to hit it big.

He has been on the escapist.. on CA and on BT (wich essentialy is the same) and left all three of them allways blaming others for it.

I doubt he would have gotten bigger then he is now even with an interview with notch.

And yet he does keep getting bigger. His profits just keep growing. He's lazy and an ass, but he's doing something that keeps people around. Maybe just finding entertaining people in his community and bringing them on with him. Dunno, but it works.