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I have issues with the post-Balance arcs, but a lot of what I've seen of TAZ's "fan communities" is unnecessarily cruel and exudes a sense of entitlement. In other words, it is like every other insular "fan community" on the internet.
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TAZ fans seem to delight in tearing down the object of their fandom. Everyone's got their perfect idea of what the show should be and are supremely disappointed when the brothers don't measure up. Now if you'll excuse me I've got to go make an effortpost with statistical analysis on how Munch Squad is killing the podcast.
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Jul 18, 2020 18:54
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Oh I see exhausting relentless negativity is actually bad now, who could have seen that coming.
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Mr Phillby posted:Oh I see exhausting relentless negativity is actually bad now, who could have seen that coming. There's a difference between a discussion among fans in fan spaces and doing drive-bys on their public twitter accounts
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Jul 18, 2020 19:44
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Calm down, they are just being good friends. Making sure that their friend Travis is keeping his narcissism in check. It's actually a good thing. If you really loved him you would join in with your own casual burns of minor celebrities.
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Jul 18, 2020 20:58
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Okay, I'll start "Minor celebrity" is a loving stretch
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Jul 18, 2020 21:14
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Waffleman_ posted:It was also basically one person I’m starting to get pretty sick of this whole “ugh can you BELIEVE the HORDES of SJWs making these demands of the McElroys” narriative that has little basis in reality but persists nonetheless. Like, there are enought lovely people out there already. Why do you have to multiply them in your head.
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Part of the problem is that the McElroys listen to those one or two people who are the loudest and change their projects based on them whether there’s any merit to the complaints or not. Granted, sometimes there is and a good chunk of their appeal is that they’re three white boys from WV who actually try to change and do better, but they also don’t need to listen to everyone.
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Jul 18, 2020 21:45
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I demand Glass Shark be a character in TAZ!
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Zero One posted:I demand Glass Shark be a character in TAZ! You come upon a castle with it's drawbridge up. You see something moving in the most but it's very hard to make out. *18 perception check* They appear to be sharks.....made of glass. What do you do?
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Colonel Whitey posted:Part of the problem is that the McElroys listen to those one or two people who are the loudest and change their projects based on them whether there’s any merit to the complaints or not. Granted, sometimes there is and a good chunk of their appeal is that they’re three white boys from WV who actually try to change and do better, but they also don’t need to listen to everyone. I'm trying to think of a time they've changed a project based on meritless complaints and drawing a blank. I can think of a few creative decisions they've made that might have been a bit overly cautious, but that's about it.
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travis DMs this charity stream with three people from dear evan hansen + erika ishii, matt mercer, and satine phoenix it's pretty fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml2h1G8vSkw&t=1314s eke out fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Jul 19, 2020 |
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Jul 19, 2020 04:38
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Dust is the 2nd best TAZ. Thank Travis for Travis.
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Ches Neckbeard posted:Dust is the 2nd best TAZ. Thank Travis for Travis. Dust had the same problem of Graduation with Travis trying to do way too much in too small a space but Dust still kinda worked because he was forced to wrap it up quickly. Give Travis a deadline.
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Too much in too small of a space is better than him trying to do too much in a giant space. At least he had a town they could explore. He's literally just transporting them from setpiece to setpiece like a linear video game. Also, lol at the FunDrive episode starting with him saying "This is not going to be a gameplay-heavy episode" as if there has actually been one of those.
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buddhist nudist posted:Dust had the same problem of Graduation with Travis trying to do way too much in too small a space but Dust still kinda worked because he was forced to wrap it up quickly. Graduation feels like he set up a huge world for them to play in for a nearly original series amount of time. Then Firbulg threatened the big bad and he has to fast forward. Amnesty could've gone another hunt for me though. I hope the next game has something Clint can goof more with. Argo is all serious time.
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Bring back TAZ (K)Nights, tbh.
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Jul 20, 2020 09:34
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So is this still a "skip" for now?
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Also lol, the brothers are apparently writing a book about how to podcast good https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/mcelroy-writing-book-about-how-you-too-can-have-a-podcast/ change my name fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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change my name posted:Also lol, the brothers are apparently writing a book about how to podcast good Yowza. The grift is starting to be very real.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:Yowza. Ah yes how dare they try to make money off of their talents
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Jul 20, 2020 14:50
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Step 1: Be exceedingly charismatic and witty. But let me bury that in a book that you need to buy.
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Jul 20, 2020 14:53
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1) libraries exist 2) there’s more to it than just personality, especially if you’re self producing 3) I get the vibe from the cover this book will be 66% goofs, 33% actual good information
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Oh yea, I forgot about the rock band microphones.
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Jul 20, 2020 15:06
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if the grift ever became real it happened long before this point
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Jul 20, 2020 15:07
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The huge drop in quality for a ton of now remote podcasts demonstrates that they might have some knowledge to offer.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:Yowza. It's true, I got an advance copy and it was just a hollow shell full of spiders. I've been rubed! Yikes. Criminy. Jeepers.
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Jul 20, 2020 15:21
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If I was going to con an audience out of money in TYOOL 2020, my go-to would definitely be *checks notes* a book.
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Fred is on posted:It's true, I got an advance copy and it was just a hollow shell full of spiders. Weird, I ordered a Spider Shell and all I got was some dumb book.
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kidcoelacanth posted:If I was going to con an audience out of money in TYOOL 2020, my go-to would definitely be *checks notes* a book. It's right below *checks notes* a commemorative plate.
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:The huge drop in quality for a ton of now remote podcasts demonstrates that they might have some knowledge to offer. I think a decent number of podcasts just record the audio from a zoom call and post it.
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Jul 20, 2020 16:38
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I too will be checking my notes. I am Travis McElroy.
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Jul 20, 2020 16:39
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They have already released 4 books between the three of them.
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kidcoelacanth posted:If I was going to con an audience out of money in TYOOL 2020, my go-to would definitely be *checks notes* a book. yeah if they wanted more money at this point they could just make a patreon and immediately make six more figures a month
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eke out posted:yeah if they wanted more money at this point they could just make a patreon and immediately make six more figures a month I wouldn't be surprised if their deal with MaxFun prevents them from doing that. A lot of MaxFun's revenue comes from McElroy fans pledging to the network.
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I wonder what MaxFun really does for them at this point? I can't imagine they need the cross promotion really, but I have no idea what their metrics would be. They would most likely make way more off of a patreon I'd think as opposed to the ad spots. Man, maybe they could hire a DM to run adventure zone and they could all just be players doing goofs or something that way
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Elvis_Maximus posted:I wonder what MaxFun really does for them at this point? I can't imagine they need the cross promotion really, but I have no idea what their metrics would be. I imagine MaxFun helps out a lot with bookings and all and dealing the the more nitty-gritty stuff.
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sexpig by night posted:I imagine MaxFun helps out a lot with bookings and all and dealing the the more nitty-gritty stuff. Oh that's true yeah, I forgot about all the live shows and stuff that would be too be done. Probably pretty helpful to have someone else handling all that stuff so that they can just focus on making things
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