It's the utter disbelief of what happened that is so accurate. you're so angry but you don't actually show it 🤣

@speakingwithoutnet

2 ай бұрын

Been there done that. Completely real feeling.

@innocentbystander3317

2 ай бұрын

It's happened, once. I learned after that... HC with FF are still my favorite modes.

@DeltaDubs89

2 ай бұрын

I've felt that. You switch of your game, lay on your bed and stare at the ceiling for 10 minutes. Then the full anger hits and you scream.

@3Clod

2 ай бұрын

you don't actually show it case showing it would imply storming the devs servers with an iron mace and slay everyone lol

@3Clod

2 ай бұрын

cause*

The " I'm furious right now...huh..." was just so spot on, the moment when its slowly setting in.

@Unmannedair

2 ай бұрын

That's the truly terrifying kind of furious. The furious where you have the most pure lucidity ever. That's when s*** happens. 😂

@TheMsLourdes

2 ай бұрын

But that's kind alike real life isn't it. Things are going great then "Mind The Bus".

@iantroxel5333

2 ай бұрын

I took Rowan’s smirk at the end to denote, “wow, I actually feel something again”

@akechijubeimitsuhide

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, not for me. If I'm really pissed, I'd be swearing so hard I'd auto-switch to my mother tongue because English isn't sufficient enough. And I'd still have a sore throat 3 hours later. Same for celebrating tbh. I lost my voice for a while after I finally managed to survive Radahn.

@SolaScientia

2 ай бұрын

@@akechijubeimitsuhide If I'm truly furious at a game, usually a FromSoftware game where I've permanently lost a ton of souls/blood echoes/runes, then I get very calm just so as not to damage something. I do swear a lot when gaming in general, so when I go quiet and just save and quit the game then I'm usually absolutely furious about whatever happened. Yelling myself hoarse because I beat a tough boss is what I did when I finally killed the Nameless King in DS3. It also happened with I killed Mohg at level 79 with a fucked up elbow (I broke it and it didn't get fixed for 8 weeks thanks to worker's comp being the slowest thing ever) without the shackle and without a maxed out weapon or mimic tear (I did have his purification tear though). It still was the most fun I've had in Elden Ring.

Fun fact: The record holder for longest Minecraft hardcore game was killed by a daytime creeper blast while gathering wood.

@alexgac1801

Ай бұрын

Could you not just beat the world record by walling yourself off and just afk, with some food source at hand ?

@CrissaKentavr

Ай бұрын

@@alexgac1801 Traditionally, creepers are generated randomly as well as spawn points, to defeat that.

@Alekscraft98

Ай бұрын

Imagine if i was in hardcore milions of blocks from spawn kills a warden and did all possible things and dies from a glitch

@RandomPerson-cm2wg

Ай бұрын

That also reminds me, Ph1lza 5 year long Minecraft world was ended by a baby zombie.

@BKBK-yo1zz

Ай бұрын

Yeah but he died to his own stupidity by wearing an elytra in a cave.

There's no jokes in this sketch, this is just actually how hardcore mode is. I'm not crying, you're crying.

Funny part about hardcore modes, a lot of the games that have it are long and grindy; most people's death ends up being the result of getting complacent and not paying attention, or like our dear heroes, a lag spike. You almost never die to the big bad boss, it's always the mobs you've killed 50 times, and you just weren't up for the 51st.

@macmcleod1188

2 ай бұрын

Creepers. In hard core Minecraft, blast protection is much more important. But they still get me. Somehow. Maybe from above, maybe just around a "safe" corner.

@leguan278

2 ай бұрын

Boulders gate 3 game crash actually save my honour mode run, ambushed, 5 cries in a row and was out of healing potions for my 2 front liners was not a great combo

@jon_deluxe

2 ай бұрын

This is basically most Zomboid runs: you fight and survive the big hordes, just to get bitten and infected by a stray lone zombie.

@hotaru25189

2 ай бұрын

Unless its PoE/D4/etc where you get 1 shot from a trash mob because they only know how to make enemy dmg broken as difficulty goes up.

@Sollace1

2 ай бұрын

Or doing something dumn like falling when building your base in a survival game.

The unbelief in their voice, the shock, trying to process things... That was great acting.

@kamilziemian995

2 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@MicovskiMC

2 ай бұрын

Disbelief

@Ehxx

2 ай бұрын

disbelief*

@sryavuz

2 ай бұрын

​@@MicovskiMC yeah, I remembered the correct word later 🤷‍♂

@nathannotyou8367

Ай бұрын

Top notch

Very accurate, about the lag, the wanting to quit, all of it. I've lost a couple characters on hardcore for lag, and it does make you want to give up a game for a LONG time(if not just giving it up entirely), and that's why so many players are getting upset about the idea of hardcore with a game that can ONLY be played online, on the servers. There's a lot of arguments to be had over how hardcore gaming is these days, and lag is one of those things that factors in, even with amazing internet.

@Buggaton

Ай бұрын

I love Ironman/Hardcore/CommitmentMode games. It makes things like Hollow Knight, X-Com and Rimworld have an extra level of whew. But PoE? Diablo 3? Fuck off! :D

@Keyven_

Ай бұрын

@@Buggaton Ahh those diablo 3 memories. I wanted to enjoy hardcore so much but i kept losing characters to lag spikes from the servers or full disconnections untill i eventually gave up. If a game is going to be online it would be nice to have a system in place to recover your character if your death was caused by the server.

I love the armors you've used in this video! They look gorgeous! Also, the rage is so relatable. When the emotion is so intense that it takes time to digest and there's no way to express it outwardly...

"Oh. We just died. Due to ... This was completely out of our control. Oh. Wow" and the emotions - so much about the life for me

@shipso6116

2 ай бұрын

Yup, exactly. There is a layer there where it's not about the game at all...

@urgian

2 ай бұрын

This is so... outrageous...

@himura-miki

2 ай бұрын

The calm fury......... Speechless, broken, and too angry to show it.

@socpancake

2 ай бұрын

@@shipso6116 felt that hard, man. i’m not sure if most of the comments are missing the point, or if some of us need to lay off the existential dread 🥲

This was legit an amazing sketch. As soon as the bandits were there I knew it was over. Just didn't expect the lag to get ya. The armor was absolutely sick too.

Perfectly shows the accurate “ numb with rage “ that comes with this . Like your brain can’t process all that loss at once and just shits itself.

"I'm furious right now" Dumbledore screamed

My uncle was a harcore fan of Diablo II. He was playing in hardcore mode or whatever it was called on this game, hundreds, heck maybe thousands of hours into the same build. When he died, he stared at his " you're dead " screen, completely silent and frozen. I think he spent at least 5 full minutes like that before exiting the game. A grave moment in his gaming history.

@reptiloidmitglied2930

Ай бұрын

Back in the day my old group would organize PVP tourneys in hardcore where we played with characters on level 9. Winner got all the loot. That was pretty fun, but beside that I could never imagine playing that, because of all the broken mechanics the old Diablo 2 had.

@punchkitten874

Ай бұрын

I sympathize, I also played it hardcore, finally got a high level character, only to lose him to a lag spike against scrubs 😒

@Gaze73

Ай бұрын

I would never play HC in diablo because I always used to die to lightning enhanced monsters.

@Grisha...

Ай бұрын

bruh, hardcore on single player offline game is so different from the online game ...

@michaelmonstar4276

Ай бұрын

He was just remembering the entire session and processing it. - When gaming is life, you need to mourn at some point.

The just calm almost speechless rage that ben and rowan were feeling was so real lol

@robertmickelberg3720

2 ай бұрын

It would have been nice to jump to them at their computers raging like that German kid from all those years ago. Then Ben could be looking to buy an indestructible keyboard or cash in on the warrantee for the one he just smashed in an episode of Bored.

@KageKobushi

2 ай бұрын

That poor German kid. He was relatively well known in Germany for his humor and mockery of gaming stereotypes (like the anger), but when he went big nobody got the memo that it was all a sketch.

That Lag Spike was a true game-ender. Unfair but added to the suspense. Keep improvising, each vid is better than the last!

@crazy8slayer

Ай бұрын

Like losing in a battle Royale because someone in the lobby has shit internet which makes anyone near them lag so u die to total bs because someone has McDonald's wifi

@hmthisisit

23 күн бұрын

@@crazy8slayer Or like getting hit by a car in real life and dying because someone had a shitty heart and they also died behind the wheel.

"This was improvised, too, believe it or not." Nailed it.

3:00 The sheer sadness in ben's voice is so real

@Dripi_weta

2 ай бұрын

this is Path of Exile HC experience.. going going going.. LAG anndd,.. DEAD

@tarasr

2 ай бұрын

Cause Ben is a great actor actually!!

Rage so potent it leaves you just drained and speechless. Gosh the portrayal was perfect af

Dying in a hardcore game is like waking up from a dream you were really invested in

I felt that rage like it was happening to me. Also, I love the effect for the lag spike! It was so well done, your team has really just about mastered those effects, so well done!

Ben and Rowans chemistry is unparalleled. The improv was amazing and was actually very relatable

3:30 "I am furious right now" Rowan actually said calmly.

@kamilziemian995

2 ай бұрын

Great acting.

I enjoyed the improv a lot. I think this is the video in your channel that I connected to most. Hope you guys do more improv vids in the future.

Love the tranquil, almost surprised observation ‘I am furious right now’

Those coat of arms look gorgeous. Hats off to the design and costume team.

@MacRoss1792

2 ай бұрын

They're done by Wyrmwick Creations, awesome prop maker. Kinda pricey but very good quality. It forced me to get back into shape to fit into their armors.

@rei-rei

2 ай бұрын

You mean their armour? A coat of arms is a family crest, a symbolic design originally designed to establish identity in battle. Neither of them were displaying one.

@ShuRugal

2 ай бұрын

@@rei-rei nah mate, a coat of arms is a coat made entirely out of the arms of your defeated enemies. it's right there in the name.

@jamesanthony8438

2 ай бұрын

Loved the crossed-wing design on Ben's breastplate.

@emoryzundel208

2 ай бұрын

@@ShuRugal Can't believe he didn't see that when it is clearly in the name. People these days, I swear...

Man that ending absolutely nails the feeling. Die for a stupid reason in regular mode, you might be visible angry, rage quit for the evening, go on the internet and talk about how the game is bullshit or whatever. Die on hardcore like that and its just like this. You're still pissed, but there's that underlying calm dgaf because there is zero chance you're starting over. Its just gone. Attachment broke. You're going to go play Free Cell or something from now on.

@kevinlin92

2 ай бұрын

Then, 2 months later, you've forgotten how it felt to lose the character and want to try it again, because the high you get from escaping death in hardcore is too addicting...

@SuperCosmicChaos

2 ай бұрын

Been there done that.

@magus3553

2 ай бұрын

Free cell has never let us down. Free cell is always with us.

@NTJedi

2 ай бұрын

I've died hundreds of times in hardcore mode on many different games, but never stopped playing the games because I died in hardcore mode... even after dying from game bugs\lag. Those who completely give up after dying on hardcore are just weak simps.

@Rayzan1000

2 ай бұрын

@@NTJedi Waow, what a tough guy you are. Impressive! Do you also tie your own shoelaces or is that next level? Seriously though, it sounds like you need to get out more. ... What a weird thing to brag about...

I love Rowan's armor in this sketch. It looks so nice with the green!

Directly calling out diablo at the end with that lag spike thing is spot on

This was so outrageous for Ben, he couldn't even say "outrageous"

1:18 “YOLO” “Literally…” that was pure comedic genius, whether it was improvised or not

@azrani2023

2 ай бұрын

I didn't even catch that, thanks for pointing it out 😂

@VivaLaDirtLeague One of your best videos EVER! You captured the full arc with that. I have been watching for YEARS and that is definitely one of your best!

Amazing costumes on this one. And a very relatable concept. That special kind of helpless fury is hard to forget.

"I'm furious right now. Huh." When the mental turbulence of your raging anger is so intense that you circle around to being extremely calm while soaking in utter disbelief. Relatable 💯

This is the first time in VLDL history I've ever felt bad for Ben... as a Minecraft hardcore player, this hurts me to watch. Great acting by the way 👍

@lucazeroblueversion9346

2 ай бұрын

Hardcore minecraft aint that hard, i can survive for 100 days without even trying.

@The_Stray

2 ай бұрын

But Ben has been in some really powerful and great videos raising awareness about depression. Especially connecting it to and making really relatable and emotional for gamers. An amazing actor for sure!

@MiLlamma12

2 ай бұрын

My world ended because my screen froze while I was in water. Came back in and it was the spectate screen…

@murthagx18

2 ай бұрын

​@@lucazeroblueversion9346 Careful! , we got a badass on our hands. Do really need the approval so badly? That's sad

@aidkik580

2 ай бұрын

That's cuz Ben's an alpha, that's y him n Rowan clash, two Alphas always clash, except when they're on a team, fckin LOVE the mugger skits😅😅

That was awesome and bloody spot on. Where you are beyond furious about what happened but there is no point in flailing about as it is done done done.

The slow realisation of the "I'll destroy a 1000 suns"-rage is quiet beautifull.

I love the callback for the "Child safe" game mode.

@SNiBet

2 ай бұрын

Sleep, Sleep, Bubble Pop! *Greg Stands Traumatised*

@seancarter6492

2 ай бұрын

I was beginning to think I was the only one who saw it!!

When I was watching this the first time through I thought to myself, “what about this skit makes it so much more real?” In short I like your guys’ improvised skit! It was really well done!

The level of shock and anger that you don't know how to process is exquisite! Totally real. Kinda made me revisit some of that. Duuuude! On a different note, Britt and Ellie need to do the whole muggers bit! I'd love to see Britt's take on the cross-eyed mad-response "What are we!?" bit. LOL

the feels, lag deaths are the worst

@34dard34

2 ай бұрын

I just stopped playing MW3 Zombies mode for a week because the game crashed on me 4 times in a row. Ended up playing Cold War to get my mind back together 😂😂

This so accurate it always hurts so much seeing all your progress gone in a flash

the synchro-bard emote got me, that's canon now - hear lute, mime lute.

Been there, done that, even had lag spike during an important part. I was hoping at least one would say "Go again?" and the other would reply "Sure." I loved the armor they wore, pretty cool looking.

The end is that feeling when you’re absolutely seething inside, but what can you even do? It over

"I think I might be done." Way too accurate.

That walkup with the music tho, oh man so good. Well done guys.

One of the most emotional improvisions ever in the history of history!

When you're so angry you end up finding tranquility.

The fact that I had no idea this was improvised until the very end when you literally said it goes to show that you guys did and always do an amazing job!

dude improve in short form like this is actually great, completely natural and high quality as always, well done gents.

Imagine the thieves: "Oh, I found the legendary Sword of Balrog." "And I found the Bow of Phalen! No way, I waited for this to drop for ages!"

@OmniscientWarrior

2 ай бұрын

When player deaths actually make the NPCs stronger, that's a scary Idea. We also know how people will handle that.

@C31c10n3

2 ай бұрын

there were mugging em really good.

@sternritternovad

2 ай бұрын

​@@OmniscientWarrior Ahhhh the Nemesis system from the Shadow of Mordor series.

@fran3ro

2 ай бұрын

They just need the Skull of Rahul"

@lowgrav5900

2 ай бұрын

Meh not sure how powerful that sword was but that bow hit that bandit didn't kill him heck it didn't even faze him he just pulled the arrow out and was completely un affected by the fact he just got shot so that bow didn't seem that effective dude should have even got a stealth crit from that hit as enemy was unaware

Skycraft: the game that punishes you when you get cocky

@alessandromattioli8937

2 ай бұрын

So dark souls

@Sergote12

2 ай бұрын

​@@alessandromattioli8937 dark souls kills cockiness in the first hour of play thru 😂

@BeidlPracker-vb8en

2 ай бұрын

In my experience it’s like: no cocky until that boss kills you with 6% hp left, and then you can’t get it below 87%

@Mr.LaughingDuck

2 ай бұрын

The old Diablo games were notorious for this mode

@dragonhunterneo1742

2 ай бұрын

This is true 13 years ago I couldn’t get past Taurus demon ( only played games on easy mode and thought I was good) put the game down and never played again until a few years ago finished 3 runs of ds 1 ,1 run of ds2 , 1 run of bb , And 4 Elden ring runs with my last ring run being 8.5 hours

Somehow, just somehow, I am reminded of the Fight Cave in Runescape. Wave after wave of annoying critters, you go against the final boss, you're used to the mechanics of switching prayer, but a lag spike and boom, you're dead and you can start all over again.