Ah becoming an adult, when you can finally buy any game you want but never have the time to play them...

@michael_pilot

Жыл бұрын

And when we're old, we'll have the time and the money... but maybe not want to play it anymore...

@laguna8211

Жыл бұрын

And that's exactly why many AFK mobile games are earning lot of money you know.. Either you hate it or love it, but despite of criticizing AFK games "not being" TRUE game or not, you cant' really blame every single person who literally don't have time anymore as adults when those adults literally feel greatful for at least being able to play AFK games.

@VivaLaDirtLeague

Жыл бұрын

Oh the dream 🤩

@ReivecS

Жыл бұрын

This comment should come with a trigger warning.

@tekijiyuu

Жыл бұрын

you can pay someone... to play it for you XD

Seeing Rowan carry out that monologue is funnier when knowing he actually has a massive collection of PUBG cosmetics.

@touchofstrange

Жыл бұрын

That is a fantastic point! 😂 My first thought at him carrying out that monologue was, ‘Omg, the bloopers are going to be just non-stop Rowan tripping over all those words, and everyone else trying not to giggle…’ 😂😂

@Raums

Жыл бұрын

Sweet sword though

@ChineduOpara

Жыл бұрын

That monologue was 🔥

@CartoonWeasel

Жыл бұрын

Now is the perfect cringy moment where you thank ppl for likes.

@speckledjim_

Жыл бұрын

"i am the sword master"

Britt: "Which class had that perk, exactly?" Rowan: "Upper-middle."

@CodyCzar1

Жыл бұрын

This is an underrated comment. Rofl 👏👏👏

@m3ssagefromtheking

Жыл бұрын

Oh damn i heard they were getting rid of that class come next update.

@mikhailryzhov9419

Жыл бұрын

@@m3ssagefromtheking the devs tried rolling it out on the beta servers, but it didn’t work, so I doubt it will make its way into the main server

@Jake-cm9jj

Жыл бұрын

@@mikhailryzhov9419 The devs don't care about player feedback...

@sharkdentures3247

Жыл бұрын

@@m3ssagefromtheking After failing to do so, the D.C. programmers opted for a steady "phase out" strategy instead! And good news! They are also bundling in the Middle-Middle & Lower-Middle classes in the phase out as well! (for convenience) That way, the game will be much more "streamlined" for the rest of us! (How thoughtful.)

Okay, I was actually starting to agree with him. Then he started talking about what that sword does, and I immediately switched my opinion to "Oh, you jackass." 😂

@wiolentgrap8647

Жыл бұрын

+30 my ass i say...

@MC-ep8cu

Жыл бұрын

Oh really? You mean you got the joke. Wow

@zktwn

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he really had me there in the first half

@manictiger

Жыл бұрын

Rowan has such a hard time. Sometimes the employees actually try to stand up for themselves... It's like herding cats! Did I tell you you could take the elf costumes off! Argh!

@apllo4193

Жыл бұрын

@@MC-ep8cu Dude what?

I can imagine Rowan playing for about 30 mins and then got bored and regret buying the in game bundles

@neokolder472

Жыл бұрын

And more: he got bored because he bought that bundles, making this decision even worse)

@kriiistofel

Жыл бұрын

True, I'm not a fan of grinding, but to completely get rid of progression will just make the game boring.

@ikitclaw4852

Жыл бұрын

Omg this game is so easy and has literally no challenges!

@fireblade295

Жыл бұрын

Thats me in gacha games. Games that are not Azur Lane, because I returned to that game more often and have not stopped this time.

@bryanlcm77

Жыл бұрын

P2W or F2P, Both need each other to exist. Without P2W, the game can't advance & game development might end faster. Without F2P, what makes P2W better? F2P populate the server while the server feed on P2W. Is win win business.

That monologue would make a great marketing piece for EA!

@VivaLaDirtLeague

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes they’d love it 😂

@Kreutzfeld1337

Жыл бұрын

MAKE THEM PAY FOR IT!

@argylega

Жыл бұрын

Don't give them any ideas!

@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm

Жыл бұрын

​@@facelessone494Nah. Blizz would only allow you to buy a chance to obtain 1/5 of a high-powered item, which then you can only forge using a different in-game currency that ACCIDENTALLY you also can buy for a IRL money

As a kid that grew up grinding final fantasy in the early 90s, and an adult grinding through years of minimum wage to an almost decent pay, I felt both their arguments in mah bones man.

@loganshaw4527

9 ай бұрын

O which final fantasy did you grind all state side ones?

@loganshaw4527

9 ай бұрын

My favorite were 7 and 10.

I did the reverse of this once, on Everquest back in the day, had a character and saved for six months for a specific super powerful class weapon, purchased it from the auction house for a crap ton of gold it was awesome. Two weeks later SOE nerfed it to death so it was about as effective as a wiffle bat, I rage quit and never went back.

@Thenoobestgirl

Жыл бұрын

That reaction is understandable. 👍

@JJATH

Жыл бұрын

I understand your pain. This is one of the reasons why I don't try as hard anymore.

@Nebulaoblivion

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, when it comes down to it, its their game, not yours, you’re just a guest paying for the privilege of access, and they’ll do whatever they want with “your” characters and “your” items.

@anthonybrink287

Жыл бұрын

What was it, the item? Kunark era? Velious? Wurmslayer maybe?

@michaelhughes7718

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonybrink287 can't bloody remember to be honest, it was for a cleric, he held it in his hand and it had no graphic except for sparkles and cost me around 40k gold. I got it because my cleric was a new avatar I'd started, I'd planned it with my main and went nuts for around 4 to 6 months, it frankly burned me out and the player base had really started to drop off because of the constant nerfs, it wasn't that long about a year after 9/11, I still remember every player sitting around these moon teleport tower things I can't remember the name of to commemorate a well known player who died.

Britt halfway through listening through that monologue: SKIP

@wuuduu609

Жыл бұрын

same :-) where you got that armor?.. .bla bla bla... SKIP.... bla bla sword... skip. END

@Mutineer9

Жыл бұрын

It is remarkable, but Brit face was very expressive. The only problem was, I did not understand what it try to express? Boredom or slow seething.

@cliff5n0t3s

Жыл бұрын

SKIP

@truthseeker1867

Жыл бұрын

@@Mutineer9 it was to express realisation that he was actually making sense and had a really good point, right up to the end when he pulls out the sword.

@SirMegaManNeoX

Жыл бұрын

"Sorry, habit."

Britt's look of pure disgust when Rowan buys the armour is absolute perfection

@stoneruler

Жыл бұрын

And then she looked at him with such deep affection lol.

@mikekasich836

Жыл бұрын

@@stoneruler like the one where the adventurer falls in love

@balhaddadinn

Жыл бұрын

Precisely. Britt is a mistress of subtlety, she needs far more love than she's getting right now

I have to say though, whomever crafted that armor deserves a praise. It is rare that you see an armor that looks both functional and fucking epic at the same time.

@Lillyluri

Жыл бұрын

It's made by Wyrmwick - they mention it in the end. :)

0:24-0:29 Did Britt have that breastplate in the "Turning Into an NPC" episode? Because she said she got it for "defeating the Monks of High Hurgspire with no psychic damage protection," and Ben in that episode was trying to create an Amulet of Clarity -- an item that GIVES psychic damage protection -- for Britt but then he got sidetracked making other items for other players If she did NOT have that breastplate in that episode, that implies she actually DID go on ahead without Ben and defeated the Monks by herself. If what I'm theorizing is true, that is AMAZING continuity 🤩 EDIT: Just confirmed it; SHE DIDN'T!! 🤩 I was right!!

@riverbabbles

Жыл бұрын

Haha nice! I never would've caught that!

@BL-9065

Жыл бұрын

@@riverbabbles To this day that little bit of continuity still makes me smile. VLDL is so awesome

@moozillamoo2109

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I respect this level of devotion of skit videos.

@BL-9065

Жыл бұрын

@@moozillamoo2109 Tbph I don't think I've seen ANY skit on KZread devote themselves to continuity before seeing vldl

@zanedigriz1999

Жыл бұрын

Nice! I love this channel as a gamer.

I was very much expecting Britt to come back with a “but you’re 12 years old and you used your mom’s credit card”

@shivam7156

Жыл бұрын

That would have been better 😂😂😂😂🔥

@veilnebula2411

Жыл бұрын

the point is some people really don't get enough time to grind themselves for hours to get items but yeah kids do spend money for no reason

@phillipgathright8001

Жыл бұрын

That would have been hilarious! 🤣

@PaleGhost69

Жыл бұрын

@@veilnebula2411 Don't have time to play games because of your job? Don't play games that treat the gameplay experience like it's a job.

@CarletonSaw

Жыл бұрын

I was also expecting that. Or a reference to a trust fund.

Rowan: *starts talking about reality* What I expected Rowan to say: "Screw the rules I have money"

@StormySky48

Жыл бұрын

This! All of the yes!!

@somebodyelse6673

Жыл бұрын

He did. Just, indirectly.

@CSquared11

Жыл бұрын

As a certified Rowan translator, that actually is what he said.

@bubeable

Жыл бұрын

Seto Kaiba

@StudioNetcom

Жыл бұрын

P2w is actually part of the rules...

When the game doesn't give enough enjoyment on its own to mean that you need to either buy stuff with actual money instead of playing it or regret not being able to get past the quests it's already failed both people.

I was on Britts side at first and then he went on the monolog and I genuinely never thought about it from that perspective. But then he pulled out the over powered sword and I swung right back to Britts side.

I waited the whole time for him to finish his monologue with "I'm kidding, I just used my mom's credit card".😂

@MM_Legacy

Жыл бұрын

I was expecting some village kid to stab him with a pocket knife. 😂

@TicklyTickles

Жыл бұрын

Their skit was gold. Yours would have been platinum.

@DerLamer

Жыл бұрын

Adam's credit card!

@afg-akajanpubg430

Жыл бұрын

He didn’t want to ruin the monologue with reality.

@sammiller6631

Жыл бұрын

@@TicklyTickles No, their skit would be bronze. This was the better skit.

This is perhaps the most well presented showcase of both sides of the ongoing argument.

@triplem5770

Жыл бұрын

I mean, someone who has busted his ass off earning his living penny by penny, would definitely value real money more than just wasting 100 bucks away on just a sword in a game he's just joined.

@svenkollskegg3812

Жыл бұрын

​@@triplem5770 put very bluntly, if you're living paycheck to paycheck, you should not have anything listed as disposable income. If you do have disposable income (which if we're assuming you're fiscally responsible means that you've already set aside a good percentage & amount for retirement and emergencies from your paycheck) then spending real money on fictional items becomes far more likely, just like it'd be more likely to spend on better beer and alcohol in that circumstance

@rances4418

Жыл бұрын

@@triplem5770 That’s rather bad faith argument. Especially since the person might not have time for the grind

@bobwilliams4895

Жыл бұрын

@@rances4418 Wouldn't change the fact he doesn't really have the disposable income to justify such an expensive item in a video game.

@triplem5770

Жыл бұрын

@@svenkollskegg3812 100 bucks is worth more than an entire game. and it was just the price of the sword. beside the game and the rest of that gear. and in no game with transactions do you just buy a bunch on the first day and then that's got you covered for ever. people who Rely on these purchases will more than often find themselves keep spending here and there. someone who spends such irresponsible amounts on anything (specially alcohol and beer) will lose his life saving. If he has one.

The girl gave a lot of emotions. Super plays. Thank you!

@JeovahLovesYou

Жыл бұрын

Girls are basically made out of emotions

@THE-rk3hx

Жыл бұрын

I'm not crying, it's just that poverty got into my eye.

I felt that monologue, wow. And then I felt it even more when I realized that I couldn't spend much on my games after working 40-50 hours per week....

@l.a.3680

Жыл бұрын

And thats the reason why the logic applied in the monologue doesnt work.

@MarkDeSade100

Жыл бұрын

Don't spend your hard-earned money to reward greedy corporations that make games with microtransactions, lootboxes, gachas, cash shops or any of that garbage. Buy games on Steam, I've gotten lots of great games for $10 or less. Some are indie games but some are AAA games, they have great sales.

So funny that they both actually have a very valid point, and then Rowan throws it all away... 🤣

@joshportie

Жыл бұрын

Except this isn't capitalism it's already socialism. He sounded like a kid brainwashed at a Jesuit university.

@wittyjoker4631

Жыл бұрын

To be fair the sword is a fault on the devs. Making a weapon that negates the entire challenge of your game that can be gained in any way other than aceing the game is silly.

@eragon78

Жыл бұрын

@@wittyjoker4631 Its actually usually intentional to attract whales who buy their way to the top of the leaderboards. Unfortunately thats how most free play games work these days.....

@HiArashi13

Жыл бұрын

@@wittyjoker4631 welcome to the dark and gruesome world of p2w

@Titansdragon75

Жыл бұрын

When it comes to gear with stats, yes, there is an argument for both sides. When it comes to cosmetics, Britt has no argument, and Rowan is 100% right.

This is an instant classic. I almost fell for that monologue 😂

@NegZer0

Жыл бұрын

It's true so long as what you buy is also what anyone else can earn It's when you can only buy that it's an issue

@notme222

Жыл бұрын

I admired the irony of Rowan availing himself of specialization and choice only to finish up by blaming "late stage capitalism."

@_piulin_

Жыл бұрын

@@notme222 what's the irony?

@fovarberma752

Жыл бұрын

@@NegZer0 Nah, "victory without a challenge brings no glory". The ability to buy and skip the journey cheapen the whole experience. If anything, I'd want the stock bought to be easily identifiable as bought. And it gets even worse when buying with actual money crashes the in-game economy.

@SweatyFatGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@_piulin_ capitalism is how he got the free time to play video games, and how video games were developed in the first place, along with PCs and consoles. You know, working for money at an agreed upon amount rather than working because someone else essentially owns you like every other system ever devised. That is the irony and it seems lost on everyone under 40.

Nothing makes me feel immersed in fantasy like being constantly reminded of the advantage of money!

Wallet warrior. 😂

@DrSwazz

Жыл бұрын

Credit card cavalier. Visa viking. Mastercard marauder. PayPal paladin. Giftcard gladiator. I could do this all day…

@JorisVDC

Жыл бұрын

@@DrSwazz Oh please go on!

@DrSwazz

Жыл бұрын

@@JorisVDC CashApp crusader, Zell zweihanderer, prepaid pikeman, NFT ensign, Wells Fargo warmongerer, blockchain berzerker, Venmo veteran...

@sauce8277

Жыл бұрын

@@DrSwazz You really did keep going. LUL

@CH-vv2hr

Жыл бұрын

@@DrSwazz prepaid pikeman LOL

Rowan's inspirational speech just gave me 11 temporary hit points to get through the day.

@FaustRSI

Жыл бұрын

aaand then he ruined it 🤣

@NerdWytch

Жыл бұрын

And that's why the hammer is rightfully mine

@Laesis

Жыл бұрын

Woulda been cool if he instead had received "The Hammer Of Grandfather".

@myrekium9785

Жыл бұрын

I was about to say good thing it wasn't about his grandfather hammer otherwise we all would have loss HP

@Throku

Жыл бұрын

Oh? He was dairning mine so fast I had to pause the video to recouperate enough to retain the will to live.

That was... Surprisingly depressing wow. The pain of being broke

@techeves6024

Жыл бұрын

True when many don't have that much money to spend on cosmetics and other stuffs and to get the free stuff we have to keep grinding or complete tasks and quests to unlock it and after all the grinding, questing and finally getting the free stuff and when suddenly a person buying cosmetics using real money it kind of fells uncomfortable

@tylerletourneau1536

Жыл бұрын

GiT gUuD sCrUb

@ajvanmarle

Жыл бұрын

As long as it is only cosmetics, who cares? Now, if the gear actually gives better stats, that's different.

@techeves6024

Жыл бұрын

@@ajvanmarle i don't think it's like that

@GhtPTR

Жыл бұрын

That's what the system wants you to believe to milk you. You're rich the moment you pay your bills, everything else is irrelevant. Do you know many happy rich people? I know a lot of happy poor people.

He worked hard for that sword!

Great monolouge Rowan. You nailed it.." till the bitter end"

"A class perk called a paycheck" 😂😂😂🥂

@Ghost_in_Gray_

Жыл бұрын

Always equipped 💪

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Britt's reaction to that sword was perfect

@netwarrior1000

Жыл бұрын

Certainly was.....

His whole argument depends on if she also doesn't have a job and goes through the same shit herself.

What I simply love about these sketches is that although its comedy, BOTH sides raise some absolutely great points. A. buying your way through a game simply takes away from the experience and undermines the value of the gameplay overall and B. Spending money in a game shouldnt be looked down upon! It's their money, they worked hard for it, and they should be able to treat themselves now and then, however C. be careful not to overspend. It's important to have a balance and be able to enjoy the game without completely diluting it with money. Really good stuff here.

@IdleWorker

Жыл бұрын

B. It’s not so much ”they should be able to spend it how they want” that is the point, but rather that they wont have time to grind due to work and life, so in order to enhance their game experience they can pay for cosmetics (and hopefully only cosmetics).

@anondabeast4738

Жыл бұрын

U

Smart marketing by that armour company! That looks fantastic! Rowan really sold me on that monologue too until he whipped out the cheaty sword. lol

@immortalsofar5314

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think I'd spend $100 on that armor. What's their site again? ;-)

@SophiaAphrodite

Жыл бұрын

How is buying a weapon cheating?

@all41tja

Жыл бұрын

The devs clearly made the grind to slow. It's intended to be played with that sword, else the game is boring. duh!

@Braxton1981

Жыл бұрын

@@SophiaAphrodite Then just buy a button that say _"I win anyways" and makes you win anyways._ It's a design problem of the games: programmers/game corporations love money, more and more, not just the money enough to get the game. You're supposed to grind *inside the game* to win, not to grind "in life" to win in a game where other invested their efforts.

@murray821

Жыл бұрын

@@Braxton1981 eventually paying to own in a game isn’t as fun as it seems. Like literally using cheats in games, but I guess people like it because they screw over others. Cheating online is more fun than cheating in single player games apparently.

That "fuck you" was personal 🤣😭

@DiJAndy

Жыл бұрын

I died there. I was impassive, understood and no smile. That's because I am long therm gamer and also I have daily job so I know both sides. I am also sometimes sacrefice small ammount of my income for premium game account or season limited skin. Just to add some plaesure for my gaming time. Pure disappointment of entire speach by simple and straight to the point "F*CK YOU!"

@Nolan15692

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and it is deserved to anyone who just plops in and buys their way to the top, cosmetics are the only thing that should ever be available to purchase in a game, never weapons armor or anything that helps you significantly. But that’s why I simply don’t support developers who do this by buying their game, I simply avoid these games.

@b2f2

Жыл бұрын

@@Nolan15692 Why would it matter for PvE? I can understand PvP because then it's just P2W.

@Nolan15692

Жыл бұрын

@@b2f2 because if you buy your way to the top it’s still a cheap way to win, paying to win is scummy period. Only cosmetics should be OK and even then idk, you paid full price for the game you bought the game to play it so why is there an option to ignore 90% of the gameplay?

@The_Ragequit_Cannon

Жыл бұрын

@@b2f2 Because of EA's "pride and accomplishment" BS. It applies to both PvE and PvP. Let's do a hypothetical situation. Let's say you're playing an RPG and the final boss has a chance of dropping something really cool, be it a weapon or a piece of armor or something. It would make you feel good the moment you defeated that boss and got the loot would it not? Now imagine some jackass who just started the game drops $50 and gets something just as good or better, without doing anything to earn it? How would you feel?

Rowan blew my mind with that argument. That was a hell of a response

@kawadashogo8258

Жыл бұрын

Yeah seriously, I wasn't expecting to sympathize with his point of view, but he hit the right notes. Until he pulled out the sword lol. But yeah I love the writing for these videos, it's amazing.

Absolutely loved this skit and I hope to see more of these incredible costumes in future ones

It’s nice to know that even the world of epic npc man is pay to win

@swaggisun

Жыл бұрын

Pay to Skip :D

@CalvinJary

Жыл бұрын

Making games that are so boring to play, you would rather spend real money, to avoid playing them. Is an absolutely genius business model. It just doesn't work on me. I don't play those games for free.

@stc3145

Жыл бұрын

Pay to progress

@Meryas

Жыл бұрын

@@CalvinJary Literally Lost Ark

@curtisjones9372

Жыл бұрын

Get a job

Just...just as I was thinking this was going to be another wholesome Rowan...you shank me with the one-hit sword right in the heart🤣

@CouchPotator

Жыл бұрын

found the dragon!

@UnicornStorm

Жыл бұрын

nah, he sounded more like the marketing guy who peddles the cash store to the playerbase

@thatHARVguy

Жыл бұрын

@@UnicornStorm Plot twist, that's his job.

@quindecim577

Жыл бұрын

I kinda relate to him using hard earned irl income to buy skin then that sword is just a cheat item.

So thats why Rowan giving al those paycuts to pay for the epic gear

This was EVERYTHING!! Thank you so much for this!!!

The monologue was epic, and crowned by its complete undoing by the throwing away of $100 for a gratuitous pay to win sword. Great clip.

@goldenknight578

Жыл бұрын

Now all we have to do is wait and see how long it takes before there's a game patch that nerfs the stats on that sword. Won't Rowan be surprised?

@VladOSDGL

Жыл бұрын

I dunno man to me P2W is way better than lazy made game where instead of gameplay there is just grind

@metoo7557

Жыл бұрын

@@VladOSDGL Easy to say when you don't have to worry about your next meal like the majority of the working population.

@seriousmaran9414

Жыл бұрын

I really don't care about cosmetic armor, providing it isn't excessively priced and there is plenty of buy through effort options too. Pay to win is where my line is.

@tomothybahamothy

Жыл бұрын

@@VladOSDGL "lazy game" that's what p2w games are.

Plot twist: By leveling up he meant he gets manager privileges, and by disposable income he meant his employees' pay he cut regularly at playtech.

@nerdographics

Жыл бұрын

I kept waiting and hoping he’d mention PlayTech by name!

@mumins1729

Жыл бұрын

@@nerdographics Adam had a salary shortening?

@Primal2229

Жыл бұрын

Funny enough... thats not far off from what Quantic Labs manager did for an app >_>... QL being the company that did the bug testing for Cyberpunk.

@Sudikinoko

Жыл бұрын

That would be outreagous

@lostbutfreesoul

Жыл бұрын

@@nerdographics, Same... obvious link is obvious. We all know just whom the obvious whale would be.

My vote for Rowan when life becomes the grind, games become a escape. Having fun and relaxing, over a video game, is something I worked for.

I love the "character model" spawn in they do in these videos. The editing is perfect.

I didnt expect Rowan to make this much sense. Thankfully he turned it around at the end

If you read between the lines Rowan is actually talking about those ”hard working hours” In Playtech and I bet he used Adam and Alans MASSIVE PAYCUT to buy that sword and armor 😂

Part of Britt's lines really reminded me of the earlier days of MMOs.. where you see some dude in epic gear and youre just like - whoa, what a badass, he must be awesome at this game. Now you walk around and have no idea if stuff is even obtainable without money

As someone who does clock that 40-50 hours per week, grinding away hours of work, just to earn money to survive and happen to have disposable income to spend on anything I desire… I’m still with her. If you want that cosmetic, earn it.

Rowan was so wholesome talking about jobs and his hardwork until he equip his pay2win sword😎😎😎

As an adult I felt that monologue deep down in my soul.

@DustinBarlow8P

Жыл бұрын

My eyes glazed over as this video finished, I looked at my watch, realizing it was time to go back to work in the Capitalist Dystopia where we will work until our hearts give out and we lie there dead, never having really accomplished anything important.....

@vladdracul5072

Жыл бұрын

@@DustinBarlow8P Exactly, and what's worse is that in time there comes a moment when you realize that your remaining time is worth more than the money you earn and probably can't spend because your time is limited.

@EvelynNdenial

Жыл бұрын

@@vladdracul5072 more money than you can spend? stuff it mr. moneybags, people out here who actually work for a living are barely scraping by.

@theaces3697

Жыл бұрын

@@EvelynNdenial yes and some of us worked hard, got promoted and have more money, i for example was born in a very poor family and i swore to myself i would never let my future family live like i did as a child just scraping by, so i worked my arse off to get to a position where i dont have to worry about money and can enjoy life with my family

@madcatneon2604

Жыл бұрын

Yeah no time to grind anymore like i used to so some microtransactions occasionally really helps (and i can barely stay awake after work sometimes)

Love it! Great comedic timing and acting. (Good timing for the video too, with the speculation/drama surrounding diablo 4!)

i think this is my most favorite episode.

Rowan: "This thing can 1 hit kill a dragon." Bold of you to assume I am going to land.

@LukeCuddy

Жыл бұрын

YUP. You gotta sleep sometime...

@anthonymcrooster3703

Жыл бұрын

Thorin didn't have enough gold to buy that sword, because all his gold was stolen by a dragon, which he would've needed to buy the sword, to kill the dragon who stole his gold :(

@amber619pop

Жыл бұрын

I loved the dragons that never land in Skyrim and force me to chase them across all of Tamriel

@rachdarastrix5251

Жыл бұрын

@@amber619pop Dragon: "This one has persisted for 721 miles.... Am I that good looking?"

@thebenforever

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the Arcane Sword of Destruction fires blasts of arcane magic?

What a wild ride this one was! First I was on Britt's side, then Rowan's side, and then back on Britt's side at the end. Loved it, haha.

@johnk8255

Жыл бұрын

I remain on rowan's side. Dude deserves to feel like a god in a game for a few hours a week when he's not grinding in reality

@TYPOaxis

Жыл бұрын

@@johnk8255 Dude described us like no other

@finnishfatman

Жыл бұрын

@@johnk8255 Same here 😆

@derkylos

Жыл бұрын

@@johnk8255 Counterpoint: his boss can buy better ingame gear and lord it over the peons, anyway, thus making real life bleed into the so-called escape from real life.

@david2012slayer

Жыл бұрын

If you buy cosmetic its ok, but buying OP gear its just a pay to win game.

There's an ancient inscription on every paid DLC equipment that reads "Git Gud Scrub"

I love the way her cape billows a bit in the wind.

"A class specific perk called 'disposable income'" what a line guys, chef's kiss

When Rowan starts making sense, it's a sign of the Endtimes.

@tanelehala6422

Жыл бұрын

He's not quite grinding away and didn't "level up" to black shirt.

@anthonymcrooster3703

Жыл бұрын

Since when is "communism" spelled as Rowan?

@smithynoir9980

Жыл бұрын

Except Rowan didn't make sense here.

No one seems to address the idea that in reality, Britt also has to work. She says it took her “six months” and “a couple hundred hours”. That’s only around an hour or so per day (1.11hrs if played every single day). Realistically, that’s longer sessions on the weekends, and a few short sessions during the week, because, oh I don’t know, maybe she has a job, too! So, yes, paying to skip the in game grind, is laziness.

-What power do you have? -I'm rich

That's some early dedication. Rowan just logs in and throws down $100+

@Helmotz.

Жыл бұрын

sigma whale grindset

@Titansdragon75

Жыл бұрын

I did that with FF14. Never played it, knew next to nothing about it, and got a sub, and Heavenswards highest paid version. It's become one of my favorite games.

@I_Crit_My_Pants

Жыл бұрын

The Diablo Immortal experience

@I_Crit_My_Pants

Жыл бұрын

@@Titansdragon75 You actually played yourself and missed out on so much good content, rip... Feel legitimately bad for you.

@XoIoRouge

Жыл бұрын

@@I_Crit_My_Pants Stop it. I did something similar and still had a ton of good content. Since I enjoyed it so much and understood it more, I played it again fresh and witnessed the content that you are eager to gatekeep with guilt tripping. F off now.

“I listened to the whole #%$&’n monologue…”

Our man’s coulda married that character UNTIL he whipped out his “sword”

Hearing "I unlocked a pay rise" was brilliant. Considering its end of year I hope others have grinded & unlocked this perk.

@Luna-Starfrost

Жыл бұрын

Sadly not

Only Rowan could take such a wholesome idea and turn it to a fu so cordially.

I have to say the cut down version for shorts was really slick. Full version is neat too!

That "F bomb" in the end is so satisfying. Cosmetics are for eyecandy not for stat boosting!

It’s instances like this where we get the phrase “Don’t hate the player, hate the game.”

@musabarslan9647

Жыл бұрын

exactly

@LabGecko

Жыл бұрын

If players wouldn't buy that crap games wouldn't spend time making it available.

@IloveJellow

Жыл бұрын

Your right log off game dies pay to whiners whine and life is good.

@gromlek8327

Жыл бұрын

I'm quite capable of hateing both, ty.

@ogheros5541

Жыл бұрын

people do and it’s why Lost Ark isn’t doing so hot in NA and neither is Tower of Fantasy.

lol Britt's comedic timing is impeccable.

@EikottXD

Жыл бұрын

It's scripted?

@Evija3000

Жыл бұрын

@@EikottXD Give me any script, I won't be able to make it funny. Timing =/= script.

@peter-subramanian

Жыл бұрын

@@EikottXD why neg?

@ronpetersen2317

Жыл бұрын

@@EikottXD timing has nothing to do with being scripted or not. It's more related to a kind of rhythm ... kinda hard to describe. It is easier to identify bad timing.

@bakters

Жыл бұрын

@@peter-subramanian It true?

How true after working long hours you deserve to enjoy it then the ending when he got the sword

*People play VideoGames to Escape reality.* *they don't play them to be Reminded of it.* -sense of Pride and Accomplishment.

Can we all take a moment to appreciate that video game companies are the real villains in this story.

@MyShiroyuki

Жыл бұрын

Big companies in general are usually the villain in stories

@louiesamuel9189

Жыл бұрын

Yet, people still pay so why are big companies the villains?

@SIS3W3N

Жыл бұрын

Always have been.

@SIS3W3N

Жыл бұрын

@@louiesamuel9189 Exploiting known psychological weaknesses for profit.

@SA80TAGE

Жыл бұрын

@@SIS3W3N no profits = no more games... or do you kids not understand how business and money works?

Both got a point, but I do side more with Britt in the sense that when I played mmos back in middle school, watching people with high level gear was epic and it felt motivating like "one day i'll be this cool". Lately every mmo i've played, You had low levels running around with bright effects (myself included if the prices were acceptable) and it didn't have this magic.. I dunno maybe i'm too nostalgic

@rexaar90176

Жыл бұрын

What's the point of spending 20 hours a week on a make believe. Not trying to criticize you. I used to waste 20 hours a week or more

@skeetsmcgrew3282

Жыл бұрын

Ok but then the reality is they are the opposite of cool and are actually sad losers who would trade their meaningless digital crap for a real life in a second if they knew how

@Dr.E7HER

Жыл бұрын

@@rexaar90176 that’s exactly what you’re doing by spending money. Money which you got by wasting hours of your life. Except you probably didn’t do anything cool to earn that money

@kazearqaz1734

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's why I'm not into MMORPGs, colossal waste of time resources. I'd rather play typical rpg games which I can play on my own pace.

@verti3213

Жыл бұрын

Being able to buy cosmetics with real money devalued cosmetics value as banners of glory, of achievement. It becomes just a scrap of paper.

Meanwhile, in his day job, Rowan bullies his underlings at a local PC hardware store.

I agree with having visuals that match your skill level, for several reasons. 1. It kinda is the only reward for playing long time. Yes players that can only go online are not able to get them, and their money helps the game, but if there wasnt a base population of people who really work for this things im pretty sure those spontaneous players would take their money to another game. So bottomline here devs need to spoil that player base more than the casuals. 2. P2W or P2Fashion discourages people that cant pay anything beyond the basic game cost 3. P2W and P2Fashion discourages all players from doing the harder endagame content, why would you spend time, go through all the deal of making friends to grow together, learn tactics and strategy, to defeat the harder content, if you can get same or better rewards with moms credit card? All of this being said. I play GW2 Guild Wars 2 (awesome game btw) they have both things they have P2Fashion and they have Significantly different fashion items for hard workers also specific titles and badges that anyone can see and are earned by playing. So this is kinda the perfect model. Now the debate i want to open here is this: GW2 is about 15 years old so at the begining the fashion distinction was real, but over time so many players (even those that only come occassionaly) ended up with the hardworking armors and weapons. So a big portion of the game population can have your same "special" gear, making it "not so special" because so many people has it. So perhaps those who thought "you got to earn it" didnt really meant it, perhaps the message was "i want to look unique because ive done things you havent" and perhaps when everyone gets those things done, you no longer feel unique and whats your reaction going to be...? In GW2 they "solved" this by releasing hundreds of fashion items both payed and earned, and you can mix any combination, making it almost infinite possible wardrobe options, to a point that you can wear some of your hard earned visuals and some payed/or easy earned, still look unique use the visuals you really like (not only those that show your experience) but at the same time your hard earned visuals are still there to remind people that even if you wear farmer clothes (because you like them) you still have the floating orbs of the legendary amulets that show you are a big deal in the game.

One of the best episodes EVER! Totally love Brit's stance! Thx so much for all your awesome work. You guys are all fantastic!

@CM-ef8fu

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

Good acting from Rowan, the speech with the music was nice 👌

@immortalr.c.6248

Жыл бұрын

But where was the part about his Grandfather's Hammer?

That's the same monologue that I use when mocked on my purchases as it makes sense.

Even with the sword. The monologue still stands

Good acting from both.

I was expecting Britt to come back with "yeah, I did all that, PLUS worked hard at this game!"

@wgemini4422

Жыл бұрын

I was expect Britt to just gut him. I don't play game much these days, but I would assume she would be better even with inferior gears?

@mikekasich836

Жыл бұрын

actually she just tricked a guy who was playing on his girlfriend's account into giving all his

@wgemini4422

Жыл бұрын

@@mikekasich836 Lol, yeah, I forgot about that.

Game is supposed to be played and have fun... Money will take all the fun out of it

Her response to the sword was epic lol

That "I listened to the whole monolog" at the end from Britt was so well said :P

Her reaction at the end when the sword appeared was priceless. lol This channel has to be one of the most entertaining around. Great stuff as always.

Its crazy these guys have been at this for years, and every single skit is gold

I love how he put that

Damn Rowan's speech remembered me how depressing most of our lives really are.

@FluffySylveonBoi

Жыл бұрын

Not most, just a lot. Look at statistics :)

@tsvetomiriliev5804

Жыл бұрын

Globallly we are slowly shifting to 4 day work week, more balance and time for yourself. For the Utopia, we need robots that farm the food, cook the food, create clothing, cars and electronics, so it would be dirt cheap to afford them. If governments employ the robots it would be possible to give basic income to all unemployed citizens. Many people would quit and the human jobs (that require thinking) their wages would skyrocket in order to recruit people, so the working class would be able to afford expensive things. While the unemployed would be able to afford the cheap things that robots create and focus on hobbies and possibly monetizing them (gaming, sports, writing, singing)

@manictiger

Жыл бұрын

>Implying I ever forgot

@manictiger

Жыл бұрын

​@@tsvetomiriliev5804 Yeah, if you're a reptilian billionaire, maybe. Tech has not made life more affordable. Birth rates are down, homeownership is down, BlackStone and BlackRock sweep up a combined 16 trillion in real estate... The only way you're getting a 4-day work week is if you live in a pod, own nothing, and slurp bugs every night before bed.

@ivnaes1094

Жыл бұрын

@@tsvetomiriliev5804 That sounds really great, lets hope we get to live it still!

Not gonna lie he had me in the first half

Love the dialogue in this one lol.

Love your costumes, please keep it up.

With Rowan, there's always a 180 at the end.

"I listened to the whole monologue!" PS: great costume armor! Nice

what a rollercoaster of emotions i had in this video.

When britt says f u.. looks so adorable lol

Britt's microgrimace of malice and disgust towards pay-to-win players at 44 seconds is excellent acting. Haha.

He had me in the first half, not gonna lie xD Also, damn that armor looks good!

@TheAzureGhost

Жыл бұрын

Question of taste. If i had to choose between those two armors i would take Britts anytime... To me that rune covered one looks just god aweful.

@michallasan3695

Жыл бұрын

But in the reality, leather protects little.

@sammiller6631

Жыл бұрын

@@michallasan3695 It's a game. Leather can have any stats the dev wants.

@michallasan3695

Жыл бұрын

@@sammiller6631 But that reduces the suspension of disbelief.

I loved this! Great acting

01:51 Because, from time to time, it creates more greed in donations, more acceptability to demand extra money from players, more games, that just for the sake of pumping money. "He who buys stolen goods is also a thief."

The range of emotion and disappointment Britt is displaying is too real and relatable. Edit: but d*mn Rowans POV had me for a bit too XD

@mikekasich836

Жыл бұрын

britt's like "SO LETS. GO. MUGEMMMMMM!"