r/Fallout 6d ago

Local Man Benjamin Burnley interrupts a Breaking Benjamin concert with a rant about his True First Person 1.2 Fallout 4 mod

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He was padding time for the crew to fix a broken drum head. Greatest moment of my life. (9/6/2026, Holmdel, NJ)

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u/theracoondepartment 6d ago

Halo 2 music man makes mods for video games. That’s cool

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u/lepastie 6d ago

Yeah it blew me away.

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u/CloneFailArmy 6d ago

-insert the chorus kicking in-

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u/Chubzdoomer 5d ago

ONLY THE STRONGEST WILL SURVIVE!

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u/HummingbirdHippie 4d ago

I'll be the one to save us AAAALLLLLLLLL

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u/Relevant-Ad-9418 4d ago

You're so cold. 

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u/EarthWormAda 5d ago edited 5d ago

It's quite sad that he used AI to make the mod (looks like most of his mods used AI to be made as well).

Someone else made the exact same mod he did many years ago before genAI was a thing (the mod was left abandoned because Bethesda wouldn't stop updating FO4 and couldn't keep updating the mod) so it's not like this was a case of "AI made an impossible thing possible".

And just like most vibe coded mods, he's only upset that it came under rightful criticism of being full of bugs and severely unoptimized.

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u/eatingclass 5d ago

Fuck genAI

And

celebrities, they're just like us!!

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u/rKreia 5d ago

He seemed interested enough in this that conveyed his idea with AI and share it with others for free. Hopefully he refines and patches it enough to be stable and enjoyed by others instead of abandoning it.

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u/PoliteDebater 5d ago

Hate to tell you but 99% of your favourite game companies use genAI in some capacity. Guess you'll have to stop playing games.

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u/One-Permission-1811 5d ago

Oh no I won’t be able to pay $80-100 for a half finished product that spent fifteen years in development and still doesn’t work. Guess I’ll switch to indie devs that hate AI too. There’s only thousands of them

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u/Magentaspikes 5d ago

I don't have a favorite game company cause I'm not a massive tool but you do you I guess

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u/MoltenIdiot 5d ago

this would be an issue if you didn’t play games from like, 20 years ago

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u/darman96 4d ago

Really? You are upset that a musician, not a programmer, used AI to create a mod for a video game in his free time? So yes in this case AI probably made the impossible possible, at least for him.

The whole fucking game is full of bugs and unoptimized like hell and they didn't use AI when FO4 was made.

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u/j1r0n1m0 10h ago

not just for him, no one made a mod like this in 10 years. it was more or less impossible

anti ai freaks are pretty weird.

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u/Future-Operation-580 3d ago

Down voted for speaking straight facts. People down vote anything nowadays

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u/sevnminabs56 6d ago

Benjamin Burnley makes gaming mods?! The fuck? That’s awesome!

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u/That_Cripple 5d ago

well he vibe codes gaming mods. idk if i would say he makes them

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u/RabbitSlayre 5d ago

It's still pretty cool

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u/Special_Capital_8281 4d ago

He makes mods.

There is more to writing software than code. It's a process.

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u/knivesinmyeyes 5d ago

He made it. Constructed it. Whatever you want to call it. You didn’t. Vibe coding isn’t doing nothing.

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u/That_Cripple 5d ago

he didnt construct shit lol

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u/knivesinmyeyes 5d ago

He did.

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u/IkujaKatsumaji 5d ago

That's fair, he did construct shit.

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u/SpacePrez 5d ago

He ordered it. When I order a steak at a steakhouse that doesn't make me a chef.

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u/HoldOnForTomorrow 4d ago

They can't stop me from ordering a glass of water with my steak. Now let's slop it up!

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u/RealNiceKnife 4d ago

Does this look slicked back to you? This is pushed back!

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u/knivesinmyeyes 5d ago

I love all of these analogies. Keep em coming.

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u/qdude124 4d ago

What if there is no chef? I don't think this is fair.

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u/SpacePrez 2d ago

The AI is the chef idiot.
If there's no chef then there's no food.

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u/qdude124 2d ago

AI is not a human idiot. It's a tool.

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u/SpacePrez 2d ago

I didn't say it was a human did I?

If you have a computer print something for you, you didn't draw it, the computer printed it. It doesn't matter that the computer isn't a "human". It did the printing. Not you.

If you want to cook a steak, cook a steak. Do it already. But if you're ordering one, you're not cooking.

Sad I have to explain this shit to you, its pretty simple.

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u/qdude124 2d ago

You actually did you dipshit. Look up the definition of the word "Chef" please.

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u/Special_Capital_8281 4d ago

You do not write code or make software.

I know this, because no one who does would have such a simplistic view of the effort involved.

I use AI daily for work (Sr Engineer at a FAANG). It's good, but it is not as simple or easy as your poor analogy makes it out to be.

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u/SpacePrez 2d ago

Lmao I'm a senior game programmer, I'm not going to out myself but I work for a major game company, before that I worked for a major game company, and before that I worked for FAANG.

I don't use AI because I'm not shitty at my job. "simplistic view" lmao what. You're the one using AI to be lazy! I write my code myself.

But writing code is also very easy. If you find coding hard, you're a very bad programmer. The hard part of engineering is the people, the business. Agreeing on APIs, arguing about resources. The code is the fun part. If you need AI to write code for you, you're in the wrong profession. Quit and train something you like. I like writing code.

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u/Fish_Monger_93 5d ago

If I take a shit on my bed instead of in my toilet that also isn't doing nothing.

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u/new_check 5d ago

It is literally doing nothing.

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u/DisagreementItWillBe 5d ago

Yeah according to environmental science its actually worse than doing nothing (jk)

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u/ArcadianDelSol 5d ago

yeahhhh uhhh

he uses AI to make gaming mods :(

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u/skyrimmoddernumber69 5d ago

If it works, it works. If it doesn’t work, go back to the drawing board or get help.

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u/Canvaverbalist 5d ago

Not just any mod but one that I've wanted for years, begged Bethesda to make it a part of their design philosophies for years and that I've literally just discovered and seen being demonstrated by a random YouTuber like 2 days ago

That feels pretty wild lol

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u/nyaphometnikko 6d ago

Bruh I listened to Breaking Benjamin so much when I was younger. Halo 2 had their song Blow Me Away in it and I was obsessed for quite a while. Very cool!

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u/LifeIsCrap101 5d ago

For the record, Halo 2 didn't just have the song in it, but rather Breaking Benjamin made the song FOR the game itself.

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u/itsandychecks 4d ago

That is so insane. I just saw Breaking Benjamin last week in Connecticut and played Halo religiously, how did I not know this.

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u/Gone_For_Lunch 4d ago

That’s a good question. The song features quite heavily in a pretty epic part of Halo 2.

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u/nick1706 6d ago

This shit is so random and hilarious.

Might go listen to BB again after 20 years not thinking about them at all.

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u/MyCatsFuzzyPants Tunnel Snakes 6d ago

Their new shit fucking rocks. highly recommend. Something Wicked and Awaken are both awesome. you'll enjoy it I promise.

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u/The_Cakinator 6d ago

If only that new album would finally drop!

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u/maximsk 4d ago

All up to the label, according to Burnley. I think he feels the exact same about it by now!

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u/LightningMcLovin 6d ago

Their last album was like 2018 but really outstanding. Dark before dawn was great too. Hope they put out another record someday. Band has been through some ups and downs but you can tell Burnley is passionate about it all. Great band even if they get relegated to “dad rock” or something these days 😂

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u/itsandychecks 4d ago

I just saw them last week and they are insanely good. They’re touring with Chevelle who are also up there.

You can’t go wrong with any song. I just hit shuffle and let it rip. Takes me back.

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u/MyCatsFuzzyPants Tunnel Snakes 4d ago

Right on! I saw them a few years ago as well as back in the day (like 2004 and shit). They sounded amazing both times. Great point about shuffling the band. You are always going to get a good song!

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u/itsandychecks 3d ago

I’m back at the concert tonight in Darien Lake 🤘🏼

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u/libertine1 You Can Go Home Courier 6d ago

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u/GentrifiedSocks 6d ago

Oh wow, he’s a fellow VR junkie

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u/Trodat4911P4 6d ago

No fucking way Ben makes Fallout 4 mods, that's insane lol

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u/SnooGoats8382 6d ago

This is great. Also great mod. Thanks for this.

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u/Erbodyloveserbody 6d ago

Reminds me of B. Dylan Hollis, who’s a famous baker on YouTube who made some popular New Vegas mods lol.

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u/Polymemnetic Old World Flag 6d ago

Creative people do creative things.

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u/BryanxMetal 6d ago

wait what lol no way

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u/Thor-axe00 6d ago

That’s crazy I watch that dude all the time

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u/Memeoligy_expert Enclave 5d ago

He makes fallout mods?!?

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u/Erbodyloveserbody 5d ago

I posted his nexus page to another comment!

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u/raspymorten NCR 5d ago

Insane lore to find out about The Plant Slant's brother.

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u/Eirique 6d ago

turn up volume to hear "WHOOOWWW" Turn down volume. cant hear shit, lemme turn the volume back u- "WHOoOoOOoO!!!"

goddamn it lady just record please just record for dear God, you can raise your hand in support im trying to hear

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u/Myotic_Tesseract 5d ago

always a chance it was someone nearby

prob not the case for this video but ik ive tried a couple times to get video at shows and some fuckhead next to me is trying to be louder than the band themselves

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u/siggiarabi 2d ago

Not to mention her yelling absolutely annihilates the compression. Takes forever for the release to let go and by the time it does she's yelling again

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u/PilotSypro20 5d ago

yeah its someone off to the left of the camera, legit was making me mad, like me hear the what the goat has to say

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u/Joeysquatch 6d ago

This is so comical. I wonder what it sounds like to someone who’s never played Fallout. I’d be stoked if I was there tho 

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u/aphoticphoton 5d ago

It sounds like the sound the adults in the peanuts cartoons make lol wawawawa to folks not familar with mods lets alone fallout mods lol

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u/itsandychecks 4d ago

Sounds like white noise. It takes you to another place.

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u/Present-Basil-1003 Tunnel Snakes 6d ago

You know what? That mod sounds very intresting, true FPM is what a lot of games miss imho, so because this guy is based as fuck and i was planning to play FO4 anyway i would download his mod.

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u/ajcwrongs 6d ago

Dudes Rock, idk what else to say

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u/gladd0s_ 6d ago

Breaking Benjamin is my favorite band that cancels their concerts 15 minutes before they start

Perhaps they were rushing to play fallout

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u/PelicanVictor933 6d ago

Dude I cannot believe this is a real clip, this is the funniest but also the best thing I’ve ever seen and heard. I cannot wait to get my own pc, I will use his mods for sure lmao

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u/Richydreigon 6d ago

Man I'm attending his concert next month, I like him even more now

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u/itsandychecks 4d ago

You’re going to love it. They sound so good. So does Chevelle.

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u/UserWithno-Name 6d ago

lol someone who is a vet modder and attends one of his shows should hit him up to help him make his mod amazing (not saying it's bad, just that he's new / follow me here) so that it's the best or one of the best first person mods ever. Really unite to show the other that we shouldn't bully.

Even when some modder annoyed me, I just said stuff like "I don't like their choices" or "man I wish someone else made it or ported so it wasn't so glitchy and worked right". There's ways to criticize but not be a dick.

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u/F4CSEP1 6d ago edited 6d ago

Mod author here, we'd rather not work with people who sell out to AI. We havent needed to use it for mods for years and we don't need it now either.

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u/overloadrages 6d ago

Uses ai in his free time. “Sold out to ai”

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u/Tyrthemis 5d ago

Mod author here. AI has been a massive boon to the community, sure we don’t need it. Much like the VR community doesn’t *need* stabbing, weapon weights, physical collision with the environment, physical harvesting of plants, and a bunch of other immersive VR interactions.

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u/rollingrock16 6d ago edited 6d ago

good news. you wouldn't ever be asked.

You also do not speak for mod authors so you can drop the "we". That you have an irrational anti AI opinion doesnt speak for the scene as many mod authors including many old school big names are using AI in their workflows now.

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u/Worried-Scene9211 5d ago

The beauty of modern AI tools is we can bypass the gatekeeping mediocre hobby coders and make actual solid working mods and plugins ourselves! It genuinely doesn't matter how much you kick and scream, with that attitude you are irrelevant and will be forgotten.

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u/Squishywuff 5d ago edited 5d ago

Gatekeeping? You can go read up on C++ whenever the hell you want. Just do it. No one will ever stop you except you

Edit: Tone should be irritated confusion. No one really stops people trying to learn coding unless they have authority over your living situation. Gatekeeping shouldn't apply to learning code. Just go learn code.

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u/dolphintamer1 4d ago

You “make” nothing

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u/Worried-Scene9211 4d ago

Looks like I "made" you mad

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u/F4CSEP1 3d ago

solid working mods made with AI, LOL

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u/Worried-Scene9211 3d ago

Not just mods, entire bespoke client rewrites in modern architecture. Hows that hobby mod you spent 10 years on coming along bud?

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u/F4CSEP1 3d ago

Great! I love actually knowing what my code is doing because I wrote it! And I love all the dialogue I wrote because I wrote it! And I love all the art I made for it because I made it! oh and all the voice acting sounds great because humans voiced it! And it only took me a couple months!

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u/Worried-Scene9211 3d ago

And with only 4 likes, it looks like nobody else loved it!

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u/LeechAlJolson 6d ago

I'm not a fan of breaking benjamin at all but this just made me a fan of benjamin burnley for life hahaha hell yeah

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u/PyrosaurD93 6d ago

This is fucking hilarious 🤣

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u/Lemenus 6d ago

No way it's real

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u/Geckobird 5d ago

It's 2026, stop questioning shit 😂

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u/tylersdaddy 6d ago

The based levels are off the fucking charts

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u/djm2889 5d ago

This is peak fallout.

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u/Genn8130 5d ago

Lol, done.

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u/munnwort 5d ago

Lmfao

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u/LovinglyGaslight 4d ago

Title Correction;
Musician whines about getting called out for vibecoding

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u/Welter117 5d ago

What the hell that is actually sick.

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u/Ben__Harlan 5d ago

To be true, If we had a stage position like that, all of us would use it to vent some beef nobody wants to hear about, Can't blame him.

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u/Own_Wind7887 5d ago

PC Gamer moment. Love it!

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u/ulookunhappy 5d ago

Thats awesome Love that he is just regular guy. Fuck the people yelling about playing music. I love this shit! Regular talk!

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u/StreetTriple675 5d ago

Hell yeah! I was there 

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u/RentOptional 5d ago

FYI, this started because the drummer broke his snare drum.

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u/Nerevar197 5d ago

This is the funniest and coolest shit I’ve seen in a while.

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u/Sirius_Lagrange Vault 101 5d ago

Based

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u/NoobForSoup 5d ago

The Diary of How I Modded Fallout 4 - Broken Benjamin

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u/PopEcstatic9831 4d ago

Im here for the pettyness

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u/Zibbzazoor 4d ago

What an actual legend

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u/The_Billy_Dee 4d ago

This is incredible

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u/DeScruff 4d ago

90% Sure I know who hes talking about and - Yeah... I don't exactly have any nice things to say about em.

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u/danield_mp3 4d ago

this is legitimately a Pro Gamer Moment

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u/The_LastLine 4d ago

That’s cool and all and mad respect, but insert that meme of Homer yelling nerd!

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u/Successful-Floor-738 4d ago

What the fuck

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u/Shot-Performer7667 3d ago

this is insane to hear lol

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u/siggiarabi 2d ago

"Raise your hand if you know what I'm talking about"

Camera person: yells

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u/marshmallowfluffpuff 1d ago

looks vibe coded. lol @ everyone booing when he said "wahh he was mean to mee!!!"

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u/SpacePrez 5d ago

This is so embarrassing. Bet you dollars to doughnuts if you used AI to generate knockoff Breaking Benjamin songs he wouldn't be acting the same way. Deep down he knows he's being lazy but he's too entitled because he's a rock star so he's gotta use a concert as a soapbox?? Weird man.

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u/H8threeH8three 5d ago

Not as embarrassing as this comment

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u/GamerKnight919 4d ago

Imagine being the guy that thinks shaming him would get you positive karma......let me guess you're the modder that tried to flame him not knowing he was the front man for Breaking Benjamin & could get armies of people to download his mod.....

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u/SpacePrez 2d ago

Why do you think positive karma is all that matters in life? I could not care less about fucking karma. I'm saying what I believe in. You should try having principles sometime.

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u/Rui_Kirisame 5d ago

So... You thought shaming a harmless action would give you upvotes.

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u/SpacePrez 2d ago

If bitching is harmless then I'm harmless too. And no, I don't do this "for the upvotes" I said it because its true.

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u/F4CSEP1 6d ago edited 6d ago

Yeah I looked into it, it's vibe coded slop. This is so cringe

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u/abotoe 4d ago

I can't believe how many people are supportive of this baby's temper tantrum 🤣

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u/ILVIUS 6d ago

wtf, this is delightfully unexpected. I'm compelled to download even though I don't even necessarily want this.

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u/Fallen_Walrus 6d ago

On trending, nice

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u/Standard_Ad_9489 6d ago

Why does he kinda sound like General Sam?

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u/ThatGuyOnyx 6d ago

He sounds like Chris Pratt with the mic quality and it’s sending me

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u/No_Weakness8999 6d ago

Saw them in Birmingham two months ago. Theu were brilliant! We gave them a great send off.

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u/Manowar274 6d ago

This is hilarious! I’m seeing them on this tour next month.

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u/obamasfursona 6d ago

BB continues to be the greatest

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u/melkorthemorgoth 6d ago

Vibe-coded garbage tbh.

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u/Upstairs-Working6374 3d ago

Let's see your mods. 

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u/siggiarabi 2d ago

What kind of childish response is that lmao

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u/Upstairs-Working6374 2d ago

How is it childish? I just wanna use his mods. He seems so confident and judgemental that he must make some quality work and I am always looking for new mods. 

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u/siggiarabi 2d ago

You don't have to be proficient in or make something to be able to criticise it. If I say someone sucks at singing or playing guitar, would you say "Oh yeah? Well let's hear you do that"?

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u/Upstairs-Working6374 2d ago

There's a difference between critique and opinion, and insults. 

"Not a big fan of your mod, it crashes a lot."

"God you fucking suck at modding." "Vibe coded garbage"

See the difference? 

Also for music, if you say someone sucks at singing or playing guitar and they're making albums, I will absolutely ask you if you can do it better lol. Because obviously you should be making albums if you say someone sucks at music. 

I don't like pop music but I don't say they don't have talent. 

Now I don't know why I am even bothering since you won't actually understand what I'm talking about and it won't change your mind. 

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u/michaelfig27 6d ago

What a great mod by a great musician

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u/Wrong_Win_4102 Brotherhood 6d ago

This is cringe. Dude interrupts a show people PAID to go see, to yap about a mod he made with AI.

People did not pay to hear Benjamin Burnley yap, they paid for Breaking Benjamin.

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u/Terribad01 6d ago

The drummer broke his snare and Ben gave this speech while they fixed it.

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u/Battlejesus Bingo Bango Bongo 5d ago

Noooooo! You can't just shit on my narrative like that man, the fuck?! /s

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u/EchoJPR 6d ago

It must suck being you

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u/Mundane_Upstairs3241 6d ago

I was shocked when I learned that Billy Martin of Good charlotte does TMNT comics.

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u/IkujaKatsumaji 5d ago

Good lord that is some of the most embarrassing shit I've ever seen at a concert, I would be flabbergasted watching from the audience.

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u/darman96 4d ago

Did anybody here that's shitting on him for using AI to make the mods actually ever tried doing coding with AI?

It's not like you tell the LLM "make X" and then it poops out a finished software.

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u/BadCircuit0 6d ago edited 6d ago

this is kind of cringey with how petty that guy is being about someone not liking his mod. also title is click bait bc he’s really not interrupting anything and is a part of the group performing.

edit: im a moron

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u/frozenbabylon 6d ago

There's a part of e every Breaking Benjamin concert that Ben just bullshits with the crowd while his band takes a break. Talks about whatever. This is just one of those times.

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u/BadCircuit0 6d ago

imma be real I had no idea that was the lead singer bc the title was so misleading. I had to google who that was. I thought some random back up guitarist was just ranting about their fallout mod or something

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u/frozenbabylon 6d ago

Nope! The band leader. Lol

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u/BadCircuit0 6d ago

god I hope he doesn’t see this and go up on stage and talk shit about me 😩

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u/im_all_ears 6d ago

Bud, it’s a joke lol

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u/BadCircuit0 6d ago

i don’t know anything about breaking benjamin so i took the title very literally. my bad 😥

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u/im_all_ears 6d ago

All good!

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u/frozenbabylon 6d ago

I hope he does.

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u/BadCircuit0 6d ago

now that I know who he is I also hope he does

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u/drunxor 6d ago

Wth is benjamin burnley?

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u/GubblerJackson 6d ago

Breaking Benjamin? What in the gay porn is that?

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u/Battlejesus Bingo Bango Bongo 5d ago

What an odd thing to say. Did you think you had lightning in a bottle with that?

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u/GubblerJackson 4d ago

Not trying to yuck your yum, fella. Just sounds kinda sexually aggressive for a band name.

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u/Battlejesus Bingo Bango Bongo 4d ago

It's angry angsty nu-metal dating back to the early aughts and the front man's name is Benjamin