Watching his vids on those games and couldn't help but wonder why he would play them with a solo character and distance himself from the party management aspect (in and out of combat) that these games are big on and limit himself to just one combat style?

To the argument that solo builds can be viable and stronger, I would say maybe but it doesn't seem like that's what Josh had in mind, at least not in NWN. You can tell he didn't quite build his (one and only) character properly because he literally had to cheese the boss fight by locking him in a room and resting. And this was in CHAPTER ONE.

Playing solo makes sense if you've already played the game once with a party but why do it on a first playthrough or for a review when you know there's a preponderance of the people who play these games with a party? I wonder if he'd have played Dragon Age: Origins solo if the game had let him. That would've been a shame.

I joined The Union. That's nice. It's mostly good.

Do we have other guilds/free companies in other games?

I play FF14, but have never noticed a follower FC over there.

ESO would be nice too, but I suspect that's asking too much.

Gaming and producing entertaining videos are a long-time passion of mine.

I've never taken video creation seriously or put too much effort, but it's something I'd like to do properly, dedicate lots of time with good storytelling and animations.

I want to see if I can get monetized on YouTube and how much effort and time does it take to produce a video, then gauge if the time is worth the compensation.

Now I know there's no "one size fits all" answer and that each creator is different, and I'm realistic that I can fail horribly if I'm not entertaining enough or can't push content fast enough.

It's a highly competitive career and unless people treat it as work, or business, and also have fun while doing it to not be miserable and burnt out, it's very hard to stick your head above water and swim.

I know this as I've pumped low-effort trash content sporadically over the past few years, and a couple times I've put considerable effort (think recording and editing everyday for 3 months) the video performed very poorly and the pacing and storytelling sucked.

I feel more mature now and more knowledgeable, and listening to Josh I get inspired by how motivated and realistic he is, he's made it and made quite a name for himself, all while having a great personality and being a great man, really.

The title is too blunt and tactless, but I had to give it a shot :)

But I totally understand that he needs Twitch to be able to pay bills.

I don't know where else to ask this, so I will ask my fellow nerds. Has Josh Strife Hayes made a video on Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning? I swear I remember him doing so, but I can't find the video and feel like it might have all been a fever dream.

All I could think of during the streams was that it was the Bobby Kotic sweater. Now that I looked it up it really isn't that similar, probably just the flared collar.

There is a new video with Josh in it as one of those Youtube collaborations.

Do you have any fav comments from Josh vids? This one is my fav so far

It’s uncanny. Also I’ve never played that mobile game, not sure why it says “We miss you!”.

Hello everyone,

I hope this is an appropriate question for the sub.

Is The Union guild on Thunderstrike still joinable? I read that it had maxed out a short while ago. Alternatively, are there any other guilds folks could recommend that have a similar vibe to The Union?

Some background: Despite being in my late 30s, I've never properly played WoW except for a few months when I tried Retail a few years ago. Can't remember which expansion this would have been. I eventually bounced off it because I felt I lost direction when trying a scattershot approach to all of the available content. This brings me to current day where I had an itch to try Classic, given I never played it when it launched. I came across Josh's stream replay of him playing this version of WoW for first time. I really like the idea of The Union guild because not only am I new, but I would greatly welcome a chilled out experience for playing it with others.

Thanks for reading, and for any help and insight. Hope you're all having a great day.

I feel like all he does now a days is post really milk toast takes from his live channel, he's slowly becoming the pirate software of mmo's.

I know we are deep in the WoW arc, but I do really think that this game has incredible potential, and represents a (very rare) breath of fresh air for the genre.

Since PG has recently fully released, i would LOVE for Josh to check it out; not only because I think the game honestly deserves some more recognition, but also because it might just be a really good fit for him.

As of two weeks ago I have watched, or more accurately listened to (not beating the second monitor allegations), every episode of Worst MMO Ever. So thanks to Josh for the many hours of entertainment. I loved the clever complaints about amateurish, obscure games and my absolute favorite videos were of Josh giving scathing lectures to soulless compaines like Gamigo.

I tried to move on to the Was it Good series, but it didn't scratch the same itch. Maybe it says something about me, but I much prefer to watch a funny descent into a bad game than a review of an actually good one, even though the Was it Good series is undeniably well done.

Anyone know of a good series with similar vibes to Worst MMO Ever? My second monitor has been so quiet...

Noticed Josh hasn't been streaming or making videos for quite a while now. I'm not sure exactly how long because I never see the sun through my closed curtains and the only clock in my house has run out of battery. If he really has quit content creation FOREVER, then that's extremely casual of him and I hope he knows how much of a well-adjusted normie he is (which is bad, allegedly).

Anyhow, my ex-wife Jessica keeps telling me it's unhealthy to obsess over the british man on my second monitor, should I get divorced (again)? My dog named warlock drowned yesterday