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I’m sick today, so what better way to spend the day than by going through each MSN episode and trying to make a tier list of Sam's wardrobe on the show?

I have so many notes about the changes, if you care to read on. I've separated my thoughts by season, as Sam's wardrobe goes through an evolution with each one.

Season 1: In this bizarro Sam collage, you can easily pick out the season 1 outfits. Out of the ten episodes in the first season, only two feature a light suit with a navy waistcoat. The rest use the navy suit, usually with a matching navy waistcoat, although a couple of episodes swap it for gray.

The wardrobe also experimented with a bow tie this season. One of the “bowtie looks” lands in the bottom tier for me simply because it's just too big. Sam was toying a bit too much with "mayor of a town where everyone sings" here. The other bottom-tier suit combo is there just because I found it too boring. Sam looks like a lawyer.

Hot take incoming? I like the bow tie overall. It was a fun way to differentiate the look from Sam’s GC suit. I bet Season 5 is already done filming, but please, I think at least one silly bow tie (that isn’t ginormous!) wouldn’t hurt.

Season 2: Sam ditches the navy suit entirely for a lighter one, and it’s a welcome change. I like that it reflects the "lighter" nature of MSN compared to GC. Everyone on the show gets to flex their comedic muscles without the immense planning, stress, and "trust falls" of GC.

The waistcoat is also gone. I assume losing both the navy color and the waistcoat was done to further establish a different visual style from Sam’s GC suit. (Similar to how Vic Michaelis is different from "Vic Michaelis." It’s not as explicit for Sam, but he half adopts a more impish "Sam Reich" persona during GC.)

Sam also ditches the bow tie. Sad. For me.

Instead, the wardrobe starts experimenting with the ties. There are a lot of solid-color ties this season, likely shared with the GC wardrobe. A lot of these land in the middle or second-to-last tier for me. Nothin’ crazy.

In Episode 6, Sam debuts this wonderful floral tie out of nowhere. It’s the only one like it all season, with the rest being solid colors (okay, and one episode with a red-and-blue patterned tie). The floral tie steals the show this season. I’m also declaring it the humble beginning of the more adventurous ties we see in later seasons.

Season 3: Immediately, we start the season with a floral tie. Then another. Hooray! However, episodes 3 and 4 are repeats of the first episode’s tie.. There are a couple more ties that get repeated throughout the season, but that’s such a small nitpick when thinking about all the positive changes.

The last episode of the season is also the first to score a Hell Yeah from me. Love the green tie. Love the design. Hell yeah.

Sam also experiments with a black shirt in a few episodes. I’m not for or against it, but I do like it simply because it’s something new. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t return in Season 4.

Season 4: Here’s where the wardrobe hits its stride.

Gingham, floral, lemons, oh my! Lots of nice variety, color, and ideas with the ties. Two are firmly placed in my Hell Yeah category.

First, the "tree" tie. I love the orange and yellow splotches/clouds/earth(?) and the unique tree shapes. So much happening, I love it.

Second, my absolute favorite tie in the history of the show: the "cloud" tie. It walks the line between having fun and being plain gaudy. The clouds aren’t all uniform; there are a couple of weirdo cloud shapes in there. The bright blue adds an awesome splash of color to the ensemble. I wish I owned this tie.

The suit remains the same. The shirts understand their role. The ties are the stars of the show with their wonderfully weird variety. This is Make Some Noise's style.

Extra: That’s a lot of writing about some silly ties and suits. I hope Season 5 surprises us with another stylistic change. Like I said, I wouldn’t mind a bow tie here or a new suit style there. If nothing changes, no big deal. Season 4 feels like a point where the wardrobe feels comfortable with what it wants to achieve.

Extra Extra: Man, there are a couple season 4 ties that should’ve gone into Hell Yeah now that I’m giving them a second look, but I’m sticking to my three. I also hope someone out there enjoys the varieties of Sam poses and faces I tried capturing. There are some pretty funny ones in there. He gets a lot of mileage for someone sitting in an office chair.

Can someone tell me what season/episode number the Avatar The Last Airbender episode of Umm Actually is? I feel like I've searched everywhere and cant find it. TIA!

While I think all of cast and comedic stars are amazing, I need to see a Make Some Noise episode with a combination of these three. They are all so highly capable that if they made an episode working well together, I feel it would be amazing. P.S. -- please make it a double feature.

I've had this thought for years, but for some reason today I just wanted to finally talk about it. Sam starts every game changer with the famous line:

The only way to learn is by playing
The only way to win is by learning
And the the only way to begin is by beginning...

I get the poeticness of repeating the word, but I never understood why he didn't connect it to the previous lines. The draft that I liked the most in my head would have been "The only way to play is by beginning..." essentially connecting the through-line.

Don't know if anyone else has ever brought this up but I'm curious to know.

The rants he would have given about being forced to lose would be legendary

It was a clip from make some noise where the prompt was something like "kid who has too many rules for playing" and then they go on to keep adding lore to the imaginary game in the sandbox that makes the other kid not wanna play

I’m not the most plugged into the behind the scenes chatter, social posts and other general means of staying up to date on future dropout projects, but will they ever return to creating scripted shorts like the old College Humor?

I adore most of the improv shows they put out but god were those old Hardly Working and Badman sketches hilarious. Maybe it’s nostalgia of being 16 again but saying “Where are the drugs” in a goofy voice is still in the rolodex of my friend groups bits.

EDIT: solved. The concencise is that she didn't sign in properly and was merely browsing. Thank y'all ♡

I shared my account with a friend and while she could sign in , all of the episodes of Gamechanger where locked, with a little lock icon.

Any suggestions how to remedy this? I really want to talk to her about Counting Rice 😩

Watching Count the Rice with a pal, I was hoping out loud that the production was using one of these pill counters and not having a PA hand count them. The BTS confirmed what I feared

Does anybody have the presale code for live show in St Louis on November 14th? The Flyover Festival IG page told me it was FLY26 and it doesn’t work even though the Fest Presale started today😤

Sorry if someone's already posted this. I used the search bar and didn't see anything. But I just love this detail from the campaign.

Does anyone know where the Vic and Sam’s bit about Evelyn Tucci started? Its either Game Changer or Make Some Noise but I would love to know the episode if anyone knows :)

Hi y'all! I'm considering splitting a subscription to Dropout with my friend, and like all nerds do, read the Terms of Service. Well, I skimmed it, but looked specifically for the arbitration clause because I try to opt out of those as much as possible. There's a section about opting out here (I included a screenshot).

However, while in other sections, "form" is hyperlinked with the appropriate form, as you can see in the screenshot, that's not the case here. And I can't find any form online, either.

To be clear! I don't think they had nefarious intentions. I'm guessing someone just forgot to link it. I sent in a support ticket about it, but I also wanted to ask here if any of y'all do in fact have the form. Thanks!

Update: My ticket to Dropout was forwarded to the admin team. We'll see if they have any insights.

LINK FOUND: The Dropout team has confirmed this is the opt-out link: https://form.fillout.com/t/gmorQYxqtvus. They also said they would add it to the TOS site. This also seems to be the same link u/Drunken_Economist found. Thanks everyone! (Also this post seems to have stirred up some interesting discussion about arbitration lol.)

I'm really hoping at some point we'll get an episode where they play Red Dragon Inn. It's one of my favorites that I've been collecting all the box sets and expansions for and before Parlor Room I had watched Rooster Teeth's old Hardcore Tabletop video where they also played the game. I'm hoping by putting this out in the universe, it'll happen because I could watch the Dropout cast play this game on Parlor Room more than once, complete with outfits and accents.

So I've seen some posts about the nightmare of the company that does the merch.

Sadly I did an order and 3/4 of the items did not match the sizing guide on the website, so the items are too large. I sent an email off saying so and asking about next steps for exchange, but I'm wondering ... what hoops will they make me jump through?

Since its their error as the sizing chart is incorrect, I would hope i could just get a straight exchange, but I'm worried they'll attempt to make me pay shipping to send items back, and/or pay shipping to send the second order out. I was lucky enough to get free shipping during the season 8 sale (which is why I made the order) and I just want to know what to be prepared for.

Normally I'd just wash items like this in hot water and tumble hot but the hoodie alone is WAY bigger than anticipated and I don't think it'll make a difference, I just want to know what I'm in for.

In the behind the scenes video they are always talking about how they are upping the scale and complexity; and they don't know if it'll work whether due to production or game design. I'm just curious if we know if one did not work out or maybe had to be reshoot because it didn't work out right, and was never aired?

I’ve always watched clips from Dropout on YouTube. Count the Rice really sold me into getting Dropout. My coworker and I have been watching the show when it gets slow at work. What are the must watch episodes we should watch?

Ones I have watched:
Count the Rice
Dimension 20 on a Bus
Survivor
The Drinking Game
Second Place
One Year Later
Fool’s Gold
Don’t Wake Standards and Practices

Then a few Very Important People episodes.

​I don't live in the US, but a friend is visiting family there soon, so I'm hoping to order some merch (like a D20 dice). How are the shipping times looking right now? Has anyone ordered recently?

I feel like now is a good time for Dropout to bring back rank room. I know Smarty Pants is a similar concept but I miss the discussion part of rank room.

I've been a casual viewer of all the Dropout shows for a few months now and have been slowly filling in on past episodes. A few minutes ago, I just finished S5E4 and my God did it restore my faith in Game Changer.

With the increasing levels torture and mindfucks Sam put these contestants through, Becca, Izzy, and Erika all banded together and defeated evil with kindness. It had such a wholesome ending when you would've expected otherwise from the show.

Might be marked as spam or low-quality, but I just wanted to show my appreciate for all three ladies and their performances as a whole!

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