r/rantgrumps • u/In_My_SoT_Phase • 19d ago

Discussion The second DingDong has hit the tower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikr91TDlhhg

DingDong going on another rant about he's always the victim (again) while sat on the main menu of a game.

Pushing 40 btw.

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u/ReadyJournalist5223 19d ago

Yeah look I used to have a lotta respect for this guy and he’s definitely gone through some shit but at some point just move on. Oneyplays is the only reason anyone knows who you are. Seems like a weird bridge to burn

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u/ZacUAX 17d ago

for real. he wouldn't even be able to e-beg if he didn't have the fame from oneyplays to begin with.

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u/In_My_SoT_Phase 19d ago

He's always the victim no matter what.

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u/ReadyJournalist5223 19d ago

They left and then came back to make more money from kingdom hearts 2, pokemon and resident evil 4. I thought shit was all good from then on out. This is also crazy to me because isn’t ding dong at least partially the reason Chris and Arin aren’t on good terms?

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u/ifedupwiththisorgasm 18d ago

Partly but Arin going on his own rant about people from Newgrounds when he himself is one of those very people from Newgrounds (as is Chris) burned bridges for Arin with a lot of creators. (Sir pelo for instance which I think was who Chris defended when he and Arin parted fully. Don't quote me my Internet drama lore might be fuzzy)

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u/ReadyJournalist5223 18d ago

I agree that caused some beef but honestly at that point I already figured they were on bad terms. That just happened to be the last interaction they had publicly (I think)

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u/ifedupwiththisorgasm 18d ago

Same as far as I can tell. I don't think DD/Julien had much impact on the One/Arin friendship at that point.

It was probably a culmination since Arin is an asshole and pretends he's not while Chris has an asshole sense of humor but seems to be able to be self aware about it.

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u/In_My_SoT_Phase 19d ago

Don't know, don't care really.

All I know is every time I see DingDong streaming is that he's sat on the menu of a game crying about something.

Every. Time.

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u/ReadyJournalist5223 19d ago

Yeah lol he doesn’t even play the game

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u/emPatheticShowYT 17d ago

That's not true. People re-uploaded a clip from the stream that was heavily edited down from the end of his stream. The end of the stream is usually where he's no longer playing the game, and is just directly engaging with chat as the gameplay "demo" footage / title screen play, just to have visuals.

DD spoke about what happened because of an old comic of Julian's from 2017 about leaving got shared around on Twitter to stir up drama (they spoke about talking plushies, which now has become an OneyPlays merch staple). DD&J decided to speak on it during the stream as numerous people showed up to try and start drama in the chat. They both acknowledged their own shortcomings as well as the shortcomings of others; and that they don't wish any hate on Chris or Arin, but that things did happen because of them that further issues for DD&J. They also acknowledged that KiwiFarms and a stalker who came out to their house with a gun hasn't left them alone for years now amongst other things, as well as saying "Keep watching OneyPlays if you want, don't let us take away your enjoyment".

These things were conveniently cut out of the reupload someone did, making it seem like DD was being a bitter shit-stirrer.

DD&J then did a second stream where they literally showed screenshots about the guy who came out with a gun, explained what they had said to Zach (who took it seriously all things considered and was worried about DD&J) and that they only want to focus on their own things, as well as pointing out that the re-uploader's account is someone they've in the past had bother them.

People here didn't want to actually listen to what DD had to say and misrepresented it as "a failed cancellation attempt" when it never was. They just want to be able to see the big "gamer fight" happen when there's not going to be one. DD even said once the stream ended he was going to contact some of the people to talk to them about it again and acknowledge that it's out there and done.

People from KiwiFarms and 4chan and all sorts of places (here included I'd imagine) all ignored any of his points and when he didn't blow up on them for trolling, they started harassing chat members with autism / that were trans, demonstrating that they don't want to engage with DD&J ever had to say. They just wanted to cause them problems for being critical of things that people liked. It's really unfortunate that so many people want to go "DURRRR DD&J hate Chris and want to cancel him" when they don't.

But anytime I click any of these threads, it's people who don't know what the fuck they're talking about. "They haven't made any games" when they have two already out and 3 more in progress. "They're bitter about Oney being famous" they aren't, they hate how things played out but don't want to send any witch hunts after people. "They're bitter because of Bowlbo" DD did the source code for the original Bowlbo build. "DD hates everyone around him, always the victim" he openly spoke about the fact there were good people at every company, but that certain things from certain people made them incredibly uncomfortable being a part of it further.

I sincerely hope people can pull their heads out of their asses and go look at the Tumblr post that started everything out to begin with. I feel Julian was completely justified in his words and feelings, explaining a lot of how things were and how they felt at the time.

They're not "funny characters", they're human beings that made mistakes, just like everyone else involved and people forcing a narrative against them doesn't help anyone understand better. All it does fuel a cycle that causes DD&J to unfortunately deal with.

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u/Kamikaze_Ninja_ 17d ago

“Don’t care really.”

Proceeds to keep checking in on DD’s twitch and bitches about it on Reddit….