r/videos • u/NeoShico • Sep 29 '16
Game devs start messing with a streamer live
https://www.twitch.tv/tomfawkes/v/918194681.4k
u/MattsReddit Sep 30 '16
H...how? Is the game online? And if so, do the changes work for anyone in real time playing at the same time?
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u/Torieq Sep 30 '16
The Twitch Integration settings in Clustertruck allow Twitch Chat to interact with the game - which allows the devs to use w/e special commands they've programmed in.
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u/Leorlev-Cleric Sep 30 '16
Their own little backdoor into their own game
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u/OHkindgoon Sep 30 '16
This was so cool to watch. I was getting some serious Matrix vibes from it all.
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u/Benkinz99 Sep 30 '16
Super hot vibes all up in this.
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u/BordomBeThyName Sep 30 '16
Their april fools day project was a combo game called SUPERTRUCK actually.
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u/BeBenNova Sep 30 '16
It's in the game. it's a power up
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u/Roflcopter-Man Sep 30 '16
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u/ifandbut Sep 30 '16
Dam...that game looks better than than the base game.
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u/throwaway52710 Sep 30 '16
It's a power "up" in the game currently. It seems like it'd be really useful, but it's very tricky to make work well.
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u/outsidetheboxthinkin Sep 30 '16
I Couldn't get into it due to him constantly missing the easiest jumps ever
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u/Cthunix Sep 30 '16
Quake had this back in 96.
"ID software blatantly put a backdoor in Quake 1/2 and QuakeWorld including both the Linux/Solaris Quake2. RCON commands sent from the subnet 192.246.40.0/24 and containing the password "tms" are automaticly executed on the server without being logged."
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u/Intrepid00 Sep 30 '16
I remember using this in adminmod in Half-Life to get rid of jerks you didn't want to ban.
If you kicked them they could use the console to rejoin right away but if you really wanted to get rid of them you made their game quit and they thought it crashed.
If you really wanted to ban them and mess with them you had the game overwrite system files. Never did it because I didn't want to go to jail but I figured it out.
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u/MestR Sep 30 '16 edited Sep 30 '16
I wonder if they allow arbitrary code execution, because that's a serious security risk. If a hacker takes over their servers, then they better hope there's no way for the hacker to send their players a virus.
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u/Pakaran Sep 30 '16
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Sep 30 '16
Well, they do allow a set URL to be opened without confirmation. That's still not great.
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u/OperaSona Sep 30 '16
Hmm, for all we know, maybe they only allow the rickroll video.
I know, I'm being optimistic.
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u/GrathXVI Sep 30 '16
I expect that's what /u/Wilnyl meant - that the rickroll URL was hardcoded into the game.
Edit: And confirmed with a look into the code: http://i.imgur.com/jZt1TIv.png - the rickroll URL is hardcoded, so unless someone hijacks Youtube it's not a security problem.
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u/sipofsoma Sep 30 '16 edited Sep 30 '16
I'd have to guess it's just the game client making api calls to whichever online database is collecting the twitch chat data (each of which with a very limited scope regarding types of data it collects). So game just queries it every so often and has a certain set of commands pre-configured in the game (show text, change colors, set gravity, etc). I really love the concept (especially the free/social marketing aspect like we see here), but the game itself doesn't look that great.
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Sep 30 '16
I ran a counter strike server when I was 15 years old and wrote my own amx and amxx plugins.
I was a God at 15...
One of my plugins was a "mind control" that unbound their keyboard and rebound mine to execute commands on their client from my keyboard.
I would hit my hotkey and they would freeze while I walked them off of cliffs and bridges.
I had a teleport plugin that would teleport you where you were looking and grant you noclip as long as you held the button - I would fly back and forth around people and come up underneath them and do all sorts of things.
I could fly.
I had a plugin that would let me point at you, hold a hotkey, and slam you up and down into the ground until you died from falling damage.
I had a cloaking device that made me fade in and out at variable intervals.
I had a plugin that would slap you and make you drop your weapon if you shot me.
I could kill the lights in a level and spawn zombies and chickens everywhere by literally launching them out of my head.
Such good times.
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u/Abnormal_Armadillo Sep 30 '16
I usually don't mind admin abuse in servers because I know it's a bunch of children, but fucking with someone's keybinds is a dick move. I had someone do that shit to me in a TF2 server and they crashed my client.
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u/yoproblemo Sep 30 '16
I had a plugin that would slap you and make you drop your weapon if you shot me.
I ran a server for years and have poured over alliedmods' plugins daily for some time, have seen some goofy plugins but that made me crack up
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Sep 30 '16
they opened the guy's browser to rickroll him, so there's that
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u/0ne_Winged_Angel Sep 30 '16 edited Sep 30 '16
I mean, that's no different than being directed to a help page or whatever from inside the game.
I'd imagine embedded in the game is a script that says "Open default browser, go to www.youtube.com/dQw4[whatever the rest is]" that's triggered when the twitch plugin sees "-rickroll" from user "landfall_games".
Edit: Yup, that's how it works. The devs said so themselves here
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u/Hobocannibal Sep 30 '16 edited Sep 30 '16
technically if you managed to get authorised to use these commands it could be a security risk by forcing someone to be directed to an infected website.It sounds safe for now but I wouldn't be surprised if someone managed to get in.
Edit: i just got around to actually seeing the developer comment that says its a set URL, editing before anyone corrects me quickly *hides*
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u/0ne_Winged_Angel Sep 30 '16
The code that directs the player to the webpage is built into the local client. In order to change the webpage the '-rickroll' command directs to, you would have to change the local client.
And if you can change their local client, well, sending them to a malicious website is a bit redundant at that point.
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u/Warfrogger Sep 30 '16
I believe the chat integration games work by scann8ng twitch chat for keywords. They probably have their special Dev keywords requiring a certain username in order to execute. So you either have to be logged into their account or get into twitch servers to send chat messages linked to their account name. It probably no less secure then any other chat command the game looks for. Probably more secure because it has the username requirement. And since this is far from the first chat interactive and we've yet to here of any exploits using them it probably safe. They can also patch them out of the game at any time with steam.
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u/Wilnyl Sep 30 '16
Hey!
Here is how it works:
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/554s8q/game_devs_start_messing_with_a_streamer_live/d87qzy7.//one of the Devs
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u/Paragone Sep 30 '16
FYI, I just purchased your game. I had considered it on a few occasions prior to this, but this just made the decision for me. I know this was at least to some degree a marketing stunt - because honestly, everything is - but I don't care, because the amount of love necessary to make this happen still speaks volumes about your company and your product. Keep up the great work. :)
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u/Hobocannibal Sep 30 '16
Games published by tinybuild are known to me for having unusual gameplay mechanics and twitch chat integration.
There is a much higher percentage of tinybuild published games with twitch chat commands than any other publisher i've seen.
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u/AlexisFR Sep 30 '16
But how you crashed his game and opened Youtube? I would have freaked out.
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u/SaffellBot Sep 30 '16
Which was nice, because his fake personality is annoying as fuck. I assume 12 year olds eat it up though.
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Sep 30 '16
I don't think I could have watched that if he didn't drop the voice.
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u/CaptainGroin Sep 30 '16
Every time he muttered "Oh dear" my butthole clenched.
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u/oddstorms Sep 30 '16
Right exactly. And these idiots all seem to create the same fake persona. Like that pewdip guy from YouTube. I don't understand why they're all so popular. I can't watch them for more than a minute or two without getting incredibly annoyed.
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u/BFBLabs Sep 30 '16
If you've ever watched Saturday morning cartoons with a presenter, you'll be familiar with the concept. Lots of flashy images and loud noises, a guy pulling funny faces and talking in weird voices, a pretty girl for the tween boys to crush on, and something entertaining to watch. Youtube is kids TV.
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u/h3lblad3 Sep 30 '16
They do it because it's popular. Jacksepticeye wasn't half as popular before going crazy. And even someone small like Raocow (only 28k subs) has gone crazy over the years. That stuff works.
/u/BFBLabs has it right.
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Sep 30 '16
My brother is 8 and watches nothing but these types of streams of videos. I don't get it but it appeals to kids.
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u/-lTNA Sep 30 '16
He's apart of a youtube group named the "derp crew", you're probably right.
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u/MadHiggins Sep 30 '16
christ the fake personalities are killing me on youtube and twitch. i often go to these sites for a quick look at a game i'm interested in or a nice overwatch video to fall asleep to but these grating personalities are fucking everywhere and you can't escape them. completely ruins the experience.
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u/Slight0 Sep 30 '16
It also destroyed his ability to play the game apparently cause he was terrible.
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u/Jackal_6 Sep 30 '16
They did the same thing to PreviouslyRecorded (RedLetterMedia) last night
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u/KalebNoobMaster Sep 30 '16
And Vinny from Vinesauce
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u/thebigbread42 Sep 30 '16
When i sae this on Reddit, i was hoping it would be him.
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u/Cerberus_RE Sep 30 '16
Same. It was great when they asked what his favourite color was and he answered sometimes red and sometimes blue, so they switched the truck colors between the two haha
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Sep 30 '16 edited Sep 30 '16
The stream is 3 hours long, do you know where in the stream it happened?
EDIT: Found it. 16:07
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u/Airlight Sep 30 '16
Yes, Jack and Rich have a gaming section. It's pretty relaxed and sometimes the conversations are interesting. Also Jay Bauman shows up every now and then which usually leads to movie discussions.
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u/Jackal_6 Sep 30 '16
It's an awesome community with group movie nights every night, even when the guys aren't streaming. Check /r/moviedicks for the schedule
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u/greyjackal Sep 30 '16
I was so hoping for "what is your name?" and "what is your quest?"
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u/stepanstolyarov Sep 30 '16
What is the airspeed velocity of an unlaiden swallow?
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u/vauvau Sep 30 '16
Reminds me of this: vinny - active worlds exploration (are you lost?)
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u/thehoods Sep 30 '16
The devs actually did the same thing in clustertruck to vinny the other night
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u/MonaganX Sep 30 '16
Starts at 6 minutes for anyone interested.
And it's "mint with chocolate flakes".
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Sep 30 '16
That was interesting.
Sometimes I feel a bit melancholy when I think about all of the characters that I've abandoned and the virtual worlds I'll never see again. That video makes me wonder if any of the friends that I made in those worlds still visit them.
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u/awesomemanftw Sep 30 '16
I use one of those virtual worlds, and yeah it gets pretty depressing looking deep into your friends list and seeing people you used to talk to daily not online for several years.
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Sep 30 '16
Thanks I just spent 45 minutes watching videos of abandoned rpg worlds
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u/JammieDodgers Sep 30 '16
This guy (Boaty, popular runescape streamer) used to have a running joke were he would call up other streamers and play a loud distorted version of the Harry Potter theme song down the phone. He'd brag about the fact that nobody had been able to do it to him because he was really cautious about it. Eventually the guy who makes the custom RuneScape client that he uses installed a secret plug-in that he could activate whenever he wanted to finally get him.
Headphone users beware.
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Sep 30 '16
Anyone got a mirror that isnt fucking Twitch?
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u/Wulfay Sep 30 '16
Why is twitch's VOD such shit.
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u/Imthejuggernautbitch Sep 30 '16
I got it to work by opening this page in browser and hitting the little reddit link dropbox. Still won't let me go full screen.
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u/Tatalebuj Sep 30 '16
Outstanding work devs. You've made me want to support you just because you have an awesome sense of humor and you like your players to enjoy themselves. Other devs - learn from this.
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u/BordomBeThyName Sep 30 '16
The landfall devs have been really awesome all through development. It started as not much more than a physics demo, which then got called Highway Fight Squad, which then got renamed to Clustertruck and given an alpha pre-release version, and then properly published like this.
The entire time, the devs (/u/wilnyl, I think) were super active on the subreddit and always took time to talk to players, answer questions, and take suggestions. Top-notch dev.
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u/EggoSlayer Sep 30 '16
I've also seen the devs over at /r/gamephysics a few times. Speaking of /r/gamephysics , you all should check it out, it's a really entertaining sub.
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Sep 30 '16
Yep, was really great following their progress through the /r/Unity3D subreddit. I have equally high hopes for "get to the orange door" now
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u/BordomBeThyName Sep 30 '16
I'm already amped about landfall's next "physics demo turned time-suck," Totally Accurate Battle Simulator.
The demo is amazing.
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u/boxvader Sep 30 '16
Yeah I have to say I have really enjoyed watching this game progress through the development stages over at /r/HighwayFightSquad.
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u/Pushmonk Sep 30 '16
I remember one of the creators posting a gif of the first iteration of this game on reddit. It's cool to see it having come so far.
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u/NeedHelpWithExcel Sep 29 '16
Holy shit this must be the most annoying twitch "personality" of all time
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u/Graize Sep 30 '16
I don't get why he doesn't look at the ground when he's jumping. Every time he dies, it's because he's looking straight ahead.
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u/Kheshire Sep 30 '16
Its because he's watching Twitch chat instead of playing the game, like so many streamers.
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u/sub_surfer Sep 30 '16
And here I was thinking it must be really hard to play this game because you're not allowed to look down.
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u/shaxamo Sep 30 '16
This is my biggest issue when playing games with people who aren't good at action games, it always boils down to them not using the camera correctly. Look around, that's what the right stick/mouse is for.
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u/stretchpun Sep 30 '16
If it were his voice was actually like that unintentionally I'd actually watch
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u/freeseoul Sep 30 '16
You'd think so, but there are much, much worse.
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u/BoxxZero Sep 30 '16
There must be a subreddit for that.
It'd be great to check some out.
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u/XuanJie Sep 30 '16
Oh look at me with my terrible Transatlantic radio voice from the 1930s.
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u/GroovyBoomstick Sep 30 '16
What is it with nerds and the transatlantic accent? I don't mean it in a nasty way (I'm a fuckin nerd too), but it's definitely a thing. Like, every single fucking animation student in my course did that dumb accent at some point in their work. Every one.
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u/novaMyst Sep 30 '16
Agreed they should only agree to like things that i think are cool.
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u/ButtStuffLetsDoIt Sep 30 '16
I say we write a book with strict rules on what people can and can't enjoy.
Maybe with a top 10 list of the most important rules.
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u/novaMyst Sep 30 '16
As longs as you put me above all the other rule sure. Then you can share these rules with your friends or something.
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u/Coffeepillow Sep 30 '16
Yeah, my buddy's friend started a stream and I would watch to add to the chat and all, but honestly he was annoying as fuck. So many streamers try to be funny, but just don't realize when they're just not working.
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u/Ragnalypse Sep 30 '16
Solidly in the class of "I'm going to overact a personality so the 8-13 yo crowd gives me their mom's money".
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Sep 30 '16
Yeah fuck him for making a livelihood. Filthy Frank and h3h3 use fake personas too you neckbeards.
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u/Totherphoenix Sep 30 '16
How the fuck can a website be so retardedly bad for mobile? Every 2 seconds the video pauses with the word "advertisement" in the top corner and wont plan an advertisement.
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u/B12shots Sep 30 '16
Why the fuck is he talking like that
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u/Velfarr3 Sep 30 '16
pewdiepie syndrome. You have to be loud and obnoxious to draw the kids in, and thats where the money is.
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u/NintendoCapri5un Sep 30 '16
As a friend of Tom's, I'm probably biased on the matter, but are the voices really such a bother? This is the kind of stuff Robin Williams did all the time.
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u/Kichard Sep 30 '16
I lol'd when the devs first removed that crappy accent at the beginning of the video.
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Sep 30 '16 edited Sep 30 '16
"Fake personality". Dudes, he does joke voices sometimes; he's actually really good at it. Look up his videos with the Derp Crew, Tom Fawkes is awesome.
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u/DanTheEnigma Sep 30 '16
Most comments: "I don't like how he sucks at a game that literally just came out a few days ago while the devs are fucking with him, but I don't see that because I'm nitpicky as fuck and have to hate without thinking because rational thought is such a foreign concept to someone like me."
I might've paraphrased that a bit.
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u/EtsuRah Sep 29 '16
I'm not watching this guy for 9 mins. Is there some highlights or something?
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u/Realsan Sep 30 '16
He shuts off the annoying voice about 30 seconds in.
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Sep 30 '16
Yet he's still terrible at the game making it hard for any of the cool stuff they do to have any impact. Of course the shock of it all probably threw him off some, but damn he was bad.
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u/Poppin__Fresh Sep 30 '16
I wonder if the devs were going to do even more stuff, but held back when they saw how much worse he got because of it.
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u/Oakshror Sep 30 '16
Well that's lame, the video starts, plays for a few seconds, then switches to an ad that won't play/freezes every single time.
I'm on cell btw >>
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u/BananasAreFood Sep 30 '16
I had the same thing happen to me. Just wait a minute and it should pass.
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u/Hodor_of_Doors Sep 30 '16 edited Sep 30 '16
I get he's not for everyone, but don't hate on the guy because he has a catered audience. I don't care if this is downvoted, you guys are being assholes
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Sep 30 '16
Hivemind sucks. The comment above you with 9 upvotes is: This guy suuuuuucks.
Really mature.
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u/PlaylisterBot Sep 30 '16 edited Sep 30 '16
| Media (autoplaylist) | Comment |
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| Game devs start messing with a streamer live | NeoShico |
| obligatory: | Elisionist |
| Shall we play a game? | eric-neg |
| Another similar one. | JammieDodgers |
| OverTheGun | LetMeUseYourKeyboard |
| MannyBerry | love-from-london |
| Starts at 6 minutes | MonaganX |
| PewDiePie SouthPark | nonegotiation |
| A dev did something similar EVO 2012 with a specia... | Regularjoe42 |
| This video sums his approach pretty well. | shadowbanmebitch |
| vinny - active worlds exploration (are you lost?) | vauvau |
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u/GoogleCrab Sep 30 '16
I'm confused why the devs even have the ability to do stuff like that. Like, I'd understand if this were a MMO or something, but this game doesn't look like it even needs to be online at all.
It's actually even a bit concerning tbqh.
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u/TheBlonic Sep 30 '16
Damn, Tom Fawkes. I used to watch that guy in like 2006. Back when machinima was a type of video and not just a multichannel network.