06-10-2016, 08:33 PM
I watch the Grumps pretty religiously. The Punch Out episodes are my favorite (both the Wii and NES ones), and probably the ones I've watched the most often.
I know I'm definitely in the minority here, but I think Ross is my favorite of the group (though I do love them all!). The way he drives everyone around him absolutely crazy is hysterical to me. Especially in the Table Flip episodes; which is a show I'm sad we'll never get new episodes of ... that show was genius. And it introduced me to a lot of people I didn't know about before.
A lot of people I've known don't like the Grumps primarily because they don't agree with Arin's opinion on video games. I honestly feel like that's a really petty reasoning ... you don't have to agree with someone's opinions to find them amusing. I mean hell, Arin hates a lot of games that I adore and it doesn't stop me from finding him funny. I imagine it has to be very difficult to find yourself an interesting and diverse group of friends when you're only interested in people that share all the same opinions that you do.
Also I agree with the notion that Arin is keeping the hover boots equipped on purpose solely to troll people. The fact that he never even acknowledges it makes it all the more comedic genius; it's driving everyone insane. Of course, he's performing so poorly in the game, it's always possible he really doesn't realize they're hindering him. I mean, dear God I did not even know it was possible to do that badly in OoT. It certainly hurts his arguments against the game when he can't even play it properly. Poor guy ...
(To be fair, the last time I played OoT, I too kept the hover boots on the entire time just to give myself a bit more extra challenge. It really didn't end up hurting my performance, though ...).
I know I'm definitely in the minority here, but I think Ross is my favorite of the group (though I do love them all!). The way he drives everyone around him absolutely crazy is hysterical to me. Especially in the Table Flip episodes; which is a show I'm sad we'll never get new episodes of ... that show was genius. And it introduced me to a lot of people I didn't know about before.
A lot of people I've known don't like the Grumps primarily because they don't agree with Arin's opinion on video games. I honestly feel like that's a really petty reasoning ... you don't have to agree with someone's opinions to find them amusing. I mean hell, Arin hates a lot of games that I adore and it doesn't stop me from finding him funny. I imagine it has to be very difficult to find yourself an interesting and diverse group of friends when you're only interested in people that share all the same opinions that you do.
Also I agree with the notion that Arin is keeping the hover boots equipped on purpose solely to troll people. The fact that he never even acknowledges it makes it all the more comedic genius; it's driving everyone insane. Of course, he's performing so poorly in the game, it's always possible he really doesn't realize they're hindering him. I mean, dear God I did not even know it was possible to do that badly in OoT. It certainly hurts his arguments against the game when he can't even play it properly. Poor guy ...
(To be fair, the last time I played OoT, I too kept the hover boots on the entire time just to give myself a bit more extra challenge. It really didn't end up hurting my performance, though ...).