HEY! Remember QOTW!?

At the end there alot of people seemed to think it had reached the end of it's short lifespan, I still mostly enjoyed them, sending in a couple videos, remember that one dude who just sent long ass videos...

Lemon, Bee, that one guy who looked like a real young alex N saying no...

You're welcome

I never watched a QotW video.

Yes. It was horrible.

@FluxWaveZ said:

Yes. It was horrible.

Not all of them

@FluxWaveZ said:

Yes. It was horrible.

This, it died for a reason.

@StarvingGamer said:

I never watched a QotW video.

you should try a couple

Tang is the thing that got me into any of the site content proper though,

QOTW was never good. I got my fat 2008 ass on camera and chugged a coke. They should take that video down.

Some of them were ok but I don't think it needs to return.

I remember CotW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_the_Winds

Oh fuck you, I'd almost forgotten this existed.

@TooWalrus said:

QOTW was never good. I got my fat 2008 ass on camera and chugged a coke. They should take that video down.

That was probably the only QoTW that I liked and it's the very first one (I think), I quickly stopped watching it after that to only be reminded why I stopped after the occasional check ins every month or so.

@Jimbo said:

Oh fuck you, I'd almost forgotten this existed.

You're welcome

@Red12b said:

@Jimbo said:

Oh fuck you, I'd almost forgotten this existed.

You're welcome

:D

I do remember QOTW. They were sometimes good but mostly horrible. That video just reminded me that there hasn't been much green screen shenanigans lately and that makes me sad. This site was built on "Hey we got a green screen, guys! Let's do something dumb with it!"

I got into the site right around the time they were finally phasing out QotW, and from what little I saw of it, I do not miss it.

Wow I forgot that existed. Let us never speak of it again.

@Ryuku_Ryosake said:

I do remember QOTW. They were sometimes good but mostly horrible. That video just reminded me that there hasn't been much green screen shenanigans lately and that makes me sad. This site was built on "Hey we got a green screen, guys! Let's do something dumb with it!

AND ROCK AND ROLLLLOOOHHLLL"

I'd actually present another argument, was this website built on the shenanigans, or Vinnys editing?

I do remember it. I am in one of the videos. Which one I shall never say.

@TooWalrus: 9.5 seconds, not bad.

@Red12b: Both.

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

I do remember it. I am in one of the videos. Which one I shall never say.

I remember you

Yeah, I remember all of the terrible videos that people made. Thanks for reminding me that feature existed.

@ArbitraryWater said:

Yeah, I remember all of the terrible videos that people made. Thanks for reminding me that feature existed.

It's what I'm good for

Hah! Yeah some of em were really good. It just got sad at the end when no one was sending anything in.

I liked it, but then again, I was features on it. The question was about what we did when we aren't playing video games. I am a MMA fighter, so they showed clips from one of my fights.

It was fun for a while.

@Red12b said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

I do remember it. I am in one of the videos. Which one I shall never say.

I remember you

Oh yeah? Which one am I in?

We should make a petition to bring back QoTW, right guys?......

Guys?

We'll be saying this about TNT in 2016

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Red12b said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

I do remember it. I am in one of the videos. Which one I shall never say.

I remember you

Oh yeah? Which one am I in?

Haven't the foggiest, But I can picture your name in the little box that comes up,

I really liked the one with the guy growing ONE straw of beard! And from time to time they where quite good but the quality varied A LOT.

QOTW was the first bad feature Giant Bomb had. They couldn't have thought it was that good, It's bizarre that it lasted as long as it did.

I came to this site about a month or two before they got rid of it all together. I was unemployed at the time, living in a house with my friends, and I had/have an interest in video production so I decided to make a submission one week. Since I'm a bit better known on the site now, I figure I could share it again.

1. I was a little chubby at the time, be kind.
2. It was a bit rushed, and I was just using a handheld camera late at night.
3. Alan Wake had just come out, and they were in the midst of the Deadly Premonition Endurance Run, so lots of references.
4. The topic was something about how far you'd go to bring them a sandwich if you were an intern.

That's all you need to know. Looking back, it's a bit embarrassing. But check out my pimp-ass house!

In the end, Drew and I emailed back and forth a bit. He had some kind words to say, and gave me some advice on my future in video production (which hasn't really materialized, as I needed money and took a Paralegal job). Still hoping to get back into, and learning more about, video production in the future.

The main problems with QotW were two-fold. 3 days to film a video was too short to produce anything meaningful or entertaining, and... let's face it, most of the community at the time wasn't very interesting. I'd still welcome a highly edited QotM segment, but I doubt they'd get enough quality submissions to make it worthwhile.

@Wrighteous86 said:

and... let's face it, most of the community at the time wasn't very interesting.

Hold,

The fucking phone.

You're talking about one of the best Eras of the Giant Bomb Community, there were heaps of cool interesting people,

Cool video though

@Red12b said:

@Wrighteous86 said:

and... let's face it, most of the community at the time wasn't very interesting.

Hold,

The fucking phone.

You're talking about one of the best Eras of the Giant Bomb Community, there were heaps of cool interesting people,

Cool video though

Haha, well I guess I meant the ones motivated to post videos. Like I said, I came in at the tail-end, but for the most part I remember a bunch of 15 year old kids hitting each other in their garage or making poop related jokes while desperately trying to avoid showing their faces on camera. Do you have any particular favorites I can go back to?

Sure, what could possibly go wrong?

I believe this sort of thing is not brought up for the same reason the ... *ahem* other piece of unmentionable content is not mentioned. You know the one.

Bring back TANG, though, and have Alex the Movie Guy do it.

I was in the October one, but that's self aggrandising

@Wrighteous86 said:

@Red12b said:

@Wrighteous86 said:

and... let's face it, most of the community at the time wasn't very interesting.

Hold,

The fucking phone.

You're talking about one of the best Eras of the Giant Bomb Community, there were heaps of cool interesting people,

Cool video though

Haha, well I guess I meant the ones motivated to post videos. Like I said, I came in at the tail-end, but for the most part I remember a bunch of 15 year old kids hitting each other in their garage or making poop related jokes while desperately trying to avoid showing their faces on camera. Do you have any particular favorites I can go back to?

OOTW was horrible thank goodness It's gone.

@RPGee said:

Sure, what could possibly go wrong?

I believe this sort of thing is not brought up for the same reason the ... *ahem* other piece of unmentionable content is not mentioned. You know the one.

Bring back TANG, though, and have Alex the Movie Guy do it.

Nooooo

This is a Ryan thing

Fuck you all. Qotw was great. Lemon and Dan were great. Luke and Ryan were great. Nacho Man Creme de les Croppe was great.

Lemon, Bee, that one guy who looked like a real young alex N saying no...

@Red12b said:

@RPGee said:

Sure, what could possibly go wrong?

I believe this sort of thing is not brought up for the same reason the ... *ahem* other piece of unmentionable content is not mentioned. You know the one.

Bring back TANG, though, and have Alex the Movie Guy do it.

Nooooo

This is a Ryan thing

Sure, Ryan would still do it exceptionally well, but Alex has an inherent ability to be entertaining while being wildly critical.

How about we settle at the middle ground of "They should bring back TANG, or even WUTANG"?

@Fredchuckdave said:

I remember CotW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_the_Winds

Ah, nostalgia...

On topic: I've never watched a QotW and I ain't about to change that now.

So hey. No, I don't remember QOTW.

I was into GB around that time, but I stuck to quick looks and the podcast.

Anyone wanna fill me in on what this was?

Is it weird I was just thinking about this yesterday? I couldn't even remember that it was called QOTW...it has been too long!

My favorite one was Ryan's call for people to show their scorn and hatred for candy corn. Cause fuck candy corn.

I looked forward to it every week, even if it was usually kind of bad. 

@Red12b said:

@FluxWaveZ said:

Yes. It was horrible.

Not all of them

That's the talk of a Nazi sympathizer!

A Man Chooses Pickles was the only good entry ever.

And that was in-game Bioshock cut-scenes with amateur voice-over.

I totally forgot about this. I think it went away for a couple of reasons. I would be totally willing to give this feature another shot though.