I’m certainly watching less. I’m more likely to watch archival stuff, at this point. I rewatched all of TANG for the 10th or so time recently. I don’t know if that was a Ryan/Vinny thing, all the goofy video editing throwing Ryan or Luchadeer into movie scenes, but it felt like those two were having a ton of fucking fun.
There are still great moments, like all the Temporary Secretary stuff, but they’re fewer and further between.
The return of Team GFB has become my go-to podcast. I’m behind on all GB podcasts and, for the first time, don’t really mind. I’m watching Netflix stuff instead of GB videos on my Roku. I still check in, hoping for something to grab me, and figure I’ll continue to do so for at least a few months.
I really want to get all-in on GB again. There’s good stuff. Ranking of Fighters is interesting, if not always fun/funny/entertaining. Business Dave’s Top 10s are probably the best active content on the site, but I usually just fast-forward through UPF to get to it, then stop UPF once Dave leaves. I’ll always listen to Vinny talk about overeating. That Domino’s segment was fantastic!
A lot of it does, I think, boil down to what feels like a general lack of energy and investment. I don’t listen to ANY hip-hop, but I’d be happy to hear folks talk about that, if that’s what brought out the energy. Hell, with Arrow Pointing Down, I listened to reviews of fucking Gatorade (and loved it)!
I would be curious if regular Jeff/Vinny content would help me reinvest in the site. Their ad reads from the Bombcast were better than most of the content over the past year. And that’s not an attack on current content, the Small Business Man routine was amazing. I get that the odds of either of them having that chemistry remotely, or especially either of them moving, or incredibly low, though...
There’s certainly negativity swelling on the forums. It’s been here and there for a year or two, folks putting up posts about how they’re done here. It seems to have come to a head around GOTY (again), but this time, it’s lingering. I just hope folks understand that a lot of it comes from a positive place. I’d love to see a return to form. I’m pulling for the crew. I’ve been here since day one, and whatever happens, this place had an AMAZING run for several years, weathered all sorts of changes, kept changing and evolving...it’s pretty miraculous. I guess it just changed and evolved, in recent years, into something less for me. I’m getting to be okay with that.
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