Also they mentioned how Dan stealing from Brad instead of Drew cost him the game. Though Drew had a bone capsule that meant he couldn't get stuff stolen, so Dan essentially would have wasted 30 coins and screwed himself over. I was hoping he was gonna do that but turned out it wasn't necessary!
I completely wasted my Friday badge by attending both the Beastcast and MPPV live, but I have no regrets. Wasn't planning on staying for all of Mario Party, but the energy in the room made it impossible to leave.
Without a shadow of a doubt one of the best videos GiantBomb have ever produced. Went from rooting super hard for Drew, to heartbreak when he got screwed over, despair at Dan so obviously going to win, and then pure elation when everything turned on him at the end. WHAT A THRILL
Edit: Also THAT was eSports!
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What a thrill indeed! Drew winning this after MGS4/GZ and before V is perfect. Dan has created a monster!!!!
I'm having zero luck loading it via twitch, and youtube seems to think it didn't happen, but the above is playing.
EDIT: skip to 13m in for talking to start. EDIT2: looks like they're not going to realize that capsules can be "placed" for free vs. paying to use on yourself. it does give the game an interesting strategic aspect (still mostly bullshit though)
I was rooting for Dan but hey, holy shit, you gotta appreciate how tight those last few turns were. I mean fuck man, so much shit happened those two turns. It was ridiculous.
There was a bunch of star stealing, but the best moment is when Drew stole one of Dan's 7 stars, and he shrugged it off. Also, thanks to Bowser (in the last turn!) Dan and Drew had equal coins. We brushed up against the parallel universe where this game ended in a draw. That room would have exploded.
EDIT2: looks like they're not going to realize that capsules can be "placed" for free vs. paying to use on yourself. it does give the game an interesting strategic aspect (still mostly bullshit though)
This is maybe the best mechanic they added to the formula since the first game. It makes for even more craziness. The bullshit should be played up in Mario Party at every chance.
I was kind of worried the audience was going to be annoying or distracting but the chants and boos added a lot to the fun of the video. Dan's hubris was fueled by the booing of the crowd and the amazing comeback by Drew was made all that much sweeter, not to mention the star steal assist by Brad. Really fun to watch. Poor Jeff.
@citizencoffeecake: Yeah, the crowd reactions were great and hearing Patrick, Ian and Danny yell encouragements at the guys gave me warm, fuzzy feelings.
Man, what a beautiful stream. You thought for a good two hours that Dan was gonna smoke everyone else. Then the bullshit happened at the last five turns: the glorious, glorious, glorious bullshit. Big ups for the audience participation, really made the win over this crappy game exponentially more satisfying!
I'm 2 and a half hours in and the crowd really enhances the experience :P, i hope to see some gifs going up, i'm thinking when Drew beat Dan in the duel and everyone raised their arms.
This would have only been better if Jeff finished with 0 stars and 0 coins, that would have been great. It's truly amazing how entertaining these Mario party videos are, when i started on the first one i was like "wtf is this" lol
I'm afraid they can't; the next two Mario Party use the microphone add-on. It wouldn't work well with a whole punch of people screaming around it. It doesn't even work well alone.
What I'm hearing is an already useless peripheral that doesn't work could make things even moreinteresting! :p
I can't believe that Jeff was at like 0/0 into like the 40's but then again it is Mario Party. The outcome was absolutely amazing but I think it would have been godlike if Jeff had managed to get that star switch with Dan during one of his chance time capsules. 0 -> 7 would have been incredible.
Best mpp yet, was highly skeptical of doing this in front of a live audience... Especially considering the pax rumble is a train wreck watching via stream but the crowd added so much and dat ending was too perfect.
As much as Jeff hates these games, I can't believe how much Mario Party hates him right back. Wow. Dan taking power from the boos was amusing, Brad playing the late game instigator was fun, and Drew was in top form.
I just finished watching the duel betwen Drew and Dan and I can easily say this is one of the most entertaining videos that Giant Bomb has produced. The crowd is so great and Dan and Drew played them so well!
Edit: Wow! That Brad move at the end was crazy! The crowd though! haha
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