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Coming in a bit late to the discussion! Here's my two cents:

When it comes to GOTY I've come to expect long, heated arguments (like Brad vs. Jeff on Doom vs. Hitman) and four or five other videos (like Hitsmas). This is the first time that I've been disappointed by their output.

Most of my disappointment stems from my expectations - there is no promise or guarantee that they're gonna do the same thing twice, or that they're gonna hold my interest. When I try to look at things from different perspectives, a lot of the opinions are very relative. For example, however unbearable the three days of discussion might be for me, maybe there's something about them that is actually positive and more interesting than what they used to do if I could bring myself to listen to the whole thing. Getting rid of some of the silliest categories was also a huge bummer, but maybe they were working too many hours before and decided to focus on the more important ones in order to have less crunch and a healthier work environment.

There are only two things that I struggle to accept. One is the production level of the Feud and Winter Olympics videos (mostly the audio, which was really bad). The other is how uninspired and dull the solo features were for the most part (the fun is in seeing the crew bounces off each other). It all just felt poorly planned and hastily put together, from the animated intros to the cuts between segments.

I think it would have been a better move for GBE and GBW to do their own separate silly video features instead of trying to bang out a couple of them on the same week they are doing GOTY deliberations. It probably would have led to more and better content. Then again, that's just my opinion. I think there may be many other factors we're not privy to and therefore are not accounting for when we manifest our discontent.

Lastly, I'm of the opinion that if you don't like something, just don't spend money or time on it. I don't think an artist or critic or content creator has to change what they do just to please me. Having said that, I've been a premium member for five years and I'm not planning on changing that; the content they put out during the year is really what I'm here for. To be honest, I don't even know if any of the crew are gonna read this or if they'd give a shit about my or anyone's opinion - I'm only posting this because, in case they do, I think there is some constructive criticism in what I've said.

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Ninja Gaiden clone

Drew, you and the guys have impacted our lives in a weirdly deep way. Really sad to see you go. All the best and get used to this bunch still following closely whatever you'll be up to from now on.

Wow. Now I'm torn between not wanting to read it because he just sounds more and more like a plain asshole to me, and wanting to read it in order to find at least one redeeming human quality on him. Maybe next time Amazon puts the Kindle version on sale, I'll get it.

@gregorygold: I'm not sure if his artistic output, while undoubtedly brilliant, redeems the piece of shit husband and father that he was, but he does seem to have made up with them later in life. I'll have to read the book to get a bigger picture.

@gregorygold: I haven't read his biography yet, but I once saw an interview with his former wife and yeah, it turns out that he wasn't a very nice guy. I'll get around to reading it eventually.

@brodehouse: Thanks! I'm not a baritone, but I knew that this was at the bottom of my range, so I recorded it right after waking up.

And while I'm at it: this song wasn't meant as an insult to anyone, so please don't take it the wrong way! I am a huge fan and have a great deal of respect and admiration for the crew. It was a tribute.

Hey everybody!

This is my first post here. Glad to be a part of this community.

I wrote a parody of Warren Zevon's "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner" called "Ryckert The Brainless Party Duder". Dan himself checked it out and seemed to enjoy it, so I thought I'd share it with you guys.

(forgive me for any grammatical errors; English is not my first language)