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Rosebuns @robinthebun8/29/2023, 12:59 PM

Ryyudo @Ryyudo

Ryyudo @Ryyudo8/29/2023, 12:47 PM

Just Arin out some brain space.

I'm thinking about a story shared with me where a CEO of a gaming company demanded to remove tutorials from their soon-to-be-released game because Egoraptor said "tutorial bad."

Just imagining the possible scenario:

CEO, after calling a 7:00 AM all-hands meeting at 10:44 PM the night before: We have to remove tutorials from our game. I watched an indepth analysis and it said that games teach better when there's no tutorials.

Literally anyone below C-level: Oh! They're an accomplished game designer then?

CEO: ??? Probably?

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brace yourself (to prevent further injury)@SaberaMesia8/29/2023, 12:52 PM

i cannot believe this

yes i can because executives do shit like this all the time, but

Ryyudo @Ryyudo8/29/2023, 1:11 PM

Sometimes I think it can't be that simple but I'm often wrong about a lot of things.

Kay @Kayin8/29/2023, 12:57 PM

Arin hits this horrible middle ground where he's actually pretty insightful for a non-designer, but is also a huge weirdo (like most people who are into design stuff, if I am gonna be honest >.>), but IS ALSO HUGELY POPULAR like god the amount of brain rot he accidentally caused by just having an audience that outstripped the soundness of his opinions 😭

Not that anyone should be listening to my opinions either but like thank god I don't have millions of followers lol

Ryyudo @Ryyudo8/29/2023, 1:08 PM

Honestly I think that's the most insightful way to explain Arin. He has great points, but yeah, popularity has a weird way of making folks strip down shared thoughts to the barest, simplest forms as their takeaway. 😭

But I'm gonna listen to your opinions and make a 40 minute video on them watch out world.

Wolf @Aware-Wolf8/29/2023, 6:36 PM

IIRC he never intended for Sequelitis to be taken seriously, but because he does have some valid points and cool observations, people ran with it. There's a GG episode where he was lamenting that people didn't understand that when it came to the Ocarina of Time video.

I've always seen them as funny internet videos, but I guess anyone with a following like him has those fans that would take his views too seriously.

Jordan @Jordan-DwS8/29/2023, 1:00 PM

The CEO of Capcom watches my streams so now all future Mega Man games are going to have checkpoints every 30 seconds and visible hitboxes on all characters and attacks at all times. Sorry folks.

Ryyudo @Ryyudo8/29/2023, 1:06 PM

Wait this rules???

Kindest Weapon @KindestWeapon8/29/2023, 3:39 PM

Can you get them to apply that to MegaMan Legends 3?

Boyks @Boyks8/29/2023, 1:36 PM

I can say with full confidence that I don't think anyone involved with Game Grumps has ever been somebody I would take advice from on video games.

Ryyudo @Ryyudo8/29/2023, 1:53 PM

Well clearly you can't be trusted. You only have level 1 access in the company.

Now that JarJar Binks fella....

Boyks @Boyks8/29/2023, 2:23 PM

;__; always watching

Decker 🌝@JustDecker8/29/2023, 2:48 PM

CEO: "He's given numerous technical talks"
CEO, internally: RIDIN ON CARS 🎸🎸🎸🎸

Sean H.@SJHDoesGames8/29/2023, 3:14 PM

The most I can say is that I obliquely reference his take on Mega Man level design from that episode and nothing else because once I realized that he straight up ignores instructions and then complains that the game didn't tell him things later....

Having good instincts and insights is great but it will only carry you so far.

Hamelin Prize @HamelinPrize8/29/2023, 3:23 PM

Yeah, that's a sticking point for me on this Arin Opinion.

Ignores the guidance and then complains that he doesn't know what to do.

Wolf @Aware-Wolf8/29/2023, 6:37 PM

I always get a kick out of watching his old videos.

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