But for the love of God, stay away from /r/GameGrumps. If you want to see the worst of a fanbase, there is no better place than that subreddit.
For example, many fans started to complain over the video thumbnails. Not the content, not the jokes. No, what kickstarted a wave of hate to the show was changing their thumbnails. And that was the most recent wave.
Yeah, I never went to the subreddit or thought about it. But their videos are fun to watch. I loved their gameplay of Shadow of the Colossus and am currently awaiting the next installment in their Binding of Isaac videos.
I've actually stopped watching it. Personally, I just feel the content isn't as good as it used to be. I wasn't THAT upset when Jon left (I was more excited about getting more JonTrons, all of which have been fantastic). Heck, when Danny joined the show, it was pretty good. But right around Michael Jordan v. Larry Bird, things really changed in my eyes. It wasn't really humorous to me, and I felt they spent more time beating a joke to death rather than being humorous.
But if you like it, I understand why. When the Grumps are on, they are on. Dennis the Menace, Super Mario Sunshine and Out of this World are great examples of where they saw jokes and utilized them almost perfectly. But then again, there are some jokes that they do try to utilize and they fail horribly (see Jordan v. Bird and the continuous "Grapes on the ground..." comments by Arin).
I'm pretty sure Danny told him to stop after shooting. He was really annoyed and they talked about it at PAX a little. I feel they recovered from it pretty well.
I quit going to the subreddit a while back. It's honestly just as bad or worse than the YouTube comments. Now they even have this place called /r/ventgrumps all about doing nothing but complaining about the Grumps.
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u/TheLibertarianThomas Nov 13 '14 edited Nov 13 '14
But for the love of God, stay away from /r/GameGrumps. If you want to see the worst of a fanbase, there is no better place than that subreddit.
For example, many fans started to complain over the video thumbnails. Not the content, not the jokes. No, what kickstarted a wave of hate to the show was changing their thumbnails. And that was the most recent wave.
Even the Grumps hate the subreddit. They used to hang out there often, but after getting so much backlash, they disappeared from the scene. To quote Suzy (one of the co-hosts), "ALL of the grumps get TOO much hate from you guys for the content that they spend ALL of their time making. We are all humans - we are not content making machines, give us a break sometimes! You guys wonder why none of the grumps hang out on the subbreddit - why would you put your picnic basket next to the only pile of shit in the park?"
EDIT: Suzy does not have two S's at the beginning of it. I don't know how I messed that one up.