I used to respect you, but not anymore.

Wow...

I thought I had seen and heard everything...

But with this statement that has been made from a certain former retro game reviewer about the gaming industry as of late...

...I can see why the general public views gamers as a bunch of spoiled little shits and entitled whiny pricks when things don't go their way, or when they hate something or someone in the game industry 'ruining' something that they once loved, or whatever the fuck they choose to nitpick and whine about these days since bitching about Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) and the cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3 is about as entertaining as kicking the dead horse of a subject known as Spax3.


So who is it that brought my ire to a boil today?


Well, it's a video from a certain YouTube oldie who, back in the 'good old days' of YouTube, was yet another individual trying to mooch off of the 'angry retro game reviewer' genre, which was largely inspired by James Rolfe, aka, the Angry Video Game Nerd.

This individual, is known as UrinatingTree, or, ESchlasser, DSchalsser, and Darren McCloud in his time here in the online world.

He is known for a lot of things, most of which includes;


his over-the-top, angry retro game reviewing from 2006 to 2008...

his 'Half-Assed Theatre' video series...

having mental breakdowns (allegedly)...

closing his YouTube accounts multiple times throughout 2008 and 2009...

uploading the most random shit onto YouTube in 2010...

and now, he uploads videos where he bitches about sports teams, sports coaches, team owners and all this other clichéd bullshit that the general browser on YouTube couldn't be bothered to give half a fuck about...


Suffice to say, UrinatingTree was once a pretty cool guy back in the early days of YouTube, but he is now a lifeless, unfunny, washed-up has-been who thinks he's making some sort of point with his sports videos where he bitches about irrelevant topics such as the failing legacy of the Detroit Red Wings or how Danica Patrick is the sole defining factor that's killing NASCAR as a sport.


(Wow, never thought I'd find myself mentioning American Hockey and NASCAR on here)


Oh sure, he occasionally talks about videogames, but too often, the subjects he approaches are about some of gaming's biggest failures and fuck-ups in the last 7 to 8 years, such as No Man's Sky, Mighty No. 9 and Mass Effect: Andromeda, to name a few. You know, the kind of games where everybody including their grandmothers could tell that they were doomed to fail even before the products even hit the store shelves.

(At least with Mass Effect: Andromeda, people should've seen the signs long before the game was released, given Electronic Art's track record and how they handled ME 3. And with No Man's Sky and Mighty No. 9, well, people shouldn't be so easily fooled by kickstarter or indie projects that make over-the-top statements and promises. Because as that old saying goes; 'if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is')

And for what it's worth, the videos he made regarding those subjects were pretty informative and well-done for the most part, even if the information contained in them hasn't been made blatantly obvious by now.

But in his Mass Effect: Andromeda video, UrinatingTree made a statement that kinda caught me off guard; he said that he would welcome, "the inevitable gaming crash, let it fucking happen!'

At first, I tried to see his reasoning behind such a statement, but with his most recent video (which you can watch here;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFmWGFCFEEM if you have the patience to sit through it) where the title says 'videogames need to die', and the idiotic rant he goes into over the state of gaming these days just because of the actions of a few publishers and developers...


...as much as I hate to do this, it has to be done.


I'm sorry, but I just can't hold back anymore.


UrinatingTree, I used to like your videos and the fun they once produced on YouTube, but with all the bullshit you put everyone through, especially your own fans, over the past decade, and with everything you've just said in your recent video about the gaming industry, you have officially lost all respect from me.

And with your idiotic video rant, you have only furthered to cement the negative perception that the general public has about gamers; a bunch of spoiled little shits and entitled whiners that complain no matter what kind of good or bad things the gaming industry says or does.


I mean, really? Just, fucking really?


Because Electronic Arts, Activision, Konami, the kickstarter scammers and indie liars have done nothing but put out half assed games with endless patches, insane DLC prices, lootboxes and pro-SJW propaganda in their games, the whole gaming industry is bad and deserves to crash?

What about the more awesome games and gaming moments that have happened over the past couple of years?

Besides the usual shitty EA games, the endless Call of Duty titles, the cancellation of potentially good games by Konami, overhyped lackluster titles, indie liars and the Patreon/GoFundMe/Kickstarter-funded projects that only served to rip people off over the past couple of years, there have been many, MANY, games that have come out which shows that there are still those in the gaming industry who are willing to give us good games with good stories and amazing player experiences.


In fact, I can name 5 games off the top of my head that proves my point;


The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Alien: Isolation
The Last of Us
Metro: Last Light
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim


Do those games and game franchises not count?

Or do you just lop them into your personal shit pile of what you perceive to be killing video games these days?


*sigh*


Whatever happened to the days where gamers collected and played videogames for fun?

What happened to the days where gamers knew to stay away from false promises, statements that sounded too good to be true, and developers/publishers with track records that are as bad as EA's, Activision's and Konami's have been?

What happened to the days where gamers knew to not associate with whiners and entitled pricks in their community who are never happy and spend their time bitching and complaining about every single thing that the gaming industry says or does, despite the shining good examples?

What happened to the days where gamers only spent their money on good, quality products, and not on products that repeat the same thing over and over with each new release?


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I honestly don't have an easy answer to any of this folks.

And to be honest, this is one of the reasons why I don't associate myself with other gamers and gaming fanbases anymore.

Cause it seems like a good majority of people in the world of gamers have been turned into cynical edgelord mchardboileds these days. So much so, that even when the gaming industry does something good and amazing despite all the bad shit they spew out, you'll get a bunch of whiny, entitled little pricks crawling out of the fucking woodwork to bitch, rant, whine, piss and moan about it.

And yes, I get it, people will complain about everything.

But to say that because of the aforementioned actions that are negatively impacting the gaming industry as of late, the whole medium deserves to crash like it did in 1983, is one of the most stupidest, fucking things anyone could ever say.

Why?

Well gee, wanting a medium that has become such a huge staple in our lives, to crash like it did in 1983, is not going to solve your personal problems that you have with the gaming industry.

It will negatively impact everything and everyone associated with gaming, and in the very worst way possible.

*sigh*

Once again, it's attitudes like the one this prick has, that gives the rest of the gaming community a very bad name. And to the general public, this is why they view gamers as a bunch of spoiled, entitled little shits and crybaby whiners who bitch, whine, rant, piss and moan no matter what the gaming industry says or does, even if it's something good and amazeballs original.


So, no UrinatingTree... videogames do NOT need to die.


It's Electronic Arts that needs to die, along with Activision, Konami, every publisher and developer that acts and behaves the way they do, and people like you need to stop paying money for their games and falling for crowd-funding scams and independent promises that sound too good to be true.


Bottom line; take your money elsewhere, spend it on good quality products, and you will hit the scumbags where it hurts. And if enough people hurt them enough, then, and only then, will they be forced to listen to your complaints.


In closing, all I can say is; UrinatingTree, I used to respect you, but not anymore.

Go fuck yourself.



Or better yet, grow the fuck up and stop acting like an entitled gamer, or just fucking leave and never come back.


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I'm done with this.


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So until next time folks...

Goodnight America, and to all the ships out at sea.