Recently, we've hit the broken point with videos containing ANGRY video game reviewers, ANGRY movie reviewers, ANGRY music reviewers, FURRY comic book reviewers, etc... However, much like cable television, there's usually something redeeming buried among the steamy pile of horse droppings; in the case of cable tv, Jersey Shore. Trust me, seeing a short and fat female guido (guidette?) get punched directly in the face is more than enough to keep one entertained for quite awhile. Look below if you don't believe me:
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!!!
Getting back to the subject at hand, there is ALWAYS something worthwhile buried among a bunch shit. Case in point with Angry Video Reviewers, we have have Noah Antweiler (better known to the rest of the world, unfortunately, as Spoony).
Yup, pretty sure he's jerkin' it.
Spoony (pictured above, in case you were too retarded to figure that out yourself) is the man in charge of The Spoony Experiment, which is a site where he posts videos such as reviews (including old FMV games and BAD sci-fi films) rants (the homoerotic soap opera we all know and love, pro wrestling), and some other crap I'm too lazy to research. Surprisingly, a lot of the stuff he posted was quite humorous (Spoony had a knack for humor way before he even started doing videos, see his various typed reviews). However, seeing as how as he's become an internet celebrity (i.e. basement dweller royalty), he tended to let his fame go to head.
Not long ago, Spoony won a Mashable award for "Funniest Person to Follow" (note the fact that it's for his Twitter page and not his website). Rather than thanking his fans for clicking that "follow" button and making him special, he used the post regarding the award on his website to blast those that angered him. And here it is for your reading pleasure:
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2009/12/17/an-appeal-for-manners/
I debated with myself a long time on whether or not to post anything about this matter. I thought I might be feeding the trolls. But I think this needs to be addressed.
First of all, thank you all for the extraordinary support and well-wishes this year, that helped me to win the Open Web Award for Funniest Person of the Year. I’m truly touched and honored by your support, and hope that I’ll continue to earn it.
That said, the celebration is tainted a great deal for me because of a few bad eggs out there who continue to post cruel and hateful things on the blog and on the forums. I’m very, very upset right now. In fact, some of the comments lately have left me completely outraged. I’ve taken down my latest video and I don’t intend to remake it, because honestly, I’m not in the mood. I don’t feel like being funny, and you don’t want to see me in front of the camera right now. These wanton emotional attacks on hard-working, innocent people have to stop. I don’t mind if you come after me; in a way, I open myself up for it. I’d prefer if you didn’t insult me, of course, but I can take it. Where I draw the line is when you make hateful, ignorant comments against my friends, family, and loved ones. These belligerent, crude comments have caused more harm than you know. It’s not fair. It’s not warranted. There’s no call to ever say such awful things to anyone, and I’m tired of it.
And I know that I’m only addressing a scant few people out there. I have thousands and thousands of fans, almost all of whom are astoundingly generous, kind, and supportive. I know you’re good people, and I never get to thank these fans enough. It sucks that I have to stop the presses, drag the whole party down, and give these cowards the attention they don’t deserve.
I hope you’ll all pay close attention when I tell you this: this site has a bad reputation. The people I work with don’t like it when I post their videos here, because they tell me that the fans here are downright petty and childishly mean. And I don’t know what to tell them. My moderators and admins work overtime filtering out hate speech. I can understand that some of you don’t like other video producers; it’s all a matter of personal preference. But that’s no reason to use sadistic speech picking on people’s weight, looks, religion, ethnicity, or anything else. I simply can’t believe that we live in an age where people are capable of such pig ignorance and shallow hatred. These aren’t the kind of fans that I want or need. If you don’t like something about this site, fine, you can voice your disapproval. But you can do it in a rational manner without resorting to bullying, infantile insults.
I want this site to be a place for fun, and for laughs. I want people to be able to come here and feel safe and welcome. I don’t want people coming here feeling like they have to gird themselves for war with a bunch of whiny pre-adolescents who only know how to spit bile.
If you can’t learn to at least be civil, please leave. You’re not wanted here, and you’re making everyone else look bad. We’re all here to have fun. Please try to remember that.
WAHHHHH, MY AWARD CELEBRATION TAINTED BY THOSE BAD PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING FUN OF MEEEEE!!!!!
Seriously, just thank your supporters and shut-up! Now, nothing interesting really happened after that, until recently...
It all became apparent that Spoony was indeed a douche during his recent video review of the Deadliest Warrior video game, where he just tore the game to shreds. Suprising (as in "why should they even give a flying fuck?"), the game's creators emailed Spoony a rebuttal of sorts. This opened the flood gates, as Spoony quite smugly blasted the creators, only to then UNLEASH NERD RAGE on his own fans, who seemed to have developed their own personal tastes. And what personal tastes did they develop?
THEY ENJOYED THE VIDEO GAME! ALSO, THEY THOUGHT THE REMAKE OF HIS THEME SUCKED!!!!
This led to a bunch of bannings over at his forums, as well as raging on his Twitter.
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Spoony, I'm only gonna type this once (because I've been drinking, and I'll probably forget it all by tomorrow), quit bitching about the so-called "haterz" and start posting worthwhile content again! Here's some ideas to help you out (cause you damn well need it):
- FINISH THAT GODDAMN DEADLY PREMONITION "LET'S PLAY"!!!! PART 1 HAS BEEN UP FOR HOW LONG NOW, AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE ABANDONED BEFORE IT ISN'T GOT GOING!
-Continue to troll Final Finatasy fanboys. It really does make the world a better place when those bastards get hot and bothered when their shitty series gets ripped-on.
-Stay FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR away from the Channel Awesome guys (and like two girls). Your content has started to take a severe hit around the same time you started doing more cross-overs with these hacks. STOP IT!
-And finally, nobody, and I do mean nobody, truely gives a shit about those It Came From Beyond Midnight videos. There's a reason why they were deemed "Too Terrible, Even For a Wisconsin-Based Public Television Channel". And don't give me that crap about it being due to you having a few appearance on it, you could simply post your parts, and have them upload their own videos to YouTube or something!
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