General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Nostradamus]

The people in charge didn't understand their community

 

[Nostradamus]

If they would have stayed strong and true to what they were, we wouldn't have Rooster Teeth. G4 would be Rooster Teeth

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Was kind of a shitty channel outside of American Ninja Warrior and Code Monkeys (which was very much a parody of the 80s).

 

[Bobby Barrows]

But yes, basically if G4 had stayed in its core audience of gamers and young adult men, it probably would have stayed.

 

[Nostradamus]

Was kind of a shitty channel outside of American Ninja Warrior and Code Monkeys (which was very much a parody of the 80s).

Yeah that was when it started going downhill. That time period was being carried by Ninja Warrior and AOTS

 

[Nostradamus]

The parent company cancelling Code Monkeys was a GIANT reason the fans turned sour

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Bring back Screwed

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Code Monkeys was great as a parody of the toxic gaming community tbh.

 

[Nostradamus]

Them being back now, while rough, is literally perfect fucking timing. Gaming and its surrounding subcultures are mainstream as fuck and that entire community is incredibly open to collaboration

 

[Bobby Barrows]

I'm not even sure you'd be able to make CM today without folks missing the point of the show entirely.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Gaming if anything has never been more mainstream.

 

[Nostradamus]

They've got SMOSH, Mythical, WWE, AEW, Geoff Keighley, multiple gaming companies, some production/movie companies. They are in a great spot as long as they don't second guess themselves

 

[Nostradamus]

And tbh, they have literally just been saying "fuck you" to naysayers and not second guessing themselves at all so far

 

[Kiffy Lube]

While Markiplier makes 40 million a year

 

[Nostradamus]

And they'd be smart to collab with him too, which I'm sure they will