9 more days until Skylanders SuperChargers comes out, and the flood will subside for another year. Unless this is the final Skylanders game (wishful thinking)
On the week of August 24th, Bores posted nothing again.
On the week of August 31st, the deluge began.
Starting on September 3rd and continuing into next week, Bores posted a shitload of Skylanders videos. The current total (as of this posting) is 12. Why so many? Apparently he was invited to another event showing off the game. Seriously, I don't understand what Activision sees in him. Surely there's better people out there. ... Are there just not enough people actually providing coverage?
He claims his Skylanders videos get a lot of views, but that's only true for a small number of them. Most of them (at least lately) have the same shit views he always gets.
From the brief glimpses I took, most of these are gameplay related. Some of them actually have the developers on hand to showcase the game. It's actually not exciting.
Dislikes are heavy, and the fans are crying.
"Waaah why does YouTube have dislikes? Stop disliking Irate Gamer! It's 2015, you shouldn't be disliking Irate Gamer!" These are just a sample of the type of comments I saw. Apparently nobody told these kids how criticism works, and when videos get a heavy amount of dislikes, chances are the majority didn't like it. That's the case with the Skylanders flood, most viewers actually hate it, and they show this by disliking and leaving a critical comment (before getting blocked).
Sorry for the content light post, but it's been three weeks and Bores hasn't done anything worth discussing.
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"Unless this is the final Skylanders game"...
ReplyDeleteIn the words of Bores himself, "Uh yeah, ya think"? Skylanders is one of Activision's biggest cash cows right now, and as long as it makes money, they'll keep making the games and toys and whatever else they can think of.
I heard from a friend that they have plans for TWENTY more Skylanders games. Okay granted, they could just be games in general and not just main series but still. If they ARE main games, I can just imagine Boring Man going legit insane over them.
DeleteTwenty games? Yeah, because that worked so well with Guitar Hero a few years back; what with Live having to essentially go back to square one as a result.
DeleteSteven, that's exactly how I predict the Skylanders franchise will end.
DeleteIt seems that Activision have not learned their lesson from that. I guess they DO support quantity over quality. This line of thinking really needs to stop!
Delete>.<
Oh yes, crashing and burning from market saturation. Still plan on getting the original three Spyro games on PSN store.
DeleteDamn, about two hours ago, which would have been shortly after this entry was posted, Boresy put up another Skylanders vid. I wonder how many more will be there when I wake up tomorrow?
ReplyDeleteThe older IG videos were crap, but they were at least something to give a shit about. This skylanders crap is beyond uninteresting.
ReplyDeleteI agree. IG was at his best back when he was the poor man dollar store version of AVGN.
DeleteThat's the problem of only doing it for the money: you'll burn out really fast, and you'll become bland and repetitive.
DeleteYep.
DeleteBland and repetitive.
I believe the term you're looking for and intending to quote as part of "the joke" is "STALE and repetitive."
DeleteYep... "STALE and REPETITIVE."
[Insert stupid sketch here.]
By the way, are you enjoying Super Mario Maker? I just can't wait.
ReplyDeleteI don't even have a Wii U, but I'm enjoying the Hell out of SMM on Twitch. There are some ingenious new things being done in the Mario format.
DeleteI'll have to try the demo when I'm at Target next. The potential for user-generated content from that game is endless.
DeleteI think Bores doesn't give a shit about his fans anymore. So he's doing these Skylanders vids as a big fuck you to a lot of them.
ReplyDeleteSo, he's already done Uwe Boll's "fuck you" without actually doing it. Makes sense. Wonder how many subs he'll lose by next week.
DeleteAs with Boll, the feeling is mutual over me and Boring Man. Presuming he and this fad implode over the next year; I guess we'll always have Bores in Doors.
DeleteWe will always have so many things that Boresy left us: Ya Think? Thayat Rilly Fleeups Mah Sheeit, Dangalang, What A Piece of Cowabunga Sheeit, NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD!!!!, Game On. And those are just his totally orignal, brilliant catch phrases.
DeleteSpeaking of Uwe Boll's "Fuck you all" video, anyone seen the parodies that Lloyd Kaufman of Troma and former Channel Awesome member Phelous did? They're both hilarious.
DeleteAnd yes, I have a feeling Skylanders games will never stop. (Personally, I'm more interested in Disney Infinity and Amiibo.)
Yes, it definitely helps I actually care about the Nintendo, Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars characters; and they have gameplay elements that can sustain them for longer.
Delete@Andrew: Yeah, I saw those parodies. Those were epic.
DeleteBesides, who wouldn't want to play as Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker or Samus, etc?
DeleteJust got Super Mario Maker, and a Zero Suit Samus Amiibo.
ReplyDeleteChris, we all know you read this blog and we all know that you read all of our comments, so I am going to ask you this one simple question. Do you care? Do you care that no one knows who you are anymore even after you made that 39 minute video slandering James Rolfe? Do you care that your channel is virtually dead at this point, not even considering the backlash you will most likely receive for this massive Skylanders output? Do you care about the games you use to make content on YouTube and acknowledge their impact on so many people? Do you care that you are probably angering and driving away the extremely small minority of the world's population that are still willing to look up to you and call themselves your fans? Do you care that your channel at this point is just a means of making money in shameful ways rather than entertaining those people willing to support you over the years? Do you even care what people think about you at all?
ReplyDeleteIf the answers to none of these questions are yes, quit. Just quit, Chris. After 8 years of this, it's very clear that starting the Irate Gamer has done far more to hurt you than to help you. Even at your peak popularity, you were only famous for copying someone else who was famous and your reputation was total shit. Sure, you have over 150K subs, but at the time this comment was posted, your DuckTales video, has been up for about 6 months, and it only has 4.5K views. This is absolutely pathetic, especially for a channel with more than 150K subs. And even with all these paid "reviews" and Skylanders promotions you're doing now, they still aren't enough to finanacially support you. Hell, if you keep this up, more and more people will unsub, and then no one will even be watching your actual IG videos, as the damage will have already been done. And what about the kids you're helping to raise? What if they tell kids at school about your videos, they see them, and then they make fun of them and bully them for it? Do you want that to happen? Do you want to risk your kids getting bullied for the sake of money that isn't enough to support you or fame that you'll likely never receive again?
Chris, I'm not telling you this because I don't like you or because I think you're terrible as a person or as a content creator. I'm telling you this, because I want to help you. Helping those redeem themselves is much better than watching someone who's down burn and just fueling that fire. If you retire (note, that means quit for good, not go an a hiatus) from the Irate Gamer, you will have better ways of making money available to you, you don't have to worry about making videos, you can probably even sell all the games and toys you have for extra cash as well, and your kids can be happy with you and probably appreciate you more for making that choice. Will that erase the Irate Gamer's bad reputation, probably not. But it will help people forget even more, and if you are willing to admit your mistakes and apologize for the dishonesty and wrongdoings you've committed over the years, maybe, just maybe, people will like Chris Bores better and respect him more. There isn't even a war against haters going on anymore Chris. This is a war going on with yourself. Hopefully, the right side will win.
Good speech, but, I'm afraid, you're probably wasting your time. If there is one thing I have learned about Chris since Feb. 2014 (when I first discovered this blog), it's that he will never, ever listen to anyone that doesn't kiss his ass. And really, it's sad, and not just in the pathetic way, but in the genuinely depressing way.
DeleteI don't think anyone on this blog genuinely hates Chris, at least to the point where they want to see him end up on the street begging or something. I believe that part of the original purpose of this blog was to get Chris to change his ways and improve, either by him reading it, seeing his mistakes and improving, or at least when he realizes that people are leaving his channel because of it. And it's not just Dan, tons of people on the blog have tried (and failed). Guru Larry offered to proofread for him. Countless people have tried to give him constructive criticism and advice, and more have warned him that this was going to happen if he didn't change, but he just blocked them, sent his weird possibly-real-possibly-not mum after them, or just ignored him. And it's not just the viewers or bloggers. Remember Pursuit of the Paranormal? How Chris apparently emptied his ENTIRE BANK ACCOUNT trying to get it on TV? Even after SiFy literally told him there was no audience for it anymore? Or how he then kept going with the ghost crap despite the fact that only like 30 people showed up to the event. A smarter person would start taking the criticism seriously at that point, but Chris didn't. And that was when I realized he never will. He seriously said in an interview that he thought all his critics were just spammers who hated on everything. He never seems to just stop and think ''Why does this only seem to happen to me? Why doesn't JonTron or ProJared or any of the other YouTube gamers have a blog dedicated to criticizing them? Why don't they make these parody videos of anyone else?'' His ego prevents him from any kind of introspection or self-awareness.
And that's the sad reality of this whole story, which will most likely end when his remaining fans grow up, get standards, and leave. Chris can rage about haters and James Rolfe and this blog all he wants, but he will never realize that his biggest (and only) enemy was always himself.
Whew, didn't mean to write so much! But still, I think trying to reach out to Chris is (and probably always was) a lost cause.
@Hunter: yep, much agree with Joe here. I don't think I have anything else to add, but when Bores finally hits rock bottom, he'll either:
Delete1. Blame his stupidity on his autism.
2. Blame everyone (except himself) for his downfall.
3. Rage quit and upload a "fuck you" video a la Uwe Boll and do all of the above.
4. Just vanish of the Internet altogether without a trace.
Truth be told, I'm guessing it'd be the last one. But who knows?
What we do know, however, is that Bores has been spamming/trolling in this site several times in the past, and ONLY HE would be bothered to do such. No one else stupid as him would even waste their time.
James Rolfe has been doing a good job ignoring Chris and not choosing to give the hack any attention. This way, Chris will simply remain in that dark corner of the Internet and slowly disappear.
It took over a little over a decade for Uwe Boll to finally call it quits. It might take about the same time for Chris to do the same.
You're all right. He probably won't listen to what I had to say in that last comment. But anything's possible, so why not try? If these words can't pierce through that thick skull of his, then nothing will.
DeleteHow do you expect him to listen when he's gone as far as threatning to send the FBI after you?
Delete@Niall: don't believe for a second that's true. The FBI aren't bothered to deal with a man-child's problems on the goddamn Internet over people verbally mocking him. It's not like any of us are out to kill Bores let alone threaten his life.
DeleteSwear to God, I think the real person to blame for Chris Bores is Ladybuggin (assuming she's real for the moment). Her psychopathic ways have given Chris a rotten and spoiled upbringing which has transformed him into the man-child we know him today.
She aggressively defends her son and most likely did the same thing when Chris was a kid in school having no (or not enough) friends. Yet Chris would always find some way to sever ties with the only people who cared about him, thanks to his bloated ego. And where does that bloated ego come from? Yep, Ladybuggin.
Of course, if Ladybuggin was proven to be hoax, then that changes things a lot. But even then, I'd still blame Chris' parents for their man-child's behavior.
@Joe: "He seriously said in an interview that he thought all his critics were just spammers who hated on everything"
DeleteNot true, Chris. Just because we may hate on you doesn't mean we hate on everyone else. Sure there are worse lolcows out there that we love to snark on, but we still love and respect many others.
Also, this isn't really related, but if he did try to send in the FBI, they'd probably just bust his ass for all the false copyright claims.
Delete@Joe: Dunno on that. Wouldn't Bores be protected under fair use?
DeleteFor that, no. He was making copyright claims for his"company" that wasn't really a company at all. That is illegal.
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ReplyDeleteTHIS is how you make an MC Escher joke:
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/Boogie2988/status/642899088686497792
Did/does James Rolfe have legal authority to sue Chris Bores for plagiarism? I don't think he would even if he could, but I think it could be very possible that James could have sued Chris Bores. But plagiarism doesn't stop Chris Bores as he has used copyright material a number of times without giving credit,like Power Rangers, Back to the Future, etc.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a lawyer, but I don't believe Bores' works are sufficiently derivative of James' to justify a trial. After Star Wars was a colossal hit, tons of Sci-fi movies and space operas flooded the market, but you don't actually sue Roger Corman for making Battle Beyond the Stars, even with the nakedly stolen tropes of a dying mystical warrior race, planet-destroying technology, and a young man on a mythic quest. Though part of the reason for this is that BBTS made nowhere near Star Wars money- being a copycat hack is its own punishment and it's not worth chasing down Corman's $7 million when you could be prepping your own sequel.
DeleteJoke theft is a similar matter where comedic entities do not threaten legal action unless an entire sketch or minutes-long chunk of material has (even more) clearly been stolen with little or no original material added. The more common penalty is for the comedy business to spread the word about joke thieves and freeze them out of the business. The 'Fat Jew' affair is the most recent high-profile example, and you'll notice Bores is still making videos all by himself with minimal collaboration, a box of isolation where he is likely to stay for a long time even if he sincerely repented and made a hell of a good video about it.
Simply doing another angry review show is unoriginal but not criminal at all, and Bores' theft of "shitload of fuck" and a few other specific tropes wouldn't hold much water in a court of law. The theft of other people's footage is by far Bores' most legally actionable crime.
@Harrod: "The theft of other people's footage is by far Bores' most legally actionable crime."
DeleteI'm no expert on copyright law, but wouldn't Bores' activities on that fall under fair use?
On YouTube, yes, but when James puts out a DVD he often has to re-edit his shorts to remove film clips and the like. I don't know the nuts and bolts of the law, but DVDs are different, and Bores can't be bothered to learn the proper way. All the more egregious in cases like his Power Rangers reviews, where he basically made Toei Company be his special effects lab, for his profit.
DeleteI wonder why the Nostalgia Critic has had more problems than James or Chris Bores with using copyright footage in his videos? They have been pulled from YouTube early on in his career s he had to move them to Blip. Now Blip is gone and they are back on YouTube but when he releases recent movie reviews he has to recreate scenes as actual footage gets banned. Do movie studios frown on using movie footage while they're still in theaters?
DeleteMovie studios are more protective of their content than video game publishers. Even if you do use game footage in your videos, it's not like the viewer can play the game through the video. But with movie clips, people can watch those for free instead of paying to see the whole movie. Also, he's only done two clipless reviews so far, and he did those ones while they were in theaters because the studios would have taken his reviews down on YouTube had he used clips anyway.
DeleteToday, Nintendo announced that Tatsumi Kimishima (who started his carreer as the Chief Financial Officer of the Pokémon Company in 2000, and gradually worked his way up to Managing Director of Nintendo Co. Ltd.) will succeed the late Satoru Iwata as President of Nintendo. Polygon has the details and more, including a company restructure effective Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteHappy 25th anniversary, Tiny Toon Adventures!
ReplyDeleteHoly shit guys:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mario+maker+smash
Now he posts a video of him interviewing a representative of Vicarious Visions and looking at the prototype evolution of Stealth Stinger. I don't care and so does the majority of the viewers by looking at the number of dislikes the video has.
ReplyDeleteI love how at the start of the video, Chris says to the representative "I'm here with...Brent, right?"
Great interviewing, Chris!
No new video yet. I guess he ran out of Skylanders material.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe material in general.
Delete@MacDragard. I don't think he's run out of material with less than five days to a new game launch. He'll keep milking it like Activision has been for some time. I mean, I collect merch of Pokémon, Star Wars, and Transformers (with some recent dabbling in TMNT, Power Rangers and Marvel as well); but even I think he's overdoing that niche (given how he let TheSkylanderC mothball after less than a month).
DeleteIt's after midnight Ohio time, and nothing . Well, see you all Friday while I watch Iron Man 3 on FX.
ReplyDeleteWell well well, look who's on the spotlight again?
ReplyDeleteFor those unaware, Amy's Baking Company finally shut down on 31st August (Thank you God for finally making that dream a reality.). Then Everything-PR posted an article that Bad PRs help shut down the restaurant for good. THEN, Amy posts a response, making bullshit lies and firing shots at Gordon Ramsay, talking as if she's one of God's children and that Gordon Ramsay is an 'evil bastard' who's a child of Satan, born to drive people into suicide.
It really shows how petty, disgusting and downright insane Amy still is after all these years. Here's the article:
http://everything-pr.com/amy-bouzagio-baking/260720/
I've posted a comment on the article. Hopefully it will pass through moderation.
Good, I hope Walter Palmer's dentist practice also shuts down.
DeleteIn a downward spiral, can't handle criticism from others, and blames failure on others while demonizing said people. So, this Amy person is just like Chris Bores?
DeleteShe's more like LadyBuggin, yelling and slamming at people who criticize her. And her husband Samy is no different. You can watch her insanity in these two videos:
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uPOGxUtZvk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYoyXtAwqdA
Since then, Amy and Samy slam Gordon Ramsay for 'bullying' them and see him as a 'devil's child' and an 'evil bastard'. He was only trying to help them but they keep slamming him every time he brings up a mistake they made.
But still, let's be honest. LadyBuggin777 is most likely just Chris in disguise.
DeleteShe's like Obama
DeletePlease refrain from off-topic political bullshit.
Deletesmh, unlike Amy, the dentist's practice isn't terrible
Deletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/ottilia-anna-maunganidze-/apparently-a-lion-is-more-valuable-than-any-zimbabwean_b_7935956.html
Most Americans don't want to do business with anyone who engages in trophy hunting. That's why states like Idaho are suffering economically; the state is dominated by hunting groups, some which make ISIS look like the peace corp, among other hate groups like the Aryan Race, and no one wants to do business with a state that harbors and supports such activity.
DeleteUpdate from Facebook:
ReplyDelete"Just turned in the final version of my book into the publishers today. 2 years in the making. Worked very hard on this. Can't wait to see the finished product in hand"
Ho boy, this is going to be like Dark Chapters all over again, isn't it?
DeleteHonestly, if that's the best name he could come up with for that, no wonder it never surfaced.
DeleteI wonder how he'll react if that thing is turned down by the publisher.
DeleteHe'll probably make another 39 minute video blaming it all on James Rolfe.
DeleteEven on the chance it does get published, how much you willing to bet that the book would actually sell?
DeleteI'm assuming it's either a small regional publisher that specializes in kook lit, or a vanity press (Bores pays all costs of printing, publicity, etc.). Meaning the best this can do for his career is make him slightly more marketable to ghost events and the like, as he's now technically a published author. We won't be seeing him on the Today Show promoting the big Simon & Schuster hardcover by running a ghost hunt through the basement of 30 Rock, and I've about given up seeing him on Hardcore Pawn while we're on the subject.
DeleteWasn't he doing some sort of Skylanders let's play ?
ReplyDeleteAdmittely I didn't care enough to watch it.
If the publisher isn't from Mayor Fuckin' Mccheese, I'm not buying it!
ReplyDeleteSo, I MAY have said this before, but I was thinking about Bores's old copyright strikes with "Y2B Productions" and I thought of something. Y2B. You 2b. YouTube. It's literally just a shortened version of YouTube's name. Somebody else may have already noticed this.
ReplyDeleteI'm chronologically confused here!
DeleteStar Fox Zero was delayed to Q1 of 2016. While it's good that they're taking more time to make the game the best it can be rather than rushing it out, this really makes me nervous about Nintendo and the Wii U's library/appeal.
ReplyDeleteNew History of Video Games up. It's for Atari's 1978-1980 lineup. On the bright side, at least it's better than having three separate videos for each year for padding and ad revenue!
ReplyDeleteFir the "First" game based on a licensed franchise, Can I point out that Sega also made a arcade game based on The Fonz from Happy Days before that too?
ReplyDelete(which was also released in 1976 - which may have actually been the first)
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ReplyDeleteIs Bores even still making money off his videos? I was under the impression his views were so low it wasn't worth it anymore.
ReplyDeleteIn this day and age it's unfortunate that people are too sensitive and cannot take any ounce of criticism.
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