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Episode 243: Fantasy Critic 2026 BEGINS! · WASD and Beyond

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I know someone working shift right now has to send it with
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pizza. I.
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Know somebody there has a Jack Daniel shooter?
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You all ready to start this? I've.
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Yeah, let's do it. We talked about how we're going
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to Are we just going to say Connor won last year?
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Oh, he's going to that fucking. Ground.
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That would be really funny. Just you're.
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Just going to briefly cover that.
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Yeah, just say Connor won, put it back.
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Connor. What the?
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Fuck I no, I have to crown you wearing a whole time.
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Fine, you have. To well, yeah, we have to
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nightmare the whole time. The winner?
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Why don't you have? Hold time.
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You got to wear it the whole time.
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Thing All right, who's got a light Saber?
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Who's got a light Saber? Someone needs to tap to pretend
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to tap Connor. Yeah, not your.
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Connor has a lightsaber. I dare you though, that.
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'D be fine. Connor has a light.
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Saber he. Needs I don't have to.
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Go under the contents. All right, God damn it.
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All right. Well, so bright.
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Be careful. With such great power comes
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great responsibility. That.
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That's sick as fuck. Honestly, what the fuck?
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Fucking died. Don't say that, Nick.
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Uncle Ben, Yeah. All right, and may let's.
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Now you made me sad. Well, well.
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Nick Dumatrescu. What?
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What adding to the list? Well, nothing.
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Just nothing. It's fun.
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Just. All right, let's get this shit
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show on the road. Welcome back, everybody, to WASD
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Campfire Presents. Another awesome year of our
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fantasy critic. Yeah, it's a campfire thing.
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Noah created it last year. We're keeping it going.
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I like it. Community Campfire.
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Community Campfire. I like it.
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So let's go right at the top. We are sponsored by Final Boss
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and Doc Long. I got your stupid ass, Connor.
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Bam, you did. You did.
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You got me. All right, final boss stock line
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yo check them out and link down below check out the other shows
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on the network that is WHD and beyond.
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It came from screen box and roll for deception.
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Connor, go ahead. Yeah, that's our.
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Winner for the last. Season very good, Connor, very
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good. Yeah, Connor.
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Connor won quite handily with a 152.88 and also had one game
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that did not release. And then second place was Noah
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with a 117. Third place was me with a one O
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9. Steve got 4th place with a 98.
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Nick got 5th place with a 72. Evan got 6th place with a 70.
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Alex got what are we on? 8th place?
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7th place. 7th place with a 67. John.
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God a damn it. As soon as it left my mouth too.
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John got 8th place with a 22. He also did not play for all of
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it and Julian got last place with an 11.
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Well, you know, he tried. I don't know he's.
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Not really. Wait what?
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How? What game was it then?
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It was just Doom. Probably Oblivion.
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Or oblivion. Oh yeah, yeah, he did do
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oblivion. That was it.
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OK, yeah. And that one.
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To be. Real This year's a bit
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different. This year it's or the Spawn Camp
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Fantasy Critic is going international.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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We got a Kiwi a little. Kiwi So every year I think we're
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going to try to bring different people on the from the community
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into the game, right? So we're going to kick Evan out
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next year. Evans also hosted.
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Words. Oh.
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Backstabs. All right, new rule.
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Aaron, stop the. Main hosts.
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Don't get swapped out unless. They want to stop playing
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honestly. Why don't you just bottom 2?
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Oh my God, bottom 2. What if it's?
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What if it's Nick though? We got to have a fail safe here,
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We got to have a fail safe here. That's.
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The fail safe. That's the fail safe if.
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It's bottom 2. The bottom 2.
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The bottom 2 unless they're one of the main hosts, then they
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stay. Listen, there you got.
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Corruption. I think it'd be really funny if
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I like Nick Calgary and he just had to sit there while we did
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this. Well, I guess I'll record you.
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Guys, corruption is. Good.
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It's just, it's just us doing the fantasy critic and Nick's
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just sitting there like I. Want to?
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How's that recording look, Nick? It's.
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All. Pouting he's the guy yet?
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Oh cute. I'm getting he's watching the
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levels. He's back.
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There fucking. Quit looking at your God damn
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crown. I see you Connor.
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Look at this. The Crown.
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Was created by our very own Noah.
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So everyone, round of applause. We're going.
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For that creativity, it is so cool.
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It's so sweet. Solid, I love it.
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Look at that. Looks.
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Insane on camera. Looks so good.
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Look at that lobster typeface. I want brilliant, I really.
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That's actually Bellow's script. I'll thank you very much.
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My bad. Yeah, I think, yeah.
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How about that, Russ? How about you fuck yourself,
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huh? Yeah.
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How good does it feel to wield power Connor like that crown?
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Oh, it feels so good. It feels so good.
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I'm not saying I hope you you fall flat on your face this
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year. It would be fun.
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Fantastic. Started at the top, now you're.
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Fucking. Here.
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They are at the bottom. So, Brody, you are the dad of
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the group. I know I'm a father as well.
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Boy, your dad. If you could, why don't we go
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through the rules once more this year, get everyone back up to
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speed and those who have not really played the game, What?
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What are we laughing about? What's so funny?
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About Mike, we have, we have two.
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We have specifically two. You didn't.
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You didn't introduce the two new people. 2 new people we got our
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good pal Morgan Morgan. Why are you looking away from
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the camera when I introduced? You.
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He doesn't know what to do with his eyes.
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It's his first time. It's like wrangling.
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Come back, come back. Is this your first?
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The slow turn around just like Is this Morgan's first time
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appearing on on the on the was going to be on the Broncos?
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Yeah, it would be. So it would be for Ross Virgin
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Boys. It's Russ's first time, yes.
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So welcome, Russ and Morgan, to this year's fantasy Critic,
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Critic, critic, critic. Critic Good.
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Critter. Fantasy Riddick.
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Riddick I like. So the general rundown for this
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We're going to draft six games today.
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We have to draft I believe a total of 12 games, 10, I don't
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know, 12. I think we have to do 2 counter
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picks. Counter picks have to be games
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that are we either think are going to score poorly or they
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are going to not come out. This year we changed one rule
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from last year where the counter picks now lock you from dropping
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a game, which is something that that to to prevent people from
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taking the meme picks. But basically how this all boils
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down is 70 is the baseline. If you get If a game gets below
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a 70, you lose points. If it gets above a 70, you gain
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points based on that difference. So if it gets a 75, you get 5
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points. If it gets an 85, you get 15
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points. If it gets into the 90s, there's
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like some bonus points are rewarded there.
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But at the end of the year, you ideally want all of your games
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to come out and you want to get as many points as possible and
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have counter picks that don't fuck you over.
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Because if a counter pick does get above a 70 and it does come
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out, you lose points based on what they gain.
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So there's a lot of intricacies on like what we can and cannot
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pick as far as we can't take remakes, but we can take or we
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can't take remasters, but we can take remakes.
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There's some some things there. I won't run through all of those
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rules, but yeah, good luck, gentlemen.
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Yes, Gigi's all really quick. I want to put some spotlight on
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two members of the group, Evan and Alex.
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What are you fucking buffawing about back there?
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I see you both laughing. No, you don't.
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You don't see shit. Folks, we got some.
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Gabby, Gabby. Yeah, I'll.
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Just I'll just say this. I'll say pinky promise
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gentlemen, we will all be friends by the end of this.
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All right. So.
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Chill. Out don't.
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Worry about it, Morgan took it. Don't.
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Worry about it, dude. All right, so let's go through.
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Let's. Go through our cast.
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Let's go through the. Crew of people we got going
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here. Connor, why don't you start us
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off since you you won last year. Just everyone say hi and your
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name. Oh, starting what?
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What? You won, say your.
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Name. Just introduce yourself.
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Say hello, Who the fuck are you? Connor, I'm here Publisher is
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going to be Cricket Digital, the winner of last year, you know.
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Oh big deal, big Dick. Oh, thank you.
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Nice. All right, Evan.
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It's so sweet. Your turn.
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Hi, My name's Evan. My publisher is Slop Studios.
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OK. Hi.
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Hi, Marola. Hi, Connor.
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Hi, Steve. Hi.
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Everybody else, say hi. Back in this meeting, some
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pretty. Fun chest.
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I know, yeah. My publisher name is Slop
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Studios. I was 7th last year, I think, is
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what Birdie had said at the start.
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I think so. I think 7th was right, yeah.
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Hoping to do marginally better, maybe 6th.
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Yeah, hell yeah all. Right, nobody is going with
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this. Somebody's got to go to the
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lower middle portion, you know, and it might as well be you,
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yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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Thank you. Yeah.
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Next up, we got Morgan. Hello, I am the Nat juice
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conglomeration and I have no idea what I'm doing but I hope.
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You did a good job. Hell yeah all.
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Right Next up, we got our very own Rodacious Brody.
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Let's hit it. Hi, Dad.
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Hi. I'm Brody.
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You know me. I'm here.
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I'm here occasionally. I am Corn fed games.
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I was third place last year. If Mina the Hollower would have
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came out, I would have overtaken Noah.
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God. But it didn't though.
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But it didn't. Damn, what a.
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What a. Fireback.
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Has a bed button already. You are up next.
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Hi, I'm Noah, I am Boulder Interactive.
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We had a strong year last year but fell short.
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The relevant parties have been fired and we are ready to come
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back stronger this year. Check out it came from screen
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box. It's a good show that me, Nick
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and Alex. Do this fucking plug.
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Oh. Yeah.
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That's so funny, please let everyone.
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Know who you are, Kiora? I'm Russ, and I'm going by
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Middle Earth Co for my publisher name this year.
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Yeah. Hell yeah, let's.
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Go. Mr. Alex.
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Hi, I'm Alex and our publisher is Swamp Ass Software.
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Let's run it. Let's.
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Run it. Let's run it.
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Hell yeah. Let's.
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Run it. Steve.
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I got the runs in my swamp ass. Yo, damn it.
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Yo. Yo.
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Yo. Jail.
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Alright, So had a strong start, came a little short, had a bit
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of a scramble in the second-half of the year, but we have we
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fired everyone, hired new developers, new team, new Year.
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Y'all are hiring people? Yeah, they're all unpaid.
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This economy. No one's getting paid.
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It's working for exposure. Not even I have to go check out.
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They're all. Uncredited.
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Uncredited is diabolical. Damn it.
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All right. There's only one name.
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I'll still be here in spirit, but you won't be able to see me
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anymore. He's.
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That's right, Morgan's our. Residential.
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He's our residential MacGyver. OK.
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And then everybody, Steve, did you announce your publisher
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name? Yeah.
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Electric Boogaloo soft. Very good.
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And then? Me.
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I'm back in. Chicken here please.
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Excuse me? I am you guys know me from WAC
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Beyond and it came from Screen box.
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It's Nick and everybody at We Sloppy Gaming got laid off by
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Microsoft last year, so we created a new studio called
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She's In Your Upper. Lip gaming so we.
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Can hear. You.
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That's awesome, Morgan. We can't see you, but we can
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still hear you. What a fucking maniac.
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What if he starts taking? A shit, it's just a burp.
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Fucking shadow dimension, man. Oh.
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Man. Jesus Christ.
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Sorry, off to a good. Start off to a good start, but
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yes, that is. Classy spawn camp that's.
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It's a campfire, dude. Like what he.
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Did we're all drinking beers around the campfire?
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That's. That's my new publisher name.
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Though maybe it's Frogman. Ribbitus, Ribbitus.
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Cheese in. Your own console plugging Jesus.
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In your upper lip, yes, that is. My, could you explain this?
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Could you explain that? Choosing your upper lip.
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Yeah. I just thought it'd be funny.
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Like you don't have. People like put like 2.
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In their lips. Sure.
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What if they just like shredded cheese and just stuck it up
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there like. 2 just thought it'd be funny.
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I mean, it's also. It may be also.
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Try some now try some now it. May I'm just trying to.
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Be clean about it. There it is.
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There it is. That's.
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That's what we wanted. I was trying to be.
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That's so hard. Yeah.
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No, that's what people expect. That's the problem.
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Good God. So.
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All. Right, Brody, take it away with
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the order, Yeah. Everyone, I am first this go
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around, which I am actually not very happy about.
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I'm I'm genuinely not happy about this.
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It's 17 games until I get to pick again.
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What the fuck? Oh.
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Yeah, a lot rest that. Was rough first pick Brody.
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And. The best part?
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Is I had a game that I was going to pick, but do I want blood or
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do I want to win? And sometimes, oh, I.
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Know Oh no, truly the. Duality of man.
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Because not not, not only do I go for blood by going after
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Steve's pick, it also trickles down and it gets Evan Oh.
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No. Oh boy.
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Which made it. That much more delicious, if I
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might say so myself. Do it bro.
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Do it. I've made my.
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Peace I hope you all have as well.
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Oh no. Oh, can we?
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Well, I need to scroll out the drum.
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Roll please. Yeah, no, I'm, I'm, I'm.
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I'm should we just hop right in? Yeah, we're trying.
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Jokes. On you I'm not going for blood,
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I'm going for the win, baby. Forza Horizon 6.
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Oh motherfucker. Nice.
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Oh. I got blood other places.
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Holy shit, blood. Someone else.
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Fuck yeah all. Right.
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Nice. Pick.
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Brody OK, when will that that's a good.
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Movie I'm a. Bitch, it should populate now.
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I don't know if you. You might have to refresh.
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Yeah, Yeah. But it is now around to Alex.
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You should just be able to click that button.
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You're gonna pick my game. Pick.
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There we go. You're.
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Welcome, Evan. So.
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I expect. Kisses.
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So this game doesn't. Stop me from going.
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For blood. Oh yeah.
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It is. But at least it's.
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Not on my hands. For.
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Is. Is it third installment?
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It's a. It's a very popular game series,
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so we're just going to go with Neo 3, OK?
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Hell yeah, Olympic. I was.
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Like what is he about to do? There's no fucking shot he does.
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Is there a screen? That I'm supposed to be looking
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at other than just everybody's names and things.
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Just look at the screen with names and things.
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Eventually it'll show a little button.
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It's your turn to draft, and then you get to draft.
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We'll let you know. Don't do it, Steve.
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Don't be like, yeah, perfect. Hey, Steve, don't be like this
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man. He got don't be like.
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This, Steve, don't be like this. Come on.
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Man. He's gonna pick.
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Oh, I know he's gonna pick. I'm surprised ones.
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I'm not. Steve.
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Steve. Steve didn't.
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Even go after the pick he wanted, he just went for blast.
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They would you're. A bad guy, I expect.
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Nothing less from Steve though. Do we know what, Steve?
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You didn't go after. My first pick, Brody.
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So now because I know, I get the pick before you again.
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Yeah, I know. Oh, I know.
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Only fucking 14 more games until I get to pick again.
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Hey, Brody, I don't think. That's going.
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To be fluffy, you cancel that. Hey, Brody.
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If you had to give your best guess, what do you think Steve's
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second pick is? I know what it is.
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OK, well since since Steve had to draw blood first, it's only
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fair that I draw blood as well. However, I don't know any of
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Steve's picks so I'm also go going to go with the third title
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and a popular game franchise. Don't do it, dude.
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There's. No way you're going.
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No. Shot, you're going to do that.
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What happened? What?
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What's happened? Are.
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You. Are you attempting?
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To do suspense on us. No.
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Oh, look at that resident. Evil Requiem.
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Here's the thing. Before before we move on real
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quick, I just got to say it. It really pissed me off because
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Steve went for RE and I hated to prove Steve right after he just
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caught my ass. All right so.
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But like, I also am not so cruel that I would take it from Nick
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because I know Nick would probably physically beat me.
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Steve. I I'm really torn here because
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I, I kind of wanted Evan to get GTA again and then also have it
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get delayed again. You are going to get.
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Paid but. Also, now that you have it, I
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still want it to get delayed again.
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It's not. I'm going to come out on what's
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going on. Now, by the way, it will.
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It's going to come out now that he picked it.
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I'm here. With everybody now.
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The fiscal year goes until March.
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It could, absolutely. Still slip into the first part
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of next year. It could.
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All right, also. One of their studios blew up, so
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they. Actually continues on.
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Yeah. They like I.
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Said they were. They were sitting there going.
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I don't care that the flames licking your toes, you're
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fucking getting on this game man.
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Explosion I also. Understand.
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They don't release it this year. They're just like, people are
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going to stop caring. Yeah, I think they've.
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Like they they know. Better than that.
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I mean, yeah, I personally was hoping, yeah, but it'll.
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Still come out and still sell absolute gangbusters.
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People will just momentarily stop caring.
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They only forgot. About it for a bit, right.
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All right, Nick, All right. I am.
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Going. To probably hurt some feelings
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and there's one person here I know whose feelings I may hurt
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the most and I'm so sorry but I cannot get in last place, damn
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near last place to start the entire time so I'm.
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Going to go with. Marvel's Wolverine.
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Understand, Brody, I'm. Sorry, Bob.
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I consider. I genuinely did consider it
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early on so. I don't think it's.
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Going to do too. Well, I'll take I think.
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It's going to do I. Think you're wrong?
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I think it's. Really good and it's okay.
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To be wrong. I don't think it's going to do
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very well, Russ and Connor. Like Fable?
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Welcome here. Oh, honestly, the.
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Spider Man games only get like an 82 even though they're
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beloved, so I also decided not to take Wolverine for that exact
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same reason. Good shit.
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No, that's right about. What I expect they go with the.
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Fable It's a beloved franchise and it sounds like a good old.
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Fable a lot of people. Are very excited for it.
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Fuck. It all right, Morgan?
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What do you pick? Here more got rothfly fables
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self. Actually I.
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Kind of forgot. Morgan might actually something
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should. Appear on the screen, right?
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It's pretty all right. It's at.
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The top it's at. The top.
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I'm ready for it. Go away the.
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Top you'll see you can start your.
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Turn. I see.
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OK, Morgan's pretty. Into like obscure games.
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So he might actually take a couple of my picks.
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Not only. Am I into obscure games?
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I know so. I know so little about what's
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going on, so I'm just gonna have to.
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Give me two. Seconds.
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I'm just kind of kind of look over one or two.
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I kind of hope. He doesn't just randomly pick
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the game I want, he's. Gonna just run this entire.
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Thing he's just gonna run away with it, you know that's what
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the hard. Case is Morgan's gonna.
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Be wearing the crown. Morgan or Russ.
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And then First off, we're going to fucking figure out a way to
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ship. Well, we'll just ship Russ a
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crown that Oh. And yeah.
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Everybody's. Saying things like feeling bad
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about going for blood or nothing.
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I feel no remorse. I didn't.
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Know what you were doing. Monster.
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What did he do? He.
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Doesn't know what he's. Doing.
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What did he do? I hope Morgan.
22:31
Takes your picks east and I will.
22:32
Take the. World.
22:35
This is me like you know. What you've done?
22:37
That's what it is. Show me.
22:40
What are you doing? So there's there's.
22:43
There's there's some pages here I'm just looking, I'm looking
22:45
at. Stuff.
22:49
So yeah. He's just.
22:51
Bullshitting. Hyping.
22:52
Myself. Up.
22:53
He's like a parent, you know, film.
22:54
Dude, he's a slow burn, no? Feet yet.
22:58
No feet yet. No feet yet.
23:01
You know, yeah, I actually feel pretty good about this.
23:06
Oh, that's that's. Cool, I was looking.
23:08
At that one too. I was looking at that one too.
23:10
I feel pretty good. About.
23:13
That everyone people. Liked it that last one, the
23:16
king. Is the king is here, everyone
23:18
heads down. Don't look at big wave for.
23:20
Thyme King there was. There was.
23:22
One game that I there was one game that I chose last year that
23:26
I either ended up dropping or it just didn't release.
23:31
Oh, I know what it is. It was.
23:34
That was Okami too, Reanimal. Oh.
23:38
Good pick, I figured this. Would be your first pick.
23:41
Good pick. What happened to that first pick
23:43
was gonna be fucking. Forza 6, but no.
23:46
Really. Damn, that's.
23:47
Crazy. Damn, that's wild.
23:49
It just got. Delayed.
23:49
Dissolved. Yeah.
23:51
Oh. OK, Reanimal.
23:51
Got. Delayed.
23:52
OK. So how I go to draft is.
23:55
Amazing. Yep, Yep.
23:57
Draft game at. The top?
23:57
Yep. Right?
23:58
Yep. OK cool.
23:59
So I'm actually surprised this thing get picked up.
24:03
He's locked in. God damn.
24:04
It the Kiwis I know. Yeah, I saw.
24:06
I saw, I saw. This.
24:07
I saw this gameplay come out a few months ago.
24:13
For for the guy. And currently what?
24:16
This looks amazing. So I'm going with Craig Matta.
24:20
Oh, Oh yeah. You, son.
24:22
Of a bitch, Russ go Russ. That's.
24:23
Great. Oh does Rosco?
24:28
Again pick again, Russ. Yeah, he picks again A.
24:30
Bitch, Oh I get a game. Oh wow.
24:32
Again. Look.
24:33
At that again. So the problem is I only thought
24:39
about pragmata. You have time.
24:42
Studied have time. One track, nothing.
24:46
Else studied every time I. Was locked in.
24:48
Was your one. Plan in your y'all have known.
24:51
About this, that we were doing this for like weeks.
24:55
Yeah, but the issue. Is.
24:57
Like I don't. Know that many games, but I've
25:00
never done a fantasy and frankly, I just didn't know what
25:04
I was. I didn't really know what was
25:05
going on. This is all there is to it.
25:07
Yeah. No, I kind of was.
25:08
Expecting things to kind of become more clear today, and
25:12
they have, they have become much more clear I was waiting for.
25:14
Today I'll wait for Morgan to go.
25:15
It's cold out, to be fair. It's very.
25:19
Cold it's. Cold, to be fair.
25:22
To be fair. So I don't.
25:25
I'm also notoriously not a researcher, so.
25:28
Same. That's why I'm wanting.
25:29
You to have no one Brody as my Co host me, Evan and Alice.
25:34
Okay, I'm going to go here. No.
25:36
Timeout. Oops, going to.
25:38
Go with. Game Freaks new game.
25:40
That's also a good thing, okay. It's a ballsy.
25:44
Pick. It could play out either way,
25:46
right? No for.
25:48
Real. That's such a wild card.
25:49
I mean, that's the Pokémon Company.
25:51
They couldn't fuck up over and over and over again, could they?
25:57
What if they? Fucked up in high fidelity.
26:01
That would be. Something all.
26:02
The time out. Everyone's back, Connor.
26:05
The blatant. Stellar blade knockoff, Yeah,
26:08
right. Without the sexy parts.
26:12
Looking for a game that we also played the demo of.
26:15
I don't see it. I have to search for this game.
26:19
That Yeah, take that one dog, yeah.
26:22
I had to search. For fate, it wasn't on the the.
26:25
List. I also had this.
26:26
One for. Mine this. 1 is a hype factor of
26:28
0. I played the demo of it and I
26:31
absolutely loved it. This is gonna be Tales of Fate
26:36
I. Don't know.
26:38
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I remember. Yeah.
26:41
Yeah, yeah. I.
26:42
Think it'll do 0%, yeah. 0 Height factor's kind of crazy.
26:47
It's indie games don't unless it's like a hollow night type of
26:51
thing, right? Like they just don't get it the
26:54
same hype, but they tend to score well.
26:57
So it's. Right, so.
27:00
Hopefully, yeah, more. Got his back on the board, solid
27:04
pick. Solid pick.
27:08
I. Was not prepared just to get
27:10
back to the tab. How many Chrome tabs?
27:13
You got to open your every IT guys.
27:15
I was playing. Schedule what?
27:17
I'm sorry I just been playing a game.
27:20
While. Probably too.
27:21
Never mind. Evan's probably racing an F1
27:23
right now. I'm not actually.
27:24
No, I'm. Not no, I'm not on the server
27:26
playing. I got yelled.
27:28
At privately about that I felt bad running around.
27:32
Nick yelled at me violently for 15 minutes one time.
27:34
I felt really bad, OK? Where did I he?
27:38
Was right to do that. I'm not disagreeing I was a bad
27:42
guy, but like I. I used to.
27:45
Be a piece of shit. I I did and.
27:48
Now I did. Shut up.
27:50
I'm the whole shit. I hate when you do that, but
27:54
hold on. I got it, but hold on.
27:58
Oh well, that's even fun. You're.
28:00
OK there, Morgan. No, I thought.
28:05
My cheek. No.
28:06
I'm not like that for a minute I was about to piss myself off.
28:09
Which? Cheek that one.
28:13
My cheek. That's a good my butt cheeks.
28:17
Not my, I mean I. Saw that dude?
28:20
Harry hit me in the nipple earlier and it hurt so bad my
28:26
nipple looked like it was I'm. I'm calling it, I'm calling it.
28:30
I'm calling it here. Probably 6.
28:33
OK. All right, OK.
28:37
That's boy. We haven't.
28:39
We haven't seen a reveal already.
28:41
That's a. Big.
28:43
I mean it. Is they're 30th anniversary but
28:46
I don't think I'm. A reaction.
28:50
Orgasm Alice 20. Seven, what you got?
28:53
Noah, what's up? What's up?
28:54
I am going with something that I think is a is a sure bet.
28:59
Could be like betting on red and black.
29:02
I'm going to pick Lego Batman, Legacy of the Dark, You mother.
29:05
That's. Oh.
29:08
Buddy. OK.
29:09
OK yeah, fair enough. A Lego Batman game with Arkham
29:13
style combat? What?
29:15
Like how could it? Possibly.
29:16
Fail. You know.
29:17
That's a good point. You can't even be mad at me this
29:24
time, Evan. That's fine, I can.
29:26
Just be mad at you all the time. I usually AM.
29:31
The constant. State.
29:32
Jeez. That's what he wants.
29:35
Fellas. Yeah, I was going to say.
29:36
Don't do that it he feeds off of it, thrives in it I willingly.
29:42
Know this and I still do it anyway.
29:43
Fuck. It's my.
29:48
Turn. Yeah, if only there was a way.
29:54
I already knew I. Was already looking like.
29:56
Magic take hours. Yeah, why don't?
29:58
You just get it. All right, do it.
30:03
Do it, do it, do it. We're all.
30:05
Waiting for it. There it is.
30:07
There it is. I grabbed it.
30:08
Unannounced, unannounced main life.
30:11
Hey, why doesn't it just say Half Life 3 Nick?
30:15
You will all bow to my feet once in 26 it's.
30:21
Not. And to be and to be clear, this
30:23
is not me picking a meme pick. I genuinely think this is its
30:28
year. Oh, that was quick.
30:30
So. Boom, I saw my Jesus.
30:32
Shit. You're.
30:33
Motherfucker, say, even say you got to say it.
30:37
Get it over with. Steve, I know what the fuck
30:39
you're going to do. This is this was this was this
30:42
was this was Nick's pick last year.
30:44
Mouse Pi for Hire was one of Nick's picks last year.
30:46
I'm not going to. Say it, because if it's not,
30:48
you'll just go for blood. I have to I.
30:50
Have to go for blood because because Noah has gotten me and
30:52
so has Steve and Evan Hurt my feeling.
30:55
Steve's trying. To entrap me into telling him
30:57
what my next pick will be so we can take Steve.
31:00
See one. More pick before I I descend
31:03
into a bit of madness. OK, one one more normal pick.
31:10
OK, really your first. One was normal, yeah.
31:13
Yeah. Oh yeah.
31:15
Yes, that was. What you got, Steve?
31:18
Fuck you Evan. God damn dude, there it is.
31:21
Yeah, you piece of shit, there it is.
31:29
Fortune's weave. Yeah, OK.
31:33
So what that was? Going to be your first pick,
31:35
right Steve? If I didn't take for it.
31:37
Yeah, OK. That was the.
31:39
Blood I was going to go for immediately.
31:43
No, I I regret nothing. Oh shit.
31:45
Maybe not, you shouldn't. 5050 between this and one other game.
31:52
Which one was that? But I'm unsure.
31:54
If the other one's even coming out this year.
31:58
So we can do remakes, correct? Not remasters.
32:03
Remakes are. OK.
32:04
Yeah, full remakes, not partials.
32:07
It'll tell you if it's OK or not.
32:10
Yeah, yeah. I don't know Fatal Frame. 2.
32:17
Good shit, All right, Frame. Two very.
32:19
Good, I thought about that one. I think.
32:22
There's one one, yeah, there's one more game that I am
32:29
surprised is still here. Honestly.
32:33
It's actually one O 2 actually. Yeah.
32:36
I feel like they're going. To take a note this next round
32:39
round pick. I'm going to take Phantom Blade
32:46
0, OK? Oh, you get 2 that I'm.
32:53
Surprised that made it as far as.
32:54
It did. That's.
32:55
Exactly my thought like I will got another one here.
33:01
Sorry. For the.
33:04
Excess noise. Come.
33:10
Brody, how much do we want to hold back here?
33:14
Shouldn't be holding back at all.
33:17
No, Hold back. Yeah.
33:19
What do you? Mean the first nuke has already
33:20
been launched. There's no reason for GTA.
33:22
Steve, you started the war. You.
33:25
You started the war and you're sitting here like, should I call
33:27
it? Should we, should we tone it
33:29
back? And you know what?
33:30
It does. Next time.
33:30
It didn't do what I wanted it to.
33:32
Evan hasn't done shit. I don't know any of your.
33:36
Games you only you only get like weird styles.
33:39
Swim. No, I just wanted.
33:40
You to start going after everyone, Evan, and it hasn't
33:42
done anything. Look, I'm going to.
33:43
Do sign language for you bro. Look, look.
33:46
That's not one. Language shut up.
33:48
What letter is this? No, sorry.
33:49
Did. You put a.
33:51
Crib sign. Is that AV?
33:52
Yeah. No AV 1.
33:53
Letter is this. Why is he throwing?
33:55
Gang signs an A are you doing? An A though 3.
33:59
A solid line and three bottom lines. 53 isn't coming up.
34:04
Why are there 3? Top lines.
34:06
What are you? Talking about E.
34:08
What is happening? What?
34:09
What letter? Is.
34:10
This. Is that W?
34:12
No, it's a. 3. West upside the other one.
34:15
I'm starting to. Think you don't know sign
34:17
language? OK, Yeah.
34:19
Wait, you're starting M the if? I have if I have if I have a
34:24
cup. Why you what?
34:25
Are you telling you would have scooped?
34:27
Shit out of mafia. Four, no ass wipe.
34:29
If I have a cup and I've scooped everything out of it, it
34:32
becomes. Marvel.
34:36
Empty. What's another?
34:37
Word for empty. What the fuck?
34:41
Vacant another. Word.
34:44
I see. Welcome to an.
34:45
Episode you're talking about, OK.
34:47
OK, get that? All right.
34:48
Keep going. I.
34:51
I also know what you're talking about.
34:52
I thought I. Was slick dude you?
34:57
Said it. Hold this down.
34:58
What do? I say on you.
35:02
Let's see. All right, all.
35:03
Right, all right, all right. What is happening?
35:05
Let's see TikTok. Is.
35:07
Going to love that. That's all I want.
35:09
I just want people to fight. That's all.
35:14
You ever want? Yeah, because you're.
35:16
He's a bad guy. He's a bad noodle.
35:17
We know he's just going through the pot.
35:19
Oh, I know what you were talking about, Nick.
35:21
Thank you. I don't even know what he's.
35:23
Talking about, he's talking about.
35:24
Ace Combat I do no. Yeah, it's.
35:26
Ace Combat Ace. Combat, Yeah.
35:27
Huh. What the fuck?
35:30
Does that have to do with a cup being empty?
35:34
No idea, I'm in the what are you?
35:37
Talking. About I've.
35:40
I've caused disarray I. Took Mita the hollower.
35:45
Fuck, that's. What I was talking about that's.
35:48
What I. Thought I didn't know.
35:49
I didn't know that's what he was talking about, to be perfectly
35:51
honest. Didn't that's what he done?
35:55
Yeah, I took. It last year.
35:58
Why this wasn't? A secret game to me.
36:00
Why are you? Telling me that he's going
36:02
because Steve would have. Wanted.
36:03
It too. Oh.
36:05
Well, yeah, that's fair actually.
36:07
I I have I don't have that. Then I care.
36:09
I love you. Oh, it is me again.
36:13
OK. I knew bro.
36:16
Dude would. Have that and I.
36:18
Specifically ignored it, damn it.
36:20
That's fine. So my sign.
36:21
Language is smoke signals no good then.
36:25
No, not right. No, no.
36:27
I'll workshop it. So this, yeah, fuck it, wait,
36:33
oh, did it work? Did it go through?
36:36
No. Here it goes.
36:39
What? What name?
36:41
Jesus? Christ.
36:43
OK, except I've heard of this God.
36:45
Damn it, come on. Wonder why you?
36:46
What do you think? What do you think the?
36:47
Gameplay loot is off that. It's weird.
36:51
As fuck you can only play it. Every three days.
36:53
Everybody. Wins.
36:55
Then you're you're res. It might blow up as a me mask
37:01
game. Probably that guy.
37:04
That Jesus guy is pretty popular.
37:06
I should make a religion out of this, not David.
37:11
No, I think those. There'll be some inaccuracies to
37:13
be honest. I'm honestly.
37:16
Surprised his miracles. Were a bit of a overhyped
37:19
untouched. For so long, so I'm just going
37:22
to take it even though go on. Wasn't really.
37:25
Planning on doing it we could grab.
37:27
It I have. A dairy This is going to be
37:29
what? I think it is.
37:31
Oh, OK. No, it does.
37:35
I didn't. Think I'd.
37:36
Actually be able to pick it, but no one's picked it I.
37:40
I made the mistake of taking night rain last year and that's
37:43
why I didn't take it. Yeah, I was going.
37:44
To pick that next, but I I didn't.
37:53
It's. Funny, Steve.
37:55
You called it. That was going to be my first
37:57
pick, but I decided to pick something else.
38:04
Go on. Go on, my robot, Go on.
38:07
Make your make your pick. I've been trying.
38:10
I've been trying to make up my mind but I'm just looking at the
38:12
2 red buttons and I don't know which one to click.
38:15
What? Man, cuz I know that whatever I
38:18
do it's gonna upset somebody and at this point I guess I just
38:21
really shouldn't care. But man, brother, just correct.
38:24
007 first light no, that's. Garbage.
38:27
That's gonna be bad. Shut up.
38:29
That's not that's not good. Steve.
38:34
Steve. But this?
38:35
Is a really, This is a no, that's not a good.
38:38
You were just saying how much you love that James Bond game
38:40
that's coming out. That's what I'm.
38:42
Saying he talked so much about this is what this.
38:44
Is yeah, but I'm not. But I'm not.
38:45
But no, no, no, no, no, no. Listen, listen, listen.
38:47
I'm changing my strategy from last year because admittedly my
38:50
strategy was pretty stupid, which was pick games that I
38:53
like, which is awful because I don't like a lot of good games.
38:57
So I don't think Double O 7 is going to be that.
39:00
I don't think. Russ, why 00 and Nick?
39:04
Oh, OK, just for that. No, don't.
39:06
You've already fucked me. No, fuck you.
39:08
Fuck you, idiot. Oh, you're.
39:10
A dirty bitch. Oh.
39:12
You bitch. Wild.
39:14
What did he do that's risky? Though, because OK, we got.
39:18
To save the pic we got to save. OK, well, I said it now marathon
39:21
marathon, marathon, marathon, marathon.
39:23
This is that's why that's why I was confused when he did the M
39:26
and he goes I'm talking about this and I'm thinking marathon.
39:29
He's like. You should have taken double O
39:33
7M. They almost.
39:35
Fucking I I. Don't think that. 1 is going to
39:37
be as good. As everyone thinks, I don't
39:39
think. Marathon's going to score
39:41
higher, I think. I think marathon's.
39:42
Going to be perfect I think it. Do better, right?
39:46
How quickly you have forgotten how the beta period went, huh?
39:50
I played. The newest I played the newest
39:51
test, it was much better. It's also a new trailer that I
39:55
mean, it's very different from what we've seen already.
39:57
Yeah, it looks. Like a different game like I
40:00
bet. I have played a lot of bungee
40:02
games. Listen.
40:03
I think it'll do better than a 70.
40:05
OK. I think that Double O 7 might be
40:08
that great inherently. Like it had a lot of work it
40:11
needed done. When I watched the little
40:14
gameplay that they did, it was not that great in my opinion.
40:17
But it might, you know? I mean, someone's more than
40:19
welcome to take it. If they so believe.
40:22
It will do good too all. Right, I'm going to.
40:26
And that wasn't my. Pick all.
40:30
Right I'm. Going to go.
40:33
Oh birdie, why'd? You say that now I feel so
40:34
stupid I. Grab, we can't pick.
40:36
The same games, right? This is a silly question.
40:39
Gears of War. He did, no.
40:41
That was my other pick that I was going to.
40:43
I looked. It up to see if we had any sort
40:46
of a release window on it. I was like.
40:48
That's again, I'm a little scared.
40:50
For. Gears yeah, we've.
40:52
Already got three major Xbox releases this year.
40:55
I that's. And I said that.
40:57
I said that earlier today when we recorded.
40:58
I said I don't think I did. I did not feel good that it
41:01
wasn't in the most in the showcase yesterday.
41:02
Yeah, or two days ago, I think I did not.
41:04
I agree. I'm gonna take it.
41:06
Though that could mean. That they're That could mean
41:08
that they're gonna do something on their own for it.
41:10
Maybe you? Get one free drop.
41:11
Yeah, yeah, Gears fucked me. Last year, but this year,
41:15
hopefully not. Hey.
41:16
Hey, Nick, you want to switch Marathon and gears?
41:19
I think that'll go really well for you, no?
41:22
You keep, you go ahead Training, no.
41:25
No, I'm going to. Take I'm.
41:30
Going to take. Vampire Crawlers, which is the
41:34
Vampire Survivors follow up game?
41:36
Oh. Fuck OK that is good pick.
41:38
Smart. The Rogue Lake passage, Yeah, I
41:44
don't know what you would call that.
41:47
Type of game where you like, you know the one.
41:50
The one where you don't like do active attacks like it they
41:53
happen for you? Morgan, it's called.
41:57
Bullet Heaven, I'm doing the current.
41:58
Double O 7 first light. God damn, hey, I've been.
42:05
Just slightly I just realized. We've traded 1 meme picker for
42:09
another. So why do?
42:14
You think that Double O 7's not gonna do well?
42:15
It's a beloved IP, yeah, but it's done.
42:18
It's but it's done by the IO Interactive guys who have only
42:22
done Hitman for the past like 10 to 15 years.
42:25
And I think it's just going to play just like Hitman, but it's
42:27
going to have a kind of OK, James Bond's story with it.
42:31
That's all. That's what I I wouldn't know.
42:33
I was going to say. Hitman Three got an 82.
42:37
Yeah, it does. Well enough all I'm.
42:38
Saying you're. Going to have egg on your face
42:40
when James Bond crushes it and marathon.
42:43
Shits the bed man. Won't be an egg on your face.
42:46
I don't. I, I don't, I don't really like,
42:48
I don't know, like it's a game. Like it's OK, look what the fuck
42:54
I'm. Not gonna cry about it.
42:57
What am I getting I? Still like I need to give Connor
42:59
$10. Still like oh fuck.
43:02
That's all I gotta. Pay Connor.
43:03
Yeah. We owe.
43:03
Him money we do. We all.
43:06
How did we divvy that up? Was it like?
43:08
55 or 10:10 Yeah, but. I thought we had divvied it up
43:13
to where like second and third place got like third place got
43:16
to keep their money. No, we didn't.
43:17
OK, No, we didn't. I was fairly positive we did.
43:20
I that's literally not because I'm in 3rd place, that's just
43:23
how we typically do it. So we all don't.
43:25
Have 5 but yeah I don't. Remember, no, you guys don't
43:28
have to send me money. No, no you don't.
43:30
Get to talk. I'm sorry.
43:32
Yeah. What a humble.
43:33
Winner. Yeah, no, I.
43:35
Think it was I think it was 5 or 10.
43:36
I don't remember if we had broken it down any other.
43:38
It was 5 it. Was 5 each.
43:40
What a humble winner. 5 each. Connor's sitting there right
43:45
now. I too, am extraordinarily
43:47
humble. I too.
43:51
Please subjects. I do not need your and 30.
43:54
Dollars, Richard. 30. Dollars Richard later let us
43:58
know. How you won't have money?
44:01
Oh. I I take Venmo cash at PayPal.
44:03
Oh, now you're. So fucking upfront, don't send
44:07
me. Money, but.
44:08
I do take Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay and everything else.
44:11
I take direct wire transfers too.
44:14
Exactly, it sounds more. Is that your?
44:16
QR code in the chat. That's crazy.
44:18
Why did? He just post the QR code.
44:22
Wire transfer, all right, daughter?
44:27
Yeah. I'm going with Yoshi.
44:33
Yoshi in the. Mysterious book.
44:35
Go ahead and pick it, Larson. I was gonna.
44:41
Pick that one. There's another Yoshi game
44:43
coming out. Yes, yeah, dude.
44:46
It's a dinosaur that goes. Extinct.
44:49
Excited. Good love, Yoshi.
44:51
What a tagline, Nick. I like it.
44:54
Nintendo, you owe me. Fucking money you can't, stupid.
44:58
What it says? It lets me select it, so we're
45:02
gonna go with it. We're doing the Tomb Raider
45:04
legacies of the land. They're full.
45:07
Remix. It's a full.
45:08
Remake good. Pick.
45:12
And then I was going to do. Picking my.
45:23
Games. Oh God, darn it.
45:29
And then for my next game, we are going to do. 1348 Yeah,
45:46
nice, right? An RPG.
45:48
With Jennifer English, you are in for a 10 out of 10
45:50
experience. I'm.
45:56
Surprised. No one picked it earlier.
45:58
I only had just seen. The trailer the other day, I
46:00
didn't even know about it until then.
46:02
I don't know if anybody else knew prior to that, but I.
46:05
Owed you because you posted the Yeah, just.
46:08
Because I posted it OK. Looks cool.
46:15
No, that's not. Going to do.
46:17
Well, I think you should grab. It.
46:24
No. I think.
46:25
You should grab it my reverse. Psychology does not work on him.
46:35
He has matched my. This.
46:41
Would be. Interesting if it came out this
46:44
year and I picked it. OK, you're such.
46:54
A. Nice.
46:55
Play Honestly wow my. Goodness, we're a hammer. 40K
47:00
Dawn of War 4. Very.
47:04
Good. Oh.
47:05
Big big Dick over here for the King of Castle.
47:07
King of the Castle. Where's Morgan?
47:15
I'm coming. Sorry.
47:18
You're so stressed. I know.
47:19
I heard the beep. I'm coming.
47:20
I'm coming, sorry. This is what I wanted.
47:26
Please nobody. Hate me, I'm hungry.
47:29
Hungry. Boy, you will eat.
47:31
After. No, OK, fine.
47:35
I'm. Sorry.
47:40
Is a good. Morgan.
47:45
Is that? Warhammer game, is that supposed
47:46
to be like the last Warhammer? Is it more of a strategy?
47:51
Strategy. What'd you pick?
47:56
What is this I'm? I'm, I'm, I'm feeling good on
47:58
Don gun run, Don gun run O2X2. Yeah.
48:03
That's fair. I don't know how those typically
48:05
score, but. They do all right.
48:08
They. Do like in the 80?
48:09
They do all right. Fine that.
48:10
Do that do be a Morgan ask game though.
48:14
Pretty safe gonna. Go.
48:18
With. Something that I have a lot of
48:21
high hopes for. Currently.
48:23
It's. The first game.
48:26
In this series is in a big sale so I'm gonna go with the control
48:29
resident. Fuck.
48:32
Yep. Remedy.
48:33
Burped me last year, that's why I didn't grab it.
48:37
I haven't grabbed it because they haven't actually confirmed
48:39
if it's coming out this year. Yeah, well, we're going to.
48:42
Find out, aren't we? I.
48:44
Guess we will. I guess we'll see them.
48:49
I guess we will. All right, so I guess we.
48:53
Shall be. Drafting the this early in the
48:56
year, you kind of have to take some fucking shots, right?
48:58
Like so many things are unconfirmed, I'm going to take a
49:02
shot. Here then, since Connor wanted
49:04
to try to come for me, I am going to grab because you
49:07
haven't. Yet why are you going to?
49:08
Come on, all. I've not come.
49:10
For any of you guys you. Want me to do?
49:13
You want me to contribute now or never mind?
49:16
No, all right, that's. I picked Total War Warhammer 40.
49:22
OK. All right, good.
49:24
Luck on that? One.
49:25
And then my jaw stayed firmly in place.
49:28
Yeah. Go on, see this.
49:30
Here's the thing. I thought that's what I picked.
49:32
No, I picked. No.
49:34
No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no.
49:36
Hold on that one. I think I.
49:38
Hold on, I think I think Connor Connor made the better pick
49:41
because I don't think Total War Warhammer 40K is gonna come out
49:44
this year. They didn't give a release date
49:45
or a release year when they did their trailer.
49:48
They did. They said coming soon.
49:50
It might be a. Drop game but I got it for now.
49:52
I got it. I got it also if.
49:53
Any also if anything the what it would be the 30, 90, no, it'd be
49:59
what 40 years would be September 2027.
50:03
So I don't know. Yeah, that means so.
50:05
Much to all of us that are in to Warhammer, I just knew.
50:09
That right fucking now. But like, it's just for them.
50:11
OK, All right. That's what.
50:13
We're good. We're good.
50:18
Shut up. Whoa, shut up.
50:19
Why? Shut up.
50:20
Why are you talking? Whoa.
50:22
Morgan. Your your games.
50:24
He knows what. He's doing more.
50:26
No, I don't, no. Recorded.
50:31
Oh no. I'm.
50:32
Going to go. For this, because it's been
50:33
getting a lot of a lot of talk for the past couple years, it
50:37
might actually finally come out this year, I think 19. 40s
50:40
really. Oh fuck no.
50:41
Damn it. Lot of dawn.
50:44
They knew. That, but weren't.
50:45
Thinking about it. So I had this on my list last
50:49
year saying. Something.
50:52
And yeah, I'm going to pick up this.
50:54
Year account. Yeah, All right, OK.
51:02
Say. Your game, What is it on the
51:06
island? Cute.
51:06
Too really cute. That's a.
51:13
Cool pick. It it's.
51:15
Not what you guys think. It's not what you think.
51:18
It is. It's done by.
51:19
The guy who did? Inscription.
51:20
Oh shit. Yeah, that might be a sweet ass
51:22
fucking game. I love inscription.
51:23
Yeah, fuck. I sound like a Dick.
51:27
The the name is off putting I understand but.
51:30
It's supposed. To be.
51:32
Yeah, I played that game of horses that was.
51:35
Weird. Hey, hold up.
51:36
The one that got. Pulled from Steam, yeah.
51:39
There's no reason to buy it. It's just kind of just gross
51:41
from being gross. I beat it.
51:44
Weird. Oh.
51:45
That's the one where they ride people as horses, right?
51:48
There's like weird stuff, shit that.
51:49
Happens that. Sounds like it's entirely up
51:53
your alley though. Yeah, but I was.
51:55
Just like this is uncomforty. I thought it would be too.
51:58
That's why I got. I was like, I'm controversial.
52:00
I was. Like.
52:03
I don't like it, just thinking there.
52:09
Alex, OH. I I.
52:13
Was going to be Yep, I was going to go for it if it was still
52:15
there. No good call.
52:17
Good call. You know, there's a game that's.
52:20
Left. Here that Nick has actually
52:23
played Oh A. Shot at Nick.
52:27
I know what. I think I know what you're.
52:28
I think I know what you're saying.
52:29
I know he's going to pick. Don't be a sick which is.
52:32
Concerning that he isn't taking it, but I.
52:35
Know you might tell. You something.
52:37
I know I can't. Talk.
52:42
If it's what I think it is, I can't talk about it.
52:45
I know you can't. Talk about it.
52:46
That doesn't stop you from picking it.
52:49
I was, I was talking about now then.
52:52
My first pick is going to be Trails in the Sky, second
52:55
chapter. Motherfucker.
52:58
Yeah. Eat shit, Steve.
53:04
Whoa. I would just like to say that
53:07
the first chapter got a 90. There's a no big deal.
53:12
That'll be really good. I can't believe it was still
53:13
there, Steve. You.
53:15
You thought you had it. I didn't think anybody else was
53:18
looking at it. You forgot about me, you silly
53:21
bitch. I've never.
53:24
Heard her Steve be the. Next one.
53:28
And my what is this 5th? Pick 5th Pick.
53:32
Yes, Sir. I think it's your.
53:39
Last normal pick the the 6th 1 is the counter pick right?
53:43
I think it's. 6th one regular and a counter pick the 7th.
53:46
One is the counter pick. Yeah, he's.
53:47
Got he gets his last two here. Gotcha.
53:50
No, no, no. I.
53:53
Already, I already have one more.
53:55
Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, I am going to go for
54:01
orbitals. Nice.
54:06
Damn it. My.
54:09
Disappointment is immeasurable. I will never forgive you.
54:15
Fingers back at me, Yes. Sir.
54:16
Yes, Sir, I don't know. How well this game is going to
54:18
do, But I have super, super high hopes for it.
54:26
OK. Fingers crossed.
54:30
Oh yeah, I. Saw this in the game.
54:33
Yeah, cool. Imagine A.
54:36
Halloween game that played like Alien Isolation.
54:38
I know. That's now.
54:40
Yeah, this is. Going to play more like the
54:41
Friday the 13th the game. Yeah, games left on the list
54:47
that I want to pick. Which one do I think?
54:49
Brody's. Won't pick like the one that you
54:52
think. Would be the.
54:53
I bet you would. Never in a million years.
54:56
Guess my next pick. Yeah, I'm trying.
54:59
I'm just trying to figure out which one you won't pick.
55:03
Actually know what I'll do? This one I did.
55:06
Why did I? Pick Total War, you'll be.
55:08
You'll be done before I get. To go again, man, I know.
55:12
Oh, that's. True.
55:14
I have. Nothing to worry about.
55:15
You're trying to. Dodge me and you don't have to.
55:18
It's all right. Yeah, I thought you already.
55:24
Made the pick. I wish I wouldn't have said
55:25
shit. Fuck there.
55:30
We go. That feels.
55:33
Like a very safe solid. Pick.
55:36
It's a very. Good solid pick.
55:37
It does seem like a solid. Safe pick SO.
55:42
I don't know why. Nobody's picked this game either
55:44
just off of, I mean, we've seen a little bit of it.
55:46
It looks pretty exciting and it has a release date really quick.
55:49
I'll tell you as soon as you pick it, by the way, Steve.
55:51
What do you think I'm? Going to pick Enter the Gungeon.
55:53
Two Yeah. Enter the Gungeon.
55:55
Two, what do you think I'm going to pick?
55:58
I did say it. Oh, did you?
55:59
Oh, I have. AI have a suspicion that Evan
56:02
you may pick a game that I want. And that we no.
56:06
I don't have a guess as to what you're going to pick, I'll just
56:09
tell you why nobody has picked it after you pick it.
56:14
Go on, big. Fella, you suck.
56:19
Nope. Good call.
56:20
Honestly going. To pick that one fair.
56:23
God. Damn it.
56:24
Fair. No. 1.
56:25
Goes. You that's that's solid.
56:30
I just. It's funny.
56:31
It's funny because it was I was it was going to be my next my
56:33
boy Rahul Kohli from exactly, exactly brother.
56:38
It was just yeah, it was just watched midnight Mass, bro.
56:41
Yeah, it was Soros. That was my pick.
56:43
But I thought it was interesting that nobody had picked it
56:45
because it has other unless maybe one of these other games
56:48
that somebody probably GTA 6. But like it had a 92 hype
56:51
factor. I just thought that was kind of
56:52
interesting that that still hadn't been, but it did, yeah.
56:57
I just. Fraternal.
56:59
I mean, the hype factor doesn't really mean all that much,
57:02
right? No, but like in the grand scheme
57:03
of things, I. Mean I the fraternal was good,
57:06
right? People like that.
57:07
Yeah. Returnal.
57:08
Got an 86 on an open critic so right I think.
57:11
This would do pretty good too. Oh, I'm sure it will.
57:15
All right. I honestly saw it and forgot
57:17
what it was and I was focused on getting other things.
57:21
No, I get that, Yeah. I am.
57:23
Going to grab. So try to.
57:27
Stay a little safe really with. 2:00 on that now, two games with
57:34
no release there. Three games with no release
57:36
dates. Four games with no release dates
57:38
really. Technically.
57:39
I will shut up. I will shut up.
57:47
Fuck, they have doubled. Down on Wolverine, supposed to
57:50
come out this fall. I will.
57:51
Grab, I'm pretty sure. That will be the one that not of
57:54
the three that or the four that he's got, I will grab.
57:56
Halo Campaign Evolved. I can't believe that was
58:01
available considering that. Work.
58:03
It's already launched. On PlayStation, hasn't it?
58:05
No. No, no.
58:06
No, this is the remake of the first game, the whole.
58:09
Like the? Complete.
58:11
So every. Yeah.
58:11
What? Was it?
58:12
I think that's. Something.
58:14
Launched on PlayStation. Was that master?
58:16
Chief collection maybe? Yeah, that came out.
58:18
It was campaign. Something.
58:21
Maybe a baby, I don't know. I.
58:22
Truly, I truly don't know. I I genuinely don't.
58:25
I have not seen. Anything for campaign evolved.
58:27
I only know that they. Showed it last year but and it's
58:30
literally just a recreation of the first game which I thought
58:32
was in itself kind of goofy but like not a bad pick.
58:36
Honestly, no. I I thought it had actually
58:39
released. I think it was just announced.
58:42
Yeah, they just had talked. Available for pre-order is
58:44
probably what I saw. I could have sworn it didn't
58:47
come out, no. So you can pre-order without
58:50
knowing the day it comes out? Yeah, dude.
58:53
Life's cool like that. Did you do it?
58:56
Is that why you picked? It cool like.
58:57
That I hate it here. I hated that.
59:00
I didn't like it so. I I.
59:04
Think this one should work, but it says that it may be
59:07
ineligible by the time bids are processed.
59:09
But since we're picking now, we're not waiting for it should
59:12
be eligible. Yeah, you should.
59:13
I'm going to. Go with this game called Cairn.
59:18
I don't know how you say that. But it's like a.
59:21
It's like a like a rock climbing that rock.
59:23
Yeah, that's the game. It looked pretty good.
59:25
That looked pretty good. Very cool.
59:27
Really. Sick.
59:28
Yeah, that's good. Very good game.
59:30
Good ball was. Super fun.
59:32
Good thing. I've got a couple on my list
59:34
that I've been looking at that I think I'm thinking about
59:38
confidently and I just in case OK, scooped up, I'm gonna go
59:46
ahead and. Do some scooping.
59:49
The life is strange. Reunioner All right, OK, people
59:54
like. That those series they score.
59:56
Really. Well, usually do they.
59:58
I was. Curious.
59:59
I was not sure of it. Was the last. 80's the.
1:00:03
Last 80s. Typically, damn it last.
1:00:07
Two games did pretty well. Oh, everyone.
1:00:10
The king is up where? The.
1:00:14
King Canusi? Yeah, buddy.
1:00:18
I'm going to get pulled the side at work.
1:00:20
I was like, if you call me the king, one more.
1:00:24
Fucking time. You need to wear that crown into
1:00:26
the office. You need to wear into.
1:00:27
Work, yeah. Keep it at your desk.
1:00:30
I'm. Going to see Brendan going, do
1:00:31
you realize? Do you?
1:00:33
I'm going to pull next to. The side and be like if you
1:00:36
don't fucking drop Marvel's Wolverine.
1:00:38
I was still like I. Was like to crazy.
1:00:41
Now that's a. Lot of racing.
1:00:43
Nice, that's a good. Pick.
1:00:45
Nice job. Nice, nice call.
1:00:46
Good pick. I.
1:00:48
Want that to do well because I want to play it a yeah it.
1:00:52
Will do. Yeah, it looks like it'll be.
1:00:53
Fun. So fair.
1:00:54
My last two games are still up, so the first one's from Hello
1:00:58
Games and that is light no fi Aw good.
1:01:02
Pic brother I didn't even think about God damn.
1:01:04
It I didn't I. Know because we haven't seen
1:01:06
anything about it for years. We haven't seen a.
1:01:08
Single thing other than that one trailer from three years ago now
1:01:11
at this point, Ross. But solid.
1:01:14
That is a good pick, but yeah. That that could mean it comes
1:01:16
out this year. So yeah, nice job, I heard.
1:01:19
There's a release date for 2026 or early 27, so it's a risk, but
1:01:25
I can drop it. Yeah.
1:01:27
And then my last game is made by the Comp, the company that made
1:01:32
a Black desert. They're doing a solo frozen
1:01:36
desert. Yeah.
1:01:38
Yeah, Crimson Test. Good picks, good picks.
1:01:41
Good picks all around, honestly. For you, Rose.
1:01:43
Oh. Yeah, that's a very good list.
1:01:46
At the end of. The fantasy critic I hate you
1:01:49
that at. The Fantasy Critic.
1:01:52
I say we go through and run through our.
1:01:54
Lists. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:01:56
OK, for sure, cohesion, remember there's still.
1:02:04
One more round after this, yeah. Yeah, OK.
1:02:06
We got to do counter picks. This is.
1:02:08
When? It gets spicy.
1:02:09
I have a wild. Counter pick Yeah.
1:02:12
Oh, I. Get the first counter.
1:02:14
Pick I'm going to get. Counter picked I'm easy points
1:02:19
possibly where. Possibly did.
1:02:22
It. Go up your butt, right?
1:02:25
Now, so I don't know, wait. 6th grade.
1:02:32
Never been there. I was.
1:02:35
Point your gun in the direction. Recently it's also.
1:02:39
I only got the. Gamer show up, be cool.
1:02:43
Well, I completely. Lost it and let me crazy.
1:02:48
Yeah, I know you're being so I'm.
1:02:50
So sorry. God, I don't even.
1:02:54
Deserve. That I heard we're doing.
1:02:56
Obof Jesus, what's wrong? So this is 1.
1:03:01
That I chose last year just because I don't know.
1:03:07
People like. These kinds of games.
1:03:11
Professor, I can't. Believe you didn't take Okami
1:03:13
too. And the world.
1:03:16
Of steel only, Jeff. Keeley cares about Okami too.
1:03:18
Only Jeff Keeley. Cares about Highgard.
1:03:20
I'm surprised we can't pick Highgard.
1:03:22
That's so funny. I care about.
1:03:24
I was just about to ask, did somebody pick Highgard?
1:03:28
I care about Okami too. Wait, is.
1:03:29
That out it comes out on. Monday, I say, or.
1:03:32
About Okami too, it comes out on.
1:03:35
Monday, the same day that they're doing a showcase where
1:03:36
they talk about everything and explain the entire game to us.
1:03:40
Fortunately, there wasn't an update.
1:03:42
Yeah, pretty crazy it. It will start development this
1:03:47
year. It will start development OK.
1:03:51
So it's not this year, it will start.
1:03:53
Development. That's.
1:03:55
Rough. Hey, Connor.
1:03:56
You should take Okami too, yeah. Should I so when they?
1:04:01
Announced it. They had no development.
1:04:03
They just, they just wanted to to let people know it was
1:04:08
coming. Oh yeah.
1:04:10
The the Skyrim method. I like it and.
1:04:18
Oregon. I'm I'm putting some real
1:04:22
thought into this last one. It's.
1:04:26
Good. Either a good thing.
1:04:28
Or a bad thing. Could be a bad thing more than a
1:04:32
good thing, I think. Took a photo of the fantasy
1:04:41
critics stuff and I left my summons in the photo.
1:04:44
Going to. Retake that photo I think.
1:04:48
This is going to do pretty. Good.
1:04:50
At least it's going to do pretty good initially.
1:04:53
I like to. I like comments in the photo.
1:04:57
I doubt about that. I have a quick.
1:04:59
Question, I don't know if you had mentioned this party at the
1:05:01
beginning so my bad if I forgot. You cannot drop any counter
1:05:04
picks, right? Correct.
1:05:07
I cannot. Really quick, very interesting
1:05:09
for my counter pick. What did you pick?
1:05:10
Morgan, you picked high on life. High on life, too.
1:05:14
Very. I think that's.
1:05:16
Gonna do pretty good, yeah. I dare you like the first.
1:05:20
Game it may not have been like an amazing, amazing game, it was
1:05:22
great, but. I like, no, I'm not gonna.
1:05:24
Counter pick you, I have no desire.
1:05:26
There's nothing in there that I think is not gonna do well or
1:05:28
not come out this year, so. OK, I said.
1:05:32
This Steve, you picked Grand Theft Auto 6, which by my
1:05:36
definition of my luck means that it will release because if I
1:05:39
picked it, it would probably get delayed so well.
1:05:42
Thank you for not picking it. We can finally get this game out
1:05:44
there and stop doing whatever the fuck we've been doing for
1:05:48
the last four years. I.
1:05:49
Am I am nothing if not caring about the rest of my fellow
1:05:51
gamers? I hated.
1:05:54
Saying that I'm going to how long would it take if I put my
1:05:56
head against the window? Just smash through it.
1:06:00
Not very. Long, just just.
1:06:02
Sheer time? I don't know.
1:06:04
You know, just bleeding out. Inside the sun room.
1:06:09
I'm going to pick. I picked this last year, but it
1:06:11
I had to drop it because it was not going to come out.
1:06:14
I'm going to go with mix tape. Oh.
1:06:17
Shit. OK.
1:06:18
Oh yeah. Nice.
1:06:19
OK. Yeah, good. 1.
1:06:21
I considered. That one for a while last year
1:06:23
as well. That's a good that one.
1:06:24
It has a load pick. Stuff that I.
1:06:26
Feel like is going to appeal to a wide range of people with the
1:06:31
the heavy music. Basis.
1:06:34
Of the game. What you got, Nick?
1:06:44
Here's to the. Group Another Blake's Hard Cider
1:06:48
American Berry. Hell yeah, Hell yeah.
1:06:51
Berries I could go. In the path of least resistance.
1:06:56
Or I could go with a game that I actually do believe in and I
1:07:00
think it's going to be fucking sweet.
1:07:04
And I think. I'm going to go with an indie
1:07:06
game and I'm going. To choose.
1:07:13
Deadlock from Valve. Can you?
1:07:16
What the fuck? Is that?
1:07:18
Yeah. Say, excuse me, everybody be
1:07:20
quiet. Say that out.
1:07:20
Loud. Everybody be quiet.
1:07:22
Every Nick? Go for it, planet.
1:07:26
Inverted Digigungskundenkin, Commandant.
1:07:33
You started. So strong.
1:07:36
The first words I think you get. AB for effort?
1:07:40
I think you get AB for effort this game.
1:07:42
Does look pretty cool. I think we saw it two years ago
1:07:45
at one of the festivals. Yeah, it looks it looks pretty
1:07:49
fun. I I got to admit this game, I
1:07:51
think I feel like. We could have came up with a
1:07:53
much better name. Oh, this shit.
1:07:56
I wanna hear. Somebody.
1:07:57
I mean, I guess it. Does stick with you though,
1:07:59
right? I'm gonna, I'm gonna see if.
1:08:01
Someone, that's why they do it. Google, could someone throw?
1:08:03
That into fucking Google Translate, Steve.
1:08:04
It'll just say it for you. I'll do it right now, see.
1:08:06
What it says? Plan it.
1:08:09
It just comes out trying. To get it, just just to say it
1:08:11
Verde gun. Scandone and.
1:08:14
It means. In English it's German, but in
1:08:17
English it means planetary defense gun commander, which I
1:08:19
think is obviously OK, but that's.
1:08:20
All that's real word. Yeah, it is.
1:08:23
Hold on, I'm listening to it. Probably not all.
1:08:25
As one word. No.
1:08:28
Well. The Germans do that.
1:08:29
They merge everything on one word.
1:08:31
Yeah, yeah. German.
1:08:33
It's it. It makes no, no, no.
1:08:36
German is a. I can't even.
1:08:38
Hear. Like a language, it felt.
1:08:40
Like when you hear Styrofoam really close in your ear and
1:08:43
it's getting like crushed and like, I don't know, like I'm not
1:08:46
gonna I'm. Upset that that is a German
1:08:48
word. I thought it was Russian.
1:08:50
Of course it is like. How long it is?
1:08:51
It doesn't surprise me at all on your word, but.
1:08:55
There's a ton of words in German like that.
1:08:57
It's also why Germans hate writing checks, their numbers
1:09:00
get super long. Because they just that's.
1:09:03
Ridiculous. They they build on them like
1:09:05
that, but yeah, no. PVKK is PVKK is.
1:09:10
What I chose PVK is pretty good one.
1:09:12
I'm not going to lie, it's a weird.
1:09:13
Language. I think it's going.
1:09:14
To be a great pick for you, I had.
1:09:18
I know. I had.
1:09:21
Verde. Gung Guns.
1:09:25
Commandant, Commandant. Commandant is commander,
1:09:28
obviously. Yeah, yeah, there's a, there's
1:09:30
like an F sound in there somewhere.
1:09:32
I don't know how, but that's what this I.
1:09:35
Don't know, I don't think. My tongue can do this, it's
1:09:40
inferred. DD guns, Cano then Commandant
1:09:45
just stop I'm. Gonna hit you.
1:09:46
It's it's OK. Just stop.
1:09:49
Francine, I'm gonna punch where? Sounds like something to say
1:09:53
while giving a good old Roman salute.
1:09:57
What he's? The.
1:10:02
Romans gave. Each other hands so is that.
1:10:04
A. Is that a?
1:10:05
Bloody, that's all I'm saying. How's it going over?
1:10:10
There, Evan. I don't like that.
1:10:12
So I'm. I'm doing this tech because I
1:10:13
thought it looked pretty cool when we saw it.
1:10:15
I. Don't know if anybody.
1:10:18
Even remembers it here. Romeo is a dead man.
1:10:23
Oh shit, you son. Of a bitch, I'll fight you.
1:10:27
It's it. Comes out of my birthday.
1:10:28
I had to. That was going to.
1:10:31
Be my last pick was it? Bitch.
1:10:34
I managed. To draw blood on several people
1:10:36
tonight, Noah, Nick and Brody, I'll show you blood I.
1:10:39
Think. I I believe you would.
1:10:42
I don't know. No.
1:10:44
My final pick, think I left one. Open for you, maybe I.
1:10:47
I'm going to be surprised if any of you have heard of this game.
1:10:49
I did not leave it. Well, Dweller.
1:10:51
This honestly. Went Steve's way because he drew
1:10:53
blood on me and I drew blood on several other people I feel
1:10:57
like. I have let me look it up, but I.
1:10:59
Did. It's a Metroid.
1:11:01
Zenia. Oh, that.
1:11:02
Looks cool. Oh yeah, like.
1:11:05
That, that's neat. So it's between 2:00.
1:11:13
OK, I had my eye on I love Metroid.
1:11:15
Zenias. It's going to.
1:11:21
Grip it and RIP it go. For it.
1:11:27
Oh shit, the art. Of that is very breath of the
1:11:31
wild the. Other games in that series?
1:11:33
Oh yeah. Historically.
1:11:35
Done pretty well, they've all. Done well, people adore these
1:11:39
games. I have to do your.
1:11:41
Pick and then. Your counter pick?
1:11:42
Nice Brody. Yeah.
1:11:43
God damn it, I didn't think Romeo was a dead man, was on
1:11:47
anyone else's. So I had that locked in.
1:11:50
I'm like at this. Oh really?
1:11:52
Yeah. Now you, you've fucked it up.
1:11:54
That's fine. I got what I wanted.
1:11:57
Thank you, Evan. Fuck you, Steve.
1:11:59
Fuck you, Steve didn't even have to.
1:12:03
Think about it, Steve showed chaos and everyone.
1:12:05
Else fought each other. Yeah, that's kind of.
1:12:08
His fucking game, that's all. I hate Florida man.
1:12:11
You should play Baldur skate with him I hate.
1:12:13
Florida man, I hate Florida. Man, he picked he, that's why he
1:12:17
picked GTA6. He's from Florida, yeah.
1:12:21
He's just. Sights.
1:12:22
Another day in the life for him in the.
1:12:24
Sky 2nd chapter I got pretty much my list.
1:12:27
He's sicko. He's sicko.
1:12:32
I didn't have a list so it all kind of worked out for me in the
1:12:35
way I mean I. Picked some pretty good games I.
1:12:36
Think. I think better.
1:12:38
Games than brace everyone brace he's being bad.
1:12:41
I'm not being. Bad boy bad.
1:12:44
Unless. He's picking the to be a nut.
1:12:45
I don't. Think he's being bad game that I
1:12:47
think he's. I think he's picking a very
1:12:49
funny game. I don't think so.
1:12:54
He's. Picking He's picking the
1:12:56
unannounced Dishonored game. Don't fucking.
1:12:59
Send John into a thing? Nah.
1:13:02
I am he's. Muted, but he's freaking out
1:13:04
right now. I was going to take.
1:13:08
Sylasta No. Sylasta 2.
1:13:11
Yes. I had this realization earlier
1:13:13
today. I was like what it what about
1:13:15
Sylasta 2? And I got real sad.
1:13:20
Yeah, God damn. It that sucks.
1:13:23
I was really excited about that. Because that would have.
1:13:26
Been a slam dunk. Oh wow, there's a.
1:13:28
Problem with it. Why?
1:13:29
Couldn't you? You couldn't pick it.
1:13:32
Because they're. Doing.
1:13:34
Yeah. Oh yeah.
1:13:36
Oh yeah. You should pick.
1:13:38
The tales of Annihilation just because it's to be announced.
1:13:43
Just because. Just because the.
1:13:45
Only thing that. Kept me from doing is they don't
1:13:47
have a release window. That's what I was.
1:13:49
Going to do coming out for Professor Layton.
1:13:52
You should pick. Unannounced it was to be.
1:13:54
Announced and I was like, you should pick.
1:13:56
Unannounced Witcher 3 DLC. I.
1:14:00
Don't think Tides is. I don't think that would.
1:14:02
Even work. A lot of people.
1:14:04
Have picked it. It's it's one of the top bids.
1:14:06
Yeah, I can't. Why is that eligible?
1:14:08
I don't understand. It's a DLC for an existing game.
1:14:11
It's an expansion, which our expansion is not eligible.
1:14:14
Wait. What game?
1:14:15
Well, maybe in our game, but not I think.
1:14:17
I think that's just for us. That's just for us.
1:14:19
OK, that makes sense. Never mind.
1:14:21
It was the Witcher 3 DLC that's rumored to come out this year.
1:14:24
It's still not officially confirmed.
1:14:28
OK, this is what we're going to do.
1:14:35
I'm going to take. Screamer there.
1:14:41
You go OK, Yeah, you go for. It I was thinking, I love that.
1:14:45
No one knows. It was literally a Neymar less
1:14:48
than a month ago. Everyone went cool what is cool
1:14:51
you. Do your thing.
1:14:54
This actually looks kind of cool though.
1:14:55
I'm looking at the screenshots, yeah.
1:14:58
Is it? Like like more arcade style
1:15:00
racing or something like that. It's got anime like looks like
1:15:04
the nin style in the background there.
1:15:05
It also has. A release date and they are the
1:15:10
studio that has made the Hot Wheels Unleashed games bunch of
1:15:13
Monster Jam Moto GP 25 motocross like they have a racing
1:15:18
background so I'm like, I assume the racing's actually going to
1:15:21
be pretty solid, right yeah, the.
1:15:23
Hot Wheels games are good, but the Monster Jam games are not.
1:15:28
Not very, no. No, but they do see the off road
1:15:31
fury too though. Oh, what?
1:15:35
The fuck? It goes to the in for counter
1:15:37
picks and then comes back to me again.
1:15:39
That's. That's.
1:15:41
Dirty. As.
1:15:41
Shit. Interesting.
1:15:45
Oh. That's some horseshit.
1:15:47
That's horseshit. That's crazy.
1:15:51
What? What the?
1:15:52
Fuck. I don't like that either.
1:15:54
Oh man, what happened The the counter picks don't go because
1:15:59
birdie. It would have been a second
1:16:00
pick. It doesn't go to him, it goes
1:16:02
Russ. Yeah.
1:16:04
And it goes back it makes. No sense.
1:16:06
Why wouldn't it just snake around?
1:16:09
Socks. They've already.
1:16:12
Win. 17 picks between my first and 2nd pick.
1:16:16
Oh boy, that's crazy. All right, Russell's your first
1:16:19
kind of pick. Yeah.
1:16:21
So looking through. Everybody's.
1:16:24
This might be. Really stupid and everyone can
1:16:26
clown on me but I don't think GTA 6 is coming out OK.
1:16:31
That's a. Gamble.
1:16:32
That's a gamble. That is a gamble does come out
1:16:35
and it's good because I did I did what you are doing now last
1:16:41
year with Borderlands 4 and I was like, you know what, I think
1:16:44
it's going to be bad and it it really that hurt you.
1:16:46
But I but you know, I but so I appreciate the boldness.
1:16:50
It's too. Late now, so AM.
1:16:52
I going to lose points if it does come out.
1:16:54
Yes, yes. Yes, you will you.
1:16:55
Will probably lose the game inevitably.
1:16:57
You will. Yeah, it will probably.
1:16:58
Cost you like top three? It will, it will.
1:17:01
It will cost you at least 30. I'm glad.
1:17:04
I'm doing this. Russ what?
1:17:06
You know what it's. Not going to get a perfect I
1:17:07
love. It dude the drama is great, I
1:17:09
love it. How much did?
1:17:11
RDR 2 get Metacritic wise? I'll look.
1:17:15
I'm just curious but keep going. I'm just curious to go with
1:17:18
birdies coming. It's obviously not 100.
1:17:20
Open critic. My bad my bad my bad.
1:17:21
Open critic. I'm just curious.
1:17:24
I don't think it'll get 190. You got a 95.
1:17:28
I mean, that's. That is, that is 3035 GTA 5.
1:17:32
Good. Oh, I but.
1:17:37
Given the track record for GTA 6, I got a 92 solid reason to
1:17:42
believe that it may not come out this year.
1:17:45
Yeah, I think, yeah. I think that's going to be the
1:17:47
only thing that will say is that it just won't come out.
1:17:49
If it comes out, you're going to lose points, absolutely.
1:17:52
But like, if you get delayed again, you know, yeah, you win.
1:17:57
Yeah. Because inherently, right, It
1:17:58
does. It won't hurt either of you.
1:18:00
It won't hurt it. Just kind of.
1:18:01
Even it won't. It just, it just doesn't if it
1:18:03
doesn't come. Out.
1:18:04
He won't gain points, right? He won't gain.
1:18:07
Points and break his game points.
1:18:08
There's no you should get like a flat but.
1:18:13
Yeah, I. Think marathon is going to is
1:18:15
going to flop? I don't how do you assign it
1:18:18
points though if the game doesn't come out.
1:18:20
Wow, you're like. Wow, you're like, wow, wow,
1:18:22
Connor, you're like the first person in here to say that
1:18:24
marathon you think is going to flop.
1:18:25
Mr. Good pick, Connor, Yeah. I ever pick Connor for.
1:18:30
Connor, you will all have. Egg on your face whenever it
1:18:32
does. Have a really high calendar
1:18:34
pick. It's that 40% counter he.
1:18:36
Might get 2 points. It's going to get it like a
1:18:38
submit to either it's not going to come out or it's going to do
1:18:43
poorly. I didn't even.
1:18:46
Know I'm going to presume it's going.
1:18:48
To a poll I expect I. Expect a kiss on the cheek from
1:18:51
all of you when it gets more than a 72.
1:18:56
Bertie, you gave that number. That's AC plus.
1:18:57
I just went off of that. That's AC minus.
1:19:01
Yeah, passing. Cool.
1:19:02
Yeah. What do you got for that?
1:19:07
Let's see. C's made.
1:19:10
Get degrees, but it's not going to help you win.
1:19:12
Fantasy Critic. That's the that's.
1:19:15
The quote, if I remember it correctly, yeah.
1:19:19
What are you gonna? What are you gonna counter pick
1:19:21
there? Yeah, what are you?
1:19:21
What are? You counter picking here Morgan,
1:19:23
What do you think? I don't know.
1:19:24
I'm I'm very conflicted about it so I think I'm just going to
1:19:27
pick maybe something easy to. Do is that 2 midline analysis?
1:19:37
Don't. Know I'm.
1:19:39
Blown away that nobody. 'S done that yet?
1:19:45
Connor. Connor, Connor.
1:19:49
Connor. Connor, you should be.
1:19:53
Scared. You should be scared of it.
1:19:56
You've been. Saying that for five years now,
1:19:58
you all should be. Scared of it?
1:20:00
Because if it happens, isn't. Freaking out at Connor.
1:20:03
OK. Cool if it happens.
1:20:05
If a meteor strikes my house, I won't care either.
1:20:08
I. Like I want you to too.
1:20:10
Late, I want you to tell me what?
1:20:11
Happens if that releases. That crown will be.
1:20:15
Mine it it. Comes out, maybe that crown will
1:20:18
be mine. One game doesn't make a break.
1:20:20
Like. What one game?
1:20:23
Does not make a break when you have four other games that may
1:20:26
come out Wolverine my. Brother in.
1:20:28
Christ I3 games right three. Last year.
1:20:32
I'm going. To counterpay.
1:20:34
High on life. Too because the first one didn't
1:20:37
do very well and I think people are over the Rick and Morty
1:20:42
thing. Oh yeah, the first.
1:20:45
One only got a 69. It's all about.
1:20:48
Smiling friends, now smiling. Friends so when they make.
1:20:52
Smiling Friends simulator, then we'll talk.
1:20:56
So fooling. Franz don't agree with.
1:20:59
That makes counterpicking. What if?
1:21:02
What if we just counter pick a lot of Knicks stuff and lock
1:21:04
them in? That would be cool.
1:21:07
What are you guys doing? Here, Steve.
1:21:10
What? Do you like to play?
1:21:12
That is a good play 4 of you. Have counterpicks so you could
1:21:16
do it. What is happening?
1:21:18
During the. I.
1:21:20
Don't. Know dude what happened?
1:21:24
At least through. The total wall one, right?
1:21:26
So here's the thing. I, I messaged, I would say,
1:21:29
here's the thing. I messaged Connor and I said you
1:21:31
counterfeit marathon, which now means that I cannot drop it and
1:21:35
then sent him a GIF of Kendall Roy just staring at the camera.
1:21:38
So I was like planning on dropping it.
1:21:40
Now I think I might, I know what I got to do, go on counterfeit
1:21:44
something, give it over to me. I'll try 6 minutes.
1:21:49
A minute. A minute.
1:21:53
Fuck, this is difficult. It really is.
1:21:57
They're all good. Picks like fuck I mean.
1:22:00
Everybody does have a pretty decent spread of good games and
1:22:03
slightly bad ones. God.
1:22:06
Damn it, I'm of course. Not referring to the game of
1:22:08
marathon, I wouldn't know anything about that.
1:22:12
Nothing. At all.
1:22:14
Damn I I just. I feel like this is easy.
1:22:19
And I just. Go for it.
1:22:21
I need points. I'm sorry Alex, I have to
1:22:22
counter pit Jesus Christ. First off, I don't like.
1:22:26
I don't like when you counter pick Jesus Christ.
1:22:29
I don't like. I'm.
1:22:35
So funny I was going to ask if you.
1:22:37
Can pick yourself when I was going to I.
1:22:40
Have to counter pick Jesus. Christ, that's why that's.
1:22:44
Why? To counter pick Jesus Christ.
1:22:47
That's the. One, I'm not going to lie.
1:22:49
Oh yeah, dude. OK, all right.
1:22:52
Damn. A little bit.
1:22:53
This is a bit. Of a toss up for me.
1:22:55
I have two. Don't box me like you fucking
1:22:59
naked. Bitches be nice.
1:23:01
No, I can. No, I can all pick one.
1:23:02
Never mind. Hold on.
1:23:03
What? Hang on.
1:23:05
Box. It in.
1:23:07
I did lock it. In I picked it.
1:23:09
I picked total work where I'm before you were such a.
1:23:11
Fucking it's nice. I was going to.
1:23:13
No, no, no, no, no, no. That was going.
1:23:15
To be my counter pick immediately, I told.
1:23:17
You no denote. I told you no denote no denote
1:23:20
we snake. Until the very end and then we
1:23:22
flip it on the. Ted.
1:23:24
It's not. Coming out this year, I told you
1:23:26
that it is not. Yes, but damn it, wait, See.
1:23:29
Talk about Steve. Is a snake.
1:23:32
Look, he didn't even go for me, dude.
1:23:34
He's telling you to go for me. But he didn't even go.
1:23:36
No, he took. He took the one I was going to
1:23:38
take from him. You're a snake.
1:23:39
Yeah, you just tried to get them all.
1:23:40
Against everybody was. Going to go after that Total War
1:23:42
game. It is like it's not fairly well
1:23:44
known. It's not coming out there.
1:23:46
What was about you pick? He didn't.
1:23:49
Say my. Brother in.
1:23:50
Christ, that was the one I was talking about.
1:23:52
Yeah, no. Oh dude, I picked.
1:23:56
Persona 6. It's funny though, because I.
1:23:58
I made Alex have to keep eye of Jesus Christ out of his fucking
1:24:02
this. He can't drop it.
1:24:07
I'm just coming up this year. You can't drop it.
1:24:09
I fucking counter picked it. It's stuck.
1:24:14
I don't even know, dude. I don't even fucking know.
1:24:19
Double talk. Data counterpick Wolverine I
1:24:21
triple talk to. You no doing that'd.
1:24:26
Be so do it. Do it, Do it, do it.
1:24:28
Don't do that. Don't fuck it.
1:24:30
Don't kill yourself. Oh.
1:24:33
Oh. Good counterfeit.
1:24:35
Interesting. What?
1:24:42
The fuck it in you. Guys.
1:24:44
All right, all right. All right, birdie, birdie,
1:24:48
birdie. You got it.
1:24:49
You birdie. You got to cap it off.
1:24:51
Counterfeit Years of War E day do well, Holy shit.
1:24:53
Counterfeit Gears of War E day, you guys.
1:24:56
What the fuck? Guys.
1:25:00
You guys. I just.
1:25:03
I just went to PBKK. What?
1:25:06
The. Fuck no, I had.
1:25:08
I I was going to pick Total War if nobody else picked it up
1:25:11
prior. It was it was an as soon as he
1:25:13
picked it, I was like, what a terrible pick.
1:25:15
It's going. To be so.
1:25:17
Funny. Dude, I'm.
1:25:19
Sorry, why it's not coming. Out.
1:25:20
Oh my. God.
1:25:21
You didn't believe? Me holy.
1:25:23
Shit. I am in.
1:25:26
All right. I have faith in my.
1:25:28
Shit dude, I am in HE. Says that's God.
1:25:34
This sucks. Being the last counter pick,
1:25:36
that's bullshit it. Really.
1:25:38
They really got you with that? That's crazy.
1:25:40
Yeah, they got you, man, I thought.
1:25:42
For sure I had it on lockdown but no you want to.
1:25:46
Be really ballsy Brody. Counter pick Lego Batman.
1:25:50
No. Yeah, let's not.
1:25:52
We don't. We don't go, I don't think.
1:25:53
So. Two major.
1:25:54
IPS, Batman and Lego. Like the best selling IPS of all
1:26:00
time. Here they are, you have some
1:26:06
decent options. You got you can.
1:26:08
Counterpick Okami too. It'll be pushed.
1:26:12
You got. Light no fire which hasn't been
1:26:14
shown. I was going.
1:26:15
To say, well, Bernie's thinking about it, I think your your real
1:26:18
thing here is that everybody's got pretty decent picks.
1:26:21
The only thing you can really bank on is, is it going to come
1:26:23
out this year? Yeah.
1:26:25
Yeah. Like, no, yeah.
1:26:28
I mean, you maybe pick Halloween the game that's going to be
1:26:30
garbage. Alex.
1:26:34
I've played. Listen, who here has played the
1:26:37
Friday the 13th game? That was very sad.
1:26:40
Iowa. We played it at, we played it,
1:26:42
we played it at the the lounge, right not.
1:26:44
Good. Halloween's a better IP.
1:26:47
Halloween is about that doesn't mean.
1:26:48
It's going to be a better made game.
1:26:50
Oh dude, no. One picked the Hellraiser game.
1:26:52
Holy shit. Because isn't this the one where
1:26:54
Michael Myers can like? Teleport.
1:26:57
I I it's like goofy. I don't.
1:26:58
I hope I. Haven't seen much about it
1:27:00
honestly. I think the game is bakery a
1:27:02
little. He becomes he.
1:27:03
Becomes a mist that can float around the map.
1:27:05
It looks kind of goofy. Two weeks and.
1:27:07
It's what they do in Dead by Daylight, yeah.
1:27:10
Yeah, it's it's. Kind of like that.
1:27:12
Yeah. It it seems more like it's just
1:27:13
dead by daylight, but with eight people on one side and then one
1:27:16
killer, which is kind of cool. Cheers.
1:27:21
There's two games that I'm buying that I, I think will not
1:27:24
release, and Light No Fire is a big one just because we have not
1:27:30
heard anything. Yeah, and there's a lot of
1:27:33
speculation. But.
1:27:37
God, don't lock me. In and.
1:27:40
Gears of War is absolutely the other one that I'm considering
1:27:43
because it was already targeted for late 2026.
1:27:47
It could easily slip into 2027 and still be within the fiscal
1:27:51
year and major deal. But they also have somewhat
1:27:58
recently confirmed that it's still going to release this
1:28:01
year. Not that that means shit in this
1:28:03
day and age, but do you go with? Do you go with the potentially
1:28:08
Microsoft is full of shit or do you go with the game that has
1:28:12
not had news for like 4 fucking years?
1:28:14
You should probably. Go with the news for four years.
1:28:16
Well. If you're asking it as an honest
1:28:19
answer, I don't know, because if it's been quiet for four years,
1:28:22
that might mean they're ready to start making news again.
1:28:24
I know. And that's the problem.
1:28:26
That's. That's.
1:28:27
The thing right it. Could probably go for the
1:28:28
content play it could be. Like content play.
1:28:32
Is absolutely knock Nick. Yeah, lock Nick in.
1:28:35
The fact we didn't see it is problematic at best.
1:28:40
Nicks face. Is not happy about this option.
1:28:43
Gabe, please, please give. Me half life for something dude,
1:28:46
I don't like that. You just did all that just for
1:28:49
Gaben, but whatever after. Saying that after Brody's
1:28:54
counter. Picking me because I didn't
1:28:55
after saying that you. Should counter pig.
1:28:56
Yeah, Brody's like. I mean Catholics.
1:28:58
Also, don't like Jesus? Yeah, they like they, they, they
1:29:02
like Blair Jesus getting this beat up all the time in their
1:29:06
places, dude. Anyways.
1:29:07
It's just, it's just he gets to look like Jesus unto.
1:29:10
The the cat poor. Jesus dude, I don't have a
1:29:12
problem. He's a.
1:29:13
Cool guy you. Got cool one if you want to be.
1:29:16
He listens to if. You want to be.
1:29:17
Fair Brody, you can counter pick something that Connor or Noah
1:29:22
has because they have no counter picks on them.
1:29:25
Shut up, Morgan. No, I'm calling.
1:29:27
That fuck up? No, I'm calling.
1:29:29
Oh my God. Morgan Marathon was.
1:29:31
Stuck with it doesn't mean. Noah didn't take anything that
1:29:36
is going to fail though. Or not.
1:29:38
Come out like all of this shit is pretty, pretty locked in.
1:29:41
Well, no. I think.
1:29:43
Well, mixtape's the biggest one up in the air, but even then it
1:29:47
was supposed to release in fall of last year.
1:29:49
Original resident. I can't imagine it doesn't get
1:29:51
pushed. That control resident.
1:29:52
Also doesn't have a date, but it it is.
1:29:55
Estimated for 2026. I did look that up.
1:29:58
I don't. Know if they I don't think, I
1:29:59
don't think he's. Got.
1:30:00
A big. Dog.
1:30:02
I remedy with Mr. Thank you, Nick.
1:30:04
That's so nice of you. You're welcome.
1:30:06
Is it big? What?
1:30:09
What? Your heart.
1:30:09
You got it. Your heart.
1:30:10
Your my confidence, Yeah. This my confidence sucks.
1:30:13
Not very funny. Very funny what he's talking.
1:30:17
About now, my heart is the. Normal size.
1:30:19
Oh, very good. Oh God damn.
1:30:23
It I was going to take that fucking Total War game that as
1:30:27
my counter pick as the first one.
1:30:30
I was like, easy, it's not even supposed to come out this year.
1:30:35
I do know that. Yeah, no, we pretty much do.
1:30:38
Oh. God, that'd be.
1:30:43
Sweet. It won't.
1:30:44
I know they have. They have.
1:30:47
I'm not shitting on you here, but they have a lot of, as far
1:30:50
as I understand, they're going to have a lot of work to do with
1:30:52
that because they're also going to be allowing, I think they're
1:30:54
going to be allowing you to do space battles too.
1:30:56
I. Understand.
1:30:57
Shut up. OK, man, you keep sitting there.
1:31:05
Why'd? You do that.
1:31:08
Got you where you're at right now episode.
1:31:10
I've got them on the. Ropes.
1:31:11
I've got them on the ropes. All right.
1:31:17
For us, birdie, birdie, birdie. Just be funny and make him have
1:31:20
four games he can't drop. Just be funny.
1:31:22
Don't be funny. Don't.
1:31:24
Don't you be a Sony. No, don't actually, don't
1:31:26
actually, don't actually be funny because he might beat me
1:31:27
up and he can do that because we were together, not.
1:31:31
Going first. Off I would never do that.
1:31:32
It says it's. Not going to come out kidding.
1:31:36
It's like you might not. Be able to I.
1:31:38
Don't know yet, is he still not? Able to drop it if it says that
1:31:40
it won't come out. Yeah, it.
1:31:44
Locks it in. Oh, OK.
1:31:47
Yeah, you. Guys, see, I didn't know that.
1:31:50
I'm literally almost squared up and I'm not even bricked.
1:31:54
So thanks, Excuse. Me.
1:31:57
Yeah, dude. Try to stay hard in the streets
1:32:00
you. Guys, keep me soft.
1:32:03
You made the. Pick and didn't think people
1:32:05
would counter pick you. Just wait.
1:32:07
Dude, you guys are going to be blown away, yeah.
1:32:09
If only somebody had gone over the rules at the beginning of
1:32:12
this twice, once before recording and once on recording.
1:32:17
I. Prefer to go in blind, he was
1:32:19
talking. About you, Yeah, yeah.
1:32:21
You went over the rules. You're right.
1:32:22
Oh my God. All right, I'm, I'm going to
1:32:28
take light. No fire.
1:32:29
Yes, like God. I don't think it's.
1:32:31
Coming out gears is too risky. If it does come out, I lose so
1:32:35
many points, all right. The draft is complete.
1:32:40
From here, you can make bids for games that were not drafted.
1:32:44
However, you may want to hold on to your available budget until
1:32:47
later this year. Guys so good draft this year.
1:32:53
Spawn camp it got. Should we go over?
1:32:58
We will we need to go over these projected points and the reason
1:33:01
why we should we'll we'll talk about we will the.
1:33:04
Standing as it is now, I am going to say.
1:33:06
Though man, this year got a bit punchy.
1:33:12
That's how. Fantasy supposed to be done last
1:33:15
year, didn't. Get that as punched last year.
1:33:16
Nobody. Talked shit except for me and I
1:33:19
was just talking shit to someone that didn't answer back I.
1:33:22
Was talking. It sucked.
1:33:23
I was. Talking.
1:33:24
But this year got very punchy and I love it.
1:33:27
You didn't even check. The chat don't lie, I can't I?
1:33:30
Look at. Nothing.
1:33:31
Shut up that. OK, because you yelled at me
1:33:34
and. Text Shut up.
1:33:35
Shush. I wanted there to be.
1:33:38
Blood. I got what I wanted.
1:33:40
Yeah, you're a. Bit So here's the way we just
1:33:42
hit your desk. The only blood.
1:33:45
That I felt really was you, Steve.
1:33:48
Like I don't out of everybody's turned into counseling.
1:33:54
Out of everybody. Here though, like out of all the
1:33:56
pics that was the only one that kind of pissed me off because
1:33:58
you knew how much I wanted that one and you solely did it just
1:34:00
to piss me off. So like fuck God, but like.
1:34:03
Everything else felt. Everything else felt, you know,
1:34:08
pretty cool. The only thing I hate is that I
1:34:12
I really just picked Marathon to upset Nick, and now I hate it
1:34:15
because I'm locked into it, because I'm gonna take.
1:34:17
Marathon you're. Welcome I.
1:34:18
Just want marathon? You were going to take.
1:34:20
Marathon. You're a fucking.
1:34:22
Cock. I just.
1:34:25
Wanted you to be my asshole. Yeah, no, I got it, Steve.
1:34:29
I got it. I got it.
1:34:29
I got it, I got it, I got it. So.
1:34:33
Let's you want to go over? Yeah, let's.
1:34:36
Where we are now, and because we're going to check.
1:34:38
We also have to run through our lists real quick.
1:34:41
So let's let's go through projected points and you read
1:34:45
through your list as we get to you.
1:34:47
So First off, Noah Rolling Boulder Interactive or sorry,
1:34:51
just Boulder Interactive is projected with 106 points and
1:34:57
this is out of six games. Mind you, the winner won with
1:35:00
150 last year. So yeah, a lot can.
1:35:03
Change there will be people's games will drop for many
1:35:07
different reasons. People will add games or be
1:35:09
counter pick. This.
1:35:12
You know this. Order is not.
1:35:15
Necessarily what it's going to look like in six months, but
1:35:17
it's a good place to start from. But I got we got the fable
1:35:21
reimagining Lego Batman vampire crawlers control resonant Cairn
1:35:28
and mixtape and then counter picked high on life too very.
1:35:33
Good second place projected currently is me with 100 points,
1:35:38
almost 101. My list is Forza Horizon 6,
1:35:43
Phantom Blade 0, Mina, the hollower, Trials in the sky, 2nd
1:35:47
chapter, orbitals and screamer. And my counterpick is light, no
1:35:53
fire. 3rd place. Projected is Evan with Slop
1:35:58
Studios, Yes. Slop studios is projected to
1:36:03
take third with 96.4 points. My games are Resident Evil,
1:36:10
requiem, mouse Pi for hire, marathon, Fuck you Connor, the
1:36:14
Blood of dawn, Walker sorrows, Romeo is a dead man and my
1:36:18
counterpick because it's not coming out this year is Total
1:36:21
War warhammer 4 decay. That is next pick just to point
1:36:25
that out again. Abruptly and awkwardly.
1:36:31
Oh boy, projected 4th place right now is Steve with Electric
1:36:35
Boogaloo Soft. So my.
1:36:39
List is Grand Theft Auto 6 fire. Emblem Fortune.
1:36:44
Steve, sorry. Everybody goes fuck you.
1:36:48
Dusk Bloods, Pony Island 2, Panda Circus, Enter the Gungeon
1:36:52
2 and Well Dweller with a projected 91 points and my
1:36:56
counter pick is Persona 6 which is currently unannounced.
1:37:00
Oh yeah, all right, 5th place your very own Nick with cheese
1:37:05
in your upper lip. Game A projected 80 points, so
1:37:12
my big. Carry here is obviously Marvel's
1:37:15
Wolverine. I also did choose the
1:37:18
unannounced mainline Half Life game.
1:37:19
I'm not going to go into why because you've heard me talk
1:37:22
about it on WAC and beyond ad nauseam.
1:37:25
My next game was Gears of War E Day, followed by Total War
1:37:29
Warhammer 40,000 Counterfeit. We know.
1:37:33
And then there was Halo Combat Evolved Campaign Evolved, sorry.
1:37:38
And then PVKK Planet planet 10 ver.
1:37:44
It's that game with my counter pick being I am Jesus Christ and
1:37:50
and that was Alex's game at swamp ass software.
1:37:53
And I I counter picked it because I just flat out don't
1:37:56
like that guy. Jesus flat.
1:38:00
Out don't. Like that guy Jesus.
1:38:04
Amen. Brother.
1:38:06
Projected at 6th with 75 points is Alex with Swamp S software.
1:38:17
This round I chose Neo 3 Fatal Frame 2 Crimson Butterfly.
1:38:22
I am Jesus Christ Dragon Lord 7 Halloween the game you picked.
1:38:32
God. Damn it, you're Jesus, what was?
1:38:34
The game. And Monster Hunter 3 Monster
1:38:38
Hunter stories 3 twisted reflection encounter picked a
1:38:43
Halo campaign evolved that's a. Wild choice.
1:38:47
I enjoy it. Yeah, I don't.
1:38:50
Know what I think? It was never.
1:38:51
Doing mid right? I've not seen.
1:38:53
Anything or heard anything of this until tonight it's.
1:38:57
Just the entire first Halo game remade in UE5, right?
1:39:01
It's I. Think it's but like.
1:39:03
That's kind of. Sick.
1:39:04
Actually, that's kind of an insane thing to count as 5.
1:39:08
That's what I said. On this just gets delayed to.
1:39:10
Next year, because the release date used to be November 15th,
1:39:13
right? Maybe.
1:39:15
Or hey, I don't know. Oh yeah.
1:39:18
I don't. I don't.
1:39:18
Know it's already out. So.
1:39:21
Yeah, yeah, Bernie thought it was.
1:39:22
I thought it was last. November.
1:39:24
I remember seeing November and I thought it was last year so I I
1:39:27
don't. Remember then, I don't remember
1:39:29
they're going to date, but it was may have.
1:39:30
It was speculated to be November 15th I'm pretty sure and they
1:39:34
got they'll says. TBD.
1:39:36
Yeah, it still says TBD on here. They said it was 2020.
1:39:39
Seven, I think there was like a rumor.
1:39:42
I mean, I can't. Imagine it would take them that
1:39:44
long, but you know I. You surely wouldn't think so.
1:39:50
That's true. 7th. Place with 71 points is Connor,
1:39:54
our winner from last year. He also started with a very low
1:39:57
projection rate last year with Cricket Digital.
1:40:02
So yeah, 71.16 What? The crown.
1:40:06
Oh yeah, sorry. No, you're good.
1:40:13
What the crown? On what the fuck that brown
1:40:15
dude? No, you're.
1:40:16
Good. Oh, you're good.
1:40:18
Thank you. Yeah.
1:40:19
Yeah. Dude.
1:40:22
My first pick was Reanimal, I played the demo of it and it was
1:40:25
great. Second pick was Tales of Fate, I
1:40:29
also played the demo and it was great.
1:40:32
Yoshi and the mysterious book. This is the.
1:40:35
Honestly, I think this is the first I'm hearing that Yoshi is
1:40:38
getting a new game. So Yoshi is a.
1:40:41
Beloved Mario character. So hey, you know Warhammer
1:40:45
40,000 Dawn of War four, I thought I was picking a
1:40:50
different game but I guess I picked the correct 1.
1:40:52
You picked the right. One good job piece of.
1:40:55
Shit. Star Wars galactic racer just
1:40:57
cuz you know, racing and Star Wars that's.
1:40:59
Pod racing. Now this is pod racing, yeah?
1:41:03
That is pod racing also then ended.
1:41:06
On Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, I did pick that
1:41:10
one last year, so hopefully that actually comes out this time.
1:41:16
And then the counter pick was marathon from Evan and him into.
1:41:21
That show, great pick. Love to see it.
1:41:24
Y'all. Hate me and I will remember it
1:41:27
episode. I just wanted the game back.
1:41:28
I just wanted it back. My hate is I've distributed
1:41:33
equally, don't worry but. I'm glad we fucking.
1:41:36
Stole in the first pick Forza Horizon 6 from me because oh,
1:41:40
that's. Crazy.
1:41:41
I'm going to say it. It only took 17 games to get
1:41:43
back to me. Listen, I'm going to say it.
1:41:45
Evan at one point was like, Nick, do you like think possibly
1:41:50
because I got fucked by Rockstar, maybe, maybe I can get
1:41:55
that back for the next round? I said, Bub, I don't think
1:41:58
anyone's going to allow no, I said.
1:42:00
I, I said, I said, I said someone's going to pick it
1:42:03
before me because they they will just want to like.
1:42:07
You wanted it back. I really, I want that.
1:42:08
Basically I I wanted. I wanted to pick it, but like I
1:42:11
I do think that. Sucks.
1:42:12
Like that sucks. I knew it.
1:42:13
Was going to be somebody that would take it.
1:42:15
I thought it would be Brody, but yet of course it was usually
1:42:18
Steve who often backstabs me, so I shouldn't have been too
1:42:22
surprised. You always hang up on me.
1:42:24
Why? Why did we not all just bother
1:42:27
Steve I. I didn't I because.
1:42:29
Because he has. No games that I wanted to
1:42:31
counter pick. Why would I do that, Bully?
1:42:33
Him, yeah. Yeah, because counter picking,
1:42:35
Counter picking is the idea that they're not going to come out or
1:42:38
they're going to be bad, and most of his games are either
1:42:40
going to come out or locking. Him into a rate choice.
1:42:43
There's nothing like Next. Yeah, exactly.
1:42:45
Next year I'm just like whoever. Who counter picked GTA?
1:42:48
6 I want to talk to somebody listen, I'm.
1:42:50
Going to I'm going to stalk Steve in his brain and I'm going
1:42:52
to figure out what games he would pick for 2027.
1:42:55
Ross, it's your turn. I think you.
1:42:58
Counter. Picked the six but you locked
1:43:00
him into that our two wild. Cards here at the end projected
1:43:05
8th place with 64.66 points. Russ.
1:43:10
With Middle Earth scope, yeah. Yeah so Pragmata, Beasts of
1:43:16
Reincarnation, Tomb Raider 1348, Light No Fire and Crimson
1:43:22
Desert. And then for my counter pick.
1:43:35
I could. Have at least a minimum of 81
1:43:38
points. But I was, I'm so excited.
1:43:40
It's a high risk, high reward type of thing, right?
1:43:42
Like it, it really is. Like it might not come out.
1:43:45
It's good, really. Not high reward, actually it
1:43:49
well, it's. Just stupidity.
1:43:50
But it's like. It's yeah, no, you're right.
1:43:52
It's not high reward because he doesn't win it.
1:43:55
There's no reward. It's he, Absolutely.
1:43:56
Loses it but you imagine it so bad though.
1:43:59
Big bowl energy. No reviewed.
1:44:02
It like no. Because I think it's one of.
1:44:04
Those. Things that's like they, they,
1:44:07
they pay for the reviews regardless, it's going to be
1:44:09
good, even if it's filled with bugs or something like that,
1:44:11
right? Yeah, it's going to be reviewed
1:44:13
great. So it's going to be.
1:44:15
Called the masterpiece it will be.
1:44:18
Even if it's not. Yeah, and.
1:44:20
Bringing up the rear, he says he doesn't know what he's doing,
1:44:24
but I think he's he's hustling us. 9th place, 58 points.
1:44:31
Morgan with Nat juice conglomeration.
1:44:33
I fucking hate it so much he said it.
1:44:37
Just named it that just to make you say it, Brody.
1:44:42
Now there's a clip of that on the Internet somewhere.
1:44:44
Hell yeah. Lovely.
1:44:47
My. Pics are invincible verses which
1:44:50
I do not think about until this moment but I think sounds pretty
1:44:54
great and I'm hopeful for its test.
1:44:56
Persona 6 which? Fuck you Steve.
1:45:00
Well, seven first one. Fuck you.
1:45:01
Steve, I want it to. Come out 2X but I don't think it
1:45:04
will this year. I think it will I.
1:45:06
Am holding out hope, life is strange.
1:45:09
Reunion. Persona 4 is the game that's
1:45:11
coming out there. That was.
1:45:12
Going to be yes, but. It's going to be a sneak.
1:45:15
Nobody's going to expect it's going to be.
1:45:17
As Atlas doesn't. Do Atlas doesn't do that.
1:45:21
That's. Funny and then.
1:45:23
High on life 2 and then for my counter pick also fuck you know
1:45:27
and for my counter pick. Is the.
1:45:30
Unannounced mainline Half Life game which I personally just
1:45:36
think is a safe pick because Half Life's never coming out
1:45:39
anymore. Yeah, my.
1:45:42
God, I'm. Mad.
1:45:46
Can I? Can I?
1:45:47
Find out Nick Nick was sitting back in his chair with his arms
1:45:49
crossed like that. He laughed and he was like oh I
1:45:52
have it on good authority from Valve News Network on YouTube
1:45:54
that it is same sent. Me a newsletter.
1:45:59
Charlie Mcgicker. I'll throw myself out here.
1:46:02
I did e-mail Gabe because you could e-mail him.
1:46:05
You can e-mail him and I sent that one.
1:46:07
Word. E-mail, he just said.
1:46:08
Gabe, please, I sent him a. Photo of.
1:46:11
I sent him. A a desperate photo of all of my
1:46:14
half life and I said. Gabe, I just.
1:46:19
Got to know, and if you never fucking do it that's fine, but
1:46:23
will it happen? Also, do you want my Gordon
1:46:26
Freeman puppet for Valve? And then he never responded.
1:46:30
So then I got existential keep. Trying.
1:46:34
It was only a. It was a. 500.
1:46:36
Character e-mail and all it was was the number 3333.
1:46:41
Three win. I only ask of you.
1:46:49
Mr. Gabe Newell, that's the third release of Half Life comes
1:46:53
out for my. Fantasy, Gabe.
1:46:56
Hasn't presents. Himself at your feet, You.
1:46:58
Know we need we. Need.
1:47:00
I'm willing. To be your jester If it means I
1:47:03
get the trilogy I've always wanted, I need.
1:47:05
AI will. Dance like a monkey.
1:47:08
I need a terminally. Ill friend to reach out to Val
1:47:11
Fern. No, stop.
1:47:13
No. Yeah, half.
1:47:15
Life 3 is going to come out and then the babe's going to hit one
1:47:18
into center field for you. I need, I need like.
1:47:21
Like a OK. Grandpa, let's get you to bed.
1:47:24
What is that? What's that one?
1:47:25
Fucking thing Oliver. Put yourself man.
1:47:30
Oliver Twist. Oliver Twist.
1:47:34
I would like. Some more.
1:47:36
Child, yes, I'm going to go. Hey, listen kid, if you don't
1:47:39
want one of these knuckle sandwiches, you'll go to Seattle
1:47:41
until I need. It.
1:47:43
Nick's going to find a kid. With ass cancer and be like hey
1:47:47
listen kid, you want to make 20 bucks?
1:47:49
I don't know what. $20 is you do.
1:47:53
Now Nick is going to be. Nick is going to be.
1:47:57
Walking into the ICU like I'm putting together A-Team I.
1:48:04
Couldn't glomerate the. Bald headed children going to
1:48:07
Valve. I'm busy.
1:48:11
I'll take you to Saint Jude's. Yeah, dude.
1:48:14
I'm going. To grab.
1:48:16
All the if. Your name next year is not kid
1:48:21
kid cancer conglomerate or cancer Kid conglomerate, Casey
1:48:25
King. Oh, is that?
1:48:28
Where we draw the line OK. Oh, that's funny.
1:48:34
Oh my. God, what I said was pushing.
1:48:40
That's funny at the end of the day.
1:48:44
OK. So awesome.
1:48:45
No dude, I think everyone picked awesomely.
1:48:48
This year, I don't know how he's.
1:48:50
Segue out of me telling Valve I'm going to grab a bunch of
1:48:53
cancer kids and send them to Seattle, but we're going to
1:48:57
figure this out. Well, you saved.
1:48:58
By way to. Do that, we'll see you.
1:49:00
In six. Months for the child you.
1:49:01
Say. I think.
1:49:02
I think. I think you just.
1:49:04
Hard cut to wherever before the first word spoken word of cancer
1:49:08
is and you just end it there. I think you just cut all this.
1:49:11
We're raw. Oh well then.
1:49:13
Well, you're well, Yeah, we. Have a reputation to uphold?
1:49:16
Yeah. Oh yeah.
1:49:17
Oh. That's right, that's right.
1:49:18
My bad. We go there, silly meter.
1:49:21
We do go so earlier. You once you.
1:49:24
Once pertained the rumor to that Sony.
1:49:26
Is PlayStation. Was making.
1:49:28
Baby. Skin, yes, and they're.
1:49:30
Putting them on their PS he thinks he.
1:49:33
Thinks that. Liv and Steven Tyler have sex
1:49:36
Liv. Tyler babies that are even.
1:49:38
Turned into PS-5. It's fucking things, dude, we
1:49:42
know that. God damn it, thanks for
1:49:44
listening guys. Anyway.
1:49:47
So. We're going to follow up later
1:49:49
in the year. It came from screen drops.
1:49:50
Don't forget all. Right, we'll find.
1:49:57
Out if Nick gathered enough cancer children, we.
1:50:00
All. You know.
1:50:02
In in due time. We're.
1:50:04
Committed. I'm not fucking backing down
1:50:06
now. I don't want to.
1:50:07
Be I have. I'm not saying that I just I
1:50:12
can't. Anyways, so thank you all for
1:50:15
tuning. Good idea.
1:50:17
I'm proud of yourself. Control.
1:50:19
What do you want? Me to do thank you all for
1:50:21
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1:50:26
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1:50:31
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1:50:34
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1:50:37
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1:50:41
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1:51:24
You, Steve. Yeah.
1:51:27
Everyone. Fighting Pose.
1:51:29
Get ready, you got everyone Fighting pose, so this could be
1:51:31
the thumbnail. Connor, someone's got to figure
1:51:33
out how to clip this. Oh, this is no this.
1:51:37
Is fighting Steve. This is this.
1:51:39
Is. Fighting for sure, we can't put.
1:51:42
A middle finger in the thumbnail, Steve.
1:51:44
Figure it out. Oh, you're wrong.
1:51:47
I got what I wanted. Can I show my?
1:51:49
Feet. Yeah, you show your foot.
1:51:51
Yeah, that's fine. Everybody.