Pat's Mom vs Barry - A discussion on TBFP and GameGrumps.

[Bells]

funny thing about Jim Steerling is that i dislike his shows at the Escapist, however, his appearances at the Escapist Expo made me like the guy a whole lot.

I just really dislike his act, but the person seems to be super fun and charismatic and a good sport even...

[Doc ock rokc]

TBFP is my favorite out of the two. Don't get me wrong Game grumps can make for some hilarious moments but Matt and Pat know their best work is unscripted natural reactions to the game while The Grumps seem to "come up with" lines before they say it.

I will say this though each of the two are best when they are in a poorly made or just plain bad game. I finished TBFP Eternal Darkness the other day and I was thoroughly entertained. Grumps Play through of Sonic 06 is chocked full of gold material. They are both really really good at doing spontaneous jokes and they both fail utterly at the scripted humor...problem is that Grumps keeps trying to script themselves.

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by Doc ock rokc

I will say this though each of the two are best when they are in a poorly made or just plain bad game. I finished TBFP Eternal Darkness the other day and I was thoroughly entertained. Grumps Play through of Sonic 06 is chocked full of gold material. They are both really really good at doing spontaneous jokes and they both fail utterly at the scripted humor...problem is that Grumps keeps trying to script themselves.

It's weird that I have the exact opposite impression of whose material is more 'scripted.'

That being said, holy shit, the Grumps are dumb. Dumb as rocks. I love them and all. But SPICY, Grumps. SPICY IS A WORD.

[Aldurin]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

It's weird that I have the exact opposite impression of whose material is more 'scripted.'

That being said, holy shit, the Grumps are dumb. Dumb as rocks. I love them and all. But SPICY, Grumps. SPICY IS A WORD.

Watch their full playthroughs already, because as far as this debate you're talking about a very different TBFP.

And yes the Grumps are dumb to the point that I'm now skipping '06 episodes where they'll clearly burn their time running in circles in the same area. The big annoyance is that they don't acknowledge their idiocy, where Matt and Pat relentlessly call out each other on that and they know how to talk without moving the character in circles. I still remember when I played '06, and NOTHING that they've done so far is as much of a brainfuck as the Grumps are trying to make it out to be.

[Ramary]

Originally Posted by Aldurin

I still remember when I played '06,

Why.

[Aldurin]

Originally Posted by Ramary

Why.

I don't know, nobody I've talked to has given a medication strong enough for me to forget.

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by Aldurin

Watch their full playthroughs already, because as far as this debate you're talking about a very different TBFP.

I started yesterday. So far my opinion hasn't changed.
(But then again, my opinion of TBFP has always been positive.)

[Magus]

I thought the Game Grumps running around in circles failing to achieve anything was the point?

[Bells]

There are quite a few people that do what the Grumps do, that is.. to play a game without learning it first and quite often skipping prompts and text and then not knowing what to do...

TBFP has had it`s moments of that, but they actually bother to try and be good and learn the game as they play.

[Aerozord]

I think part of the reason I like TBF is because they are the same niche of nerd as I am. They reference a wide variety of things from early simpsons, adventure time, homestarrunner, various anime, heck even egoraptor. So its the same type of humor I like the most. This is also why I dont find their work all that scripted. These are the kinds of talks and tangents I usually go on when I'm with my own friends.

Oh and I wanted to share the video that got me watching their stuff in the first place