Obviously we all know the shows gone so down hill it’s rare to even have an enjoyable moment in an episode. I used to really like the show because of the the two just being friends and talking with each other, but it’s so stagnant these days.

Arin shares a story or opinion, and has to die on every hill and over explain himself to make himself feel interesting. Dan has a good story or a good starting point and Arin will sometimes straight up just not respond and sit in silence or just a “Oh hey that’s cool ahah, anyway Magic The gathering…” they just aren’t into each other anymore, which is fair after doing it for so long and knowing it’s what pays the bills. But how long of doing the same thing over and over slowly dying before you at least implement so sort of change even if it’s just being more chill.

There’s this vibe more often than not, where they just are absent-minded or distracted/don’t care. They do the bare minimum. TMPH is more I would assume enjoyable to create but they really feel rushed and trying to cram content in and leaving. They are definitely not bad like most of the Lets-plays these days.. Also, they give like a corporate vibe. Often saying oh can’t cuss in the first minute stop doing that, can’t cuss that many times in a row, or oops I hope I didn’t ruin it but saying fuck twice. I know why they do this
, and that they have to, but they could be less fear mongering with it and express actual annoyance and move on. Like if your only making the show because you can’t quit and have nothing else to fall back on then why are you just allowing it to slowly die. They could incorporate more stuff that’s not gaming or power hour, episodes of them reading fanfiction or just chilling and enjoying each others company would be something at least.

i thought it was... fine, not as mind blowing as everyone in the youtube comments seems to think it is. dan's voice sounded incredibly strained in this song, especially around the chorus, to the point where it was a little concerning to me. they tuned and slowed the song down to fit his vocal range, but he was clearly struggling with it. overall, i kinda hope he continues doing covers of songs like this, but he really needs to be taking better care of his voice.

positive note: the animation was lovely as always. long live shoocharu!

It was mostly Kingdom Hearts, Water Park Simulator, and full play throughs of games they played in the past, with a few somewhat scary games sprinkled in. I look forward to Ghoul Grumps every year, but they hardly played any scary games this time.

I enjoyed watching them play faith but honestly the fact half of ghoul grumps was those marathons where they don't play any new games at all but instead use old footage they already shot, not to mention one of the ghoul grumps episode was literally just water park simulator with a pumpkin floating around, I mean it's not that big of a deal obviously but it felt like they really did not give a rats ass this year.

Ain doesnt give two shit about any of you and the lack of Ghoul Grumps proves it

On yesterday's video Arin offhandedly remembered why he's "so stupid today" and it's because he forgot to take medication this morning. Dan questioned it, and he clarified it's for his ADHD, something we already know he has. But it DO wish we had some kind of measuring system to determine what moments in past episodes he recorded when he wasn't on medication, so we can get some context for his actions.

my complements to the chef that new power hour fucking ROCKED loved it!!!!!!

No items. No magic. No abilities being equipped. Very little reaction command usage. It’s like he’s never even played a Kingdom Hearts before.

This new song "Going on a Date" is pretty mid. (its on Spotify if you haven't heard it). Its probably the 4th nsp song about a first date in the past 2 years.

I understand Dan is getting older, and is happily married now, but seriously, what is the point of having a band called Ninja Sex party if there are almost no references to Ninjas, or Sex anymore.

These Nuts was a let down for me. For an album called "These Nuts" almost every song is clean/has no explicitives, and they mention ninjas once in the whole album I think. Compare this to NSFW or Strawberries and Cream and it is a very obvious difference.

Zombie Handjob was the best thing NSP put out since The Prophecy (which isn't my favorite but a really good album) and its almost 100% Brian. If you went to the starbomb live show, Brian and Arin announce they recorded a song without Dan, he didnt want to say the lyrics of the song and "couldn't imagine" himself saying those things. (Im being vague so I dont spoil it for anyone who is going to see the show) its easily one of the funniest things Arin has done in years.

I just find Ninja Sex Party to be mostly boring now. Some jokes land but there definitely arent enough sex and Ninjas. I understand why the change happened, age, marriage, changing views on the acceptability of certain things.

I just dont like the end result as someone who's been listening since 2015.

i went to the chicago show last night for starbomb, and it was a little bit lack luster i feel.
i love the grumps and twrp don’t get me wrong, but the show has got A LOT of bits, and honestly brian was the best out of all of them.
they didn’t do some of their more popular songs (smash, luigi’s ballad) but made sure to include almost every song where they just list things. they also took a lot of time performing stuff that wasn’t even their songs (arin sings the whole “i play pokémon go” song, they did the dk rap to close the encore, there’s a song about not doing drugs they perform with sarcasm, etc ).
has anyone else gone, and felt like some of the song choices were questionable?

who are they

First thing, I think it's actually really funny that they are thrusting into kh2 and Dan will have no idea any of the references to the first game lol.

But the main thing, I feel like a huge part of this game, maybe even 30% of it, is really about enjoying the music of the fights, the levels, etc. I understand game grumps does a lot to not get anything stricken down, but you can trust me when I say they don't have to worry about it with this game with certain things. I have watched several YouTubers and streamers play this and it actually says on the KH game about rules with this.

Essentially, it says that if you are streaming or recording the game, it is fine to play it with the music and everything as normal AS LONG as you are playing the game to play the game. If you are just turning on the game and leaving it on for the music for people to listen to then that's against the rules. The ONLY songs you really need to remove for copyright are ones that are sung (simple and clean, sanctuary, etc.)

Now I know they have probably already recorded a bunch of episodes and are probably just going to be going with it this way forward, it just kind of stinks. And I know a lot of people are just going to say, "if you care about the music so bad, just play it in a different tab while they are in certain places" but that's a lot of side work LOL. I hope they at least do like a royalty free or stock version lofinof the songs so there's SOMETHING there

And don't get me wrong everybody. I know that the big charm of this is going to be Dan's reaction to the game and their game play of it. In the end, the music is not needed for an amazing viewing experience, just pointing out how it's kind of a bummer ya know? Either way. I hope they really enjoy playing it together and Dan has a nice experience!

P.S. how long do you guys think it will take for Arin to actually equip abilities?

Why are they playing Kingdom Hearts? My guess is to attempt to replicate the success of Danganronpa- similar demographic, confusing story, Hot Topic vibes. But Danganronpa repeats things endlessly and has very little gameplay. They also have a different cast each game, so when they forget what happened in the last game, it doesn’t really matter.

KH has a diehard fanbase who will be annoyed when the Grumps inevitably talk over cutscenes and don’t understand what’s happening or who’s on what side. Are they just going to use the Collections to watch the cutscenes? Because presumably, fans would want to see them play the games themselves and then get mad. Also, I’m not sure who will be interested in them watching several hours of cutscenes. It’s just a bad game series for them to play. If they finish the series, it’ll be a slog where they don’t understand what’s going on and check out. If they don’t finish the series, KH fans will harass them to finish it until the end of time.

Deciding to play Kingdom hearts 2 instead of 1 is such a ridiculous decision. Arin could’ve brought Dan through the whole world of Kingdom hearts and he would’ve loved it it would have been such a fun and engaging experience. But now he’s just gonna sit there confused as fuck the whole time while Arin tries to skip over parts of the game

I replied to someone (to be fair somewhat angrily) who was completely throwing Chris under the bus before real evidence came out... And suddenly I'm shadowbanned? The OneyPlays subreddit crew are the only moderators of the subreddit...

Does Chris or someone else on the OneyPlays channel NOT want people defending him for some reason? Now I'm really confused.

Surprised I haven’t seen any posts about Jon’s new let’s play page with the internet historian

That is all

https://x.com/natuandxatuand/status/2105065113602421209

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1wv6qdk/chris_oneil_of_oneyplays_fame_has_been/

i'm genuinely shocked no one here has posted about this yet

Everything is dark and monochrome. I miss their older sets where there was just STUFF everywhere. Maybe it’s a work in progress, but the newer episodes look like they’re filming in a basement.

Edit: I was being judgmental, it’s temporary! Carry on 😅

I already knew he was MAGA but it seems people are just realizing he is. This sucks balls ://

Also before people freak out, I'm not saying "burn him at the stake!!!!"

I'm sharing a topic that came up recently.

Did anyone else lose interest in the grumplocke when they just stopped following their own rules. Like I don’t need it to be a nuzlocke but they had their own set of rules and they didn’t even follow that which made the run feel bad imo. Like why even do the challenge if you’re not gonna follow the rules instead of just doing a regular playthrough?

Arin’s blatant cheating just felt like there was no point in the rules other to say they were doing a challenge. Like it wasn’t even fun to watch because nothing felt like it mattered m, because he could just decide it doesn’t count.

what i mean is what are some playthroughs ya'll have seen where arin either actually engages with the game, or at the very least isn't doing the old "this sucks and i'll make myself angrier as i play" shit he does in like certain playthroughs

i mainly ask because i watched that one katamari reroll playthrough they did (the second one) and it reminded me i used to like game grumps back in the day, and then i watched the tp play through compilation and the kart segment reminded me exactly why i stopped watching their play through's. because arin will go into certain games expecting to dislike them and any issue becomes worse, especially if it involves the actual gameplay.

honestly that's the only time grumps sucked is whenever arin just made his own problems and gets himself even more angry and then dunks on why people would even like X game they're playing. (or yknow in some cases outright play games he thinks already suck. as in like every sonic play through ever they've done.) when it's stuff like that katamari one it's wonderful because he isn't doing any of that.

I just don't believe that he, offscreen, power leveled all his new team to level 60. He complains all the time about how busy his schedule is, but he plays a monotonous children's game on his own time? He's painfully impatient, but he grinded on mid-40s Victory Road Pokemon until he reached level 60 with every team member? They cut off episodes religiously because they don't want to waste content, but he's not going to try to monetize views on the big training montage?

It's basically just like the Fierce Deity Mask thing again. I don't know why he would lie about something so outlandish. In FireRed they handed the game off to someone else to level for them, and people weren't outraged about that. But then again, the nuzlocke is supposed to be a pretty personal thing. If he didn't want to do it, why not just accept the wipe from the last episode? Unless he can't stand being thought of as anything less than an expert at Pokemon, despite constant misinformation throughout.

I am slowly realizing the Nuzlocke has brought out the absolute worst in Arin. It's now indistinguishable from his addiction to gambling games. Arin keeps energetically spouting nonsense while in that forced, tough Brooklyn accent. It's the type of behavior you only hear him do when he remembers something the fans commented on that he hates, and is about to double-down on why HE and only HE is right, like a noisy neighbor, but now he uses that behavior anytime he wants to act happy. Dan, clearly understanding nothing about what he is saying, never calls him out on it, and is subjected to having to just sit there while gathering his paycheck and just nervously giggling in response. The ONLY upside to this series is that the editors seem to be actually putting in effort here. They make original sequences whenever a Pokemon dies. They do the same when Arin introduces his new team. Both of these kinds of edits are nonexistent in any other GG episode.

Google doc just droped accussing him of grooming a 16 year old when he was 22

Link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15VsmMZS8umxDZ7YYT5-Bprjbw_gKFnqUD0UgSn3NlIk/edit?tab=t.0