39,327
edits
Deadliest Warrior/YMMV: Difference between revisions
update links
m (revise quote template spacing) |
(update links) |
||
Line 8:
** As a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Trope Namer]], when demonstrating the exploding cigar, the CIA expert quips, "Sometimes a cigar is ''not'' a cigar."
* [[Game Breaker]]: {{spoiler|Spartan's shield (382 kills PLUS a strong defense); Shaolin Monk's Hook Swords (566 kills; more than ANY weapon ever).}}
** The halberd, the Knight, Vlad the Impaler, and Hernan Cortez'<ref>His was a Spanish variation called the Alabarda</ref> mid-range weapons. It devastated it's target in every test and was one of the few weapons to consistently dominate in the sim. {{spoiler|The one time it lost was when it was up against the Pirate's Blunderbuss, it's most effective firearm.}}
** In the game, the new DLC warriors look set to become this:
*** The Shaolin Monk has a just plain ridiculous damage output. A simple 3-hit combo can take half of the health from a ''knight in fullplate''.
Line 27:
** The claim in the first episode that Gladiators were specially trained to kill set the show on the wrong foot for some, since they were much closer to being very... ''aggressive'' actors--actual execution in combat was much rarer than pop culture made it out to be.
** The "IRA versus Taliban" episode also provoked a fair bit, with people accusing them of glorifying and/or exploiting terrorism. Since [[No Such Thing as Bad Publicity|there's no such thing as bad publicity]], the show embraced the controversy and advertised the episode as "the most controversial episode yet."
*** However, every time they returned from commercial break, it came with a disclaimer denouncing both of their policies. They even made a donation that helps civilian victims of landmines.
** Host Max Geiger stated that the show would not attempt a Ninja vs Pirate episode because of this very reason.
** One of the most frequent pasttimes of viewers is to post reviews/responses on [[YouTube]] that critique various claims made by the show, some attempting to debunk and others just ranting for some time.
Line 52:
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Many fans are claiming this over the [[Everything's Deader with Zombies|Zombies]] vs. [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampires]] 'fantasy' episode.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Slings, to many of the fans. Not as much as seige/artillary weapons though.
** Max Geiger was, at least for the first two seasons, allowed to weigh in on tests, give the edge to weapons, and give commentary on simulations and tests. The ''data-entry drone was treated as an expert.'' Combine this with his horribly unprofessional dress sense (appearing on the Aftermath several times in...questionable at best attire and once even with a blatantly-unshaven neckbeard) and his corny jokes, and his removal from Season 3 was mourned by few.
** American warriors are becoming such, due to their constant winning streak ever since Spetsnaz VS Green Beret--a couple people are even accusing the show of having an American bias. [[Take That, Scrappy!|This is made fun of]] in the Aftermath of Theodore Roosevelt VS Lawrence of Arabia, in which the director wonders if he should include an X-Factor called "Being American". And then Geoff cracks that, [[Biting the Hand Humor|being Canadian, he has no American bias]].
* [[Squick]]: The Viet Cong's punji sticks were literally ''smeared with shit.''
** [[Truth in Television]] combined with [[Combat Pragmatist]]. It's a cheap way to ensure the sucker that steps on them gets an infection that'll require extensive medical treatment, instead of a simple puncture wound that could be dealt with by a field medic.
Line 70:
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Deadliest Warrior]]▼
[[Category:YMMV]]
| |||