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[[File:SpoilerWarning_8862.jpg|frame|The [[Spoiler Warning]] crew. From the left: Josh/Reginald Cuftbert, You, Shamus, Rutskarn and Mumbles.]]
{{quote|'''Josh:''' Ok, so next episode... Hopefully there will be less [[Accentuate the Negative|rage-filled discussions about how much Bethesda deserves to die in a fiery pit]].
▲{{quote|'''Josh:''' Ok, so next episode... Hopefully there will be less [[Accentuate the Negative|rage-filled discussions about how much Bethesda deserves to die in a fiery pit]].<br />
▲'''Rutskarn:''' I don't know, why change the formula ''now''?<br />
'''Shamus:''' I know; we've got a good thing going here. The worst thing they could do is put a good game now: They'd put us right out of business. |''Spoiler Warning: Let's Play [[Fallout 3]]'' (Episode 20)}}
''Note: This entry has nothing to do with actual [[Spoiler
'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131110232330/http://www.shamusyoung.com/spoilerwarning/ Spoiler Warning]''' is a [[DVD Commentary]]-style [[Let's Play]] group, whose main style consists of deconstructing, analyzing and (in some cases) ruthlessly mocking the plots and characters of the games they play, usually while using a play-style designed to showcase pieces of the game in ways that 'normal' players usually won't see (i.e. by playing the game like it was a tabletop role-playing session and they are [[The Loonie]]). They tend to favour [[Role Playing Games]].
The group (in order of appearance) consists of:
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* ''Randy Johnson'' : The Player for the majority of the [[Mass Effect]] LP (taking over for Josh a handful of episodes in), Randy left after season one was finished. Started the group's now signature [[Chaotic Stupid]] play-style.
* ''[[Rutskarn]]'': Added to the group for the Fallout 3 LP. The group [[Troll]], [[Pungeon Master]], and hipster.
* ''Mumbles'': Added to the group for the [[
* ''Chris "Campster" Franklin'': Added a few episodes into the [[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]] season. Runs the video game youtube series ''Errant Signal'', and provides [[Straight Man]] analysis (and a few jokes).
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* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' (one-episode special)
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
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* ''[[Alan Wake]]''
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* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: The group, particularly Shamus and Josh are harshly critical and will quickly pick on parts of the game that they find frustrating. Though they do point out the parts they like in the games and note that as harsh as they are, they do actually like the games (though in the case of Fallout 3, it's more because the game is fun).
** And then there's ''[[Half-Life 2]]'', [[Inverted Trope|which is practically non-stop gushing]].
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* [[Berserk Button]]:
** [[Idiot Plot|Idiot Plots]] and Railroading pisses them the hell off, with [[Bethesda]] earning a special place for ''Fallout 3''.
** Yeoman Kelly Chamber of ''Mass Effect 2'' in particular is a sour point for Mumbles because [[Name's the Same|Kelly happens to be her name.]] She's also disgusted by [[
** Mentions of Little Lamplight.
** The incinerator in ''New Vegas'' that Josh lugs around for no reason whatsoever.
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** Shamus mentions how "this is what bugs [him] about [game]", then explaining what.
{{quote|'In the Original [INSERT NAME OF PREQUEL/SPIRITUAL PREQUEL GAME HERE]...' (Drink!)}}
** Josh's [[
** Someone mentioning a criticism and Shamus going "Euugh, ''yes''!" and elaborating. Often coupled with "This is what bugs me about X/this game-"
** Someone making a suggestion for Josh to do something stupid, to which Shamus responds "Strongly in favor of."
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'''Rutskarn:''' Hold it, hold it. On the other hand, I actually do have a counterpoint: *ahem* {{spoiler|''Fuck the [[Smug Snake|Illusive Man]], blow it up''!}} }}
** In ''New Vegas'', they also "completed" Boone's quest by having him kill the wrong target (specifically his old friend Manny), telling him that they just wanted to see him die and killing him when he [[The Dog Bites Back|retaliates]]. Later on they said that they didn't want to kill Boone, only wanting to "mess with him" and didn't know that he'd actually become hostile afterwards.
* [[
* [[Cutting the Knot]]: A (un)surprising amount of quests get solved this way, i.e. by horribly murdering the quest-giver.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: All four of them.
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** Not to mention his favourite weapon; the perpetually burning Shishkebab. How anyone manages to stay stealthy with a [[Flaming Sword]] is anybody's guess, but Reginald does it somehow.
** ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' is already Highly Visible Ninja: The Game, but Josh's extremely unsubtle play style and confusion with the controls sure as heck doesn't improve matters. Much lampshading on how tearing off a few posters compensates for his misadventures abound.
*** They finally succeeded at the [[Stealth
* [[Hostile Show Takeover]]: The reason for the ''Team Fortress 2'' episode? The Spy ''sapped the Normandy''.
** Shamus at one point gets sick and can't record for a week during ''Alan Wake''. The rest of the crew treat the event as this.
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* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: The opening for ''ME2'', which features Shepard being blown out of the Normandy while a jaunty jazz tune plays.
* [[Stating the Simple Solution]]: Another trademark is to question overly complicated quest proceedings (which they're Railroaded into) with asking why they don't do the obvious, i.e. commonly kill someone.
* [[Stealth
* [[Stating the Simple Solution]]: Shamus pointed out that the entire reason ''Mass Effect 2'''s plot exist is apparently because ''nobody'' thinks about mining, booby-trapping, disabling or otherwise blockading the Omega 4 relay, since it's the only way the Collectors can enter the rest of the galaxy. Doesn't help that the ''Arrival'' DLC mostly invalidates the point of the relay.
* [[Stupid Evil]]: Their opinion of Cerberus, specifically in how their [[Playing with Syringes|research]] always seems to end up killing more humans than the main villains and never actually produces anything useful in the end. Likewise, they consider The Illusive Man as a [[Smug Snake]] at the very best.
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[[Category:Let's Players]]
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