Tipping Forties: Difference between revisions

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'''Kuvo:''' He's still an asshole. }}

 

 

They also enjoyed making [[Let's Play|Let's Plays]].

Originally a team of three gents named Ryan, Benson and Michael, they started out on the [[Something Awful]] forums under the handles Kuvo, topiKal and bandunk, respectively, with a let's play of [[Final Fantasy X]] which gained some popularity. Following that up with an additional let's play of [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]] and adding Alex (a.k.a. Marvelis) to the team, they came into full-swing... until the beginning of the [[Final Fantasy X-2]] Let's Play, where Marvelis bailed out.

 

 

 

* [[Final Fantasy X-2]] [http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=30 [link]]

 

 

* [[Accidental Pun]]: Asking for a rain check while talking about a date with Raine.

* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: In what amounts to being possibly one of the funniest moments of the LP; Shenmue episode 30 concludes with Bandunk explaining (at length) his best and worst experiences concerning the various porn that he has watched over the years.

** It got so bad that {{spoiler|they ''started over'' with the old format. And Marvelis [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|bailed out]], so it's even more like the original FFX run.}}

*** Ryan admits this in the final ''so what did we learn'' of the Final Fantasy X-2 LP - and rather graciously takes full credit for the whole situation.

** Ryo lets out a [[Big No]] in the first episode of their Shenmue LP, which is lampshaded by Benson.

{{quote|'''Benson:''' "Damn, that was a big no!"}}

* [[Book Ends]]: Final Fantasy X was their first LP, its sequel was their final one.

* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: Bandunk is always the most noticeably drunk at the end of each session.

** Ryan seems to have taken to being the most noticably drunk in the ''middle'' of a session, although this may just be because of his drink choice.

** Kuvo groaning, "Thanks, ''Game!''" when it turns out [[Guide Dang It|the player must do something absurdly unintuitive to proceed]].

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: While wandering around in New Vegas, bandunk managed to find a Lucky 38 VIP Keycard and states that he knows what has to do. {{spoiler|Upon confronting Mr. House, rather than doing any quests for him, he uses the Keycard to instantly gain access to the Control Room, where he [[And I Must Scream|deactivates him]], thereby cutting off an entire ending before he even started.}}

{{quote|'''Benson''': "Hammer Brothers RULE!"}}

* [[The Chew Toy]]: Despite the Forties hating every game they've played in general, some characters manage to be at the forefront of their hatred; Tidus from [[Final Fantasy X]], Otacon, Johnny AND Sunny from [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]], and Presea from [[Tales of Symphonia]]. The latter is probably the queen of this, inspiring mocking or anger every time she even speaks.

** For [[Fallout: New Vegas]], none of the Forties like Cass, due to her not being interesting to them. Benson also hates Boone, and calls for his death more than once.

* [[Critical Existence Failure]]: The end of the life of their copy of Final Fantasy X-2 after they all unanimously agreed it was one of the worst games they had ever done a Let's Play of.

** The friggin' X-button in ''Final Fantasy X-2''...

* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: The ending of the Mario Party 5 LP.

* [[Every Episode Ending]]: [[An Aesop|So]] [[Broken Aesop|what]] did [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle|we]] [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|learn]] [[Central Theme|today?]]

* [[Fan Art]]: They've generated quite from the SA forums, ranging from [[MS Paint]] humor to actually decent pieces to even music. Check the [http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/ffx/ LP Archive] of [[Final Fantasy X|FFX]] for a good amount of it.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: More than a few.

** [[Heavy Metal Umlaut|Rüsty]] for [[Final Fantasy X|Tidus]].

** '''Melancholic:''' Alex (Marvelis)

** '''{{color|green|Phlegmatic:}}''' Mike (bandunk)

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Ryan likes to sneak in references, like [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|ancient dentistry]] and [[Resident Evil|Jill sandwiches]], to see if he can get them past Benson, who hates those.

* [[Griefer]]: Everyone at every possible moment in [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]], which is par for the course.

** Taken to its logical conclusion in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', where they manage to get ''the protagonist'' addicted to alcohol eight episodes in.

* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Used to great effect during the [[Final Fantasy X]] LP, such as naming Tidus "Rüsty" right off the bat, and eventually giving increasingly creative names for the Aeons, such as naming Anima "{{spoiler|YOUR MOM}}" and the Magus Sisters "STOP", "CRYING" and "FAGGOT" respectively.

* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: What the gang thought that the fight with {{spoiler|Kratos}} was even though that fight is doable, just difficult. {{spoiler|Yggdrasil is a straight example though.}}

* [[Hype Backlash]]: [[Final Fantasy X]] and [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]] are very popular games...that don't get much love from the Forties. [[Shenmue]], to a certain extent, gets this as well; despite being a [[Cult Classic]], the Forties don't particularly like it.

** Averted with [[Fallout: New Vegas]]. the Forties agree that, apart from the numerous bugs, it's still a fun game.

* [[Is It Something You Eat?]]?

{{quote|'''Benson:''' *Slaps a guard with the same face texture as [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Dr. Doak]].* <br />

* [[Leitmotif]]: Mr. Roboto for Presea and [[Forrest Gump|Bubba's shrimp list]] for the Wonder Chef.

* [[Let's Play]]

* [[Memetic Badass]]: [[Final Fantasy X|JECHT]] IS THE BEST!

** STOP BEING A FAGGOT [[Fan Nickname|RÜSTY]]

* [[Memetic Molester]]: The Forties turned Zelos into this. To be fair, a lot of [[Fanon]] does too.

* [[MST]]: The style of the LP's. The guys drink while playing bad/silly games and make fun of what they see and each other.

* [[Musical Episode]]: What episode 17 of the [[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|Golden Eye 1997]] LP became at the 17 minute mark.

* [[Non-Action Snarker]]: bandunk tends not to play, at least in [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|MGS4]] and [[Final Fantasy X|FFX]], choosing rather just to lampshade and snark at-will. At one point he just hands his controller to Bandunk's Wife to get her to play Raine so he could take a [[Accidental Pun|rain check.]]

** Unprecedently broken for the New Vegas LP, in which bandunk takes the wheel. He's not particularly good at it.

* [[Robot Girl]]: The Forties turned [[Tales of Symphonia|Presea]] into this, even though she's just an [[Emotionless Girl]] in canon.

* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: What the [[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|Golden Eye 1997]] LP is based around. At the start of every mission they would impose a [[Audience Participation|fan-submitted restriction]] on the player.

* [[Serious Business]] / [[Stop Having Fun Guy]]: Alex, especially seen during the Mario Party LP.

** Everyone in the New Super Mario Bros LP.

{{quote|'''bandunk:''' They're all creepy! All of them.}}

** Episodes featuring [[Slash Fic]]:

* [[So Bad It's Good]]: They consider Fugitive Hunter: War On Terror to be this.

* [[So Okay It's Average]]: The gang's opinion on Tales of Symphonia.

* [[Special Guest]]: [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Bandunk's Wife]] and Silent Roommate. Since episode 79 of [[Tales of Symphonia|ToS]], Benson's Girlfriend.

** Silent Roommate is starting to not be so silent.

* [[Title Drop]]: Done in reverse; the Forties, after saying a particularly funny or ridiculous quote, will often mention that that will be the title of the video. Most of the time, it does.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Many times the T40s team will get lost (mostly in Tales of Symphonia), and end up in a place where they don't need to be ''at all'' and will spend a good twenty minutes there before realizing they need to be somewhere else. This is particularly infuriating when ''it is blatantly stated where the next important location is in the dialogue.'' This is a good source of rage to those who are familiar with the game.

*** Although to be perfectly fair, the Forties often do this as a result of being very, very drunk, thanks to their sadistic viewers. The above video is also the best example of ''that'', too.

** During ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'' the group is fighting a trio of Blue Orbs. Assuming [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|Blue means ice]] (when it actually means water), they try fire magic. When that doesn't work, the group doesn't know what to do, despite the fact the Orbs constantly cast water spells. They died two or three times in that one fight. Even after finally winning, one of them complains about fire not working.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 2. The Forties are certainly not very nice to each other. Of course, that's part of the fun.

** Notably in their New Super Mario Bros. Wii LP, where they all deliberately try to fuck over each other any chance they get, but they still laugh about it.

{{quote|'''Benson:''' He John Woo'd!}}

** Seen even MORE frequently in their [[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|Golden Eye 1997]] let's play. They even made a drinking game where the current person playing has to drink every time an enemy action rolls.

* [[That One Boss]]: The forties have encountered a number of these; Seymour Flux and {{spoiler|Yunalesca}} in [[Final Fantasy X]], Ocelot from [[Metal Gear Solid]] 4 (partially due to the control system unique to that fight), and <s>Sylph</s> the Wind-chicks from [[Tales of Symphonia]].

* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: Marvelis is showing a lot of this in Fable II. Fallout: New Vegas also had quite a bit of this.

** A bit of a [[Running Gag]], too; just replace Bandunk with the name of whoever's massively screwed up that episode.

** During episode 19 of Shenmue, the Forties noticed and commented on a problem with the controller... and then their save file got corrupted. Kuvo bought another controller and spent 6 hours playing through the entire game up to the point where it happened to avoid [[Schedule Slip]].

** During episode 7 of [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]], Bandunk's Wii Remote died on them. We then got to see Alex and Benson going to Target for a new one.

** At the beginning of episode 11 of [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]], the audio got really crackly and sometimes died. Kuvo said that he would fix it. And fix it he did.

** During Final Fantasy X-2, Kuvo's beaten-up [[PlayStation 2]] would crash the game every time they got a game over.

** To elaborate, one accidental trip to H&H Tools lead [[Non-Action Guy|Bandunk]] to formulate the happenings in the video above, much to everyone's surprise.

{{quote|''Bandunk'': Hi! I win! Yaay!}}