Tipping Forties: Difference between revisions

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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.

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.

The guys also made other videos that put a face to the voices. You can find their site [http://www.tippingforties.com here], or watch their videos on [http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler], [http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip], or [http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's YouTube]. There's also their non-LP series, [[Lunch Break]], [http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here] and their Movie [http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=737 High Low]

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=== ''Tipping Forties'' has Let's Played the following: ===

* [[Final Fantasy X]] [http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=11 [link]]

* [[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]] [http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=12 [link]]

* [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]] [http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=12 [link]]

* [[Tales of Symphonia]] [http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=16 [link]]

* Fugitive Hunter - War on Terror [http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=17 [link]]

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* [[Cherry Tapping]]: In [[Tales of Symphonia]] the 40s unintentionally do Forcystus in with Colette's Pow Hammer (seen [http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=203 here], around 21 minutes in). Their reactions to this are great.

* [[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.

* [[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.

** No love (hate) for Kimahri? They hated him so much that they planned to finish off the final boss by having him use Self-Destruct. Of course, being drunk, they sort of forgot.

** No love/hate for Raiden either? Repeated wishes for his death all throughout the Let's Play didn't really give the impression that they liked him. It doesn't help that the 40s enjoy logic, while Raiden makes literally none.

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

** [[The Napoleon|Small Ronso]] for [[Final Fantasy X|Kimahri]].

** [[Toilet Humor|Poop]] for [[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots|Akiba]]

** [[Toilet Humor|Poop]] for [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|Akiba]]

** [[Totally Radical|Rad]] for [[Tales of Symphonia|Kratos]].

** Old Kentucky for [[Summon Magic|summon spirit]] [[Tales of Symphonia|Corrine]].

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* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: Benson is terrible at singing [http://tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=254 The Offspring]

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: [http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=145 Napdunk.]

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* [[Naming Conventions]]: The first video of an LP is named The [x]ing Game. For instance, [[Final Fantasy X]]'s first episode is named [http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=7 The Crying Game] [[The Crying Game|(yes, that one)]].

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: From Shenmue: [http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=308 "HEY MISTER!!!"]

* [[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.]]

* [[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.

{{quote|'''Alex:''' "bandunk's pretty sad that he died to a gecko." }}

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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: The aptly named [http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/61/ Fuck Bandunk], by both the other Forties and [[Something Awful|the thread]].

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

* [[We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties]]: [http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=88 Dreb Ja Vu,] a rerecorded episode of [[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]] because Ryan forgot to check to see if they were recording. Curiously enough, they posted the [http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=256 audio] because Benson felt the story about [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|clowns]] had merit.

* [[We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties]]: [http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=88 Dreb Ja Vu,] a rerecorded episode of [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]] because Ryan forgot to check to see if they were recording. Curiously enough, they posted the [http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=256 audio] because Benson felt the story about [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|clowns]] had merit.

** [http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=211 The Sheena Shuffle,] where half an episode of commentary was lost due to dead batteries.

** [http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=19 Here], too. They recorded a whole week of [[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|Golden Eye 1997]] without any game audio, so they rerecorded and released the audioless ones as [[Missing Episode|Lost Episodes]].

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** 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 [[~~Play Station~~ 2]] would crash the game every time they got a game over.

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

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: [http://tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=422 Bandunk decides to play the game his own way.]

** 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.