Actually the final eclipse of the gunt.
*"Total eclipse of the shart..."
Also I completely agree with you. The no contest plea and new penis compensator are like the intake of water before the tsunami hits. Meigh's family seems at least a little more mentally functional than the Vickers and avoids the internet so they should have a much easier time suing the shit out of him. If they are smart they will try and get in before Vickers goes for their cut.
He's on his last network, he's not looking to good before a court, his audience is waning and his feeders are all tired of him biting their hands.
There are a few other big factors in all this I haven't really seen anyone else bring up yet, though.
The first is streaming in general is a younger generations game. Gunt is getting up there in age and what was bad ass and fighting against for some cause now looks like some sad bastard clutching at glory days. If he can't reinvent from nearly the ground up every few years within a given market he's dead in the water.
Secondly its not only his health declining but his mind as well. Gunt doesn't read, gunt doesn't try to educate himself past headlines generally. Along with the alcohol and illicit drugs his mental decline is going to advance more and more rapidly to the point which he'll need medication just to avoid naturally having another Pillstream.
While his outlet isn't dead yet, every next event marking another step in his decline is going to make more and more people take steps further and further back until he super nova chimps one day and even the pay pigs find new pastures. I think a huge sign of this starting is Metokur going on Gators show.
My guess is he hasn't ever had any major issue with Gator but didn't want any connection to Ralph. At this point though it's gotten so far that the only thing fucked up about the Gunt is Gunt and that Gator is as much on the outside looking in as everyone else. Ralph is such a shutshow Jim feels comfortable enough believe that the general public just knows Ralph is his own bullshit black hole regardless of anything else around him and can now just move on with things like Gator without being swallowed up into the swill.
I think that's a huge sign of what's to come. The community see Ralph as something to pity or a nuisance and not any type of threat or worry. Hes being written off in real time. Within just a few months its been Rekieta literally shouting how he MADE Ralph, Warski on attack, Jim acting without any regard to Gunts feelings and many more.
Hes become that sad, fat, ugly kidding always trying to hang out with the cool crowd and being made to punch himself in the nuts for their enjoyment. Knowing that has got to burn way more than any insult and will sure as hell hit the gas pedal on the addictions when the time comes.