If so, then it may be that the selling ability of Frog's platform (where Malin, Davis and Baron all launched on to diminished returns over the past month) may be what's going into decline. Why this would be isn't exactly clear; the quality of Frog's livestreams haven't noticeably declined from last year or three months ago (in my opinion anyway). Lateness with All Caps own crowdfunds isn't really a new thing either so I can't imagine that being the cause of an across-the-board diminishment of sales for the CG Kings crew.
The only significant change lately is
Raz0rfist's declaration of the "Iron Age of Comics" and the creation of a parallel anti-SJW youtube comic "movement" pushed by an array of youtubers that before could be described as "CG adjacent", that may well have neatly cut off Comicsgate from the "disaffected from pop culture > supporting industry alternatives" pipeline. And before this is framed as some sort of attempt to foment some sort of division; it's not. It's simply pointing out that the usual source of replenishment of new disafffected comics fans to replace those leaving Comicsgate over the years, the "churn", may be drying up without people noticing or without a course of action. We'll just have to wait and see.
Smiller and Shad chewed over this new 'Iron Age' phenomenon last week:
Worth noting that this 5-hour livestream has pulled in 28K views at time of writing, very much surpassing Frog's recent livestreams, of which only one broke 20K views: an e-fapping of the Frog vs Marks Brooks dorkish slapfight on Well Read Comics.
Although personally I found that shitshow much more enjoyable in its original form, without the Froggot's emotional/intellectual support group on standby to verbally rim his gay arse.
But this magnificent original only has a tenth of the viewers! Poor Well Read, it's a hard life down in those CG slums, with these lords just coming down and bumming you for content, whenever they like. Can't be much fun. But good on him for wrangling those slumming, bumming gaylords into a gaily entertaining slapfight,.
Now, to return to this question of Iron Age vitality versus Comicsgate complacency, I would also like to draw everyone's attention to the respective Youtube channel banners of Frog and Shad, with some of my own analysis underneath:
Here is Frog's - look how shit it is! Looks like absolute shit, fucking Geocities level banner. Fucking crap and shit!
Now look at Shad/Smiller:
See now THIS is a properly done channel banner. Well-placed popout text, sitting right next to the clearly-labeled IGG link, and then next to that he has links to Twitter, Utreon, SubscribeStar and Patreon, with popup text indicating that Utreon is preferred.
So even though Frog's channel has around 25K more subs, the winner of the channel banner fight here is clearly SHAD, by multiple-limb dismemberment and then decapitation! Frog has been absolutely sausaged here, he's been made into sausage and fed to zoo animals.
Brutal! It's a brutal sight, of a terrible massacre, this banner analysis.
But I know what the CGers are thinking right now, they're thinking the same as Literature Devil -
how do I get away from Frog, and into Knights Watch, without Frog having a tantrum and crying and lashing out at me?
Well you fat stupid CG betas, the rules are very simple. There is an audition process to be hired for this hosting position on Knights Watch. LET ME PUT IT IN ALL CAPS SO YOU UNDERSTAND.
There is an audition process to be hired for this position. TO APPLY YOU MUST FILM A SAMPLE VIDEO OF YOURSELF REVIEWING AND CRITIQUING STAR WARS EPISODE 8, THE LAST JEDI, AS AN AUDITION VIDEO. Please attach a link to your video in your cover letter.
I hope that's VERY clear. Some more guidance from Shad:
Presence on Camera and critiquing ability is what we are looking for, don't worry too much about video quality.
You will need to be confident and present well on camera and in discussing and critiquing movies, TV shows and other pop culture.
Experience in editing and camera work is preferred. Would suit an actor, public speaker, film graduate, or someone who has dabbled with YouTube performance. You will be working in a multipurpose position and may be required to assist in various jobs such as setting up and taking down sets. This job would suit a team player.
Apply Now, CG slumdogs!
https://utreon.com/v/HUwd9ZM3Ra2
(But DON'T let Frog find out, for he will surely throw himself into a pillow, wailing and sobbing like a WOMAN if he finds out)
Now I'm sure many kiwis are thinking the same as me:
why would you have a TLJ review, when literally even people as dumb as Jeremy from Geeks & Gamers could see that TLJ was bad? Why not have a TFA review, since only clever people saw that TFA was shit, and dumb people thought not only that TFA was good, but that the whole trilogy was going to be good, instead of complete shit as it turned out to be?
I mean look, I'm not going to spin around in my swivel chair, flipping off the world in 360 degrees while profanely screaming about how I was right, as Razorfist famously did in his TLJ review.
I'm just saying, us real men had quite a different perspective on TLJ and the many crying YT reviews, example here:
