James Rolfe / James D. Rolfe / Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) / Rex Viper and Cinemassacre / Screenwave - Now with not much grieving about a 41-year old man still making videos on YouTube. We're the balls on the dick.

Which videos do you like the most from Cinemassacre?

  • Angry Video Game Nerd

    Votes: 1,812 63.5%
  • You Know Whats Bullshit

    Votes: 143 5.0%
  • James and Mike Mondays

    Votes: 96 3.4%
  • Board James

    Votes: 441 15.5%
  • Monster Madness

    Votes: 270 9.5%
  • James' movie reviews

    Votes: 90 3.2%

  • Total voters
    2,852
Speaking of balls on dick...

So for whatever reason I was listening to videos about the Five Nights at Freddy's lore (I don't know why either) and just had this random thought that a lot of what I see and hear complained about with FNAF is similar to what I hear about AVGN.

-An indie hit by basically one person (with maybe a bit of extra help)
-Winds up becoming phenomenal to the point where even people outside the niche know about it
-Shines brightly for about a year or two
-Very soon though people start to feel a decline...
-....largely related to the creator taking on too much and maybe becoming "too big for their britches" as the old saying goes (for AVGN this manifests as him making a movie, for FNAF.... take your pick).
-And then both hire outside help which according to damn near everyone just makes everything WORSE (the slobs for AVGN, Steel Wool for FNAF).
-One complaint both have in common is that the new blood has a desire to lean on the past rather than genuinely innovate.

Oh, and both are creators who at one point people assumed were super-genius know-it-alls but which anyone who isn't a dyed-in-the-wool moron will nowaday freely acknowledge was probably just in the right place at the right time with the right idea, but otherwise not actually better than their competitors. Both also started trends that were novel for awhile but now people are sick of.

The moral? James Rolfe is Phone Guy.
 
@skykiii not to disagree with you, as these parallels are indeed real, however there's on big difference: AVGN's fanbase, even at its worst, got nowhere near as horrid as FNAF's. The latter looked (or maybe still looks, just doesn't get as much exposure as back then) like some intentional, unholy fusion of the worst traits of Sonic fags and bronies, covered in autistic Tumblr sauce.

AVGN mostly spread within the audiences it aimed for (video game fans, retro video game fans, people following video reviews), meanwhile FNAF at one point was flooding the Web and leaking into nearly everything. I know, different times and different demographics.
 
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@skykiii not to disagree with you, as these parallels are indeed real, however there's on big difference: AVGN's fanbase, even at its worst, got nowhere near as horrid as FNAF's. The latter looked (or maybe still looks, just doesn't get as much exposure as back then) like some intentional, unholy fusion of the worst traits of Sonic fags and bronies, covered in autistic Tumblr sauce.

AVGN mostly spread within the audiences it aimed for (video game fans, retro video game fans, people following video reviews), meanwhile FNAF at one point was flooding the Web and leaking into nearly everything. I know, different times and different demographics.
Also the FNAF fans turned against the creator after it was revealed of his political donations.
Has AVGN fans turned on him? I'm still not sure about that one
 
Also the FNAF fans turned against the creator after it was revealed of his political donations.
Has AVGN fans turned on him? I'm still not sure about that one
..... DUDE. This thread! Not to mention that subreddit that keeps getting mentioned!

I think Scott got a bigger backlash though because people found out he was conservative, whereas with James its mostly just "he's not as good as he used to be."
 
..... DUDE. This thread! Not to mention that subreddit that keeps getting mentioned!
Not the same. Scott's fans turned on him the second it was revealed that he was a Republican and not because of anything else.

Meanwhile, it took an autobiography to finally get people to accept what James actually is and admit that his channel's downturn is his fault and even then, James as a person is still seen as being nice and all of that. But he is a retard, literally.

There is a difference between fans turning on someone immediately and fans going "ah he isn't as good as what he used to be but I still like him for what he's done" after YEARS of the signs being there
 
Not the same. Scott's fans turned on him the second it was revealed that he was a Republican and not because of anything else.

Meanwhile, it took an autobiography to finally get people to accept what James actually is and admit that his channel's downturn is his fault and even then, James as a person is still seen as being nice and all of that. But he is a retard, literally.

There is a difference between fans turning on someone immediately and fans going "ah he isn't as good as what he used to be but I still like him for what he's done" after YEARS of the signs being there
Don't forget that a lot of fans of Rick & Morty turned against Roiland once he was revealed to be a sex pest during 2015 and a domestic abuser during 2020, despite that there were also fans that jumped ship during season 3. Some fans even claiming that it's nowhere as good as before. But it doesn't matter anyway. Soyboys are soyboys who will still defend their products until they're the last ones left on god's blue and green planet.
 
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As if he didn’t look like one growing up already, Jesus Christ I’m sorry but James gives off proper pedi creeper vibes growing up.
It’s the mustache. And literally as I type it, why does he look like Jerry “The Beaver” Mathers?
..... DUDE. This thread!
This thread doesn’t hate James. We just laugh at the dumb things he does and are disappointed at his content typically not being as good as it used to be. But I have been a vocal advocate for James many times on here. So this place really doesn’t count as a source of hatred for James. TCT does tho.
Soyboys are soyboys who will still defend their products until they're the last ones left on god's blue and green planet.
I don’t really see that as being the AVGN fanbase tho. They’ll admit when something sucks. They just do it in a softer way.
“This episode wasn’t very good.” And shit like that.
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When you notice that it’s 5:40.
But to be serious for a second, I hate that YouTubers have to do shit like this these days and have had to for years. That thumbnail looks idiotic. It’s not really James’ fault because thumbnails where people make that face have been proven to get more traction than others, so I don’t blame people for doing it. But god damn it’s dumb.
 
This thread doesn’t hate James. We just laugh at the dumb things he does and are disappointed at his content typically not being as good as it used to be. But I have been a vocal advocate for James many times on here. So this place really doesn’t count as a source of hatred for James. TCT does tho.
James still doesn't really get hate. It's mostly banter towards him while hating the slobs.
New video of James discussing his passions, Idk how people feel about these, are they just as dry and boring as his current reviews or are they were his knowledge of films really shines?
No one cares about James' opinion on movies. They tune into monstermadness for short film recommendations they can try after seeing everything and/or seeing their popular movie likes discussed briefly.
 
They tune into monstermadness for short film recommendations they can try after seeing everything and/or seeing their popular movie likes discussed briefly.
Except a lot of people turn away from Monster Madness once the Screenwave slobs plagiarized the one critic's 28 Days Later review from 2002.
 
New video of James discussing his passions, Idk how people feel about these, are they just as dry and boring as his current reviews or are they were his knowledge of films really shines?
People enjoy them from what I see.
He’s more passionate about talking movies than he is doing the AVGN videos.
Except a lot of people turn away from Monster Madness once the Screenwave slobs plagiarized the one critic's 28 Days Later review from 2002.
That was Monster Madness 2021. A lot of people seem to have moved on from that for last year’s Monster Madness.


You know, sometimes I think that the slobs enable James.
“Don’t worry about writing James, we’ll handle that. Spend time with your family. You don’t have time for all that writing.”

Cuz James had one if not both of the kids before Slobwave showed up and I don’t remember him bitching about time. Mike pushed him to work harder. I think Mike was forced out by Slobwave. Think about it…Call me crazy but it makes sense to me.
 
that subreddit that keeps getting mentioned
TCT does tho
Slight powerlevel here, I post on /r/TheCinemassacreTruth from time to time. Genuine hostility or hate towards James are very rare here, and the people who spew those usually end up being exposed as trolls or shizos. Once few months there is a thread asking if people truly hate James and the answers are negative. Mean humour doesn't equal vitrol or hate. And if you see people saying that they want Bames to suffer, it's actually a meme here, referencing a quote from his infamous BTS video: "Do you want me to suffer?". The sub isn't a hivemind either, opinions and sense of humour vary between the users. I do agree that some jokes and memes have been already ran to the ground.
 
Slight powerlevel here, I post on /r/TheCinemassacreTruth from time to time. Genuine hostility or hate towards James are very rare here, and the people who spew those usually end up being exposed as trolls or shizos. Once few months there is a thread asking if people truly hate James and the answers are negative. Mean humour doesn't equal vitrol or hate. And if you see people saying that they want Bames to suffer, it's actually a meme here, referencing a quote from his infamous BTS video: "Do you want me to suffer?". The sub isn't a hivemind either, opinions and sense of humour vary between the users. I do agree that some jokes and memes have been already ran to the ground.
I remember when TCT had a purpose. It was a place for people to talk about things that would get you banned on the official server. But now it’s just vitriol and bad memes.
you dumb retard nigger.
how dare you…
 
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The slobs do enable James but I think the issue started years ago and only continued to fester. I don't think Mike was forced out as Kyle left James before the slobs came into the picture.

Regardless of who to blame, James is ultimately the one at fault. He does things in such a boomer way and has no time management skills as he has made being a father an actual job. Considering the AVGN/youtube is his actual job, there is no real reason as to why he doesn't have time other than bad time management and his autism.

I don't blame Mike for ultimately leaving as he can continue being a neet streaming without having to forceably lug around James into doing anything nor does Mike have to do any of the work with making nerd episodes.

People also sort of forget that James is not a gamer at all and has already gone through his bad memory games long-ago. So even without the slobs and Mike, James would need to do the one thing which he doesn't do. He likes talking about movies but even he's shown to not bother with it as he has the slobs doing it for him.
 
I would give anything for the quality of Pre-Movie Cinemassacre again.
A lot of people say now is the worst era of AVGN, but personally I think “during the filming of the movie” era was pretty bad too. That like 2012-2014 period was pretty tough to be an AVGN fan specifically. Although the Tiger Electronics masterpiece episode came out in 2013 and that one has become a top 5 for me.
If you wanna go, we'll do a sword battle tonight
Better yet, I challenge you for the Cinemassacre Heavyweight Championship at Cinemania.
 
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