TGWTG Linkara / Lewis Lovhaug - HMMMMMMM? (Dead Gay Muppet Gangbang)

[Mystery Spy]

If you look at the show, it's easy to see where the money went. Power Rangers toys, statuettes, trade paperbacks he bought after buying the individual issues, and cheap costumes he got scammed into paying more for. Liz once said the old apartment had an extra bedroom for his comic collection, so he had even more on top of the book case behind him and the one in the living room. The Viga came in and that money stopped being used for that shit and went to her.

I was going to say the numbers didn’t add up, and was I suspecting Lewis was likely being cheap, until you mentioned Viga. I wouldn’t be surprised if a large chunk of his savings went into paying her failed art education. I do buy a large chunk of that money was wasted on college tuition. The fact Viga quit twice and still draws like a Deviant art 15 year old weeb just puts more salt into the wound of how much of a waste of money that was.

With what you guys have mentioned, it’s possible Lewis might had been on the million dollar range of total earnings when he was in his prime (because Doug was one of the biggest YouTubers and he had his scraps).

Still, I wouldn’t discount the possibility that Lewis has some savings he is not telling us, and, like most YouTubers, loves to e-beg, and pretend they are poorer than they really are. Like DSP.

But I do concur with the consensus that his numbers haven’t been extraordinary for a long time. $34K a year is not starving numbers by any means. But extremely poor for big youtuber standards. By estimates he is on the low what an average Joe would earn in a typical office job. But his fame and relevancy are rapidly declining every year. So I doubt that even that will last as long as he thinks it will.

 

[MisterBee]

I was going to say the numbers didn’t add up, and was I suspecting Lewis was likely being cheap, until you mentioned Viga. I wouldn’t be surprised if a large chunk of his savings went into paying her art failed art education. I do buy a large chunk of that money was wasted on college tuition. The fact Viga quit twice and still draws like a Deviant art 15 year old weeb just puts more salt into the wound of how much of a waste of money that was.

With what you guys have mentioned, it’s possible Lewis might had been on the million dollar range of total earnings when he was in his prime (because Doug was one of the biggest YouTubers and he had his scraps).

Still, I wouldn’t discount the possibility that Lewis has some savings he is not telling us, and, like most YouTubers, loves to e-beg, and pretend they are poorer than they really are. Like DSP.

But I do concur with the consensus that his numbers haven’t been extraordinary for along time. $34K a year is not starving numbers by any means. But extremely poor for big youtuber standards. By estimates he is on the low what an average Joe would earn in a typical office job. But his fame and relevancy are rapidly declining every year. So I doubt that even that will last as long as he thinks it will.

around 2010 I believe he had a puff piece written about him at his local newspaper and around them he boasted an income of at least $70K a year.

https://www.presspubs.com/shoreview...cle_d4f6e6f5-6a20-515f-8445-bdd172df1546.html

“The videos are currently my primary and only source of income,” he said. And while they’re not making him “super-ultra-rich,” he noted that the revenue stream is more substantial than you might guess. In the second quarter of this year, he earned $18,000 before taxes.

2019 was his tax stream where he revealed he owed $7K+, which got us the income figure of $32K a year. If we take this by face value, his income HALFED in 9 years.

So when his fans are the audience, he's almost broke, he needs milk money! $200 a year(approx $17 a month) is something he plain can't afford.

But when his detractors are his audience, he's never been better! Look at all these superchats he's getting! Hey, he had an $800 bump one month! He's on cloud nine!

I think the DSP comparison is becoming more and more apt. When will Lewis start doing game streams saying once he reaches certain goals he'll put on the hat?

Also, his numbers of views were also halved versus back then too.

The show’s tone isn’t at all mean-spirited, though. Lovhaug even goes out of his way not to use the worst swear words, making him something of an anomaly among freewheeling online pop-culture reviewers. His critiques are funny and thoughtful, and as a result, thousands of people — he estimates 40,000 to 60,000 unique viewers — tune in each week to watch.

Now? His vids are around 30k, with some notable exceptions cracking 50k.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

If Lewis was willing to mine it, he could get years' worth of content out of it, but he won't because he's too much of a pussy and afraid of being called Alt Right for it.

The New New Warriors with Fatty Backpack hero, Snowflake/Safespace and Internet Gas boy would be a prime target for endless mockery and as I understand it some of it leaked out.

A real reviewer would cover that just because of the noteworthyness of it.

 

[Mystery Spy]

One of Lewis biggest faults as a creator is that everything he makes has to please himself first, and if others happen to enjoy it that‘s just a happy accident.

It wasn’t an issue at first , for his YouTube channel, because he tends to like extremely normie popular mainstream things like Power Rangers, and Star Trek. But in the long run, his selfishness has put him behind all big name comic YouTubers.

He doesn’t make any of those obviously profitable video ideas because it’s what his audience wants, but not what he wants.

 

[LaughJoke2.0]

The New New Warriors with Fatty Backpack hero, Snowflake/Safespace and Internet Gas boy would be a prime target for endless mockery and as I understand it some of it leaked out.

A real reviewer would cover that just because of the noteworthyness of it.

That was so bad even most SJWs disowned it. I think some thought they were being punked by it but sadly not just an attempt at virtue signaling.

 

[Neodanthril]

I'm surprised he created gunpowder in the boys to mock judge dredd

Generation x is the generation with a chip on its shoulder. Never has there been a more cynical and bitter people. Everything and every one MUST be taken down a peg at minimum. The why doesn't matter, it just has to be done. Every gen x-er thinks they are George Carlin: Intelligent, Nihilistic and with a Wicked Sense of Humor.

 

[TheAmbiguousLurker]

Even so, did not a single one of them pipe up and say “Yo Doug! We need something to eat and drink.” or did they just quietly sit and brood like a pouty teenager instead of trying to solve the issue. Doug can be dumb, but I don’t see him as malicious. Almost guaranteed if somebody had brought it to his attention his response would have been “oh shit! My bad! Sorry guys!” and made a food run. Did none of these grown ass adults think to themselves, okay there’s nothing to eat or drink, sucks but I’ll go get myself something then like an adult would.

This was such a petty non-issue people made a mountain out of.

All of their problems with Doug specifically seem to follow the 'Bitch wants a mind reader' logic. "We have a problem with Doug." "Doug can probably solve it if you tell him about it." "I don't want to solve the problem, I want to brood!"

 

[Falcon Sebben]

Back on Blip he peaked at around 60k a video, occasionally breaking into the 100k mark, and stayed there for about five or six years.

A lot of that was due to him being on TGWTG. He was never a big draw but people would show up for the latest Nostalgia Critic review and then watch Linkara or some other producer. Once they left the site they had trouble staying relevant. But Lewis has done better than some others. E-Rod still hasn't broken 15K subs and struggles to get more than a couple thousand views on his videos even a year later.

That was so bad even most SJWs disowned it. I think some thought they were being punked by it but sadly not just an attempt at virtue signaling.

It was so much fun while it lasted though because there were people who were defending it for being so inclusive and I wish it had actually gotten to print before being put away. Lewis would have been for it, at least in public, because he needs to be.

All of their problems with Doug specifically seem to follow the 'Bitch wants a mind reader' logic. "We have a problem with Doug." "Doug can probably solve it if you tell him about it." "I don't want to solve the problem, I want to brood!"

And the funny thing is Doug wasn't even the man in charge. He was just the face. Rob, Bhargo and Mike were the ones in charge.

Doug was just the easiest target.

 

[A Grey Cat]

Even opl Chris, who tries and fails everytime to become a streamer, wether it's his laughably bad stream of uncharted or his boring as hell stream of minecraft.
Manages go pull in numbers despite no longer having the same appeal he had pre barbgate.


Lewis's streams could improve if he got out of his autistic bubble and did more than pokemon or star trek games nobody remembersor cares about. I think he recently streamed a play through on new vegas which while not intentionally trying to cash in on the show has that appeal going for it.

Then of course there's that smug, arrogant belief that his content is just fine the way it is. Yeah the guy who promised an event comics month didn't even get the first episode out till the month was almost over, that's real quality there Lewis, totally worth peoples time amd effort and by extention money.

 

[PixarsTedKennedy]

I'm around the same age as Linkara and I can't imagine not having a retirement plan ready to go. Shit stressed me out once I hit 35 and realized I didn't want to be working past my 60s at the latest. Youtube sounds like a good idea when you're young, but unless you're making Pewdiepie money, what happens when you age out? I guess you end up on food stamps living in a project somewhere.

 

[A Grey Cat]

what happens when you age out?

Again people like Lewis, doug and to some extent a lot the CA old dogs don't like to acknowledge "aging out" as a thing. I'm pretty sure people like Lindsay and e rod were told by their parents "it's just a phase and you'll have to work a real job someday." And the major reason they still do this stuff even if they can barley hold a supportive fantbase is just to spite their Boomer parents who didn't think (or realize) that "danged blasted internet." Would become a place where if you at least know what you're doing you might be able to live off it and or some neetbux programs.

 

[MisterBee]

Even opl Chris, who tries and fails everytime to become a streamer, wether it's his laughably bad stream of uncharted or his boring as hell stream of minecraft.
Manages go pull in numbers despite no longer having the same appeal he had pre barbgate.


Lewis's streams could improve if he got out of his autistic bubble and did more than pokemon or star trek games nobody remembersor cares about. I think he recently streamed a play through on new vegas which while not intentionally trying to cash in on the show has that appeal going for it.

Then of course there's that smug, arrogant belief that his content is just fine the way it is. Yeah the guy who promised an event comics month didn't even get the first episode out till the month was almost over, that's real quality there Lewis, totally worth peoples time amd effort and by extention money.

The Fallout streams were well before the Amazon series launched, and was also incidentally when the 'Oneyplays incident' occured. Which is... oddly, why those streams, more specifically that one episode, has higher than usual streaming numbers for Lewis.

 

[A Grey Cat]

The Fallout streams were well before the Amazon series launched, and was also incidentally when the 'Oneyplays incident' occured. Which is... oddly, why those streams, more specifically that one episode, has higher than usual streaming numbers for Lewis.

Huhhh odd coulda sworn he uploaded some recently must have either been a re-upload or I'm just getting the dates mixed up.

Point is Lewis refuses to review the boys invincible or anything that could capitalize on what's "in" right now either cause he refuses to read it (the boys) or cause he artistically refuses to move on from star trek, DC, pokemon, and his little niche bubble.

That's why despite being older, Doug manages to one up him. Doug, and by extention his crew make videos that try to capitalize on current trends. The only times Lewis tends to review something even remotely relevant it's often cause someone on patreon pays him and fast tracks him into talking about it.

 

[Mystery Spy]

Again people like Lewis, doug and to some extent a lot the CA old dogs don't like to acknowledge "aging out" as a thing. I'm pretty sure people like Lindsay and e rod were told by their parents "it's just a phase and you'll have to work a real job someday." And the major reason they still do this stuff even if they can barley hold a supportive fantbase is just to spite their Boomer parents who didn't think (or realize) that "danged blasted internet." Would become a place where if you at least know what you're doing you might be able to live off it and or some neetbux programs.

Their parents were 100% right.

A full-time YouTube job makes sense for Youtubers in the million range of views and, at the very least, hundreds of thousands of views. They are making a lot more than a real job would give them

When Felix, Mr beast, and even lower tier youtubers like h3h3 or Doug, get too old, if they were smart, they should have savings in the million dollar range. Lindsay won't have any issue because, as much as his feminist side loaths to admit it, she is a housewife. All that Patreon money is just extra money for her.

Which is why most sane people only do this as a hobby, or on the side of a real job

Everyone else, will be hit hard by reality once it's over. People like Erod and Linkara. But specially Erod. He is one of the few ex -CA youtubers that are even less popular than Linkara. With no savings, and no job, they will be lucky to be in retail.

 

[LordofCringe7206 Vol. 2]

I was going to say the numbers didn’t add up, and was I suspecting Lewis was likely being cheap, until you mentioned Viga. I wouldn’t be surprised if a large chunk of his savings went into paying her failed art education. I do buy a large chunk of that money was wasted on college tuition. The fact Viga quit twice and still draws like a Deviant art 15 year old weeb just puts more salt into the wound of how much of a waste of money that was.

With what you guys have mentioned, it’s possible Lewis might had been on the million dollar range of total earnings when he was in his prime (because Doug was one of the biggest YouTubers and he had his scraps).

Still, I wouldn’t discount the possibility that Lewis has some savings he is not telling us, and, like most YouTubers, loves to e-beg, and pretend they are poorer than they really are. Like DSP.

But I do concur with the consensus that his numbers haven’t been extraordinary for a long time. $34K a year is not starving numbers by any means. But extremely poor for big youtuber standards. By estimates he is on the low what an average Joe would earn in a typical office job. But his fame and relevancy are rapidly declining every year. So I doubt that even that will last as long as he thinks it will.

I think millions of dollar range is little too much. I figure out best he was maybe pulling in between the 50-60 grand range since he got started on TGWTG. I feel like if he was making more he would have acted differently.

 

[Mystery Spy]

I think millions of dollar range is little too much. I figure out best he was maybe pulling in between the 50-60 grand range since he got started on TGWTG. I feel like if he was making more he would have acted differently.

I am basing my estimations on what people are saying so I could be wrong. I agree it's probably too much.

But it's not that far fetched either. I will just point out that youtubers love to e-beg and lie about their income, and savings. A lot are more wealthy than they let on. I doubt Lewis is the exception. Take h3h3 e-begging for lawyer fees while buying a 9 million dollar mansion and starting a clothing company for one.

Viga's college tuition should have dented his savings a lot too

Edit: Don't forget we are talking Linkara in his prime. Blip was paying generously, Doug was one of the biggest youtubers etc.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

This is such a non-issue.

I assume he didn't notice that, since he seems to be under the impression that it'll affect everyone despite that not making sense.

I'm around the same age as Linkara and I can't imagine not having a retirement plan ready to go. Shit stressed me out once I hit 35 and realized I didn't want to be working past my 60s at the latest. Youtube sounds like a good idea when you're young, but unless you're making Pewdiepie money, what happens when you age out? I guess you end up on food stamps living in a project somewhere.

He's the type who doesn't want things to end so I can easily see him doing this in his seventies.

In the past, Lewis has said he's planning on keeping the show going until it's no longer profitable, but considering his other projects that were money sinks like Lightbringer and Revolution of the Mask, which he only stopped because Viga was eating into his funding, I bet he'll keep doing the show when he has to move back in with his parents and get a real job, just doing it as a side gig because it's still the most successful thing he's ever done.

He'll probably get the house when his parents die and live there, doing the show until he too passes.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

He'll probably get the house when his parents die and live there, doing the show until he too passes.

And the history of Power Rangers will not be completed. What would he review by then?

 

[MisterBee]

I am basing my estimations on what people are saying so I could be wrong. I agree it's probably too much.

But it's not that far fetched either. I will just point out that youtubers love to e-beg and lie about their income, and savings. A lot are more wealthy than they let on. I doubt Lewis is the exception. Take h3h3 e-begging for lawyer fees while buying a 9 million dollar mansion and starting a clothing company for one.

Viga's college tuition should have dented his savings a lot for one.

Edit: Don't forget we are talking Linkara in his prime. Blip paying a lot, Doug being one of the biggest youtubers etc.

We have his prime earnings, from the 2010 interview, he said he was making 18k a quarter, or 70k a year. We have the chatlogs where Liz said Lewis was paying Viga's rent and college loans when Viga and Lewis started dating.

We have his earnings in 2019 from his tax figures of $7.2k that year, which gets us $32k a year.

This is, of course, taking Lewis at his word that the $7k he begged for was for emergency taxes, and not part of the downpayement for his $250k house he got a mortgage on the following year.

Also, him turning off his PO Box and Vimeo is very telling. Vimeo is about $17 a month($200 a year) and the largest PO Box in Minneapolis is $50 a month. If he was making $20 off the Vimeo per month, it was worth finding some way to keep it running.

As for the PO Box, how many years has he been ending videos saying where people can ship comics or gifts to him via his PO Box? How many old tweets, how many website posts? Turning his PO Box off, having a gap in his PO Box running, then getting a new PO Box causes an insane amount of issues with people shipping him stuff to review. Not to mention those shitty 3D prints he sells on his site. Without the PO Box, what will he put as his return address? His home? lol.

His fiannces are in such shambles that an operating cost of less than $70 a month, to earn $2.5-$3.5 a month, is too much for him. What the fuck is he buying each month?

 

[Carlos Thin]

What the fuck is he buying each month?

VIGa