Internet Bloodsports - Blood for the Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

In the ever turbulent and changing landscape of the Warp, different types of videos are favored one day only to be passed over as unworthy the next. Which Chaos God is in power that day determines who are favored and who are forgotten, like a large brain with neurons that are birthed and old ones that decay with time, activity flows from one segment to the next.​

Yesterday, the Emperor was favored and skeptic videos, created by his Adeptus Skeptardies, were favored.

The day before that, Tzeentch was in power, and shitty let's plays were in favor.​

The day before that, Necoho was in power and obnoxious atheism videos were favored.​

The day before that, Nurgle was in power and shitty vlogs were favored.​

The day before that, Slaanesh was in power and uploads of songs rendered in Windows Movie Maker were favored.​

The day before that was the War in Heaven when good content existed and the Warp wasn't shitty and filled to the brim with a fuckload of daemons ruled over by a pantheon of parasites feeding on the thoughts of copyright holders mortals.

Malal fights to make animations favored, but Malal doesn't even exist.​

Zuvassin has fucked off to the Webway to give his favor to SWF files.​

Today, Khorn is in power and the favored content are livestreams of a collection of numbskulls meeting on the gladiatorial battlefield known only as "Google Hangouts" to fight a screaming match in which the only blood drawn is on a dry throat that has vibrated itself into perforating and the hemorrhaging from the brains of onlookers. These bloodsports are refereed by Khornate daemon princes, most usually Warski, Baked Alaska and Kumite, whom of which never interfere with a match except for when they spot blood pennies on the ground to grub for.​

Behold, the average Bloodsports livestream!

That one was only an, admittedly merciful, twelve hours. But since the Warp runs on nonlinear time where age is impermanent, it doesn't matter how long each of these are really.

Now that we have the entry level shit out of the way, here's your starter pack!​

Spoiler: Starter Pack

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

What the hell? I was expecting a bunch of weird people who get off at bloody injuries in sports, or actual bloodsports, not a bunch of alt-right losers hitting each other over HTTPS with a foam bat.

 

[Feline Darkmage]

Unlocked. Moved to Proving Grounds temporarily. If you don't know what this is about and are confused by the OP, watch this Metokur video

Or read my thread in feedback that explains it somewhat.

 

[WeWuzHeretics]

The entire 40k preamble in OP is cringier than anything on bloodsports, and they have a host that has "must have ridden the short bus" on his dating profile and brought people on who think asians are tools of white supremacy, so congratulations I guess.

 

[Balls McGuffin]

IBS is long overdue for a sub/thread/whatever for the people involved and the notable sperging, but this was rough.

Ditch the Warhammer 40K theme. It works for a sentence or two as a joke, but a whole thread of it is just beating a dead horse. Most people who say "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD" on these streams don't know or care that it's a Warhammer thing. So much time was spent on the gag that it detracts from the topic and most people aren't gonna want to sit through hours-long streams to get the idea.

@Feline Darkmage's feedback thread on IBS stuff was very helpful in nailing down who's involved and what bloodsports is. Some highlights vids from channels like Kronos or American Pride, with links to source material, would be easier to digest instead of getting thrown right into the streams. As someone who initially wasn't all that interested in watching IBS streams, what won me over was watching clips like this one of the Spencer vs. Sargon debate.

You mention Warski, Baked Alaska, and Tonka/Failure, but people outside of those who keep track of the YouTube political commentary spergs aren't gonna know anything about these guys right off the bat. A brief summary/links to other lolcow threads if available would help (i.e. Baked Alaska and JF). Bite-sized introductions to cows who often appear or are mentioned, like Veeh, would also help.

The writing itself could use some polish. Some of the sentences run on in ways that make the thread frustrating to follow. Some of the phrasing is redundant at best, and bloviating at worst. Again, the focus on the Warhammer gag detracts from learning about the autists involved.

Example:
"In the ever turbulent and changing landscape of the Warp, different types of videos are favored one day only to be passed over as unworthy the next. Which Chaos God is in power that day determines who are favored and who are forgotten, like a large brain with neurons that are birthed and old ones that decay with time, activity flows from one segment to the next."

Potential fix:
"In the ever-turbulent landscape of the Warp, certain video genres are favored one day, only to be deemed unworthy the next. Who is favored and who is forgotten is determined by which Chaos God is in power that day."

Anyway, that's my two cents. I love all the bloodsports spergery and think there's potential for a lot more salt and drama, so I'd love to see a good thread on this.

edit: added cow thread links, took out clause in paragraph about grammar

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

I'll try to rewrite the OP sometime today but no guarantees.

 

[YW 525]

Calling it now. This first age of Bloodsports: the Age of Metokur; and it will end as soon as Jim gets bored.

Then Bloodsports will enter the second age: the Age of Desperation.

 

[MidUSA]

Probably.
Metokur really carries the show whenever he pops in.

 

[Juan But Not Forgotten]

Is this thread going to be like this?

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Is this thread going to be like this?

This makes Bloodsports above mockery because why? JF, Warski's cohost, admitted on stream that he was fucking a mentally handicapped girl and he was fighting with the stream chat as to whether or not it was rape.

 

[DavieCrockerJump]

This makes Bloodsports above mockery because why? JF, Warski's cohost, admitted on stream that he was fucking a mentally handicapped girl and he was fighting with the stream chat as to whether or not it was rape.

Was he actually convicted of rape tho?

Since this is a thread about blood sports, I feel we should know a little bit more about hosts.

Meet Tonkasaw, also known as Roby Vio. Former amateur wrestler. Honestly I think the guy is chill and kumite is great background noise. Also wow he's a bit of a skinny fella isn't he?

 

[Done]

Is this thread going to be like this?

Nah, nobody here is really clutching pearls, it's more about concentrating the discussions about IBS (what an acronym btw!) in one place, rather than having things get scattered in multiple cow threads. Also, when tards fight, we get lolcontent, which needs to be archived properly.

One thing that will be hugely important here is x-posting culture, which needs to be instilled quickly, otherwise we run the risk of this thread either becoming a funnel for a lot of dramacows, or going dry because everyone is posting in those threads instead.

I can give an example on this concept: We almost missed the context on a big and great cow crossover (Kurt Eichenwald vs. Rat King) in the Comicsgate thread because x-posting culture wasn't yet in place, it actually took some degree of coordination between me and catparty to keep things organized and up to date in all threads involved.

 

[Balls McGuffin]

I don't know much about Tonka other than that he was a wrestler. I remember Destiny or his fans doxed him a while back. He seems chill overall, and is generally a good foil for the spergs he deals with on stream.

I posted about this in more detail on the Sargon thread (link) because I forgot about this thread, but Andy got hit with a Right-Wing Watch hit piece and he's addressing it on stream with Tonka, Failure, Geekthulhu, and I think Ian Miles Cheong?

Anyway, I think the timing is very convenient considering this is right after him applying for the Liberalist trademark. Some of his old skeptic buddies seem almost gleeful about this on Twitter.

edit: I accidentally a word

 

[Done]

He seems chill overall, and is generally a good foil for the spergs he deals with on stream.

He comes across as a chill guy, but he is capable of going toe to toe with the spergiest fuckers on the net. See the video quoted as it's timestamped and hilarious to behold:

https://youtu.be/6f_1ebJcXVE

I timestapped it. It's around 1:09:00

 

[Juan But Not Forgotten]

JF, Warski's cohost, admitted on stream that he was fucking a mentally handicapped girl and he was fighting with the stream chat as to whether or not it was rape.

And he has thread for it, hasn't he? Is he the only reason? And rewrite OP in a human language, please. I'm not a stranger to WH40k, but even I don't understand what the hell were you trying to say.

 

[Intelligent Calcium]

Might be better off in Multimedia but either way it's a good idea to have a dedicated IBS thread. As it is now, there are more and more posts popping up in semi-related threads (like Sargon's) that don't really belong there, but are interesting to read and there's no better thread to put them. A lot of funny shit happens in these streams but nobody has the time to watch them all so some proper documentation would go a long way in making all that content more accessible.

 

[He Who Points And Laughs]

And rewrite OP in a human language, please. I'm not a stranger to WH40k, but even I don't understand what the hell were you trying to say.

Agreed. The comparisons to Jerry Springer & Opie and Anthony are decent, as IBS is fundamentally just an informal gathering of people, some funny and some not, who are either joking around or screaming at each other. The amount of content and lulz spurred from IBS are impressive. You have the Skeptics™ behaving like the SJWs they've been criticizing for years because the IBS channels don't play by the autistic rules the Skeptics™ seem to think should dictate all conduct online.

It has made a lot of waves, and it seems to be a great way of separating those who just want a laugh from those who think the Internet is srsbusiness.

Personally, I'm a fan of anything that makes me laugh, though my threshold is low. Andy Warski trademarking Liberalists™ and making it about traps, hentai, futa, and principles is comedic gold in my book.

 

[DavieCrockerJump]

Agreed. The comparisons to Jerry Springer & Opie and Anthony are decent, as IBS is fundamentally just an informal gathering of people, some funny and some not, who are either joking around or screaming at each other. The amount of content and lulz spurred from IBS are impressive. You have the Skeptics™ behaving like the SJWs they've been criticizing for years because the IBS channels don't play by the autistic rules the Skeptics™ seem to think should dictate all conduct online.

It has made a lot of waves, and it seems to be a great way of separating those who just want a laugh from those who think the Internet is srsbusiness.

Personally, I'm a fan of anything that makes me laugh, though my threshold is low. Andy Warski trademarking Liberalists™ and making it about traps, hentai, futa, and principles is comedic gold in my book.

Honestly, as someone who finds Andy a bit annoying, I thought stealing the trademark from under Sargon was a stroke of genius (although I know Metokur was behind it)

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

And he has thread for it, hasn't he? Is he the only reason?

The point is that embarrassing shit happens in blood sports, even to the hosts.

 

[GS 281]

Okay guys, were one page in and this thread has been p much nothing but confusion and complaining.

Here is what I suggest: People who know what the heck this is need to give a short, concise description. please dont refer to youtube videos that wont get watched or tweets. This is something people don't know. describe it for them, please. Then, give some examples of content. Keep in mind the attention span of our average user and that anything longer than a tweet is gonna likely go over their head when they have a lack of engagement in the topic. You gotta hook em before they will consume all that media. If you dont know what this is or do not care about the topic of think it is not lol then do not respond. plain and simple.