TGWTG "Nostalgia Critic" / Doug Walker, Rob Walker, Mike Michaud, Mike Ellis, Holly Christine Brown, et al - The Incompetent Predator-Protecting Upper Management of Channel Awesome, Doug Still Not That Funny

@MarzGurl admit it, you knew about JewWario all along didn't you

I put her in the category I put most of them. Probably had heard rumors. Enough to make sure they were never alone with Jewario when he was alive, and simply sordid gossip once dead. But never knew or thought much of the reality until actual victims showed up that they couldn’t deny. And they discovered friends that knew. They cry sexual harassment so often that they don’t even believe it themselves anymore, at least until they see the real thing.
 
The JewWario shit was only revealed accidentally, and everyone is now getting their "OH I DIDNT KNOW!" or their "I DIDNT WANT TO TELL BECAUSE IT WOULD HURT THE VICTIMS" or their "FFFUCKING GAMERGATE MADE ME STAY SILENT!" stories in order, and praying that it doesnt blow up in their faces and cause more dark secrets to come spilling out

I'm actually extremely pissed at this. No matter how much they REEEE at gamergate or claim "b-but we didn't know!!" a majority of them knew damn well what was going on and not only did they try to keep the victims silent so as to not ruin their public reputation but they also allowed JewRapeo to attend cons and gatherings and to interact with many, MANY female fans who could be potential victims.

They all like to spew the "The Walkers are complicit" bullshit but when it comes to jew wario being a rapist they not only kept silent but also treated him as an innocent soul and elevated him to such a high status after his death that his victims couldn't come out (and to some extent still can't. None of them have revealed their identities)

My sympathy goes out to Justin's widow, and all of Justin's victims. They're innocent in this situation and his victims especially deserved better treatment than "uuuh we were just protecting you from gamergay!! Please dont snitch on us!!"
 
I've seen a few youtube drama videos years ago. Literally people talking about drama, directly adressing shit they were a part of. I recall TheGamingGoose doing one of these where you could actually hear the guy cry towards the end (I think he was part of some gaming website that never got off the ground).

So, I wouldn't put it past Channel Awesome to have a video where Doug tries to make himself and his associates look innocent, with some legit crying to get some sympathy on him (even though we all know why he'd really be crying). If they actually follow through with the video, that is. We're in for a real treat if they do.

Malcolm and Tamara just haven't been around enough to have the context needed to make a proper video weighing in on what's happening as a whole that isn't about their own experiences, plus they're on the payroll. It's going to be a biased hot mess because of it.

Doug seems to genuinely love what he does to some extent (even if he's not that great at it,) so the reality of it possibly being ripped away from him is going to add fuel to the trash fire.

Edited for wording.
 
I'm actually extremely pissed at this. No matter how much they REEEE at gamergate or claim "b-but we didn't know!!" a majority of them knew damn well what was going on and not only did they try to keep the victims silent so as to not ruin their public reputation but they also allowed JewRapeo to attend cons and gatherings and to interact with many, MANY female fans who could be potential victims.

They all like to spew the "The Walkers are complicit" bullshit but when it comes to jew wario being a rapist they not only kept silent but also treated him as an innocent soul and elevated him to such a high status after his death that his victims couldn't come out (and to some extent still can't. None of them have revealed their identities)

My sympathy goes out to Justin's widow, and all of Justin's victims. They're innocent in this situation and his victims especially deserved better treatment than "uuuh we were just protecting you from gamergay!! Please dont snitch on us!!"
Nothing, I repeat NOTHING arouses my contempt more than these kinds of hypocrites. They spend years preaching their virtue and fanatically attacking anyone they deem to be problematic/toxic/whatever solely because they disagreed with them or were somebody/part of a group that was trendy to hate in their clique, and yet when push comes to shove they will happily enable or even engage in all the disgusting shit they accuse their enemies of, and when exposed they do nothing but claim its the fault of the eeeevil outgroup and that they themselves are pure.
 
I'm actually extremely pissed at this. No matter how much they REEEE at gamergate or claim "b-but we didn't know!!" a majority of them knew damn well what was going on and not only did they try to keep the victims silent so as to not ruin their public reputation but they also allowed JewRapeo to attend cons and gatherings and to interact with many, MANY female fans who could be potential victims.

They all like to spew the "The Walkers are complicit" bullshit but when it comes to jew wario being a rapist they not only kept silent but also treated him as an innocent soul and elevated him to such a high status after his death that his victims couldn't come out (and to some extent still can't. None of them have revealed their identities)

My sympathy goes out to Justin's widow, and all of Justin's victims. They're innocent in this situation and his victims especially deserved better treatment than "uuuh we were just protecting you from gamergay!! Please dont snitch on us!!"
TL;DR: "It's okay when we do it!"
 
Unlikely, but it'd be a pretty intriguing ending to this whole amazing fucking saga that a lot of people aren't expecting right now.

The ending I’m hoping for:

> the walkers get a lawyer and attempt to get control of the Nostalgia Critic IP away from michaud
> they fail
> they leave the site and go back to being janitors or whatever
> michaud attempts to lisp his way through a Nostalgia Critic episode himself
> the NC fans collectively have an :autism: meltdown so hard it actually registers on seismic activity monitors
> the site shuts down the next day
> repo men find michaud dead in his apartment 3 months later, laying in front of his xbox and surrounded by empty Doritos and Mountain Dew containers
 
Nothing, I repeat NOTHING arouses my contempt more than these kinds of hypocrites. They spend years preaching their virtue and fanatically attacking anyone they deem to be problematic/toxic/whatever solely because they disagreed with them or were somebody/part of a group that was trendy to hate in their clique, and yet when push comes to shove they will happily enable or even engage in all the disgusting shit they accuse their enemies of, and when exposed they do nothing but claim its the fault of the eeeevil outgroup and that they themselves are pure.
This is precisely why it made me so angry. These people were going on a moral crusade against gamergate, starting shit over political views and in general, preaching social justice when they've been shielding a rapist for years and essentially doing what the #MeToo movement has been fighting against. Whether or not you support social justice or metoo is a personal opinion but their hypocrisy is just infuriating either way, especially after reading what the reddit victim said. That jane doe person was just harassed with texts as far as I'm concerned (and her "i'm mentally 16" thing reeked of bullshit) but the girl on reddit was drugged and raped and these little troglodytes hid it for years.
It's especially jarring when Obscurus "the walkers are complicit" Lupa and Lindsay "im a proud feminist fuck gamergate for being sexist" Ellis probably knew but didn't say shit
 
So by show of e-hands, who actually watched You Can Play This! back when it was still up and running? I personally didn't, but I'm honestly curious to hear from any of you who considered (or even still consider) yourselves fans of his.

I'd imagine it's like the Bill Cosby or the Jared from Subway situation, only on a smaller scale and even more autistic. Regardless, it must really, really suck to try to go back to something you loved while trying to ignore that tainted image in your heads that's bad to think about but deep down you know will never leave. :( (:_(
 
Nothing, I repeat NOTHING arouses my contempt more than these kinds of hypocrites. They spend years preaching their virtue and fanatically attacking anyone they deem to be problematic/toxic/whatever solely because they disagreed with them or were somebody/part of a group that was trendy to hate in their clique, and yet when push comes to shove they will happily enable or even engage in all the disgusting shit they accuse their enemies of, and when exposed they do nothing but claim its the fault of the eeeevil outgroup and that they themselves are pure.
This is precisely why it made me so angry. These people were going on a moral crusade against gamergate, starting shit over political views and in general, preaching social justice when they've been shielding a rapist for years and essentially doing what the #MeToo movement has been fighting against. Whether or not you support social justice or metoo is a personal opinion but their hypocrisy is just infuriating either way, especially after reading what the reddit victim said. That jane doe person was just harassed with texts as far as I'm concerned (and her "i'm mentally 16" thing reeked of bullshit) but the girl on reddit was drugged and raped and these little troglodytes hid it for years.
It's especially jarring when Obscurus "the walkers are complicit" Lupa and Lindsay "im a proud feminist fuck gamergate for being sexist" Ellis probably knew but didn't say shit
"The kind of evil that doesn't realize that it's evil...is the worst kind there is." - Weather Report on Pucci
 
So by show of e-hands, who actually watched You Can Play This! back when it was still up and running? I personally didn't, but I'm honestly curious to hear from any of you who considered (or even still consider) yourselves fans of his.

I'd imagine it's like the Bill Cosby or the Jared from Subway situation, only on a smaller scale and even more autistic. Regardless, it must really, really suck to try to go back to something you loved while trying to ignore the tainted image in your heads that's bad to think about but deep down you know will never leave. :(

At this point I don’t think anybody can look at a 40 something man wearing a Mario hat and doing his best Mr. Rogers “I’m the nicest guy on the planet” routine while hanging exclusively with the teenagers and not see all sorts of red flags and warning bells.
 
The ending I’m hoping for:

> the walkers get a lawyer and attempt to get control of the Nostalgia Critic IP away from michaud
> they fail
> they leave the site and go back to being janitors or whatever
> michaud attempts to lisp his way through a Nostalgia Critic episode himself
> the NC fans collectively have an :autism: meltdown so hard it actually registers on seismic activity monitors
> the site shuts down the next day
> repo men find michaud dead in his apartment 3 months later, laying in front of his xbox and surrounded by empty Doritos and Mountain Dew containers
> Guru Larry makes the occasional throwaway joke about the whole thing on Fact Hunt.
 
What would the IP actually cover? Could Doug theoretically make videos exactly the same as they are now, but without wearing the costume, and without using the name "Nostalgia Critic" anywhere?
It's possible that he'd have some sort of non compete clause in his contract that would bar him from doing videos for some predetermined amount of time. He'd also probably have to ditch the hat, the tie, and the glasses. Look for the Reminiscing Reviewer in 2019.
 
To be fair to some of the former CA producers/staff, I don't think most of the smaller contributors to the doc were aware of JewWario's true colors. Like Dr. Gonzo, for instance, and his story about Michaud refusing to greenlight the tribute video he wanted to make in memory of him. The dude was pretty much a nobody on the site (which, of course, is saying a lot), so he didn't really have that much to lose. Even the bigger ex-producers who helped write the doc didn't/don't seem to know who the fuck he was/is.

As for Holly, I can kind of understand why she kept it a secret for so long, if only because it was sort of in her as an HR/PR person to keep dark secrets like that. But as for people like Allison, Kaylyn, Lindsay, and Lewis? If they weren't in on it, I hope they come to terms with the fact that their side is just as flawed as the people they're fighting against. But if they were? Fuck 'em, they can be thrown to the wolves for all I care.
 
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