TGWTG The Spoony One / Spoony / Noah Antwiler and Rachel Baker / @RaeAngel07 - The touching romance between a washed-up videogame reviewer throwing a decade-long pity party and his delusional Canuck stalker. #weaknotsick #donttellmehowtosulk

[Apteryx Owenii]

Spoony is one of those artifacts from the early 2000s which is probably where most of us know him from. Honestly, I never gave a shit about his streaming or anything like that, I found him through his old game and movie reviews when he used to have his own site. I remember thinking the little robot prop he had was quaint and funny, reminded me of MST3k.

I don't think he will ever recover from his years long slump, and even if he could I very much doubt he could compete with todays reviewers given the sheer fact that it would be an impossible task for him to play catch up. His kind of edgy humor is a relic of 15-20 years ago and despite his name recognition, whatever there is left of that, it wouldn't be enough to re-launch a review career.

I honestly don't think he'll go any place but further down the spiral, and he has shown that he is perfectly content to do that.

I think there's a ton of good ideas that have been suggested here but he'd even get some traction going back to the well of his 'greatest hits'- back when he used to play games, actually say stuff and then edit it for entertainment (i.e. his early SWAT plays) rather than zero-effort streaming. Or he could do more counter-monkey vids... except that he probably ran out of stories and doesn't play anymore.

Where there's a will, there's a way. But there's no will. At all.

 

[RJ MacReady]

I think there's a ton of good ideas that have been suggested here but he'd even get some traction going back to the well of his 'greatest hits'- back when he used to play games, actually say stuff and then edit it for entertainment rather than zero-effort streaming (i.e. his early SWAT stuff). Or he could do more counter-monkey vids... except that he probably ran out of stories and doesn't play anymore.

Where there's a will, there's a way. But there's no will. At all.

Well now that Trump's malign presence is no longer restraining him, he'll be able to loiter at his local gas station 24/7 in case Guillermo del Toro shows up, sees his obvious talent and offers him a role in his next movie.

 

[Wilhelm Bittrich]

Well now that Trump's malign presence is no longer restraining him, he'll be able to loiter at his local gas station 24/7 in case Guillermo del Toro shows up, sees his obvious talent and offers him a role in his next movie.

He will loiter at his local 24/7 but for a different reason.

I think there's a ton of good ideas that have been suggested here but he'd even get some traction going back to the well of his 'greatest hits'- back when he used to play games, actually say stuff and then edit it for entertainment rather than zero-effort streaming (i.e. his early SWAT stuff). Or he could do more counter-monkey vids... except that he probably ran out of stories and doesn't play anymore.

Where there's a will, there's a way. But there's no will. At all.

After all this years restarting his YouTube carreer is the same as starting a completely new one. The few thousand views he has would make him not even minimum wage and tbh, the taste of YouTube's viewership has dramatically changed over the years.
Also worth mentioning is that YouTube gaming channels are nowadays counted by the millions, he would be just another drop in the ocean.
He could make it back then because it was a totally new territory and there were just a handfull of gaming related channels, today it a over saturated market and starting at zero and be so successful that you can live of it is nigh impossible.
This ship has long sailed, the best would be he admits that to himself and gets the help he needs and goes of the internet entirely and gets a real job. But it's Spoony so this will not happen and his decline will continue to the point where he is 50 and still sleeps on Miles' couch.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

A lot of people criticize the Lordkat sperg out against Spoony. Look past LK telling Noah to kill himself and look at what he had to say. Noah wants to be a comedian but won't do stand up. He wants to be a movie star but won't move to California. He wants friends but doesn't want to socialize.

It's like Warthog, she wants to be a pro wrestler but doesn't want to wrestle.

Lordkat has some good advice. Just do it. If you want to be a comedian, build a routine and perform it. Don't just whine. If you want to be a movie star, put yourself out there. If you want to meet people, leave the house. It's not that big of a puzzle. If you fail, either give up that dream or keep trying. Noah never even tried. And the result was this.

Internet personalities are getting busted for grooming 14 year old girls. Noah can't get over his relationship for over a year. Just stick your dick in something, bro.

Everyone gets sad sometimes. Noah takes it to another level. When you lose your job, get another. When you get dumped, find someone new.

Or just sit there and blame Donald Trump.

 

[RJ MacReady]

After all this years restarting his YouTube carreer is the same as starting a completely new one. The few thousand views he has would make him not even minimum wage and tbh, the taste of YouTube's viewership has dramatically changed over the years.
Also worth mentioning is that YouTube gaming channels are nowadays counted by the millions, he would be just another drop in the ocean.
He could make it back then because it was a totally new territory and there were just a handfull of gaming related channels, today it a over saturated market and starting at zero and be so successful that you can live of it is nigh impossible.
This ship has long sailed, the best would be he admits that to himself and gets the help he needs and goes of the internet entirely and gets a real job. But it's Spoony so this will not happen and his decline will continue to the point where he is 50 and still sleeps on Miles' couch.

I've never agreed with this notion that Spoony had to be a million-sub megastar or bust. He was easily pulling 6 g's a month circa 2014 between Patreon, ad revenue, etc. and not only was it enough for a comfortable lifestyle for him and April, it could've grown with him.

I think his path was to be a high-tier niche content creator, and that's fine. His potential would've been higher if he treated his life and career more seriously early on, but that's irrelevant now. What he had six years ago seems like a wish from a genie's lamp compared to what he has now.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

I remember when Noah was in a slump years ago. He hadn't done anything in a while and then he came out with his "Minority Report" review. It revitalized his audience and he started going to conventions again.

Noah could easily get back into the groove. Riff a bad movie. Play an obscure game. Tell us a D&D story. Hell, how many people paid to play Cards Against Humanity with him? Charge people to play a one off session of D&D.

Just put forth some effort. Make some videos. Make some reviews. Go to some conventions. Before you know it you will be balls deep in 18 year old cat girl pussy. Noah has the reputation. He has that clout. Use it.

If you aren't going to be internet famous, Hollywood famous, or Comedy Central famous, just get a job.

 

[Mr E. Grifter]

I remember when Noah was in a slump years ago. He hadn't done anything in a while and then he came out with his "Minority Report" review. It revitalized his audience and he started going to conventions again.

Noah could easily get back into the groove. Riff a bad movie. Play an obscure game. Tell us a D&D story. Hell, how many people paid to play Cards Against Humanity with him? Charge people to play a one off session of D&D.

Just put forth some effort. Make some videos. Make some reviews. Go to some conventions. Before you know it you will be balls deep in 18 year old cat girl pussy. Noah has the reputation. He has that clout. Use it.

If you aren't going to be internet famous, Hollywood famous, or Comedy Central famous, just get a job.

I think the reality is that Spoony is just really unwell, and I don't mean his constant made up medical issues either - he's just got a broken brain, and as a result he's just going to wither and die. His family will have to abandon him, or at the very least keep him at arm's length because he would drag then down with him if they didn't.

At this point, he's not interesting - however, seeing what happens to someone if they just "stop" is quite enthralling. It's like a strange experiment in how to ruin your life.

 

[Schmeckel]

It's like Warthog, she wants to be a pro wrestler but doesn't want to wrestle.

But she did basic housework, once. She's pretty much the Canadian John Cena, now.

 

[Person Man]

I think that the talks about the (highly hypothetical, as we know it wouldn't happen) Spoony helping himself, can be divided into 3 subcategories.
Because people throw all kinds of stuff at Spoony. Justly, mind you, but some order might help.
I try to summarize the issues people raised in here into 3 main categories.

1. Spoony's character :
He has sadbrains, he is a narcisist, he denies all help, he has the NEET menality, he is lazy, he won't accept solutions that aren't immediate, he insults his own fanbase, he has TDS, he self diagnoses himself with everything under the sun, he is deluded about his ability as an actor, he thinks he is a badass entertainer, he expects the world to hand him everything, he won't do things unless he is “interested" and is having fun, he has the thinnest skin I've seen on the internet, and his expectations in life are through the roof.
Anything that has to do anything with his other problems (especially what is written in the next points) has absolute 0% chance of impoving until this point is taken care of. This is his problem number 1. "If he only made more videos/get a job" won't happen until he fixes his personality.

2. Spoony's life problems.
He is unemployed. He has no income (the ptreon desn't count), he has huge gaps in his resume, he lost the house, he is in debt, April left him, he is fat and stinks, he eats garbage, he probably has some health problems (you don't get to have Spoony's life style and be perfectly healthy!).

3. Spoony's E-celeb career.
He didn't make a video in forever, his technological tools are old fasioned and he won't learn new ones, his style fits early 2000's, he can't do streams for shit, he ran out of content to make.

There were lots of talks about wether or not Spoony can make a comeback, andit always went back to Spoony having his problem #1. So just to help the conversation move along:
We can ponder about things like "assuming problem #1 is magically cured, can his internet career be salvaged?" Without it devolving into a mash of all of Spoony's problems combined.

 

[mlanguishi]

I think that the talks about the (highly hypothetical, as we know it wouldn't happen) Spoony helping himself, can be divided into 3 subcategories.
Because people throw all kinds of stuff at Spoony. Justly, mind you, but some order might help.
I try to summarize the issues people raised in here into 3 main categories.

Just think, that post has taken more effort than spoony is capable of doing to life on his own. In today's Youtube environment I really don't think what he had is economical anymore.

 

[Mango Unchained]

Seeing what happens to someone if they just "stop" is quite enthralling. It's like a strange experiment in how to ruin your life.

Sort of... The Spoony Experiment

I think that the talks about the (highly hypothetical, as we know it wouldn't happen) Spoony helping himself, can be divided into 3 subcategories.
Because people throw all kinds of stuff at Spoony. Justly, mind you, but some order might help.
I try to summarize the issues people raised in here into 3 main categories.

1. Spoony's character :
He has sadbrains, he is a narcisist, he denies all help, he has the NEET menality, he is lazy, he won't accept solutions that aren't immediate, he insults his own fanbase, he has TDS, he self diagnoses himself with everything under the sun, he is deluded about his ability as an actor, he thinks he is a badass entertainer, he expects the world to hand him everything, he won't do things unless he is “interested" and is having fun, he has the thinnest skin I've seen on the internet, and his expectations in life are through the roof.
Anything that has to do anything with his other problems (especially what is written in the next points) has absolute 0% chance of impoving until this point is taken care of. This is his problem number 1. "If he only made more videos/get a job" won't happen until he fixes his personality.

2. Spoony's life problems.
He is unemployed. He has no income (the ptreon desn't count), he has huge gaps in his resume, he lost the house, he is in debt, April left him, he is fat and stinks, he eats garbage, he probably has some health problems (you don't get to have Spoony's life style and be perfectly healthy!).

3. Spoony's E-celeb career.
He didn't make a video in forever, his technological tools are old fasioned and he won't learn new ones, his style fits early 2000's, he can't do streams for shit, he ran out of content to make.

There were lots of talks about wether or not Spoony can make a comeback, andit always went back to Spoony having his problem #1. So just to help the conversation move along:
We can ponder about things like "assuming problem #1 is magically cured, can his internet career be salvaged?" Without it devolving into a mash of all of Spoony's problems combined.

Dr. @Person Man don't forget these bullet points in your subcategories:

1.1. He has a massive knowledge of many obscure things that were lost in time and weaponizes his Mashable Award/Stream audience counts (formerly) against obvious chat trolls. ("How many watch your stream muthafucka? Oh yeah, my stream is so dead.")
1.2. He is not able to come forward and admit he committed an error, even if it means to dissolve a fricticious situation, proving ironically that he is not smarter than his "opponents" (The Jesu incident) - further evidence is lying to an officer and disconcern about other people's wellbeing while being the culprit (car crash).

2.1. Instead, he clings to subjects that are so far above his (let's say) paygrade, disregarding all the problems you've listed - essentially wasting gray cells and elbow grease.
2.2. He has a pet to care for and prolly neglects her more than we're led to believe. Living in a smelly mansion-sized dump with backyard walkies counts as neglect, yes.

I beg to differ about running out of content to make, his vast knowledge of obscure stuff could lead to him finding forgotten stuff to heckle (Like the Robin Hood/Samurai Zombie Nation/Heroes of the Lance) aka what he's best at. What he ran out of are D&D anecdotes, Reb Brown and motivation to search for suitable things to review.

 

[Kevin Roberts]

Spoony is one of those artifacts from the early 2000s which is probably where most of us know him from. Honestly, I never gave a shit about his streaming or anything like that, I found him through his old game and movie reviews when he used to have his own site. I remember thinking the little robot prop he had was quaint and funny, reminded me of MST3k.

I don't think he will ever recover from his years long slump, and even if he could I very much doubt he could compete with todays reviewers given the sheer fact that it would be an impossible task for him to play catch up. His kind of edgy humor is a relic of 15-20 years ago and despite his name recognition, whatever there is left of that, it wouldn't be enough to re-launch a review career.

I honestly don't think he'll go any place but further down the spiral, and he has shown that he is perfectly content to do that.

After so many hours spending on this thread, I actually started to support Spoony again. No, I didn't become his Patreon, I started to watch some of his older videos. And they are still good, even thou some of them aged poorly. The reason for that is Noah's comedic timing and good mixing of insult and self-deprecation comedy.

But yeah, he is long gone. He wont make any more videos because his fanbase spoiled him or they fear that he will ban them on twitter if they write something he doesn't approve. Not only that, he doesn't respect what is left from his fanbase, brakes promises and takes money from the donations guilt free.

Even if he starts, by some miracle, making videos again, they will expose sad, miserable, low energy, 40 year old slug of a man, who would top any creation by Junji Ito.

 

[theworstkindofeurofag]

I think the reality is that Spoony is just really unwell, and I don't mean his constant made up medical issues either - he's just got a broken brain, and as a result he's just going to wither and die. His family will have to abandon him, or at the very least keep him at arm's length because he would drag then down with him if they didn't.

At this point, he's not interesting - however, seeing what happens to someone if they just "stop" is quite enthralling. It's like a strange experiment in how to ruin your life.

I don't think anyone's brain can be so broken that it's not fixable anymore. Not even Noah's brain. He probably could fix it, if he were to put in the effort. He could go to therapy, get medicated, get a fresh new haircut and leave the house. But that's not happening.

It's not that Noah is unfixable, it's just that he doesn't want to put in the effort to fix himself.

 

[mlanguishi]

Noah's needed a haircut for 20 years, that was a big sign. I'm surprised he hasn't tatted up too. The main thing is he's made himself unemployable. And un-datable after publicly bashing April so much. No female besides the warthog would get within 10 yards now.

 

[Kevin Roberts]

I don't think anyone's brain can be so broken that it's not fixable anymore. Not even Noah's brain. He probably could fix it, if he were to put in the effort. He could go to therapy, get medicated, get a fresh new haircut and leave the house. But that's not happening.

It's not that Noah is unfixable, it's just that he doesn't want to put in the effort to fix himself.

Its not broken, its the mix of narcistical and egoistical behavior, constant showing what a hypochondriac he is and whining for attention. In other words:

 

[Mr E. Grifter]

I don't think anyone's brain can be so broken that it's not fixable anymore. Not even Noah's brain. He probably could fix it, if he were to put in the effort. He could go to therapy, get medicated, get a fresh new haircut and leave the house. But that's not happening.

It's not that Noah is unfixable, it's just that he doesn't want to put in the effort to fix himself.

I disagree, and the reason for this is that Noah probably hasn't ever been in a healthy position.

As far as we can tell Noah has only held down a job for a week. He's a 40 year old man, and his experience of working is below that of the average 16 year old.

Even when he was making videos, he was lazy. He was inconsistent and slow in producing his planned content, and he would eschew this for easier to produce streams and off the cuff rambling about wrestling and DnD.

This indicates to me that Noah has always had severe problems in motivating himself to do anything. Hating work is common, however how many people just curl up in a ball and refuse to do anything. Even the workshy can bring themselves to act when their shelter and food is threatened.

As someone else mentioned above, it is a combination of this with his narcissistic traits and apparent depression that probably make him untreatable. He has no motivation, but he doesn't think he can be fixed so why try as it will be wasted effort. The guys fucked, so either he will end up ruining the lives of his friends and family or living in the streets soon enough.

 

[Kevin Roberts]

Is next month a traditional Spoony thing, punching Christmas Tree time?

 

[Person Man]

Sort of... The Spoony Experiment



Dr. @Person Man don't forget these bullet points in your subcategories:

1.1. He has a massive knowledge of many obscure things that were lost in time and weaponizes his Mashable Award/Stream audience counts (formerly) against obvious chat trolls. ("How many watch your stream muthafucka? Oh yeah, my stream is so dead.")
1.2. He is not able to come forward and admit he committed an error, even if it means to dissolve a fricticious situation, proving ironically that he is not smarter than his "opponents" (The Jesu incident) - further evidence is lying to an officer and disconcern about other people's wellbeing while being the culprit (car crash).

2.1. Instead, he clings to subjects that are so far above his (let's say) paygrade, disregarding all the problems you've listed - essentially wasting gray cells and elbow grease.
2.2. He has a pet to care for and prolly neglects her more than we're led to believe. Living in a smelly mansion-sized dump with backyard walkies counts as neglect, yes.

I beg to differ about running out of content to make, his vast knowledge of obscure stuff could lead to him finding forgotten stuff to heckle (Like the Robin Hood/Samurai Zombie Nation/Heroes of the Lance) aka what he's best at. What he ran out of are D&D anecdotes, Reb Brown and motivation to search for suitable things to review.

I agree with the extra points.
About running out of material, there's some truth to it that Spoony could branch out or search for more stuff. So I'll rephrase:
He ran out of material in his big call to fame series. So he is left with the normal stuff.
He also ran out of content that he has strong connection to from his childhood. Like the Ultima games and games he remembers playing as a kid.

But sure. "video games" in general, reviewing the latest thing he watched/read/play is content that he could have used. So I'll count that as a half point

What do you know! A half point down! Only everything else to go. Spoony is making headway!

Is next month a traditional Spoony thing, punching Christmas Tree time?

If Spoony crashes a u-haul into a christmas tree, it would be the greatest holiday gift to the farm.

 

[FamicomGorby]

So with Dahnald gone, will Spoony realize that his problems were his own making and not Orange Man bad?

 

[Maude Snew]

Of course! That was all that was holding back lots of people on Twitter. Now that it's finally over they can go outside and be pleasant people and gains to society as a whole, maybe contribute to charity, go out there and help promote their supposed ideals in parts of the world that have it really bad. Spoony will save the planet you guys!