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[Shieldman]

Listening to the Mortal Kombat video. Who is this Chase guy? He's pretty annoying.

Chase is a low-tier gaming youtuber / failed voice actor that got shat on by Mauler on one of his earlier videos and they became friends. He has a couple of good videos.
He's usually annoying, loud and a bit childish but I kinda like him. During the MK video he said something along the lines of "I can't believe you guys trash anime and think this is cool" and you could feel the rest of the crew recoiling because he was dead on.

https://twitter.com/ChaseFaceShow/status/1395901670077386752

 

[Anchors-Away]

Chase is a low-tier gaming youtuber / failed voice actor that got shat on by Mauler on one of his earlier videos and they became friends. He has a couple of good videos.
He's usually annoying, loud and a bit childish but I kinda like him. During the MK video he said something along the lines of "I can't believe you guys trash anime and think this is cool" and you could feel the rest of the crew recoiling because he was dead on.

Funny enough, someone did attempt a thread on Chase: https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chaseface-chasefaceshow-chase-mccaskill.73083/

 

[Cemila Mandes]

Notice that MauLer is not going after Army of the Dead, probably because most of the general audience disliked it.

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

Notice that MauLer is not going after Army of the Dead, probably because most of the general audience disliked it.

Why wouldn't they do it then? It's how they became popular. Only Southpaw seems to love controversy, unless he's influenced them that much. They typically form controversy due to the fact that they feel an obligation to explain why people are wrong, not purposely looking for flaws in sacred cows like Southpaw. And he's never done a hot-take where he thinks a movie people think is bad is good, unless he actually thinks TDKR is good, which I doubt.
I'm surprised EFAP haven't gone after Snyder's other films. I predicted that a while ago. I guess it goes to show how slowly they move. I've nearly forgotten about the TFA review. They probably have many things they are interested in talking about or reviewing, but they never get around to it. They spend more than half of their streams reading superchats. It's not like EFAPs are hard to make. I suppose they have to arrange it to fit their guests' schedule, but they don't need guests every time. EFAP and MauLer in general currently has neither quantity or quality at the moment. They probably could easily make EFAPs twice a week. They don't necessarily need to attack other people's videos. They could just talk about movies they've watched, especially movies that have been suggested by Superchats, giving positive interaction with their community. If they aren't going to expand their community, they might as well form a bond with them. They've become much too complacent and are taking everything for granted, either out of laziness or lack of foresight.
I'm also not sure how effective Meme Repository is as an editor. He seems to be taking quite a while to edit the Minis and Movies, possibly because he is adding his own input and adding effects, when he really should be cutting the fat and showing callbacks to previous scenes when needed. I'm no editor, so may I'm misinterpreting something. There is no way they haven't recorded multiple Batwoman Minis over the last couple months, but they haven't made one in that time. The MK one, which is the most recent, seemed badly timed as well. JLongbone seems to be slacking on Gotham High too, and we know for a fact those are all recorded. I suppose it is better than the several months it took for each Mini during and before the plateau period. (We're currently in the decline period.)

And yes, he is in decline, the worst he's had. The previous jump was when he made the previous part of the TFA review last July. He couldn't dent the plateau with his Snyder video.

 

[Cemila Mandes]

Why wouldn't they do it then? It's how they became popular. Only Southpaw seems to love controversy, unless he's influenced them that much. They typically form controversy due to the fact that they feel an obligation to explain why people are wrong, not purposely looking for flaws in sacred cows like Southpaw. And he's never done a hot-take where he thinks a movie people think is bad is good, unless he actually thinks TDKR is good, which I doubt.
I'm surprised EFAP haven't gone after Snyder's other films. I predicted that a while ago. I guess it goes to show how slowly they move. I've nearly forgotten about the TFA review. They probably have many things they are interested in talking about or reviewing, but they never get around to it. They spend more than half of their streams reading superchats. It's not like EFAPs are hard to make. I suppose they have to arrange it to fit their guests' schedule, but they don't need guests every time. EFAP and MauLer in general currently has neither quantity or quality at the moment. They probably could easily make EFAPs twice a week. They don't necessarily need to attack other people's videos. They could just talk about movies they've watched, especially movies that have been suggested by Superchats, giving positive interaction with their community. If they aren't going to expand their community, they might as well form a bond with them. They've become much too complacent and are taking everything for granted, either out of laziness or lack of foresight.
I'm also not sure how effective Meme Repository is as an editor. He seems to be taking quite a while to edit the Minis and Movies, possibly because he is adding his own input and adding effects, when he really should be cutting the fat and showing callbacks to previous scenes when needed. I'm no editor, so may I'm misinterpreting something. There is no way they haven't recorded multiple Batwoman Minis over the last couple months, but they haven't made one in that time. The MK one, which is the most recent, seemed badly timed as well. JLongbone seems to be slacking on Gotham High too, and we know for a fact those are all recorded. I suppose it is better than the several months it took for each Mini during and before the plateau period. (We're currently in the decline period.)
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And yes, he is in decline, the worst he's had. The previous jump was when he made the previous part of the TFA review last July. He couldn't dent the plateau with his Snyder video.

His old approach isn’t going to generate attention unless it’s ST Star Wars and GoT S8 and those are dead horse topics by now. MauLer has nothing new to bring, except maybe a background extra whiffing on a sword swing.

So MauLer would rather go full contrarian against content that people actually like - Mandalorian, The Boys, WandaVision, ZSJL, etc. It’s how he stands out. He’s definitely declined, but whether he’ll drop to Rags’ level of donors is TBD.

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

His old approach isn’t going to generate attention unless it’s ST Star Wars and GoT S8 and those are dead horse topics by now. MauLer has nothing new to bring, except maybe a background extra whiffing on a sword swing.

So MauLer would rather go full contrarian against content that people actually like - Mandalorian, The Boys, WandaVision, ZSJL, etc. It’s how he stands out. He’s definitely declined, but whether he’ll drop to Rags’ level of donors is TBD.

He doesn't particularly need to gain a new audience as long as he maintains his current one. There are plenty of YouTubers that maintain a consistent audience that they slowly grow from. MauLer has one, the aforementioned three thousands, but he should try to please them instead of alienating them by taking too long to make videos and getting upset when they don't agree with them. Either focus on making more EFAPs (quantity) or focus on making proper videos (quality). Right now is sheer indolence.

 

[Cemila Mandes]

He doesn't particularly need to gain a new audience as long as he maintains his current one. There are plenty of YouTubers that maintain a consistent audience that they slowly grow from. MauLer has one, the aforementioned three thousands, but he should try to please them instead of alienating them by taking too long to make videos and getting upset when they don't agree with them. Either focus on making more EFAPs (quantity) or focus on making proper videos (quality). Right now is sheer indolence.

MauLer's problem, as I'm sure has been mentioned before, is his core audience wants content that he doesn't want to make. He got big because of the anti-Disney Star Wars/TLJ wave, but now has to make more of that to please his audience. His audience wants him to rant about what they hate - he wants to rant about what he hates, regardless of their feelings.

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

MauLer's problem, as I'm sure has been mentioned before, is his core audience wants content that he doesn't want to make. He got big because of the anti-Disney Star Wars/TLJ wave, but now has to make more of that to please his audience. His audience wants him to rant about what they hate - he wants to rant about what he hates, regardless of their feelings.

He doesn't even need to rant about what they hate. He just has to have an opinion that they value but is open to discussion (or doesn't make a fuss) when a portion of the audience disagrees, which is essentially what MauLer believes he's doing, but not at all in practice. He constantly gives the impression that he wants a fandom that constantly praises him. To be fair, this is what fans do for the most part. However, the way he derides some of his criticism (the comments on the Mandalorian S2 Minis come to mind) and his makes it seem like he doesn't respect them at all, and when he does act respectful it seems disingenuous. This might all be out biases again him showing, however.

MauLer wanting to rant is debatable, I'd say.

 

[Cemila Mandes]

He doesn't even need to rant about what they hate. He just has to have an opinion that they value but is open to discussion (or doesn't make a fuss) when a portion of the audience disagrees, which is essentially what MauLer believes he's doing, but not at all in practice. He constantly gives the impression that he wants a fandom that constantly praises him. To be fair, this is what fans do for the most part. However, the way he derides some of his criticism (the comments on the Mandalorian S2 Minis come to mind) and his makes it seem like he doesn't respect them at all, and when he does act respectful it seems disingenuous. This might all be out biases again him showing, however.

MauLer wanting to rant is debatable, I'd say.

Up to his TLJ videos, MauLer legitimately wanted to make the content on his channel. It's how he was able to complete his projects on a regular basis. The TFA series marks the first time he hasn't been able to release the videos on a clear schedule, let alone finish the series within a month or two.

He gets no sympathy from me - he should have never embarked on the TFA series to begin with. I expect Yandere Simulator to come out sooner.

 

[Shieldman]

And yes, he is in decline, the worst he's had. The previous jump was when he made the previous part of the TFA review last July. He couldn't dent the plateau with his Snyder video.

With people like Rags, Fringy or Southpaw mouthing off to the chat every time they get the slight bit of pushback, they chip at Mauler's numbers little by little. Specially Southpaw, actively saying things like "I hope they all leave".

JLong said she's been working on a Falcon&WS video, no mention of Gotham High.
If you ask me, I would say that this whole sphere of Youtube is just flying by the seat of their pants and don't really plan ahead or have a consistent workflow at all.

Dunno how accurate this is but
https://playboard.co/en/channel/UCXX1iQGufHujuIvQ38MPKMA/superchat
Shows to be trending down on everything, but still far from being a total loss.

 

[Korpon]

Meant to post this stuff sooner:

Mauler talking about an upcoming video for Friday and the next EFAP will be a debate about FFH vs. TWS on Saturday:






And from Southpaw, he posted this clip on his Twitter where he watched a Chris Chan clip with Wolf:

https://twitter.com/BlessedSouthpaw/status/1396662903093317639?s=20
I like how he makes extra sure to let everyone know that Wolf allowed him to post it, even though someone as negative as him really shouldn't be hanging out with Wolf considering his mental issues. I'm starting to think it's only a matter of time before Wolf starts making regular appearances on EFAP and says he's healthy now for it, only for yet another breakdown to occur. He really should pick better friends.

 

[Not Even Twice]

He doesn't particularly need to gain a new audience as long as he maintains his current one. There are plenty of YouTubers that maintain a consistent audience that they slowly grow from. MauLer has one, the aforementioned three thousands, but he should try to please them instead of alienating them by taking too long to make videos and getting upset when they don't agree with them. Either focus on making more EFAPs (quantity) or focus on making proper videos (quality). Right now is sheer indolence.

EFAP is not going to keep his current audience, let alone give him any significant increase, the format is just not one that feels very inviting to first timers. Imagine being new to Mauler and seeing an EFAP video being 8 hours+ and with a serial numbering in 3 digits - that's a daunting prospect.
Add to that, that he has a slow but consistent trickle effect of followers leaving him every time he or one of his more polarizing guests cause shit with the fans and you get a situation where he can't sustain his current level of success on EFAP alone.
Honestly he should take a hint from Drinker, more specifically Drinkers positive videos where he celebrates some iconic film of the previous generation. See Drinker gets it, his audience is mostly too young to have watched a lot of the classic 80s and 90s movies and so him making a video praising that stuff is considered new material for a lot of his viewers.
Hell, Mauler is younger than Drinker and could easily make videos on the same films but from the viewpoint of him discovering the golden era of cinema (or at least pretending to) where he simply just enjoys the product. Throw them up on the channel as mini EFAPs or whatever he calls the shorter videos and maybe even have a guest or two with him, watching the movie for the first time.
It'll be a change of pace for old subs and it is a hell of a lot more appealing to new people if they stumble upon a glorification of cinema rather than a 7 hour "objective" queef huffing session.

 

[Vesperus]

Mauler did OK with his initial game videos, and captured the Zeitgeist with the initial SW rage video. But, that doesn't make you Roger Fucking Ebert you brainless Welsh cunt.

5 Years on he's still jerking off to Civil War (for some reason) and hasn't seen anything good apart from Hill House, a wanky ghost soap opera.

At this point, I assume the people giving him money on Patreon either set up an automatic payment and forgot about it, or set up an automatic payment and died but it's still in probate.

Edit: I did try Jay's video, but I forgot he's one of the few fuckers on youtube with a punchable voice. I shall leave it to others to decide if he said anything worth listening to but frankly I have no interest in wasting 5 hours on Dr Who.

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

At this point, I assume the people giving him money on Patreon either set up an automatic payment and forgot about it, or set up an automatic payment and died but it's still in probate.

I've said it before, but never underestimate some fans' blind devotion to their idols, especially ones they have a parasocial relationship with. They probably legitimately believe his excuses that he is taking so long because he is working hard constantly to make them, or are in denial, because if they accept that he is lazy, their entire image of their idol will be broken.

I just watched Internet Historian's new Q/A video, and in it he explained why he took so long to make it, showing his editing process and teasing his future projects. Could you imagine MauLer actually doing that? It would be a sign of transparency to his viewers and would alleviate many of his critics' fears. Or it would expose to the entire community (especially his meal tickets) how lazy and disorganized he is when making videos and that his future projects are just whatever is popular when he feels like it.
Edit: perhaps a little off topic, but there is something that I find fascinating about IH (who has been on EFAP, once). When watching his In the Fields videos, where he is just being himself, he comes of as incredibly ignorant. He doesn't know much at all about what he is talking about, but he seems to have great critical thinking skills. He's a complete layman, like MauLer, but makes up for it in sheer effort and the sheer level of research he does for his videos, which is why he deserves his 'historian' title.

 

[HavaLottaTimetoSpare]

Mauler's biggest problem now is that he thinks he has an audience that come to hear his takes because they respect him, while he actually has an audience that come to have their own takes validated by an 'authority,' so get salty when he doesn't provide.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

Up to his TLJ videos, MauLer legitimately wanted to make the content on his channel. It's how he was able to complete his projects on a regular basis. The TFA series marks the first time he hasn't been able to release the videos on a clear schedule, let alone finish the series within a month or two.

He gets no sympathy from me - he should have never embarked on the TFA series to begin with. I expect Yandere Simulator to come out sooner.

I blame the Longman meme for the TFA review. I think he said that he wanted to make a review that's more than 24 hours. The result is that the reviews we do have contain lots of bloat like every Buffy scene.

 

[Idiotron]

You guys still think that his audience actually wants movie criticism and analysis?
I'm convinced that those people have abandoned him a while ago.
His current core audience wants him and his crew of assholes to "own" people and make dumb jokes.
That's it.
He will never finish GoT because the audience doesn't care bout it, they only cared back when season 8 was airing.
He will not finish TFA until he's really struggling financially which probably won't happen for a while.

I haven't seen an EFAP in a while because this kind of fratboy-wannabe format where they just dunk on people and laugh at how they look/talk isn't amusing anymore.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

I blame the Longman meme for the TFA review. I think he said that he wanted to make a review that's more than 24 hours. The result is that the reviews we do have contain lots of bloat like every Buffy scene.

The kicker is, you could probably make a review that long on TFA without bloat. But it would require going into every aspect of the process to a level that he is simply not equipped to do.

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

What a coincidence.

 

[noonster]

What a coincidence.

In the first minute they talk about the Snyder cut like it hasn't come out yet, whoever edited this sure takes their sweet fucking time.
Edit: Oh shit it was Dashboshit, Dash buddy please make more gmod idiot boxes, you are wasted on efap.