Let's be real here, as much as I like Ding Dong as a co-host and comedian on oneyplays the Julian and Ding Dong days are objectively less funny then the Zach/Spazkid/Adam/Lyle era. Zach alone is funnier then Chris, Julian and Ding Dong combined.
I wouldn't say that, DD+J were, and are still great. Maybe it's because I'm getting older and high energy rapid fire stuff just appeals to me less but I love their episodes. I also like the new stuff, but it just isn't the same. Especially the little trivia or stories ding dong would tell while playing games, the newer stuff almost never has to do with the gameplay and feels more like a sleepycast-lite with copious censoring and cut outs.
Both eras are great in their own ways.
My only problem with the old stuff is Matt randomly joining episodes unannounced and keep making edgy comments (ironic right?) to impress oney and friends because it reminds me of how cucked supermega became.
Honestly DingDong has always been like that, in earlier episodes he would constantly bring up how much the comments didn't like him (which was true). Maybe he never got over the hate, maybe it was because of TheBestGamers falling apart, maybe it's just his personality. I don't care what his opinions are, he's just a funny vidya man to me.
Same as Lyle, who has an allergic reaction if he doesn't post some shit political take on twitter ever couple days.
I like Zach, but it seems like he has a checklist of things that
needs to be in every episode: (Roleplay) (Hypothetical) (Random presidential/WW2 trivia) (Reference) (Funny voice) (Ironic cringe). Sometimes it's just too much.
Anyways I might be in the minority, I just prefer the chill older vids, I don't think I could use the newer stuff as background noise.
Sidenote about the drama thing: From what I've seen a lot of DD's "drama" involves him making a joke that people are too braindead to understand (twitter moment), like how he was hyping up the penguins in the mario movie as a joke. Maybe it's because of his voice, people can't seem to tell when he's being sarcastic. You also have to take into account how annoying it would be to deal with the OP fans. Plus the game he is working on with Julian. Idk, I just think people are being too hard on the guy.