Things Chris is Genuinly Good at?

[Kosher Dill]

If you paid him at partner rates for all the hits he's ever gotten, total, it might be a couple hundred bucks. You can't make a living with Youtube videos unless you're regularly putting out videos that get hundreds of thousands of hits.

 

[YouDorks]

I swear, he should've partnered with YouTube for the amount of views he got. That would get him off the tugboat.

When someone said something like that during Calling Out saga, other person pointed out that when he uploads a new video, he indeed instantly gets many views, but then it stops.

I think the problem is that most of his "Classic" videos (THAT IS MY HOUSE, God and The Bear, For My Sweetest Ivy, etc.) are only preserved on TheCWCVilleLibrary archive because Chris deletes lulzy videos like the goddamned Minitrue. YouTube, also, are especially Orwellian pricks with their selective content violation/copyright takedowns.

 

[BlockyStyle]

Chris is actually good at being tenacious, when he sees something that he wants, he goes after it and doesn't stop until he obtains it. Although that's more of a quality of his personality than something he could be good at. I guess I would say that Chris is good at collecting things, that's not being snarky, he's good at collecting video games, he has a huge collection of games that any gamer would be envious of.

Related to tenaciousness, Chris used to be really resilient. His sweetheart-du-jour could die, kill herself, turn out to be a 13-year-old brat, or get married to his alter ego, and he'd be fine in a day or two. But I think that might have changed since Bob's death and the trial; he seems kind of defeated now.

On the other hand, if the letter to Wesley Memorial is recent, it seems Chris remains good at getting banned from places.

 

[YouDorks]

Fail is the defining characteristic of Chris's life.

Long, unfunny list here...

BUT WAIT! What DOESN'T Chris fail at?
-Failing.
-Color Theory. Chris has a knack for choosing colors that work well together and some of his character designs show this, e.g. yellow and blue (Sonichu); blue and purple (Magi-Chan); red and purple (Punchy). Of course, Chris does fail some of the time. (Rosechu)
-The driving test (Son-Chu), unfortunately for all other road users.
-Operating a Commodore 64. (Church Audio)
-Lighting candles. (Holiday Greetings)
-Getting (The Game Place) himself (Mal-Wart) banned (Fashion Square Mall) from (Get Tar Region) places (IRL PVCC), online (Flipnote Hatena) or (DeviantART) off. (Grace Baptist Church)
-Creating backronyms (Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens), when he uses real words (Laughs under Lucricities).
-Blaming things on his autism.
-Scaring females away.
-Being disgusting. (Chris and Health/Hygiene)
-Making shocking YouTube videos. (For Julie's Eyes Only)

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

He is good at scaring women away, but there's another side.

As the gender breakdown of the forum proves, Chris attracts women, but he attracts them for all the wrong reasons.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

He created a sizeable intarwebz subculture which revolves around analyzing his life and works. He wanted to become famous through Sonichu, and it worked.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

Chris is good at doing things unintentionally.

He attracts women unintentionally. Not to be gal pals, but to gawk at him.

He became (somewhat) famous unintentionally.

And we all know the only time he's funny isn't due to his random access humor but when he tries to be serious and unintentionally says funny stuff.

 

[2_CUTE_2_BOLT]

Motivating other people to better their lives. However, this is not intentional on his part but still a good thing that he does well.

He's probably a little better at gaming than average. You could force me to play games for 12 hours a day, all week long, for years; I still won't be able to get some of the PSN trophies he's gotten. I suspect his memory is a little better than average. The only problem is that he applies it poorly.

I have to disagree. I don't have the page in front of me but the games he gets a lot of trophies in are either easy games to get trophies in (Modnation, Duke Nukem Forever) or games he has been playing all his life (Sonic). Even with Duke Nukem Forever he got a trophy for being knocked over 5 times. Maybe it's jut me but DNF is a fairly rudimentary shooter where falling down shouldn't be a problem in the first place. I don't think it's that he is a good gamer (or bad for that matter) but he takes the path of least resistance.

Watch any video of him playing a game (soul calibur or lbp) and it is obvious that Chris is a shitty gamer.

 

[Picklemonster]

He's probably a little better at gaming than average. You could force me to play games for 12 hours a day, all week long, for years; I still won't be able to get some of the PSN trophies he's gotten. I suspect his memory is a little better than average. The only problem is that he applies it poorly.

I have to disagree. I don't have the page in front of me but the games he gets a lot of trophies in are either easy games to get trophies in (Modnation, Duke Nukem Forever) or games he has been playing all his life (Sonic). Even with Duke Nukem Forever he got a trophy for being knocked over 5 times. Maybe it's jut me but DNF is a fairly rudimentary shooter where falling down shouldn't be a problem in the first place. I don't think it's that he is a good gamer (or bad for that matter) but he takes the path of least resistance.

Watch any video of him playing a game (soul calibur or lbp) and it is obvious that Chris is a shitty gamer.

As a former plastic guitar game veteran, I can attest that he's actually pretty good at [cwc]Guitar Hero[/cwc]. In the following video, he seems to only miss maybe three notes while playing on expert difficulty. While it seems like a pretty easy song, most people struggle to sight read or wrap their minds around the fifth button, let alone have enough timing, rhythm, and coordination to play along (which he seems to forget when doing voice-over songs). Considering he doesn't do second takes, rehearse, or edit beyond the bare minimum and this is a DLC song, I'm almost certain this is genuine skill instead of autistic memorization from playing it a thousand times.

[youtube]T6gsT-YiNzg[/youtube]

 

[Hasharin]

As a former plastic guitar game veteran, I can attest that he's actually pretty good at [cwc]Guitar Hero[/cwc]. In the following video, he seems to only miss maybe three notes while playing on expert difficulty. While it seems like a pretty easy song, most people struggle to sight read or wrap their minds around the fifth button, let alone have enough timing, rhythm, and coordination to play along (which he seems to forget when doing voice-over songs). Considering he doesn't do second takes, rehearse, or edit beyond the bare minimum and this is a DLC song, I'm almost certain this is genuine skill instead of autistic memorization from playing it a thousand times.

[youtube]T6gsT-YiNzg[/youtube]

If he only was aware that his guitar doesn't make any sound.

 

[Night Terror]

He's much better at Spanish than I am...

 

[3Yikes]

As a former plastic guitar game veteran, I can attest that he's actually pretty good at [cwc]Guitar Hero[/cwc]. In the following video, he seems to only miss maybe three notes while playing on expert difficulty. While it seems like a pretty easy song, most people struggle to sight read or wrap their minds around the fifth button, let alone have enough timing, rhythm, and coordination to play along (which he seems to forget when doing voice-over songs). Considering he doesn't do second takes, rehearse, or edit beyond the bare minimum and this is a DLC song, I'm almost certain this is genuine skill instead of autistic memorization from playing it a thousand times.
[youtube]T6gsT-YiNzg[/youtube]

Never played a game like this, but i've heard plenty of stories of people who almost never play any games whatsoever, but they see their son playing their favorite song, so they pick it up, start playing nothing but that one song over and over again, and eventually, they can do it 100%, no sweat.

Really, all that video shows us, is that Chris has enough time on his hands to master the song.

 

[gunflavored]

To be honest, if he had a higher voice, he might make a good trap. Not necessarily an attractive trap, but he's got a feminine enough face. That's just my opinion.

 

[Butta Face Lopez]

To be honest, if he had a higher voice, he might make a good trap. Not necessarily an attractive trap, but he's got a feminine enough face. That's just my opinion.

In the very first Tomgirl pictures he bears an uncannily disturbing resemblance to my grandma.

Also after watching that Guitar Hero video, as a guitarist, it gives me this nagging irritation because he's wearing the strap wrong.

 

[Aiko Heiwa]

He's good at existing.

 

[Butta Face Lopez]

In the absolute strictest sense of the word, maybe.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

He's probably a little better at gaming than average. You could force me to play games for 12 hours a day, all week long, for years; I still won't be able to get some of the PSN trophies he's gotten. I suspect his memory is a little better than average. The only problem is that he applies it poorly.

I have to disagree. I don't have the page in front of me but the games he gets a lot of trophies in are either easy games to get trophies in (Modnation, Duke Nukem Forever) or games he has been playing all his life (Sonic). Even with Duke Nukem Forever he got a trophy for being knocked over 5 times. Maybe it's jut me but DNF is a fairly rudimentary shooter where falling down shouldn't be a problem in the first place. I don't think it's that he is a good gamer (or bad for that matter) but he takes the path of least resistance.

As a former plastic guitar game veteran, I can attest that he's actually pretty good at [cwc]Guitar Hero[/cwc]. In the following video, he seems to only miss maybe three notes while playing on expert difficulty. While it seems like a pretty easy song, most people struggle to sight read or wrap their minds around the fifth button, let alone have enough timing, rhythm, and coordination to play along (which he seems to forget when doing voice-over songs). Considering he doesn't do second takes, rehearse, or edit beyond the bare minimum and this is a DLC song, I'm almost certain this is genuine skill instead of autistic memorization from playing it a thousand times.

[youtube]T6gsT-YiNzg[/youtube]

Meh,I certainly wouldn't call that "skill" It's simple memorization, he just needs to do it over and over until he gets it right and lets face it, if there's one thing Chris has, it's spare time to do stuff like this. Put him in front of a song he's never played before, and see how well he reacts to something unrehearsed. If he can get a half decent score, then I'd say he has decent reactions, and there's maybe skill involved.
The thing about these rhythm games is that they're static and don't change (much like Chris) there's no reaction times or judgement involved.

To convince me he's good at games, I'd have to see him play a competitive game against a human opponent and hold his own.

 

[Picklemonster]

As a former plastic guitar game veteran, I can attest that he's actually pretty good at [cwc]Guitar Hero[/cwc]. In the following video, he seems to only miss maybe three notes while playing on expert difficulty. While it seems like a pretty easy song, most people struggle to sight read or wrap their minds around the fifth button, let alone have enough timing, rhythm, and coordination to play along (which he seems to forget when doing voice-over songs). Considering he doesn't do second takes, rehearse, or edit beyond the bare minimum and this is a DLC song, I'm almost certain this is genuine skill instead of autistic memorization from playing it a thousand times.

[youtube]T6gsT-YiNzg[/youtube]

Meh,I certainly wouldn't call that "skill" It's simple memorization, he just needs to do it over and over until he gets it right and lets face it, if there's one thing Chris has, it's spare time to do stuff like this. Put him in front of a song he's never played before, and see how well he reacts to something unrehearsed. If he can get a half decent score, then I'd say he has decent reactions, and there's maybe skill involved.
The thing about these rhythm games is that they're static and don't change (much like Chris) there's no reaction times or judgement involved.

To convince me he's good at games, I'd have to see him play a competitive game against a human opponent and hold his own.

I'm not saying he's good at games, period (oh, he most definitely isn't), or that the ability to play a low tier song on expert means much (it's not going to get him video views, win him money, or get him laid by a long shot; even if he could FC Jordan, he'd still fail at turning it into anything worthwhile), but even if he grinded that song for several weeks straight just to release a video with no context or bragging, there's still a base skill needed to even do that. I'm a way, way better gamer than Chris and it took me about two to three months playing a few hours a day before I could get a full combo on expert difficulty "Heart-Shaped Box" (a shit-easy song; easier than the one Chris played) even with spending a few days grinding that song specifically for the novelty of "I got 100% on an expert song". It really isn't as easy as it seems.

Come on, it's not like the near-infinitesimally faint praise of "Chris is a bit above average in a highly-autistic video game genre and can even play some songs on expert" is going to rupture the universe or something. Let's instead just chuckle at the fact that we have to get this specific to give him kudos.

 

[champthom]

Seriously now:

Chris is good at thinking he will overcome adversity in spite of the obstacles he faces. He's able to delude himself that despite all the shit that's happened, he will triumph and the trolls will be brought to justice. In other words, Chris is good at deluding himself in a good way. I mean, I bet you that if other people got the same treatment Chris got, they'd probably just kill themselves.

He's also good at bringing people together from diverse backgrounds under a common goal - to discuss him shitting his pants.

 

[WWWWolf]

Meh,I certainly wouldn't call that "skill" It's simple memorization, he just needs to do it over and over until he gets it right and lets face it, if there's one thing Chris has, it's spare time to do stuff like this. Put him in front of a song he's never played before, and see how well he reacts to something unrehearsed. [...] To convince me he's good at games, I'd have to see him play a competitive game against a human opponent and hold his own.

Yup. Chris is good at games that are based on reaction time, trial and error, and repetition. None of this translates to "skill" as such. Given enough time, even difficult stuff eventually trickles to his spine. Oldschool platformers fit this description, and so does Guitar Hero.

What I'd be more interested of seeing is his ability to handle games that require improvising, adaptation and strategy. I seem to recall that he actually beat the most difficult AI opponent in Brütal Legend, and I'm kind of jealous because I'm having hard time beating the easiest AI. I'd love to see how he fares in multiplayer in that game.

(Side note: PC version of Brütal Legend is available in Humble Bundle right now. It is actually a pretty decent game, and everyone who wants to own a piece of Christory should have it. Obviously, it's much better on Hexbox, though!)