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And the funniest thing is, almost all Ross's chats have these spooky thumbnails, like he is trying to steal my soul

Speaking of which, Presence, why did you remove your avatar? I thought it was kinda cute

What?.. Where did that even come from?

Wow. I was just refreshing the AF website man page as usual, and saw this post without the comments link at the end, because Ross didn't have time to make a corresponding forum post yet. I don't think I have ever been this early to a new video upload. Given how much of this episode did you have to redo, this is probably the most pained and laboured episode so far. Let's check: Recorded video footage, had to scrap it and record once again; lost about two days of work Recorded voiceover audio, had to scrap it and record once again; lost God knows how much time (at least several days) Had to do all this being cooped up in a cramped room surrounded by wet clothes hanging around Mildew infestation And to top it off, the game is freaking painful. People often compare you to Jesus, and for a good reason. You suffer so that others won't have to. On a side note, I can't help but find this game very reminiscent of The Chosen. Ah, the romantic appeal of Slavclunk...

Man, between this and this is probably the most rage-inducing episode so far. I don't know about you, but re-doing something I have already done is THE worst possible thing for me. If I were you I think I would have become utterly depressed and just ditched everything, went on to work on something else.

I had exactly the same problem with my sound amplifier, and it turned out to be the volume regulator. I ended up disassembling the amplifier, and just f*cking soldering the regulator contacts together to short-circuit them, and then just using the software volume slider to regulate volume.

Thank you so much man.

Oh COME on Ross! A lot of people (including me) were telling you this for YEARS!

Whoa, that seems like a HUGE downgrade. I'm not sure if fixing any and all disadvantages of the current website (which I fail to see, but that's just me) are worth losing such a crucial function.

Wow, that was an awesome analysis. Kudos dude.

Lack of critique is only bad when it leads to star sickness, which is not your case (so far). In programming they say "do not fix what is not broken", and the same applies to criticizing creators. Your worldview happens to coincide with mine on 99%, so *I* want you to continue doing things exactly in the same way as you did during last 11 years. This is just my opinion as a fan, one of many thousands. But here is the thing: there are so many content creators today, that if you don't quite like someone, you should just go watch someone else instead of trying to cram this certain creator into the Procrustean bed of your own tastes.

You are talking to a person who considers himself a "game critic", despite not having played one of the most famous and praised games in gaming history, AND also considers normal to utter his views ex cathedra about a game he never even played. Turning my armchair psychologist mode on, I'd say it's not a case of trolling, but a simple delusion of grandeur. Gotta respect the Hanlon's razor.

That's... kind of bullshit, sorry. Ross explicitly said that neither flamboyant clothing, nor anime undertones are "bad". They just do not belong to a Deus Ex prequel. Hell, he even dedicated one of the show's awards to the fact that this game is actually really good, if it is considered outside the context of the Deus Ex universe. As for the politics, they didn't "align" badly with someone's taste. They were just objectively poorly done.

Also, dat flashback to 28 years ago.

That was THE BEST delivery I've heard of someone saying he just wants to see people rolling up his hood. I really like how sometimes you can see glimpses of darkness behind Ross's normally easy-going and good-hearted demeanor.

Oh my God I love Brandon so much. Twenty years ago when UT came out I was so addicted to its soundtrack that I actually soldered a special cable with 3,5 mm jacks on both sides, connected the audio output of my PC to a tape recorder with it, started recording, then launched UT and started a practice match on each of the maps that had my favourite tracks. And then put this cassette into my cheap Chinese tape player and listened to it everywhere. Because how else are you going to rip music from a game when you are a stupid 3rd grader and the Internet is not yet even a thing. Since then I've learned pretty much every sample of every track by heart, but they stubbornly refuse to get old. Even now Brandon's music is among the most played tracks on my smartphone.

As someone who had exactly the same thoughts and ended up buying a dishwasher (rather advanced and pricey one I must add), I'd advise against it. You expect some magic machine which will make your kitchenware clean, but all you get is a shower which pours hot water on your dishes. There are no brushes or any mechanical means to clean the surface of the plates. And the detergent you are supposed to use is so caustic that it is downright toxic (it even says as much on the label), because it's the only way to corrode away the food remains (again, no mechanical means). And the water is recycled, meaning that it never rinses your plates with running water, even in the final phase. Even after the program finishes, you sometimes can still see some foam left on the innards of the machine, meaning that there's definitely some of that toxic crap left on your plates. Oh, and also you still have to do some manual "preliminary" dishwashing, because otherwise (for the aforementioned reasons) the remaining pieces of food will turn the (penny-pinching) dose of water into greasy soup that your dishes will float in. (And remember: no rinsing with running water). All in all, the only use I found for a dishwasher is to occasionally wash huge amounts of porcelain after big parties. In day to day life it's much more efficient (and healthy) to just wash the dishes in the sink.

Спасибо что живой!

Watch out folks, we have an Internet Tough Guy here. I think it’s safe money to bet that the only time you held a weapon in your arms was some videogame (CoD probably?), and the only time you dealt with the Ukrainian military was when you were dodging the draft desperately trying to defer from service there. You all keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Of what I wrote, what exactly can be possibly considered propaganda? Calling people covered with swastikas and throwing the Hitler salute “fascists”? That’s not propaganda, that’s just calling a spade a spade. Or maybe in your delirious world everything written in Russian is a lie? Sure, read some Western sources then: A Fascist Hero in Democratic Kiev How Ukraine Is Inventing a 'Jewish-Ukrainian Nationalist' to Whitewash Its Nazi-era Wartime Past Murdered Jews in the 40's – hailed as heroes today A forgotten conflict in Europe's heart Just the first ones found with a quick web search. Why in the world would I do that? Just how my registration date discredits me in any way? Or are you actually trying to imply that I’m some Russian Troll™ who registered on some godforsaken forum which is as far from politics as possible, several months before the Crimean referendum even became a thing, just to quietly sit for five years and comment on Ross’s videos, and then uncover himself with no reason, in order to answer to some random Russophobic post? If so, sweet Jesus… seek help, dude.

I totally agree. Also worth mentioning is that the relationship between Poland and Belarus is way warmer then between Poland and Russia, and about 3% of people living in Belarus are Poles. As for the stereotypical "backwardness" of Belarus, Ross is living such a Spartan lifestyle that I am positive he won't even notice any difference except lower living expenses.

Man I LOVE you! I don't know who you are, but that was some of the finest trolling I've seen (Just to avoid any misunderstanding: I SWEAR that "UkrainianSavior" is NOT my second account. That's some other guy, but he has talent). P.S. There is just one finishing touch to make this pearl perfect: a trident on Bandera's forehead, so that he looks like Dr. Manhattan. There you go:

This is my (obviously biased) point of view. Out of all ex-USSR republics, Belarus did the absolute best with what it had. While in Russia pretty much everything, from science and industry to agricultural sector, was being persistently and purposefully destroyed for about a decade (until Putin became president), Belarus at least managed to save its Soviet legacy. In practical terms, Belarus has (and always had) some of the best foodstuff in the world - no surrogates, no colourants, etc. Pretty much everything food-related made in Belarus is done according to the Soviet standards, which will give any modern "organic" food a run for its money. a humble, but decent industry - for example, one out of two Russians have a Belorussian gas stove ("Brest Gefest"), and almost every apartment is equipped with Belorussian mains plugs and sockets. (Also the iconic tractor). On top of that, the crime rates in Belarus are extremely low (IMHO the fact that it's the only European country practicing capital punishment is part of the reason):

This “c*nt” is such an abhorrent hater of Ukraine, that he Fought against drug trafficking covered by Yanukovych, and continued to fight it even when it became dangerous to his life (and escaped Ukraine only after a blatant assassination attempt) Was stubbornly saying that Crimea is part of Ukraine for years, and got a lot of flak from Crimeans for that Always was a vociferous opponent of separatism, and was explicitly asserting that Ukraine should be unitary (and got a lot of flak from LPR/DPR citizens for that) Donated about $100K to starving Ukrainian elderly pensioners (about 750 pensions, 8000 roubles each), and still continues to do this. Also, he is such a biased liar and manipulator, that he Always shows his public opinion polls with no editing whatsoever, and leaves intact even those opinions that make personally him extremely butthurt, instead of choosing “good” answers and cutting all others away Gives a chance to express one’s opinion to absolutely everyone – from (for which he got a lot of flak from Ukrainians) (for which he got a lot of flak from Russians) Is a honorary member of all European journalistic associations by none other than Oliver Stone, for “struggling to find the truth in journalism and the truth in the Ukrainian situation”. It’s funny that a lot of Russians are extremely jealous that this man – one of the todays very few True Journalists – is Ukrainian, so for years they were asking him to make some videos about Russia. Sharij’s answer always was that he is Ukrainian, and Ukraine is the only country he cares about. Thankfully, about a year ago he reluctantly started to occasionally address Russian problems as well ( is a great video about Crimea, for example. Notice how soaked in pro-Kremlin and pro-Putin propaganda it is).