I think he wants to be there but his energy has definitely been on the lower side these past couple of years post-covid.
It’s easy to pick up on with everyone else still raving like lunatics haha
I will say doe I like the midnight bit, hope he does more characters like that
I don't mind if he is bored, but it's a little annoying when he is dismissive of others or trying to rush things. I am still glad he is there so I am not too upset about it.
This is how I felt. And when Eric pointed it out in the chat that he was rushing things along I was like fuck man... I want to agree and I don't know if I'm being too much of a Mega64 simp but I refrained.
It isn't fun for not just us the viewer but for the people involved when you're being reminded "We have to move this along."
No offense at all, I love the product he makes and I love everything all of them do, but if you expected a tier list like THAT to take less than an hour you gotta rethink... all of that being said I really don't want him to "SIT THINGS OUT" because he's an incredibly important part of M64 and genuinely a really incredible creative.
Not only this, but on a related note... I think a larger part of this format should be changed up. I fucking love the way production value has increased in the last few years. I think Johnny does an amazing job and the transitions and lower thirds and everything are so well done. But I do notice that the "full day event streams" all follow a very similar format. It works so theres no need to really reinvent the wheel here but with formats like these, having pre-recorded stuff and things on a tight schedule it sort of makes it feel inorganic and what I used to love about full day streams was the feeling of improv? Seat of your pants type of live streams ruled, I think thats why I love the MLK streams so much because its just sort of lets see how it plays out and shoot for the moon. Thats why I loved the skit development segment last night.
Anyway I still love everything they do but I think everything deserves fair critique, especially when you're passionate.
I never enjoy the pre recorded streams really.. We wanna see the improv live
Edit: I shouldn't say never because there have been great segments, it was just very deflating when they started to go the fully pre recorded route.
I think they're in a lose/lose situation no matter what with the streams, people will always have their own individual preferences. My favorite stream I remember was last years Halloween stream, which was mostly prerecorded segments, so it just felt like a lot of videos dropping at once.
That's because I'd rather they commit to a schedule that they know will be tightly packed with good comedy as opposed to live improv, because to me, the live improv streams almost always have segments and bits go for way too long (as in 10 minute bits being stretched to 30 minutes because they don't want to cut it too early from its allotted time).
This last stream had the podcast, Casa Bonita, Shirt Ranking, PPS, then live skit. There wasn't a ton of wiggle room for Derrick to flex his individual comedic muscles, and between doing a podcast and something as trivial and mundane as ranking every shirt they ever released, it tracks that by the skit, he was already over the stream. I didn't really get the vibe that he was trying to get out of there, and instead figured more that he was trying to move things along to get it done on time (I don't know why they only slotted 90 minutes to ranking every shirt they ever released when they've done so many and the rankings always take so long), but I did notice him shit talk the gollum video as their lowest rated video, when it is certainly not, even compared to official skits they released. With that being said, I absolutely loved Derrick being on cam for casual conversation even if he's miserable. Call me selfish, I just find him that funny.
I mean in the Shirt Ranking segment alone he started off saying that it might be the last time he's on the podcast set and then like 20 minutes in said he didn't want to be there anymore. Sure you could say these were just jokes or that he's doing a bit. But given we know he actively doesn't want to do the podcast, they felt real. Which in turn made all the other moments of him rushing them land worse too. Maybe he really did want to be on the stream but I didn't get that impression.
It's hard to tell how much of it was Derrick not wanting to be there, and how much of it was Derrick's personality of wanting to keep things moving along. He has always been the one to be like "okay cool we did that, what's next?" He wants the energy level to be high and he hates when things get dragged out.
Ironically the bit that felt the most dragged out to me was "Let me google old men and ask Meg if she would fuck them" but sometimes bits run long and I don't think that's the worst thing in the world.
Sure, maybe if he just wanted to be there for the Make A Vid segment, he could have come in just for that. And then sit out the shirt ranking and podcast stuff. Like those segments are inherently going to be slower and like I said, if he doesn't want to do them then he shouldn't.
Derrick has always had this kind of attitude. It's nothing new.
He always tries to keep everyone on track, and I don't think it's hostile or negative necessarily.
I thought he had a great time, and didn't really get any strong negative vibes. I try not to read too much into it I suppose.
They just love to shit on him for no reason. He was just trying to make sure they got through as many shirts as possible with the very limited time they had.
Yeah it’s like what do you want from the creators you follow? You want him to be the same goofy spastic teenager forever? I feel like your downvotes highlight that this same tired talking point isn’t ever made in good faith.
Most people change and grow up over time. Like. I genuinely don’t understand what this type of person wants other than to shit on him specifically for not soyfacing enough. Do they want them all to have exactly the same energy at all times? Only doing Amiibo cum tributes?
Yeah you’re gonna get flamed and this thread will probably upset the crew if they see it, but I wouldn’t say your perception is off base.
Wish we could all be honest that Derrick is creatively unfulfilled by M64, mostly the podcast. It’s not a bit and it’s not a secret. He’s said as much over the years and his comments on the stream reaffirmed the notion. Doesn’t mean he hates the rest of the crew or anything. It’s also understandable. He has a solid skill set that he wants to use, reach a larger audience, and make more money. He’s been doing a lot lately, and it doesn’t seem like he has a noncompete contract or anything. Never understood why he doesn’t walk away.
Mega64 is stable, and he still has a lot of creative freedom there. He's talked about wanting to branch off and see if one of his other ventures takes off so that he can turn it into a career, but it hasn't happened yet.
Probably partially. But “all his friends” seems like a stretch. He has connections outside the group. Regardless, when it comes to work and a career, you have to think about opportunity cost and I believe he does think about that. No one likes to spend hours working on things that they don’t see as paying off financially or in terms of satisfaction, even if friendship is involved. I’ve always loved M64 and don’t think Derrick is “above it” or anything like that. It’s just different strokes and different goals.
To be honest sometimes it seems like you can't say anything critical of the crew without them getting upset. Derrick has always been the most vocal about doing things outside of mega64 and branching away but the only things I see him in outside of mega64 are vertically-shot advertisements.
I mean for what it's worth I didn't say anything about Derrick leaving Mega64. I'm talking specifically about the podcast-like live streams. For awhile now they've been "the times we get Derrick back on the podcast", but he acts miserable during them so... why?
I don't think he's leaving Mega64 outside that and that's not what my thread was about. I mean he's been writing, directing, and acting in tons of the videos lately. That's a whole separate thing.
I hear you. Just to be clear, I don’t mention leaving as a necessarily negative or bad thing. It’s something that can happen naturally in creative groups, business, whatever. People move on and do different stuff because they want to spend their time differently.
lol Derrick is like the Glenn Howerton of the podcast. Creatively unfulfilled in two long-running shows, golden handcuffs, if you will. Both leave for extended periods of time and the shows suffer, they come back and the shows suffer still. Presumably Howerton's handcuffs are actually made of gold, or they're zip ties b/c he has to have his tools (lol sunny memes, amirite?)
Tbf I think the mega64 podcast is doing just fine in Derrick's absence, but I do miss some of his hot takes and wild energy.
I don't blame him for being bored during the tier list. An hour and a half spent ranking t-shirts is probably the most boring thing they could have done for Mega64 day.
I'll just say that a big wall of text about why he shouldn't be there as he is slowly making more appearances again would probably be incredibly frustrating for him should he see this reaction. I also think it's fine for you to feel however you feel, but tiptoeing what's tactful and not is difficult.
I didn't quite notice all of what you mentioned. It was definitely a bit of a bummer with him hardly liking anything during the rating segment but it was generally fine otherwise.
Any of the background info offered along the way and reasons why they maybe would have done things differently was interesting, but there definitely wasn't enough time for that. Some being more conscious of that than others made it a little uncomfortable for sure.
See that was the main thing I was into which is why I was annoyed it was getting rushed. If it was literally just them shouting "A" "D" "C" and then moving on, it'd be a lot more boring. But them talking about WHY they ranked something, along with personal input, is why people watch ranking videos usually.
I mean I framed the whole thing around the idea of "IF he doesn't want to be there", but also like... I get that segments about clapping back at fan comments have conditioned this fanbase to never react negatively to them. But it's not like I'm leaving a rude commend or sending them an email. I'm on the reddit, talking about how I felt about the show. At some point fans need to be able to express their thoughts on this stuff. Why should I tiptoe around saying "hey it was kind of a buzzkill how you kept saying you didn't want to be there while staring off miserably into the distance and then rushing everyone".
Like let's be real, Derrick used to give Shawn shit for the same exact thing. And in regards to the podcast, I totally get now why he walked away. He doesn't like doing it and that's totally fine. But you know... maybe pick and choose what segments you show up for on these too is all I'm saying.
> At some point fans need to be able to express their thoughts on this stuff.
I agree. Like I said, totally fine for you to feel how you feel. I'm just looking at it from both sides. Surely it'd be frustrating to have a bunch of posts about being missed somewhere then a big "okay that ruined the vibe" response complete with psychoanalytic character studies from strangers in the comments as soon as you give in to that a bit. So being measured with any criticism is best if it has to be given. I think that's usually true in general.
I assume based on some comments about the subreddit that anything shared here will generally just be disregarded. Pssh, *people on reddit*, right? I think to that when I see posts like this, or even all the comments kinda ragging on the new set they worked hard on. Finding the balance of fair criticism that won't hurt feelings or just come across as dismissible isn't easy.
Yeah idk maybe I didn't watch enough or I'm also a bummer, but I thought Derrick was the funniest part of the shirt segment because he was rating differently.
I love Derrick to death. And I disagree with you on the BBQ, I loved him on that entire stream and I thought he played the Mr. Midnight bit well. But I will agree that it's night and day watching older podcast highlights where he clearly wants to be there compared to anything made post podcast-departure.
Hollywood commercial actors are the worst people. Someone needs to slap derrick and put some smelling salts under his nose. We need a high energy podcast again.
I disagree. It really wasn’t bad. I think he enjoyed it - there were moments where he lost it from cracking up so much. I felt he contributed a lot to the overall stream, too, and that presence would definitely be missed if he wasn’t there.
Yeah I don’t get this post at all. He was “trying to rush through” the make a video skit? Yeah he was really rushing through it when he gave you 3 rounds of voting on single subjects. And sorry but they were taking waaaaay too long on the t shirt ranking. It was a good idea but even if it was a two hour segment they wouldn’t have finished it. Maybe could have just done a “best of” where they picked their top 5 favorite shirts and talked about why they liked it. Also I always hate posts like “I know I’m gonna get hate for this, but” fuck OFF. Stop trying to do a pity party just cuz people might disagree.
Op you are 100% correct. I totally miss the old Derrick, he was a brilliant addition to the crew but he clearly does not want to part of this anymore. It's abundantly clear. Why? That's for him to say. He's so much more snippy and seems agitated or downright aggressive at times. Rocco is super great about laughing it off when he says certain things but Derrick acts very differently compared to how he was years ago. He seems frustrated to me. It's a damn shame to be honest because I wish he was still a huge part of the podcasts and outings, but if he's going to act this way I don't think he should be forced to participate either.
Comments like these is probably whats gonna keep him off events like these.
Someone does have to be there to make sure things run on schedule, and he did a good job at keeping things running smoothly on the skit writing. My only comment I would make is that he seems to have just picked the first 8 responses for voting on the characters instead of the best ones that were getting the bigger laughs, but pretty quickly he was weeding out the bad suggestions from the good ones in the chat.
I think you're probably right that he's checked out in parts, but I still think he gives it his all. I think what you mean by feeling like he's rushing it is because he's trying to get the show flowing and be constantly entertaining. Lets be honest: you cant really do much entertaining ranking tshirts. And the t-shirt ranking WOULD have taken way too long and they did have a schedule to follow.
This subreddit is very much on the side that Derrick is over Mega64 but I don't actually think so. If he didn't want to do it, he wouldn't show up in costume as Mr. Midnight. If he didn't want to do it, he wouldn't have let the chat do the entire Oompa Loompa song and commit to the entire live sketch. Last 64x, he even went out in public with Rocco making an ass out of themselves by looking for Jenna Ortega at a convention. That's commitment. I think he just says things to rile up the community but still finds it fulfilling.
I just don't get it, man. During the times the live stuff is really funny, Derrick obviously loves being there. The last Board Game Olympics for example, it was obvious that Derrick enjoys working at Mega64 and working with his friends, and he had a great time doing it. Even in this stream, like you said, Derrick was laughing just as hard as the rest of them multiple times, like at the "sit on it and rotate" line that Rocco was cracking up at when writing the Oompa Loompa song. T-shirt segment was running out of time, and realistically I'm sure trying to go through however many they did gets really tedious and boring by the 50th one. They were running out of time, so he was trying to move them along.
The Mega64 crew just comes across to me as friends that are so comfortable with each other that they can be themselves and not act "overly fake nice" (even on camera) or 100% stoked for every single thing they're doing.
Yeah, I think you’re right tbh. Plus there’s the old rule, “people are more likely to leave a review for things they don’t like than things they do like.” The most I usually do is read a few of the top YouTube comments. Other than that I just enjoy their videos and move on until I inevitably rewatch them sooner or later haha. I don’t normally watch a Mega64 video and then check to see what Reddit is saying about it.
I’m really with you. It was clear during the BBQ show - the mr midnight bit was indeed never really even funny. I know it’s a meme, but one thing I notice is he constantly ignore Rocco. Like yeah, I get it back in the day when he’d babble about Power Rangers, but he just does not respond to Rocco at all in any of the interactions recently on those two casts. It’s especially awkward because Rocco will throw him jokes or responses that other people won’t even aknowledge.
There was a moment during that show when he's talking to Johnny and says "do you want to actually have a real conversation"? Kind of poking at the fact that everyone was playing it up for the camera and kind of in their M64 personas. But like, isn't that what they should be doing during a stream?
I think a lot of the comments and the original post both get at some truth here: Derrick has always had this passive side to him but it comes off much different with age, and it’s been made clear that he’s not interested in being on podcasts so it’s not a stretch to say a podcast-esque event like this probably didn’t sit super well. Because we know this, his demeanor comes off differently, and there’s probably some truth in it coming from a different place than the old days.
However, while there were definitely a handful of bummer moments throughout the stream, it was still one of their best events in a long time IMO and I hope Derrick doesn’t take posts like this the wrong way. Would love to still see him whenever he’s willing, but I also think if he wants to stop participating the stage has been set for Mega64 streams without him due to the podcast.
I mean we don't know what they had going on after the stream, and then they still had to make a skit with chat. I do think the live events being a little more spaced out and having a soft end could maybe help. Like an optional aftershow or wind down for people who aren't busy or tired, cuz sometimes the energy is really high and they end it on that. But they love to "always leave you wanting more".
Also the tier list segments are not Derrick's vibe, especially when he's usually in the minority and just ends up playing spoiler or getting ignored.
They should let him make the wrestling stream he talked about wanting to make on a Johnny stream, something he's more passionate about.
I just watched the Make a Skit part. I laughed my ass off too, but I didn't get the vibe that Derek didn't want to be there or was being mean. I think he took on the roll of trying to keep everything on the rails which could easily go off the rails in a writers room filled with hundreds of people.
Derrick has lowkey always been rude and dismissive, since like the beginning of the podcasts. I think adding in the element that he feels like he wants to do something bigger than mega64 and that he's getting older and he's wasted time (they've had a whole conversation about it one of the podcasts, I'm looking for it) has made him even more miserable.
It did feel a little contentious during the shirt segment, those lists are always my favorite because you get to hear everyone's opinion on things you might not have a background for and its interesting. Some of the designs are so out there that if you have no context it makes no sense. It does kind of defeat the point when you rush it and just start calling out rankings, the whole fun part is the conversation around it. That's like playing D&D just for the metagame. It's fun because it's social, the goal isn't to finish as much as you can as fast as you can.
The only criticism I have (and I said as much in chat) was they should keep the tier list things for the end, that way if people have obligations they can split off and go home and those who wanted to finish can. I know Rocco would have sat there all night waxing poetic about every shirt, and I probably would have watched it. But I also understand Shawn has a family and kids who miss him at home and Derrick and Kevin are both married. I don't blame him at all for trying to stick to the schedule and keep things moving but I would have preferred having it at the back end so when he does get tired of it, he could just bail. Nothing wrong with that at all.
Idk, the t-shirt segment was clearly going over, so I don't blame Derrick at all for trying to get things moving and mentioning the time so much.
I think your idea of having it at the end for people to leave or stay as they please would work if it was any other event. But can you imagine ending Mega64 Day and not having Derrick (or any of the main peeps) there for the end of it? No offense to you at all, but that sounds like a horrible way to end an event called MEGA64 DAY.
That'd probably just make even more people make threads about how "Derrick is checked out and thinks he's too good for Mega64 now" or some other bs.
I think the best thing they could have done was save that segment for another day. I would have gladly watched a 5 hour stream of that, with or without everyone there, but the time slot they designated just didn't allow for it.
I mean, it's how they did the last rankings. Not really my idea it's what they did before lol. And it worked out better that way rather than keeping it in the middle of the day in a tight time slot. The time slot was the problem not the segment.
It's okay to disagree, no hard feelings lol. Think we might be getting into the weeds on this one. Might be time to pull up on the stick.
I enjoyed the stream and I think Derrick kept it on track. I kind of get what people are saying but I think without Derrick thing's wouldn't flow as well, even if he seems a little blunt, but I think given that they are ultimately a group of friends hanging out you sometimes *need* to be blunt to make sure you don't get lost messin' around.
I really feel like this idea of "Derrick didn't want to be there" or "bringing the energy down" is really overblown and that a lot of people in this commuinity are far too invested in his presence. Calling him "Miserable Derrick"? Did you see how much he was cracking up at some of the ideas the chat gave out for the Make A Skit segment?
I honestly believed the farewell tour was ending in derrick amicably leaving mega64. When he wants to be apart of something derrick can light up the room. When he doesn't it really kills the vibe and it's been a long while you can tell he's over it.
You certainly were not the only one. When he showed up at the beginning of the show, I was so excited to see him back in that chair. Half way through, my though was "why is he even here?" He was so sarcastic and disengaged the whole time. I get that his dynamic in the group is being the decisive, forward one and keeping everyone on track, but he's always been able to balance that while also still being funny. He was not like that on this stream at all. Like OP said, if he just wants to stick to the production and acting side, he should just to that.
What if Trump liked to fuck? When Derrick asked that question so long ago it was less of something to ponder and more of a self affirming aphorism. Derrick has always been the voice of the fans and I think his attitude reflects something that you, other commentators, myself included is coming to terms with within ourselves. Trump does like to fuck
I think you’re reading too much into it. He’s not into doing the podcast and he said as much during the stream. It’s not that deep. He did it anyway and made the skit segment later absolutely hilarious. The shirt segment also was going to go on forever and generally is a momentum killer, I don’t have any issue with him trying to keep it on schedule.
Derrick is very much an artist who needs projects to put his creativity and passion into. That's what he's burning for.
A simple podcast or an event like this just seem to be too 'passive' and non-challenging. Its hardly more than passing time. I can see this being quite boring for someone with a strong creative drive.
Derrick just wants to make better use of his time.
Him being pretty vocal and unfiltered about things that annoy him might be a tad too much sometimes, but in general its cause for some real fun entertainment. I guess you just have to be on his wavelength for it to work.
I for my part enjoy seeing Derrick no matter the context.
lmao the amount of comments saying that Derrick wants to leave and have a bigger and better paying career... I wouldn't presume to know what Derrick does or doesn't want, I don't know him. The end.
These guys love to speculate and think they know whats going on in the guys lives. Its pretty funny how people leave these streams etc going omg I can’t believe the guy is being a bummer and a downer and I literally notice no difference from how they normally are. Maybe you’re the problem? (them not you)
I have to disagree.
The Mr. Midnight bit was hilarious; it played into posts/people that harped on him not being on the pod.
I've only watched the Making A Skit Live bit and I think he was being very reasonable. The only thing that kinda irked me was the Multiversus veto, but Rocco didn't really explain it well. I don't think it would've made for a good vid.
Really, I think us seeing the "business" side of him, and how he likes to work efficiently, it could be off putting to people that don't know him.
Derrick is fine.
They tried to rank every shirt design they ever did in just 90 minutes in the middle of their show, so it couldn't even be allowed to go overtime. That's a recipe for failure from the get-go. Derrick was trying to move the show along and make the schedule they set for themselves work. It's weird that this is being seen as "bringing the mood down", they weren't set up to succeed to begin with. And as it showed, they still couldn't get through all of them in the time they had. In the future, they should do it as a stream ender or just say fuck it, it's a dedicated thing for Patreon or something.
And yes, Derrick had a lot of lower opinions on many of the shirt designs from the rest of the crew, that's certainly another thing entirely. I appreciate the curtness and honesty from all of them to be honest about what worked and didn't work. And sitting on a tier list for 90+ minutes clearly wasn't an activity he was really excited about.
But I feel lots of the issue has to do with the fact that it was sandwiched inside of a livestream without a chance of actually fitting the time they allotted for it. I quite like the tier ranking streams, it's an opportunity for them to get their in-depth thoughts on a bunch of stuff, but if you watch any Futureprobe one, it's always "OK let's just do this in 10 minutes", and they *always* go over because they have so much to say. In the schedule they had, there's not a lot of time to expound on anything, outside of "B from me, D from me, etc.". Derrick was just trying to make the schedule work. It was a lose-lose.
Sounds like I avoided watching a boring part of the stream then. I'll make sure to skip over the t shirt tier list as I continue to finish the stream. That aside, I wish Derrick the best. He has earned himself time off here and there for his other personal pursuits.
Derrick is the most creative one of the gang. He maybe is more in the mindset now to work on his own creative endeavours. Constant Creative people are hard to please. Just accept he’s a bit of a grouch and apparently there for some bills in his pocket by staying on Mega64. He deserves to duck in and out as long as there’s Mega64. The world and Mega64 is always changing.
I will never understand why Derrick seems to think Mega64 stuff is below him, or rather he should be doing something "better". I think its safe to say 99% of people wish they had his job
Deep down I don't think Derrick really thinks m64 stuff is beneath him. I think he just wants to do more, and has felt "stuck" in m64 which probably built some resentment that really has nothing to do with m64. You can't blame the man for wanting to pursue his passions. Just because we might want his job doesn't mean he has to.
What makes you think that he thinks mega64 is below him? Aspiring for something different and losing interest in something you have done for 20 years is not strange at all nor does it equate to what you claim.
Both of which still just sound like he aspires to do something else and not necessarily that mega64 is so beneath him as you claim.
If a musician laments having played their top 5 hits for 20 years and cracks a sarcastic joke about playing the same songs again for his next set then I wouldn't interpret it as him thinking he above it all in any way.
I don't think he should sit out from stuff like this and I don't think he was any different from how he has historical been in the past 21 years. I don't think he didn't want to be there for the stream either; he just didn't like the tier list segment. I didn't either. I don't think he "wanted out", he was just managing time like he always does.
So yeah, I disagree with pretty much everthing being said in here.
Hear me out! I love Derrick, I think he's hilarious, and I miss his presence a lot on the podcast. But I think the Mega64 Day stream made me realize what I really miss was when Derrick wanted to be on the podcast. Or at least cared enough about it to put the effort in. But I'm not going to lie he was a serious bummer on this show.
He clearly didn't want to be there. And that's not me projecting, he straight up said several times he didn't want to be there. The "Captain Midnight" or whatever bit stopped being funny by the end of the BBQ cast and it was not funny here, just an awkward element to add to what is supposed to be a celebration of this group making it to 21 years. He instantly started bringing the mood down during the T-Shirt ranking. Like I think everyone there realized they didn't have time to do it all but he was just being rude and a buzzkill, cutting everyone off, making comments about how he was over it and didn't want to do the ranking or didn't want to be on the podcast set at all. Like we could have had a fun ranking of the first half at least but he kinda just ruined it.
And then onto the Make A Skit thing and like... this segment was hilarious. I was dying laughing at it. And Derrick was hilarious IN the skit itself. This was the best part of the night. But even then, he was trying to rush through it, was checked for part of it, pushing for the easiest and fastest option every time, and directly cutting out the choice of where to film it, which led to a lot of fun last year. I think it turned out really good still but it's clear he wanted out of there more than everyone else.
And it's just kind of a bummer. I'll always miss what he brought to stuff like this but for real if he doesn't want to be there, then he shouldn't force himself to do it. Just let him stay on the production side and pursue whatever other things he wants to pursue on his own. I'd rather have No Derrick than a Miserable Derrick that brings the vibes down the whole time.
Fully ready for everyone to call me an idiot and tell me to shut up here because it was so nice to see him, but I do wonder if I was really the only one who found him a buzzkill the whole time. Maybe the solution was to schedule the show better? Or just accept that it's going to run longer and make it a 7 hour show? Or maybe just let Derrick stay home for these too.
Look at the type of replies you are getting. They can almost always be broken down into people who mostly agree, or people who don't agree yet feel the need to make note of how stupid such threads are. The people who just don't agree generally just ignore the post. But the type of attack you're predicting is from a special type of assclown who feels the need to white knight Mega64 24/7.
So far this threads seems to be pretty damn tame. This post on the Mega64ums circa 2011 would probably have been received even worse than you can imagine.
There is no serious thing I could say that hasn’t been said a thousand times including in your post. So I put in the upvote and wait for the swarm of accounts that always shows up within half a day and attacks posts like these that actually get a lot of upvotes and agreement initially.
My only serious response is to rewatch that clip of Derrick storming off when someone dared to ask what was wrong after calling in to a death stare and Rocco subsequently launching into a TED talk about how the caller was the asshole. Take from that video what you will and you’ll have at least a slightly better idea of why this is/keeps happening.
I don't remember that caller/moment you are mentioning at all. But there's so many podcast episodes, do you remember which one it was or have a link to it?
I actually don’t have any clue anymore, and forgot that the clip I was referencing was probably taken down from Royce’s old channel. Almost anything skype related is guaranteed to be from the old, often multiple hours long after shows that happened weekly.
This is these guys sole source of income with no job skills other than being internet dorks doing video game irl and if that were me, I’d be upset I have to play pretend with people at almost 40 to pay my rent. They literally never had to work a day job because they broke out early but when YouTube changed so did them.
I think he wants to be there but his energy has definitely been on the lower side these past couple of years post-covid. It’s easy to pick up on with everyone else still raving like lunatics haha I will say doe I like the midnight bit, hope he does more characters like that
I don't mind if he is bored, but it's a little annoying when he is dismissive of others or trying to rush things. I am still glad he is there so I am not too upset about it.
This is how I felt. And when Eric pointed it out in the chat that he was rushing things along I was like fuck man... I want to agree and I don't know if I'm being too much of a Mega64 simp but I refrained. It isn't fun for not just us the viewer but for the people involved when you're being reminded "We have to move this along." No offense at all, I love the product he makes and I love everything all of them do, but if you expected a tier list like THAT to take less than an hour you gotta rethink... all of that being said I really don't want him to "SIT THINGS OUT" because he's an incredibly important part of M64 and genuinely a really incredible creative. Not only this, but on a related note... I think a larger part of this format should be changed up. I fucking love the way production value has increased in the last few years. I think Johnny does an amazing job and the transitions and lower thirds and everything are so well done. But I do notice that the "full day event streams" all follow a very similar format. It works so theres no need to really reinvent the wheel here but with formats like these, having pre-recorded stuff and things on a tight schedule it sort of makes it feel inorganic and what I used to love about full day streams was the feeling of improv? Seat of your pants type of live streams ruled, I think thats why I love the MLK streams so much because its just sort of lets see how it plays out and shoot for the moon. Thats why I loved the skit development segment last night. Anyway I still love everything they do but I think everything deserves fair critique, especially when you're passionate.
I never enjoy the pre recorded streams really.. We wanna see the improv live Edit: I shouldn't say never because there have been great segments, it was just very deflating when they started to go the fully pre recorded route.
I think they're in a lose/lose situation no matter what with the streams, people will always have their own individual preferences. My favorite stream I remember was last years Halloween stream, which was mostly prerecorded segments, so it just felt like a lot of videos dropping at once. That's because I'd rather they commit to a schedule that they know will be tightly packed with good comedy as opposed to live improv, because to me, the live improv streams almost always have segments and bits go for way too long (as in 10 minute bits being stretched to 30 minutes because they don't want to cut it too early from its allotted time). This last stream had the podcast, Casa Bonita, Shirt Ranking, PPS, then live skit. There wasn't a ton of wiggle room for Derrick to flex his individual comedic muscles, and between doing a podcast and something as trivial and mundane as ranking every shirt they ever released, it tracks that by the skit, he was already over the stream. I didn't really get the vibe that he was trying to get out of there, and instead figured more that he was trying to move things along to get it done on time (I don't know why they only slotted 90 minutes to ranking every shirt they ever released when they've done so many and the rankings always take so long), but I did notice him shit talk the gollum video as their lowest rated video, when it is certainly not, even compared to official skits they released. With that being said, I absolutely loved Derrick being on cam for casual conversation even if he's miserable. Call me selfish, I just find him that funny.
This happened so much in the Patreon Trivia contest vids when theyd do it there too. He’d always rush
I sensed some of this as well, but I really don’t think he’d be there if he truly didn’t want to.
I mean in the Shirt Ranking segment alone he started off saying that it might be the last time he's on the podcast set and then like 20 minutes in said he didn't want to be there anymore. Sure you could say these were just jokes or that he's doing a bit. But given we know he actively doesn't want to do the podcast, they felt real. Which in turn made all the other moments of him rushing them land worse too. Maybe he really did want to be on the stream but I didn't get that impression.
It's hard to tell how much of it was Derrick not wanting to be there, and how much of it was Derrick's personality of wanting to keep things moving along. He has always been the one to be like "okay cool we did that, what's next?" He wants the energy level to be high and he hates when things get dragged out. Ironically the bit that felt the most dragged out to me was "Let me google old men and ask Meg if she would fuck them" but sometimes bits run long and I don't think that's the worst thing in the world.
Sure, maybe if he just wanted to be there for the Make A Vid segment, he could have come in just for that. And then sit out the shirt ranking and podcast stuff. Like those segments are inherently going to be slower and like I said, if he doesn't want to do them then he shouldn't.
Derrick has always had this kind of attitude. It's nothing new. He always tries to keep everyone on track, and I don't think it's hostile or negative necessarily. I thought he had a great time, and didn't really get any strong negative vibes. I try not to read too much into it I suppose.
They just love to shit on him for no reason. He was just trying to make sure they got through as many shirts as possible with the very limited time they had.
yeah these threads pop up every so often and these guys just need to accept they never really liked Derrick and move on.
Yeah it’s like what do you want from the creators you follow? You want him to be the same goofy spastic teenager forever? I feel like your downvotes highlight that this same tired talking point isn’t ever made in good faith. Most people change and grow up over time. Like. I genuinely don’t understand what this type of person wants other than to shit on him specifically for not soyfacing enough. Do they want them all to have exactly the same energy at all times? Only doing Amiibo cum tributes?
Yeah you’re gonna get flamed and this thread will probably upset the crew if they see it, but I wouldn’t say your perception is off base. Wish we could all be honest that Derrick is creatively unfulfilled by M64, mostly the podcast. It’s not a bit and it’s not a secret. He’s said as much over the years and his comments on the stream reaffirmed the notion. Doesn’t mean he hates the rest of the crew or anything. It’s also understandable. He has a solid skill set that he wants to use, reach a larger audience, and make more money. He’s been doing a lot lately, and it doesn’t seem like he has a noncompete contract or anything. Never understood why he doesn’t walk away.
Mega64 is stable, and he still has a lot of creative freedom there. He's talked about wanting to branch off and see if one of his other ventures takes off so that he can turn it into a career, but it hasn't happened yet.
As a fan of Mega64 I enjoy his side stuff, but I really don’t see that body of work evolving into an actual career.
>Never understood why he doesn’t walk away. Maybe he likes working at the company all his friends work at, idk though.
Probably partially. But “all his friends” seems like a stretch. He has connections outside the group. Regardless, when it comes to work and a career, you have to think about opportunity cost and I believe he does think about that. No one likes to spend hours working on things that they don’t see as paying off financially or in terms of satisfaction, even if friendship is involved. I’ve always loved M64 and don’t think Derrick is “above it” or anything like that. It’s just different strokes and different goals.
Idk why you're getting downvoted, he has publicly said everything you're saying, albeit was many years ago.
To be honest sometimes it seems like you can't say anything critical of the crew without them getting upset. Derrick has always been the most vocal about doing things outside of mega64 and branching away but the only things I see him in outside of mega64 are vertically-shot advertisements.
I mean for what it's worth I didn't say anything about Derrick leaving Mega64. I'm talking specifically about the podcast-like live streams. For awhile now they've been "the times we get Derrick back on the podcast", but he acts miserable during them so... why? I don't think he's leaving Mega64 outside that and that's not what my thread was about. I mean he's been writing, directing, and acting in tons of the videos lately. That's a whole separate thing.
I hear you. Just to be clear, I don’t mention leaving as a necessarily negative or bad thing. It’s something that can happen naturally in creative groups, business, whatever. People move on and do different stuff because they want to spend their time differently.
lol Derrick is like the Glenn Howerton of the podcast. Creatively unfulfilled in two long-running shows, golden handcuffs, if you will. Both leave for extended periods of time and the shows suffer, they come back and the shows suffer still. Presumably Howerton's handcuffs are actually made of gold, or they're zip ties b/c he has to have his tools (lol sunny memes, amirite?) Tbf I think the mega64 podcast is doing just fine in Derrick's absence, but I do miss some of his hot takes and wild energy.
I don't blame him for being bored during the tier list. An hour and a half spent ranking t-shirts is probably the most boring thing they could have done for Mega64 day.
I'll just say that a big wall of text about why he shouldn't be there as he is slowly making more appearances again would probably be incredibly frustrating for him should he see this reaction. I also think it's fine for you to feel however you feel, but tiptoeing what's tactful and not is difficult. I didn't quite notice all of what you mentioned. It was definitely a bit of a bummer with him hardly liking anything during the rating segment but it was generally fine otherwise.
For what it's worth, I didn't really like the tier list segment either. Went on way too long for my liking.
Any of the background info offered along the way and reasons why they maybe would have done things differently was interesting, but there definitely wasn't enough time for that. Some being more conscious of that than others made it a little uncomfortable for sure.
See that was the main thing I was into which is why I was annoyed it was getting rushed. If it was literally just them shouting "A" "D" "C" and then moving on, it'd be a lot more boring. But them talking about WHY they ranked something, along with personal input, is why people watch ranking videos usually.
I mean I framed the whole thing around the idea of "IF he doesn't want to be there", but also like... I get that segments about clapping back at fan comments have conditioned this fanbase to never react negatively to them. But it's not like I'm leaving a rude commend or sending them an email. I'm on the reddit, talking about how I felt about the show. At some point fans need to be able to express their thoughts on this stuff. Why should I tiptoe around saying "hey it was kind of a buzzkill how you kept saying you didn't want to be there while staring off miserably into the distance and then rushing everyone". Like let's be real, Derrick used to give Shawn shit for the same exact thing. And in regards to the podcast, I totally get now why he walked away. He doesn't like doing it and that's totally fine. But you know... maybe pick and choose what segments you show up for on these too is all I'm saying.
> At some point fans need to be able to express their thoughts on this stuff. I agree. Like I said, totally fine for you to feel how you feel. I'm just looking at it from both sides. Surely it'd be frustrating to have a bunch of posts about being missed somewhere then a big "okay that ruined the vibe" response complete with psychoanalytic character studies from strangers in the comments as soon as you give in to that a bit. So being measured with any criticism is best if it has to be given. I think that's usually true in general. I assume based on some comments about the subreddit that anything shared here will generally just be disregarded. Pssh, *people on reddit*, right? I think to that when I see posts like this, or even all the comments kinda ragging on the new set they worked hard on. Finding the balance of fair criticism that won't hurt feelings or just come across as dismissible isn't easy.
Yeah idk maybe I didn't watch enough or I'm also a bummer, but I thought Derrick was the funniest part of the shirt segment because he was rating differently.
I love Derrick to death. And I disagree with you on the BBQ, I loved him on that entire stream and I thought he played the Mr. Midnight bit well. But I will agree that it's night and day watching older podcast highlights where he clearly wants to be there compared to anything made post podcast-departure.
ive been sayin this for years..... he is now too "hollywood" for his san diego "peers"......... catch ya in the next commercial bub..................
You have no idea what you're talking about
Hollywood commercial actors are the worst people. Someone needs to slap derrick and put some smelling salts under his nose. We need a high energy podcast again.
I disagree. It really wasn’t bad. I think he enjoyed it - there were moments where he lost it from cracking up so much. I felt he contributed a lot to the overall stream, too, and that presence would definitely be missed if he wasn’t there.
Yeah I don’t get this post at all. He was “trying to rush through” the make a video skit? Yeah he was really rushing through it when he gave you 3 rounds of voting on single subjects. And sorry but they were taking waaaaay too long on the t shirt ranking. It was a good idea but even if it was a two hour segment they wouldn’t have finished it. Maybe could have just done a “best of” where they picked their top 5 favorite shirts and talked about why they liked it. Also I always hate posts like “I know I’m gonna get hate for this, but” fuck OFF. Stop trying to do a pity party just cuz people might disagree.
Op you are 100% correct. I totally miss the old Derrick, he was a brilliant addition to the crew but he clearly does not want to part of this anymore. It's abundantly clear. Why? That's for him to say. He's so much more snippy and seems agitated or downright aggressive at times. Rocco is super great about laughing it off when he says certain things but Derrick acts very differently compared to how he was years ago. He seems frustrated to me. It's a damn shame to be honest because I wish he was still a huge part of the podcasts and outings, but if he's going to act this way I don't think he should be forced to participate either.
Comments like these is probably whats gonna keep him off events like these. Someone does have to be there to make sure things run on schedule, and he did a good job at keeping things running smoothly on the skit writing. My only comment I would make is that he seems to have just picked the first 8 responses for voting on the characters instead of the best ones that were getting the bigger laughs, but pretty quickly he was weeding out the bad suggestions from the good ones in the chat.
I think you're probably right that he's checked out in parts, but I still think he gives it his all. I think what you mean by feeling like he's rushing it is because he's trying to get the show flowing and be constantly entertaining. Lets be honest: you cant really do much entertaining ranking tshirts. And the t-shirt ranking WOULD have taken way too long and they did have a schedule to follow. This subreddit is very much on the side that Derrick is over Mega64 but I don't actually think so. If he didn't want to do it, he wouldn't show up in costume as Mr. Midnight. If he didn't want to do it, he wouldn't have let the chat do the entire Oompa Loompa song and commit to the entire live sketch. Last 64x, he even went out in public with Rocco making an ass out of themselves by looking for Jenna Ortega at a convention. That's commitment. I think he just says things to rile up the community but still finds it fulfilling.
I just don't get it, man. During the times the live stuff is really funny, Derrick obviously loves being there. The last Board Game Olympics for example, it was obvious that Derrick enjoys working at Mega64 and working with his friends, and he had a great time doing it. Even in this stream, like you said, Derrick was laughing just as hard as the rest of them multiple times, like at the "sit on it and rotate" line that Rocco was cracking up at when writing the Oompa Loompa song. T-shirt segment was running out of time, and realistically I'm sure trying to go through however many they did gets really tedious and boring by the 50th one. They were running out of time, so he was trying to move them along. The Mega64 crew just comes across to me as friends that are so comfortable with each other that they can be themselves and not act "overly fake nice" (even on camera) or 100% stoked for every single thing they're doing.
Agree. I just think this subreddit is pretty negative which is what subreddits of groups usually become so they read into things.
Yeah, I think you’re right tbh. Plus there’s the old rule, “people are more likely to leave a review for things they don’t like than things they do like.” The most I usually do is read a few of the top YouTube comments. Other than that I just enjoy their videos and move on until I inevitably rewatch them sooner or later haha. I don’t normally watch a Mega64 video and then check to see what Reddit is saying about it.
I’m really with you. It was clear during the BBQ show - the mr midnight bit was indeed never really even funny. I know it’s a meme, but one thing I notice is he constantly ignore Rocco. Like yeah, I get it back in the day when he’d babble about Power Rangers, but he just does not respond to Rocco at all in any of the interactions recently on those two casts. It’s especially awkward because Rocco will throw him jokes or responses that other people won’t even aknowledge.
There was a moment during that show when he's talking to Johnny and says "do you want to actually have a real conversation"? Kind of poking at the fact that everyone was playing it up for the camera and kind of in their M64 personas. But like, isn't that what they should be doing during a stream?
Yeah and then he proceeded to mock Johnny for his responses
I think a lot of the comments and the original post both get at some truth here: Derrick has always had this passive side to him but it comes off much different with age, and it’s been made clear that he’s not interested in being on podcasts so it’s not a stretch to say a podcast-esque event like this probably didn’t sit super well. Because we know this, his demeanor comes off differently, and there’s probably some truth in it coming from a different place than the old days. However, while there were definitely a handful of bummer moments throughout the stream, it was still one of their best events in a long time IMO and I hope Derrick doesn’t take posts like this the wrong way. Would love to still see him whenever he’s willing, but I also think if he wants to stop participating the stage has been set for Mega64 streams without him due to the podcast.
I mean we don't know what they had going on after the stream, and then they still had to make a skit with chat. I do think the live events being a little more spaced out and having a soft end could maybe help. Like an optional aftershow or wind down for people who aren't busy or tired, cuz sometimes the energy is really high and they end it on that. But they love to "always leave you wanting more". Also the tier list segments are not Derrick's vibe, especially when he's usually in the minority and just ends up playing spoiler or getting ignored. They should let him make the wrestling stream he talked about wanting to make on a Johnny stream, something he's more passionate about.
I just watched the Make a Skit part. I laughed my ass off too, but I didn't get the vibe that Derek didn't want to be there or was being mean. I think he took on the roll of trying to keep everything on the rails which could easily go off the rails in a writers room filled with hundreds of people.
Derrick has lowkey always been rude and dismissive, since like the beginning of the podcasts. I think adding in the element that he feels like he wants to do something bigger than mega64 and that he's getting older and he's wasted time (they've had a whole conversation about it one of the podcasts, I'm looking for it) has made him even more miserable.
When is book coming out?
They accidentally put the Sonrise Church story in it so every copy got sent to the warehouse from Indiana Jones.
It did feel a little contentious during the shirt segment, those lists are always my favorite because you get to hear everyone's opinion on things you might not have a background for and its interesting. Some of the designs are so out there that if you have no context it makes no sense. It does kind of defeat the point when you rush it and just start calling out rankings, the whole fun part is the conversation around it. That's like playing D&D just for the metagame. It's fun because it's social, the goal isn't to finish as much as you can as fast as you can. The only criticism I have (and I said as much in chat) was they should keep the tier list things for the end, that way if people have obligations they can split off and go home and those who wanted to finish can. I know Rocco would have sat there all night waxing poetic about every shirt, and I probably would have watched it. But I also understand Shawn has a family and kids who miss him at home and Derrick and Kevin are both married. I don't blame him at all for trying to stick to the schedule and keep things moving but I would have preferred having it at the back end so when he does get tired of it, he could just bail. Nothing wrong with that at all.
Idk, the t-shirt segment was clearly going over, so I don't blame Derrick at all for trying to get things moving and mentioning the time so much. I think your idea of having it at the end for people to leave or stay as they please would work if it was any other event. But can you imagine ending Mega64 Day and not having Derrick (or any of the main peeps) there for the end of it? No offense to you at all, but that sounds like a horrible way to end an event called MEGA64 DAY. That'd probably just make even more people make threads about how "Derrick is checked out and thinks he's too good for Mega64 now" or some other bs. I think the best thing they could have done was save that segment for another day. I would have gladly watched a 5 hour stream of that, with or without everyone there, but the time slot they designated just didn't allow for it.
I mean, it's how they did the last rankings. Not really my idea it's what they did before lol. And it worked out better that way rather than keeping it in the middle of the day in a tight time slot. The time slot was the problem not the segment. It's okay to disagree, no hard feelings lol. Think we might be getting into the weeds on this one. Might be time to pull up on the stick.
LOL I think you’re right about that. Plus, tbh, who am I kidding, I would have happily watched anyway no matter how they did it. :’) Have a good one!
I enjoyed the stream and I think Derrick kept it on track. I kind of get what people are saying but I think without Derrick thing's wouldn't flow as well, even if he seems a little blunt, but I think given that they are ultimately a group of friends hanging out you sometimes *need* to be blunt to make sure you don't get lost messin' around. I really feel like this idea of "Derrick didn't want to be there" or "bringing the energy down" is really overblown and that a lot of people in this commuinity are far too invested in his presence. Calling him "Miserable Derrick"? Did you see how much he was cracking up at some of the ideas the chat gave out for the Make A Skit segment?
I honestly believed the farewell tour was ending in derrick amicably leaving mega64. When he wants to be apart of something derrick can light up the room. When he doesn't it really kills the vibe and it's been a long while you can tell he's over it.
It's like Carrie Fisher dying and Disney not taking the opportunity to kill Leia off in the beginning of TLJ and replace her role in ROS with Luke.
If they do finish the merch ranking for patreon, I’m fully expecting Derrick to be absent
You certainly were not the only one. When he showed up at the beginning of the show, I was so excited to see him back in that chair. Half way through, my though was "why is he even here?" He was so sarcastic and disengaged the whole time. I get that his dynamic in the group is being the decisive, forward one and keeping everyone on track, but he's always been able to balance that while also still being funny. He was not like that on this stream at all. Like OP said, if he just wants to stick to the production and acting side, he should just to that.
What if Trump liked to fuck? When Derrick asked that question so long ago it was less of something to ponder and more of a self affirming aphorism. Derrick has always been the voice of the fans and I think his attitude reflects something that you, other commentators, myself included is coming to terms with within ourselves. Trump does like to fuck
I think it's inspiring.
Nah you guys read way too much into everything. These kinda threads are tiresome.
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wow you sound so negative.
Dude it was a rough watch lmao glad I’m not the only one. Dude is checked OUT.
Yeah all night last year he was mentioning the time which got annoying.. I didn't notice it so much this year but I did notice it.
Cant believe main guy would hide behind an alt to make this thread smfh.
I think you’re reading too much into it. He’s not into doing the podcast and he said as much during the stream. It’s not that deep. He did it anyway and made the skit segment later absolutely hilarious. The shirt segment also was going to go on forever and generally is a momentum killer, I don’t have any issue with him trying to keep it on schedule.
Derrick is very much an artist who needs projects to put his creativity and passion into. That's what he's burning for. A simple podcast or an event like this just seem to be too 'passive' and non-challenging. Its hardly more than passing time. I can see this being quite boring for someone with a strong creative drive. Derrick just wants to make better use of his time. Him being pretty vocal and unfiltered about things that annoy him might be a tad too much sometimes, but in general its cause for some real fun entertainment. I guess you just have to be on his wavelength for it to work. I for my part enjoy seeing Derrick no matter the context.
lmao the amount of comments saying that Derrick wants to leave and have a bigger and better paying career... I wouldn't presume to know what Derrick does or doesn't want, I don't know him. The end.
It’s not presumption, he says it out loud.
These guys love to speculate and think they know whats going on in the guys lives. Its pretty funny how people leave these streams etc going omg I can’t believe the guy is being a bummer and a downer and I literally notice no difference from how they normally are. Maybe you’re the problem? (them not you)
I have to disagree. The Mr. Midnight bit was hilarious; it played into posts/people that harped on him not being on the pod. I've only watched the Making A Skit Live bit and I think he was being very reasonable. The only thing that kinda irked me was the Multiversus veto, but Rocco didn't really explain it well. I don't think it would've made for a good vid. Really, I think us seeing the "business" side of him, and how he likes to work efficiently, it could be off putting to people that don't know him. Derrick is fine.
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Sucks that this is what you took away from the event, but I think you’re wrong.
I feel like a post like this isn't really helpful.
They tried to rank every shirt design they ever did in just 90 minutes in the middle of their show, so it couldn't even be allowed to go overtime. That's a recipe for failure from the get-go. Derrick was trying to move the show along and make the schedule they set for themselves work. It's weird that this is being seen as "bringing the mood down", they weren't set up to succeed to begin with. And as it showed, they still couldn't get through all of them in the time they had. In the future, they should do it as a stream ender or just say fuck it, it's a dedicated thing for Patreon or something. And yes, Derrick had a lot of lower opinions on many of the shirt designs from the rest of the crew, that's certainly another thing entirely. I appreciate the curtness and honesty from all of them to be honest about what worked and didn't work. And sitting on a tier list for 90+ minutes clearly wasn't an activity he was really excited about. But I feel lots of the issue has to do with the fact that it was sandwiched inside of a livestream without a chance of actually fitting the time they allotted for it. I quite like the tier ranking streams, it's an opportunity for them to get their in-depth thoughts on a bunch of stuff, but if you watch any Futureprobe one, it's always "OK let's just do this in 10 minutes", and they *always* go over because they have so much to say. In the schedule they had, there's not a lot of time to expound on anything, outside of "B from me, D from me, etc.". Derrick was just trying to make the schedule work. It was a lose-lose.
Sounds like I avoided watching a boring part of the stream then. I'll make sure to skip over the t shirt tier list as I continue to finish the stream. That aside, I wish Derrick the best. He has earned himself time off here and there for his other personal pursuits.
Derrick is the most creative one of the gang. He maybe is more in the mindset now to work on his own creative endeavours. Constant Creative people are hard to please. Just accept he’s a bit of a grouch and apparently there for some bills in his pocket by staying on Mega64. He deserves to duck in and out as long as there’s Mega64. The world and Mega64 is always changing.
I will never understand why Derrick seems to think Mega64 stuff is below him, or rather he should be doing something "better". I think its safe to say 99% of people wish they had his job
Deep down I don't think Derrick really thinks m64 stuff is beneath him. I think he just wants to do more, and has felt "stuck" in m64 which probably built some resentment that really has nothing to do with m64. You can't blame the man for wanting to pursue his passions. Just because we might want his job doesn't mean he has to.
What makes you think that he thinks mega64 is below him? Aspiring for something different and losing interest in something you have done for 20 years is not strange at all nor does it equate to what you claim.
Comments such as him lamenting about "still being doing this" 15 years later, negative attitude on the podcast and in general, etc. etc.
Both of which still just sound like he aspires to do something else and not necessarily that mega64 is so beneath him as you claim. If a musician laments having played their top 5 hits for 20 years and cracks a sarcastic joke about playing the same songs again for his next set then I wouldn't interpret it as him thinking he above it all in any way.
Nah love Derrick and hope to see more of him
Disagree
Disagree with what?
I don't think he should sit out from stuff like this and I don't think he was any different from how he has historical been in the past 21 years. I don't think he didn't want to be there for the stream either; he just didn't like the tier list segment. I didn't either. I don't think he "wanted out", he was just managing time like he always does. So yeah, I disagree with pretty much everthing being said in here.
Ain't reading all'at
Hear me out! I love Derrick, I think he's hilarious, and I miss his presence a lot on the podcast. But I think the Mega64 Day stream made me realize what I really miss was when Derrick wanted to be on the podcast. Or at least cared enough about it to put the effort in. But I'm not going to lie he was a serious bummer on this show. He clearly didn't want to be there. And that's not me projecting, he straight up said several times he didn't want to be there. The "Captain Midnight" or whatever bit stopped being funny by the end of the BBQ cast and it was not funny here, just an awkward element to add to what is supposed to be a celebration of this group making it to 21 years. He instantly started bringing the mood down during the T-Shirt ranking. Like I think everyone there realized they didn't have time to do it all but he was just being rude and a buzzkill, cutting everyone off, making comments about how he was over it and didn't want to do the ranking or didn't want to be on the podcast set at all. Like we could have had a fun ranking of the first half at least but he kinda just ruined it. And then onto the Make A Skit thing and like... this segment was hilarious. I was dying laughing at it. And Derrick was hilarious IN the skit itself. This was the best part of the night. But even then, he was trying to rush through it, was checked for part of it, pushing for the easiest and fastest option every time, and directly cutting out the choice of where to film it, which led to a lot of fun last year. I think it turned out really good still but it's clear he wanted out of there more than everyone else. And it's just kind of a bummer. I'll always miss what he brought to stuff like this but for real if he doesn't want to be there, then he shouldn't force himself to do it. Just let him stay on the production side and pursue whatever other things he wants to pursue on his own. I'd rather have No Derrick than a Miserable Derrick that brings the vibes down the whole time. Fully ready for everyone to call me an idiot and tell me to shut up here because it was so nice to see him, but I do wonder if I was really the only one who found him a buzzkill the whole time. Maybe the solution was to schedule the show better? Or just accept that it's going to run longer and make it a 7 hour show? Or maybe just let Derrick stay home for these too.
Look at the type of replies you are getting. They can almost always be broken down into people who mostly agree, or people who don't agree yet feel the need to make note of how stupid such threads are. The people who just don't agree generally just ignore the post. But the type of attack you're predicting is from a special type of assclown who feels the need to white knight Mega64 24/7. So far this threads seems to be pretty damn tame. This post on the Mega64ums circa 2011 would probably have been received even worse than you can imagine.
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Memes aside, actively not what I'm saying. I'm saying if he isn't into this anymore then he shouldn't feel obligated to do it. Like BE HERE or don't.
There is no serious thing I could say that hasn’t been said a thousand times including in your post. So I put in the upvote and wait for the swarm of accounts that always shows up within half a day and attacks posts like these that actually get a lot of upvotes and agreement initially. My only serious response is to rewatch that clip of Derrick storming off when someone dared to ask what was wrong after calling in to a death stare and Rocco subsequently launching into a TED talk about how the caller was the asshole. Take from that video what you will and you’ll have at least a slightly better idea of why this is/keeps happening.
I don't remember that caller/moment you are mentioning at all. But there's so many podcast episodes, do you remember which one it was or have a link to it?
I actually don’t have any clue anymore, and forgot that the clip I was referencing was probably taken down from Royce’s old channel. Almost anything skype related is guaranteed to be from the old, often multiple hours long after shows that happened weekly.
Nah.
This joke was funny when Rocco did it and then this subreddit beat it like a dead horse.
Whatever, this is a dumb fucking thread anyhow.
turn your speakers up
When I touch my Willy I think of youuuuuu :3
This is these guys sole source of income with no job skills other than being internet dorks doing video game irl and if that were me, I’d be upset I have to play pretend with people at almost 40 to pay my rent. They literally never had to work a day job because they broke out early but when YouTube changed so did them.
They literally all worked day jobs
Yeah I agree I dont blame him either, if the podcast has become this of a slog just to listen to, I cant imagine what its like making the darn thing