The new video is doing numbers like I've never had on my channel before, like double the previous peak for the first couple days. So that's worth celebrating! Unfortunately, it's also been extremely divisive in unexpected ways I feel like I ought to address.
Rather than being flooded with 'git gud' flack, it's a flood of people telling me I've fundamentally misunderstood the phrase. More than that, I'm apparently coming across as bitter, vitriolic, insecure, and hostile. That certainly wasn't my intention.
The apparent idea is that "Git Gud" is actually a kind and supportive thing to say and I slandered the community by suggesting otherwise. If thats been your experience, that's great, I'm glad for you, and maybe that's true for inward-facing community interactions.
However, it's driving me insane to have so many people tell me Git Gud is not and has never been a phrase used in a hostile/aggressive way. That is NOT my experience. I have, conversely, NEVER had the phrase used in even a remotely positive way towards me.
One of the biggest ways people tear down my work is the argument that Im so incompetent at gameplay, *anything* I write is inherently flawed because I clearly don't understand the game and could never engage with it the way a Real Gamer could. That I should quit, or drink bleach.
For literally years, on videos about other games and in assorted contexts, "Git Gud" has been synonymous with "Shut Up". This isn't a "bogeyman I made up in my head", I get that shit sent to my inbox *daily*. If you aren't public-facing to a large degree this might happen less.
Dark Souls as just a concept has been used as a rhetorical cudgel against me and my work. "Imagine HIM playing Dark Souls 😆😆😆", "You can't criticize what you can't even play", etc. And, of course, "Maybe Git Gud, asshole". So, yeah, I let that get to me.
Its slightly infuriating to get all these comments complaining I made up a guy to get mad at when I can tell immediately when a video Ive done has been linked to 4chan at some point because of the INSTANT uptick in Git Gud bullshit. I didnt "deliberately misinterpret" the phrase.
Another thing I feel like I ought to address is smaller but probably more serious, theres people saying I misgendered Dark Sun Gwyndolin deliberately as a way to attack the trans community. I hope its clear that this isnt the case. I didnt *beat* Gwyndolin, didn't know the lore.
In Ds3, Yorshka calls Gwyndolin "brother", and I never made it to the end of the hallways so I never read all the odd stuff I'm now aware of. It was an accidental misunderstanding of the lore. I support trans rights and try to make that publicly clear.
No one's required to give me the benefit of a doubt, obviously, but I only became aware of this from some "You Know What You Did" comments, and I *didnt* know, and I'm sorry for having done it. I'm not a secret bigot, I just never read a key item description.
I tried to do my best on this video, and I wanted it to be a positive video, based on the positive emotions I never knew I would find with the trilogy. It was not my intention to make a fool of myself and come across as an aggrieved nerd with a bone to pick. Or a transphobe.
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