History LetsPlay / RLYoshi

He also has other gaming-related shows and projects. ''Let's Race'' has him and a friend play a game at the same time, racing to be the one to complete it first, usually with a variety of rules or unique twists. ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Party'' is ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', with Max's own [[{{Troll}} creative ideas and tendencies]] mixed in. And then there's ''Minecraft Hardcore'', where a group of players work together towards a common goal in ''Minecraft'', but if they die once, they're out completely. There also used to be ''Mirror and Sol'', which had Max and Zero playing ''Minecraft'' adventure maps as their [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic pony characters]], [[CloudCuckooLander Winter Solstice]] and [[GrumpyBear Mirror Image]] respectively, remaining in character the entire time (mostly). This series was confirmed to be on an indefinite pause when Zero moved and no longer had good enough internet connection to continue.

* XMeetsY: The series itself is ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', but also mixed with Max's own creativity and trolling.

* ArtEvolution: The first season's thumbnails, like the rest of the videos on the channel, took shots from the episode itself. This time, the thumbnails (besides the first episode's) are custom creations in Mine-imator that represent and dramatize what happened in the episode.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: In the end of episode 5, [[spoiler:Peter]] is off exploring at nighttime to find spiders, commenting how [[TemptingFate he feels fairly confident with his sword and armor...]] suddenly cut to [[spoiler:him staring up at a skeleton, with low health, quietly declaring [[OhCrap "Oh fuck."]]]] Cue end of video (with the iconic booming sound that typically accompanies a player's death). [[spoiler:While Peter does certainly get himself in trouble over the next couple episodes, he doesn't die in them.]]

* SkewedPriorities: Jerry's job was to make a farm area, so the players would have a sustainable food source. He instead prioritizes making a lavish bedroom, which also indirectly results in the others not being able to sleep to skip the night for a while.

* ParanoiaFuel: Enforced; according to a comment, Max is not above editing around someone's death message popping up when the team splits up, meaning viewers can watch one team's actions without realizing someone on the other team died in the middle until it switches perspectives. So you'll have no idea if everyone on the team you're not watching is still alive...
** As a specific example, in the first season when Max, Jero, and Silver went exploring, Max (in editing) cut off their perspective mere ''seconds'' before Peter's death message appeared.

* ContinuityNod: In the first season, Max was the de facto leader until his death, then Rhino took over. This time around, Rhino acts as the leader right out the gate.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: In the end of episode 5, [[spoiler:Peter]] is off exploring at nighttime to find spiders, commenting how [[TemptingFate he feels fairly confident with his sword and armor...]] suddenly cut to [[spoiler:him staring up at a skeleton, with low health, quietly declaring [[OhCrap "Oh fuck."]]]] Cue end of video (with the iconic booming sound that typically accompanies a player's death).

* TookALevelInBadass: The whole crew! In the first season, their progress was very slow, and they didn't even enter the Nether until the eighteenth episode and half the team was dead. This time, [[spoiler:as of the fifth episode, they're ready to venture in whenever and haven't had a single casualty.]]

He also has other gaming-related shows and projects. ''Let's Race'' has him and a friend play a game at the same time, racing to be the one to complete it first, usually with a variety of rules or unique twists. ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Party'' is ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', with Max's own [[{{Troll}} creative ideas and tendencies]] mixed in. And then there's ''Minecraft Hardcore'', where a group of players work together towards a common goal in ''Minecraft'', but if they die once, they're out completely. There also used to be ''Mirror and Sol'', which had Max and Zero playing ''Minecraft'' adventure maps as their [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic pony characters]], [[CloudCuckooLander Winter Solstice]] and [[GrumpyBear Mirror Image]] respectively, remaining in character the entire time (mostly). This series was confirmed aborted when Zero moved and no longer had good enough internet connection to continue.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Compared to the first season, this season's trailer shows a fair bit of progress: [[spoiler:Rhino, Tim, and Jerry are seen with full sets of iron armor (and whoever we see through the perspective of seems to have it too); they have a large and elaborate bedroom presumably built by Jerry; an extensive farm and enchanting/brewing area are visible; and diamond tools are frequently seen in hotbars.]] To a lesser extent, it also reveals that the season takes place on or around a large snowy mountain, and that the goal is to kill the Wither; the former isn't majorly important and the latter was confirmed beforehand, however.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' OneHundredPercentCompletion: Max VS Rhino; cancelled, [[spoiler:Rhino wins]][[/labelnote:*]]according to WordOfGod, he did win the race, it's just not being uploaded[[/labelnote]]

* ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' OneHundredPercentCompletion: Max VS Rhino; cancelled, [[spoiler:Rhino wins[[/labelnote:*]]according to WordOfGod, he did win the race, it's just not being uploaded[[/labelnote]]]]

* ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' OneHundredPercentCompletion: Max VS Rhino; ongoing

* KilledOffForReal: Dan has been confirmed as not returning for future Hardcore series' while everyone else is going to reappear, making his death essentially this.

* AudienceParticipation: Due to Dan not returning to the series, the eighth person will be a viewer chosen by Max.

He also has other gaming-related shows and projects. ''Let's Race'' has him and a friend play a game at the same time, racing to be the one to complete it first, usually with a variety of rules or unique twists. ''Mirror and Sol'' has Max and Zero playing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' adventure maps as their [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic pony characters]], [[CloudCuckooLander Winter Solstice]] and [[GrumpyBear Mirror Image]] respectively, remaining in character the entire time (mostly). ''Minecraft Party'' is ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', with Max's own [[{{Troll}} creative ideas and tendencies]] mixed in. And then there's ''Minecraft Hardcore'', where eight players[[labelnote:*]]Max, Dan, Rhino, Tim, Jero, Peter, Silver, and Jerry[[/labelnote]] work together towards the common goal of killing the [[FinalBoss Ender Dragon]], but if they die once, they're out completely.

'''Spoilers under anything except the general Let's Plays folder will not be hidden, aside from in the stats.'''

* NonActionGuy: Rhino and Jerry. They stay at home on the farm for the first sixteen episodes, only ever leaving it to gather animals or plants from a short distance away. Eventually subverted with Rhino from episode 17 onward, as he begins venturing out into the mines.

* ActionSurvivor: All eight of them. They have their strengths and weaknesses, but that mostly just falls into their knowledge as opposed to their skills.

* AnyoneCanDie: PlotArmor doesn't exist here. No matter how crucial to the channel, any of the eight people can die at any time. Even Max, as shown in episode 18.

* CharacterDeath: Naturally.

* DwindlingParty: Since dying takes you out of the series entirely, the group of eight...doesn't stay as eight.

* LeeroyJenkins: Jero frequently fails to understand the meaning of the word "retreat".
* LetsSplitUpGang: When heading off to different tasks, they switch into calls for their groups: exploration, mining, and farming.

* TheFunInFuneral: When someone dies, the survivors host a funeral for them, burying them with a sign and item in a frame befitting them and/or how they died, and everyone gives a eulogy that generally consists of poking fun at their death.
* TookALevelInBadass: Rhino spends the first sixteen episodes at home on the farm, his only fights being a couple zombies floating in the water. He eventually goes mining, and panics over a Creeper to a hilarious extent. Next episode, he's got his courage back and is mining with Max and Silver effortlessly, being cautious but knowing how to deal with problems.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: When the whole group splits up to do different tasks, we get to see the events that transpired for each group over the same period of time. Ironically, this technically results in more waiting for the viewers, as this means the same timeframe gets split into multiple episodes to account for each group.

* KilledOffForReal: Once you die, you leave the game and stop talking, signifying that you're dead for good. Deaths so far:
** Dan was shot by a skeleton when he went outside at night.
** Tim was killed by an Enderman he punched.
** Peter was blown up by a Creeper when he wandered away from Rhino and Jerry.
** Max was also blown up by a Creeper while mining with Rhino.
** Silver was knocked off a tower in the Nether by a Ghast and fell to his death.

* BrokenStreak: The first race to have more than two people.
** Also the first (finished) race that Max didn't win.
** Also the first race to not end when one person beats the game, instead going until two people do or a set time limit (whichever came first). Goes mostly hand-in-hand with the aforementioned "more than two people" note.

** Max was blown up by a Creeper while mining with Rhino.

* AnyoneCanDie: PlotArmor doesn't exist here. No matter how crucial to the channel, any of the eight people can die at any time.

* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: When Dan goes outside in the first episode, he's swiftly followed by Max and Silver to save him. When Dan dies, Silver instantly turns to run back inside, soon followed by Max.

* KilledOffForReal: Once you die, you leave the game and stop talking, signifying that you're dead for good.

He also has other gaming-related shows and projects. ''Let's Race'' has him and a friend play a game at the same time, racing to be the one to complete it first, usually with a variety of rules or unique twists. ''Mirror and Sol'' has Max and Zero playing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' adventure maps as their [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic pony characters]], [[CloudCuckooLander Winter Solstice]] and [[GrumpyBear Mirror Image]] respectively, remaining in character the entire time (mostly). ''Minecraft Party'' is ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', with Max's own [[{{Troll}} creative ideas and tendencies]] mixed in. And then there's ''Minecraft Hardcore'', where eight players work together towards the common goal of killing the [[FinalBoss Ender Dragon]], but if they die once, they're out completely.

He also has other gaming-related shows and projects. ''Let's Race'' has him and a friend play a game at the same time, racing to be the one to complete it first, usually with a variety of rules or unique twists. ''Mirror and Sol'' has Max and Zero playing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' adventure maps as their [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic pony characters]], [[CloudCuckooLander Winter Solstice]] and [[GrumpyBear Mirror Image]] respectively, remaining in character the entire time (mostly). And ''Minecraft Party'' is ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', with Max's own [[{{Troll}} creative ideas and tendencies]] mixed in.

'''Spoilers under ''Let's Race'' and ''Minecraft Party'' will not be hidden, aside from in the stats.'''

He has a distinctive style to his videos depending on the people involved. On his own, the videos are more about the game, with him only offering [[DeadpanSnarker dry commentary]] or [[PungeonMaster puns]] in response to the game, though [[SirSwearsALot not without some vulgarity.]] With one other person, they will usually either be working together or directly competing, and Max will typically be [[RedOniBlueOni the Red Oni to their Blue Oni]] with much more focus on banter. With a group of people, you can expect it to be a much more casual game that greatly allows for them to freely chat while playing, and everyone's unique personalities will shine through. So, basically, there's a bit of something for everyone here.

!What's up, [=YouTube=]? The tropes are right here, as usual!

!Races Thus Far

!''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''

!''[[VideoGame/PokemonZetaOmicron Pokémon Zeta & Omicron]]''

!''[[VideoGame/{{Portal2}} Portal 2]]''

!''[[VideoGame/ApertureTagThePaintGunTestingInitiative Aperture Tag]]''

!''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}''

!''VideoGame/SuperMario64''

!Boards Thus Far

!Tropes

!Vlogs

!Super Vexation Saga

!Pokémon Showdown Tournament

--> ''Tikatika''

He also started doing vlogs in 2016, where he films every day and edits each week[[labelnote:*]]Except the first "week", which was ten days, so he wouldn't skip any days but also could stay on his preferred schedule of each week being Monday to Sunday[[/labelnote]] into one video. This format [[ScheduleSlip petered out]] during February, with confirmation he'd continue and just edit several days over any length of time (from one week, to many weeks, to months) together when interesting stuff happened, but the weekly format would return when "interesting stuff starts happening that isn't all on the computer".

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* EconomyCast: Max is the only recurring person on the vlogs for obvious reasons, and very rarely do other people show up and willingly go along with it - so far, only Jero and a couple one-scene Pax South attendees have done so. Obviously other people show up as well, but because Max makes an effort to keep his camera hidden to avoid weird looks, they're usually not aware they're being filmed.

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* FanNickname: In-universe; Max and Peter love nicknaming various characters in Skyward Sword. Examples include Fi being called Gibros [[note]]a combination of "gibberish" and "GLaDOS", since Max thinks she sounds like GLaDOS speaking gibberish[[/note]], the salesman in the Bazaar being called the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Happy Shield Salesman]], Ghirahim being called Giratina or Herobrine (since they can't pronounce his real name), and a random blue-clothed knight being called [[SdrawkcabName Ihsoylr]].

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In ''Portal 2'':
--> '''Max''': This is [=RLYoshi=] as usual, with [=NamelessWarning=], who you probably haven't heard of unless you...know of...I don't know.
--> '''Onscreen Text''': [[DeadpanSnarker "Who you probably haven't heard of unless you've heard of him."]] [[LampshadeHanging Yeah...]]
* {{Determinator}}: Max in Battletoads.
** Also in Ocarina of Time's Spirit Temple; when low on health and lacking any fairies, he's fighting the boss and having loads of trouble. Despite looking like he's clearly about to die, he ''still keeps going'', using Nayru's Love to keep himself alive. [[spoiler: He ends up succeeding.]]
** Peter in ''Wii Party''.
* DisproportionateRetribution: In the first part of the Dark Carnival in ''Left 4 Dead 2'', Max [[ItMakesSenseInContext insults the gnome he's been carrying]] and resolves to leave it behind. Schuyler shoots him for being "Rude", Max shoots back, and then Schuyler incapacitates him.

* DopeSlap: Peter delivers one to Max at the beginning of ''Wii Party'' for making a pony reference.

* AllPeriodsArePMS: People occasionally joke about someone being on their period if they're angry. Debatable how funny this is when referring to females, usually always funny when referring to males. It does help somewhat that at least when Max does it, he usually apologizes after.
** One episode of ''Twilight Princess'' is titled "[[{{Determinator}} Potentially Masochistic Stubbornness]]" in reference to the long time Max spends on a single puzzle to try and get a Piece of Heart. In the same video, he fights Blizzeta (the boss of Snowpeak Ruins, who is an innocent woman that gets transformed into an evil ice-controlling beast [[spoiler:by a piece of the Mirror of Twilight]]). The description of the video basically says that if anyone wants a joke about the boss, [[FunWithAcronyms turn the title into an acronym]].

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In ''Left 4 Dead 2'', Max plays as the only two black characters - Coach in the regular campaigns, and Louis in the original ''Left 4 Dead'' campaigns - and, as we all likely know, does not fare well.
* BookEnds: A subtle one; ''Wii Party'' starts and ends with Peter being angry - first at Max for making a pony reference, then [[spoiler: at the game itself for handing him a HumiliationConga]].
** ''Battletoads'' starts and ends on the title screen.
** ''The Walking Dead (Season One'''s first episode's description was "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Nothing will end well. Nothing.]]" The description for the final part was "[[DownerEnding Nothing ended well. Nothing.]]"

* BrandX: Parodied in ''Portal 2'' when Max forgets what kind of popcorn he's eating.
--> '''Jacob''': Sponsored by popcorn.
** Occasionally Max will deliberately avoid talking about whatever he's eating or drinking. Averted whenever he talks about [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Five Alive]].

* CallBack: Constant references are made to previous let's plays in the later ones, especially ''Ocarina of Time''.
** A particularly sad one occurs in Chapter 2 of ''don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story'':
--> '''John Rook''': You'll find that you've become attached to a character, only for them to die senselessly, and it's going to hit hard.
--> '''Max''': ''(goes silent and closes his eyes as [[spoiler: a piece of music from VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory plays for a second]] before continuing, his voice now quieter)''
** A variation in that it's a callback to something from Max's past rather than a past video; in ''Animal Crossing: Wild World'', he names his town Gradder, which was the name of the character he used when first ever playing ''Animal Crossing''.
** As of late 2014, you can expect people to reference previous videos they were in a fair amount. And even ones they weren't in.

* FiveManBand: The setup can change depending on the group in the video. However, individually, everyone fits the following roles:
** TheHero: Max, as the head of the channel and the one who's typically leading the group.
** TheLancer: Dan, with a more laid-back contrast to Max's hyperactivity. Also a HypercompetentSidekick.
** TheSmartGuy: Tim, as the (usually) calm and thoughtful one who is quick to strategize and notice flaws.
** TheBigGuy: Jero, as the loud and boisterous one who can steamroll the others when he wants to. Also a TokenEvilTeammate.
** TheHeart: Rhino, who seems to have the highest moral standards and is often the most down-to-earth of the group.
** SixthRanger: Anyone else who shows up, particularly Zero, Enigma, and Spark.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'': Max VS Dan; in progress, possibly cancelled, if cancelled, [[spoiler: Dan unofficially wins]]