History LetsPlay / TheDeadbeats

** [=StupidlyClever=] has a habit of teamkilling by mistake. On the first day of Season 2, he managed to kill Phil once, and Jack twice.

* TooDumbToLive: Simon is this when detonating TNT in the bay.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]]Oh yes.
** The Sonic Trilogy of Pain
*** Eggman is so named because of a giant bird mistaking him for an egg as a child and sitting on him for many years.
*** Knuckles is a sadist-masochist [=MtF=] woman in a relationship with Sonic.
*** Tails is their abused adopted child.

* ExpansionPack: A set of two card packs for the TabletopGames/CardsAgainstHumanity front-end ''Pretend You're Xyzzy'' and similar game ''Cardcast'' feature [[http://www.cardcastgame.com/browse/deck/X6GTG Deadbeats]]- and [[http://www.cardcastgame.com/browse/deck/7FQXG The Layabouts]]-related content, curated by Simon with input from both communities.
* GameBreaker: [[invoked]]After failing VideoGame/TeamFortress2's Wave 666 early, Zach, Joe, Simon, Phil and Nate started cheating in money to buy all of the upgrades right away. [[BlessedWithSuck They lost anyway.]]

* SelfInflictedHell: The "''Sonic Trilogy of Pain''" as planned by Zach: That is, full playthroughs of VideoGame/SonicHeroes, VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog and VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006. The playlist for that can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWbynVvY4lnHRFN_IjBxngqqIlcjsQli here]].

* StoneWall: Subverted in Simon's co-operative VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} series, where he starts off as a Beserker, the tank class, and promptly gets knocked down in the first tutorial area.
* TeamKiller / PlayerKilling: The FPS games played in Deadbeats multiplayer games tend to evoke this. Whether it's because someone got bored of the game or to be funny, it usually ends up starting a chain of team kills. A prime example being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAhBaL0IBe8 Simon's "The Hidden" video]].
** On the server it's usually PlayedForLaughs.
** When playing Worms with the Deadbeats, Simon seems to sacrifice his team a lot to kill other Worms.

** First episode of season 1: starving? Just kill yourself (or get someone to kill you) and [[DeathIsCheap respawn with a full hunger bar]].

* DeathIsCheap: Hugieboodj the Second[[note]](killed by a player[[/note]], Third[[note]](drowned by Zach thinking it could swim)[[/note]], Fourth[[note]](killed before crossing water)[[/note]] and Fifth all appear at some point during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GMTr8-rDlo Joe's Quest]].

* BigHam: Ross, when setting off to find horses.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Oh yes.

*** Knuckles is a sadist-masochist MtF woman in a relationship with Sonic.
*** Tails is their adopted child

* GameBreaker: After failing VideoGame/TeamFortress2's Wave 666 early, Zach, Joe, Simon, Phil and Nate started cheating in money to buy all of the upgrades right away. [[BlessedWithSuck They lost anyway.]]

* SelfDeprecation: The Deadbeats name itself might count.

* DisproportionateRetribution: At the end of [[spoiler:Jack's]] stickman story, Simon fills Jack's hut with dirt.

* ChristmasEpisode: Giftmas.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/AGCSpyke2 A Guy Called Spyke]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/CheddarRex CheddarRex]] (Ross)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ChronosRegex ChronosRegex]] (Jason)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/evilplotplays Evil Plot Plays]] (Casey)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/LackingLives LackingLives]] (Jack Saint)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/briguy9876 Reddus]] [[note]](formerly known as Briguy9876)[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonSaysLPs Simon Says: Let's Play Video Games]] ([[LetsPlay/SimonSaysLetsPlayVideoGames tropes]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Spicyrab Spicyrab]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/SCplaysthings StupidlyClever]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/vidvisionifyLPs Vidvisionify]] (Phil)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ZachHinchyPlaysGames Zach Hinchy Plays Games]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonSaysLPs Simon Says: Let's Play Video Games]] (Neurario)

* AbortedArc: Simon attempted an LP of both ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' and ''VideoGame/DungeonSiege''. They were aborted after one pilot episode that was never made public.
** While Deadbeats Minecraft season 2 wasn't as active as the first season, it came to a screeching halt due to internal disagreements leading to the server not being paid.

* ApologeticAttacker: After filling the top of Chronos' monastery with gravel, combined with the quietness of the server toward the end of Season 1, Simon apologised and personally took down the whole 'prank' with a [[MadeMyselfSad depression-induced commentary]].

* RecapEpisode: The last episode of Season 1 ended up being a clip show of Simon's episodes.

* TemptingFate: Jack invoked this on the first episode of the Sonic Trilogy of Pain, saying that he enjoyed Sonic Heroes as a child, and he was going into the series knowing that those memories would stay true, and that Sonic Heroes was the best Playstation 2 game.

A [[{{HubLevel}} hub channel]] containing playlists for the various series' can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEnNmAFYEpZjfXznVeaWE5w here]].

* ApologeticAttacker: After getting his start in the prank wars by filling the top of Chronos' cathedral with gravel and subsequently causing him to stop playing, combined with the quietness of the server toward the end of Season 1, Simon apologised and personally took down the whole 'prank' with a [[MadeMyselfSad depression-induced commentary]], believing himself to be the death of the server.

* TemptingFate: Simon has this happen when detonating TNT that was found under Ross's house.

** Jack invoked this on the first episode of the Sonic Trilogy of Pain, saying that he enjoyed Sonic Heroes as a child, and he was going into the series knowing that those memories would stay true, and that Sonic Heroes was the best Playstation 2 game.
* ThingOMeter: Spyke's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odw3pIcM9fY&list=PLngPAEUQRS97CSQYQB6U6wwg3OOV2DG_L&index=3 Giftmas video]] counts the times Hinchy says "It's a [[{{ChristmasMiracle}} Giftmas Miracle]]!". It even counts back one when he 'takes back' a miracle.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: [[spoiler: Jack dies in Season 1 after not being able to bring enough food for his spelunking adventure.]]

* WithFriendsLikeThese

* OhNo: Phil upon discovering his Season 1 town had been pranked.

The Deadbeats are a YouTube LetsPlay group that started as a Minecraft server in September 2012 with [=NateXTheMachine=], [=SimonSaysLPs=], Reddus, [=ChronosRegex=] and [=LackingLives=]. At the time it was a split-off group from The Layabouts as they transitioned from being a media creation group to game developers - Nate, Simon and Jack ([=LackingLives=]) were previously hosting LetsPlay footage on the The Layabouts, and got together with friends to play Minecraft and other assorted games.

'''Brian:''' Crap, I'm gonna miss, I'm gonna miss! [''Briguy9876 hit the ground too hard'']

The group has since evolved to have less focus on Minecraft with twelve total members. They have played VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}, TabletopGames/CardsAgainstHumanity (an online version), [[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]], VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown, and TheHidden together, with individuals having played VideoGame/BlastCorps, VideoGame/MetroidFusion, VideoGame/{{Civilization}}, and VideoGame/SonicHeroes.

* TeamKiller: The FPS games played in Deadbeats multiplayer games tend to evoke this. Whether it's because someone got bored of the game or to be funny, it usually ends up starting a chain of team kills. A prime example being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAhBaL0IBe8 Simon's "The Hidden" video]].

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'''Brian:''' Crap, I'm gonna miss, I'm gonna miss! [''Briguy9876 hit the ground too hard'']
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The group has since evolved to have less focus on Minecraft with twelve total members. They have played VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}, TabletopGames/CardsAgainstHumanity (an online version), [[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]], VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown, and TheHidden together, with individuals having played VideoGame/BlastCorps, VideoGame/MetroidFusion, VideoGame/{{Civilization}}, and VideoGame/SonicHeroes (the first of a 'trilogy of pain').

* CityWithNoName: The spawn town has no official name. Some members

* DeathIsCheap: Hugieboodj the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth all appear at some point during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GMTr8-rDlo Joe's Quest]].

* ThingOMeter: Spyke's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odw3pIcM9fY&list=PLngPAEUQRS97CSQYQB6U6wwg3OOV2DG_L&index=3 Giftmas video]] counts the times Hinchy says "It's a [[{{ChristmasMiracle}} Giftmas Miracle]]!".

* SelfInflictedHell: The "''Sonic Trilogy of Pain''" as planned by Zach: That is, full playthroughs of VideoGame/SonicHeroes, VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog and VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006. The playlist for that can be found [[here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWbynVvY4lnHRFN_IjBxngqqIlcjsQli]].

The Deadbeats are a YouTube LetsPlay group that started as a VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} server in September 2012 with [=NateXTheMachine=], [=SimonSaysLPs=], Reddus and [=LackingLives=]. It has since evolved to be more of a gaming group with twelve total members.

* DeathIsCheap: Hugieboodj the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GMTr8-rDlo Joe's Quest]].

* AbortedArc: Simon attempted an LP of both ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' and ''VideoGame/DungeonSiege''. They were aborted after one pilot episode that was never made public.

* GuestHost: Simon's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-kKd1mI__Y Minecraft episode 9]] is instead hosted by his youngest sister, after she dropped in during the previous video.
** Nate's now LostForever series Nate Against Minecraft had an episode introduced by Jack.
* LeftHanging: The finale for Nate Against SMP was teased with a trailer announcing the Ender Dragon battle. It was never uploaded.

* SelfImposedChallenge: The point of Lacking Lives: Bringing the permadeath concept to all sorts of games.

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* CityWithNoName: The spawn town has no official name.

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* TeamKiller: The FPS games tend to evoke this. Whether it's because someone got bored of the game or to be funny, it usually ends up starting a chain of team kills. A prime example being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAhBaL0IBe8 Simon's "The Hidden" video]].
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* ClipShow: The "Who Are The Deadbeats?" series of videos are this, defining moments and quotes from each member in less than two minutes.

!The Deadbeats provide examples of:

* BigHam: Ross becomes this when setting off to find horses.
--> '''Ross:''' LAAAAAAND HO!

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!The individual members provide examples of:
[[folder:Simon Says: Let's Play Video Games]]
Simon Says is an Australian gamer that experiments with video editing and mashups on the side.

* AbortedArc: ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' and ''VideoGame/DungeonSiege'' were both aborted after one pilot episode that was never made public.
* GuestHost: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-kKd1mI__Y Minecraft episode 9]] is instead hosted by his youngest sister.
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* LeftHanging: The finale for Nate Against SMP was teased with a trailer announcing the Ender Dragon battle. It was never uploaded.
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* SelfImposedChallenge: The point of the channel: Bringing the permadeath concept to all sorts of games.
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[[folder:A Guy Called Spyke]]
* ButtMonkey: To Chronos.
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* AllJustADream: The Wither and Ender Dragon fights ruin the town, but only in a backup world made for the fight.

''Jack Saint'' plays through video games in a [[{{SelfImposedChallenge}} permadeath]]-style run: one death during a series means the end of the series.

* GuestHost: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-kKd1mI__Y Simon's episode 9]] is instead hosted by his youngest sister.

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