History Main / DearNegativeReader

* During the Television Critics Association screening of his new show ''Series/Stalker2014'', creator Kevin Williamson got into a Twitter war with critic Emily St. James over what the latter saw as an UnfortunateImplications-filled pilot. Some highlights can be seen [[http://www.avclub.com/article/dawsons-creek-creator-kevin-williamson-meets-criti-207113 here]].

* 2013's ''VideoGame/DmcDevilMayCry'' is infamous for this. Upon its reveal, fans of ''Devil May Cry'' criticised the direction Creator/NinjaTheory was taking the series, fundamentally changing aspects of the series and rebooting it in such a way that it was unrecognisable as a ''Devil May Cry'' game. In response, Ninja Theory lashed out at fans by dismissing their criticism as fans simply being upset that Dante's hair wasn't white, despite that being little more than a footnote compared to the other points, and ignoring the fact that their new interpretation was a vulgar smoker, despite Dante being initially designed as a character that was "too cool" to smoke, drink or swear. Ninja Theory went as far as to create a [=PowerPoint=] outlining what "Dante is", drawing connections with their new interpretation to the likes of ''Film/FightClub'', while classic Dante was compared to ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and photoshopped into a scene from ''Film/BrokebackMountain,'' [[UnfortunateImplications the connotations being clear]], while also stating that the old Dante "would be laughed out of any bar outside of Tokyo." This even extended to journalists that supported Ninja Theory, calling the old Devil May Cry games outdated and shilling the new game as much as possible while downplaying any criticisms. Needless to say, this didn't go over well, as while it reviewed well when it came out, fans of the series wanted nothing to do with the game and the people that did play it found the story and characters unlikeable and the gameplay a major step down from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', causing the game to massively underperform, taking 5 years to meet its original goal. In contrast, 2019's ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' managed to match its numbers in a couple of weeks.

* Creator/AnneRice has a reputation for this. Her missives against reviewers on Amazon are legendary in certain circles, including a single-paragraph screed packed to the gills with passive-aggressive rage, accusing reviewers of "[[MemeticMutation interrogating the text from the wrong perspective]]". She went on to petition Amazon to completely disallow anonymous reviews, arguing that it's just a haven for bullies. It peaked when she became the poster girl for ProtectionFromEditors -- in a very literal sense -- and everybody (except for her and her publishers) noticed an immediate and marked decline in the quality of her prose. She's also been known to mobilize her [[FanDumb insane fanbase]] against reviewers, once posting a blogger's personal information on Website/{{Facebook}} and letting her rabid fans take care of the rest -- and then condescendingly claiming she was only helping a small blogger get more page views.

* ''Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle'': In ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'', author Creator/PatrickRothfuss {{subverted}} this trope nicely in [[http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2009/02/concerning-release-of-book-two/ this]] blog entry.
* ''Literature/CharlotteTemple'''s author Susanna Rowson appears to have anticipated this in her own book. One chapter is actually entitled, "[[InWhichATropeIsDescribed Which Those Devoid of Feeling Need Not Read]]," which is more accurately "And By This, We Mean Those Who Would Criticize It For the Sentimental and Predictable Melodrama That It Is."

* Creator/TerryGoodkind has nothing good or kind to say about people who don't like his books. When asked what he had to say to or about his readers who complained that he'd gotten too preachy, often sacrificing story and character just to hammer home his message, he said this:
-->'''Goodkind:''' Don't be fooled. The assertion made by these detractors is a note wrapped around a brick thrown through the window. These people are not fans. There are hundreds if not thousands of fantasy books that fulfill their professed taste in books. Why would they continue to read books they claim are bad? Because they hate that my novels exist. Values arouse hatred in these people. Their goal is not to enjoy life, but to destroy that which is good -- much like a school child who does not wish to study for a test and instead beats up a classmate who does well. These people hate what is good because it is good. Their lives are limited to loathing and indifference. It isn't that they want to read a good book, what they want is to make sure that you do not. Ignore them.
* Creator/FernMichaels, through her personal website, lets you email her your opinions. However, if you send her an email pointing out flaws and questionable values in the ''Sisterhood'' series, then you will most likely get the following response, word for word:
--> To answer your questions>>>>> I write what I do because I can. This is fiction. If you don't like my writing why did you continue to read the series? Oh, that's right, because they were entertaining. I rest my case. Characters are human just like the rest of us mortals. Again, this is fiction. I make it a point to never defend my writing because ... I write fiction. Fiction is make believe, in other words, it's whatever the author wants to make it. Thank you for taking the time to write and offer your opinions and your insight. FM
* Creator/KAApplegate infamously [[http://web.archive.org/web/20010807200502/www.morphz.com/posts/1061001.htm gave one]] to the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' fanbase who criticized the ending as [[BolivianArmyEnding "too sad"]], saying that they'd missed the themes of the series. [[spoiler: That does happen when you seemingly kill off most of the cast horribly in the end]]. With her "open letter" coming out shortly before 9/11 it's made much HarsherInHindsight - she was right that one war often leads seamlessly into another and [[WarIsHell wrecks the lives of many people involved]]. The fanbase is divided on this response, with quite a few fans appreciating the statement that Applegate has always respected the ability of her audience to handle difficult topics, while others hoped that the characters would EarnYourHappyEnding. Applegate had a similar, gentler response to claims that ''Literature/TheOneAndOnlyIvan'''s BittersweetEnding was too sad. Her belief is that children already know about sorrow in the world and have to learn how to handle it.
* Masterfully deployed by Creator/JRRTolkien in his introduction to the second edition of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
-->"Some who have read the book, [[TakeThatCritics or at any rate have reviewed it]], have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer."
* Nobly averted by Creator/JohnRingo, who responded to a [[http://hradzka.livejournal.com/194753.html fairly scathing dissection]] of his ''Literature/PaladinOfShadows'' series with [[http://hradzka.livejournal.com/199220.html a plug for the review and a note that "I agree totally and unashamedly"]]. He then endorsed the sale of T-shirts with the slogan "OH JOHN RINGO NO", [[http://hradzka.livejournal.com/221940.html raising $700 for the Helen Bamber Foundation]].

BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR, Per [[GatlingGood G.G., Chief of Ordnance]].
* 19th-century poet Julia A. Moore (an American DistaffCounterpart to the famously GiftedlyBad William Topaz [=McGonagall=]), some of whose critics suggested that she was "semi-literate", responded thus: "The Editors that has spoken in a scandalous manner, have went beyond reason." She particularly held disdain for ''The Rochester Democrat'''s review, which noted "Shakespeare, could he read it, would be glad that he was dead."
* It's been argued that the habits of Norman Boutin, author of the widely-panned novel ''Literature/EmpressTheresa'', is precisely the reason the book has been so harshly slammed; he unintentionally became famous for his willingness to track down and slam every single piece of negative critical review ever written about his professed "masterpiece". Almost a perfect poster child of what NOT to do as an author, good ol' Norman thinks winning an argument (often in his own mind only) is far more important than letting ''Empress Theresa'', for all its worth, have the chance to speak for itself.
* Aurel Socol's 2022 autobiography ''From Darkness to Light and From Glory to Glory'' opens with an unusual, religiously-flavored critique of critics, and - before taking off with an ''[[EmphasizeEverything elaborately emphatic]]'' string of unedited words - the book tells readers to unreservedly accept what it says... just because it can.
-->"Now it is ESSENTIAL to decide if you want to be GOOD or BAD... [i]f you now put the book down without reading it, or if you read it and think it's stupid, it's the same thing, and you made the wrong choice. But if you read it with an honest heart, then you have done a very good thing for yourself, and for your eternal future."
* Indie author Dylan Saccoccio, author of ''[[http://archive.is/rFgtE The Boy and the Peddler of Death]]'', faced with a one-star review on Goodreads calling it "unnecessarily wordy and pretentious", took umbrage and replied with a series of comments that became increasingly, well, [[http://adamjwhitlatch.com/how-not-to-react-to-negative-reviews/ wordy and pretentious]], claiming that negative reviews only come from horrible psychopaths who are out to destroy his career. The ensuing meltdown led to Saccoccio getting banned from Goodreads. Worse, thanks to the StreisandEffect, {{troll}}s promptly swamped his books (which had been rather well-reviewed overall before) with even more one-star reviews.
* [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RC3UYBXYE63QK/ref=cm_cr_pr_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00NIX0UPG Richard Brittain]], when given a one-star review from an 18-year-old reader, tracked her down, travelled 500 miles to the reviewer's place of work, and [[http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-35128139 attacked her with a wine bottle]].
* ''Literature/{{Valhalla}}'' author Ari Bach is not afraid to respond to hate mail. In fact, he readily uses haters' comments to promote the books.
* ''Literature/TheCrippledGod'', the last book in Creator/StevenErikson's ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' series, contains a poem ostensibly written InUniverse by [[AuthorAvatar the poet Fisher kel Tath]], which is actually in response to readers' complaints ''before'' the book came out questioning whether Erikson was capable of delivering a good ending to the series. He clearly didn't appreciate being doubted like that, or being expected to deliver exactly what the fans were asking for:
--> [...] Take what you're given\\
and turn away the screwed face.\\
I do not deserve it,\\
no matter how narrow the strand\\
of your private shore.\\
If you will do your best\\
I'll meet your eye. [...]
* Stephan J. Harper responded to a gently critical review of his book ''Venice Under Glass'' (a mystery about animate teddy bears in Venice) by [[http://tidbits.com/article/14696 replying to the review over 180 times]] (often to himself as he thought of a new thing to rant about), calling the reviewer an idiot, describing his book as a "lyrical prose poem", and sharing lines that really [[NotHelpingYourCase don't help his case]], such as "Roses grew from metal floor stands and stood in cut-crystal on side-tables and window-ledges and overflowed into the dining room, stopping only when the bouquets had covered her kitchen counters, scenting the air throughout like crazy. Some bear had sent her bright yellow and orange dozens, poised next to red, white and pink dozens."
* OlderThanSteam: In response to complaints about the blank (non-rhyming) verse in ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', Creator/JohnMilton prefaced a later edition with a rant condemning rhyming poetry as "no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem... but the invention of a barbarous age."
* [[https://www.bustle.com/p/author-kathleen-hale-admitted-to-stalking-a-goodreads-user-now-she-has-a-book-deal-about-it-15649240 YA author Kathleen Hale]], upon reading a negative review of her book ''No One Else Can Have You'', responded by asking to be paired with the reviewer for a book event (thus getting the reviewer's address), called the reviewer's place of work, drove to her house, and left a self-help book on the doorstep. Then she wrote an essay about the events, which went viral and sparked a lot of controversy, as well as driving the reviewer out of the book blogging community.
* The protagonist of Caitlin Kiernan's ''The Red Tree'' [[AuthorAvatar shares a number of biographical details with Kiernan]], [[SelfInsertFic has written books with the same titles as Kiernan's books]], and gets in some snarky comments about critics who have found her books too verbose and too weird.
* There was some controversy in 2012 over Kiera Cass and her agent reacting badly to a one-star review of ''Literature/TheSelection'' on Goodreads; in a Twitter conversation they insulted the reviewer and discussed ways to get the negative review buried. Cass later apologized to the reviewer after receiving backlash over this.

* Creator/SMStirling doesn't appreciate when people try to analyze his opinions through his writing. His standalone novel ''Literature/{{Conquistador}}'' contains a response to criticism of ''Literature/TheDraka'' that reads, "There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot."

* Creator/TerryPratchett, posting on [[UsefulNotes/{{Usenet}} alt.fan.pratchett]] and other newsgroups back in the day, would mostly ignore fan criticism, but would occasionally get [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] about it (especially the "You nicked this bit from..." variety). He once responded to a fan going on at length at how he could have done it better with "[[LetsSeeYouDoBetter Where were you when the paper was blank?"]] And he often preceded his responses with the message "[[FauxComputerCode <annericemode = OFF>]]" -- until the day someone pissed him off enough to trigger an "[[BewareTheNiceOnes "<annericemode = ON>" message]]", and it wasn't pretty.

* While ''Series/BabylonFive'' was on the air, Creator/JMichaelStraczynski would regularly post on the show's UsefulNotes/{{Usenet}} group. 98% of these interactions were positive, with JMS responding to feedback, answering questions, and generally engaging with fans in a way that wasn't possible before the advent of the Internet. Even negative posts were riposted with snarky wit rather than vitriol. Sometimes, however, someone would say something that would make him get downright nasty. One big example was when a fan unintentionally pushed one of his {{Berserk Button}}s, by claiming that a line in an episode was a reference to another work. JMS's response started "Y'know, if I were to read this group as an outsider, I'd think that this jms person was incapable of coming up with a single line on his own." And it went downhill from there. The full text can be found [[http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/068.html here]], in the "jms speaks" section.

* The authors of ''Webcomic/{{Teahouse}}'' released a statement after they received a few complaints about how long they were taking to release pages. They also respond to a fair few of the comments with questionable amounts of maturity, both of which can be seen [[http://cry-some-more.demon-sushi.com/?p=1015 here]]. When [[http://cry-some-more.demon-sushi.com/ "Faps"]] did a parody[=/=][[{{MST}} riff]] of the comic, they complained to Live Journal and Photobucket (where the pages were hosted) to have the parodies removed due to "copyright" (while the sites did comply, the parodies continue elsewhere because they're UsefulNotes/FairUse). The whole story is up [[http://cry-some-more.demon-sushi.com/?p=1029 here]].

* Upon its release ''Series/RobynHood'' was met with scathing reviews from numerous online sources and was generally unfavourably received[[note]]The most common complaints were accusing the show of direspecting the lore of Robin Hood and pointing out that the villain was more likeable and more justified than the heroes[[/note]]. The shows creator, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_X Director X]] took to social media and accused online critics of having rating-bombed the series due to racism and misogyny, this attitude did not win many people over and [[FromBadToWorse he was generally mocked for]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor acting like giving his show a bad review was something to be ashamed of]].

* It's been argued that the habits of Norman Boutin, author of the widely-panned novel ''Literature/EmpressTheresa'', is precisely the reason the book has been so harshly slammed; he unintentionally became famous for his willingness to track down and slam every single piece of negative critical review ever written about his professed "masterpiece". Almost a perfect poster child of what NOT to do as an author, good ol' Norman thinks winning an argument (often in his own mind only) is far more important than letting ''Empress Theresa'', for all it's worth, have the chance to speak for itself.

** After panning ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' and receiving an unusually large amount of hate mail, he devoted a whole video to snarkily responding to some of the negative comments.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' author Karen Traviss is a little bit infamous for this in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' fandom, going so far as to call her critics sexists, {{Basement Dweller}}s, and "Talifans". She later backed up and claimed that she was only using those terms to refer to a [[HateDumb particularly belligerent subgroup of critics]] that harassed and threatened her, who did or would go on to do things like refer to her with denigrating nicknames such as "The Travissty", accuse her of only getting her job via nepotism/sexual bribery, and make self-insert machinima animations in which the critic depicted himself shooting up a book signing containing obvious stand-ins of her and her fans. Bizarrely, the whole thing seems to have come from a single instance of SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale, when she claimed that there were only 3 million clone troopers in a Republic made up of a million star systems, a number by and large [[{{Misblamed}} already established]] in the ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' [[AllThereInTheManual movie and junior novelizations]][[note]]Apparently neither side had read those books, hence the confusion, and Traviss was presumably using numbers/definitions her bosses gave her[[/note]] -- it's just that the fans are so obsessive about this sort of thing that they argued about it for ''months''. One of the mods on the old [=StarWars.com=] forums gave his account of the events [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120411215622/http://blogs.starwars.com/bluemodgroup/42 here]].

* David [=DeFalco=] responded to Roger Ebert trashing his film ''Film/{{Chaos}}'' with a full-page letter to the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', which Ebert responded to with an article titled "Evil in film: To what end?"

* Gibbs_yeah, writer of ''Fanfic/ToTropeOrNotToTrope'', has a notable tendency to insult anyone who disagrees with him while reviewing his story, even if they point out that the events he mentioned didn't canonically happen (such as claiming Zemo faked the footage of the Starks' assassination).

** Jim admitted that the entire point of their Jimquisition on ''No Man's Sky'' titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_HEI8ZfDbM Sky Hype]] was done as a result of the horrific behavior of the fans of said game. They do make sure to repeatedly point out that they are only speaking about the people who actually performed the actions they are mentioning, ''not'' the fandom of NMS at large. They told about having their site being [=DDoS'ed=] and proceeded to explode on the fanboys (whom they called "No Man's Boys"), and also provided screenshots to people losing it over their score of the game (5/10). The video wasn't entirely focused on their situation either, showing developers and journalists being attacked and threatened with violence over minor questions or slight delays in ways that just stunned Jim, and also used it to call out the hype culture that creates these kinds of zealots who essentially worship the games they want or own as if they can never be talked about in any way other than positive. Jim also heavily insults the people who behaved this way and said this quote

* Creator/{{Adil El Arbi|And Bilall Fallah}}, one of the directors of the cancelled ''Batgirl'' film, responded on Instagram to people who criticized the character's costume in a set photo as looking cheap using the [[MemeticMutation Batman slaps Robin]] meme to tell people to watch the film and shut up, with Robin representing the critics and Batman representing the film [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/858098898111168593/1037148470571708548/FJJzmf-acAcUind.jpg here]], although it actually hurt his reputation and the film's in the process due to the use of [[CantTakeCriticism "STFU"]] as part of the response to the critics (though to his credit, he did apologize for unintentionally coming across too harsh).[[note]]The link goes to a Discord screenshot of the post, which is now deleted.[[/note]]

* Creator/GeorgeLucas has never had a particularly high opinion of the rabid ''Franchise/StarWars'' fanbase, culminating in a particularly barbed attack on them on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' in 2010.

** Creator/RianJohnson and Creator/DamonLindelof have both posted angry tweets about the show, something ''Cinema Sins'' acknowledged in their sin video [[TakeThatMe against themselves]]. They also pointed out that Creator/KevinSmith and Creator/DaneCook are on their side, and they [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame called that a sin as well]].

* Creator/KAApplegate infamously [[http://web.archive.org/web/20010807200502/www.morphz.com/posts/1061001.htm gave one]] to the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' fanbase who criticized the ending as [[BolivianArmyEnding "too sad"]], saying that they'd missed the themes of the series. [[spoiler: That does happen when you seemingly kill off most of the cast horribly in the end]]. With her "open letter" coming out shortly before 9/11 it's made much HarsherInHindsight - she was right that one war often leads seamlessly into another and [[WarIsHell wrecks the lives of many people involved]]. The fanbase is divided on this response, with quite a few fans appreciating the statement that Applegate has always respected the ability of her audience to handle difficult topics, while others hoped that the characters would EarnYourHappyEnding.
** Applegate had a similar, gentler response to claims that ''Literature/TheOneAndOnlyIvan'''s BittersweetEnding was too sad. Her belief is that children already know about sorrow in the world and have to learn how to handle it.

* Ian Levine, ''Series/DoctorWho'' FandomVIP and organizer/songwriter of the notorious "Doctor in Distress" charity single, found himself and the song mentioned on the "TARDIS Eruditorum" blog, and was intrigued by what it said -- so much so that he personally told the author, Elizabeth Sadifer, to go fuck herself. This became a sort of [[StreisandEffect publicity blurb for the blog]].

* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Companion'' recounts an anecdote where a production assistant took a call complaining about the lesbian kiss between Jadzia Dax and Lenara Kahn in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E06Rejoined Rejoined]]", saying that "you're ruining my kids by making them watch two women kiss like that." The PA asked if he'd be fine with seeing them shoot each other, and the caller said they would. To that, the PA snidely remarked that the caller "should reconsider who's messing up your kids."
* During the Television Critics Association screening of his new show ''Series/Stalker2014'', creator Kevin Williamson got into a Twitter war with critic Emily St. James over what the latter saw as an UnfortunateImplications-filled pilot. Some highlights can be seen [[http://www.avclub.com/article/dawsons-creek-creator-kevin-williamson-meets-criti-207113 here]].
* Season 1 of ''Series/TrueDetective'', while praised in general, was also the subject of [[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/03/cool-story-bro criticism]] regarding the relative lack of female characters in the first season. Creator Nic Pizzolatto responded in [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/true-detectives-nic-pizzolatto-season-723406 a profile]] by saying, "When Callie [Khouri], who wrote ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'', [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX thinks that that's stupid criticism]], I'm inclined to take her opinion over someone with a Wi-Fi connection." Season 2 was then accused of SeasonalRot, and Pizzolatto suggested that critics wait to the end of the series before passing judgment -- but when they did, they noticed the show only seemed to get ''worse'' from that point on.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones''' final season was so critically panned that viewers [[https://www.change.org/p/hbo-remake-game-of-thrones-season-8-with-competent-writers launched a petition]] that the season be remade without writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Several cast and crew members lashed back at the fans, mostly feeling insulted that the fans were dismissing their hard work just because they didn't like the ending. Creator/SophieTurner told the ''New York Times'' that the petition was "[[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/05/233322/sophie-turner-reacts-game-of-thrones-petition disrespectful]]", Creator/IsaacHempsteadWright called the fans' demands [[https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/17/game-thrones-star-hits-back-ridiculous-petition-teases-season-8-finale-9595071/ "ridiculous"]], and Creator/JacobAnderson called it [[https://www.nme.com/news/tv/game-of-thrones-star-weighs-petition-remake-season-8-2489404 "rude"]] and said that it "trivialise[s] [the crew's] work". But Creator/KitHarington outdid them all by airing ''his'' criticisms [[https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a27129141/kit-harington-game-of-thrones-critics-fans/ as soon as the seasons started]]:
-->'''Harrington:''' Whatever critic spends half an hour writing about this season and makes their [negative] judgement on it... they can go [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] themselves. 'Cause I know how much work was put into this.

* ''Series/CowboyBebop2021'' got this before, and after, its inevitable cancellation:
** In response to fan complaints about the redesign of Faye Valentine, her actress Creator/DaniellaPineda uploaded what was essentially a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech aimed at critics on Youtube. It was so poorly done that it ''devastated'' the show's prospects by pretty much killing any interest in seeing it -- fans in general became so hostile toward the show and felt so vindicated in their pre-emptive criticisms that very few people even bothered to watch it. It ended up cancelled after only one season, despite actually being seen as [[SoOkayItsAverage decent]] by casual viewers.
** In the wake of its abrupt end, it became clear that the deluge of negative comments and videos that came ahead of the series' launch and the crowing celebrations over its cancellation wore down many of those involved in the production. Naomi Markman, the series' script coordinator, took to Twitter to criticise such people, saying that their actions led to the sudden unemployment of hundreds of people who were prepared to produce a second season. Creator/SteveBlum, meanwhile voiced his support for the adaptation and said that "haters" should just "make their own" if they think they know better.

* Jim Sterling, of the ''WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}'', released the video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVseQ3RDa6s Weapon Durability, Fanbase Fragility]]" in response to the vitriol they received in response to their lukewarm (though still positive) review of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. The video starts with their explaining why they dislike BreakableWeapons mechanics in games (their main complaint about ''[=BotW=]'') before tearing into those who posted hateful comments in response to the review, as well as those who launched a DDOS attack on their website and attempted to hijack their social media accounts.
-->'''Jim Sterling:''' I mean, follow me on this, my little [[TakeThat Digital Homicides]]: if I'd rather harass a writer and [their] audience on Twitter, if I'd rather DDOS a website, if I'd rather hammer that "dislike" button in fevered outrage... well, it sounds like your game is ''shit''. Certainly, too mediocre to hold your attention more than utterly trivial opinions on the Internet! It sucks that you think ''Breath of the Wild'' is so boring and crap, I mean, ''I liked it''!

-->'''Jim Sterling''': And before anyone points out, I realize this isn't helping, but we're ''way'' past the point of fucking compromise now. Y'all need to be told! You're fuckin' pitiful!

* While he'd announced ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty's'' cancelation in late 2022, Alex Tansley did so exclusively on his soon-to-be-deleted first Discord server--nowhere else. During the subsequent months, he did not adequately communicate the show's fate in a way that reached his audiences on each of his platforms. This led to a lot of people--especially his [=YouTube=] subscribers--asking why all content related to the show randomly stopped in favor of his [=VTubing=] career. Eventually, he was provoked into making [[https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxGdp9-DkJPFAXbq4P9QJUVx9pifo3RwpU a new announcement]], the most accessible mention of the show's fate of any kind, and the first time in years he opted to use [=YouTube's=] community posts feature. He is bitter, accusatory, and condescending towards those still curious, and he ends things off with an ultimatum: if people continue asking, they'll be blocked from seeing any of his content.

* While he'd announced ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty's'' cancelation in late 2022, Alex Tansley did so exclusively on his soon-to-be-deleted first Discord server--nowhere else. During the subsequent months, he did not adequately communicate the show's fate in a way that reached his audience across each of his platforms. This led to a lot of people--especially his [=YouTube=] subscribers--asking why all content related to the show randomly stopped in favor of his [=VTubing=] career. Eventually, he was provoked into making [[https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxGdp9-DkJPFAXbq4P9QJUVx9pifo3RwpU a new announcement]], the most accessible mention of the show's fate of any kind, and the first time in years he opted to use [=YouTube's=] community posts feature. He is bitter, accusatory, and condescending towards those still curious, and he ends things off with an ultimatum: if people continue asking, they'll be blocked from seeing any of his content.

* While he'd announced ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty's'' cancelation in late 2022, Alex Tansley did so exclusively on his soon-to-be-deleted first Discord server--nowhere else. During the subsequent months, he did not adequately communicate the show's fate in a way that reached his audience across each of his platforms. This lead to a lot of people--especially his [=YouTube=] subscribers--asking why all content related to the show randomly stopped in favor of his [=VTubing=] career. Eventually, he was provoked into making [[https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxGdp9-DkJPFAXbq4P9QJUVx9pifo3RwpU a new announcement]], the most accessible mention of the show's fate of any kind, and the first time in years he opted to use [=YouTube's=] community posts feature. He is bitter, accusatory, and condescending towards those still curious, and he ends things off with an ultimatum: if people continue asking, they'll be blocked from seeing any of his content.

* While he'd announced ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty's'' cancelation in late 2022, Alex Tansley did so exclusively on his soon-to-be-deleted first Discord server--nowhere else. During the subsequent months, he did not adequately communicate the show's fate in a way that reached his audience across each of his platforms. This lead to a lot of people--especially his [=YouTube=] subscribers--asking why all content related to the show randomly stopped in favor of his [=VTubing=] career. Eventually, he was provoked into making [[https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxGdp9-DkJPFAXbq4P9QJUVx9pifo3RwpU a new announcement]], the most accessible mention of the show's fate of any kind, and the first time in years he opted to use [=YouTube's=] community posts feature. He is bitter, accusatory, condescending towards those still curious, and he ends things off with an ultimatum: if people continue asking, they'll be blocked from seeing any of his content.

* While he'd announced ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty's'' cancelation in late 2022, Alex Tansley did so exclusively on his long-deleted first Discord server--nowhere else. During the subsequent months, he did not adequately communicate the show's fate in a way that reached his audience across each of his platforms. This lead to a lot of people--especially his [=YouTube=] subscribers--asking why all content related to the show randomly stopped in favor of his [=VTubing=] career. Eventually, he was provoked into making [[https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxGdp9-DkJPFAXbq4P9QJUVx9pifo3RwpU a new announcement]], the most accessible mention of the show's fate of any kind, and the first time in years he opted to use [=YouTube's=] community posts feature. He is bitter, accusatory, condescending towards those still curious, and he ends things off with an ultimatum: if people continue asking, they'll be blocked from seeing any of his content.

* While he'd announced ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty's'' cancelation in late 2022, Alex Tansley did so exclusively on his long-deleted first Discord server--nowhere else. During the subsequent months, he did not adequately communicate the show's fate in a way that reached his audience across each of his platforms. This lead to a lot of people--especially his YouTube subscribers--asking why all content related to the show randomly stopped in favor of his [=VTubing=] career. Eventually, he was provoked into making [[https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxGdp9-DkJPFAXbq4P9QJUVx9pifo3RwpU a new announcement]], the most accessible mention of the show's fate of any kind, and the first time in years he opted to use [=YouTube's=] community posts feature. He is bitter, accusatory, condescending towards those still curious, and he ends things off with an ultimatum: if people continue asking, they'll be blocked from seeing any of his content.

* While he'd announced ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty's'' cancelation in late 2022, Alex Tansley did so exclusively on his long-deleted first Discord server, leaving many fans who weren't in it unaware of what happened. He avoided making a replacement announcement elsewhere for some time. He occasionally mentioned the matter on his other platforms, but many of his [=YouTube=] viewers did not follow him in those places, leaving his words to be lost to time. He thus banked on his [=VTubing=] VOD uploads to answer those viewers' questions without him having to say anything further. Naturally, this lack of direct communication solved nothing, so when he finally made a new announcement months later, it was [[https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxGdp9-DkJPFAXbq4P9QJUVx9pifo3RwpU quite bitter]], and also the first mention of the show's fate of any kind on [=YouTube=]. It is accusatory and condescending towards those still curious, and it ends with an ultimatum: if they continue asking, they'll be blocked from seeing any of his content.

** When the task is to bring in one's most "boastful" item, i.e. something they would be the most proud to brag about. Joe Lycett brings in a selfie of himself with ''[[Series/ChuckleVision The Chuckle Brothers]]'', which actually is fairly impressive at least compared to the other things[[note]]Noel has a magazine that named him sexiest man alive in 2008, Mel has some awards she recieved for her guinea pigs when she was 45, Lolly has a certificate she recieved when she was 9 for doing math above her age level, and Hugh brought in a "loser's medal" for losing a tournament[[/note]]. Creator/GregDavies gives it only 2 measly points, however, and is booed and jeered by the entire audience for it: