History Tearjerker / TheCompletionist

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2OzE4vUY4I Why We Love Video Games - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]. Jirard tells the story of when his mom brought home the game and how he absolutely loved it, and [[spoiler: that his mom suffered a rare form of dementia for most of his life and that she passed away in 2013.]]
* Greg's departure from the show. It was bad enough that he was leaving, but hearing afterwards that the two are no longer friends made it much worse.
** Jirard's farewell video. Jirard himself seems visibly upset throughout the video.
---> '''Jirard''': This is one of the hardest videos I've ever had to make... in the history, I think, of my whole life.
** What makes it even worse is that when Jirard responded that they were still "friends to an extent", Greg replied that they were not, and then later tweeted that Jirard was lying and he did not leave the show willingly. He later deleted the tweets, possibly due to legal claims about an NDA. Jirard's response to Greg tweeting that they weren't friends is heartbreaking.
--->'''Jirard''': Due to Greg's response on Twitter, I feel like I've tried my best to handle this as diplomatically as I can. Everyone wanted to know if we were still friends, and I tried my best to defuse the situation as I can. I'm still not going to disclose what happened. But what I will say is that yeah, we are not friends anymore.\\
It wasn't over a woman, as we both have girlfriend/wives. It was over business and the blurriness of friendship.\\
I apologize if it seemed like I lied, that wasn't my intention. I just didn't want to hurt fans anymore than they already were. And to a point, I'm actually more hurt because of his response.\\
All I ask is for your guys' forgiveness moving forward. And if not, well, hey, I tried.\\
No one wants to see mom and dad fight.\\
I'm so sorry
** The departure was also hard on Greg as well. He mentions in a reply to a Reddit post how his friendship with Jirard had been drifting apart due to things like distance and interests (It also doesn't help that he states he wanted to focus more on his wife, which conflicted things even more with Jirard). He seems rather regretful and laments over the situation.
--->'''Greg''': Here's the absolute truth. I miss the kid I met in the history class I subsequently failed because we decided video games and Subway sandwiches were more important than class. I miss the Jirard that I made laugh hysterically over something that might utterly confuse a random bystander. I miss the Jirard that I built a business and creative legacy with. I especially miss the Jirard who stood next to the alter where I exchanged wedding vows with my soon-to-be wife. Above all, I miss my friend.
** This went even further once Greg came, seemingly out of nowhere, and asked that Jirard take down all of the videos that he'd made that Greg is in. That's the first 120 episodes of The Completionist, plus any other videos that he appears in. Adding to that, In the "The Future of the Completionist", Jirard mentioned that Greg's departure ''wasn't'' because of money issues or even a business perspective: But something ''[[NoodleIncident very personal]]'', which lead to the aforementioned purge. Even Jirard quietly says, "He's not coming back."

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2OzE4vUY4I Why We Love Video Games - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]. Jirard tells the story of when his mom brought home the game and how he absolutely loved it, and [[spoiler: that his mom suffered a rare form of dementia for most of his life and that she passed away recently.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2OzE4vUY4I Why We Love Video Games - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]. Jirard tells the story of when his mom bought home the game and how he absolutely loved it, and [[spoiler: that his mom suffered a rare form of dementia for most of his life and that she passed away recently.]]

* In their ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' review they met a baby Yoshi which they named [[FanNickname "Fat Baby Yoshi"]] which they then {{Squee}} over when they see he sings throughout the episode. Then Jirard [[spoiler: accidentally dies while holding Fat Baby Yoshi.]]
** [[spoiler: The [[DullEyesofUnhappiness look on their on their faces]] say it all]]
---> '''Greg''': [[spoiler: I miss Fat Baby Yoshi]]

* Jirard and Alex's reaction to ''Undertale'''s Genocide Run. You can really hear the dark, violent nature of that run really dishearten these two over time, as neither sounds the least bit happy playing that part of the game.

--> '''Jirard''': This is one of the hardest videos I've ever had to make... in the history, I think, of my whole life.

-->'''Jirard''': Due to Greg's response on Twitter, I feel like I've tried my best to handle this as diplomatically as I can. Everyone wanted to know if we were still friends, and I tried my best to defuse the situation as I can. I'm still not going to disclose what happened. But what I will say is that yeah, we are not friends anymore.\\

-->'''Greg''': Here's the absolute truth. I miss the kid I met in the history class I subsequently failed because we decided video games and Subway sandwiches were more important than class. I miss the Jirard that I made laugh hysterically over something that might utterly confuse a random bystander. I miss the Jirard that I built a business and creative legacy with. I especially miss the Jirard who stood next to the alter where I exchanged wedding vows with my soon-to-be wife. Above all, I miss my friend.

** This goes even further now that Greg has come, seemingly out of nowhere, and asked that Jirard take down all of the videos that he's made that Greg appears in as of September 1st. That's the first 120 episodes of The Completionist, plus any other videos that he appears in.
*** Add to that, In the "The Future of the Completionist", Jirard mentioned that Greg's departure ''wasn't'' because of money issues or even a business perspective: But something ''[[NoodleIncident very personal]]'', which lead to the aforementioned soon to be purge. Even Jirard quietly says "He's not coming back".

*** Add to that, In the "The Future of the Completionist", Jirard mentioned that Greg's departure ''wasn't'' because of money issues or even a business perspective: But something ''[[NoodleIncident very personal]]'', which lead to the aforementioned soon to be purge. Even Jirard quietly says "He's not coming back".

*** Add to that, In the "The Future of the Completionist", Jirard mentioned that Greg's departure ''wasn't'' because of money issues or even a business perspective: But something ''[[NoodleIncident very personal]]'', which lead to the aforementioned soon to be purge. Even Jirard quietly says "He isn't coming back".

** This goes even further now that Greg has come, seemingly out of nowhere, and asked that Jirard take down all of the videos that he's made that Greg appears in as of September 1st. That's the first 120 episodes of The Completionist, plus any other videos that he appears in.

-->'''Greg''': Here's the absolute truth. I miss the kid I met in the history class I subsequently failed because we decided video games and Subway sandwiches were more important than class. I miss the Jirard that I made laugh hysterically over something that might utterly confuse a random bystander. I miss the Jirard that I built a business and creative legacy with. I especially miss the Jirard who stood next to the alter where I exchanged wedding vows with my soon-to-be wife. Above all, I miss my friend.

** The departure was also hard on Greg as well. He mentions in a reply to a Reddit post how his friendship with Jirard had been drifting apart due to things like distance and interests. He seems rather regretful and laments over the situation.

I'm so sorry

* On February 25th, 2015, Jirard posted an announcement video on Greg's departure from The Completionist. Jirard himself seems visibly upset throughout the video.

** What makes it even worse is Greg [[https://twitter.com/McSquaresville/status/570799012464300032 revealed over twitter that he and Jirard had a falling out]], and that he did not leave willingly.

** Seeing Jirard visibly shaken and struggling to keep it together is heartbreaking, but [[https://twitter.com/McSquaresville/status/570799012464300032 this tweet from Greg]] just twists the knife even further.
** And then then it turns out him and Greg are no longer friends and the reason being money related.
** It got much worse when Greg revealed that he did not leave willingly and the video Jirard posted was in fact a lie.

** And then then it turns out him and Greg are no longer friends and the reason being money related.

--> '''Jirard''': This is one of the hardest videos I've ever had to make... in the history, I think, of my whole life.

---> '''Jirard''': This is one of the hardest videos I've ever had to make... in the history, I think, of my whole life.

* On February 25th, 2015, Jirard posted an announcement video on Greg's departure from The Completionist. Jirard himself seems visibly upset throughout the video.

* On February 25th, 2015, Jirard posted an announcement video on Greg leaving The Completionist. Jirard himself seems visibly upset throughout the video.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2OzE4vUY4I Why We Love Video Games - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]. Jirard tells the story of when his mom bought home the game and how he absolutely loved it, and [[spoiler: that his mom suffered a rare form of dementia for most of his life and that she passed away recently.]]

---> '''Greg''': [[spoiler: I miss Fat Baby Yoshi]]

* In their {{New Super Mario Bros U}} review they met a baby Yoshi which they named [[FanNickname "Fat Baby Yoshi"]] which they then {{Squee}} over when they see he sings throughout the episode. Then Jirard [[spoiler: accidentally dies while holding Fat Baby Yoshi.]]

** [[spoilers: Their DullEyesofUnhappiness say it all]]

** [[spoilers: [[DullEyesofUnhappiness The look on their faces]] says it all]]