History YMMV / YoVideogames

** In December 2018, Max revealed that at one event he was approached by a Japanese man who, in broken English, said that he appreciated the [[VideoGame/FatalFury Rock Howard]] Legacy videos he'd done. When Max asked who he was, he introduced himself as Nobuyuki Kuroki, an art director for SNK and '''Rock's creator'''.

** Max actually addresses both these occurrences in a 2018 video where he analyzes what went wrong with ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'', noting that if you ever said anything bad about the game the hardcore fans would call you a hater, but if you said anything good about it the game's haters would call you a sellout. Max himself had to deal with both sides, since he enjoyed the game[[note]]He's even said that, in his opinion, ''Infinite'' has the best gameplay out of the entire ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' series to date[[/note]] but still acknowledged its glaring flaws and tried (unsuccessfully) to convince Capcom to fix them before the final release. As if to prove his point, shortly after that video was posted, Max actually got ''death threats'' from people who didn't like what he said.
* HilariousInHindsight: While hunting Arch-Tempered Vaal Hazak in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'', Max noticed someone in the chatroom joking about "[[OxymoronicBeing Arch-Tempered Great Jagras]]"[[note]]In other words, a HarderThanHard version of the game's WarmUpBoss[[/note]] and chuckled while calling it "The ultimate boss!" About six months later, Capcom introduced the Greatest Jagras as part of the game's 1-year anniversary, and [[LethalJokeCharacter he's certainly no pushover]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Simmons can come off as this on the stream. Having some of the most vocal opinions of the group, chatters often get divided on what he says.
** In late 2018, Max announced that he would be doing sponsored streams; while he explained that extremely little would change[[note]]they would be rare, he would still have control over what games he played, and the "sponsorship" would basically just amount to his running one or two brief ads during his standard multi-hour stream[[/note]], he still got complaints from a few viewers who considered this selling out. However, the vast majority of the fanbase was alright with this, especially when Max said he would find a way to make the sponsorships more lucrative for the viewers (such as his unspoken promise of using the gaming laptop he purchased for his first sponsored stream as the prize in a giveaway contest).

** In the past Max teasingly made fun of "Battle Royale"-style games like ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'', but ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps4'' actually managed to win him over, in large part because it paired the tried-and-true ''COD'' gameplay he'd loved for years with the Battle Royale concept. Simply put, he had so much fun with the game that he streamed it for '''over thirty hours''' over the course of four days, including playing with the whole Yo!VG crew at his house on the weekend and streaming for over ten hours by himself the following Monday and Tuesday. When ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' dropped, he - a noted fan of ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'' - similarly spent a decent amount of time binge-playing it.

* StopHavingFunGuys: Absolutely {{averted}}; while of course Max plays to win, he values having a good time and using the characters he likes over things like CharacterTiers. A prime example is the fact that he plays Q in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'', despite his being considered the third worst character in the game, simply for [[RuleOfCool cool factor]] and the fact that a well-played Q is really fun to watch. If anything, these kinds of people ''despise'' Max; go onto any "hardcore" fighting game forum and you'll be guaranteed to find at least one person sneering about how they hate him because he has the audacity to be ''nice'' to casuals and new players.

** In the past Max teasingly made fun of "Battle Royale"-style games like ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'', but ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps4'' actually managed to win him over, in large part because it paired the tried-and-true ''COD'' gameplay he'd loved for years with the Battle Royale concept. Simply put, he had so much fun with the game that he streamed it for '''over thirty hours''' over the course of four days, including playing with the whole Yo!VG crew at his house on the weekend and streaming for over ten hours by himself the following Monday and Tuesday.

** Likewise, ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' completely changed his opinion of the character. While he never liked Spider-Man while growing up (though he understood why others did), the game's well-written, meaningful portrayal coupled with fun, dynamic gameplay made him appreciate both the heroic and human sides of Spidey, with him going so far as to say that the game was probably the best representation of Spider-Man ever made.

* BaseBreaker: Simmons can come off as this on the stream. Having some of the most vocal opinions of the group, chatters often get divided on what he says.

** In late 2018, Max announced that he would be doing sponsored streams; while he explained that extremely little would change[[note]]they would be rare, he would still have control over what games he played, and the "sponsorship" would basically just amount to his running one or two brief ads during his standard multi-hour stream[[note]], he still got complaints from a few viewers who considered this selling out. However, the vast majority of the fanbase was alright with this, especially when Max said he would find a way to make the sponsorships more lucrative for the viewers (such as his unspoken promise of using the gaming laptop he purchased for his first sponsored stream as the prize in a giveaway contest).

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: At EVO 2018, Max revealed that he'd been contacted by Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords because he'd won the record for largest online fighting game community, and would be featured in the 2019 Gamer's Edition of their book. They asked Max to come in for a commemorative photo shoot...and he told them that the rest of the team had to be in the photo too or else he wouldn't do it, because they're just as important to the channel as he is. How's that for TrueCompanions?

** Max actually addresses both these occurrences in a 2018 video where he analyzes what went wrong with ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'', noting that if you ever said anything bad about the game the hardcore fans would call you a hater, but if you said anything good about it the game's {{Hatedom}} would call you a sellout. Max himself had to deal with both sides, since he enjoyed the game[[note]]He's even said that, in his opinion, ''Infinite'' has the best gameplay out of the entire ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' series to date[[/note]] but still acknowledged its glaring flaws and tried (unsuccessfully) to convince Capcom to fix them before the final release. As if to prove his point, shortly after that video was posted, Max actually got ''death threats'' from people who didn't like what he said.

** In the past Max teasingly made fun of "Battle Royale"-style games like ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'', but ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIV'' actually managed to win him over, in large part because it paired the tried-and-true ''COD'' gameplay he'd loved for years with the Battle Royale concept. Simply put, he had so much fun with the game that he streamed it for '''over thirty hours''' over the course of four days, including playing with the whole Yo!VG crew at his house on the weekend and streaming for over ten hours by himself the following Monday and Tuesday.

** [[https://twitter.com/unrooolie/status/1035734113615921153 This tweet]] from Kenny makes it even sweeter, since Max's kindness allowed him to fulfill his childhood dream of getting into the Guinness Book.

** Likewise, Max ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' completely changed his opinion of the character. While he never liked Spider-Man while growing up (though he understood why others did), the game's well-written, meaningful portrayal coupled with fun, dynamic gameplay made him appreciate both the heroic and human sides of Spidey, with him going so far as to say that the game was probably the best representation of Spider-Man ever made.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: One of the negative aspects of the switch to stream archiving is that Max's recording method creates a ton of visual artifacts in the footage.

** Two examples from 2017: Max is overall fairly positive about ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite''[[note]]There are plenty of things he doesn't like about the game including the initial character roster (especially Capcom's) and how the art direction and style of music are closer to the MCU than the comics, but he has a lot of fun actually ''playing'' the game, rated it a 7 out of 10 overall, and has said that he certainly doesn't want the game to fail but ''does'' want Capcom to learn from their mistakes and do better in the future[[/note]], which naturally doesn't sit well with the game's {{Hatedom}}, who expect him to just dismiss the game as complete trash like they did and move on to a different fighter. In the same vein, his enthusiasm for ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterz'' has netted him accusations of being a SellOut, despite the fact that Max has actually turned down countless offers of paid sponsorship because he wants to be able to give his audience an objective, unbiased look at the games he plays, and he almost never makes blanket recommendations like "Everyone should get this game", usually just saying "If you like this style of game it's worth a shot".

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Max is a CompassionateCritic through and through, but he still gets hate from people who are upset that he doesn't play or talk about "their" games as much as they'd like. Of course, he also gets the inverse of this ("He Praised It, Now He Sucks"?) if he likes a game; for example, he's been attacked by ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite''[='s=] {{Hatedom}} because he actually enjoyed the demos he's played and wants the game to succeed, and his enthusiasm for ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterz'' has netted him accusations of being a SellOut (despite his insistence that he actually turns down countless offers for paid sponsorship).

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Max is [[CompassionateCritic the opposite]] of a CausticCritic, but he still hate from people who are upset that he doesn't play or talk about "their" games as much as they'd like. Of course, he also gets the inverse if he praises a game that has a strong enough {{Hatedom}}; in particular, the fact that he actually wants ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'' to succeed[[note]]He's come away from gameplay demos raving about how much fun it is, and has hopes that Capcom will listen to the fans and fix up the dodgy graphics with the promised Day 1 patch[[/note]] has netted him accusations of being a brainless Capcom fanboy from people who've already written the game off as a lost cause.

* StopHavingFunGuys: Absolutely {{averted}}; while of course Max plays to win, he values having a good time and using the characters he likes over things like CharacterTiers. A prime example is the fact that he plays Q in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'', despite his being considered the third worst character in the game, simply for [[RuleOfCool cool factor]] and the fact that a well-played Q is really fun to watch.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: One of the negative aspects of the switch to stream archiving is that Max's recording method creates a ton of visual artifacts in the footage.