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1[[https://www.youtube.com/user/ZetaPlays ZetaPlays]] has one mission: to [[LetsPlay Let's Play]] almost every NES, SNES, and Genesis game at random using the Wheel of Crap - A program he designed himself to randomly select games from a library of thousands of games.
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3Suffice to say he won't be done anytime soon. He was recently suspended, but thanks to [=PMs=] from several people, is no longer so. According to Zeta's [[http://zetaplays.wheelofcrap.com/ official website]], he has at least 1,833 games left and he is only about 57% done.
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5He doesn't necessarily finish each game he plays: games he doesn't finish are labeled "Let's Not Play" or "Let's Briefly Play". Let's Not Plays or Let's Briefly Plays which are short or not worth an individual video are compiled and placed into a "Fun Pack".
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8!! Tropes provided by Zeta include:
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10* ArchEnemy: The Popcorn Organization. Zeta has fought many [[ImprobableWeaponUser enemies that use popcorn as weapons]] leading him to the realization that there is an evil Popcorn Organization behind those attacks. However, the Organization's motives for this are unclear.
11* CallARabbitASmeerp: Zeta tends to call bats "cave birds".
12* CallBack: In his [=LP=] of ''The Misadventures of Flink'' Zeta used the "VideoGame/{{Plok}} voice" upon seeing a flag pole.
13--> '''Zeta''': (In Plok voice) Are we going to be looking for flags again? I sure hope not.
14* ClusterFBomb: Zeta swears. Frequently. Though due to MemeticMutation, he prefers "Hookers" over the traditional F Bomb.
15** The old guy from ''[[VideoGame/KidNikiRadicalNinja Kid Niki]]'', literally, and was promoted to mascot as a result.
16* DeadpanSnarker
17* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in that emulators help Zeta make it through games by allowing him to use save states.
18** Not to mention that buying every NES, SNES, and Genesis game in existence would cost a lot of money.
19* EpicFail: In great quantity. Zeta claims to have lost his childhood skill in video games.
20** One fun pack was titled "Watch Me Herp So Hard I Derp"
21* ForgotAboutHisPowers: While Zeta is not afraid to use save states to progress, he tends to forget to make them... until ''after'' he's died and realized just how far back the last one was.
22* GagDub: As Zeta cannot read Japanese, he will frequently make up his own story to Japanese games. This extends as far as even some VisualNovel-type games.
23* LooksLikeJesus: Zeta's long hair has that impression on people.
24* {{Mascot}}: Every time the Wheel is booted up a character will appear on it, it's different each time. Some of them are Kirby, Sonic, Blue Wizard [[VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor Brax]], [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Reaper]], [[VideoGame/GoldenAxe Overkill Dragon]], and [[VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack Robot Unicorn]].
25* MoodWhiplash: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inNG_fi4vC0 Minecraft - Dock Supercave (3/3)]], after exploring a particularly crazy cave and heading back home, Zeta decided to crouch behind a tree and then peak out from behind the tree to create a dramatic ending. However, Zeta accidentally threw a piece of meat instead of crouching. This results in Zeta getting angry at the pork.
26* MundaneMadeAwesome: Color A Dinosaur. Bonus points for playing it during a livestream.
27* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Meet the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9oD_4cWWfE ASSRAPE]] Family
28* OhCrap: His reaction to Section Z being chosen by the Wheel. Why? He said the game is virtually impossible and some of the comments are saying that the game just keeps going on and on.
29* [[RealMenWearPink Real Men Watch]] WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic: It's to the point where a couple of times the VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor shopkeep showed up on the wheel, one of the items in stock was Fluttershy.
30* RunningGag: Virtually all of the Wheel of Crap mascots - Particularly, the Hooker Punch guy.
31** Also the unusual ratio of bad games to good games for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis.
32** Finding coves and pitfalls in VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}.
33* SaveScumming: When Zeta isn't [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forgeting to make save states]], he occassionally does this during tough boss battles and the like.
34* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Zeta, frequently.
35* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Zeta invokes this for his Christmas card contest, in that second place gets the monetary prize, while first receives his love and affection.
36* SpecialPersonNormalName: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfoN4xLVLGw PETE, HERO OF LEGEND]]
37* TemptingFate: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On634Mq1Oaw Let's Play Minecraft Chapter 1 Part 1]] Zeta says that he isn't going to be in danger anytime soon. It turns out that he spawned close to a skeleton dungeon.
38* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Sometimes Zeta recognises a title before he plays it. Sometimes this is not a good thing.
39--> '''Zeta''': ''[[VideoGame/AwesomePossumKicksDrMachinosButt Awesome Possum]]''? Oh, son of a ''bitch''.
40* VeryFalseAdvertising: When he plays Richard Scarry's Busytown, the game makes a point of stating that it's the BEST GAME EVER! Zeta thinks otherwise.
41* WhenTreesAttack: An unusual variation with completely normal trees appears in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-7dpg9K6wc Otogirisou]] when scary music starts playing when a forest is in the background. Zeta states he is afraid that the trees will "grow" at him.
42* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Birds]]: Some of Zeta's worst enemies, some of them are the [[GoddamnedBats Goddamned Birds]], others are DemonicSpiders.
43* WithLyrics: One of the ways Zeta entertains himself is by singing along with the background music. [=CenturionBeta=] has been known to edit these into [=ZetaSings=] videos.
44* YankTheDogsChain: According to the Infodump video on his website, Zeta was just offered partner status on Website/YouTube by two different groups. The next day he was suspended from Website/YouTube.
45** {{Subverted}} since he is no longer suspended.

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