History LetsPlay / ChristopherOdd

* AwesomenessWithdrawal: Happened to Christopher himself once he completed ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3''. Having played through the entire trilogy, enjoying it every step of the way, and finding the series to be emotionally riveting, especially towards the end, he admitted to feeling sad once the realization hit him that it was all over.

* CanadaEh: Born in Saskatoon, currently lives in Montreal. His Canadian accent is especially pronounced in words with the letter "o".

* VideoGameCaringPotential: Chris more often than not goes for the nice and moral options in the games he plays. Most notably, in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', [[spoiler:he does his damnedest to avoid using the white phosphorus, trying out whatever alternative solutions he can think of until it becomes clear there ''aren't'' any.]]

* BookEnds: WOTC Season 4 begins and ends with [[spoiler: a TotalPartyKill]].

* FanPreferredCouple: XCOM. The people who watch his streams often write in with FlavorText short snippets written in-story by the characters in that season for Chris to begin an episode with (and given that AnyoneCanDie, if such happens Chris will often use it to deliver their 'In The Event Of My Death' message). WOTC Season 6 saw MemeticBadass Marcus 'Tyrant' Kincaid discussing his thoughts on his growing crush on EnsembleDarkHorse Marie 'Gentle' Lebrun in those snippets and the fans approving of the pairing. Episode 31 reveals through Short Fuse's snippet that they did become an item, [[spoiler: right before Chris' inability to pay attention to details meant he didn't realise his party wasn't concealed (despite Central saying as such right at the start), causing a DisasterDominoes scenario that led to a TotalPartyKill, Gentle included, apart from the one character rescued in role-play by another soldier later on.]]

*** NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Narratively speaking Olivia "Cuttlefish" Maynard was rescued by another character that appeared later in the season, and continued to contribute through comments and in the epilogue video, despite the fact that we see her die on screen. Mitigated because she was only only one who went into bleedout, the rest were killed outright. [[FakingTheDead She keeps her survival a secret from XCOM]] so ADVENT don't figure it out as well]].

** Episode 31 of the sixth ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' series also saw his whole team get killed, including the VIP that he was trying to rescue and several fan-favorite characters (although one of said characters was rescued by another that appeared later in the season, and continued to contribute through comments and in the epilogue video).

* MeaningfulName: WOTC Season 6 Episode 31. Operation: Senseless Tears. [[spoiler: Party is massively outnumbered and the mission format does not allow for a retreat, leading to a TotalPartyKill. Several of Chris' go-to picks are amongst the dead, except one rescued in role-play; see TotalPartyKill trope for details. ShipSinking for early FanPreferredCouple Gentle x Tyrant.]]

* MeaningfulName: WOTC Season 6 Episode 31. Operation: Senseless Tears. [[spoiler: Party is massively outnumbered and the mission format does not allow for a retreat, leading to a TotalPartyKill. Several of Chris' go-to picks are amongst the dead. The VIP is the last to die. ShipSinking for early FanPreferredCouple Gentle x Tyrant.]]

** WOTC Season 6 Episode 31. [[spoiler: The episode began with a snippet discussing Short Fuse interrupting Gentle and Tyrant enjoying each other's company, and Chris snarking about something bad happening to Gentle who was on the upcoming mission. Said mission was a TotalPartyKill (apart from an exception in role-play revealed later).]]

** Experiences another in Season 4. He got ''[[EpicFail one turn in]]'' before it happened.

** WOTC Season 6 Episode 31. [[spoiler: The episode began with a snippet discussing Short Fuse interrupting Gentle and Tyrant enjoying each other's company, and Chris snarking about something bad happening to Gentle who was on the upcoming mission. Said mission was a TotalPartyKill.]]

* FanPreferredCouple: XCOM. The people who watch his streams often write in with FlavorText short snippets written in-story by the characters in that season for Chris to begin an episode with (and given that AnyoneCanDie, if such happens Chris will often use it to deliver their 'In The Event Of My Death' message). WOTC Season 6 saw MemeticBadass Marcus 'Tyrant' Kincaid discussing his thoughts on his growing crush on EnsembleDarkHorse Marie 'Gentle' Lebrun in those snippets and the fans approving of the pairing. Episode 31 reveals through Short Fuse's snippet that they did become an item, [[spoiler: right before Chris' inability to pay attention to details meant he didn't realise his party wasn't concealed (despite Central saying as such right at the start), causing a DisasterDominoes scenario that led to a TotalPartyKill, Gentle included.]]

* FanPreferredCouple: XCOM. The people who watch his streams often write in with FlavorText short snippets written in-story by the characters in that season for Chris to begin an episode with (and given that AnyoneCanDie, if such happens Chris will often use it to deliver their 'In The Event Of My Death' message). WOTC Season 6 saw MemeticBadass Marcus 'Tyrant' Kincaid discussing his thoughts on his growing crush on EnsembleDarkHorse Marie 'Gentle' Lebrun in those snippets and the fans approving of the pairing.

* FanPreferredCouple: XCOM. The people who watch his streams often write in with short snippets written in-story by the characters in that season. WOTC Season 6 saw quite a few people shipping MemeticBadass Marcus 'Tyrant' Kincaid with EnsembleDarkHorse Marie 'Gentle' Lebrun

** It did lead to a funny instsnce of EpicFail though; an EXALT managed to kill herself through no effort of The Lost; a careless grenade blew out the roof she was standing on for fall damage, then killing a Lost Brute lead to self-poisoning that killed her the very next turn.

** This has since expanded to After Action Reports from soldiers either celebrating flawless missions, particularly if there were some close calls, expressing frustration at failed missions or mourning fallen comrades.

* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey: Averted with Boulanger 'Toaster' 42, SPARK Pioneer, MemeticBadass and, as the name suggests, very very French.
* CurbStompBattle: WOTC Season 7 Episode 72 Turgid Druid, on the receiving end. To elaborate, a Dark Event popped that would result in permanent loss of access to the Black Market if left unchecked. The only problem was this came right on the heels of the 'Kill The Chosen Assassin' mission, so his best were either Tired or Wounded (or needing repairs in Toaster's case) so was forced to send in (still reasonably experienced) 2nd tier units. The mission forewarned of Lost presence, but they weren't the problem. ADVENT & EXALT were there in force, and as it was VIP retrieval he couldn't call for evac when it was obvious the mission was a bust so was forced to fight his way out. Of all the enemy casualties he killed about 10, the rest falling to ADVENT. Most of the mission was just staying out the way, pinging ADVENT with Lost Lures, letting ADVENT kill The Lost and hope he didn't attract too much attention, which he inevitably did. Even a couple of computer crashes and forced reloads that rezzed a couple of his soldiers after being killed/bleeding-out-after-his-medic-was-killed-first-and-therefore-doomed didn't save them. [[SoleSurvivor Only one made it out]] and completed the mission, and he had to make a run for it and leave everyone else to their fate to achieve this. With all the equipment he lost when he asked himself "Was It All Worth It?" his initial thought was probably not and it would take an inordinate amount if Body Retrieval missions to recoup his loses.
** It did lead to a funny instsnce of EpicFail though; an EXALT managed to kill herself through no effort of The Lost; a careless grenade blew out the roof she was standing on for fall damage, then killing a Lost Brute lead to poisoning that killed her the very next turn.

* GeniusDitz: Christopher is known for giving thoughtful explanations for his decisions in games, particularly those concerning strategy and tactics, even if he later turns out to be wrong. He's also known for [[FailedASpotCheck missing very obvious things that cause him to die, have to backtrack, get stuck, or miss out on story]], much to the chagrin of his viewers. To his credit, Christopher is [[SelfDeprecatingHumor fully aware of this]].

* CurbStompBattle: 7-72 Turgid Druid, on the receiving end. To elaborate, a Dark Event popped that would result in permanent loss of access to the Black Market. The only problem was this came right on the heels of the 'Kill The Chosen Assassin' mission, so his best were either Tired or Wounded (or needing repairs in Toaster's case) so was forced to send in 2nd tier units. The mission forewarned of Lost presence, but they weren't the problem. ADVENT & EXALT were there in force, and as it was VIP retrieval he couldn't call for evac when it was obvious the mission was a bust so was forced to fight his way out. Of all the enemy casualties he killed about 10, the rest falling to ADVENT. Most of the mission was just staying out the way, letting ADVENT kill The Lost and hope he didn't attract too much attention, which he inevitably did. Even a couple of computer crashes and forced reloads that rezzed a couple of his soldiers after being killed/bleeding-out-after-his-medic-was-killed didn't save them. [[SoleSurvivor Only one made it out]] and completed the mission, and he had to make a run for it and leave everyone else to their fate to achieve this. With all the equipment he lost when he asked himself "Was It All Worth It?" he thought probably not.