See here for YMMVs pertaining to the Yogscast.
See here for YMMVs pertaining to Sips.
See here for YMMVs pertaining to The YoGPoD.
- Broken Base: The series is mostly beloved, but in general the fandom is known to occasionally have rather mixed and vocal opinions on certain things. See below:
- Episode 96 of the main channel Galacticraft series has the fandom split to an extent, albeit not as much as the above cases. You're either happy that the Jaffa Factory is getting the spotlight again, or you feel that it distracts from the main purpose of the show.
- If Episode 96 of Galacticraft wasn't enough, Episode 105 really caused a serious divide. Simon's destruction of the factory via launching a rocket from inside is agreed to be funny due to how stupid it is, but it's caused many people to get seriously angry since they wanted to see the place repaired. The following arc has Simon buy a new plot of land from Hat Films so the guys move location, which has caused a similar divide between those who like the change and those that think it's scripted.
- The delay in the release of Blackrock episodes is starting to cause this. There seem to be two groups - people constantly harassing Rythian (and telling him his channel will "die" unless he releases it) and people who accept Rythian's apologies and explanations, and are perfectly happy to wait for the next episode.
- Monster Hunters with Simon, Hannah and Kim. A funny, entertaining show that makes a nice change from Hole Diggers, or an annoying distraction? As usual, Kim seems to get a lot of the flack, for some bizarre reason.
- The series launched in July 2015, Trials of Derpulies, has caused an unusual split. While reactions on /r/yogscast were largely positive, r/HatFilms had a more mixed reception, since Hat Films had a limited amount of screentime despite potentially amusing scenarios to show the audience, such as their running off before the resident Mr. Exposition could finish speaking. While showing multiple perspectives on videos uploaded to a single channel is better for views overall, Hatters largely felt cheated. There were also arguments as to whether or not Cornerstone-style edits should be uploaded on the channels of individual participants as well as the main series. Later videos have had a very hit-and-miss reception for both these reasons amongst Hatters.
- Whereas most non-Hatters were satisfied with Trials of Derpulies at first, the show has become a point of argument among fans of each of the three teams. While Team Sjipos (Sjin, Lewis and Sips) are fairly represented and their fans are happy about this, fans of Hat Films and the Flux Buddies are... less than elated to say the least, to the point that rough graphs of the series show how disproportionate Team Sjipos is represented
◊, Smith and Ross have seemingly criticised the editing on Twitter◊, Hatters are ditching the show en masse, and fans of the Flux Buddies appear to be unsure whether to keep watching or to leave. Team Sjipos' tendency to delve into heavy Black Comedy doesn't help some supposedly politically correct blogs either. It has managed to win over fans as it continued, however. - The news that there would be a second series of Derpulies split the base. While many people were pleased that Simon would be involved and believed that the editing might improve significantly, others felt the project should be left as it is and that new things should be attempted instead. However, the reaction to Trials of Skobbels has been considerably more positive and the divide eased over quickly.
- Whereas most non-Hatters were satisfied with Trials of Derpulies at first, the show has become a point of argument among fans of each of the three teams. While Team Sjipos (Sjin, Lewis and Sips) are fairly represented and their fans are happy about this, fans of Hat Films and the Flux Buddies are... less than elated to say the least, to the point that rough graphs of the series show how disproportionate Team Sjipos is represented
- Crosses the Line Twice: Most of the punishments that Skobbels hands out in his eponymous series are surprisingly dark and just as funny for it.
- Fridge Brilliance: Simon and Lewis ignoring what everyone else is saying, even while they are answering questions they just asked, is kind of annoying. Then you go back and watch some of their old WoW videos, and you realize that they're used to ignoring quest text and NPC dialogue. They're just acting like they normally would while playing an RPG!
- Friendly Fandoms: With Minecraft, natch, although other fandoms get on well with them. See below.
- Fans of CaptainSparklez get along with them well, in part since Lewis and Simon get on with Jordan well and now have similarly-themed channels.
- In spite of the odd bit of flack, fans of Achievement Hunter's Let's Play Minecraft and this series get on reasonably well and there is a fair degree of overlap.
- Growing the Beard: Trials of Derpulies initially had a divisive reception, but later episodes appear to have a better reaction amongst the fanbase.
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- "We start off quite simple, but then, as you go, things get more complicated." Spoken by Simon very early on, back when the series was just a simple Let's Play, and now it's become a complicated adventure.
- In the earlier Minecraft videos, Simon has to delete his Mo' Creatures modded world because the bunnies are breeding like, well, bunnies and overpopulating his world. Come 2014 when rabbits were introduced in the actual game, and the developers actually had to stop this from happening, since the game would lag out if nature took its course.
- It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: A complaint about this series (at least on the main channel) is that it eventually got to the point that Simon and Lewis were just doing adventure maps and precious little else, which put some fans off. This has changed after Simon's hiatus to an extent, with a greater variety of guests.
- Pretty much every Yogscast member, as well as other Minecraft YouTubers, uses mods in their Minecraft sessions these days, which tends to evoke this reaction from viewers, especially when said mods are made obsolete by new features added in the vanilla game.
- Mis-blamed: While the editing in Trials of Derpulies is perhaps subpar compared to other series, some fans have blamed the editors for their not including any of Smith's footage. The reality is that his recordings were somehow lost and he wasn't able to retrieve them.
- Nightmare Retardant:
- It's hard to take maps such as Calmere Nightmare seriously when Simon and Lewis keep laughing over mis-spellings in the notes and Simon's "creepy" over the top Grizwald voice. Taken up to eleven in "The Infected", which has very bad level design and an Anticlimax Boss.
- Some of the more dire situations (mobs rushing them en masse) are made slightly less creepy by the slightly hammy reactions of the crew.
- Paranoia Fuel: So, who actually built those Stonehenges and that pyramid trial when Simon and Lewis weren't looking?
- Parody Displacement: "HONEYDEWYEAYEA" is a parody of a parody of a real song, but there's no link to either the original parody or the song it was based off. Mercifully, Google helped with this a bit.
- Seasonal Rot: After a very well-received Jaffa Factory series, Site Bee was met with a not-quite-as-warm reception, due to a perception that the participants weren't as enthusiastic and the mods weren't as interesting, as well as there being no real reason to continue from what had been a fairly good finale. While the series was still fairly good in its own right, it just didn't hold up as well.
- So Bad, It's Good:
- Their feeling about the adventure map "The Swarm".
- It's taken up to eleven in "The Infected", in which the grammar is even worse and the climax is just laughable.
- Surprisingly Improved Sequel: The general consensus is that Trials of Skobbels takes the premise of Trials of Derpulies and improves upon it significantly, with better editing, more equal screentime for the three teams, Simon's return and Skobbels, who is seen as more interesting thanks to Angor's voice work.
- Tough Act to Follow:
- Shadow of Israphel is generally held up to be one of their best works, and Yoglabs, while very much liked, often has to deal with "this isn't SOI" complaints.
- The Jaffa Factory series is often considered to be one of the best works that the Yogscast have ever done. As a result, Site Bee (while still a fairly good show in its own right) is not held in as high regard.
- While Cornerstone had its flaws it was generally agreed to be a good return to form, particularly among fans of Hat Films who tuned in the most consistently. While the format later caused problems in terms of overall declining views, it was seen as good for allowing everyone to watch who they wanted to. Derpulies has faced intense criticism for not following the same viewpoint format, or at least allowing teams to upload their own footage on their respective channels.
- Unintentional Uncanny Valley: In-universe, Simon briefly wore a Minecraft skin based on his IRL appearance, and Lewis was freaked out, comparing him to a used car salesman (with Simon even using his Memetic Molester-laden creeper voice to enhance its creepiness).
- Win Back the Crowd: It's generally agreed by many that the new Cornerstone series, which introduces mass collaboration and everyone working together and tasks being delegated out, is a good series, partly due to it stirring up old memories of the Tekkit series, where collabs were frequent enough. The effects have been fairly positive for individual members, too- Strippin has gotten a fair amount of love for his good chemistry with Hat Films.
