TotalHalibut aka TotalBiscuit aka The Cynical Brit

The backlash was more because he basically said Trump voters that - compared to other YouTubers - he wouldn't welcome them as part of his audience.

He also took a shot at third-party voters - which his wife falls under, so there there was some drama and then they reconciled.

I guess people are pissed because he said in the Co-Optional Podcast before the elections "vote for whoever you want, but vote" and apparently changed his mind after the election results came in.

Whatever, he'll be back on Reddit by December. He's never stuck to his self-imposed exiles.

The TB Reddit cycle never ends...

It's not that he changed his mind, he lied to try and be nice. Remember he could lose his healthcare because of this, cancer counts as a prexisting condition and the protection for people with preexisting conditions is going to be repealed with the rest of Obamacare.

So yeah he told Trump voters to fuck off, the man has cancer and due to the election (that he didn't get to vote in) he might not be able to get health insurance to treat his cancer, he's allowed to be pissed.

He actually quit due to I think partially blaming Reddit for the election, the man's angry and lashing out, like most people would be if they just found out they might die many years early because of an election result.

Anyway, fingers crossed for some fresh content from him soon so that that can be discussed instead of this.

edited 11th Nov '16 2:10:28 AM by Silasw

I really wouldn't blame him if he didn't. He has terminal cancer and he basically lost the only thing that was extending his life, content is literally the least of his problems.

Especially since the fact that he sees his fans as having just killed him.

edited 11th Nov '16 3:41:21 AM by Memers

Well, there is a chance that he isn't going to be able to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans don't have a supermajority, meaning that the Democrats can filibuster.

If they keep the filibuster, which is something that is on the table right now.

But the point stands right now the first issue on the agenda is to kill TB's insurance and accelerate the death of TB due to lack of care... he has every single right to be mad.

Isn't there an OTC thread about American Politics?

He's hardly that bad off since he's British and he still has free health care there if he goes back (Which is admittedly a pain in the ass, but it's less than most Americans have).

Heck. does he even qualify for Obamacare? Does he have US citizenship? I assume it only covers US citizens.

His wife has been on twitter complaining about healthcare costs before, between the 3 of them it cost like $1500 a month. And all being self employed they basically had to go through healthcare.gov to even get it but at least they had it.

Since it is through his wife and the family provisions are going out the window and their son and TB have preexisting conditions, it ain't going to happen.

edited 11th Nov '16 11:30:40 PM by Memers

Since Canada is a part of the Commonwealth can't they just go there?

The Empire is gone, Commonwealth citizens can't freely travel to other member states, let alone get government services there. The Commonwealth is not the EU.

Also he needs to be physically close to specialises for his care and they're all in his area of the US, so moving isn't exactly an option.

Also an international move isn't exactly a good things to do while battling cancer, kidna stressful and all.

edited 13th Nov '16 1:38:23 PM by Silasw

The long-not-really-awaited return of the Mailbox.

Most recent CT scan results show further shrinkage and no growth!

On the other hand, Genna (his wife, for people new to him) now has her own little growth inside her ^note probably isn't cancer, but still.... Yay.

edited 2nd Dec '16 6:55:27 AM by TotemicHero

Yeah, saw that. Some fuckwit on Reddit actually had the gall to claim they were faking everything and were "making millions" off of it. I think that's the first time I've seen TB say that someone needs to outright kill themselves.

This ain't no Notte Luminosa scenario, people. ^Explanation Notte Luminosa is an infamous Mario romhack whose creator faked terminal cancer in an effort to get people to play it, as part of a "last request" gambit. It did not go over well when the truth came out.

Also:

edited 2nd Dec '16 8:32:48 AM by TotemicHero

And now he's gone full Inception.

Looks like TB has finally found an alternative, eh? I guess that's a bit better than engaging in a bunch of arguments and restarting the cycle.

In case anyone missed the stream, like I did.

A just under four hour long video? Yeah no. F. That.

TL;DW

• Best Soundtrack: Doom (2016)
• Most Striking Aesthetic: Inside
• The Best thing to Come out of Early Access: Darkest Dungeon
• The Stop Pre-Ordering Video Games Award for Biggest Launch Disaster: No Man's Sky
• The Game that Most Surpassed my Expectations: Doom (2016)
• The Sharpened Pitchfork Award for Dodgiest Games Company of the Year: CSGO Lotto
• The Never too Late Award for Most Improved Title of the Year: Slain: Back from Hell
• The Anti-Consumer Award for Gaming's Biggest Little Problems: Believing the Hype
• The Innovation in Multiplayer Gaming Award: Overcooked

edited 1st Jan '17 11:22:54 AM by UltraWanker

Yeah, I heard that Slain was really improved by that re-release, considering its original release was nowhere near what was promised.

So TB has noticed the feedback about the lenght of the video and...

edited 2nd Jan '17 3:30:24 AM by UltraWanker

I loved how he went into detail so length didn't really matter to me, he could have split it so each category was a You Tube video or something.