History LetsPlay / Criken2

* DropTheHammer: During Polaris' ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare'' event, Criken absolutely dominated with the Maul, a two-handed warhammer that's one of the most DifficultButAwesome weapons in the game. In one round, he [[OneManArmy attained more kills than his 4 teammates combined]].

* TheDreaded: Criken and his hammer quickly became the bane of the enemy team during the 2012 Polaris ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare'' Battle Royale, as well as anyone in his way during the Free For All. Husky Starcraft referred to it as "[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans Releas[ing] the]] [[JustForPun Criken]]!"

* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs''

** Da Xing has a ridiculously [[BadassBaritone deep voice]] and is usually screaming either profanities or screaming utter gibberish.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Criken is, in his own words, gravely afraid of water creatures. Naturally he must face several such creatures while playing ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate]]'' as well as Subnautica.

[=Criken2=] is a gamer and Youtuber who showcases him and a few of his friends playing games. They typically are in co-op, with all the shenanigans that entail. Notable in that he may play through an entire game, record it all, and only uses the funniest or most insane parts of it. This has led to all of his videos being very humorous.

Criken usually works with game clips tied to a particular game, but also does a series called "Criken's Fun House", which have clips not tied to any particular game, and a side series meant to satiate the fans waiting for "Criken's Fun House" called "Criken's Quickies". They, nonetheless, [[ScheduleSlip seem to update rather sporadically as of late]]. Is affiliated with Creator/{{Rooster Teeth}} and sometimes collaborates with Broteam. His face, [[TheFaceless which was until recently never seen]], was revealed in the Pax Podcast of what was then [=TheGameStation=], which can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nnX_B28s0 here]].

In July of 2017 at a panel at RTX it was announced Criken had joined the Lets Play network of Creator/{{Rooster Teeth}}, following this in May 2018 Criken, Tomato Gaming and Bedbananas formed the subgroup [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqm3ics9Qro Sideshow]].

* ButtMonkey:
** Everyone gets a go-around at some point, depending on their experience, but Skippy tends to fulfill this role.

* TheCorrupter: [=BedBananas=] in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', to the point where he leads Criken into [[spoiler:the [[DownerEnding "Usurp the Flame"]] ending]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: Certain videos are only Criken and only a single friend of his, examples of this include his ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'' video, his ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' videos, and his ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' videos.

** ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird Saints Row 3]]: How to Lose at Everything''.

** When Criken and his friends play ''Barotrauma'' things usually spiral into hilarious failure. Special mention needs to go to the round that opens [[https://youtu.be/EZZdAgbV2Vo this video]] as according to Criken they only played 20 minutes and somehow managed to all die ''before they even left the dock'' [[labelnote:*]]Tomato shot through [=MrLawlMan=] and accidentally killed Criken in the process. Then the sub started exploding due to a series of engineering failures injuring Tomato and [=BedBananas=], leading Tomato to declare the round a wash and drag Bed's injured body up with him into the fire to burn to death[[/labelnote]].

** Da Xing, a new addition has a ridiculously [[BadassBaritone deep voice]] is usually screaming either profanities or screaming utter gibberish. Boon, too, who more often than not, is a ScreamingWarrior.

* NiceGuy: Shayne Hawkins, soft voiced player who's often bewildered by the games he's in and regularly pleads "don't kill me!" while running and hiding in multiplayer death matches.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: All of them from time to time, but Buck is the most frequent offender due to how quickly he can shift between being unnervingly calm to screaming like a man possessed.

* TooDumbToLive: Occurs many times in Criken's videos.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Criken is, in his own words, gravely afraid of water creatures. Naturally he must face several such creatures while playing ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.]]''

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Was apparently only 15 when he started making videos. According to an [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros SSB4]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU7xOCx--eU video]] on [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinesauce]], Criken was well aware of how people would react hearing someone so young play these games, so he stuck to using subtitles until he got older, which eventually would become his SignatureStyle.

* AbortedArc: Whenever he reaches the third video in a series (''Dark Souls II'' Co-Op, ''Dead Island Riptide: The Adventures of Sam B'', etc.) the preview for Part 4 will be shown at the end. ''And then never released.''

* AchillesHeel: Thalassophobia, fear of the ocean and creatures in it. Dedicated horror games are relatively no problem, but even the sharks in a game like Wind Waker freak him out.

* ButtMonkey: Everyone gets a go-around at some point, depending on their experience, but Skippy tends to fulfill this role.
** [=VaatiVidya=] in the ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' playthrough, although [[TheDogBitesBack he does have his minor moments of revenge.]] [[DeadlyGame "Lore quiz,"]] anyone?

-->Criken: OH! HES A...A ASSASSINS CREED!

* EpicFail: ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird Saints Row 3]]: How to Lose at Everything''.

* GoodAngelBadAngel: During [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII "The Adventures of Edwad Emberpants,"]] [=VaatiVidya=] tries to explain the setting's rich mythology to Edwad and the importance of his mission to rekindle the flame, while [=BedBananas=] whispers warnings not to trust Vaati and urges Edwad to "end the lore."

* LargeHam: Da Xing, a new addition has a ridiculously [[BadassBaritone deep voice]] is usually screaming either profanities or screaming utter gibberish. Boon, too, who more often than not, is a ScreamingWarrior.

* OnlySaneMan: Criken in most videos, if not then its Skippy, who is still rather insane.

* ThePoorlyChosenOne: His ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' character, Edwad [sic] Emberpants, spends most of the series as TheLoad his fellow champions [=BedBanana=] and [=VaatiVidya=] have to {{escort|mission}} to his destiny. Though Edwad does display flashes of competence, he never fully grasps his mission, [[spoiler:and at Bed's urging ends up seizing ultimate power for himself to rule over a world of darkness.]]

* TheRoleplayer: Criken and the others on the server get into this when playing ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach''.
* SpecialGuest: Crackbone of the defunct Creator/JanusSyndicate at one point was in Criken's games. Criken stated that this was actually unintentional.
* SoundOnlyDeath: Expect to hear Criken and his friends to make wacky and outrageous noises when they die. It's even more hilarious when Criken actually has to subtitle the noises they make, and at one point he acknowledged that hes become somewhat of an expert at transcribing death sounds.

* ThrowTheDogABone: After suffering through he and Tomato's Dark Souls Randomizer run, Criken ''finally'' got the Lordvessel from, hilariously enough, its normal drop point, preventing a softlock.

* YankTheDogsChain: In ''[[https://youtu.be/2lJYFLvjkuo Board Game Night: YES MY GATEKEEPER]]'', Criken and his friends play so ineptly they reach the point in the game where there's less than five minutes left until the Gatekeeper wins. The Gatekeeper appears and announces a rolling contest where the winner takes all remaining keys, [[spoiler: but everyone's panicking too much and none of them hear him over their arguments causing them to run down the clock as they suffer extreme SanitySlippage in their panic.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Was apparently only 15 when he started making videos. According to an [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros SSB4]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU7xOCx--eU video]] on [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinesauce]], Criken was well aware of how [[InternetBackdraft people would react hearing someone so young play these games]], so he stuck to using subtitles until he got older, which eventually would become his SignatureStyle.

* TheDreaded: Criken and his hammer quickly became the bane of the enemy team during the 2012 Polaris ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare'' Battle Royal, as well as anyone in his way during the Free For All. Husky Starcraft referred to it as "[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans Releas[ing] the]] [[JustForPun Criken]]!"

Criken usually works with game clips tied to a particular game, but also does a series called "Criken's Fun House", which have clips not tied to any particular game, and a side series meant to satiate the fans waiting for "Criken's Fun House" called "Criken's Quickies". They, nonetheless, [[ScheduleSlip seem to update rather sporadically as of late]]. Is part of Creator/{{Rooster Teeth}} and sometimes collaborates with Broteam. His face, [[TheFaceless which was until recently never seen]], was revealed in the Pax Podcast of what was then [=TheGameStation=], which can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nnX_B28s0 here]].

* DropTheHammer: During Polaris' ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarefare'' event, Criken absolutely dominated with the Maul, a two-handed warhammer that's one of the most DifficultButAwesome weapons in the game. In one round, he [[OneManArmy attained more kills than his 4 teammates combined]].
* TheDreaded: Criken and his hammer quickly became the bane of the enemy team during the 2012 Polaris ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarefare'' Battle Royal, as well as anyone in his way during the Free For All. Husky Starcraft referred to it as "[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans Releas[ing] the]] [[JustForPun Criken]]!"

* AchillesHeel: Criken seems to have Thalassophobia, fear of the ocean and creatures in it. Dedicated horror games he can take on relatively no problem, but even the sharks in a game like Wind Waker freak him out.

Criken2 is a gamer and Youtuber who showcases him and a few of his friends playing games. They typically are in co-op, with all the shenanigans that entail. Notable in that he may play through an entire game, record it all, and only uses the funniest or most insane parts of it. This has led to all of his videos being very humorous.

In July of 2017 at a panel at RTX it was announced Criken had joined the Lets Play network of Creator/{{Rooster Teeth}}.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Criken is signified via white text, Skippy tends to have red text, Oats (or the secondary character in a 2-player game) has yellow text, and game audio is black text. (Unfortunately for OCD viewers, these colors change very often.)

* AbortedArc: Whenever he reaches the third video in a series (Dark Souls 2 Co-Op, Dead Island Riptide: The Adventures of Sam B, etc.) the preview for Part 4 will be shown at the end. ''And then never released.''

** [=VaatiVidya=] in the Dark Souls 3 game, although [[TheDogBitesBack he does have his minor moments of revenge.]]

* TheCorrupter: [=BedBananas=] in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls3'', to the point where he leads Criken into [[spoiler:the [[DownerEnding "Usurp the Flame"]] ending]]

* ReligiousBruiser: We learn in the "90's Kids" LP of X-Com that Da Xing is very religious, and doesn't appreciate people dissing God.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Criken is, in his own words, gravely afraid of water creatures. Naturally he must face several such creatures while playing [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.]]

* TheCorrupter: [=BedBananas=] in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls3'', to the point where he leads Criken into [[spoiler:the [[DownerEnding "Usurp the Flame"]] ending]]

* TheFaceless: Until [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cowITozE4cE this]] video.

** When Criken and his friends play ''Barotrauma'' things usually spiral into hilarious failure. Special mention needs to go to the round that opens [[https://youtu.be/EZZdAgbV2Vo this video]] as according to Criken they only played 20 minutes and somehow managed to all die ''before they even left the dock'' [[labelnote:*]]Tomato shot through [=MrLawlMan=] and accidentally killed Criken in the process. Then the sub starts exploding due to a series of engineering failures injuring Tomato and [=BedBananas=], leading Tomato to declare the round a wash and drag Bed's injured body up with him into the fire to burn to death[[/labelnote]].

** VaatiVidya in the Dark Souls 3 game, although [[TheDogBitesBack he does have his minor moments of revenge.]]

* TheCorrupter: BedBananas in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls3'', to the point where he leads Criken into [[spoiler:the [[DownerEnding "Usurp the Flame"]] ending]]

Criken usually works with game clips tied to a particular game, but also does a series called "Criken's Fun House", which have clips not tied to any particular game, and a side series meant to satiate the fans waiting for "Criken's Fun House" called "Criken's Quickies". They, nonetheless, [[ScheduleSlip seem to update rather sporadically as of late]]. Is part of and sometimes collaborates with Broteam. His face, [[TheFaceless which was until recently never seen]], was revealed in the Pax Podcast of what was then [=TheGameStation=], which can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nnX_B28s0 here]].

Criken usually works with game clips tied to a particular game, but also does a series called "Criken's Fun House", which have clips not tied to any particular game, and a side series meant to satiate the fans waiting for "Criken's Fun House" called "Criken's Quickies". They, nonetheless, [[ScheduleSlip seem to update rather sporadically as of late]]. Is part of Creator/{{Polaris}} and sometimes collaborates with Broteam. His face, [[TheFaceless which was until recently never seen]], was revealed in the Pax Podcast of what was then [=TheGameStation=], which can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nnX_B28s0 here]].

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Criken is, in his own words, gravely afraid of water creatures. Naturally he must face several such creatures while playing [[MonsterHunter Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.]]