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** By the same token, the chat will occasionally try to screw with Max. During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3'', they fed him false information to get him killed by the Nemesis and lied about Jessica sneaking up for a JumpScare. That said, it's never actively malicious; the chatroom is generally positive and supportive, and Max has repeatedly stated that he's proud to have one of the nicest audiences on all of Twitch.

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** By the same token, the chat will occasionally try to screw with Max. During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'', they fed him false information to get him killed by the Nemesis and lied about Jessica sneaking up for a JumpScare. That said, it's never actively malicious; the chatroom is generally positive and supportive, and Max has repeatedly stated that he's proud to have one of the nicest audiences on all of Twitch.
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** On a separate (though still tangentially related) note, when playing ''VideoGame/IdolShowdown'', Max has made it very clear that he barely knows ''anything'' about {{Virtual YouTuber}}s like the ones in ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'', those being what the game is all about. He even admits while rating the game's supers that he would likely give them higher ratings if he understood the references.
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** Max is one of a few big name FGC figures that openly advocates for future AllegedlyFreeGame versions of fighting games, especially established brands, as evidenced by a small [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4jF1skrEBY series]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55adQ6QA25Y of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRlQlhIv6TM videos]] he made in response to the Japanese Fighting Game Roundable livestream [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIBfhMbLggE discussing the idea]] in April 2022. He's well aware of the pitfalls of such a business model -- as his fans have pointed out, issues like BribingYourWayToVictory, FakeLongevity, more hackers due to low barrier of entry, etc. -- but he does firmly believe [=F2P=] fighting games can only mean good things for the genre's exposure despite the pitfalls, usually citing ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct2013'' as a good example of this.

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** He seriously lost his shit when ''Final Fantasy VII'' was coming to [[UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideogames PS4]], ported from its PC release instead of being remade.

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** He seriously lost his shit when ''Final Fantasy VII'' was coming to [[UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideogames PS4]], ported from its PC release instead of being remade. Several months later, when he discovered that Creator/SquareEnix effectively trolled everyone, and actually '''''were''''' making ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' for [=PS4=], he lost his shit ''again'' in a much more positive way.



* CallBack: When playing VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}, Max says "I'll carve my own Steak" which is something he said when using [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Patroklos']] [[LimitBreak Critical Edge]]

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** At the beginning of his ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' reaction video, he shows a summary of his horrified reaction to the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' remaster [=PS4=] release announcement, illustrating how ''different'' the two [=FF7=] reactions end up being.[[note]]With the remaster, he literally got up and walked off in anger. With the remake, he's celebrating that they finally made it.[[/note]]
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When playing VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}, Max says "I'll carve my own Steak" which is something he said when using [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Patroklos']] [[LimitBreak Critical Edge]]



* HypocriticalHumor: Max tries to cover a new weapon for ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3'' only for Doom to cut in and tell Max to stop camping. Eventually Max hands Doom the controller and tells him to show him what's not camping. Doom then immediately started camping.

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Max tries to cover a new weapon for ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3'' only for Doom to cut in and tell Max to stop camping. Eventually Max hands Doom the controller and tells him to show him what's not camping. Doom then immediately started camping.camping.
** When Max manages to get Skarlet's unmasked face option in VideoGame/MortalKombat11, he deliberately causes Kenny to RageQuit due to looking for it for weeks, and spends the rest of the stream celebrating the Quitality, despite the fact Max hates rage-quitters with a passion.
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Among the fighting game community, Max is well-received as a content creator who certainly knows his ins-and-outs of a wide variety of games (especially Capcom fighting games), but with a style and demeanor that is intentionally welcoming to newcomers. Various fighting game figureheads such as Katsuhiro Harada, the current producer and director of ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' have praised his efforts in growing the community.

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Among the fighting game community, Max is well-received as a content creator who certainly knows his ins-and-outs of a wide variety of games (especially Capcom fighting games), but with a style and demeanor that is intentionally welcoming to newcomers. Various fighting game figureheads such as Katsuhiro Harada, the current producer and director of ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'', have praised his efforts in growing the community.
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Max gained notoriety among fighting game fans with the fourth episode of his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' series, doing something different- a character guide for individual characters, called WebVideo/AssistMe, beginning with Doctor Doom. This series is a departure from his normal fare, with actors playing the parts of the various characters, and something resembling a storyline. It was even picked up by Capcom to promote the release of ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]'', with 6 episodes covering 12 characters, and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom Origins]]''. As time went on, Max's content became primarily fighting-game-based with playthroughs (including a subseries called Boss Rage, where Max will play on the hardest difficulties), online matches, and his individual thoughts and reactions to fighting game news and reveals.

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Max gained notoriety among fighting game fans with the fourth episode of his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' series, doing something different- a character guide for individual characters, called WebVideo/AssistMe, beginning with Doctor Doom. This series is was a departure from his normal fare, with actors playing the parts of the various characters, and something resembling a storyline. It was even picked up by Capcom to promote the release of ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]'', with 6 episodes covering 12 characters, and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom Origins]]''. As time went on, Max's content became primarily fighting-game-based with playthroughs (including a subseries called Boss Rage, where Max will play on the hardest difficulties), online matches, and his individual thoughts and reactions to fighting game news and reveals.
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The Online Warrior is an ongoing series of Website/YouTube videos, made by "[[https://www.youtube.com/user/Miles923 Miles923]]", primarily now known as Maximilian Dood, or in fighting-game circles, as simply Max. Originally covering both fighting and [=FPS=] games, he has become notably known for the former genre with his content creation, focusing on bridging the gap between casual fighting fans and the hardcore group.

Max gained notoriety among fighting game fans with the fourth episode of his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' series, doing something different- a character guide for individual characters, called WebVideo/AssistMe, beginning with Doctor Doom. This series is a departure from his normal fare, with actors playing the parts of the various characters, and something resembling a storyline. It was even picked up by Capcom to promote the release of ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]'', with 6 episodes covering 12 characters, and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom Origins]]''. As time went on, Max's content became primarily fighting-game based with playthroughs, online matches, and his individual thoughts and reactions to fighting game news and reveals.

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The Online Warrior is an ongoing series of Website/YouTube videos, made by "[[https://www.youtube.com/user/Miles923 Miles923]]", primarily now known as Maximilian Dood, Dood (real name: Maximilian Christiansen), or in fighting-game circles, as simply Max. Originally covering both fighting and [=FPS=] games, he has become notably known for the former genre with his content creation, focusing on bridging the gap between casual fighting fans and the hardcore group.

Max gained notoriety among fighting game fans with the fourth episode of his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' series, doing something different- a character guide for individual characters, called WebVideo/AssistMe, beginning with Doctor Doom. This series is a departure from his normal fare, with actors playing the parts of the various characters, and something resembling a storyline. It was even picked up by Capcom to promote the release of ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]'', with 6 episodes covering 12 characters, and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom Origins]]''. As time went on, Max's content became primarily fighting-game based fighting-game-based with playthroughs, playthroughs (including a subseries called Boss Rage, where Max will play on the hardest difficulties), online matches, and his individual thoughts and reactions to fighting game news and reveals.
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The Online Warrior is an ongoing series of Website/YouTube videos, made by "[[https://www.youtube.com/user/Miles923 Miles923]]", also known as Maximilian Dood. For a while, it chronicled his adventures in online games, including fighting and FPS games.

However, on the fourth episode of his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' series, he started doing something different- a character guide for individual characters, called WebVideo/AssistMe, beginning with Doctor Doom. This series is a departure from his normal fare, with actors playing the parts of the various characters, and something resembling a storyline. It was even picked up by Capcom to promote the release of ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]'', with 6 episodes covering 12 characters, and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom Origins]]''. Max has continued the show, which will soon be entering its third season.

Max also covers trailers for new games, reviews older games on his "Sega Saturn Saturdays," does playthroughs of existing games, and provides live commentaries for his games during various "Week of" series.

Max also now has a channel ''Yo Videogames!'' for his LetsPlay content which is done mostly with Matt Simmons (Doom), so that his other channel can focus on competitive games.
In ''Yo Videogames!'' there's the normal LetsPlay and old-school games aptly named "Retro Coach".

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The Online Warrior is an ongoing series of Website/YouTube videos, made by "[[https://www.youtube.com/user/Miles923 Miles923]]", also primarily now known as Maximilian Dood. For a while, it chronicled his adventures Dood, or in online games, including fighting-game circles, as simply Max. Originally covering both fighting and FPS games.

However,
[=FPS=] games, he has become notably known for the former genre with his content creation, focusing on bridging the gap between casual fighting fans and the hardcore group.

Max gained notoriety among fighting game fans with
the fourth episode of his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' series, he started doing something different- a character guide for individual characters, called WebVideo/AssistMe, beginning with Doctor Doom. This series is a departure from his normal fare, with actors playing the parts of the various characters, and something resembling a storyline. It was even picked up by Capcom to promote the release of ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]'', with 6 episodes covering 12 characters, and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom Origins]]''. Max has continued the show, which will soon be entering its third season.

Max also covers trailers for new games, reviews older games on
As time went on, Max's content became primarily fighting-game based with playthroughs, online matches, and his "Sega Saturn Saturdays," does playthroughs of existing games, individual thoughts and provides live commentaries for his games during various "Week of" series.reactions to fighting game news and reveals.

Among the fighting game community, Max also now has is well-received as a content creator who certainly knows his ins-and-outs of a wide variety of games (especially Capcom fighting games), but with a style and demeanor that is intentionally welcoming to newcomers. Various fighting game figureheads such as Katsuhiro Harada, the current producer and director of ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' have praised his efforts in growing the community.

One staple of the
channel was Max's Pomeranian named Benny. With a very expressive face, fans quickly latched onto him as the mascot of the channel and often appeared in Max's videos and merchandise until the later stages of his life due to Benny's declining health and increasing anxiety. Sadly, Benny passed away in 2022.

While Max primarily focuses on fighting games, he still will often play through other notable games outside the genre as well. He also has a second channel, [[LetsPlay/YoVideogames
''Yo Videogames!'' for his LetsPlay content which is done mostly with Matt Simmons (Doom), so that his other Videogames!'']], a casual gaming channel can focus on competitive games.
In ''Yo Videogames!'' there's
with friends Matthew Simmons, Kenny O'Brien and Steve Springer (with guest appearances by Max's wife, Jessica, and their infant daughter Ripley). While the normal LetsPlay four are fighting game enthusiasts, the channel covers many types of games, especially on older hardware, and old-school games aptly named "Retro Coach".
will often dedicate specific nights and weeks to a specific genre or console. Both channels are first streamed live on Twitch then are pared down into edited episodes for [=YouTube=] shortly after.
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* BullyingADragon: Doom to Franchise/{{Batman}} in Max's review of ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', after the [[TheRedBaron Dark Knight]] lets the two off the hook for withholding information.

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* BullyingADragon: Doom to Franchise/{{Batman}} in Max's review of ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', after the [[TheRedBaron [[RedBaron Dark Knight]] lets the two off the hook for withholding information.
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* CapcomSequelStagnation: [[https://youtu.be/Caz8X3EdxhM?t=112 Discusses the trope]] on a ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' trailer, specifically referencing the ''X2'' series's propensity for [[LongTitle extremely long titles]].[[note]]For the uninitiated, the sixth (and final) installment in the series went by the name ''Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Reload Plus R''.[[/note]] While he doesn't explicitly say he dislikes this trope (he ''is'' a Creator/{{Capcom}} fan, after all), he does at least acknowledge that it's "super polarizing".

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* CapcomSequelStagnation: [[https://youtu.be/Caz8X3EdxhM?t=112 Discusses the trope]] on a ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' trailer, specifically referencing the ''X2'' series's propensity for [[LongTitle extremely long titles]].[[note]]For the uninitiated, the sixth (and final) installment in the series went by the name ''Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Reload Plus R''.[[/note]] While he doesn't explicitly say he dislikes this trope (he ''is'' a Creator/{{Capcom}} fan, after all), he does at least acknowledge that it's "super polarizing".
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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Playing as Vergil in UMVC3 is treated as one of these.

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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Playing as Vergil in UMVC3 ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel Vs.Capcom 3]]'' is treated as one of these.
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** Whenever someone in the chat asks Max to explain the plot of a video game (usually the one he's playing right now, the synopsis he gives is always a warped version of ''Franchise/SuperMario''.

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** Whenever someone in the chat asks Max to explain the plot of a video game (usually the one he's playing right now, now), the synopsis he gives is always a warped version of ''Franchise/SuperMario''.
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* TheCameo: Max and Benny have appeared together as an AssistCharacter in the BeatEmUp ''VideoGame/JitsuSquad''.
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** Max claiming that Geese came back from the dead when he pops up as part of the second DLC team of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV'' is erroneous. This is because the ''King of Fighters'' continuity is separate from the ''Fatal Fury'' one; while Geese is and ''stayed'' dead in the latter, he's still alive and well in the former, first appearing in ''[='95=]'' as a cameo before his playable debut in ''[='96=]'', and literally made an appearance in the base roster of ''XIV'', the game before ''XV''.
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* InsistentTerminology: He calls fighting games with extremely large LagCancel windows "loose", most prominently with ''VideoGame/DNFDuel''. He uses the term often enough that he even made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEgu2xx5hjw "loose" vs. "tight" tier list]] to explain his positions better.
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However, on the fourth episode of his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' series, he started doing something different- a character guide for individual characters, called WebVideo/AssistMe, beginning with Doctor Doom. This series is a [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent departure]] from his normal fare, with actors playing the parts of the various characters, and something resembling a storyline. It was even picked up by Capcom to promote the release of ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]'', with 6 episodes covering 12 characters, and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom Origins]]''. Max has continued the show, which will soon be entering its third season.

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However, on the fourth episode of his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' series, he started doing something different- a character guide for individual characters, called WebVideo/AssistMe, beginning with Doctor Doom. This series is a [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent departure]] departure from his normal fare, with actors playing the parts of the various characters, and something resembling a storyline. It was even picked up by Capcom to promote the release of ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]'', with 6 episodes covering 12 characters, and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom Origins]]''. Max has continued the show, which will soon be entering its third season.
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** When rating the supers for ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters XIV]]'', he reacts in StunnedSilence to [[CloudCuckoolander Xanadu's]] "The Wisdom", doesn't rate it and moves on to the next character.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Max is mostly cordial and very nice, although he gets cocky every now and then, but press one of his buttons and all things tend to go downhill. Most of times hilariously.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Max is mostly cordial and very nice, although he gets cocky every now and then, but press one of his buttons and all things tend to go downhill. Most of times the time hilariously.



** On one instance Max accidentally taunts his opponent once the match is over and feels terribly guilty about it.

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** On In one instance Max accidentally taunts his opponent once the match is over and feels terribly guilty about it.



** On less happy note, during his [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Master Fortress]] Boss Rage, he - playing as Cloud - decided to end the battle with Finishing Touch, a move that requires fully charged Limit Break and deals only ScratchDamage, but has very high knockback. After fully charging the move, he turned to camera saying "We can smile again" and unleashed the move... but Core wasn't damaged enough and wasn't KO'd. He repeated it with the same result, and before he charged third attempt, Master Core unleashed its [[DesperationAttack Desperation]] OneHitKill attack, forcing him to ''restart the run from the very beginning''.

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** On a less happy note, during his [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Master Fortress]] Boss Rage, he - playing as Cloud - decided to end the battle with Finishing Touch, a move that requires fully charged Limit Break and deals only ScratchDamage, but has very high knockback. After fully charging the move, he turned to camera saying "We can smile again" and unleashed the move... but Core wasn't damaged enough and wasn't KO'd. He repeated it with the same result, and before he charged third attempt, Master Core unleashed its [[DesperationAttack Desperation]] OneHitKill attack, forcing him to ''restart the run from the very beginning''.



* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Max overall response when he does something wrong and gets punished.

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** ''Street Fighter V'': Nash, Alex, Akuma, Zeku, G

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** ''Street Fighter V'': Nash, Alex, Akuma, Zeku, GG, Gill, Seth, Dan, Akira



** ''Dragon Ball [=FighterZ=]'': Team [[TimeTravel Time Travelers]] (Trunks, Goku Black, Hit)

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** ''Dragon Ball [=FighterZ=]'': Team [[TimeTravel Time Travelers]] (Trunks, Goku Black, Hit)Hit), Super Broly, Baby


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** [[SNKBoss SNK]] [[GameMod Galactus]] scores Do Not Attempt/10 in his Boss Rage episode.


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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Playing as Vergil in UMVC3 is treated as one of these.
--> ''I sold my soul, and it was worth it.''


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* TookALevelInBadass: Galactus was one of the easiest Boss Rage opponents first time round. However, [[SNKBoss SNK]] [[GameMod Galactus]] put up much more of a fight.

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* AuthorAvatar: Max has two in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]''. One based off of Mitsurugi, the other based on Siegfried. He also has avatars of him and Doom for the action RPG VideoGame/DragonsDogma.
** Max has also stated before that he likes to think of choosing fighting game characters based on the one playing in some way, shape, or form. Thus, he tends to focus on blonde men that wear red. (For example, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken]].)

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Max has two in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]''. One based off of Mitsurugi, the other based on Siegfried. He also has avatars of him and Doom for the action RPG VideoGame/DragonsDogma.
** Max has also stated before that he likes to think of choosing fighting game characters based on the one playing in some way, shape, or form. Thus, he tends to focus on blonde men that wear red. (For example, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken]].) He'll lampshade this tendency of his once in a blue moon, like when he called the Troubleshooter in ''VideoGame/DNFDuel'' "this handsome bastard right here". It should be noted that the character's official ''DFO'' art makes him look like an almost dead ringer for Max.
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* TheScrappy: In-universe; Max and his friends are not fond of [[VideoGames/MortalKombat Bo' Rai Cho]]. [[https://youtu.be/L5_LE21CoCU?t=11m9s Case in point]].

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* TheScrappy: In-universe; Max and his friends are not fond of [[VideoGames/MortalKombat [[Franchise/MortalKombat Bo' Rai Cho]]. [[https://youtu.be/L5_LE21CoCU?t=11m9s Case in point]].
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* HeroicBSOD: Played For Laughs. Whenever Max comes across something in a game he's playing that leaves him speechless or one of the YoVideogames crew says something outrageous (Simmons being the main culprit of these moments), he will often stare off into space and then cut to his "Thanks For Watching" stream outro for a couple seconds before he continues with whatever he was doing in-game

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* HeroicBSOD: Played For Laughs. Whenever Max comes across something in a game he's playing that leaves him speechless or one of the YoVideogames LetsPlay/YoVideogames crew says something outrageous (Simmons being the main culprit of these moments), he will often stare off into space and then cut to his "Thanks For Watching" stream outro for a couple seconds before he continues with whatever he was doing in-game



* PleaseSubscribedToOurChannel: Defied as much as possible. The closest he'll get to advertising anything helmed by him is video reminders on [=YouTube=] that he's streaming on Twitch, which he removes once they stop being relevant. It's to the point where he felt uncomfortable playing this trope straight once changes in [=YouTube=] engagement algorithms essentially forced him to in late 2021 (although he's since sidestepped this issue by having a less obtrusive animation of a subscribe button being clicked).

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* PleaseSubscribedToOurChannel: Defied as much as possible. The closest he'll get to advertising anything helmed by him is video reminders on [=YouTube=] that he's streaming on Twitch, which he removes once they stop being relevant. It's to the point where he felt uncomfortable playing this trope straight once changes in [=YouTube=] engagement algorithms essentially forced him to in late 2021.

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* PleaseSubscribedToOurChannel: Defied as much as possible. The closest he'll get to advertising anything helmed by him is video reminders on [=YouTube=] that he's streaming on Twitch, which he removes once they stop being relevant. It's to the point where he felt uncomfortable playing this trope straight once changes in [=YouTube=] engagement algorithms essentially forced him to in late 2021.
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** Max knew so little about the extremely popular and arguable [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] TropeCodifier ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' that he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M1J-_BRHD0 dedicated an entire 20 minute video]] looking at the game's roster and character lore, feeling the need to at least give it ''some'' attention to it before the release of ''League''[='=]s fighting game spinoff, ''Project L''.
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** While Max was watching the December 2021 ''[[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Project L]]'' update video, Max takes a moment to pause when lead developer Tony Cannon [[https://youtu.be/JkNj5O-cxvY?t=579 explains]] that simplifying controls isn't about helping new players beat pros with little effort, but to unlock the fun at all levels of skill. Max then says that he's been reiterating this for literally years, believing the latter to be an unattainable goal fighting game devs need to stop fruitlessly pursuing, and he's personally glad that a dev team finally validated his viewpoint for once.


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** Zigzagged with ''[[VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline DNF Duel]]''. Despite being the world's most grossing IP while its first few trailers released, Max knew next to nothing about the characters that were showcased. However, the game is extremely niche outside of east Asia, making his reaction justified. On the other hand, Justin Wong (another high-profile fighting game player and friend of Max) used to show up in DFO advertising years ago, making it a bit surprising he hasn't at least heard of the game from Justin.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Max will often claim to be an expert at things he's clearly inexperienced with, such as when translating foreign languages when subtitles aren't available. If the chat attempts to correct him he'll disregard them and claim he's right. Thankfully it's PlayedForLaughs and is all in good fun.

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* RunningGag: Whenever someone in the chat asks Max to explain the plot of a video game (usually the one he's playing right now, the synopsis he gives is always a warped version of ''Franchise/SuperMario''.

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Whenever someone in the chat asks Max to explain the plot of a video game (usually the one he's playing right now, the synopsis he gives is always a warped version of ''Franchise/SuperMario''.''Franchise/SuperMario''.
** Every time Creator/{{SNK}} comes out with a new silhouette for the next character (and their trailer) in ''The King of Fighters XV'', expect Max to say it's [[VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves Rock Howard]]… ''every single time.''
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* DistractedByTheSexy: His attempt at analyzing [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Jack-O's]] reveal trailer is briefly derailed when he pauses on a frame where she's in a particularly [[MaleGaze provocative stance]].
--> ''I mean, since I don't know... (zooms in on a bent-over Jack-O) WHAT THE FU-''
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* AuthorAppeal: Overlaps with the above trope. Most of Max's notable mains like Ken and Siegfried are based on his own criterion stated above. Aside from these, he is also known to play the following characters in other fighting games:

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* AuthorAppeal: Overlaps with the above trope. Most of Max's notable mains like Ken and Siegfried are based on his own criterion stated above. Aside from these, he is also known to play the following characters in other fighting games:games (some of which would go on to be featured on his channel's animated opening):

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