History LetsPlay / TippingForties

->'''Kuvo:''' "Wait. So he killed off all the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Ronso?]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath He actually did something useful!]]"
->'''Topikal:''' "Yeah, I know. I actually like him a little better now."

The guys also made other videos that put a face to the voices. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's Website/YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here]] and their movie [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=737 High]] [[{{Highlow}} Low]]

The guys also made other videos that put a face to the voices. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's Website/YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here]] and their Movie [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=737 High Low]]

--> '''Alex:''' "Look at how he walks! Look how buff he is. Even his tail is buff."

--> '''Ryan:''' "Get outta here, Buff Cat!"
--> '''Bandunk:''' "This is a work zone, not a buff zone."
*** '''Alex:''' "Look at how he walks! Look how buff he is. Even his tail is buff."

** [[{{VideoGame/Shenmue}} Buff Cat]], who is so strong that he stops Ryo's forklift dead in its tracks just by walking in front of it.

** [[{{VideoGame/Shenmue}} Buff Cat]], who is so buff that he stops Ryo's forklift dead in its tracks just by walking in front of it.

** [[{{VideoGame/Shenmue}} Buff Cat]].
--> '''Alex:''' "Look at how he walks, look how buff he is. Even his tail is buff."

--> '''Alex:''' "Look how buff he is. Even his tail is buff."

On May 27th, 2012 they announced their [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 breakup]], which meant the end of the podcast as well as everything else that had the T40 name on it. However, Kuvo and topiKal will continue doing Let's Plays. topiKal will also continue doing podcasts.

They also do a [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=27 weekly Podcast]].

-->'''Kuvo:''' "Wait. So he killed off all the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Ronso?]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath He actually did something useful!]]"
-->'''Topikal:''' "Yeah, I know. I actually like him a little better now."
-->[Beat]
-->'''Kuvo:''' He's still an asshole.

** Also one of the things that has some [[SomethingAwful Goons]] to complaining that the FreelanceAstronauts have already LP'd the game in much the same fashion. Seeing as it was [[FreelanceAstronauts Maxwell Adams]] himself who asked them to LP the game, it seems some people [[MisaimedFandom just want something to complain about]].

[[http://www.tippingforties.com Tipping Forties]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 was]] a group of young gentlemen in Arizona that enjoy the drink.

The guys also made other videos that put a face to the voices. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here]] and their Movie [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=737 High Low]]

* [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii New Super Mario Bros. Wii]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=23 [link]]]

* [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=26 [link]]]

* VideoGame/{{Fable II}} [[http://tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=29 [link]]]
* VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy X2}} [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=30 [link]]]

* DeusExHumanRevolution [[http://www.youtube.com/user/kuvosa/videos [link]]]

* BigNo: Alex made several as bandunk used his warp block in VideoGame/MarioParty to overtake him and [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=247 got the star.]]

* BrokenStreak: They managed 90 videos of not using [[TheScrappy Presea]] until a [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=219 scripted event]] forced them to. Needless to say they were crushed.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Bandunk is always the most noticeably drunk at the end of each session.

* CallingYourAttacks: Lampshaded by Benson during the [[MultiMookMelee marathon battle]] in {{VideoGame/Shenmue}}'s finale.

** For [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]], none of the Forties like Cass, due to her not being interesting to them. Benson also hates Boone, and calls for his death more than once.
* CriticalExistenceFailure: The end of the life of their copy of Final Fantasy X-2 after they all unanimously agreed it was one of the worst games they had ever done a Let's Play of.

* DrinkingGame: [[invoked]]For some [=LPs=], words are chosen for the crew to drink on, and each week a few are picked by the SA forums.

** They've also challenged fans to make a collection of every drunken song they've ever done. Considering how often they sing and how many videos they have (5 videos a week nearly every week for about a year and a half at this writing, with little to no ScheduleSlip), it would be quite the challenge.

* EndingFatigue: [[invoked]]By the end of VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia everyone just wanted it to end and started to hate it more as the LP went on.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[invoked]]They love [[{{Shenmue}} Tom.]] He reminds them of [[TheRoom someone they love.]]

* FanArt: They've generated quite from the SA forums, ranging from MSPaint humor to actually decent pieces to even music. Check the [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/ffx/ LP Archive]] of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX FFX]] for a good amount of it.

** [[{{RecycledInSpace}} Space Putin]] for [[{{Vanquish}} Victor Zaitsev]].
** [[SuperMarioBros Bowserstone / Bowsertown]] for [[{{VideoGame/FableII}} Bowerstone]].
** Anime/NinjaScroll and Turtle for [[{{FatAndSkinny}} Ormi and Logos]] in VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2.

* {{Flanderization}}: Drinking has become a more and more important gimmick as the Forties have advanced. In the begining they were hecklers who occasionally had a few and now they have drinking games and are verging on cirrhosis. [[TropesAreNotBad Not that anyone's complaining.]]
** This reached its crowning point for the VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 LP, where drinking conditions were basically what you were watching it for. When they played {{Shenmue}}, they didn't use them at all, so they can get back to their roots. Curiously, they seemed to drink even more without the conditions.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble:

* {{Griefer}}: Everyone at every possible moment in VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii, which is par for the course.
** Also one of the things that has some [[SomethingAwful Goons]] to complaining that the FreelanceAstronauts have already LP'd the game in much the same fashion. Seeing as it was [[FreelanceAstronauts Maxwell Adams]] himself who asked them to LP the game, it seems some people [[MisaimedFandom just want something to complain about]].

** Taken to its logical conclusion in ''[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]]'', where they manage to get ''the protagonist'' addicted to alcohol eight episodes in.

** Averted with [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]]. the Forties agree that, apart from the numerous bugs, it's still a fun game.

* IsItSomethingYouEat?
--> '''Benson:''' *Slaps a guard with the same face texture as [[EnsembleDarkhorse Dr. Doak]].*
--> '''bandunk:''' "Ya [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=274 chopped Doak!]]"

* ItsEasySoItSucks: [[invoked]]Benson doesn't like games where it's impossible to die, like BioShock and VideoGame/{{Fable II}}.

--> '''Benson:''' "Would you say 'for sure' or [[JiveTurkey 'for shizzle?'"]]
--> '''Alex:''' "Shut the fuck up."

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=414 Episode 17]].

* {{Musical Episode}}: What episode 17 of the VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 LP became at the 17 minute mark.
* NamingConventions: The first video of an LP is named The [x]ing Game. For instance, VideoGame/FinalFantasyX's first episode is named [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=7 The Crying Game]] [[TheCryingGame (yes, that one)]].

** Unprecedently broken for the New Vegas LP, in which bandunk takes the wheel. He's not particularly good at it.
--> '''Alex:''' "bandunk's pretty sad that he died to a gecko."

* OncePerEpisode: Many of the videos end with bandunk being [[LostInTransmission cut off mid-sentence]].

--> '''Ryan:''' "Hello and welcome to Let's Play X, I'm Ryan or Kuvo."
--> '''Benson:''' "And I'm Benson also known as topiKal."
--> '''Alex:''' "I'm Alex AND Marvelis."

* PCVsConsole: Alex (and to a lesser extent Ryan) dislikes consoles, namely first/third-person shooters. Enter the New Vegas LP on a PS3.

** Everyone in the New Super Mario Bros LP.
* ShavingIsScience: Invoked in {{Shenmue}} for a joke involving Ryo cutting himself while shaving.

** This bit from Fable 2, when the [[{{EvilTowerOfOminousness}} Spire]] is first introduced:
--> '''Alex:''' "Oh, TheMatrix."

* TheShowMustGoOn: See WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties. Lost or defective recordings, broken equipment, or corrupted save files have yet to stop them from their surprisingly good schedule track record.
* SilentPartner: Silent Roommate. Sort of.

* SlashFic: During the FFX LP, the guys would read slash fiction about the characters to pass the time during the boring to watch temples. One written by a fan even managed to name an episode. See UnusualEuphemism.
** Recently taken back into practice for the VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia LP. Apparently the MetalGearSolid ones were all "too creepy."

*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=26 Suddenly Close Nipples]]

* SpecialGuest: [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Bandunk's Wife]] and Silent Roommate. Since episode 79 of [[VideoGame/TalesofSymphonia ToS]], Benson's Girlfriend.

*** The threads have liked Benson's Girlfriend, almost like a EnsembleDarkhorse.
** Stealtly Asian, AKA [[TheEveryman Matt Smith]].

* TooDumbToLive: Many times the T40s team will get lost (mostly in Tales of Symphonia), and end up in a place where they don't need to be ''at all'' and will spend a good twenty minutes there before realizing they need to be somewhere else. This is particularly infuriating when ''it is blatantly stated where the next important location is in the dialogue.'' This is a good source of rage to those who are familiar with the game.
** Best shown in the episode [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=158 Unbeweavable]] where they talked to every single NPC in the city... except the one they had to.

** Notably in their New Super Mario Bros. Wii LP, where they all deliberately try to fuck over each other any chance they get, but they still laugh about it.
* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Seen frequently in Fugitive Hunter and a drinking condition in VideoGame/GoldenEye1997.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] during Fugitive Hunter by Benson when he pointed out that you couldn't hit them when they rolled, but they couldn't hit you either so it was pointless.

** A bit of a RunningGag, too; just replace Bandunk with the name of whoever's massively screwed up that episode.

** To elaborate, one accidental trip to H&H Tools lead [[NonActionGuy Bandunk]] to formulate the happenings in the video above, much to everyone's surprise.

--> '''Benson:''' "You gettin' any HalfLife2 flashbacks here?"

--> '''Kuvo:''' "Wait. So he killed off all the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Ronso?]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath He actually did something useful!]]"
--> '''Topikal:''' "Yeah, I know. I actually like him a little better now."
--> -Beat-
--> '''Kuvo:''' He's still an asshole.

* BaseBreaker: The T40's new style of pre-recorded commentary making it's début in the Final Fantasy X-2 LP. The common consensus currently seems to be slanted on the ''Hate'' side of the scale however.
** It got so bad that [[spoiler: they ''started over'' with the old format. And Marvelis [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bailed out]], so it's even more like the original FFX run.]]
*** Ryan admits this in the final ''so what did we learn'' of the Final Fantasy X-2 LP - and rather graciously takes full credit for the whole situation.

* ATankardOfMooseUrine: For the CookingMama Mother's Day special, the boys drank what their mothers normally do. Unfortunately for some, this involved drinking Sambuca, which they hated.

* DeusExHumanRevolution [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fqcKkXLwCs [link]]]

* [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=13 Grab Bag]], where they play various shorter, single-session games.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: That's not what badgers look like guys!

* CherryTapping: In VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia the 40s finally do Forcystus in with Colette's Pow Hammer (seen [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=203 here]], around 21 minutes in). Their reactions to this are great.

--> '''Kuvo:''' "Wait. So he killed off all the [[{{FinalFantasyX}} Ronso?]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath He actually did something useful!]]"

Originally a team of three gents named Ryan, Benson and Michael, they started out on the SomethingAwful forums under the handles Kuvo, topiKal and bandunk, respectively, with a let's play of FinalFantasyX which gained some popularity. Following that up with an additional let's play of MetalGearSolid4 and adding Alex (a.k.a. Marvelis) to the team, they came into full-swing... until the beginning of the FinalFantasyX2 Let's Play, where Marvelis bailed out.

* TheChewToy: Despite the Forties hating every game they've played in general, some characters manage to be at the forefront of their hatred; Tidus from FinalFantasyX, Otacon, Johnny AND Sunny from MetalGearSolid4, and Presea from VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia. The latter is probably the queen of this, inspiring mocking or anger every time she even speaks.

* FanArt: They've generated quite from the SA forums, ranging from MSPaint humor to actually decent pieces to even music. Check the [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/ffx/ LP Archive]] of [[FinalFantasyX FFX]] for a good amount of it.

** [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Rüsty]] for [[FinalFantasyX Tidus]].
** [[TheNapoleon Small Ronso]] for [[FinalFantasyX Kimahri]].

** Anime/NinjaScroll and Turtle for [[{{FatAndSkinny}} Ormi and Logos]] in FinalFantasyX2.

* HelloInsertNameHere: Used to great effect during the FinalFantasyX LP, such as naming Tidus "Rüsty" right off the bat, and eventually giving increasingly creative names for the Aeons, such as naming Anima "[[spoiler:YOUR MOM]]" and the Magus Sisters "STOP", "CRYING" and "FAGGOT" respectively.

* HypeBacklash: [[invoked]]FinalFantasyX and MetalGearSolid4 are very popular games...that don't get much love from the Forties. {{Shenmue}}, to a certain extent, gets this as well; despite being a CultClassic, the Forties don't particularly like it.

* MemeticBadass: [[invoked]][[FinalFantasyX JECHT]] IS THE BEST!

* NamingConventions: The first video of an LP is named The [x]ing Game. For instance, FinalFantasyX's first episode is named [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=7 The Crying Game]] [[TheCryingGame (yes, that one)]].

* NonActionSnarker: bandunk tends not to play, at least in [[MetalGearSolid4 MGS4]] and [[{{FinalFantasyX}} FFX]], choosing rather just to lampshade and snark at-will. At one point he just hands his controller to Bandunk's Wife to get her to play Raine so he could take a [[AccidentalPun rain check.]]

--> '''Ryan:''' "Is this FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin?"

* ThatOneBoss: [[invoked]]The forties have encountered a number of these; Seymour Flux and [[spoiler:Yunalesca]] in FinalFantasyX, Ocelot from MetalGearSolid 4 (partially due to the control system unique to that fight), and [[strike:Sylph]] the Wind-chicks from VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia.

* CherryTapping: The 40s finally do [[{TalesOfSymphonia}} Forcystus]] in with Colette's Pow Hammer (seen [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=203 here]], around 21 minutes in). Their reactions to this are great.

* CherryTapping: The 40s finally do Forcystus in with Colette's Pow Hammer (seen [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=203 here]], around 21 minutes in). Their reactions to this are great.

On May 27th, 2012 they announced their [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 breakup]], which meant the end of the podcast as well as everything else that had the T40 name on it. However, Kuvo and Topikal will continue doing Let's Plays and Benson will continue podcasting.

On May 27th, 2012 they announced their [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 breakup]], which meant the end of the podcast as well as everything else that had the T40 name on it. However, Kuvo and Topikal will continue doing Let's Plays.

On May 27th, 2012 they announced that they were [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 breaking up]], which meant the end of the podcast as well as everything else that had the T40 name on it. However, Kuvo and Topikal will continue doing Let's Plays.

On May 27th, 2012 they announced that they were [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 breaking up]], which meant the end of the podcast as well as everything else that had the T40 name on it. However, Kuvo and Topikal will continue doing LPs.

Originally a team of three gents named Ryan, Benson and Michael, they started out on the SomethingAwful forums under the handles Kuvo, topiKal and bandunk, respectively, with a let's play of FinalFantasyX which gained some popularity. Following that up with an additional let's play of MetalGearSolid4 and adding Alex (a.k.a. Marvelis) to the team, they came into full-swing... until the beginning of the FinalFantasyX2 Let's Play that is. Announcing that he would only be doing Grab Bag's and Streams from now on.

The guys also made other videos that put a face to the voices. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here]] and their Movie [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=737 High Low]]

Originally a team of three gents named Ryan, Benson and Michael, they started out on the SomethingAwful forums under the handles Kuvo, topiKal and bandunk, respectively, with a let's play of FinalFantasyX which gained some popularity. Following that up with an additional let's play of MetalGearSolid4 and adding Alex (a.k.a. Marvelis) to the team, they came into full-swing... until the beginning of the FinalFantasyX2 Let's Play that is. Announcing that he would only be doing Grab Bag's and Streams from now on, Marvelis has effectively relegated himself to guest star once again.

The guys also made other videos that put a face to the voices. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here.]]

* VideoGame/{{DeusExHumanRevolution}} though any lets play will be as themselves and not as TippingForties