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* BatmanGambit: Brad is an absolute ''master'' of this:
** When it's revealed through a Kotaku article that Neo-Nazis are using MQ as a gathering ground, David decides to put together a statement denouncing the Nazis, and have them banned from the servers. Brad, not wanting to lose the revenue stream that the Nazis generate, instead hamstrings David's announcement by insisting that David put together a committee to decide which racial and social groups are acceptable and which aren't, all for the sole purpose of distracting David from producing the statement. Given how many groups are out there, and the complications that come with potential First Amendment violations, this takes a ''very'' long time.
** When C.W. refuses to write a backstory for Dana, Brad replaces him with a robot that apprently uses AI to create stories. He even produces a couple of pages purportedly written by the robot, and leaves the machine in his office to taunt C.W., who slips into eventual despair. Brad eventually reveals that the pages are actually C.W.'s own work, and the "robot" nothing more than an air conditioner - the whole point was to make C.W. beg to be allowed to write anything the company needs, which is totally successful.
** The most simple gambit for Brad occurs during the quarantine episode. David wants to make a $100,00 donation to charity, but Brad refuses on the grounds that he doesn't do charity, as he gets nothing out of it. David offers to play him in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' as a bet; if David wins, Brad has to make the donation, but if Brad wins, David has to shave one of his eyebrows. After David loses, he begs to go again, so Brad ups the stakes to $300,00, and if David loses, he also has to shave his moustache. Brad wins, and then reveals that he was always going to make the donation - he just wanted David's dignity for it, and knew that David wouldn't be able to refuse.
** Poppy also launches a good one of her own in her attempt to distract Ian so that he doesn't discover that someone hacked the Masked Man. She moves new programmer Paul, who stands at 6'6", into the main office, knowing that Ian's ego will be threatened by his mere physical ''presence'', and result in Ian spending all his time trying to prove himself the office alpha instead of paying attention to the game. It works.
** When it's revealed through a Kotaku article that Neo-Nazis are using MQ as a gathering ground, David decides to put together a statement denouncing the Nazis, and have them banned from the servers. Brad, not wanting to lose the revenue stream that the Nazis generate, instead hamstrings David's announcement by insisting that David put together a committee to decide which racial and social groups are acceptable and which aren't, all for the sole purpose of distracting David from producing the statement. Given how many groups are out there, and the complications that come with potential First Amendment violations, this takes a ''very'' long time.
** When C.W. refuses to write a backstory for Dana, Brad replaces him with a robot that apprently uses AI to create stories. He even produces a couple of pages purportedly written by the robot, and leaves the machine in his office to taunt C.W., who slips into eventual despair. Brad eventually reveals that the pages are actually C.W.'s own work, and the "robot" nothing more than an air conditioner - the whole point was to make C.W. beg to be allowed to write anything the company needs, which is totally successful.
** The most simple gambit for Brad occurs during the quarantine episode. David wants to make a $100,00 donation to charity, but Brad refuses on the grounds that he doesn't do charity, as he gets nothing out of it. David offers to play him in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' as a bet; if David wins, Brad has to make the donation, but if Brad wins, David has to shave one of his eyebrows. After David loses, he begs to go again, so Brad ups the stakes to $300,00, and if David loses, he also has to shave his moustache. Brad wins, and then reveals that he was always going to make the donation - he just wanted David's dignity for it, and knew that David wouldn't be able to refuse.
** Poppy also launches a good one of her own in her attempt to distract Ian so that he doesn't discover that someone hacked the Masked Man. She moves new programmer Paul, who stands at 6'6", into the main office, knowing that Ian's ego will be threatened by his mere physical ''presence'', and result in Ian spending all his time trying to prove himself the office alpha instead of paying attention to the game. It works.
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* TheAllegedBoss: David often fills this role. Despite being the game's executive producer, and thus, in charge of managing the entire studio, he's shown to not only be woefully ineffectual at controlling his team, he knows it.
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* MomentKiller: Rachel takes Dana to a video game arcade in order to unwind. The two find themselves in close quarters in an arcade racing game, leading to an AlmostKiss... and then Jo, who's been sent to track down Dana, loudly and obnoxiously shows up to break the spell.
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''Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet'' is an a comedy web television series that premiered in 2020 on Creator/AppleTVPlus. It was created by the team behind ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', and is co-produced by video game studio Creator/{{Ubisoft}}, who also created the game content shown in the series.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Non-gamers might be surprised to learn that TTP, or Time To Penis - the amount of time it takes before players figure out how to use a tool given to them by a video game in order to make an in-game penis - is a very real metric used by game devs. Even the production crew were completely unaware of this until Ubisoft's Jason Altman mentioned it.
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* ShownTheirWork: How do you make a show about a video game studio seem realistic and authentic? Co-produce it with one of the [[Creator/{{Ubisoft}} biggest real-life studios in the world]].
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* ChildProdigy: [[spoiler:Pootie Shoe, despite being a 14-year-old kid, is actually smart enough to hack MQ, take control of the Masked Man, and use him to give away thousands of dollars worth of loot, attack characters with admin privileges, and level the character up with ''every single spell'' in the game.]]
* MaleFrontalNudity: In-universe, Ian strips his avatar down to nothing when fighting the Masked Man, resulting in mass {{Squick}} for the audience watching the duel (and the Masked Man himself).
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* TrainingMontage: Poppy puts Ian through one in MQ, after a) he challenges the Masked Man to a duel in the game; and b) it's quickly revealed that, despite being the game's creator, he absolutely ''sucks'' at playing it.
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** Despite being an egomaniacal {{Jerkass}} most of the time, Ian has his moments. The biggest comes at the end of the season, when he [[spoiler:gets David his job back, secures overtime pay for the dev team, and makes Poppy his co-Creative Director]].
** A non-altruistic version occurs with Brad. [[spoiler:After Dana is outed as MQ's in-house streamer, and subsequently fired, Rachel begs Brad to get Dana her job back. She asks him if he cares about anything, with his response being that he cares about money, but only as a means of "owning" people. He then does get Dana her job back by promoting Lou the replacement tester... purely to emphasize to Rachel that he now "owns" her too.]]
** Despite being an egomaniacal {{Jerkass}} most of the time, Ian has his moments. The biggest comes at the end of the season, when he [[spoiler:gets David his job back, secures overtime pay for the dev team, and makes Poppy his co-Creative Director]].
** A non-altruistic version occurs with Brad. [[spoiler:After Dana is outed as MQ's in-house streamer, and subsequently fired, Rachel begs Brad to get Dana her job back. She asks him if he cares about anything, with his response being that he cares about money, but only as a means of "owning" people. He then does get Dana her job back by promoting Lou the replacement tester... purely to emphasize to Rachel that he now "owns" her too.]]
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Subverted. After being dismissed and ignored one time too many, and fed up with the constant chaos at MQ, Poppy decides to accept an offer of employment from a rival game studio as a creative director. Unfortunately, she flip-flops on whether she truly wants to leave; by the time she's finally, truly had enough and decides that she does, the rival studio rescind their offer, leaving her stuck at MQ]].
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* RubeGoldbergDevice: The quarantine episode features the entire cast, via video chat, participating in the construction of a video version of one.
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* StepfordSmiler: Sue, MQ's community manager, has shades of this, appearing bright and perky despite her soul-crushing job dealing with MQ's customer complaints.
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* StrawMisogynist: Lou, the new play tester, who's a walking embodiment of the stereotypical Gamergate-style misogynist.
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** For Jo, it's anyone she deems to be challenging or disrespecting Ian.
** Do NOT eat Poppy's ice cream sandwiches.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Poppy is perpetually frustrated because she's responsible for the actual work that goes into the game but Ian gets all the credit and glory. On top of this, many of the ideas she suggests are either dismissed or outright laughed at by Ian and the crew.
** For Jo, it's anyone she deems to be challenging or disrespecting Ian.
** Do NOT eat Poppy's ice cream sandwiches.
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* TheReveal: Episode 8 reveals that [[spoiler:Pootie Shoe is actually Ian's estranged son, Brendan]].
* TheReveal: Episode 8 reveals that [[spoiler:Pootie Shoe is actually Ian's estranged son, Brendan]].
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The entirety of Episode 5 is a series of flashback flashbacks that centers on a former game developer, from his past, failed partnership with his wife, to him becoming an executive who Ian pitches ''Mythic Quest'' to.
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''Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet'' is an Creator/AppleTVPlus original series that premiered in 2020. It was created by the team behind ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''.
The show follows the behind-the-scenes exploits of the game studio behind ''Mythic Quest'', the world's most popular MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame. The creative and business sides of the studio are in constant conflict as Ian Grimm, the creative director, is distracted with whether or not their work is establishing a worthy legacy for himself. As all this is going on, they struggle to remain in the good graces of Pootie Shoe, a game streamer and complete brat who has the power to turn tens of millions of people against them with a single word.
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* AxCrazy: Jo is perfectly OK if her actions result in someone else's death.
* BeleagueredBureaucrat: The studio's HR manager, whom everyone treats like a therapist (despite her protestations). She tries to get everyone to understand that their behavior is ''not'' OK, but no one will listen.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Everyone hates Brad but they tolerate him because his money-grubbing ideas work and he controls the company's finances.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Ian's name is pronounced "Eye-an" rather than "Ee-an".
* TeensAreMonsters: Pootie Shoe is a spoiled brat who can make or break a game studio because he has millions of followers. Everyone is terrified that he'll completely turn against ''Mythic Quest''.
* TimePassageBeard: "The Casino" shows Ian going from clean-shaven to bearded to show how long the Masked Man has been an issue.
* UndyingLoyalty: Jo is willing to go to great lengths to make Ian happy, up to and including murder if Ian was willing. This frustrates David since Jo is actually ''his'' assistant.
* WholePlotReference: CW excitedly comes up with a backstory for the Masked Man, only for Ian to realize that it's just the plot of the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy.
The show follows the behind-the-scenes exploits of the game studio behind ''Mythic Quest'', the world's most popular MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame. The creative and business sides of the studio are in constant conflict as Ian Grimm, the creative director, is distracted with whether or not their work is establishing a worthy legacy for himself. As all this is going on, they struggle to remain in the good graces of Pootie Shoe, a game streamer and complete brat who has the power to turn tens of millions of people against them with a single word.
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!This series provides examples of:
* AxCrazy: Jo is perfectly OK if her actions result in someone else's death.
* BeleagueredBureaucrat: The studio's HR manager, whom everyone treats like a therapist (despite her protestations). She tries to get everyone to understand that their behavior is ''not'' OK, but no one will listen.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Everyone hates Brad but they tolerate him because his money-grubbing ideas work and he controls the company's finances.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Ian's name is pronounced "Eye-an" rather than "Ee-an".
* TeensAreMonsters: Pootie Shoe is a spoiled brat who can make or break a game studio because he has millions of followers. Everyone is terrified that he'll completely turn against ''Mythic Quest''.
* TimePassageBeard: "The Casino" shows Ian going from clean-shaven to bearded to show how long the Masked Man has been an issue.
* UndyingLoyalty: Jo is willing to go to great lengths to make Ian happy, up to and including murder if Ian was willing. This frustrates David since Jo is actually ''his'' assistant.
* WholePlotReference: CW excitedly comes up with a backstory for the Masked Man, only for Ian to realize that it's just the plot of the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy.
