History YMMV / PurePwnage

* HarsherInHindsight: Jeremy's addiction to ''World of Warcraft'' was covered in two episodes. The first episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: collapsing after not taking a break from ''[=WoW=]'', and subsequently being admitted to a mental hospital.]] The second episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: being treated from his addiction and working out his thought processes via machinima until he returns to "normal"]]. This addiction was PlayedForLaughs but very closely mirrored real-life video/computer game addiction.
** There's a FunnyAneurysmMoment moment in Episode 7 of the web series where FPS Doug gets asked "What level he is" by an MMO player. Back then it was rare for any online game that wasn't an MMO to have a level system. It wouldn't be long before developers & publishers started putting them into everything, including FPS games. He is so confused he replies "Dust 2" and the MMO player laughs at him for only being "Level 2".

* HarsherInHindsight: Jeremy's addiction to ''World of Warcraft'' was covered in two episodes. The first episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: collapsing after not taking a break from ''[=WoW=]'', and subsequently being admitted to a mental hospital.]] The second episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: being treated from his addiction and working out his thought processes via machinima until he returns to "normal".]]. This addiction was PlayedForLaughs but very closely mirrored real-life video/computer game addiction.

** There's a FunnyAneurysmMoment moment in Episode 7 of the web series where FPS Doug gets asked "What level he is" by an MMO player. Back then it was rare for any game that wasn't an MMO to have a level system. It wouldn't be long before developers & publishers started putting them into everything, including FPS games. He is so confused he replies "Dust 2" and the MMO player laughs at him for only being "Level 2".

** There's a FunnyAneurysmMoment moment in Episode 7 of the web series where FPS Doug gets asked "What level he is" by an MMO player. Back then it was rare for any game that wasn't an MMO to have a level system. It wouldn't be long before developers & publishers started putting them into everything, including FPS games.

* HarsherInHindsight: Jeremy's addiction to ''World of Warcraft'' was covered in two episodes. The first episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: collapsing after not taking a break from ''[=WoW=]'', and subsequently being admitted to a mental hospital.]] The second episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: being treated from his addiction and working out his thought processes via machinima until he returns to "normal".]]. This addiction was PlayedForLaughs but very closely mirrored real-life video/computer game addiction.

* BrokenBase: The TV series. Many of the Web original's plots were simply re-done. Having stand-ins for the requisite female and the [[TokenMinority Token Minorities]] meant the show's shelf life would be as far as new fans would take it. Carryover fans from the Web series could quickly grow tired of watching the same plot themes one or two times over.

* The Web series ran almost entirely on YMMV. Fans were split (and may still be split to this day) between the show's fantasy elements ("micro," the group of mysterious villains) and its depiction of gamers as obsessed, lazy and dismissive to "n00bs" (newcomers or rookies to video gaming). Granted, it was an AffectionateParody, but after awhile, it was hard to tell whether it was comedy, satire or just mean-spirited.
** Add to that the stereotypes of gamers as [[BasementDweller Basement Dwellers]]. The show's three leads (Jeremy, Doug and the barely seen Kyle) lived with their parents throughout a majority of the series. Attempts at "real jobs" between Jeremy and Doug would fail spectacularly, with one notable exception: [[spoiler: Jeremy uses his hand-eye coordination skills to speed up a grocery store check-out, and gets hired as a cashier within minutes.]]

** The scene where Jeremy [[spoiler: snaps out of his WoW addiction showed a lava flow and a WoW character simply staring at him for seconds at a time.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Jeremy's addiction to ''World of Warcraft'' was covered in two episodes. The first episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: collapsing after not taking a break from ''WoW'', and subsequently being admitted to a mental hospital.]] The second episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: being treated from his addiction and working out his thought processes via machinima until he returns to "normal".]]. This addiction was PlayedForLaughs but very closely mirrored real-life video/computer game addiction.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: All eight episodes of the TV series are now available on {{Hulu}}, a major American distributor of streaming media. The TV series originally aired on Canada's Showcase channel, which enforced NoExportForYou when it came to American fans. That didn't stop people from uploading bootlegs to Youtube, however.
** Pure Pwnage itself went so far to have two different versions of their Web site: one for Canada and one for everyone else.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: All eight episodes of the TV series are now available on Hulu, a major American distributor of streaming media. The TV series originally aired on Canada's Showcase channel, which enforced NoExportForYou when it came to American fans. That didn't stop people from uploading bootlegs to Youtube, however.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Much of the show's background music was done in-house. Many of the show's original songs would take on MemeticMutation beyond the show itself.
** "World of Warcraft Is A Feeling," "Straight Outta Blood Gulch," "The Noob Song," etc.
* HarsherInHindsight: Jeremy's addiction to World of Warcraft was covered in two episodes. The first episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: collapsing after not taking a break from WoW, and subsequently being admitted to a mental hospital.]] The second episode showed Jeremy [[spoiler: being treated from his addiction and working out his thought processes via machinima until he returns to "normal".]]. This addiction was PlayedForLaughs but very closely mirrored real-life video/computer game addiction.