History YMMV / Retsupurae

* HePannedItNowHeSucks:
** After they mocked [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/retsu/videos/85/ LuizPrower]], [=UltraJMan=], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te1FI4JX7Ww ProtonJon]] [[note]]although the duo don't bear much - if any - animosity towards him, evidenced by his appearance as a guest commentator in the ''King's Quest VII'' videos[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FtaBfbFV4A Cloud8745]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSd-9ZVbZA4 DeceasedCrab]], LetsPlay/HCBailly, WebVideo/{{Critikal}} [[note]]However, the video on him didn't stay up for even an hour before removal, probably due to PoesLaw and that he doesn't actually do Let's Plays, just brief gameplay videos of both popular and obscure games.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRlbvTWp828 Oyster]]. [[spoiler:Made funnier by the fact that Oyster was in on that one all along.]]
*** Strangely enough, before Diabetus started Retsupurae he did a few Let's Plays with LetsPlay/DeceasedCrab as either a guest or co-operative commentator, most notably his ''VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster'' [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Nemo/ LP]]. slowbeef did an alternating LP with [=DeceasedCrab=] on ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' before Retsupurae as well. They've said that they did the riffs due to his SmallNameBigEgo status.
** Inverted in the case of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmSY3u9CUM SirRonLionheart]]. Though he wasn't that popular at the time of the episode, Ron's subscriptions ''[[CriticalBacklash skyrocketed]]'' after this grilling. They've even said that they love him, now.
** The same has been said for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayeMqizulX0&feature=channel_page ElectricalBeast]]. EB, for his part, quite enjoyed his retsupurae videos.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8H6GrU4jYA SSoHPKC.]] Only five hours after the video was posted, it had 1,200 likes and ''1,600 dislikes''. To be fair, all of the dislikers were followers of Seamus and Machinima, which was at least 300k strong for Seamus alone. To make matters even worse, [=SSoH=] is a follower of Retsu much like [=ProtonJon=], and has admitted he even likes the video, but people still don't catch on and accuse slowbeef and Diabetus of pointless trolling.
** Their riff on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic caused quite a bit of flak, mostly for all the personal insults, although it was somewhat mitigated by Doug himself admitting the LP went really, really badly.
** Their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lTnbgHeZDw Amnesia: The Dork's Descent]] video got a lot of flak from both fans of the [=LPer=] and fans of [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent the game]], who claimed it was scary enough to justify [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl the LPer's reactions]].
** During the Wrongpurae of ''Apocalypse'', slowbeef briefly mocked the Playstation, wondering if there were any games besides ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' that were memorable on the system. Whether or not he was serious (it may well have been a reference to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LFOVGUt2g "Nintendo 64 vs. Playstation"]] ''Series/GamingInTheClintonYears'' video, which they mocked for expressing a similar opinion), ''many'' people took it badly.
** They made an extremely negative video centered around [=PewDiePie=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFbVKL-Meo0&feature=g-all-u and his LP's in general]]. His fans haven't taken it too well.
*** This became even more notable when fans on both sides exploded at [=PewDiePie=] himself commenting on the situation, which only made things worse (thanks to his comment telling them to keep on watching because [[OnlyInItForTheMoney "your extra views give me extra cash"]]). This seems to have mostly died out now with [=PewDiePie=]'s apology video, though attacks on retsupurae and their fans are still common.
** Mostly averted with their riff on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANeEDOQY9rY ImmortalHDFilms]], where only a fairly small amount of his fans reacted negatively.
** Also averted with slowbeef and Mr. DJB's riffs on ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''. Only a few people actually cried "HePannedItNowHeSucks!"; most viewers are just expressing bafflement at how slowbeef's opinion of the game inexplicably pulled a ''complete'' 180 in just a few months.
** Averted with Chip Cheezum, who mocked Minecraft Chick and [=DarkSydePhil=] with little to no fan backlash, although Phil posted several angry tweets after the video went up.
** Unsurprisingly, quite a few of these cases were met with [[ReviewsAreTheGospel the opposite]] as well.

** After they mocked [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/retsu/videos/85/ LuizPrower]], [=UltraJMan=], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te1FI4JX7Ww ProtonJon]] [[note]]although the duo don't bear much - if any - animosity towards him, evidenced by his appearance as a guest commentator in the ''King's Quest VII'' videos[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FtaBfbFV4A Cloud8745]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSd-9ZVbZA4 DeceasedCrab]], LetsPlay/HCBailly, [[LetsPlay/{{Critikal}} penguinz0]] [[note]]However, the video on him didn't stay up for even an hour before removal, probably due to PoesLaw and that he doesn't actually do Let's Plays, just brief gameplay videos of both popular and obscure games.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRlbvTWp828 Oyster]]. [[spoiler:Made funnier by the fact that Oyster was in on that one all along.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The duo have this reaction to a Kickstarter game meant to appeal to younger and older gamers... That is based around [[CuteMonsterGirl scantily-clad monster girls]]. [[UnfortunateImplications Made even more concerning]] by the fact that the description outright states that it's an HGame - and while there's a BleachedUnderpants version, it's still pornographic in nature.

* ValuesDissonance: The ''Jack French'' Episode 2 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDy5Sp5Mx0w Retsufrash]] has an example when Jack talks to the black janitor and what sounds like backing music for a rap song starts playing.
--> '''slowbeef:''' When I make a video game, I'm gonna make sure my soundtrack matches the ethnicities of my characters. Not racist at all!

* BrokenBase: Viewers are somewhat divided on the ''Apocalypse'' Wrongpurae, as a portion consider it the funniest case of {{reference overdos|ed}}ing, and the rest consider the {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s render the video intolerable.

** In one video, they claim that Miss Hannah Minx is "a cross between Hello Kitty and Elvira!" [[https://web.archive.org/web/2oe_/http://wayback-fakeurl.archive.org/yt/c7rB6sxrQc0 Later]]...

** In one video, they claim that Miss Hannah Minx is "a cross between Hello Kitty and Elvira!" [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150302144239/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7rB6sxrQc0&feature=youtu.be Later]]...

** In one video, they claim that Miss Hannah Minx is "a cross between Hello Kitty and Elvira!" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7rB6sxrQc0 Later]]...

** In Chip and Ironicus' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9398SaYfUno Retsupurae with Chris & Tim!]], they riff on a duo for putting a feed of their own faces in the corner of the game footage, with a heavy dose of ItWillNeverCatchOn. This riff was posted in 2008, years before acts like [=PewDiePie=] and Markiplier would become internet celebrities for doing essentially the same thing and even further before having a facecam became standard practice in Let's Plays and livestreams.

** [=LargeMentalBlock=] did a riff on LetsPlay/AttackingTucans[='=]s 2,000 subscriber special (wherein he was covered in [[RunningGag Vagisil]]), causing quite a bit of backlash (though some noted that coating themselves in Vagisil, even for a subscriber special, is a very stupid idea).

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: A few [=LPers=] sound like they're under the influence of something.
** During the [=QueenieZ=] RP, you can clearly hear a bong hit coming from one of the [=RPers=]' mics (most likely Dave_o due to his slurred speech during the ordeal). Which, given the video in question, is ''quite'' understandable.
** The Creator/ZapDramatic games, ''especially'' anything involving Ted, who has a tendency of throwing around bizarre ImagineSpot graphics whenever he starts waxing poetically about anything. This doesn't even touch on the random and incomprehensible things that happen in the series in general.
*** The follow up series, ''Sir Basil Pike'' (referred to as "''Ambition Babies''" in their channel) has Janine's bizarre rock sequence, though only if the player actually agrees to rock out with her (otherwise you just see her doing air guitar in the hallway).
** A lot of the Kickstarter/Indiegogo promo videos. Examples include a guy in a gorilla suit, a trailer for a FMV game with a weird tickle fetish, and [[MisterSeahorse a pregnant guy]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A lot the criticism aimed during the original Retsupurae era is very clearly colored by slowbeef's and the Something Awful Forum's very specific original concept of a LetsPlay. Thus it might be a bit strange to see slowbeef and Diabeetus rant against what have since essentially become major staples of streaming and [=LPing=]: facecams, [=LPing=] a game as soon as it's released, [[LargeHam overly dramatic reactions]], etc. At the very least Unregistered Hypercam 2 and camcorder [=LPs=] seem to have mostly disappeared though, thanks to much more accessible capture software and hardware.

*** The fifth one, ''Ladder to Hell'', features a protagonist whose brother commits suicide and leaves him a copy of ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', which apparently causes him to get over ''his brother's death'' instantly. [[spoiler:It turns out that his brother was TheUnfavorite and ''possessed the cartridge'' to get back at the protagonist. [[MisplacedRetribution As opposed to]] the [[ParentalNeglect parents who neglected him]], [[SarcasmMode of]] [[WhatAnIdiot course]].]]

* AcceptableTargets: Many, including:
** Certain notorious Lets Players, like LetsPlay/PewDiePie, [=DarksydePhil=], and Tobuscus.
** Camcorder [=LPs=] -- they have a particular disdain when it's mixed with...
** Child Lets Players, especially ones with high pitched voices. Though this is soon averted as detailed in the Trivia tag, due to children not knowing professional standards and [[EveryoneHasStandards making fun of them just comes off as cruel]].
** Poor editing and commentary will get you mocked.
** Though they insisted that ''WebVideo/TheIrateGamer'' shouldn't get hate, they still spent many minutes mocking him at an RTX panel.
** "Horror" flash games that rely on cheap [[DullSurprise jpeg jump scares]] are always ripe for the mocking.
** By a similar token, poorly written video game {{Creepypasta}} that rely too much on blood or "hyper realism" for their scares.

** ChipCheezum and Ironicus' return to Xin's second lasted for two parts in traditional format but after 13 were handled mostly by DJB and guest with a few appearances by Chip and Ironicus in between. These videos were removed and have the rare distinction of being not included in archived videos provided by Chip, most likely because he was not the one recording and varing quality issues.

** This may also have been subverted with their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFbVKL-Meo0&feature=plcp video they made about PewdiePie.]] The like/dislike scale on the video is much more favorable to Retsupurae than other videos of the same ilk. slowbeef even stated surprise at the support they've gotten, having expected the usual backlash.
*** It certainly helps that soon after, [=PewDiePie=] made a comment suggesting that he's OnlyInItForTheMoney, which caused huge chunks of his fanbase to turn on him.

** Queenie Z's RP, while still having some of the most hilarious jokes from the riffers, became a lot less funny after not only did she reveal she has autism, but was ''still being bullied and getting sent death threats'' even after she apologized for the LP and remade it.
** The [=BigMastadon=] riff where he's eating the pizza rolls comes off a lot harsher now after he passed away in 2016 from weight issues.

** After they mocked [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/retsu/videos/85/ LuizPrower]], [=UltraJMan=], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te1FI4JX7Ww ProtonJon]] [[note]]although the duo don't bear much - if any - animosity towards him, evidenced by his appearance as a guest commentator in several ''King's Quest VII'' videos[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FtaBfbFV4A Cloud8745]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSd-9ZVbZA4 DeceasedCrab]], LetsPlay/HCBailly, [[LetsPlay/{{Critikal}} penguinz0]] [[note]]However, the video on him didn't stay up for even an hour before removal, probably due to PoesLaw and that he doesn't actually do Let's Plays, just brief gameplay videos of both popular and obscure games.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRlbvTWp828 Oyster]]. [[spoiler:Made funnier by the fact that Oyster was in on that one all along.]]

** Inverted in the case of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmSY3u9CUM SirRonLionheart]]. Though he wasn't that popular at the time of the episode; Ron's subscriptions ''[[CriticalBacklash skyrocketed]]'' after this grilling. They've even said that they love him, now.

** During the Wrongpurae of ''Apocalypse'', slowbeef briefly mocked the Playstation, wondering if there were any games besides ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' that were memorable on the system. Whether or not he was serious (it may well have been a reference to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LFOVGUt2g "Nintendo 64 vs. Playstation" NAViGaTR video]], which they mocked for expressing a similar opinion), ''many'' people took it badly.

** George Wood's suggestion that [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]] get breast cancer got less funny after Creator/AngelinaJolie's double mastectomy.

** During the''Dark Seed II'' wrongpurae, [=ADVGames4ever=], the guy who longplayed the game, is this as well for wasting the riffers' and the viewers' time by talking to every single character in the game after ''every'' plot event, regardless of if that character actually gets new dialogue from it, and for standing still doing nothing for minutes at a time at random points. People have said that the longplay could've been '''much''' shorter (the full longplay as is comes out at just under '''eight hours''') if he were to edit the footage; he even makes Diabetus angry when he ''does'' try to edit, but screws it up and makes the scene in question ''longer''. Granted, his pauses did give us some really funny moments from the duo.

*** Princess Elise does virtually nothing beneficial in the story, and seems to only exist to get kidnapped by Eggman every time Sonic turns around.

** slowbeef is now a big fan of [[LetsPlay/TheKingOfHate DarkSydePhil]] just for this reason.

** A lot of the Kickstarter/Indiegogo promo videos. Examples include a guy in a gorilla suit, a trailer for a FMV game with a weird tickle fetish, and a pregnant guy.

** A newer one is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IuCoD-8MWA Joshey164]]. Despite his [=LP=] of ''VideoGame/MarioParty2''[[note]]which includes such gems such as him mainly rolling low numbers on the board, poor ability to win minigames, occasionally bumping into the camcorder with a bad autofocus, and above all, playing it ''alone''[[/note]] being [=RP'd=] in order to highlight the very depressing nature of it, in the end, the two actually feel incredibly sorry for him and suggest their fans to go over to Josh's video (now deleted) and encourage him. Since then, Josh has undergone a massive ColbertBump with his channel, chock-full of enthusiastically supportive comments. And then he deleted his Mario Party video [[FromBadToWorse and seems to have closed his account.]] He's returned since then however, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhrM-XaBLDo playing Mario Party with other people]].
*** The video, sadly, has again been deleted. Apparently, by now, the presence of anyone affiliated with Retsupurae is enough to scare the poor guy off.

** Of all people, ''[=QueenieZ=]'' ended up becoming one. Years after the ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' LP, she ''still'' got hate comments and death threats even after she took the LP down, remade it, and apologized for the original. slowbeef and Diabetus were horrified when they found out.[[note]]Her [=YouTube=] account has since been taken down due a copyright claim. Queenie Z used bits of ''Manga/ElfenLied'' in her videos.[[/note]] Read HarsherInHindsight above to feel worse.