Line #127 WebVideo/Muselk


1	->''Prepare yourselves for the most over-the-top [=YouTube=] trailer for the channel that nobody knows how to pronounce. Introducing Muscle-K. ...moose, Moose-cleh. Moose-click? Missile launch? (groans) Who cares, it's a dumb name anyway.''
2	-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers Narrator''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0hyLkEU1jc Epic Channel Trailer]]''
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4	'''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/MrMuselk/featured Muselk]]''' (pronounced "Mew-selk", real name: Elliott Watkins) is a {{Website/YouTube}}r who specializes in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' gameplay videos. While his more recent videos have focused on ''Fortnite'', he has returned to posting up content he used to do on his alt channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZZ5HxBiPjO25IyTASYUVQ MoreMuselk]]. While they feature plenty of random silliness ala {{WebVideo/STAR}} or {{WebVideo/Jerma\|985}}, Muselk tends to be more organized in that his vids are usually divided into series. The most common videos he does include:
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6	* '''[=TF2=]/Overwatch Mythbusters''': Where Muselk tests out fan-submitted tips and claims about glitches in the game to see which are true and which are not.
7	* '''The Worst Loadout in [=TF2=]''': Where Muselk plays as a single class with the worst possible combination of weapons he can think of.
8	* '''Is it OP?''': A commentary series where Muselk discusses the pros and cons of a weapon commonly claimed to be overpowered.
9	* '''Top 10 Loadouts''': A ten-part series where Muselk describes his favorite loadouts for each class.
10	* '''[=TF2=] Map Tips and Tricks''': Muselk reveals some hidden ways to cross maps faster or to reach secret camping nooks. Frequently {{Uncanceled}}.
11	* '''High Stakes''': A SelfImposedChallenge series where Muselk must avoid dying and losing in-game or be forced to eat or drink something disgusting.
12	* '''Tryhard Tuesday''': A weekly series where Muselk tries to get a 20 kill streak in one life, sometimes with a randomized loadout. [[NonIndicativeName Rarely, if ever, debuts on Tuesday]].
13	* '''Extreme Rancho Relaxo''': Muselk finds crazy places to sit back in his Rancho Relaxo chair, whether it be in a wall, in the sky, off a cliff...
14	* '''Road To Unusual''': Muselk opens Valve Gun Mettle crates in hopes of finding an Unusual item. [[RunningGag Usually he just finds SMGs]].
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16	!!Muselk provides examples of:
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18	* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: The last ten seconds of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXDX98U5gcg SUPER SERIOUS 1v1 SHOWDOWN]], when him and Tyrodin get to play Reinhardt:
19	--> [[spoiler:(Muselk has very low health, Tyrodin advances)]]
20	--> [[spoiler:'''Muselk:''' NO!]]
21	--> [[spoiler:(Muselk at the last moment charges and pins Tyrodin)]]
22	--> [[spoiler:'''Muselk:''' YES!]]
23	--> [[spoiler:(they slam a wall, Tyrodin is still alive)]]
24	--> [[spoiler:'''Muselk:''' NO!]]
25	--> [[spoiler:(Muselk delivers the killing blow)]]
26	--> [[spoiler:'''Muselk:''' YEEEEEEEES! '''''FUCK YES!''''']]
27	* AtLeastIAdmitIt: His reasoning for doing so much Fortnite content rather than [=TF2=] or Overwatch is because he finds the latter games don't update frequently, and get's put off by it.
28	* BerserkButton:
29	** Hackers. It's more subdued than most examples, but if a hacker shows up in a video, Muselk will go out of his way to Dominate said hacker into {{ragequit}}ting before returning to whatever he was doing before.
30	** In a more PlayedForLaughs example, Scout presses it in ''Scout Radio'' by implying that he can't unbox anything other than [[RunningGag SMGs]].
31	** Getting killed by random crits to the face.
32	* BigNo: ''Very'' prone to dropping these in Tryhard Tuesday videos. Quite frequently in other videos, as well.
33	* BornUnlucky: As time has shown, Muselk's bad luck can get downright absurd at times.
34	* BrickJoke
35	** During the ''Scout Radio'' video: "I thought (Tracer) was just another dude with a nice ass! Like me." His next video ''Pubbing With Scout'', Scout and Muselk teleport into Overwatch, and Scout was turned into Tracer. He says "Holy crap, look at my ass, it looks better than ever!"
36	* ButtMonkey: When he's not kicking ass, he is often the butt of many jokes thanks to his BornUnlucky tendencies trolling friends.
37	* {{Catchphrase}}:
38	** "What is up, guys!" At the start of many of his videos.
39	** "Yeah baby!" When things go well.
40	** "Gaben why!" When things go badly. Referring to Gabe Newell, the CEO of Valve and God of [=TF2=].
41	** "[[NoOneCouldSurviveThat How am I alive?!]]" When he survives something that he had no business surviving.
42	** "That's going in the montage!" When he accidentally executes a stunt.
43	*** And he actually released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8RQPqs5YpE one]]!
44	** "Hammer time!" When he brings out the Powerjack as the Pyro, or when he's made a lot of kills using the Powerjack.
45	** "I gotta go!" Whenever he finds himself in trouble and having to make a hasty retreat.
46	** "Holy bananas, that's a lot of bad people!" Whenever he runs into what seems to be entire enemy team at once.
47	** "Holy bananas!" in general shows up all over the place.
48	** "Far Out!" in general on some of his videos.
49	** "I am a GOD!" when he pops off with a nasty killstreak.
50	* CompellingVoice: Played for laughs. In ''The Worlds Worst Widowmaker'', Oasis was able to use her voice to convince a player to jump off a cliff and convince an offense class player to switch to a support class character. She even convinced some players to help Muselk get the "Floor is Lava" achievement as Lucio, which is one of the hardest achievements to get in the game.
51	* CrazyEnoughToWork: The concept of several of his Overwatch videos, involving certain bizarre teams that require great coordination to work out, or incredibly daring maneuvers that need stellar dexterity or luck to execute.
52	* DisproportionateRetribution: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZEjt3UeyvQ JACKASS! TF2 EDITION!]], Muselk successfully fools a friendly Medic into thinking he's an enemy Spy. Once the Medic figures out the trick, ''he calls a vote to kick Muselk''.
53	** And then, Muselk tries to do the same thing to a friendly Demoman, but the Demoman sees through the ruse immediately... and calls a vote to kick Muselk (which passes!).
54	* DoWellButNotPerfect: His Tryhard Tuesdays need him to have enough time to rack up kills and reach a killstreak of 20. If either side is performing too well, the round ends before he can accomplish that. As a result, some of his Tryhard Tuesday videos have him beg that the ''enemy team'' makes some progress so that the round timer gets extended.
55	* EatThat: The entire point of High Stakes.
56	* EpicFail: In the words of the man himself:
57	-->[[https://twitter.com/MrMuselk/status/626184991190331392 Who's better at Mortal Kombat, Muselk or an iPhone charger... the answer won't surprise you...]]
58	** The end of "Road to an Unusual". [[spoiler:He fails to find a single Unusual after unboxing over three hundred crates in the series. And in his whole time playing [=TF2=], he's only found one Unusual total in 2500+ boxes. And this is when the usual chance is 1 out of a hundred.]]
59	* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: Most of his videos, often with three or more parts.
60	* FailureGambit: ''Worst Loadout'' series in a nutshell. To his credit, he at least tries to make the loadouts work, which sometimes leads to [[SpringtimeForHitler a special kind of failure]], especially where the Spy is involved.
61	* {{Foreshadowing}}: His "I can fly" Market Gardener montage has a part where a [[ItMakesSenseInContext super-fast ambulance truck Heavy]] runs by. This ends up being the intro to his "Worst Admins Ever" video.
62	** FiveSecondForeshadowing: During his Overwatch: 101 Halloween Loot Box unboxing, someone named Kahmea says "REAPER LEGENDARY ISADORABLE[sic]" in the chat. Guess what Muselk gets in his very next loot pumpkin?
63	* [[GuestStarPartyMember Guest Star Appearance]]: [=Vikkstar123=] from the WebVideo/{{Sidemen}} did several sessions with Muselk on his non-Sidemen/''Minecraft'' channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBXG9Hl9f94Zfoceh1a8otQ VikkstarPlays]] starting on November 2016, mostly doing the same ridiculous strategy antics that the Muselk's crew did on their videos.
64	* InSeriesNickname: Their ''Overwatch'' group is nicknamed as the "Cancer Crew", mainly because they often uses ridiculous strategies. It came from an Overwatch player not amused by their antics, [[InsultBackfire which they immediately made their own]].
65	* {{Irony}}: In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrpOkhl_q-0 Mercy is EVIL!!]]'', Muselk purposefully lets his entire team die so he can resurrect them all and earn Play of the Game. Sure enough, he does earn it... but for a completely different incident earlier in the game where he only resurrected two teammates, followed by his mouse disconnecting.
66	* {{Keet}}: Muselk can be this due to his cheerful and easily excited nature.
67	* LaboriousLaziness: Extreme Rancho Relaxo. Reach improbable places... and sit on a chair in them.
68	** Relatedly, the Sexy Junkrat strategy. Spend all that time finding the exact right spot where the game will let you lay around and not be seen.
69	* MadeOfIron: His "Invincible Demoman" loadout is built around this, as it uses the Chargin' Targe to let him fight on the front lines while being nigh-immune to fire and explosives.
70	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Extreme Rancho Relaxo, where Muselk sits in a chair... IN THE SKY! ON A ROOF! IN THE FLOOR! OFF A CLIFF!
71	-->'''Narrator''': Six-minute montages of a fat man in an armchair... (''RecordNeedleScratch'') Wait, people actually watch this crap?
72	* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: "The WORST map in [=TF2=]" ends with Muselk's team winning, at which point Muselk prepares to taunt-kill an enemy spy who seems to have accepted defeat. The taunt-kill fails because Muselk is a few inches too far away, and the scoreboard appears before Muselk can try again.
73	* NWordPrivileges[=/=]SelfDeprecation: Being an Australian himself, Muselk enjoys taunting Snipers about their "dirty" heritage.
74	* NoExperiencePointsForMedic: Inverted. Team Muselk's medic Oasis tends earn Play of the Game as Mercy to a massively disproportionate ammount, to the point that Muselk and co. have turned it into a RunningGag of their resigned annoyance.
75	* ObfuscatingStupidity: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enlBBcrOajY "Pro Gibus Spy!"]] Muselk wears the Ghastly Gibus, an easy-to-get hat commonly associated with the newbies, in an attempt to bait some players to fall for a trickstab. It works.
76	* OldSchoolChivalry: In one video a player refused to change from Widowmaker for Muselk but did it after Oasis innocently asked the player to change character. This happened multiple times in the same video. One player switched to support despite mainly playing one character, another enemy player jumped off of a cliff for her and she convinced multiple enemy players to sacrifice themselves for the Floor is Lava achievement but when Muselk left to put the game on Overtime, one player stunned him and taunted him as the game ended.
77	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Goes by Muselk most of the time, with his real name popping up very rarely.
78	* ARareSentence:
79	** Happens a lot in "Worst Admins Ever". Most prominent example:
80	--> ''Is that a penis Heavy riding a fucking ostrich?''
81	** Lampshaded in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqWgspuC8Ic Crazy Custom Maps video]]
82	--> ''There's another scout on the other side of the sandwich! [[labelnote:*]]It was actually a Soldier, but he saw a scout charging at him, which he killed.[[/labelnote]] ...That is a line I never thought I was gonna have to say in my entire life!''
83	* RecurringCharacter: His quiet server admin Tava and the guitar-strumming Black Blues Player are the two most notable ones.
84	** Recently, Tyrodin and Zylbrad and his friends seem to be appearing more often than Tava ever did.
85	* RedOniBlueOni: Every time Tava plays with him as a partner or something, his quiet and deadpan attitude sharply contrast with Muselk's peppy and perky commentary.
86	* RunningGag:
87	** Unboxing [=SMGs=] in his unboxing videos, or generally any video where anything ends up unboxed. As of writing, he has roughly 31 of them. [[BornUnlucky He is not even trying to get all these SMGs.]]
88	** Praising Gaben after getting a string of random crits or pleading to him when things start to go wrong.
89	** Choosing King of the Hill maps for Tryhard Tuesday, which by their nature tend to give him precious little time for him to pursue his Godlike kill streak.
90	** Dying on a Tryhard Tuesday just five or so kills away from completing his goal. Bonus points if he died from a random crit.
91	** Gibuses appearing out of nowhere. Always lampshaded, and sometimes accompanied by ''Series/TheXFiles'' theme song.
92	** Whenever Muselk plays in ''Randomizer'' servers, he tends to die rather quickly [[TemptingFate if he gets what he think is a good combination and said it on-screen]].
93	** His tendency to press the E button to call the Medic in ''[=TF2=]'', to the point that he had ''two'' Tryhard Tuesday episodes where he must ''not'' press the E button otherwise he will automatically die and resets his streak if he did it.
94	** In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' back during his days with Tava, stupid tactics that he thinks will not work will end up working very well.
95	** Using Reinhardt solely for cliff-charging.
96	*** Speaking of cliff-charging, he often gets D.Va as his cliff-charging target, and nine times out of ten the D.Va manages to escape with her boosters.
97	** "I told you! The size of the hammer doesn't matter!"
98	** Brad and Oasis getting a disproportionate amount of [=PoTG=]'s in ''Overwatch''.
99	** [[HitboxDissonance Roadhog's hook]] = Soldier: 76 and Bazza Gazza's worst nightmare.+
100	** On a meta scale, having bad things that he [[TemptingFate talks about]] (e.g. unboxing [=SMGs=], deaths to random crits, Zylbrad getting [=PotG=]) happen to him right after he says it.
101	* TheRival: Zylbrad (And occasionally Tyrodin) In his overwatch videos. It’s mostly a FriendlyRivalry but occasionally it gets a little bit more heated [[{{Troll}} especially when Zylbrad feels a little bit dickish.]]
102	* SceneryPorn: Part of the point of the Extreme Rancho Relaxo videos. Most of the improbable locations he reaches have a spectacular view of the map.
103	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Upon unboxing a Blue Mew [[RunningGag SMG]] in ''Taunt Killin Contracts!'', he gets up and leaves the room.
104	--> ''No...Are you kidding me?! {{{Main/Beat}}} Not again! Nope! Screw this, I'm out! door closing''
105	* SelfImposedChallenge: ''High Stakes'' (eat/drink something disgusting after each death), ''Worst Loadouts in [=TF2=]'' (use a loadout that doesn't synergize well and/or is underpowered), and ''Foot Pyro'' (control a Pyro with his foot instead of his hands.) He also makes it a point to try to dominate every single hacker that interrupts his videos.
106	* ShowerOfAngst: He did this in the beginning of a video where he commented in an ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' video about a Lucio buff that time. Cue that he had trouble skirmishing against Lucio the day before the development update regarding the buff.
107	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: In his Overwatch videos, [[TheMedic Oasis]] is usually the only girl on the team. This causes a bit of confusion with viewers during the times that it's averted, such as when [[https://www.youtube.com/user/blaruethezebra Bec / Blarue]] played with Team Muselk and subsequently got mistaken for Oasis.
108	-->'''Bec''': All the comments are like 'Oasis sounds so happy!'
109	-->'''Muselk''': Wait, are you telling me that there's more than one girl in the world?
110	-->'''Bec''': I know! It's crazy!
111	-->'''Muselk''': What?? It's only 2 pm; I'm not ready to have my mind blown this early.
112	* SpringtimeForHitler: His ''Worst Loadout'' challenges have occasionally gone this way.
113	** His Worst Demoman Loadout (Claidheamh Mor, Sticky Jumper, and Booties) went surprisingly well, with Muselk flying all over the place as a leaping Demoknight.
114	** Same for his worst Spy loadout (Amby, stock Invis Watch, Wanga Prick), though in that case he admitted he had trouble trying to create a terrible loadout for Spy.
115	*** Happens once again in his updated worst Spy loadout (L'etranger, Red Tape Recorder, Big Earner, Cloak and Dagger). He also mentions that it's impossible for the Spy to have a truly useless loadout, because he can still backstab, which is always a OneHitKill.
116	** In his Prop Hunt video, he tried his best to get caught by the Pyros, but ends up failing.
117	** Happens very often in his ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' videos. Often, he (and in some video, along with his old ''Overwatch'' partner Tava) tries ridiculous tactics (Torbjörn Tank, five Mei's in one team, etc.) that he thinks will not work, and said tactics works ''very well'' when they tested it.
118	* SuicidalOverconfidence: Most prominent in his Tryhard Tuesday videos. He's become pretty aware that he usually dies from a stupid mistake after 15-17 kills, and yet it keeps happening.
119	* SuperPersistentPredator: In one Tryhard Tuesday video, Muselk runs into a Pyro who then proceeds to chase him down for about 2 minutes, only stopping when Muselk manages to take him down. Muselk himself describes it as the longest chase of his [=TF2=] career, and ends up fast-forwarding that part of the video.
120	* TemptingFate: A running gag is that bad things happen to him right after he says them. He is often aware enough to Lampshade the absurdity of the situation.
121	** Bazza had a notable one [[https://youtu.be/vHwhfULc4o4?t=7m40s in this Paladins video]], where he said he thinks he can't get hooked in ''Paladins''. Cue Makoa hooking at him ''before he even finishes his sentence''.
122	-->'''Bazza''': I don't think I can get hooked in this (''immediately gets hooked'') ''FUCKING GAME!''
123	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWbfblyISoA Whilst playing in a custom weapon TF2 server in this video,]] Muselk asked the admin to gave him the secret weapons that has not been played in that server before. Cue a ''rocket launcher minigun''. As if it's not enough, the admins also gave him a ''rocket launcher minigun... '''with bouncing ammo'''.''
124	* TooDumbToFool: In ''Pro Gibus Spy'', in which Muselk speculates that wearing a Gibus will trick other players into thinking he's a noob and fall for his trickstabs, the player he has the most trouble fighting ends up being a Sniper also wearing a Gibus.
125	* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: After 3 years and over 3500 opened crates, he '''finally''' managed [[https://youtu.be/pSxcS3u0kt8?t=677 to find an unusual hat]] in [=TF2=] crate.]]
126	* ThunderHammer: Whenever he's playing Pyro, he's guaranteed to be using the Powerjack, which is basically a car battery strapped onto a metal rod fashioned to look like a hammer. When he goes on a killing spree with it, it's known as "Hammer Time".
127	* TranquilFury: In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtR53Lx8E48 "How Valve Became Gamings WORST Developer"]]'', Muselk, with an [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically calm demeanour]], gives Valve a very angry ReasonYouSuckSpeech. He mentions them abandoning Team Fortress 2, doing nothing to fix the persistent bot problem that has plagued the game in casual for several years (in his case, making Australian casual unplayable unless he finds a vanilla community server, which are frequently full), all the while they continue to profit off of player-created cosmetics and maps with an unfair profit cut (90% of the revenue goes to valve, 10% for the creator) simply for existing. They eventually call their behaviour "disgusting" for employing this tactic to end the video.
128	* TheUnpronounceable: His name can veer into this, as admitted in the channel trailer. According to Muselk, he thought of his name just by stringing together random syllables and choosing some that sounded nice, only to watch his viewers completely butcher his name every attempt at pronouncing it.
129	* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: A RunningGag within Muselk himself, as he has three ways to do so (one in ''[=TF2=]'', two in ''Overwatch''):
130	** The Boxtrot Spy strategy, usually used in Payload maps where he, as a Spy, uses the Boxtrot taunt to hid himself in a rather secluded area where the payload will move, thus preventing the payload to move and making the enemy team confused as they will think there's no one near them without knowing that Muselk is hiding nearby.
131	** His playstyle of [[TheEngineer Torbjorn]], especially on Payload maps where he'll simply sit down on the payload while his turret mows down the enemy team.
132	** The "Sexy Junkrat" strategy. It's basically similar to the Boxtrot Spy, except that he has to hid somewhere much less obvious and has to sometimes stop sitting, otherwise he will got disconnected due to the game thinking that he's been inactive for too long.
133	* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: Muselk's reaction to finding ''four'' Hoovies eating sandviches in the spawnroom in the video ''The Hoovy's Last Supper''.
134	* YouWereTryingTooHard: In "How to be a Hanzo Main", Muselk and Bazza suffer through several rounds as Hanzo and Widowmaker respectively. As they start another match, Muselk realizes that the more he seems to try, the worse he becomes. [[spoiler:As soon as he makes the decision to not try so hard, he gets a triple-kill.]]
135	* ZergRush: During his days with Tava (i.e. before he got introduced to Brad and co.), most of his ''Overwatch'' tactics involve having five out of six members of his team being the same hero. Examples include:
136	** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxGAvi68AXU this video]], he was defending, using five Mei's [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and one Lucio]]. His tactic? Simply block the path of the attacking team with Mei's Ice Wall constantly. His team ended up winning when, during Overtime, they realize that all they need to win is to simply don't let the attacking team go touch the B point. So the Mei's built Ice Walls in every possible path to block the attacking team's access.
137	** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAqgij1B0g the second part of this video]], he tries to play one Assault game with a team of five D.Va's [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and one speed-boosting Lucio]]. His tactic this time? Rush to the two control points in the fastest time possible. Like most of his tactics, it ended up working very well. In fact, it worked so well, Muselk and his team nearly won the game in around ''two minutes''.
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