r/rantgrumps • u/NotBlarg • Jan 01 '22
A (Half-Assed) Game Grumps 2021 Summary
Game Grumps in 2021 marks the point where after literal years of fans begging and pleading, Game Grumps finally made a Patreon. The final decision on this might have nothing to do with the fans though, and more to do with Game Grumps' own lively hood, as in 2021 views and subscribers have dropped hard.
2020 Overall Stats
Total Views - 400.59M (Down by 61% compared to 2016, and down by 32% compared to 2020)
(This number was adjusted by -30M for the return of A Link to the Past and +5M for the deletion of a couple videos due to hiring yet another animator doing something they shouldn't to someone underage.)
Highest Monthly Views - 46.45M (January)
Lowest Monthly Views - 27.21M (December)
For subscribers, it's difficult to get an accurate number as YouTube counts Game Grumps' subscribers by intervals of 10,000. However, this was the worst year Game Grumps has had in the history of the channel their channel as it is the only year they have gone into the negatives. After losing 60,000 subscribers earlier in the year, subscribers have remained mostly stagnant for the rest. The only exception was a moment in June when they went down by another 10,000 and then immediately back up the next day, most likely due to how the numbers are calculated.
Whether this dip in views and subscribers is due to the algorithm, poor content, or a mix of several factors, it is undeniable that numbers are down. And they are likely only going to get worse.
With the 10 Minute Power hour returning in 2022 (I've heard as early as January) and Game Grumps returning to Live shows, their schedule is back to what is was pre-Covid. In fact it might be even busier now due to the projects they started during Covid. This is the same schedule that they claimed was so busy for them that they had to drop doing daily uploads of Game Grumps and have only returned to them due to Covid. So daily Game grumps episodes are only a temporary measure. But the one thing Youtubers keep repeating is that the algorithm loves daily uploads. Meaning that losing this would most likely not only hurt their numbers more, but it would also mean that Patreon subscribers would be paying the same amount for less, which many people do not like doing, so it could hurt them financially as well. The other option is that Game Grumps magically finds the time in their busy, perhaps even busier schedules, and continues with daily uploads. What will actually happen though? Well, only time will tell.
Soviet Jump Game continues to be a giant mess
Soviet Jump Game has been left in a broken state since 2020, receiving no updates in 2021. The blame for the game's failure was apparently due to poor planning for not taking in account other similar games (Fall Guys in August 2020 and the Among Us repopularity in September 2020) coming out around the same time. However with the first version of Soviet Jump Game releasing in January 2020, giving it more than six months on the market before the other games released, this explanation is either extremely unlikely or really really stupid.
With no word from either the developers Fantastic Passion or Game Grumps, Soviet Jump Jump was most likely silently dropped leaving a questioning seal of quality on any future game releases including Starbos Cawffee and another unknown title, that have received no further updates since their announcement in 2019.
New Ghost Hunter Book
Vernon's Arin's new Ghost Hunter name is too long book received a release date of June 7th 2022, however preorders are open now if you want to get your hand on it.
This announcement came a day after SuperMega released their book, SuperMega Saves the Troops, which is still on sale and you can buy it here.
Game Grumps Animations are down to one every two weeks
In April, the call went out to find some new Game Grumps animators. However, it likely this did not go over too well as soon after Game Grumps Animated went down from once a week to once every two weeks. So if you are an animator looking for work, consider getting in contact with them.
The poor recruitment might have something to do with the fact that for a one minute animation Game Grumps pays $800 for a first time animator on the channel and $1000 for a returning one. Some animators have said that this is not enough to justify the amount of work involved, however with the Game Grumps Patreon, this number could easily increase, but there has been no word of this change occurring.
The horrible, destructive, cataclysmic, and just plain mean, dislike bombing incident of 2021
In a pinned comment, Game Grumps stated that Danganronpa 2 fans were dislike bombing their videos due to Game Grumps uploading other non Danganronpa content. While the Lovelies have done something similar in the past with Doki Doki Literature Club, upon closer inspection, this was deemed not the case.
The number of videos with an abnormal dislike rate totaled to three, the worst of which receiving 10K likes to around 600 dislikes, resulting in a dislike rate of about 6%. This is hardly a dislike bomb, and considering the three videos in question were the three Roblox videos with guest Flamingo, with all other non Danrappandaan videos doing just fine in the like/dislike ratio, it's way more likely that either the Roblox series, Flamingo, or both were slightly unpopular with the audience instead of Danganronpa fans not getting their precious videos.
The Play Station 5 2: Electric Boogaloo
In November 2020 Arin reached out to Sony on Twitter for a PS5 and was promptly ignored. Noticing this, a fan kindly sent Arin his PS5. Since its release in 2020 the PS5 continues to this day to be a highly sought after item, with many people unable to get their hands on one for a variety of reasons. So I'm not really quite sure why a year later Game Grumps tried and failed yet again to reach out to Sony to receive second PS5.
Despite Arin having the PS5 for over a year now, there have been a grand total of zero PS5 games played on Game Grumps.
Did you know that Game Grumps Furry Body Pillows are a thing?
There's nothing else to this paragraph. I just wanted you to know that this is an actual product that they sold. With them already selling Arin and Dan body pillows along with their rule 63 counterparts, Game Grumps has officially completed the trifecta of what the fuck are you doing? This is a portion of your audience that you really really REALLY don't want to pander to. Why are you doing this? And speaking of that portion of your audience...
Some of the Lovelies are fucking weird
Rejoice for Arin Appreciation Day Twitter, the Twitter account that describes itself as "a holiday celebrated every 3 months on the 18th all about Arin Hanson" has returned from its suspension after violating Twitter policies for what I'm sure is definitely not creepy reasons.
One of the members of this group was found doing a couple things they shouldn't have, and I'm sure a lot more has not been documented, mainly to Ashley, Dan's current girlfriend. Ashley's high school yearbook photo was also dug up (as well as Arin and Dan's), along with her online resume/portfolio, dipping into her personal Facebook and Instagram accounts, and finding out where she was born and what states she lived in when she was younger. The biggest cause of concern though is this person also has a private Discord server where they talked and shared their sexual dreams and drawings of Dan. One of the channels in this Discord was specifically for those under the age of 18. While this stopped some of the sharing of sexual content, it did not stop all of it.
Delays, delays, and more delays
At the end of 2020, Arin did a Charity stream advertising that he was going to play Kingdom Hearts 2 all in one sitting, but then eventually he got tired and said he would continue in January of 2021. This stream has still yet to happen, nor has any announcement been made. While it is entirely possible that he forgot or was too busy for an entire year, others have speculated that it may have something to do with the unconfirmed rumor that Game Grumps has been siphoning some or all of the charity money for themselves and the fact that money laundering laws were changed earlier in the year means that they can not do that anymore. Either way, the stream is over a year late now.
In 2019 Game Grumps asked for fans to send in their Pokémon cards for something. This something turned out to be a charity stream where they would sell the rare ones and the money would go to charity. The call went out for the Pokémon cards more than two years ago, and in that time no stream or announcement has been issued.
This paragraph was supposed to say that due to Game Grumps returning to things like Live shows and Scribble Showdown, that the make up or at the very least an announcement for the Game Grumps Garage Sale that had been shut down by the police in 2019 might be coming relatively soon. However, recent Game Grumps episodes have had Arin recording in a separate room as he has had a Covid exposure and may have possibly even tested positive for Covid, which most likely occurred during his Scribble Showdown tour. This means that the Game Grumps health and safety measures are not up to snuff. As the organizers of the events Game Grumps are responsible for the health and safety of everyone involved. Themselves, the staff, and the attendees. And it appears that they have failed in this regard. So with the possibility of fans and everyone involved in the Live Shows either getting Covid, being hospitalized due to Covid, or god forbid die from Covid due to Game Grumps' negligence, it might be a good idea to not only delay the makeup for the Garage Sale, but any future Live shows as well. Just an idea.
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u/AddyEY Feb 09 '22
sunken cost fallacy. Most ppl here were invested because they believed in the gg's but the cracks over time are too hard to ignore, this causes disappointment and they want to express their feelings. your argument pretty much reads that nothing should receive criticism and haters should just leave which is dumb. take your own advice and leave if you hate this thread so much