#as long as it's not statistics

[ozlices]

another super insulting part of the watcher situation i haven't rly seen ppl addressing much

ryan deadass saying smth like "nobody else on youtube has made tv quality content"

like... i really feel like it's important to highlight that bc not only do they obviously have no respect for their audience, but that statement shows they have no respect for their peers in the industry, either.

not to mention it is a shining example of bleeding arrogance to such a high degree, you will straight up fucking lie bc you're truly convinced you're that special when you're anything but.

there's been NUMEROUS online creators who were recognized by entertainment industry workers BECAUSE they made tv quality content & even full stop blockbuster quality content.

bo burnham started on youtube & is now one of the most wellknown & loved standup comedians of our generation, with numerous netflix specials & even a movie he wrote & directed under his belt.

the try guys, fellow ex-buzzfeed employees, had their own tv specials on food network (based off their youtube shows, btw) & a documentary made about them as well

rosanna pansino has also been on numerous food network shows both as a host & a judge

quinta brunsun, another fellow ex-buzzfeed employee, went on to create her own whole ass sitcom that has been highly praised

matpat cameo'd in the fnaf movie because of his theories & multiple other fnaf creators had small cameos through the employee of the month board easter egg

markiplier made multiple high-quality shows on youtube & is now working on a highly anticipated movie (he was also planned to cameo in the fnaf movie but couldn't due to conflicting schedules with his own movie)

hot ones got their own tv gameshow due to their popularity & they are still one of the most wellknown, beloved & respected internet shows

many short films made on youtube went on to premiere at film festivals & even in theaters

the hit horror film "talk to me" was created by youtubers rackaracka

webseries of actual fucking tv shows have also existed for literal decades

the list goes on.

to seriously think that overproduced bullshit is all you need to make "tv quality content" is not only tone-deaf, but shows they do not even know what they're talking about. many tv shows & huge blockbuster movies are made with absolutely microscopic budgets & small teams, & they still get praised & awarded for the passion, dedication, & creativity that shined brightly under those restrictions.

the blair witch project is probably the most wellknown & highly praised example of this, but it is far from the Only example

it is a whole other slap in the face, again ESPECIALLY when puppet history is one of their most popular shows, to spit in the face of internet history. to see the success of their predecessors, even ppl they fucking worked with at buzzfeed, & deny them of all their success & efforts to get where they ended up.

no, y'all are not the first people to make "tv quality content" on the internet. FAR from it. because your crap isn't even genuine "tv quality".

but you are the first ones to ever disrespect not only your audience, but your own fucking industry & your peers on this level.

& you are the first & i sorely hope the only fuckwads dumb enough to pull a stunt this fucking stupid, out of touch & utterly tone deaf.

[chickenchirps27]

hello denizens of tumblr i come with humble offerings

they wish to romance you

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At the start of this project all I wanted was to 'learn how to draw' using comics as a medium and the MDZS audio drama as inspiration.

I've come *very* far from making simple, 3 panel black and white comics, and I truly do intend to go even further. Thank you to everyone who cheered me on throughout 2023, it has been an incredible year in so many ways I never could have imagined. I look forwards to drawing throughout 2024 B*)

[gncrezan]

the established orion-romance dreams have gotten to me. what will my delusional visions reveal to me next <3

[dragonsmashorpass]

And now that all the polls are over... here are the NPCs from most to least smashable!

Arvelle - 90.9% Galore - 87.9% Merrigan - 86.1% Glass & Gloss - 85% Arlo - 84.1% Fiona - 83.7% Patches - 82.7% Pinkerton - 77.8% Sage - 77.2% Scrying Imperial - 76.7% Avery - 76.1% Upsky Dan - 74% Joxar - 72.8% Crim - 72.5% Windsinger - 72.5% Shadowbinder - 72.1% Roundsey - 71.3% Marva - 69.9% Tomo - 68.7% Susie - 63.5% Flamecaller - 60.9% Spritfire - 58.7% Baldwin - 58.4% Luminax - 57.9% Gladekeeper - 56.5% Higgins - 55.6% Stormcatcher - 55.6% Earthshaker - 51.8% Tidelord - 49.8% Arcanist - 49.5% Velya - 49.2% Plaguebringer - 48% Lightweaver - 47.3% Swipp - 44.4% Icewarden - 38.9% Edgar - 32.7% Pearl - 28.4% Scribbles - 24.7%

Congrats to Arvelle for not only winning, but being the only one to get over 90%, which is even more impressive considering her poll was one of the most voted on too!

Also congrats to Sage for getting into the top 10 despite not being a dragon, and to the Scrying Imperial for getting into the top 10 despite not even having a name. And not a single deity reached the top 10, with the highest one being Windsinger at number 15! And Icewarden being the most unfuckable deity, which honestly, expected. ACAB. I really thought Plaguebringer would have done better though! (Especially since Luminax of all things got a majority smash! Didn't see that one coming.)

Swipp had a rather poor showing, we love dilfs unless they actually have kids I guess. And the disparity between Spitfire and the other two couriers...the allure of his edgy color combo gave him such an edge.

And 69% of you wanted to smash a piece of cardboard. Nice.

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: RWBY

Character: Jaune Arc

Sample Size: 6,322 stories

Source: AO3

[ladyluscinia]

It will never stop amazing me (in a morbid fascination way) that every once in a while the shambling corpse of the ofmd fandom makes some noise and it's always - always - more warriors of the same faux-purity culture ship war that drove the whole fandom to eat itself alive and implode over the course of a single hiatus. How are they still doing this? They hate this character and any ship involving him so much they have made tags uninhabitable, harassed out every "problematic" fan they could and basically killed the fandom in the process, and now apparently a few of them are experimenting with active homophobia against his queer actor for being a "bad" queer (liking the character he played). They're running a toxic thoughtcrime surveillance state on an abandoned ghost town. And still innovating new ways to be more toxic about it!

It's absolutely bonkers 🙃

[everliving-everblaze]

Quote Bracket Results

Statistics - Submitted Quotes

Submitted Quotes by Book

The book with the most quotes was Lodestar, with 22.5%, and the book with the least was Unlocked, with 0%.

Submitted Quotes by Chapter

Chapter doesn't seem to have had a large effect on which quotes were submitted.

Submitted Quotes by Character

The most popular characters were Fitz Vacker and Keefe Sencen, each with eight submitted quotes, followed by story narration with seven, and finally Sophie Foster and Fintan Pyren with five each.

Statistics - Top 16 Quotes

When it came to the top 25% of quotes, Neverseen and Fintan Pyren took the lead over Lodestar, Fitz Vacker, and Keefe Sencen.

Statistics - Matches

Biggest sweep: Match 1.31 (88% to 12%)

Closest vote: Match 1.3 (Tie)

Most voted-in match: Finale (374 votes)

Least voted-in match: Match 1.25 (30 votes)

And Finally... The Winners

Third Place: Fintan Pyren's quote from chapter 24 of Exile

“That���s the funny thing about rebellions. You can’t stop them until they’ve consumed everything that fuels them. And from where I sit I see plenty of kindling.”

Second Place: Sophie Foster's quote from chapter 73 of Neverseen

“He’s not all bad. No one is. That’s what makes villains so scary. They’re not as different from us as we want them to be.”

Drum Roll....

First Place: Fitz Vacker's quote from chapter 50 of Flashback

"What if I told you that I stopped pressing buttons?"

Thank you all for participating!

[faaun]

the way that diff languages sound r so fascinating they're all different and all so vivid

[vinceaddams]

Generally I'm of the opinion that looking at your youtube analytics page is bad for your mental health and should not be done much, if at all, but it is pretty neat to see the audience demographics. My audience is 0% children and perhaps 20% grandmas!

[thisisnotthenerd]

and here it is: the final evolution of the episode randomizer

all of dropout's official dimension 20 content, including:

dimension 20

adventuring party

adventuring academy

behind the scenes

dimension 20 animated

and more!

just click the button to pick an episode! no context!

great for longtime fans looking for a bit of spice in their rewatch experience, or for new fans finding a starting point!

alternatively, try one of the many other arrangements, including:

alphabetical

episode length

episode order

anniversary style

[mylittleredgirl]

my benchmark is 2k notes (which is just a measure of post popularity/longevity rather anything specific about the content or tumblr demographics of the reblogs). i’m curious how that interpretation stacks up!

[supermaks]

for real,, if everyone's a generational talent, no one's a generational talent!!!

idk why people try to make it into a bigger conversation than it is. generations arent like variables in time that change depending on the guy u want to highlight as the most important and the most representive boy. there's 1 generation. a bunch of drivers born within same time frame. They all belong to that generation. Charles, George, Max, Ocon, Pierre, Lando. If u call one of them generational, ur attributing qualities and accolades to him that his peers, again, from the same generation, were not able to match. U are saying that in certain metrics, significant, historical metrics, this driver is peerless in his success. This driver did things that no one else could do. Thats WHAT 'generational driver' MEANS. Nothing less, nothing more. That is a driver that defines the rest of his generations level by single handedly setting the standards and raising the bar they all chase afterwards. In Lewis' generation, that was Lewis. In Max's generation, it is Max. In Michael's, it was Michael. If anyone wants to argue this Im very curious as to what type of statistics they have to show for it, and most importantly, why. Remember, this isnt about how special and talented and quick in certain ways shapes and forms this very dear boy is, its about who was it that broke wid the past and gave way into the new in a way that is still, to this day, irreplicable . Who can you point to whose sole appearance in motorsport was so monumental it effectively defined his generation and created a past and future that all circled back to him driving for the first time. Who was the first ripple. Who took that ripple, and built oceans, and bridges, and tornadoes that wrecked it at all to shreds. Who was at helm of your generation of your drivers. Who made the calls. Is this not . a simple fucking question❓wid a simple fucking answer ❓

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

Hey ik people are being asses about owl videos rn so here's the lovely screech owl I work with Iris! She's 15 and an ambassador for a wildlife center I'm interning at. Thought you'd like the little lady

She loves Elton john and trills along to the songs whenever we play it for enrichment

that is easily the second oldest eastern screech owl I know of.

Good for her.

[miwtual]

its weird being like. upset. but in not like a grieving way

[pinkyjulien]

I really, really hate the "Female V is canon" vs "Male V is canon" debate that been popping here and here in the tags those past weeks

Cyberpunk 2077 is a Role Playing Game, there is no "canon" protagonist, that's the whole point. We all have a different playstyles, different stories and headcanons, our custom V is The Canon V of Our Own playthroughs!

After Phantom Liberty dropped, I've seen a lot of players, on Tumblr or Twitter, voicing their concerne and disappointment in how much more Female V focused the official promo, videos and even in-game credits became

I was one of them too, expressing my feelings multiple times, sometimes awkwardly, frustrated that Male V players were once again brushed to the side, because that's how it feels like, right?

Well, it might feels like it, but this isn't the case AT ALL, far from it. This is only what I would call a "Fandom Phenomenon" and I want to talk more about it a bit

I had a great conversation with a friend of mine who works in the game industry and it opened my eyes on the matter, and I've since been really interested in seeing RPGs statistics!

Because it's really, really important to make the difference between the Casual Player Base (majority of players) and the Fans / Fandom Base (minority of players)

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I always been lurking in fandoms here on Tumblr, since Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and now with Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3

First I want to drop some stats- might be completly wrong, but I'm only sharing my point of view here, in an attempt to explain why some people are frustrated with Female V being the focus (and why we shouldn't be!)

I think it's not wrong to say that fandoms are mostly occupied by women and fem-identifying individuals; fandoms are a safe place for players and fans to share their passions. Women are STILL HEAVILY harassed and hated in the gaming industry as a whole, it doesn't take a lot of digging to catch a vile comment on Twitter or on Twitch for example, you cannot go far without seeing someone either attacking or sexualizing them

This is a huge problem in the industry still, every games that release with a female protagonist get trashed- just look at the bullshit surrounding GTA 6 just because players will be able to play as a woman as an option

Fandoms are also safe for non-gender conforming people, non-binaries, trans people and queer men, but I think fem individuals and women are a clear majority, at least on Tumblr (only talking about genders identity here and not about being queer or not, not talking about sexualities or attraction) (not an official stat at all and only my point of view and experience from being on Tumblr since ~2012)

Now let's talk about Cyberpunk 2077- because this is my main fandom since 2020, and what prompted me to write this post in the first place

CDPR didn't share any stats recently, but it's REALLY SAFE to assume the MAJORITY of players are playing a straight Male V romancing Panam, followed by a lesbian Female V romancing Judy, but the player pools for both options are still majoritarly cis hetero men (and they are still the focus for AAA studios to sell their games, this is sadly just how it is)

However on the fandom side, Fem V was always the focus; virtual photography, mods, ships, OCs... She was always more popular than Male V, getting more interactions and notes and why trends like "Male V monday" were created and why there is still a lack of male V focused mods (non-binaries and trans fem folks and characters are also sadly under-represented in all type of content and art)

So, being yourself as a non-fem player, playing as a Masc V, seeing CDPR officially make the switch from Male V to Female V, when the space you've been in for the past 3 years has been overwhelmingly Female V focused on all front, was a bit of a punch in the guts; like I said earlier, I was reaaally frustrated with this too!

And I'd say it's "normal"? or at least "ok" to feel this way, it makes sense considering how little attention Male V in general get in the fans community

BUT. BUT... It's REALLY important here to realize how we sound and how we look like when we voice our frustrations on the matter; we sound and look just like all the misogynistic people over on Twitter who screams about "woke games" everytime there is a female protagonist in their "non political games". We have to remember that fandoms are suuuch a small part of the game industry

Baldur's Gate 3 recently shared their stats and this interesting tweet got into my dash

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Astarion is nowhere to be seen in the official most romanced companions statistic, but I'm sure a lot of people will agree that he's probably the most popular one in the fandom side!

Another stat here from Mass Effect and really interesting info coming from David Gaider about how the hardcore fanbase aka fandom's choices were WILDLY different from the casual / main player pool

▶ tweet

Getting my head out of the fandom bubbles and seeing the bigger picture, how much under-represented women still are in official medias (not talking about fan content) and how insanly misoginistic the game industry still is, both on the player and devs sides, helped me handle my own frustration on the matter, accept and even celebrate Female V being the focus for the Phantom Liberty campaign

With all that said tho, we all should be able to vent about the lack of Male, Masc and Non-Binary content in the fandom side, while still being aware of the industry state, it CAN co-exist! It doesn't make anyone a bad or misogynist person!

We are all humans and can be awkward and make mistakes, especially when voicing frustration or talking while in a negative mood. Let's educate one another in good-faithed manners when we slip instead of jumping to conclusion and throw accusations

Not gonna lie I kind of lost my train of thoughts and not sure how to finish this post, but I hope this can enlight some people on why CDPR made this choice!

Repeating this as a finale note; this doesn't mean that Female V is the "main" V or "canon" V . It's simply her time to shine, and it's well deserved! The industry needs it