I genuinely think Stephen was on camera more for this Colosseum than he was for 2023, 2019, or any of them since 2018 before they started filming bumpers. We finally found a way to stop him hyperfocusing on bumpers to the exclusion of all else :p No but seriously, it was a fantastic surprise when he appeared on the Sunday and it's also great the Makes Music segment was yet another Stephen meme song.
Your friends telling you all the problems with you going and you still going anyway just proves how much you needed to be there tbh. Like from the vlog i know your friends are very smart and aware people, so like. Obviously you went through everything thoroughly, pros and cons of going, and you went anyway. So as far as this rando on the internet is concerned, you did the right thing.
I’m so glad I had the thought to suggest I am Earthbound to the Astronocats discord rather than try to solo push that myself and that Stephen supported that suggestion after getting to the venue and settling in. Honestly, this year being a milestone year for Earthbound didn’t strike me until it came time to try to pitch my argument to the server as to why we should have this one get pushed for, and Stephen being there, it could not have worked out more perfectly…well, maybe the timing on telling the group about “Gig’s On, Penny!” since they decided not to drop the main instruments in the second part of the verse. Also yes, many thanks to Fosx for the support. While I was ready in case someone tried to snipe the spot with 40 seconds left on the clock, I’m glad that I could keep myself reeled relative to last year when I went more ham in trying to help meet totals incentives. I do hope to strike a healthy in-between in future Colos should the fates allow the event to continue. And of course I’m going to keep this streak of this community’s songs getting in for Makes Music so long as that segment sticks around while checking with them. Looking through the StephenVEVO channel, there is a song Stephen and Dan did dedicated to Mothers for instance. That might be worth considering if Colo should happen again around this time of the year, being one week away from Mother’s Day. But first, Chaz is the Best needs its day. Also also 39:50 really glad my brain was otherwise working on all cylinders to make that connection about Stephen being present during Jon vs. the Chat. 28:14 I guess the fates really wanted to ensure that Stephen got to Colo this year because funnily enough, Stephen might not have had as much sleep if I hadn’t botched my donation just before time was up for Tetris and Disc Only won. I was going to donate 2.5k for Infernax to push it above Disc Only so that way I wouldn’t have to worry about it getting sniped before the end of Chaos Cookie. However because I was going back and forth between pages to make sure I had everything ready to beat out Disc Only I failed to double check the amount I had set to donate; it was left at 2k when the total for Disc Only was slightly lower. So I pressed to donate, time was up on Tetris, and Disc Only won. I spent a good part of that “podcast” panicking over getting sniped because I wanted to donate no more than 500 dollars afterwards but thankfully everyone else involved (namely Deef what with his 5k donation or the Benefactor in general) didn’t push far enough that I needed to worry so, and that 500 went to Strive instead. Win-win for me and Stephen. Also also I just found out about the DOMES bit after the sign off and am partly sad that only Twitch viewers will ever know about that.
Not me over here hoping to start a grassroots movement to get Tim songs the support of Stephen ones. I want a "Take a Dump on the Toilet" cover, dammit.
I wasn't there in the live chat during Colosseum, so I got to watch the twitch vods on Jon's channel a few days after. This year was a blast, especially the Bingo section with Erika and Andrew.
I saw the clip that Swift4Sweeper posted on his channel of Stephen surprising everyone during the bingo game and I was shocked too when he walked into the room. Unfortunately I missed the live stream since I was doing something else when it happened but after watching the clip that was put on TH-cam, I was so happy that Stephen ended up being at the event with everyone. I think he needed some time to rest and have fun with Jon and everybody else there. And I think it worked.
I was so sad I missed the bingo segment because I woke up right after it (west coast times ugh) but I got to see the rest of colo that day. The clips from the Jon vs chat segment were so funny!
I drink protein shakes like that regularly because anxiety makes it hard to eat sometimes. It's 10x better over ice or refrigerated, you're right. Still not "good", but palatable.
You making that surprise appearance was the best thing in Colosseum.
I genuinely think Stephen was on camera more for this Colosseum than he was for 2023, 2019, or any of them since 2018 before they started filming bumpers. We finally found a way to stop him hyperfocusing on bumpers to the exclusion of all else :p No but seriously, it was a fantastic surprise when he appeared on the Sunday and it's also great the Makes Music segment was yet another Stephen meme song.
Moral of the story: Just start playing Bingo and Grandpa will show up.
It's his bat signal
Your friends telling you all the problems with you going and you still going anyway just proves how much you needed to be there tbh. Like from the vlog i know your friends are very smart and aware people, so like. Obviously you went through everything thoroughly, pros and cons of going, and you went anyway. So as far as this rando on the internet is concerned, you did the right thing.
Grandpa’s surprise appearance was one of the best surprises in a very fun event
I’m so glad I had the thought to suggest I am Earthbound to the Astronocats discord rather than try to solo push that myself and that Stephen supported that suggestion after getting to the venue and settling in. Honestly, this year being a milestone year for Earthbound didn’t strike me until it came time to try to pitch my argument to the server as to why we should have this one get pushed for, and Stephen being there, it could not have worked out more perfectly…well, maybe the timing on telling the group about “Gig’s On, Penny!” since they decided not to drop the main instruments in the second part of the verse.
Also yes, many thanks to Fosx for the support. While I was ready in case someone tried to snipe the spot with 40 seconds left on the clock, I’m glad that I could keep myself reeled relative to last year when I went more ham in trying to help meet totals incentives. I do hope to strike a healthy in-between in future Colos should the fates allow the event to continue. And of course I’m going to keep this streak of this community’s songs getting in for Makes Music so long as that segment sticks around while checking with them. Looking through the StephenVEVO channel, there is a song Stephen and Dan did dedicated to Mothers for instance. That might be worth considering if Colo should happen again around this time of the year, being one week away from Mother’s Day. But first, Chaz is the Best needs its day.
Also also 39:50 really glad my brain was otherwise working on all cylinders to make that connection about Stephen being present during Jon vs. the Chat.
28:14 I guess the fates really wanted to ensure that Stephen got to Colo this year because funnily enough, Stephen might not have had as much sleep if I hadn’t botched my donation just before time was up for Tetris and Disc Only won. I was going to donate 2.5k for Infernax to push it above Disc Only so that way I wouldn’t have to worry about it getting sniped before the end of Chaos Cookie. However because I was going back and forth between pages to make sure I had everything ready to beat out Disc Only I failed to double check the amount I had set to donate; it was left at 2k when the total for Disc Only was slightly lower. So I pressed to donate, time was up on Tetris, and Disc Only won. I spent a good part of that “podcast” panicking over getting sniped because I wanted to donate no more than 500 dollars afterwards but thankfully everyone else involved (namely Deef what with his 5k donation or the Benefactor in general) didn’t push far enough that I needed to worry so, and that 500 went to Strive instead. Win-win for me and Stephen.
Also also I just found out about the DOMES bit after the sign off and am partly sad that only Twitch viewers will ever know about that.
Not me over here hoping to start a grassroots movement to get Tim songs the support of Stephen ones. I want a "Take a Dump on the Toilet" cover, dammit.
I wasn't there in the live chat during Colosseum, so I got to watch the twitch vods on Jon's channel a few days after. This year was a blast, especially the Bingo section with Erika and Andrew.
I saw the clip that Swift4Sweeper posted on his channel of Stephen surprising everyone during the bingo game and I was shocked too when he walked into the room. Unfortunately I missed the live stream since I was doing something else when it happened but after watching the clip that was put on TH-cam, I was so happy that Stephen ended up being at the event with everyone. I think he needed some time to rest and have fun with Jon and everybody else there. And I think it worked.
Thank you for sharing! It's obvious how much it meant for you to be able to go. I'm glad you listened to Mal. 😆
I was so sad I missed the bingo segment because I woke up right after it (west coast times ugh) but I got to see the rest of colo that day. The clips from the Jon vs chat segment were so funny!
Hayley was on POINT this morning, my favorite was 42:00
I drink protein shakes like that regularly because anxiety makes it hard to eat sometimes. It's 10x better over ice or refrigerated, you're right. Still not "good", but palatable.
Was everyone there at Colosseum including All of TRG?
Jirard, Emile, Lucah, Carlos, Adri, and Mal all weren’t there for various reasons