The Binding of Isaac: AFTERBIRTH+ - Northernlion Plays - Episode 228 [Uneven]

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  • @cvraptor3104
    @cvraptor3104 7 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Fun Fact:In 2015 Northenlion was charged for missing over 200 tinted rocks and had to go to jail for 3 months,Good thing he had a backlog.

    • @candyqueenify
      @candyqueenify 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Juicy Jacob LOL!!!

    • @ryanphillips5483
      @ryanphillips5483 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Juicy Jacob Your profile picture is the bomb diggity. Long live Rawk Hawk.

    • @DragonTamerCos
      @DragonTamerCos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LONG LIVE THE KING OF THE GLITZ PIT!

    • @calcober
      @calcober 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Juicy Jacob hhh

  • @corey8304
    @corey8304 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    *Damage Penalty -8000*

    • @Darcrest
      @Darcrest 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      9001*

    • @MumboJumbosa
      @MumboJumbosa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I seen that damage penalty and almost punched myself

  • @Undefined14
    @Undefined14 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "We don't have a good ability to kill Mom quickly if I'm being honest" *hasn't popped Dark Judas, doesn't use ball of bandages on mom*

    • @Mysticfateee
      @Mysticfateee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he probably didnt use ball of bandages on mom because he had bob's brain

  • @liamparker2354
    @liamparker2354 7 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I wait everyday until 3AM to finally watch a Northernlion Isaac episode, can't help it i just love his videos, keep it up, you're great!

    • @achromaticcold
      @achromaticcold 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks!

    • @liamparker2354
      @liamparker2354 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Bro i honestly don't care to be top comment, I just want to make him know I love his videos but you're right I guess. Fudge off, I won't do what you tell me

    • @blacksabbath7243
      @blacksabbath7243 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      1st I Respect you for the having the lions English
      2nd he doesn't look at his comments unless its a new game
      3rd I apologize for my half serious jab towards you

    • @iAmMuu
      @iAmMuu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You guys are everything right about NL's fanbase
      Being a smart, ass but then going back to the former: smart

    • @ranoomlampoon3704
      @ranoomlampoon3704 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      tf you saying thanks for Rafaello

  • @theuselessmember
    @theuselessmember 7 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    "Several I found pills cards"

    • @TheReeseNetwork
      @TheReeseNetwork 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      theuselessmember I'm starting to call Bob's brain "NL's brain"

  • @umbaupause
    @umbaupause 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Let's go! NL with my bag of tortillas and 6 cans of salsa, I'm ready!

  • @michaelpawlak9444
    @michaelpawlak9444 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I've been watching him for like at least two years and I never played Isaac, just got it for the switch and it's so hard!

    • @MAsOCLisMO
      @MAsOCLisMO 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      michael pawlak Yep, he does make it seem easy, but the first time I played Isaac going with the egghead mindset, I got demolished haahha

    • @WirlWind494
      @WirlWind494 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most of my issues come from trying to shoot XD
      It's like patting your head and rubbing your belly , sometimes. And I'm a drummer o.0

    • @i_am_ergo
      @i_am_ergo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isaac is one of the easiest roguelites out there. Want a real challenge? Try Gungeon or Crypt of the NecroDancer.

    • @lordporothexvii3521
      @lordporothexvii3521 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Semyon Galtsev yeah. I can regularly/usually win an Isaac run, but I'm lucky if I even get to the second floor boss in gungeon.

    • @ramirosalazar2967
      @ramirosalazar2967 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      WirlWind the learning curve for this game is steep but once you begin to understand the mechanics you start rolling up faster.
      Just keep playing, look up videos on how to increase your chances of winning, but most of all just enjoy the game!

  • @bobmijano8776
    @bobmijano8776 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Am I missing something here? All this complaining about his damage but he never bothers to pop Judas's Shadow?

    • @thefierypaladin126
      @thefierypaladin126 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bob Mijano
      Death penalty on dailies

    • @bobmijano8776
      @bobmijano8776 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Fiery Paladin there's a damage penalty on dailies, I've found no proof of using a revive item incurring a point penalty, pretty sure the two hits required to die would be compensated for by literally doubling his dmg

    • @LeeDee5
      @LeeDee5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But the amount of damage he'd take after that could have been less because he'd be killing rooms quicker

    • @thefierypaladin126
      @thefierypaladin126 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bob Mijano
      Right, I forgot the strat required egg to be good enough to not take damage

    • @hoodedman6579
      @hoodedman6579 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Bob Mijano Not just double; he was rocking lower base damage than usual, and that would have been reset to 3.5 with Dark Judas, so (at least at the time he was revived) he would have had roughly triple damage.

  • @tricks177
    @tricks177 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10/10 intro egg, would play on loop

  • @travisprescott9708
    @travisprescott9708 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Bad and dumb damage at
    2:28, 3:11, 3:27, 7:47, 12:03, 12:11, 12:18, 13:49, 14:45, 16:09, 21:40, 22:34, 24:12, 25:43, 25:55, 26:08, 27:27, 28:13, 29:01, 30:06, 30:19, 31:30, 36:27, 38:12, 38:31, 38:43, 39:22, 40:00, 40:13, 40:31, 42:40, 42:55,

    • @pig953
      @pig953 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Devil Room this was a tough one

  • @mccl0ut
    @mccl0ut 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    should have popped judas' shadow earlier

  • @TheToadmyster
    @TheToadmyster 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gotta get the Gheese to the Kingdan

  • @thechildoflost3324
    @thechildoflost3324 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    35:53 I believe that your 3 Dollar Bill proced the Proptosis effect (you can see how the blast becomes narrower as it goes), which heavily reduced it's damage at that range.

  • @obscuritymage
    @obscuritymage 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    To quote a common Hearthstone phrase "never lucky", especially in the Womb II arcade, what a trolly button.

  • @LeeDee5
    @LeeDee5 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the consistency NL

  • @GamingVexation
    @GamingVexation 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello everybody and welcome back to Daily Differences!
    I'm a little late this time, but here's a list of differences I found in this daily for possible paths. And boy does it get completely different lol. For example, I get excited enough to punch my own headset off. Seemed like a good idea to me!
    SPOILERS
    First Floor:
    Actually no differences. I'm slightly surprised.
    Second Floor:
    Again, no notable differences here. Yikes. Maybe this is pretty linear for the first few floors. I promise, it gets better!
    Third Floor:
    10:15 - NL takes shielded tears, which I never see.
    11:13 - NL rolls the third floor again
    11:50 - NL gets boom
    12:54 - NL takes dad's lost coin
    12:58 - NL takes judas's shadow
    13:22 - NL takes rune bag
    Fourth Floor:
    I'd like to say... Even though NL rerolled last floor and I didn't, we still wound up with the same floor layout. I think it's interesting that that drastic of a difference wouldn't affect anything.
    16:18 - NL sucks up yum heart
    19:24 - NL takes ghost baby. I believe I reroll this item.
    20:00 - NL does not get a deal with the devil. I used a joker card to get flight here.
    20:14 - This is where everything goes crazy. NL goes down to the next floor to chase boss rush. I actually stay on this floor and play the self sacrifice room. Everything here on out is completely different. I've also collected a few items NL did not on this floor.
    Sack Head
    Lord of the Pit
    Battery Baby
    Bob's Curse instead of Ghost Baby
    My regret is that I didn't explore more. Had I done that instead of rushing harder, I would l have ranked significantly higher than I did. That and not trying to die, but that's beside the point lol. Anyway, thank you for reading :)
    I have the video on my channel for those of you who want to see the differences after the 20:14 mark. It's pretty interesting how different it gets :)

  • @BotchedGod
    @BotchedGod 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love your consistency NL

  • @njb1017
    @njb1017 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that poop room was hilarious!

  • @amaro6603
    @amaro6603 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    hurt-9inc nails. the first song reference Nl did and i understood.

  • @holdthephonexylophone
    @holdthephonexylophone 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    "We' ll take ghost baby because, well why wouldn't you?"
    Because item penalty is a thing.

  • @LeeDee5
    @LeeDee5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm bad at using Mega because my brain can parse that you have to move backwards in order to be fast.

  • @vladdangel
    @vladdangel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "I like being reliable" keeps uploading dailies at night and regular runs in the morning.

    • @kingjorritiv5554
      @kingjorritiv5554 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tek Rx that was by design right? i thought he talked about switching dailies and regular runs around in an earlier episode

  • @pichuknight
    @pichuknight 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bob's brain to carry the game!

  • @kenofthekenatutube
    @kenofthekenatutube 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Would it be better If he became black judas?

    • @MAsOCLisMO
      @MAsOCLisMO 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      kenofthekenatutube Yep, it would as it would almost triple his damage

    • @Tixeros7
      @Tixeros7 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      kenofthekenatutube ahhhhrmmm it's Jark Dudas >:o

    • @davisbernstein5150
      @davisbernstein5150 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Erik Ribak well no, it wouldn't triple it, it doubles your damage so...

    • @MAsOCLisMO
      @MAsOCLisMO 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Davis Bernstein I know ahahah, but it would make the run better

    • @davisbernstein5150
      @davisbernstein5150 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Erik Ribak definitely. Like 99% of the time he gets dark Judas he either waits a long time to use it or not at all!

  • @TheBuckweat33
    @TheBuckweat33 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it just me or does this guy REALLY undervalue and underuse Judas's shadow? When I play I almost immediately use it if there's at least an extra spirit heart on the floor

  • @JoJo-tc4cp
    @JoJo-tc4cp 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bad damage :
    EVERY.SINGLE.FUCKING.SECOND

  • @baycitylee123
    @baycitylee123 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Has anyone else microwave a glass of milk at 12:30 at night just to find out what's a glass of warm milk tastes like?

  • @nicholash1718
    @nicholash1718 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh here I didn't see you there

  • @kh2ruler
    @kh2ruler 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    to me damage was there you had judas shadow, mega satan laser, bomb synergy with bob's brain and bandages for staionary targets as well i don't see that complaint here today the only thing i see being a complaint is that getting the damage out is skillful not just run of the mill point and shoot

  • @ColdheartDunther
    @ColdheartDunther 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I missed boss rush but got to the Dark Room, took a lot less damage and items, but in the end I barely beat his score

  • @autumnlotus
    @autumnlotus 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is actually 229. Both It's the Key and It's the Key 2 are 227.

    • @autumnlotus
      @autumnlotus 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      and it's the key 2 has this episode's correct thumbnail what the fuck

  • @Voodoo-Dave
    @Voodoo-Dave 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    at a point did you consider the jark dudas bonus?

  • @Favreoholic
    @Favreoholic 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    do you think you'll revisit Crawl?

  • @TrisAndQuads
    @TrisAndQuads 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you somehow make the playlist go in the other direction? Old to new???

  • @OscarFeeney
    @OscarFeeney 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    what was the reason to not pop judas' shadow right away?

  • @chucke3033
    @chucke3033 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just wish one time that he would take advantage of moms key and guppy's tail

  • @mityakiselev
    @mityakiselev 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun fact: in Russia, the number 228 (it's an article about drugs in the criminal code) is used as a shitty meme, something like 420

  • @blurblurr7512
    @blurblurr7512 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    1 min ago published?

  • @drewa3597
    @drewa3597 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    wait till he plays todays daily

  • @mico10558
    @mico10558 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You could have turned into jark dudas in several situations

  • @tijmenvanderree487
    @tijmenvanderree487 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    >Calls episode 228 uneven.

  • @MocharaidThree
    @MocharaidThree 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This daily didn't seem that bad, NL just should've popped Dark Judas and not taken the Left Hand :p

  • @ahhhmouuu
    @ahhhmouuu 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn, he still plays this game?

  • @deadtothewxrld
    @deadtothewxrld 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't complain about much for this run Egg, you chose not to double your damage and suffer through it

  • @MinecrafMobber
    @MinecrafMobber 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You could have telepills into a error room

  • @dsiluiel
    @dsiluiel 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    completely forgot about the jera?

  • @joseherrera9920
    @joseherrera9920 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish I could just hang with Egg.

  • @coolleel1234
    @coolleel1234 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    That arcade lmao

  • @bigfrobert5425
    @bigfrobert5425 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    takes 3 hits on the first room. runs into all the walls and rocks on the second. must be a speed run

  • @autumnhardwick8578
    @autumnhardwick8578 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    what was that intro

  • @lonkfrompennsilvania6280
    @lonkfrompennsilvania6280 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    43 minutes
    Must be a speedrun

  • @hephesto555666
    @hephesto555666 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah this past week has had horrible daily after daily. Despite getting decent enough scores (top 3-9%) they have mostly been very annoying, slow runs with bad damage and horrible RNG.
    Generally avoid Reddit till after the run, like to go in blind and just see how well I can do without effectively cheating. But if this level of dailies keeps up I may just have to start checking first to see if it won't be another hour of sighing and running into the less than great design elements of the game. >_

  • @TheFar95
    @TheFar95 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hear Tomo

  • @MegaTyler93
    @MegaTyler93 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder when NL's going to stop playing Isaac.

    • @zoid_on_youtube
      @zoid_on_youtube 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Im like 80% sure hes still gonna be doing this like 15 years from now.

    • @zoid_on_youtube
      @zoid_on_youtube 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      SarahMariePardy has he got all the achievements from dailies? cause if he does, I fully expect him to stop them at some point, like he did in rebirth (or was it afterbirth, cant remember)

  • @sedifric873
    @sedifric873 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    WHY DID YOU PICK UP THE C...
    Oh wait, wrong run.

  • @kenhickson3398
    @kenhickson3398 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    32:54

  • @captainevy3133
    @captainevy3133 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    A Zane a day keeps the Nl away

  • @jonathankantorik2933
    @jonathankantorik2933 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did his slightly different intro make anyone else slightly uneasy?

  • @superpotatogod
    @superpotatogod 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Complains about damage while having not re-spawned as dark judas*

  • @ThatGulpinGuy
    @ThatGulpinGuy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like your videos egg

  • @MinecrafMobber
    @MinecrafMobber 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Complains about damage has mega

  • @justinconner8167
    @justinconner8167 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    random luck for early comment. curious how this episode will go

  • @michaelclugston1494
    @michaelclugston1494 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I downloaded the binding of isaac this morning and i have 8 hours in it I need help.

    • @memestealer9735
      @memestealer9735 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael Clugston I have 300+ hours

    • @gavin2945
      @gavin2945 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael Clugston i downloaded it today and have 57

    • @michaelclugston1494
      @michaelclugston1494 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      snooboo Wait a second... 268...24... 268>24... yep looks like all that math checks out, makes perfect sense.

  • @Kubbsy
    @Kubbsy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Egg

  • @cellchirp
    @cellchirp 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    me, an intellectual: egg

  • @inhalerofdong8643
    @inhalerofdong8643 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    MA BOIS

    • @stefan600
      @stefan600 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      INHALER OF DONG nice name, but suhhhhh ma boi

  • @penaqueflutua8456
    @penaqueflutua8456 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    There was 25 Cent in the First floor

  • @potty9364
    @potty9364 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ayorybody

  • @xXjoelXx8
    @xXjoelXx8 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why has NL been smacking his gums like an old person in between his rants?

  • @brian3634
    @brian3634 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    8000 damage penalty. No. Stop it.

    • @blastvader
      @blastvader 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Byron the best how much of that is him blowing himself up with Bob's Brain because he seems to feel the need to shoot at enemies from 2 inches away regardless of stats?

  • @abad_idea
    @abad_idea 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yaaaaaayyyyyyyyy.

  • @thementalman4728
    @thementalman4728 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who disliked it?

  • @yaksher
    @yaksher 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everybody who thinks NL plays bad needs to play the game a couple times first and see how you do on a train wreck.

    • @Undefined14
      @Undefined14 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      yaksher His technical skills blow me away, but his decision making is often laughably bad. Mostly because I know he's got the experience and the intellectual capacity to make the right decisions. Maybe being on the spot because he's a public figure puts pressure on him which causes him to make poor decisions sometimes, but I would kind of expect him to have overcome that by now.

    • @flame9058
      @flame9058 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be fair he also has to try and be entertaining while dodging and it is probably way harder than people think.

    • @hoodedman6579
      @hoodedman6579 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mechanically, he's great, especially when he focuses, but the decisions he makes sometimes on the fly are often questionable... Honestly, this makes him fairly entertaining, as even with poor decisions he often manages just fine.

    • @yaksher
      @yaksher 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Brick Studios, Yes I understand that he made many mistakes (he couldn't have known there would be Mama Mega, so doing the 5 room again was probably a bad choice though), but he also near-consistently scores incredibly well and near-consistently wins his runs, something most of the people criticizing him can't do, especially while having to entertain an audience.
      Yes he should have died for Dark Judas, yes this, yes that, whatever, he did still score in top 150 people.

  • @fede2689
    @fede2689 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ayy

  • @powerofthebirds
    @powerofthebirds 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    woo posted 4 min ago

  • @DomFP3
    @DomFP3 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    36th!

  • @elPominator
    @elPominator 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    The whole "PG NL" thing is really killing this for me, I watch every day and seeing the content from 3 years ago compared to now is so disheartening. I love the content, but the old stuff was so much better, in part due to the unapologetic savagery.

  • @Who-mn4or
    @Who-mn4or 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    33rd

  • @masondickerson9466
    @masondickerson9466 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just spent 5 minutes wondering what mom's foot was...Duh.

  • @Grizzleboi
    @Grizzleboi 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    notification squad

  • @achromaticcold
    @achromaticcold 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm early so here's a random shitpost that's not even funny or anything.

  • @TheDawllfc
    @TheDawllfc 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    NL can you please go back to naming dalies "Daily" so I can never click on them ever again ty Kappa 123

  • @torigaumond2840
    @torigaumond2840 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    third

  • @coolleel1234
    @coolleel1234 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ayeverybody

  • @spencechan
    @spencechan 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    29:15 Existential "ENWAY"??
    NL, please stop using french words, you are butchering a beautiful language

  • @thejester9039
    @thejester9039 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Am I too early or what

    • @welkeiserwel
      @welkeiserwel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No, you are just really smelly.. sorry to break it to you.
      edit: Hey.. he was the one.. the fiirst to reply.. I just made a joke.... okay, going under a rock now.

    • @naqafin3336
      @naqafin3336 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gilbert Bloemendal nah he smells

  • @beuce6252
    @beuce6252 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2 views and 17 comments. egg what bots are you using.

    • @theparagonal
      @theparagonal 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Lemon Lime It never ceases to amaze me that people still don't know how TH-cam works.

    • @beuce6252
      @beuce6252 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I realized what I said when I sent it.

  • @A1BASE
    @A1BASE 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you realize that you're complaining about the video game you're playing in just about every Isaac video at the moment unless it's monumentally overpowered?
    We don't have enough damage. Waah. This daily isn't fun. Waah. I don't like this achievement. Waaah.
    Maybe take a break from it if you're not having fun anymore, dude.

    • @TheCursedJudge
      @TheCursedJudge 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      How much have you watched of NL? I'm curious.

    • @kingjorritiv5554
      @kingjorritiv5554 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      A1BASE well he actually didnt have enough damage on this run tho

    • @clowndogstation4979
      @clowndogstation4979 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      tbh. he would have had enough damage if he proc-ed Judas' Shadow

    • @wheelz7790
      @wheelz7790 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      NL's purpose is to entertain, not be a god at Isaac. If you think he's so bad, quit watching, or try to do what he does, it's not easy.

    • @A1BASE
      @A1BASE 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never said it was - and I don't care how good he is at the game.
      I said it seems like he's not enjoying himself anymore. Look back over his last 20 or so videos - he's usually complaining about it unless it's super OP.
      I'm not surprised - after so many runs I'd be bored of it as well, but the problem is that if he's complaining about the game he's playing then for me at least he's not being entertaining. And like you pointed out, that's the reason lots of people watch him.
      NL's a big boy and can take this as the constructive criticism it's meant to be. He doesn't need you to jump in and defend him.
      Of course the problem he has is that he's KNOWN for playing Isaac and couldn't really stop without taking a big hit to his audience and therefore income. Think about that for a second - he might be playing a game he's bored of because he feels he HAS to. That's a shitty situation to be in. My initial post was meant to be encouraging - as long as he's entertaining I'll watch him regardless of what he's playing. I watch for the entertainment, not for the Issac plays. But that goes the other way too - if he stops being entertaining, even if he starts getting #1 in all his dailies then I'll move on.