Omikron vs Earthbound

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  • @odolowa1
    @odolowa1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +949

    "I beat Shenmue 3 twice! I have read a thousand Garfield comics!" is my quote of the episode. It's like the weirdest shounen arc-villain boast ever.

    • @NDenizen
      @NDenizen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +184

      "I have a wife and we play playstation" into "I have read a thousand Garfield comics" is just John transforming into a JoJo character but translated by Duwang

    • @moopersworthninjason42nd81
      @moopersworthninjason42nd81 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Is it just me or is there some higher force at play regarding the fact Garfield's owner is also called john?

    • @jordanetherington1922
      @jordanetherington1922 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@moopersworthninjason42nd81 Jim

    • @Rhaethyn
      @Rhaethyn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      I absolutely fear The Man Of A Thousand Garfs

    • @GrimmShane
      @GrimmShane 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@NDenizen It is however, one of the odd moments where it's Completely accurate, so you read it twice and go "WHAT THE F-" and the world fucking Implodes.

  • @BlazeMakesGames
    @BlazeMakesGames 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +606

    I think the funniest aspect of John's threat at the end is that technically if he showed up in Woolie's room to loom over him for maximum fear in that hypothetically scenario, then by woolie's own decree immediately after the pants-shitting occurs, they would both have to immediately get up and start dancing for 8 minutes straight

    • @tbotalpha8133
      @tbotalpha8133 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Lmao the pair of them have loaded guns, off to the side.

    • @hunterwallasus3582
      @hunterwallasus3582 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Whoever falls first

    • @nicholasevans5518
      @nicholasevans5518 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      John is the guy in the window with an axe that’s says “I’m coming back”

  • @katherinehemken5544
    @katherinehemken5544 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +445

    After Omikron, Woolie can't give John shit for anything ever again. The dynamic of this friendship has been permanently altered. He could show up on Woolie's doorstep in the middle of the night with two spades and a trash bag of human viscera and Woolie wouldn't so much as have the privilege to ask questions.

    • @mario98730
      @mario98730 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      John gave Woolie the most unforgiving game ever. Woolie gave John the most underdeveloped game ever. That's about as equivalent an exchange you can get!

    • @katherinehemken5544
      @katherinehemken5544 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's about as equivalent as drawing a mustache on your sleeping friend's face and placing your friend in a Saw trap. @@mario98730

    • @isthisajojoreference
      @isthisajojoreference 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      John should make Woolie finish Hunter x Hunter now

    • @TensphaJH4547
      @TensphaJH4547 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      How does it feel to be a prophet my friend??

    • @isthisajojoreference
      @isthisajojoreference 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@TensphaJH4547 All according to keikaku

  • @deejus_e
    @deejus_e 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1536

    The fact that this episode isn’t called Versus Wolves (FINAL) means that Omikron hasn’t broken John and that Woolie’s month is going to be terrifying 💀

    • @Shadest
      @Shadest 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

      It took some time for the Omikron Curse to activate on the old channel too, don't get too comfortable

    • @aashtrayy
      @aashtrayy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      DEEJUS WATCHES EYEPATCH WOLF

    • @TheMrrccava
      @TheMrrccava 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      I mean I saw John on stream he got pretty goddamn close.

    • @sc149
      @sc149 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Hey as we all know it was Johns choice to play so much of it after woolie forced him to check it out, john must have absolutely had a great time.

    • @BaronQmark
      @BaronQmark 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      "John and David Bowie are no longer friends"

  • @IAMUtubeSockPuppet
    @IAMUtubeSockPuppet 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +501

    "I will not be the villain of this podcast!" yells pro wrestling heel.

    • @lilpotayto
      @lilpotayto 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      2:47:10 - Actual wrestling promo.

    • @StanNotSoSaint
      @StanNotSoSaint 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I think levels of caring to not be a villain for John are much lower than his levels of caring to create a thrilling storyline.

    • @kellerharris2593
      @kellerharris2593 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Dude spent an hour straight Sephiroth posting and then says that

  • @ikeisley9467
    @ikeisley9467 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +754

    Woolie trying to justify the omikron recommendation boils down to trauma bonding is great

    • @rikimaru700
      @rikimaru700 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      Well, that was the lesson he learned from Naruto

    • @Porterhaus94
      @Porterhaus94 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Woolie, you have become John's Oliver Cromwell. You have shipped him off to Montserrat.

    • @brianbonn5733
      @brianbonn5733 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I mean, he did get r***d in the first recommendation John gave. John also didn't go to a tournament... after several combo breakers, he set himself up for Omikron 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @stephensmith7327
      @stephensmith7327 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      ​@@brianbonn5733but the thing is Fear and Hunger is actually good, it's just incredibly difficult art. It's like showing someone C***Skin by Ralph Balkshi and then they force you to watch Disaster Movie in retaliation.

    • @iller3
      @iller3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      No... He's eventually getting a JetPack out of this, it's the only thing that would explain this behavior

  • @yhposolihP
    @yhposolihP 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +203

    Woolie realized that pulling out Omicron this early was in burning all of his meter on a Level 3 when he was still in the corner, but it only left John at half health while Woolie could be chipped out.

    • @Gungho73
      @Gungho73 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Should've saved that meter for the second round.

    • @drewbrown1598
      @drewbrown1598 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This comment didn’t age well.

  • @RadDude69X
    @RadDude69X 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +314

    "I finished Omikron the Nomad Soul" is probably one of the most powerful sentences I have ever heard

    • @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat
      @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      “And understood it”

    • @darklegionnaire8304
      @darklegionnaire8304 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      whats esh woolie

    • @paulunga
      @paulunga 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I finished Omikron the Nomad Soul.
      In 2001.

    • @robbo8611
      @robbo8611 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I played this game when it was released. It was an incredibly ambitious game at a time when games were getting stale. Yes it doesn't hold up at all but it at least attempted to push the boundaries of what was possible in a narrative based 'adventure' type game.
      I enjoyed it immensely when I played Omikron all those years ago even though it had so much jank. Just for its weirdness but theres no way I'd enjoy it now. Sometimes you just can't go home again.

  • @NiklasFanger
    @NiklasFanger 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +447

    They have invented the concept of PvP enabled podcast.

    • @larsnyman2455
      @larsnyman2455 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      He pioneered the style during his Game of the Year episodes of Let's Fight a Boss

    • @kagamiyagami7321
      @kagamiyagami7321 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@larsnyman2455 I miss LFAB :(

  • @mechavarice
    @mechavarice 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +375

    John: “I spoke to David Cage in the other room, Woolie. He’s not thrilled, but I think I got you off the hook for now… but you owe me.”

  • @silva5795
    @silva5795 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +908

    The psychological mind break John did at the end when faking the Omikron completion from Woolie was pure psycho thriller shit

    • @StanNotSoSaint
      @StanNotSoSaint 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +140

      That's kinda on brand for John. I really love Woolie but I am not sure if it's possible for him to keep up with sheer unhingedness John posseses.

    • @Personified134
      @Personified134 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's gonna be beyond fucked up when John breaks the violence threshhold and doesn't even say Omikron.
      He says "Finish HunterXHunter, motherfucker"

    • @Diinify
      @Diinify 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      SPOILERS

    • @morganqorishchi8181
      @morganqorishchi8181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

      It's oddly hot and I don't like what that says about me or my tastes in men.

    • @ratking1608
      @ratking1608 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      Woolie, you must return to where it began. The root of the agony. You must return.
      *Welcome in Omikron.*

  • @StormSnakeMG
    @StormSnakeMG 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +223

    Jon: "Nobody is allowed to talk shit about Woolie. I openly ugly sobbed in the back seat of a car b/c I realized I wouldn't see him in person for a few months. Only I can talk shit about Woolie."
    I love these two.

    • @Khandrake
      @Khandrake 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Really not beating the shippers allegations

    • @gameb9oy
      @gameb9oy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Khandrakealso doesn’t change the fact that people have known Woolie has basic taste for awhile now too

  • @paradiseegg2111
    @paradiseegg2111 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +651

    Half of the podcast is talking about Earthbound and half is a really heated couple's therapy, incredible.

    • @BareBandSubscription
      @BareBandSubscription 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      Literally the best podcast possible.

    • @asabovesobellow1676
      @asabovesobellow1676 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ⁠frfr

    • @iller3
      @iller3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      there's no "Therapy" for this...

  • @rogueishcharm
    @rogueishcharm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +338

    Wow, literal jaw drop when I was having the thought "Isn't he watching Vinland Saga? Did he not learn the lesson on breaking cycles of hate?" And then boom, the recommendation.

    • @Bighomie39
      @Bighomie39 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

      I love John's absolute mastery over Woolie's emotional state in the conclusion, culminating in that Omikron fakeout

  • @Teradyne87
    @Teradyne87 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +407

    "Tragedy is when I cut my finger, comedy is when you fall in an open sewer and die." ~ Mel Brooks and people who watch Omikron: The Nomad Soul playthroughs.

  • @MrDivineWill
    @MrDivineWill 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +256

    Woolie's "oh" when John states that he would like to continue his assessment of Omikron reminds me so much of the Scene in John Wick, where the villian calls the car mechanic, and the mechanic tells him his son killed John Wicks dog. Woolie knows that the situation has become so much more dire than he first realized.

  • @shifting_tides
    @shifting_tides 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +530

    Eyepatch Wolf: Woolie where can people find you?
    Woolie: In my bed. In my room with the door closed and the lights off
    Eyepatch Wolf: I'll be right there
    You're making this fanfic way too easy guys.

    • @pgfontana97
      @pgfontana97 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

      "You might think there's eggshells scattered around the ground but they're actually rose petals that I scattered for you~" lmao

    • @Binary7
      @Binary7 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

      "I didn't know you were capable of those noises"
      "Seems with the right stimulus anything is possible Woolie"

    • @shifting_tides
      @shifting_tides 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      The whole fic's just word for word quotes. Nothing else

    • @Rusty_Spy
      @Rusty_Spy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Pat: I THOUGHT WHAT WE HAD WAS SPECIAL!!!!!

    • @darkwraithraziel6362
      @darkwraithraziel6362 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      He needed to specify "Under a pile of coats" because only then could he be safe!

  • @TravenTalks
    @TravenTalks 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +246

    The character development of this episode is wild
    Woolie: A man who slays old gods re-experiences childhood and comes out the other side with a new perspective on life and its struggles
    John: An easily flustered Irish guy fights through David Cage's digital recreation of the deepest pits of hell and learns the power of sheer unbridled spite

    • @EnzoDraws
      @EnzoDraws 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Learns the power of sheer unbridled spite AND chooses not to use it*. Not out of mercy, but merely to put himself in a position of higher power.

  • @akakeri9802
    @akakeri9802 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +491

    Chekhov's gun, placed. Introduction over. The real podcast begins now.

    • @MorganTJ813
      @MorganTJ813 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      END OF PROLOGUE

    • @iller3
      @iller3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Woolie really missed Dokapon, didn't he?

    • @victorteste5325
      @victorteste5325 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@iller3 yeah, about that...

  • @Viridianjcm
    @Viridianjcm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +287

    2:45:00 the way Woolie's eyes immediately went wide in fear is killing me lmao

  • @TheGrayMysterious
    @TheGrayMysterious 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    Woolie joking and laughing and being jovial while John sits there stone-faced and burning a humongous hole through him in tranquil rage

    • @gameb9oy
      @gameb9oy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      I think Woolie just does that when he gets nervous. It’s his attempt to change an uncomfortable atmosphere

  • @StanNotSoSaint
    @StanNotSoSaint 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +250

    Woolie: We shouldn't encourage ficwriters.
    John: *It seems with the right stimulus everything is possible, Woolie.*

    • @rikimaru700
      @rikimaru700 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      Woolie: We shouldn't encourage ficwriters.
      John: *Calls Woolie sweetie*

  • @gabagoooby
    @gabagoooby 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +877

    Every time John says RRR he sounds like a seal performing a trick.

    • @JoseRS1186
      @JoseRS1186 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      Oar or Arr? Arrs are Ors?

    • @victor_of_the_rivers8343
      @victor_of_the_rivers8343 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

      God bless the Oirish

    • @BigFingerRo
      @BigFingerRo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      "Noooo don't take my soul! RRR!"
      -Woolie during his Omikron run

    • @Eval999
      @Eval999 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      ABSOLUTELY A SEAL. The entire dialect of Irish English is exposed by the letter R.

    • @silvastone6989
      @silvastone6989 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Dude everytime i hear him say the letter R I chuckle i love this guy

  • @PurFoncho
    @PurFoncho 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    I'm loving the "possessed by a symbiote" energy John is bringing to this episode.

    • @audiosurfarchive
      @audiosurfarchive หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dead eyes. No emotion. Absolute existential dread.
      Anime and David Cage.

  • @TheNobod3
    @TheNobod3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +170

    I really hope this podcast runs for a long time, not only because it's one of my favorite things on the internet, but also because declaring the podcast's "in its twilight" in the third episode and then continuing to run for 5+ years would be an extremely solid bit

    • @gameb9oy
      @gameb9oy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Yes, but it also be hilarious putting triple digits up for your podcast and not even making it to 10 so it’s great either way

    • @lolbuster01
      @lolbuster01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Its like RLM's final annual black spine/wheel of the worst.

  • @ALloydRH
    @ALloydRH 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    One month ago, Woolie was entirely unaware of what he was bringing into this world, when he set John: The Final Gamer the task of playing Omikron: The Nomad's Soul. He had no way of knowing, how dark the path that he had sent his best friend down was.
    The world to which Omikron had sent John was a harsh one, one with rules that made no sense to a mortal man, a world of endless torment and punishment, The Final Gamer was pushed to his breaking point.
    In his lowest moment, the man known as John, felt three distinct emotions: Sadness, stemming from the disappointment he felt, knowing this suffering was wished upon him, by his best friend. The second emotion was hatred, towards the world of Omikron and its creators, and Woolie, the best friend that he now believed the actions of to be those of violence. Finally, there was rage, an overspill of anger and confusion, directed to anyone that would listen to his unintelligible cries of helplessness and despair.
    As the darkness encircled, threatening to consume him, The Final Gamer reached deep inside himself in order to bring forth the wolf inside, he could activate Final Gamer Mode, but would it be enough? No. He must go one step further beyond. He howled, as only a wolf could, howling to the moon, to Selene, the personification of the moon itself. He waited patiently for Selene’s divine judgment, which soon came crashing through the heavens, piercing the darkness that surrounded him, and then, it happened.
    Just as Selene commanded the phases of the moon, The Final Gamer, for the first time, saw the individual pieces of the nonsensical world of Omikron, and began to manipulate it, bending it to his will, meeting all challenges presented to him, and surpassing them. After all the trouble and strife, The Final Gamer reached enlightenment, and conquered the world of Omikron. However, it had cost him the last of his humanity.
    Shenmue 3, Shadow The Hedgehog, no amount of video game jank could compare to what he had just experienced. Thanks to this new power, bestowed upon him by the Goddess herself, there was no game in existence, be it critically praised AAA title, or a two decade old jank fest, that could possibly stop him, The Final Gamer, now.
    Later that week, Woolie would meet with John for the first time since he set him this impossible task, but the man he saw was not his friend as he remembered him. As John recounted his ordeal, his eyes seemed to stare, without seeing. It was as though all worlds, both real and virtual, no longer required his sight for him to understand. As Woolie tried to rationalise both his and John’s actions, he realised the man before him was not human, but something new. This new form that John: The Final Gamer had adopted, would bring untold devastation, in the years to come. This new form would come to be known as:
    [JANK LORD: ECLIPSE]

  • @crazedmeat
    @crazedmeat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +253

    "I will not be the villain."-John
    "Good luck."-Woolie
    Bro I think that line kinda already cements that villainy lmao

    • @donnerrizza5104
      @donnerrizza5104 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Not if woolie has time to steal his pie

  • @kururusoucho
    @kururusoucho 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    i love how as soon as the nomad conversation is coming John's jawline somehow becomes even more square and cut as his rage slowly builds

  • @lucylightbearer
    @lucylightbearer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +237

    The light in woolie's eyes as the Omikron discussion goes downhill is giving me life

  • @conelybiscuit4985
    @conelybiscuit4985 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +280

    this feels like a Vietnam veteran bonding with a shell-shocked Desert Storm soldier at a PTSD support group. different generations, shared trauma

    • @Dan-Ky-Kang
      @Dan-Ky-Kang 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      John is just about 4 or 5 years younger than Woolie I think

    • @TheDGK716
      @TheDGK716 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean you aren’t wrong man but fuuuck

    • @CaymenLeP
      @CaymenLeP 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@Dan-Ky-Kang closer to 10 year difference. John looks to be in his late 20’s while Woolie is almost 40.
      Edit: never mind, you’re right. John is in his 30’s. I must have a crush on the mf cause I’m usually good at guessing ages lol

    • @EnzoDraws
      @EnzoDraws 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      John is in his 30s, 37 I think? I believe he mentioned it in one of his latest videos, where he talks about young youtubers retiring.

  • @AsSeenOnLife
    @AsSeenOnLife 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1640

    Apparently my favorite genre of podcast is Woolie talks to a white person.

    • @wumbojet
      @wumbojet 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +199

      I love that you specified "to", not "with", implying woolie doesn't let them talk

    • @AsSeenOnLife
      @AsSeenOnLife 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +117

      @@wumbojet guests do have to speak over him and Pat.

    • @thatcynicalbastard6636
      @thatcynicalbastard6636 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      ​@@wumbojetLol Pat used to talk over Woolie at every occassion.

    • @pet-purple-panda1634
      @pet-purple-panda1634 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      This comment might need a denotation tag [4] or it might be misconstrued

    • @NotaDrDoom
      @NotaDrDoom 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      It was the years of linguistic combat. He sharpened the blade.

  • @DoctorHam
    @DoctorHam 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

    I'm not even a fan of that anime and I *adore* how John slipped in "I have no enemies" for the fake-out.

  • @Rhaethyn
    @Rhaethyn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +178

    Woolie. You know what you must do, now.
    You must beat omikron again on your own, taking your time to make it as painless as possible, then hit john with the combo breaker.

    • @SwagBroPlays
      @SwagBroPlays 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      Holy Shit that would be a 800 IQ play
      Never thought podcast would have tech XD

    • @TheDrLeviathan
      @TheDrLeviathan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      YES
      And then beat Hunt Down the Freeman at his own leisure to use for later

    • @Rhaethyn
      @Rhaethyn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Of course, John's counterplay is to respond "Final Fantasy 14", which would probably end the podcast for good.

    • @Samael1113
      @Samael1113 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Someone never watched the Drunk-through that was Reboot.
      That was supposed to be like a 5? hour game. It took Woolie like a year and a half IIRC.

    • @gameb9oy
      @gameb9oy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Rhaethynoh my word, that would be amazing! The look of joy on Pat’s face when Woolie suddenly doesn’t disengage when he talks about the weird stuff in his mmo

  • @Rafikator
    @Rafikator 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +293

    " I do not want to be the villain of this podcast "
    That didn't last long

    • @halfmettlealchemist8076
      @halfmettlealchemist8076 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      *”I am not the villain of this podcast. I do what I do because there is no choice.”* - John Eyepatch Wolf

  • @SirSteaven93
    @SirSteaven93 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +141

    I wasn't expecting this to end with Woolie having an anxiety attack, but this is where we are at. Holy shit, what an episode

    • @yoursonisold8743
      @yoursonisold8743 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I haven't seen him have anxiety this bad since the Sonic Dreams Collection video where they found Big the Cat in Rouge's womb.
      I regret every single word I typed.

  • @bazzjedimaster
    @bazzjedimaster 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +178

    I like to think John beating Omikron further than he supposed to was a response to Woolie getting a better ending in F&H than him.

    • @hectorrodriguezgonzalez8938
      @hectorrodriguezgonzalez8938 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well it was not a "better ending " than him, but rather one he didn't get

    • @ThomasUfnalCrowlake
      @ThomasUfnalCrowlake 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@hectorrodriguezgonzalez8938in a way, it was a better ending, at least from the main character's perspective

  • @LtDragonfruit
    @LtDragonfruit 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +170

    THAT ENDING HOLY SHIT JOHN YOU FUCKING KILLED HIM

  • @crazedmeat
    @crazedmeat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    Omikron has birthed a new god of fear and hunger. Woolie is going to watch Vinland saga while being absorbed in absolute dread and terror at what may come lol.

  • @SagelStrider
    @SagelStrider 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    That was the most MENACING encounter I've ever seen. Woolie felt the go-go-go-go SFX in his veins.

  • @purplelemondoesstuff3044
    @purplelemondoesstuff3044 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +369

    WELCOME IN OMIKRON

    • @michaelpalacios8951
      @michaelpalacios8951 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      (2)

    • @THENAMEISQUICKMAN
      @THENAMEISQUICKMAN 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      THIS IS WHAT SOLD DAVID BOWIE

    • @Gungho73
      @Gungho73 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      BWAH BWAH BU BWANA

  • @zeex9338
    @zeex9338 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    This is exactly what Woolie deserved. He knew what Omikron was, especially to his fan base. He DESERVED that scare. He knows what he did. xD

  • @Lutoures
    @Lutoures 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    2:34:35 the sheer emotion in which Jon spouts "I HAVE READ 1000 GARFIELD COMICS" is a force of nature.

    • @Rhaethyn
      @Rhaethyn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I *fear* The Man of a Thousand Garfs.

  • @RougeMephilesClone
    @RougeMephilesClone 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    Like Omikron itself, I don't know how this episode managed to keep topping itself. The reveal of the metaphorical loaded gun was the most insane thing in an episode loaded with wild swerves.
    Shout-out to John and Woolie joking about John being unable to script these podcast episodes like his videos, then later discussing John taking a prank lie too far, and then John wording his Omikron statements to imply he jumped off at certain points. Writer-man wins in the end. The crescendo was glorious, and while I'm glad we're back to happy recommendations, I'm not sure if this podcast can ever top what happened in these initial episodes.

  • @Tuikkal
    @Tuikkal 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    Wolf frothing from the mouth in anger and Woolie nervously sweating. What a moment

  • @VerbalLearning
    @VerbalLearning 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    Gun To Your Head just became real with that ending. John has installed within Woolie the fear of Omikron The Loaded Soul.

  • @Hegataro
    @Hegataro 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    John was this close to literally killing Woolie through the screen

  • @dolitehgreat
    @dolitehgreat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    "I refuse to be the villain of this podcast" says the man that revels in being the villain.

  • @FiveTiger
    @FiveTiger 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

    One must imagine Super Eyepatch Wolf happy

  • @ToozdaysChild
    @ToozdaysChild 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    2:21:05
    Woolie's sheer, _demonic_ glee over John's suffering.
    edit
    2:27:40
    And then the fear creeps into his eyes.
    edit
    2:29:05
    And now the despair.
    edit
    2:29:32
    And the _realization._
    edit
    2:44:40
    AND THE POPOFF
    edit
    2:46:45
    The DISBELIEF
    edit
    2:47:22
    The Reprieve
    edit
    2:48:55
    The _threat_

  • @ianbyrne465
    @ianbyrne465 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +138

    I am so so ready for this. John's Omikrom torture month has been living rent-free in my head ever since Woolie memorizing dungeon layouts in F+H so he didn't have to deal with torches.
    Edit: John “I don’t want to be the villain of this podcast” holding a loaded gun to Woolie’s head for the rest of this show.

  • @Gettles
    @Gettles 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    I had to literally pause the podcast so I could see Johns face when Woolie told him that the advice button costs rings

    • @johnnychopsocky
      @johnnychopsocky 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      John's sudden horrified realization that "yes, things could've been even worse" and that his dyslexia actually helped him dodge a bullet is just beautiful.

    • @mungbean7649
      @mungbean7649 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      (timestamp is 2:11:17)

  • @Lepstick_-
    @Lepstick_- 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    2:34:33 "I HAVE READ A THOUSAND GARFIELD COMICS"
    I absolutely died laughing

  • @FLFL-Cookays
    @FLFL-Cookays 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    Holy shit that final five minutes may just be one of the best moments of a podcast I have ever witnessed

  • @sambernstein2282
    @sambernstein2282 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    The fact that John’s got a nuke in his back pocket only means Woolie needs one of his own, and after that it’s a game of deterrence.

    • @ThatGuyNikolas
      @ThatGuyNikolas 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      But where would Woolie possibly find a fate worse then Omikron?

    • @legoshark99
      @legoshark99 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ThatGuyNikolas on a website called MSPaint Adventures

    • @NEEDbacon
      @NEEDbacon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@ThatGuyNikolas I'm sure there's SOMETHING in the fighting game barrels that have been festering since Saturday Morning Scrublords ended.

  • @Rhaethyn
    @Rhaethyn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +272

    "Earthbound oozes... *itself*" is a line that could have been written by Tim Rogers as "the bottom line". I'm surprised woolie wasn't into it.

    • @PredictableEnigma
      @PredictableEnigma 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      One day we'll see Tim Roger's actual Earthbound bottom line 👏

    • @CheezVT
      @CheezVT 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      There already is kind of a bottom line for Earthbound from his Kotaku video about 1994 games
      "Earthbound is the game that made me become a vegetarian"
      Which by itself is kind of a nonsense statement, but his elaboration of what it means is beautiful, like his other videos

    • @krodmandoon3479
      @krodmandoon3479 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are? Why?

    • @joemcstinky
      @joemcstinky 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s exactly what I thought too LMAO

    • @muffinzetta3670
      @muffinzetta3670 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Well tim said something very similar about doom but then said “man what a wildly terrible sentence to say”

  • @KeroKaminaX
    @KeroKaminaX 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    2:19:55 I’ve literally never seen woolie look so manic and unhinged before, it’s actually kinda terrifying
    2:26:37 the realization after John utters those words is incredible

  • @noonoox12
    @noonoox12 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    JOHN HAS BECOME SO IMMENSLY POWERFUL

  • @fabiangradilla3003
    @fabiangradilla3003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    2:33:58 i took a bit of rice, YOU BULLDOZED MY HOUSE!!!!!

  • @slimekingmike8691
    @slimekingmike8691 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    John calls it a loaded gun on the table, but it's dangerous to call shots with the Combo Breaker system. All Woolie has to do, is take the first napkin, and he will be the one in control of destiny...

    • @jaideay3003
      @jaideay3003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      This is easily anticipated. John can simply beat the game again in his spare time and record it and then instead of asking Woolie to “beat Omikron” he can ask him to “beat omikron AGAIN” a recommendation can be anything so long as it is unique. To delve into a hell you have already conquered is unique to the first experience. There could even be some fucked up variant to make it worse.

    • @jaideay3003
      @jaideay3003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      This preempts the counter breaker and if Woolie doesn’t complete the game on his own in secret… then John may simply say “oh no, I HAD to play it again because I will admit your original cooperative play through has some merit. I had to completely devalue it”

    • @jjj7790
      @jjj7790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is that a fucking Jojo-

    • @Bighomie39
      @Bighomie39 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How does the Combo Breaker work, exactly?

    • @jjj7790
      @jjj7790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Bighomie39Combo Breaker just means that the thing being recommended is something the recommendee has already watched/read/played. You get 3(?) combo breaks total, and afaik there is currently no consequence for being combo broken three times so far because they are just making this up as they go.
      So yes, Woolie immediately resorted to the highest level of recommendation violence in episode 2 to avoid being combo broken and experiencing a consequence that doesn't exist.

  • @strategist9
    @strategist9 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    2:24:11 has got to be my favorite Woolie laugh of all time. He's laughing so hard he looks frightened, like he is gazing deep into the abyss and giving way to madness itself.
    Holy shit this podcast has such fantastic energy; a little tension makes it SO much more entertaining!

  • @ryanmartiliano2601
    @ryanmartiliano2601 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    "I took a few pieces of rice from your plate, YOU BULLDOZED MY HOUSE!" Best quote from the whole podcast

  • @JetComboSupreme
    @JetComboSupreme 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Never have I seen such primal fear put into the soul of this man. Recommending Omicron is an act that requires such retribution. Eyepatchwolf is a better man than me.

  • @aidanobrien9226
    @aidanobrien9226 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

    I felt immense dread when Woolie said "webcomic" because I thought hed say homestuck.
    I let out a primal yell of pure hype when he dropped Kill Six Billion Demons.

    • @liamk1610
      @liamk1610 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Woolie is a man with self-respect. He's never read homestuck

    • @trifontrifonov4297
      @trifontrifonov4297 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      ...to be fair Homestuck is not that bad. No really, the main reason people started to hate it was due to the community around it.
      The comic itself at least for most of it's existence, like more than 50%, was a fun read. I mean yeah there is a drop-off.....no there is no but it was a mess.
      If anything I would love to see John dig though a dead webcomic, a time capsule of a certain time period the internet passed though and left behind. I mean most people would just harp on the memes, John may actually find something profound even in Homestuck.

    • @gameb9oy
      @gameb9oy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@liamk1610wait, you think Woolie has self respect? Have you watched his podcast?

    • @legoshark99
      @legoshark99 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I unironically want them to "suicide pact" recommending the entirety of Homestuck to one another because that would actually kill the podcast and it would be the best possible way to go out. Imagine an entire podcast of these two men having forced one another to read the entirety of Homestuck

  • @TheSpookiestSkeleton
    @TheSpookiestSkeleton 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Eyepatchwolf, standing in Woolie's window with a cutlass: "I'm comin back"

  • @GrimmShane
    @GrimmShane 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I swear to god, whenever the music stops, John looks DIRECTLY AT THE CAMERA, and starts speaking calmly and slowly, unblinking and unchanging as the camera keeps zooming further and further.
    The absolute dread that fills the air, the menacing aura he exudes is so absurdly powerful, holy shit

  • @jetdude77
    @jetdude77 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    My god this podcast is just them taking turns being the villain of the month but so far John is easily more unhinged. 3 hours of tension for an amazing ending, true cinema.

  • @technoskull
    @technoskull 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    John had his own Breaking Bad crawlspace moment

  • @rikimaru700
    @rikimaru700 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    Woolie seeing John's pain and being worried about what is about to happen is priceless

  • @mungbean7649
    @mungbean7649 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    John's dramatic cadence in every single thing he does really makes it so obvious he's a wrestling fan

  • @yoursonisold8743
    @yoursonisold8743 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You know how traumatic Omikron was to Woolie when you literally see him break out in cold sweat at the mere idea of being forced to replay it.
    What a rollercoaster.

  • @BadyearOakarus
    @BadyearOakarus 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    "i will not be the villain"
    *proceeds to do the most evil thing so far on this podcast*

  • @DemonWings21
    @DemonWings21 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    John sounds like a Seal trying to say "RRR"

    • @ubermaster134
      @ubermaster134 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Or Or Or

  • @The1Goby
    @The1Goby 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "The deck is a little stacked Woolie, you're the one who shuffled it!" is such an unexpected great quote there

  • @Unknowngamer1138
    @Unknowngamer1138 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    I listen to this podcast because it's two cool people whose opinions I trust getting to see media (which I may or may not be familiar with) with fresh eyes. I did not ever expect it to be a consistently funny experience. When the recommendations came around this time, I was laughing so hard I was crying. Well done.

    • @StanNotSoSaint
      @StanNotSoSaint 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's funny because now I want to reccomend people this very podcast but I'm not even sure where to start lol

  • @ratking1608
    @ratking1608 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    John using Woolie's own ultimate nightmare against him. The sheer, wide-eyed PTSD that that brought forth.

  • @Wixvhen
    @Wixvhen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    From 1:41:00 to 2:37:00 is John slowly revealing that he is the Jon Wick of gaming and journalism. He wasn't locked into an LP. He wasn't forced to do it for some reward. He is simply a man of means and a man of conviction.

  • @antisocialexperiment2033
    @antisocialexperiment2033 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    The hypest podcast where every episode is the final episode

  • @joelnub9547
    @joelnub9547 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    I am living for the absolute vitriol dripping off of johns words in the intro

  • @johb3930
    @johb3930 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    John: I refuse to be the villain of this podcast.
    Also John: **puts himself through way worse torture than asked of him just so he can blackmail his friend with it**

  • @DjXdepthXperception
    @DjXdepthXperception 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Omikron the nomad's soul: How David Cage killed my best friends

  • @Katanasquirrel87
    @Katanasquirrel87 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +135

    I just have this deep feeling that John is going to give Woolie, just a few nice months. You know, let him just kinda enjoy his time. Like, if you ever got a call from your parents where they were like, "Hey what time are you going to be home?" And you say, "Oh, well maybe like 8. Why?" And their response is, "Oh no reason...no reason at all. Hey, enjoy it."
    Just letting Woolie have a little bit of enjoyment before the most vile shit John can muster.

    • @gameb9oy
      @gameb9oy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Considering how John got freaked out by the strip club, are we sure he’s capable of finding something horrifying for Woolie?

    • @MrFlunkorg
      @MrFlunkorg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@gameb9oy Watch the end of the podcast

    • @killerkonnat
      @killerkonnat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's waiting for the level 2 counter breaker.

    • @gameb9oy
      @gameb9oy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@MrFlunkorgoh my word! He had so much fun with that

    • @weewer3369
      @weewer3369 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      While I dont want it to ALWAYS be a spite pick, I love the looming threat.

  • @marialuke2116
    @marialuke2116 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    They truly emphasized the *VERSUS* in _Versus Wolves_

  • @Gabrielnfs
    @Gabrielnfs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    God damn that was the biggest power move I have ever seen, props to John

  • @morganqorishchi8181
    @morganqorishchi8181 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    2:25:49 No one has ever made a chill go down my spine with the words, "you okay sweetie?" before but this feels like what a serial killer says when he's been pushed too far and has cornered his prey.

  • @temporalwolf7054
    @temporalwolf7054 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Oh my fucking christ that ending. Jeeeeeesus fuck. I am HOWLING.

  • @byrrnitdown
    @byrrnitdown 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    John is *so* good at being ominous in a very specific, very anime/wrestling kind of way. The section from around 2:27:54 onward is excellent to watch

  • @fearjunkie
    @fearjunkie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That ending was like something out of an A24 movie. The rising dread, the psychological terror, the sinking feeling in your gut that you are about to witness someone go through the absolute harrowing of Hell itself.

  • @Rusty_Spy
    @Rusty_Spy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    2:49:01
    "For the first time in his life the king felt true fear"

  • @eltharion55
    @eltharion55 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is a serious contender for best podcast imo. The energy is just so compelling.

  • @jjj7790
    @jjj7790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is some high quality podcasting and also the best argument for podcasts having a PVP category.

  • @Dreamfillah
    @Dreamfillah 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    The last five minutes, holy shit this podcast ROCKS.

  • @alhyena2002
    @alhyena2002 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Boy am I glad to see John's showmanship hasn't decayed at all after the last few LFAB Game of the Year podcasts, that was beautiful.

  • @Hyreia
    @Hyreia 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    My GAWD. The energy levels just DIE when they get to talking about Omikron. All the fun suddenly dried up. It's like a damn support group or an intervention.

  • @chellejohnson9789
    @chellejohnson9789 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    I love how you can see the sorrow in Wolve's eyes as he hears Woolie's reccomendation and realizes he spent all this time preparing revenge for Omikron and if he could really go through with it
    And hooo boy. He made a decision

    • @gameb9oy
      @gameb9oy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Oh, I think Vinland saga was always going to be his choice. There’s something deliciously more scary about how Woolie now has to worry that omikron is coming again for him, and next time he’ll have to do it alone

    • @Stiganamatic
      @Stiganamatic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      oh yeah that shit was insane

    • @Gungho73
      @Gungho73 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@gameb9oyThat gun is loaded. Woolie has to sleep at night knowing that.

  • @dylanmcnab2980
    @dylanmcnab2980 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    “Their is a certain entity that must remained CAGED behind a level 3 counter breaker” 1:49:07

  • @UzumakiJD
    @UzumakiJD 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    In-fucking-credible ending holy shit.
    John is a FANTASTIC heel holy shit. He can be genuinely terrifying and i am fucking here for it

  • @pyrrhickong
    @pyrrhickong 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I don't think that the anime watchers will understand the depth of John's heroics, so please, allow me to illuminate. John intentionally showed weakness, not because he inherently is weak, but because he understood that it had the potential to teach Woolie a lesson as they entered Recommend or Die last month. And Woolie the Yielding, in spite of winning neutral, could not land a single blow in close-quarters, so he cheated. He pulled out a gun and fired directly at John, with a bullet from a prior Cage version known for its horrible data. This was meant to debilitate John, not out of malice, but out of fear, trying to cut the legs out from underneath someone before they can reach their potential. And John took the bullet. He carried it in his inventory - in his very BODY - for two weeks, undaunted, and made the item his own. But this bullet was filled with hatred, and John, hero that he was, tricked the game into thinking that the bullet was filled with love, because the game labels the bullets the same they just have different colors for some reason. He loaded it into his own gun, showed Woolie the gun, and when fear overtook him... instead of shooting, once again, John decided to teach. Never one has he compromised on his morals, an absolute inspiration of an arc that I fear will get lost as people only remember the 9th bomb scream as the defining moment of the Earthikron Arc.
    Earthbound's ok too I guess. I like Tomas Jefferson.

    • @jjj7790
      @jjj7790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lmao

  • @joshualutes6536
    @joshualutes6536 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The sheer insane excitement and chaotic joy on Woolies face when John mentions the 8 time bombs is one of the best things I have ever come across. Thank you for making my day great and I hope you guys have a great day as well 👍

  • @Eval999
    @Eval999 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    this pod only being monthly makes it all the sweeter

  • @noname-xk6uz
    @noname-xk6uz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "I have read 1000 Garfield comics" would make a great neck tattoo.