@@tbareham6241 Oh I didn't even look at that, that puts those shoes further out of reach😭😭 Edit: though if you really want them, there are some pretty cheap services that will ship to them then to you
When Billy Mitchel does sue you and subsequently pays all your legal fees, please make do a sequel script just completely dragging him in honor of Apollo Legend
It's alright, Billy was scared straight with the whole Karl Jobst situation, we hope...No you know what I don't think he's capable of learning a lesson, be scared of a cease and desist
Billy Mitchel honestly deserves an entire video dedicated to him. There's endless layers of clownery with his story. It could probably go over an hour, not gonna lie.
7:00 That reporter was an idiot. It wasn't a life goal, but it was a huge achievement. Being literally the first person ever to reach the "kill screen" of a video-game that had been out for close to 40 years, is huge. I don't even like Tetris and I was excited for this kids achievement.
@@maurer3d But the hours of practice required to have the skill that made him capable of achieving the feat have to seriously be up there. Not that I'm dissing him or want to minimise his achievement, I think he's awesome, hope he tuned out idiots like that and goes on to achieve the fastest humanly possible time in OG Mario or sth. (iirc they're only like two dozen frames off said time? That community is insane, in a good way) And to add on to what you said about it only taking 39 minutes--what is nowadays considered a 'casual' speedrun time for Mario is *five minutes* . As of right now, there's 395 people who've achieved that time, not counting anyone who went a single frame over 5 minutes flat, because yes, it's *that* precise. (notsomuch talking to you as anyone who doesn't know much about speedrunning or challenges like what the guy did with Tetris)
Yeah, she had opinions based on pretty much nothing aside from others saying it (but the context was very different). You can have MANY goals in life from big to very small, and to crush a child's achievement and happiness is wrong. She needs to grow a brain.... and a heart. Good on that kid for a great achievement. It also reminds me of when I was young, scating every day for hours after school at the scate Park (back in the early to mid 80's). I loved scating.... it was my world. It was very hard, exiting and a fantastic way to get fit. I got to a decent level, but wasn't great. If I was then I would have pursued it further as a couple of my friends did. Point being that many adults said it was a waste of time, even with all the obvious benefits. Imagine if someone like Tony Hawk listened to people like those parents, or this stupid reporter (not my parents though). He wouldn't have had an amazing career or made many millions of dollars. He was passionate and saw an end goal and possibly what was to come.... and he just did it. The lesson I would give that kid is to follow your passions and if you are good, try to work in the area you love but most importantly are good at.
'You're familiar with Billy Mitchell, "World Video Game Champion?" He could probably do it, so I gotta find a way to harness his power, and I think I've found a way..." *"That's right, we're gonna cheat."*
1:10 - Mid roll ads 3:00 - Back to the video 7:30 - Chapter 1 - Achieving the literally impossible 11:30 - Chapter 2 - Florida man crowned "player of the century" 18:20 - Chapter 3 - Cheating for charity 22:15 - Chapter 4 - Blind ambition
3:52 - Simon's *pressure-y* real esatate agent, tangent 6:30 - Simon likes Tetris and meditates with Legos instead of crystals, tangent 7:11 - Bwwwrrrrpppp 7:35 - Simon can't play video games anymore, tangent 11:45 - Simon LoOOoves hot sauce! 19:01 - Simon the Anamorph (doesn't really fit in here but I really liked it :-) ) 20:00 - Metal Gear sPolid and the many troubles of saying a Russian name 22:43 - Simon has an enlightening moment and realizes that he's a boomer And that's the complete list of tangents and struggles that nobody asked for, but that I hope is somehow appreciated! I probably missed a few... but just as Simon gave up on that Russian name, I'm not going back again to resolve it.
You’re a legend for writing this Kev, and the editor. This stuff used to matter to ”our” generation (I born 89’) so when someone does it, it’s like that’s dedication… like that kid beating Tetris, so sad that woman said that because she was mocked online by anyone who knows how hard these things are to do
Fortunately, the kid's school really went out of their way to make him feel special. It was in the school paper and they explained why it was a big deal and why they were proud of him. Everyone who matters in his life knows how big of a deal it is.
Leeeeroyyy Jenkins! The Blue Skuti kid did an amazing thing, and he dedicated his record to his father who passed less than a month prior. I am sad that Kevin did not point out the Sky News asshat who tried to berate this kid who just lost his father.
Yeah. Talk about punching down. The kid was 13. He’s not making life choices. He’s playing a game and trying to be a kid under difficult circumstances. Let him enjoy his accomplishment. The newscaster should’ve donated his paycheck to that kid after that bullshit.
Can I have a request from all the BB editors Julian, Lorelei, Sam (I think I got them all????). When showing the "Host, Writer" lower 3rd, could you include yourselves as well? With BB videos, you are just as important for the entertainment factor as the other two. Also, as much as I love the meme names at the end (which you should definitely keep doing) it means you aren't actually giving yourself credit, so it would be great if you did so at the beginning along with the others. Thanks and keep up the awesome work!
@danielriley7380 As I mentioned in my original message, most of the time, especially when Sam and Lorelei are the editors, they make up meme names at the end to be funny. Julian seems to be the only one to actually put their name in there. It'd just be nice to know for sure who was the editor, especially as they each do such a good job making us laugh.
That was a golden image...also "Legally Bald" inspiring the thought of Simon getting excited to have a night off to enjoy a night watching the cinematic masterpiece that is Legally Blonde...(missed opportunity to edit the Host: "Spimon Whispler" for the credits though 😂)
The window closest to you explodes in a flurry of shards as two ravenous zombies collapse onto the floor. They begin frantically crawling toward you, attemting to stand and lunge. You are all now in combat. Roll initiative. Simon, you're officially playing DnD, now. You're welcome, bud.
17:35 The Australian youtuber Billie Mitchell is sueing is Karl Jobst, and he is an absolute legend with his videos covering gaming and speedrunning achievements. Also RIP Apollo Legend
Kevin (the writer) is obviously a Jobst fan since ALL of the topics in this video have been covered in depth by Jobst. TBH this is probably the laziest episode of Brain Blaze I've ever seen, since it's basically just a Coles Notes version of Jobst's hobbyhorses.
I can totally see Simon playing Helldivers 2, his eyes wide with excitement as he laughs maniacally while his character goes full auto on a squad of Automatons ^_^
3:38 back when I played Rift (before it went free to play), I was in a guild run by a married couple who once BOTH showed up to a raid while they were in the hospital waiting for their baby to be born! Fortunately the kid was polite enough to wait for the raid to be over before making their debut, but damn, that's more commitment to the guild than I would have had in that situation!
So many WoW memories from back in the day. I remember being at an after work happy hour party, and my raid was about to start. I went to settle my tab and excuse myself then noticed most of the other coworkers were too then realized we’re all in the same raid group and emptied the bar. I spent a large amount of time raising my coworkers child at birth because we would play WoW overnight to keep watch over his newborn son. His wife could sleep thru the night and she worked during the day. We worked nights at a restaurant so it worked out well for us. One night, I had to tell the rest of the group to find another dps and I’d switch to heals, so my coworker could tend to his son.
One of my fraternity Brothers was so good at the original Contra he could do the first stage blindfolded I've watched him do it. As a side note, rather than partaking parties after his shift was over, he would go back to his room and play Contra to max out the score. You would think this was a silly waste of time until you watched all the drunk women go into his room and sit there stare at the screen. I personally saw one of them just lean over in a drunken case and go. You're so good at this....
lol my friend has just started a Lego channel “Eric’s legacy bricks”. I didn’t realize how many Lego channels were out there until they popped in my feed after watching his.
Yes it is, and not the first time I've mentioned you in a script! I've also mentioned how Carl taught me about aphantasia and that DGR taught me every hole is a chance for glory. Hope you enjoyed the show!
The meditative Tetris vibes are why we middle aged moms play candy crush. Even better is listening to Simon while playing games - dissociation at its finest!
I am stealing that Doctors Without Borders joke. Also, I am a middle aged woman who does NOT play Candy Crush on the public transport. But oh, the looks I get walking into an electronics shop and asking about a new game controller or gaming laptop....
i legit watched it again and counted the seconds where Simon was actually reading the script up until he mentions the length of intro at the 7:19 mark. The total time he was actually reading (not going on a tangent, reading an ad, or showing a clip added during editing) was about 155 seconds (2 minutes and 35 seconds) and that was being a little generous to Simon by not taking away for the burp and a few more seconds maybe. So yeah, not Kevin's fault.
Yeah. He just released a 3 hour video over on the Casual Criminalist, and while I'd love to listen to that over a work shift, I'm pretty sure it's 75% tangent and I'm not sure I have the patience for that.
Trackmania, despite blowing up over COVID, is still *way* more niche than the games featured here, unfortunately. And how Riolu cheated is a lot more technical.
This was great. I’ve heard all these stories before, in detail, but hearing Simon’s reaction is priceless. I would definitely use a lot of “allegedly” with Billy Mitchell though.
Every time I heard Simon try to pronounce "Pwn" it cracked me up. Two ways to pronounce it and he went for 'Porn'? Sometimes it is the little things that used to have me correcting his pronunciation and I now just get a laugh out of.
Yeah.... I'm 53 and still play games occasionally. 😆 When I was a kid in the 80s it used to be a kid's thing, but nowadays loads of people like to play a game here and there.
I never truly appreciated editing until I watched a couple of Brain Blaze live and thank goodness for editing as some people, maybe this one, can really go off on tangents for so long that the subject isn't even covered.
6:36 THIS!! You've described me! As such, I listen to all your channels. You and your writers unknowingly contribute to my meditative states, my work, and my success. Thank you all.
I used to be very addicted to WOW, it got to the point that my partner who was pregnant and moaning about a tummy ache got ignored while i was leveling. A brand-new expansion had launched and me and friends were marathon running it to the new level cap. (We had planned for weeks to do it had it all planned out with spreadsheets the lot!) Not long after hitting max level my partners tummy ache got worse and i took her to hospital. Turned out she had Eclampsia and her organs were shutting down. Son was born over 9 weeks prem. (he is fine btw as is my partner) I don't think i have ever been exhausted as much in my life at the time my son was born i had been awake for well over 2 days without a single wink of sleep. I quit the game almost immediately after this and not been back since. It was my wakeup call to my addiction that had lasted well over a decade. Game addiction is no joke, i lost a job because i wanted to "raid" also a few years prior to quitting.
My PS2 experiences with cheaters: Socom (shooter game), heard my team on voice chat saying that the enemy wasn't dying after getting hit by entire clips. I stayed hidden and sneaked to the bomb site the enemy had to go to. My entire team was killed, and i saw the enemies at the bomb site, threw 1 grenade and killed the entire enemy team, apparently their cheats worked on bullets but not grenades. On HOA (Hardware Online Arenas) the Germans hacked the PS2 disc security and made a new disc with cheats included. They had doubble health and armor, and picking up ammo gave them unlimited instead of just 2, and their missiles locked on instantly instead of after 3 sec. Those Germans sticked to their German lobbies, but 2 of them often came in our lobbies. But because they always played with cheats, they were bad at the game, so we used to upload vids of how we messed with them
When I worked as the Lead Computer Tech at a major computer supplier in Alexandria VA, circa 1991, we often "tested" people's computers by playing video games on them. Anyways, we also would use a software called *PC Tools.* When we would finish playing a video game, all the way to the GAME OVER point, we would write down what the final score was. Using PC Tools, we would then look through the Data Segment, and find the binary equivalent of the final score that we racked-up. Once the position in memory was found, we would rewrite FF FF (hexadecimal) into the memory position, and then reset the IP (instruction pointer) to some Code Segment address that was near the beginning of the code (so as to avoid the initialize-the-score-to-zero code statements.) BAM! The game would restart, with an incredible HIGH SCORE already on the screen!
I wonder if I'll recognize all of these from watching Karl Jobst Edit: Yep! And there was even a reference to him in the video. Love it when two of my favorite TH-cam channels overlap unexpectedly :D
in the intro, I thought "I played world of Warcraft" was going to be the ENTIRE explanation for people taking games too seriously. Simon paused briefly so I thought just"For example: WoW" was the entire joke. Which honestly would have been perfect 😂
Kid literally accomplished something thought impossible to do by a human. The kid is living proof of the potential of humanity. Not to mention humbling all the AI talk.
35 years of gaming since the times of PONGSOLES and still going STRONG AF. only stopping when i'm six feet under, provided AI doesnt replicate me first to keep 'me' going.
WoW memories. A guy on voice chat told us to hold on, because his wife was threatening on leaving him for playing too much. That threatened to cancel our raid. 5 minutes later, he said he's up for raiding, because his wife left the house with all her clothes. You HAVE to have your priorities straight.
Tetris lore is cool. The game itself does not have lore but the players who play it, they make the lore for the game. For example, most professional players play by placing blocks on the left side and leave a one block whole or called well on the right side. However, in a sort of recent Tetris national championship qualification, one player was seen to use the left side as the well which brought it back to use in professional Tetris. With Tetris being an almost complete game i.e. most of the information for the game is known, it is interesting to just watch people make strategies to win. The only truly random part of Tetris is the block order and even that is not completely random.
Some of the editors' memes of Simon were killing me.😂😂 But can an OG Business Blaze fan get the old skool He Man/Simon meme every once in a while? Because Simon "Earing Magic" Whistler will never die.
Simon, your Vessi sponsor just taught me what the American term "Hi-Tops" means. I always used to just call them Low back shoes, tall shoes, short boots, or tall boots. So, what Americans call Hi-tops are either short boost, or tall shoes.
There are only 3 good types of shoes, loafers because sho laces are terrible, why would you even bother, combat/hiking steel toed boots, they are practical and provide good support and protection, and finally I'll grudgingly add tennis shoes but honestly they should all be velcro, again laces are the devils braided pubic hair.
For our friends over seas, high tops are just shoes that go just above your ankle, but they’re mostly used to describe athletic sneakers and more specifically basketball sneakers, like Jordan’s
You're kidding me- MORE Simon?! I watch you on the casual criminalist, and now a completely different channel with more of the exact same content on a different topic?!?!?! YEEEEEEEEEES
I had a friend named Burt M. that played Street Fighter 1 so much that he was able to beat the game blind folded, or even backwards. Backwards being, he faced away from the arcade machine and crossed his arms behind his back, and played that way. He was so good at the game that we used to hustle other kids in the arcade for money, tickets, or even just for fun. He'd not only defeat them all soundly in verses matches, but then we would bet them he could beat the game facing backwards, they would of course say it was impossible and then after the bets were placed he'd do it and we'd buy ourselves hotdogs or get ourselves prizes from the ticket counter with the tickets we won. I remember his strategy for beating the boxer was to get a single strike in at the start of the match and then just block until time ran out. Other than that, I can't describe his strategy because I wasn't very good at the game, even though I enjoyed playing it well enough, I never had much time to play it since he was the one playing to defeat people or win bets that he could do it blind folded.
Simon, the more I listen to your thoughts and views on pretty much anything and everything, I realize that we are the same person on the inside. Every time I feel like I'm the only person that feels or thinks a certain way about something, I can always count on you to also feel the same way.💯🤣
FUN FACT: Arcade cabinets also used to have either ambidextrous button layouts or have the joysticks located on the right - after arcade machines started becoming big business and companies started trying to find ways of milking more money out of people, they changed the location to the left (as obviously most people are right-handed) having the most important parts of controlling the games i.e. player movement, be trickier to control. It's a change that has stuck to this day - though not as bad now with dual analogue sticks, where most people favour their right hand for the fine control of the camera over their left hands. Plus many games, and steam allowing you to adjust the layout to swap the sticks. But to most people, now, if you told them to control the character's main movement with their right hands they'd think you were crazy 😅
I have done a study on this (0:30) topic. Out of the hundreds of folks I queried about this subject, I came to this conclusion. I found that 1970 is the break-point. those that are younger, typically DO play. those that are older, typically DO NOT play.
There are Different Forms of End Game Content in WoW Simon, PvP comes in Arena and Battleground Flavors, PVE Instances come in Raid and Mythic Dungeon varities, and then there's Open World which comes in the form of World Quests >.>
My biggest gaming achievement was scoring over a million points on Galaga at Duds and Suds laundry in Iowa City Iowa in the mid 80s. I love that game. Someday I'd like to get a vintage cabinet of it for my house.
World of Warcraft is slowly changing how end-game content can be done. You do not have to join a guild to do end-game content because you can use "raid finder" and "dungeon finder" depending on where you live it may or may not work very well but it's an option. However, I'm also one of those who never gets to end-game content because you have to play with large groups (either in a guild or using raid finder/dungeon finder) and my anxiety will NOT suffer the toxicity of the bullies in the chat of the game when doing a raid or dungeon. However, WoW is working on single players being able to do end game content by themselves. We'll see.
the Queenpwnzalot drama was so entertaining, especially the mods and asmongold's conversation live on stream. y'all will hear how simps defend their queen LMAO. it's fkng hilarious! it's like watching a netflix series.
4:42 Thats funny. I thought to myself, "Wait, it could be a women." My wife gave birth and was in class taking finals for med school the next day. For a game thou? Thats hardcore.
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Why can't Vessis be cheaper 😢😢
Only available in North America and Asia... Thats a bit crap!!!!
@@tbareham6241 Oh I didn't even look at that, that puts those shoes further out of reach😭😭
Edit: though if you really want them, there are some pretty cheap services that will ship to them then to you
Long intros for the win; if they're written by Danny.
You should check out Summoning Salt. He does video game world record history.
I hope you all enjoy, and please don't sue me Billy
When Billy Mitchel does sue you and subsequently pays all your legal fees, please make do a sequel script just completely dragging him in honor of Apollo Legend
When he does sue, do a deep dive and let the world laugh at him some more. He never wins these and embarrasses himself every single time.
It's alright, Billy was scared straight with the whole Karl Jobst situation, we hope...No you know what I don't think he's capable of learning a lesson, be scared of a cease and desist
Billy Mitchell is too busy losing all his lawsuits to start new ones.
Yes guys do a deep dive regard games and the corruption of the devs!
Activision selling cheats to streaming ass hole punks
Billy Mitchel honestly deserves an entire video dedicated to him. There's endless layers of clownery with his story. It could probably go over an hour, not gonna lie.
Karl Jobst has a wonderful series on Billy Mitchel
@@KrexelUp to the point that billy mitchell is suing him for working with twin galaxy to make money making him look bad.
Karl jobst and Simon should team up for a video on Billy Mitchel
Cue the "This just in, a superhero has been sued" meme.
@@Krexel Isn't Karl the person he is suing in Australia
7:00 That reporter was an idiot. It wasn't a life goal, but it was a huge achievement. Being literally the first person ever to reach the "kill screen" of a video-game that had been out for close to 40 years, is huge. I don't even like Tetris and I was excited for this kids achievement.
Yeah, life goals usually aren't completed when you're 13. Speaking of which, making fun of a kid on television is kind of awful.
BUT, as far as I Know, Tetris can't be SAVED! The Kid must have PLAYED it While 'IN the Toilet" taking a DUMP!
@@wossle73 It only took like 39 minutes. Most of those old games could be beaten in less than an hour.
@@maurer3d But the hours of practice required to have the skill that made him capable of achieving the feat have to seriously be up there. Not that I'm dissing him or want to minimise his achievement, I think he's awesome, hope he tuned out idiots like that and goes on to achieve the fastest humanly possible time in OG Mario or sth. (iirc they're only like two dozen frames off said time? That community is insane, in a good way)
And to add on to what you said about it only taking 39 minutes--what is nowadays considered a 'casual' speedrun time for Mario is *five minutes* . As of right now, there's 395 people who've achieved that time, not counting anyone who went a single frame over 5 minutes flat, because yes, it's *that* precise. (notsomuch talking to you as anyone who doesn't know much about speedrunning or challenges like what the guy did with Tetris)
Yeah, she had opinions based on pretty much nothing aside from others saying it (but the context was very different). You can have MANY goals in life from big to very small, and to crush a child's achievement and happiness is wrong. She needs to grow a brain.... and a heart. Good on that kid for a great achievement. It also reminds me of when I was young, scating every day for hours after school at the scate Park (back in the early to mid 80's). I loved scating.... it was my world. It was very hard, exiting and a fantastic way to get fit. I got to a decent level, but wasn't great. If I was then I would have pursued it further as a couple of my friends did. Point being that many adults said it was a waste of time, even with all the obvious benefits. Imagine if someone like Tony Hawk listened to people like those parents, or this stupid reporter (not my parents though). He wouldn't have had an amazing career or made many millions of dollars. He was passionate and saw an end goal and possibly what was to come.... and he just did it. The lesson I would give that kid is to follow your passions and if you are good, try to work in the area you love but most importantly are good at.
'You're familiar with Billy Mitchell, "World Video Game Champion?" He could probably do it, so I gotta find a way to harness his power, and I think I've found a way..."
*"That's right, we're gonna cheat."*
@@4crafters597technically yes. But it was spliced from two differebt segments.
1:10 - Mid roll ads
3:00 - Back to the video
7:30 - Chapter 1 - Achieving the literally impossible
11:30 - Chapter 2 - Florida man crowned "player of the century"
18:20 - Chapter 3 - Cheating for charity
22:15 - Chapter 4 - Blind ambition
3:52 - Simon's *pressure-y* real esatate agent, tangent
6:30 - Simon likes Tetris and meditates with Legos instead of crystals, tangent
7:11 - Bwwwrrrrpppp
7:35 - Simon can't play video games anymore, tangent
11:45 - Simon LoOOoves hot sauce!
19:01 - Simon the Anamorph (doesn't really fit in here but I really liked it :-) )
20:00 - Metal Gear sPolid and the many troubles of saying a Russian name
22:43 - Simon has an enlightening moment and realizes that he's a boomer
And that's the complete list of tangents and struggles that nobody asked for, but that I hope is somehow appreciated! I probably missed a few... but just as Simon gave up on that Russian name, I'm not going back again to resolve it.
@@JL-to9vg Bwwrrrrpppp
Only 8 tangents....disappointing...😅😅😅😅😅😅😅. Love it
You’re a legend for writing this Kev, and the editor. This stuff used to matter to ”our” generation (I born 89’) so when someone does it, it’s like that’s dedication… like that kid beating Tetris, so sad that woman said that because she was mocked online by anyone who knows how hard these things are to do
Man, I love Tetris, I was always under the impression it was literally endless
Kev is a legend for briefly summarizing a bunch of old Karl Jobst videos and doing zero additional research? Got it.
Fortunately, the kid's school really went out of their way to make him feel special. It was in the school paper and they explained why it was a big deal and why they were proud of him. Everyone who matters in his life knows how big of a deal it is.
Leeeeroyyy Jenkins! The Blue Skuti kid did an amazing thing, and he dedicated his record to his father who passed less than a month prior. I am sad that Kevin did not point out the Sky News asshat who tried to berate this kid who just lost his father.
Yeah. Talk about punching down. The kid was 13. He’s not making life choices. He’s playing a game and trying to be a kid under difficult circumstances. Let him enjoy his accomplishment. The newscaster should’ve donated his paycheck to that kid after that bullshit.
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Can I have a request from all the BB editors Julian, Lorelei, Sam (I think I got them all????). When showing the "Host, Writer" lower 3rd, could you include yourselves as well? With BB videos, you are just as important for the entertainment factor as the other two. Also, as much as I love the meme names at the end (which you should definitely keep doing) it means you aren't actually giving yourself credit, so it would be great if you did so at the beginning along with the others. Thanks and keep up the awesome work!
What about Danny?
@@TheMankind02Danny edits?! Shit, news to me…
Lol
Whoever writes the script and who edits the the vt get credited at the end of the video.
@danielriley7380 As I mentioned in my original message, most of the time, especially when Sam and Lorelei are the editors, they make up meme names at the end to be funny. Julian seems to be the only one to actually put their name in there. It'd just be nice to know for sure who was the editor, especially as they each do such a good job making us laugh.
Simon : magic isn’t real.
Also Simon : VESSIS ARE MAGIC AND THEY ARE REALLLLLL
Editor killed it in this one. The Metal Gear Spolid 😂😂
The throwback to Leroy Jennings was epic as well
That one had me actually cackling 😂
Spake. Spake? *SPAAAAAKE!*
(((AAAAAAAHHHH!)))
That was a golden image...also "Legally Bald" inspiring the thought of Simon getting excited to have a night off to enjoy a night watching the cinematic masterpiece that is Legally Blonde...(missed opportunity to edit the Host: "Spimon Whispler" for the credits though 😂)
@@85priestyit’s a rule of mine, personally, not to mess with credits. Love the hilarity that ensues from Sam and Lore, but it ain’t for me.
The window closest to you explodes in a flurry of shards as two ravenous zombies collapse onto the floor. They begin frantically crawling toward you, attemting to stand and lunge.
You are all now in combat. Roll initiative.
Simon, you're officially playing DnD, now. You're welcome, bud.
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17:35 The Australian youtuber Billie Mitchell is sueing is Karl Jobst, and he is an absolute legend with his videos covering gaming and speedrunning achievements.
Also RIP Apollo Legend
This whole video is summaries of Karl Jobst investigations
Kevin (the writer) is obviously a Jobst fan since ALL of the topics in this video have been covered in depth by Jobst.
TBH this is probably the laziest episode of Brain Blaze I've ever seen, since it's basically just a Coles Notes version of Jobst's hobbyhorses.
@@ApathyBM 100%. It borders on plagiarism.
@@lracseroom8286 while it may be, you know we're just here to see Simon go off on tangents about subjects he knows nothing about.
Isn't he the one who exposed Jirard's charity fraud?
I can totally see Simon playing Helldivers 2, his eyes wide with excitement as he laughs maniacally while his character goes full auto on a squad of Automatons ^_^
Simon knowing nothing about Monster Hunter was more entertaining to me than it should've been
Thanks for reminding me I wanted to play "Silent Hunter" today. It's an interesting submarine sim. 😉
Dropping me a Leroy Jenkins at the beginning is exactly how to start a video
3:38 back when I played Rift (before it went free to play), I was in a guild run by a married couple who once BOTH showed up to a raid while they were in the hospital waiting for their baby to be born! Fortunately the kid was polite enough to wait for the raid to be over before making their debut, but damn, that's more commitment to the guild than I would have had in that situation!
“Fortunately the kid was polite enough to wait for the raid to end.” 😂😂. I can imagine the child going “ah yes ma and pa are raiding I must wait.” 😂
So many WoW memories from back in the day.
I remember being at an after work happy hour party, and my raid was about to start. I went to settle my tab and excuse myself then noticed most of the other coworkers were too then realized we’re all in the same raid group and emptied the bar.
I spent a large amount of time raising my coworkers child at birth because we would play WoW overnight to keep watch over his newborn son. His wife could sleep thru the night and she worked during the day. We worked nights at a restaurant so it worked out well for us. One night, I had to tell the rest of the group to find another dps and I’d switch to heals, so my coworker could tend to his son.
This is actually adorable
One of my fraternity Brothers was so good at the original Contra he could do the first stage blindfolded I've watched him do it. As a side note, rather than partaking parties after his shift was over, he would go back to his room and play Contra to max out the score. You would think this was a silly waste of time until you watched all the drunk women go into his room and sit there stare at the screen. I personally saw one of them just lean over in a drunken case and go. You're so good at this....
Bruh! We need to see Simon Whistler on Hot One's 1000%
I second this motion
I support this movement
I would love that sooo much!
He’s in CR for a reason
Yes
Where is the "Simon builds with Lego blocks" Channel?
Don't give him ideas
Let's call that channel, 'Everything is Simon'
lol my friend has just started a Lego channel “Eric’s legacy bricks”.
I didn’t realize how many Lego channels were out there until they popped in my feed after watching his.
HEY THATS ME
No, that’s actually GrandPOOBe-…oh.
Yes it is, and not the first time I've mentioned you in a script! I've also mentioned how Carl taught me about aphantasia and that DGR taught me every hole is a chance for glory. Hope you enjoyed the show!
@@ThatWriterKevin Was super cool!
@@GrandPOOBear Thanks!
Hahahahaha. I was hoping someone would point this out to you, Poo.
The meditative Tetris vibes are why we middle aged moms play candy crush. Even better is listening to Simon while playing games - dissociation at its finest!
Thanks for reminding me of the Apollo Legend story. Definitely what I needed today.
Karl Jobst is a legend for carrying on that particular fight
As soon as he said "Australian law" I knew that it was Karl Jobst not letting Mitchell of the hook :D Absolute legend!
i was kinda disappointed that they didn't include his name during the video though
You’d better inform your lawyers that they’re going to be getting a cease and desist from Billy “douche canoe” Mitchell.
Doesn't seem like he can keep running several law suits on stall and still pile on the stack.
I am stealing that Doctors Without Borders joke.
Also, I am a middle aged woman who does NOT play Candy Crush on the public transport. But oh, the looks I get walking into an electronics shop and asking about a new game controller or gaming laptop....
Simon: this intro was five minutes!
Also Simon: *six tangents and a sponsor later*
i legit watched it again and counted the seconds where Simon was actually reading the script up until he mentions the length of intro at the 7:19 mark. The total time he was actually reading (not going on a tangent, reading an ad, or showing a clip added during editing) was about 155 seconds (2 minutes and 35 seconds) and that was being a little generous to Simon by not taking away for the burp and a few more seconds maybe. So yeah, not Kevin's fault.
Yeah. He just released a 3 hour video over on the Casual Criminalist, and while I'd love to listen to that over a work shift, I'm pretty sure it's 75% tangent and I'm not sure I have the patience for that.
There's nothing quite like Simon complaining about long intros when he regularly fills up half or more of a video with JUICY TANGETS
16:00 "I'm an expert!" "At what? Video games?"
"No. At telling the difference between arcade hardware and arcade emulator boot screens"
"..."
Tremendous editing! Glad Skeletor is making a come back to these videos!
Billy Mitchell is the nerd equivalent of the high school QB that washed out in college and can't let go of their faded glory, in my opinion.
Leeroy Jenkins! Classic.
Lol Simon goes on 2 min rant then yells at kevin for writing 5min intro😂😂😂
Priceless
Ah, yes. The classic Leroooy Jenkins! It never gets old.
I ordered a pair of vessi shoes today, and my hope for humanity rests on these shoes. Don't let me down, Simon.
I am just here for the video game memes from the editor. I was not disappointed lmao😂
Leeeeeeroy Jennnnkinnnnnsssss!!!!
lol, hadn't seen that for a while, and him talking about ICC raid has got me all nostalgic.
20:09 credit for leaving the "Metal Gear Spolid" bit in after the cut to the gag game title.
MGS3: Metal Gear Stolid.
Kinda disappointed that the massive Trackmania scandal, where an actual pro player was cheating for years, wasn't featured. Maybe a part 2? :D
Trackmania, despite blowing up over COVID, is still *way* more niche than the games featured here, unfortunately. And how Riolu cheated is a lot more technical.
lol I remember that highly niche game
This was great. I’ve heard all these stories before, in detail, but hearing Simon’s reaction is priceless. I would definitely use a lot of “allegedly” with Billy Mitchell though.
GDQ, GPB, and Fact Boi all in one spot. What a time to be alive. Thank you Kevin. This was the BB episode we deserved.
Every time I heard Simon try to pronounce "Pwn" it cracked me up. Two ways to pronounce it and he went for 'Porn'? Sometimes it is the little things that used to have me correcting his pronunciation and I now just get a laugh out of.
The person most associated with video game cheating is Billy Mitchell.
Yeah.... I'm 53 and still play games occasionally. 😆 When I was a kid in the 80s it used to be a kid's thing, but nowadays loads of people like to play a game here and there.
I never truly appreciated editing until I watched a couple of Brain Blaze live and thank goodness for editing as some people, maybe this one, can really go off on tangents for so long that the subject isn't even covered.
6:36 THIS!! You've described me! As such, I listen to all your channels. You and your writers unknowingly contribute to my meditative states, my work, and my success. Thank you all.
I love the number of Dropout/Brennan Lee Mulligan clips that are sprinkled into videos across the many WCU channels.
As soon as I saw “video game cheaters” I immediately thought ooop whistle is about to be sued by Mitchell 🤣
Never expected Simon to have a cross over episode with Asmongold. Amusing
Thanks to the physician
Omg. The Skyrim intro.
Love the entertainment value you put into all of these.
35 year old mother here - I play WAY better video games than Candy Crush.
I used to be very addicted to WOW, it got to the point that my partner who was pregnant and moaning about a tummy ache got ignored while i was leveling. A brand-new expansion had launched and me and friends were marathon running it to the new level cap. (We had planned for weeks to do it had it all planned out with spreadsheets the lot!) Not long after hitting max level my partners tummy ache got worse and i took her to hospital. Turned out she had Eclampsia and her organs were shutting down. Son was born over 9 weeks prem. (he is fine btw as is my partner) I don't think i have ever been exhausted as much in my life at the time my son was born i had been awake for well over 2 days without a single wink of sleep. I quit the game almost immediately after this and not been back since. It was my wakeup call to my addiction that had lasted well over a decade. Game addiction is no joke, i lost a job because i wanted to "raid" also a few years prior to quitting.
This script and edit was on point. Julian has swayed me and is now my favourite editor.
Anyone else think it would be spectacular to see Simon's Lego collection?
Time for a blaze my man
Blazing it everyday 😎👍🏼
We are blessed with the Blaze
4:00 Simon, the healer herself was pregnant.
You literally did the sexism check 'I cannot operate on my child' riddle, but with team games.
Out of all the Fumble he's had "Metal Gear Spolid" has to be the best so far lol
The cheeky Little Nod at Dave gave me a good chuckle
My wife got me a pair of vessi for Christmas. And I can honestly say they are awesome. Simon isn't kidding about them
My PS2 experiences with cheaters: Socom (shooter game), heard my team on voice chat saying that the enemy wasn't dying after getting hit by entire clips. I stayed hidden and sneaked to the bomb site the enemy had to go to. My entire team was killed, and i saw the enemies at the bomb site, threw 1 grenade and killed the entire enemy team, apparently their cheats worked on bullets but not grenades. On HOA (Hardware Online Arenas) the Germans hacked the PS2 disc security and made a new disc with cheats included. They had doubble health and armor, and picking up ammo gave them unlimited instead of just 2, and their missiles locked on instantly instead of after 3 sec. Those Germans sticked to their German lobbies, but 2 of them often came in our lobbies. But because they always played with cheats, they were bad at the game, so we used to upload vids of how we messed with them
Summoning Salt finally released his Tetris video. It's nearly 2 hours long. It is epic. One of his best.
When I worked as the Lead Computer Tech at a major computer supplier in Alexandria VA, circa 1991, we often "tested" people's computers by playing video games on them. Anyways, we also would use a software called *PC Tools.* When we would finish playing a video game, all the way to the GAME OVER point, we would write down what the final score was. Using PC Tools, we would then look through the Data Segment, and find the binary equivalent of the final score that we racked-up. Once the position in memory was found, we would rewrite FF FF (hexadecimal) into the memory position, and then reset the IP (instruction pointer) to some Code Segment address that was near the beginning of the code (so as to avoid the initialize-the-score-to-zero code statements.) BAM! The game would restart, with an incredible HIGH SCORE already on the screen!
I wonder if I'll recognize all of these from watching Karl Jobst
Edit: Yep! And there was even a reference to him in the video. Love it when two of my favorite TH-cam channels overlap unexpectedly :D
I need more gaming related topics, I just want to hear Simon get even more confused by more modern gaming stories
in the intro, I thought "I played world of Warcraft" was going to be the ENTIRE explanation for people taking games too seriously. Simon paused briefly so I thought just"For example: WoW" was the entire joke. Which honestly would have been perfect 😂
Kid literally accomplished something thought impossible to do by a human. The kid is living proof of the potential of humanity. Not to mention humbling all the AI talk.
Damn I used to love Metal Gear Spolid
Billy NEVER has played a perfect Pacman game. And Bill Bastable did it in 1985
35 years of gaming since the times of PONGSOLES and still going STRONG AF.
only stopping when i'm six feet under, provided AI doesnt replicate me first to keep 'me' going.
WoW memories. A guy on voice chat told us to hold on, because his wife was threatening on leaving him for playing too much. That threatened to cancel our raid. 5 minutes later, he said he's up for raiding, because his wife left the house with all her clothes. You HAVE to have your priorities straight.
11 years, 60 hours a week playing World of Warcraft.
Wow.
Time for Billy & Todd to sue Simon into oblivion!
Tetris lore is cool. The game itself does not have lore but the players who play it, they make the lore for the game. For example, most professional players play by placing blocks on the left side and leave a one block whole or called well on the right side. However, in a sort of recent Tetris national championship qualification, one player was seen to use the left side as the well which brought it back to use in professional Tetris. With Tetris being an almost complete game i.e. most of the information for the game is known, it is interesting to just watch people make strategies to win. The only truly random part of Tetris is the block order and even that is not completely random.
FANTASTIC editing on this one!
Karl Jobst is proud of you, Simon.
Some of the editors' memes of Simon were killing me.😂😂 But can an OG Business Blaze fan get the old skool He Man/Simon meme every once in a while? Because Simon "Earing Magic" Whistler will never die.
"What?"
- Skeletor
Simon, your Vessi sponsor just taught me what the American term "Hi-Tops" means.
I always used to just call them Low back shoes, tall shoes, short boots, or tall boots.
So, what Americans call Hi-tops are either short boost, or tall shoes.
I've never heard boots referred to as high tops.
@@jonyemm I always assumed it was just an American term for Running shoes.
Judging from the Vessi Hi-Tops, it's a high back shoe.
There are only 3 good types of shoes, loafers because sho laces are terrible, why would you even bother, combat/hiking steel toed boots, they are practical and provide good support and protection, and finally I'll grudgingly add tennis shoes but honestly they should all be velcro, again laces are the devils braided pubic hair.
Meindl Gueffert boots or get REKT
Everything else is junk
For our friends over seas, high tops are just shoes that go just above your ankle, but they’re mostly used to describe athletic sneakers and more specifically basketball sneakers, like Jordan’s
You're kidding me- MORE Simon?! I watch you on the casual criminalist, and now a completely different channel with more of the exact same content on a different topic?!?!?! YEEEEEEEEEES
I had a friend named Burt M. that played Street Fighter 1 so much that he was able to beat the game blind folded, or even backwards. Backwards being, he faced away from the arcade machine and crossed his arms behind his back, and played that way. He was so good at the game that we used to hustle other kids in the arcade for money, tickets, or even just for fun. He'd not only defeat them all soundly in verses matches, but then we would bet them he could beat the game facing backwards, they would of course say it was impossible and then after the bets were placed he'd do it and we'd buy ourselves hotdogs or get ourselves prizes from the ticket counter with the tickets we won. I remember his strategy for beating the boxer was to get a single strike in at the start of the match and then just block until time ran out. Other than that, I can't describe his strategy because I wasn't very good at the game, even though I enjoyed playing it well enough, I never had much time to play it since he was the one playing to defeat people or win bets that he could do it blind folded.
Simon's beard is so lush and beautiful.
Wouldn't blame some birds if they wanted to lay a nest in there
Simon, the more I listen to your thoughts and views on pretty much anything and everything, I realize that we are the same person on the inside. Every time I feel like I'm the only person that feels or thinks a certain way about something, I can always count on you to also feel the same way.💯🤣
FUN FACT: Arcade cabinets also used to have either ambidextrous button layouts or have the joysticks located on the right - after arcade machines started becoming big business and companies started trying to find ways of milking more money out of people, they changed the location to the left (as obviously most people are right-handed) having the most important parts of controlling the games i.e. player movement, be trickier to control. It's a change that has stuck to this day - though not as bad now with dual analogue sticks, where most people favour their right hand for the fine control of the camera over their left hands. Plus many games, and steam allowing you to adjust the layout to swap the sticks. But to most people, now, if you told them to control the character's main movement with their right hands they'd think you were crazy 😅
I have done a study on this (0:30) topic. Out of the hundreds of folks I queried about this subject, I came to this conclusion. I found that 1970 is the break-point. those that are younger, typically DO play. those that are older, typically DO NOT play.
There are Different Forms of End Game Content in WoW Simon, PvP comes in Arena and Battleground Flavors, PVE Instances come in Raid and Mythic Dungeon varities, and then there's Open World which comes in the form of World Quests >.>
The memeologists literally make Simon into a work of comedy art.
My biggest gaming achievement was scoring over a million points on Galaga at Duds and Suds laundry in Iowa City Iowa in the mid 80s. I love that game. Someday I'd like to get a vintage cabinet of it for my house.
love the long intros, make him cry
Oh my, Simon oh my, this is the best, Simon talking about gaming, and you got the WOW clip😂
Yup, Namco figured it out decades ago: bright, colorful cartoon characters, non-violent and food. Pac-Man to Candy Crush.
World of Warcraft is slowly changing how end-game content can be done. You do not have to join a guild to do end-game content because you can use "raid finder" and "dungeon finder" depending on where you live it may or may not work very well but it's an option. However, I'm also one of those who never gets to end-game content because you have to play with large groups (either in a guild or using raid finder/dungeon finder) and my anxiety will NOT suffer the toxicity of the bullies in the chat of the game when doing a raid or dungeon. However, WoW is working on single players being able to do end game content by themselves. We'll see.
Someone clearly found Karl Jobs' channel.
the Queenpwnzalot drama was so entertaining, especially the mods and asmongold's conversation live on stream. y'all will hear how simps defend their queen LMAO. it's fkng hilarious! it's like watching a netflix series.
4:42 Thats funny. I thought to myself, "Wait, it could be a women." My wife gave birth and was in class taking finals for med school the next day. For a game thou? Thats hardcore.
Laptops are useful.
And healing was easy in late Wrath.
I am currently wearing my Vessi shoes and my AGDQ t-shirt, my mind totally blown that Simon is talking about both in the same video 🤩🤣
I love the Skelator meme that keeps popping up lol.
Adding to the voices saying Karl Jobst is an absolute legend and everyone watching should be going to his channel.
That Skyrim edit 😂😂
That anecdote about sindragosa and the healer brought back memories😂 I haven’t played World of Warcraft in aages
oh no 😂 the leroy jenkings guy 😂 that brings back memories 🤣🤣