I feel the need to address Yesterdays Mario Kart Video...especially the comment section...

The Derp Crew is a group of friends like any other group. It is filled with strong personalities, silly personalities, aloof personalities, and weird personalities. The Derp Crew/Us/We/These personalities are going to go out of sync every now and then. It's going to happen...regardless of whether we are recording or whether we are just hanging out doing nothing...personalities will clash and things are going to happen.

But lets take a look at a VERY usual scenario...

Ex. GaLm will be losing, Smarty will hit him with a red shell, anddddd GaLm will be losing even harder. Andddd then the rage starts.

Ex. GaLm will be losing, I act condescending towards him and tout my victory, anddd FUCK OFF CHILLED. Is immediately said and I get lectured about how my victory is worthless compared to his.

The difference between the two scenarios is that one, Im actively antagonizing GaLm to provoke a response. And Smarty is inadvertently antagonizing GaLm provoking a response.

The difference in that being that Im in control of when I say something stupid. Smarty seems to not be in control when he does something stupid. If I don't want to get bashed for something...I dont say something stupid. If Smarty doesn't want to get bashed ..then he shouldn't do something stupid.

Now that may sound Harsh, but its the truth.
May goes to Doctor. Man says 'Doctor, when I do this....I feel pain'. Doctor says. 'Then stop doing that.'

Maybe everyone is a bit different when it comes to learning, grasping concepts, and trying to entertain. Im fortunate enough where the basics come easy to me. Am I a SUPER MLG GAMER? No...of course not. But Do I pick up the basics fast, and usually play average? Yea. So I guess that's where my confusion comes from. I do stupid things in games, I really do...but rarely am I ever so out of the loop where my actions will be completely adverse to the game ahead, painting a target on my head. Smarty seems to do that a lot. Sometimes on purpose, sometimes because he just isn't paying attention.

And yes, both of those scenarios are going to provoke a response from someone. People play video games to have fun and to try and beat others. Unless its Garry's Mod or a Co-op game, Ive never gone into a game with the attitude of not Trying to win. As much as a try hard as that sounds, I do get annoyed when people don't pay attention or at least try.

'But Chilled...These just seem like excuses to shit on Smarty...if this keeps bothering him...why do you keep doing it.'

Well, first off...this isn't an excuse to shit on any one person. The amount of times I give Ze shit for not picking up a game and learning it is sooo damn high. The amount of times I tell GaLm he is too damn competitive is also soooo damn high. And the amount of time I tell Smarty he needs to pay attention is sooo damn high. Its YouTube, so many things are reactionary. When we see something, we immediately say it...

Second off, why do we keep doing it if it bothers him? I think you have to understand that We don't purposefully go into a recording session with the mindset of 'How can we piss someone off today'. We all play games, and when something happens (Regardless of who did it) We point it out and talk about it. If ANYONE does something stupid...we all point it. I think the main problem is that when Smarty makes a mistake in game, he doesn't own up to the mistake. We would let things go so much faster if he just said "damn it...I fucked up." We laugh...and its over. Instead of saying 'This is part of my plan, or Im doing it because it pisses you off'. Well, I mean if youre actively saying you are doing something Dumb, to piss us off, What is our reaction going to be? "Ohhhhh that Smarty ;D." No, its going to be "Damn...Smarty is on our team again." Think about the Monopoly game we did recently where he paid for things twice their price. Not because he wanted to, but because he made a mistake and wasn't careful. When we responded with laughter and confusion 'His response was Im just doing this to piss you guys off'. I mean...how am I suppose to respond to that? You are purposefully throwing the game, making yourself lose, to piss US off? I'm at a loss of words.

At the end of the Day, Im telling you the truth when I say we are all friends. Regardless of how you see or interpret something...I can assure you, we are all friends. We were all friends before we started doing YouTube seriously and probably after we all stop doing YouTube seriously. We record, we chat, we try and fix issues.

If there is one thing I have learned from the Internet (You Guys) and my friends, is that everyone is different. Everyone channels their emotions in different ways. I too know what that is like. Ive dealt with loss, anxiety and self esteem issues. But I don't want that to define me. So I don't let it. And yes, sometimes you need friends to help get through something, But ill be honest, sometimes the only way an issue can be fixed is if that SINGLE person WANTS to make positive changes to fix their issue. Because I guarantee you, one persons positive change will have rippling effects on all of us. And that's not just saying Smarty needs to better himself. We all do. Everyone has the ability to better themselves, and they should want to do that.

I can't tell you how many times we have talked to John about personal things and attempts to offer advice. Do you guys ever see this? No...Because why would we show that? Thats between us...thats not 'the Derp Crew'. Its unfortunate that sometimes you only see stressful tweets and not full conversations between us, because I think you would have a better appreciation for everyone. In a world of Tumblrs/Tweets/and comments, sometimes the whole picture gets lost. And its sad to see that.

We had this talk with John last night, and I told him this...word for word...

[1:47:00 AM] Chilled: I know I typed a lot, and Id probably say 50% of its harsh, but jesus John I want you to better yourself without others changing. I swear to you, if you start doing it yourself...others will change without you having to ask
[1:47:00 AM] Chilled: Youre the star of your own life. Youtube is your show
[1:47:05 AM] Chilled: be the cool kid

I think we can all relate to that. It's okay to be sad at times. Its okay to Cry. And its okay to not be sure of the future...but if you dont like the way things are going you have the ability and power to change it. Your loved ones believe in you, your family believes in you, and some stupid kid on the Internet (me) believes in you.

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