RIP John Peter Bain, AKA TotalBiscuit, and fuck cancer. If you wish to help out the Bain family in these trying times, consider donating here: www.gofundme.c...
RIP John Peter Bain, AKA TotalBiscuit, and fuck cancer. If you wish to help out the Bain family in these trying times, consider donating here: www.gofundme.com/TotalBiscuit
You know.. in a way he did his job literally even after he died.. pointing out gamings/developers bullshit exposing david crooks as the piece of shit he really was.. I did not always agree with total biscuit but I held a lot of respect for him and I really enjoyed his podcasts.. I don't think they will be the same with out him. I am glad that they are still trying to carry on with them though. I think total biscuit would have liked that
Yes, EA/Bioware clearly lost it a few years ago and their games have been pretty shitty since ME2. Overall the games industry is pretty toxic these days. Years ago it was mainly small teams working on games they wanted to make, while having fun at the same time. But now it's full of people who can't take criticism, lack skill, SJWs, feminists, etc and run by salesmen who's only interest is their bonus pay. It's why we see mostly rubbish games now and it's why I left it myself.
11 months later but yes he did. It almost appears that the Video Game Industry held back while he was alive but has truly begun to reveal it's true form for the past year.
> Be David Crooks > Only work experience and qualifications are in a relatively small industry with minimal job opportunities > Mock the death of a beloved Game critique and commentator > Gets fired from Bioware > Now has basically no other qualifications and is blacklisted from working with any studio with the slightest shred of self-respect Congratulations.. You played yourself.
Wasn't just ex-bioware but a current bioware Anthem lead animator Mike Jungbluth also defended and encouraged David Crooks. EDIT: Mike Jungbluth apologized. EDIT: archive of what Mike said in replies.
Seriously? TB was one of the more sympathetic voices towards Andromeda! Even this year on his podcast, he was still recommending it as a decent game. Oh, he pointed out the problems in his initial WTF video, but he still made it clear he liked it. And this asshole flipped his shit over that? Christ.
Like my dad always said before he passed "misery loves company" People like this lead miserable lives themsleves so they work very hard to bring everyone else down to their level.
Groundbreak Games. As my dad said "if transference doesn't work try denial, if denial doesn't work try transference". This seems to be a case of transference so I'm sure the denial will come soon.
Groundbreak Games or, ya know, he just didn't like totalbiscuit since he trashed his games, which is a totally normal way to feel about something like that, and this was just a way to release that anger, doesn't mean he's miserable, just salty.
It is pathetic that Mr. Crooks did it after TotalBiscuit died. Not because it is morally wrong, but because he did it once TotalBiscuit couldn't fire back anymore. He is a coward
avp251 it doesn't matter. companies in the eyes of the public don't hire people who say and do controversial things on social media, like I don't know speaking ill of the fucking dead.
Youre very naive if you think companies give a shit about what the public says Kamiya is always roasting people on Twitter and hes still the guy directing Bayonetta
Same here. Even if you didn't agree with everything he said or did, it's just disrespectful and downright discussing to make a joke about the guy's passing when he literally hasn't been dead even a week.
Tiger Bears Same. No one deserves to die that young because of something as fucked up as cancer, not to mention being mocked posthumously like that. RIP.
digital homicide can always regroup and rebrand....its a bit harder to change an individuals name.....both the name digitial homicide and David Crooks are DOA....but ultimately id say an answer to your hypothetical and rhetorical question.....is that id place David Crooks higher simply because he would have to change his social security number and completely erase david crooks and become johnsmith968504987654321
I think that just makes this video funny. He is so immature and stupid, for someone who is a software developer. I used to think you have to have a high IQ, but then I guess IQ doesn't mean you won't do something as rude and self-damaging as this? I liked TotalBiscuit, but I knew he was eventually going to die after he announced that. I just didn't expect it to be now. I was in a hospital, being treated for a similar illness, when he announced that he has cancer. :\
I find it ironic that David Crook is happy about TotalBiscuit death because when I last looked at an Xray of my fathers cancer, instead of massive tumors there were copies of Mass Effect: Andromida riddled throughout his colon, destroying his cells.
Matej Šuňavec , the guy uses the phrase 'delicate snowflake' without irony 2:05 Never underestimate just how stupid and callous people like that actually are..
Arti It's baffling why'd he even do that, i mean if you're gonna do wrong, do wrong *right* He should've kept this shit to himself instead of boasting on *social goddamn media* if that's how he felt, now he's rightfully on a lot of people's shitlists
When I was on school someone bullied me and he died in a car crash the year after he got out of school. Even I mourned this man's death. He had a little sister and two wonderful parents. Those people don't deserve backlash for the mistakes others have made . And we must always find it in our hearts to forgive. David crucks or whatever truly is a horrible human being as that first comment had suggested.
He was fired apparently. Casey Hudson said he was a 'former employee'. Whether he was kicked out on his ass before or after his disgusting tweet is debatable.
TB wasnt exactly a nice person, a bit of a SJW in some aspects. But he was an ally of gamers and a gamer himself. We need more people like him, so no. Internet isnt better off without him.
The ultimate irony? Mass Effect: Andromeda, a game Crooks worked on heavily at BioWare, was one of the few games John actually praised upon its release, when no one else really did at the time.
Nope. The ultimate irony is that he went around saying "Hope you get cancer and die" and he himself got it. That my friend is the ultimate irony. Rip Totalhalibut.
+Fursen Not only did TB apologized for that, the guy he insulted actually posted on twitter after TB's passing to not piss on his grave and voiced his condolences. The fuck are you still going on about?
I would be willing to bet he only apologized because he himself got cancer. What, you think he apologized to all the other people he told to die or some shit throughout his life? Bullshit. Condolences to his family, but he was a smug asshole.
There was a LOT that TB said that I wasn’t too much a fan of. But I had enough Humanity in me to give what condolences i could for his family and friends. This dude had a grudge and a petty one at most. Grow up
Right!? Nobody is forced to like each other, and some people make it so easy to hold a bad opinion of them, but there are lines that are typically only crossed by children playing dares in places they >think< are private or anonymous. To come knowingly from an adult and in a public space is pretty sad.
There is a difference between 'not faking it' and deliberately taking a shit on someone during a tragedy. You can still air your grievances without being a douchebag about it. :P
I am not big totalbiscuit fan or at all but this is really tasteless and disrespectful to the dead. Especially to someone who died of something as horrid of cancer.
Just a bunch of keyboard warriors pretending to care. Same kind of people that change their social media pictures to some countries flag every time some terrorist murders people. Of course there's a double standard at play, because nobody really cares about disrespecting the dead, they care about disrespecting the dead who they liked, or they do it to look good.
TheGrouchyGamer When you die, you will fade from this world and all that you have accomplished will go with you. Unlike John Bain you impact will fizzle out and vanish instead of becoming a roaring fire burns forever. But Im sure someone like you has made peace with their inevitable, irrelevance already.
Total Bisquit himself was not a stranger to going on batshit crazy insult tirades online, to the point he hired someone to manage his Twitter and deleted his Reddit account. Still, 4 years of chemo and death from multiple organ failure is something I wish on nobody, so I've gotta respect the man, even if we ideologically disagreed, he was a contribution to the gaming world. My heart goes to his family in this time of grief.
Yeah I disagreed with quite alot of TB's opinions and stuff, but i loved the guy, specialy the friendships with Jesse Cox, Crendor and Dodger; was lovely listening to them on podcasts~
It's not the kind of thing you'd wish on your worst enemy. Even if there were serious grievances between Crooks and TB, it costs nothing to rise above yourself for a handful of tweets. Even if you feel the urge to highlight things you felt he did badly on, you can still do so with a pinch of class or dare I even suggest... restraint, given how severe the circumstances of his death were. Unless the guy was proven to have intentionally done something wholly morally repugnant or was a key player in some atrocity, then by acting so callously you only highlight your own flaws. Political opposition can drive people to do awful things, but when the fight ends in such a manner, even if you personally feel relieved at their passing, you don't have to rescind your opinions or even offer them false graces; just put your sword away. If you feel your fight still needs to be fought and they must be brought up as example, that's fine, just direct away from their grave and over to where it is relevant. Eesh.
Glad to see humanity. Shows there is still some intelligent insight left in the world. Good on you guys. Even though we don't agree, we are still people...
If David Crooks has worked on two of the worst games to ever come from BioWare _and_ having TB slam him for his specific area of development, perhaps he should consider the fact that he's shit at what he's doing?
Manager: So, David. I see you'd like to work for (insert company). Well, i'm just gonna look over your resume and your application. David: Okay.... Manager: It says here under "accomplishments" that you mocked the death of an incredibly influential man on the internet without any reservation and chose not to just keep your opinions to yourself. Possibly damaging the image of past employers such as Bioware. David: Yeah, but... Manager: Oh, don't worry David. We've got a way to take care of that. It'll be as if none of this ever happened. David: Alright... Manager: So David, what i'm going to do for you is place this application and resume right here into this paper shredder. David: What wha- Manager: AAAAAAANNNNNND it's gone. David: Wait what?! Manager: It's gone. It's all gone. It never happened. David: But what about my application and resume!? Manager: What application and resume? I don't see either of those things. David: Yeah, because you just destroyed them! Manager: Which means you have no reason to be talking to me right now so please leave the property. This area is reserved for potential applicants. Next!
+cosmosofinfinity Except that one misfortune wasn't deserved at all, whereas the other would very much be deserved on the grounds that the person in question is a total piece of shit.
I can understand not liking someone, but they should still respect the grief of his family and friends. David Crooks has no notion of empathy or respect for the suffering of others, what a terrible person.
I know I don't have the popular opinion here, and I'm not going to change anyone's mind, but I don't mind David Crooks did here. And before I go further, let me say I love TB and was subscribed to his channel. But anyone who has lived any kind of life, (and even more so in TB's kind of life) is going to leave behind at least a few people who hate them. Why are we lying to ourselves about that? Why are you offended by that? By the nature of choosing one side in life, you ARE going to make enemies on the other side, and that's OK. There is a phrase that goes something like "You can tell a lot about a man by the enemies he chooses to make." It's not like I have not have loved ones pass away. Overall, I couldn't care less what mean or nice things anyone else said, I just wanted my loved ones back. But I hate the actively self-delusion that you seem to want. There are some people who are happy that TB is dead (cause by cancer or other means or not), and that is fine. There will be people happy that those people are dead and so on until the end of time. People get weird around dead and start changing what reality is. Death and hatred are natural, and that is OK.
TB's heaven is a full-fledge options menu with any graphical setting you can name that can automatically tweak any game to the perfect possible settings without bizarre shit like what happens to Need for Speed Rivals. Hell is a 30FPS lock with a missing options menu and unskippable cutscenes.
Bioware and Total Biscuit share something in common - they both died of cancer. RIP John Bain. I may not have agreed with you all the time, but your passion for reforming the gaming industry can’t be understated.
I just find it ironic that in trying to vent about someone they deemed as 'garbage', they did so in the most garbage manner possible and basically achieved nothing but to prove that they were more garbage than the person they felt the need to vent about. Random side-note, tip of the hat to TBiscuit.
Everyone keeps copying and pasting this everywhere, but he apologized and said he was stupid for saying that. Also the fact that it's from 2011 doesn't help either.
John Bain was not perfect and my opinions of him are mixed, but what really boils my blood about David Crooks' tweet wasn't that he laid out at TotalBuscuit at a bad time. Its that he specifically waited until he was dead and couldn't defend himself against Crooks. Its almost like he was afraid that TotalBuscuit's reply would calmly pick it apart and make him look like a fool, so Crooks waited until John Bain was dead so he couldn't hit back. What a fucking pathetically cowardly way to go about that.
Bain wouldn't have defended himself for years even he hadn't cancer. Her disabled/didn't read YT comments. His twitter was run by PR. He retired from reddit. He could dish out but couldn't take hits. The only time he defended himself after he retired from social media was when a Video of his behavior became viral, telling somebody to "Get Cancer and die"
And just like that, David Crooks is officially on my shitlist. Nobody should have their death mocked and joked about, especially someone who left such a positive mark on the internet.
he is probably going to be fired for this so he is probably going to regret his garbage. thousand of people are tweeting and sending this to bioware and EA (or he is already fired I guess)
I never liked totalbiscuit, and while he was alive, I wouldn't have had a problem with a developer going at him for any negativity caused by him or his followers. But guys dead man, seriously.
Ninja Sushi the person he said that said something equally as bad if not worse about him and his family, anyone would respond in an extremely angered way such as that. Good job just copy pasting the same comment though
People act like TB was secretly internet hitler, and he wasn't. He was a man, who made mistakes like we all do. It's funny to see people bringing up the same vague ("He was toxic", "his fanbase did x", "gamergate hurhurhur") or handful of specific examples of TB at his lowest ("get cancer" tweet, which he and the guy made amends about), while ignoring the vast amount of good things he did with his life and his time. We're not scrubbing his legacy we're just emphasizing the good things to remember him, because it's been, what, 1-2 days since he passed? Christ these people are vultures. They need some goddamn empathy.
Empathy has existed for a spec of dust in the path of all organisms that have lived, a method of preserving organisms of a species for natural selection. We kill and eat the bodies of countless animals and most don't feel a thing, yet when we insult the dead of humans it becomes a travesty. This is simply because we are used to it - it's how "things work". The offence caused is simply selfish to our species. It's only seen as bad to insult the dead if you cared about them, or if you were taught the reason being: "because they're dead". Thinking about it more deeply, why should we care about the dead? We waste time on people that exist no more, we could focus on the ongoing suffering of the world but we don't. Culture and traditions seem to impede the progression of the empathy that you express.
Lets hope someone makes a Frame in his honor. Though I've never met or saw him, I know he left a big impact in this world. Hopefully everyone picks up where he left off
Yeah he did something similar with One Finger Death Punch when it was released. So sad. I heard TB was "retiring" and feared the worst but it makes this no less devastating. Poor Genna :( RIP John, miss you already....
And yet TB was one of the more sympathetic critics of Andromeda. He pointed out all the graphical and gameplay issues, but he still thought it was a decent game, even recommended it after the patches.
its not in bad taste or cowardly, especially if you talked shit about him BEFORE he died, but i guess only he gets to call out people and make fun of them right? because he has plenty of times called out people and talked shit about them so we cant do the same about "total asshole" right?
thelasthallow not when he just died of cancer, dude you realize a lot of people are mourning his death and insulting his memory right now will turn grief to focused rage. Wait some time before pissing on a grave don't do it when the family and friends and fans are watching.
I love how as the tweets get more and more disturbing AND desperate, you can clearly see how he tries to justify his reasoning and motives. You can literally FEEL falling down the gaping chasm that is his mind. And we are talking about a full grown adult here
It's sad that people want to celebrate a man's untimely death just because they disagreed with something he said. Another form of cancer that needs to be eradicated.
tenalpoen it's kinda sad that he died from something he wished upon someone else too. Hope people overall stop behaving like anyone involved in this, both like TB and like crooks.
Yah man. I had a parent die of cancer, so while I'd never want that on anybody, I also have a hard time feeling sympathetic to anyone that wishes that on another person even in passing. This Crooks guy may be an ass, but it doesn't seem to be much more than Bain was from what I've seen.
The only thing that should really be said to David Crooks at this point is, "Good luck finding another job." Considering that he very clearly shot himself in the foot, likely lost his job at Bioware, and no self-respecting gaming studio will hire him, he has invalidated whatever education he went through to get where he is now. It's kinda sad that his hate-boner cost him years of his life effectively.
Good thing he bought new shoes, at least he can hide his newly and brutally shot foot lol, what an asshole, regardless how you felt regarding TB’s ideologies it is inexcusable to praise his death, a human’s life is full of good and bad moments, it is sick.
The damage of sharing your thoughts, how unsightly Margret! Let us tarnish this man's reputation as we don't approve of him. Damn, we're going back to the 1900s with this stuff.
He's the one who tried to tarnish Totalbiscuit's name because Totalbiscuit gave negative thoughts on games he was a part of. He tarnished his own name, we didn't have to do anything. In fact, we haven't done anything, it's his employer that fired him after they saw the tweet. Normally yes, I am against people being fired for their beliefs, but this wasn't about beliefs. This was about Crooks being butthurt years after Totalbiscuit negatively reviewed his games, and then chose his opportunity now that Totalbiscuit can't defend himself to try and tarnish Totalbiscuit's name as some terrible person. He had an agenda, an sought to slander someone who was dead and couldn't rebut those claims because anyone with half a brain would be able to do just that. Tl'DR This wasn't about beliefs, it was about someone throwing a temper tantrum and trying to make Totalbiscuit out to be a monster, and he only revealed his own colors as a monster in turn. His termination is the result.
I didnt like TB. But waiting till someone dies to release your built up tension just shows the world how scared you was of that person. TB just beat you again. What a petty, scared, unaccomplished lil man , blaming your downfalls on a recently deceased man.
Thank you, even if someone didn't like him or his opinions, choosing now to shit on this man after he has died is cowardly. Why couldn't some of these people talking about him now say some of these nasty things when he was alive and able to defend himself ? People are soo low it's disgusting.
What a disgusting human being. I truly hope he doesn't get a job in this industry in the foreseeable future. R.I.P. John Bain, what an absolutely saddening event.
Social media is becoming less and less of a safe place for toxic people to expose themselves and frankly that is a good thing. Crooks' pariah status is well-earned.
If people can't take harsh criticism from critics then maybe don't bother looking or listening at them or better yet, you're in the wrong line of work.
I love how the people who hated him are going on a rampage and getting told off and ravaged by everyone else. Like the guy posting the old TB tweet where he told someone to "get cancer and die", without ever mentioning his apology later down the line. Or the couple of other idiots who are so enraged by the fact that a person they loathed got more respect and recognition in his death than they ever will (because, surprise surprise, they're disgusting people) that they're trying their hardest to slam on the guy's death. The fact that some sad individuals are so overjoyed by his passing only serves to show how great of an impact this man had on the industry, games journalism, RU-vid, and the gaming "community" as a whole. If he hadn't stirred up things, made his voice heard, gone the extra mile, he wouldn't have as many friends or as many enemies. Rest in peace, John. The world grows a little dimmer without you.
So if this dev apologizes, you'll forgive him? See how stupid that sounds? Most of us understands TB only apologized because he said that back when he wasn't as famous. Of course he's going to be more "PC" with his word choices later on, ESPECIALLY now that he has cancer himself.
A Ninja Nah, we just acknowledge hypocrisy when we see it. Just because you're 3 feet under doesn't mean your previous actions don't mean anything. Apologizing for something fucked up doesn't make anything right.
@@welkingunther4298 this is a little late but, they arent comparable. The person tb said to have cancer was not in anyway affected by cancer. A stupid remark, yes, but not a hurtful or impactful one. Example: if i were to call you a "blind asshat", it is a dickish thing to do, but is clearly exaggerated as i doubt you are blind. If you died and i came out and said "finally he died". What part of that statement can be taken as hyperbole: none, because you died and i am mocking you, while acknowledging your death.
@@MiorAkif It's the same shit though.If I started to tell people that I hoped their pet died a painful disease, and then it happened to myself, I deserve no sympathy in that case, and one of the few rare cases karma plays out. You might disagree because TB is a celebrity, but I'm sure if some random said that shit, you'd think as I do. I wish his family well and all those affected, but you can't just wish a harmful disease that MANY people are facing today and are heavily affected by. What if the person TB said to get cancer and die had a family member that died of it? Again, he's a celebrity, so he gets a pass, just like how celebrities taking drugs is considered a norm while a normal civilian who does it get 20 years in prison. Sorry, I don't buy into that.
I just don't understand how people who do these things think they'll turn out. Did he think the public would rally to his side and join in spitting on TB's grave? Him being fired seems to be the only logical thing that could've happened.
They seem live in a bubble where there are no dissenting opinions and ironically no real diversity so yeah maybe he did think that everybody shares his opinion
Not to turn this into a Us/Them or Left/Right thing but this is the usual mindset of the modern Liberal/Leftist/SJW/PC person. Their views are the right morally right views and so they can mock even a dead person and feel justified because the dead person was commiting "wrong think". I may heavily Heavily HEAVILY disagree with Anita Sarkessian and think she needs to stop BUT I wont be posting celebrations or that the world is a better place when/if her death is reported. She is at the end of the day still a human being and there is a certain level of respect that is owed another human being.
memnarch129 "Not to turn this into a left/right thing" Immediately makes it a left/right thing. The dude was a shithead, pure and simple, there's no need to inject your personal bias into it.
Svarthofde Of course. No more honorable a feat than to pick a fight with a dead man. If he wasn't already private I would spam tb reviews at him from multiple twitter accounts.
It worked for Edgar Allen Poe, his popular postmortem autobiography was written by huge douche bag Rufus Griswold. Griswold wholesale made shit up about Poe because Poe gave him a negative review.
@Paul Rippcord: Poe had the last laugh though. Everyone knows who Edgar Allen Poe is, as well as all the things he wrote. No one has heard of Rufus Griswold.
John is still discussed constantly among many creators to the point that I decided to look up some retrospectives on his life in the year 2022. Finding this fills me with such disgust for this Crooks character and I hate that he worked on at least one game I greatly enjoy to this day. I never watched TB or interacted with his community, and more than likely wouldn't have agreed with many of his opinions, but it was still a huge loss for consumer advocacy and the YT gaming space as a whole. Hope you're resting easy, John.
*me reading the title*: this is definitely clickbait, there's no way... *me watching the video*: damn... And that guy had the audacity to call other people "rubbish".
Man this guy and the feminist have been going nuts since TB died. It's like they couldn't do it while he lived because they were too afraid of him but for some reason didn't take his fans into consideration that we would call them out on being scum.
I followed TB's content, and never agreed fully with anything he ever said or did. Sometimes, I even felt put off myself from his thoughts and opinions. I accepted that I would never likely agree with his views, but his content was nonetheless top notch. In his passing, I do wish his family the best. What David did was simply inexcusable, as no matter how much distaste you may have for someone, it just isn't right to vent and slander them post-mortem. TB deserves better, even if you disagree with him or his actions. Cancer sucks, and hopefully, he'll rest in peace now, free of the daily pain. Shame on you, David. Bringing more unneeded rep trashing to your already hurting company. If you aren't already fired, you likely will be, and this definitely hurt your career going forward.
I liked TB for his consumer advocacy, and highlighting indie devs. But I rolled my eyes at his “60fps or bust” attitude, he actually cheated himself out of some great gaming experiences because they were 30fps. And while he tried to play his PC elitism off as tongue in cheek, at times he was just a snob about it. Still, those are not reasons to hate a man. Opinions are just that, opinions.
Arella Jardin You almost baited me into arguing with you over fps. All I'll say is that I'd rather play on low settings with 144fps than on ultra with 30 fps.
I would, too. I have an One X, and if a game has the option to play at 60fps on 1080p, I’d pick that over the 4K mode at 30fps. I’m hoping next gen, Sony and MS prioritize cpus over gpus. However, if there’s a great game that only has 30fps, I’m not going to bypass it over such a thing. That’s something TB did, and even Jesse and Dodger would look exasperated with him sometimes. “Hey, wanna share in this wonderful experience we”re having?” “Nope, 30fps, I’m going to go play more Star Wars Galaxies on my phone.”
Arella Jardin You know what’s absurd? I thought he was waaaaaaay too kind on WTF is Mass Effect: Andromeda? I’m not sure what the heck this guy is all pissed about.
I think in this specific case, TB deserves a lot of respect in his passing because he did try to do a lot of good for the community. But I don't agree with the principle here as a whole. "No matter how much distaste you may have for someone, it just isn't right to vent and slander them post-mortem". There are a lot of powerful people who have done really horrible things (most obvious example, Hitler) , in which case I think it is fine to criticize their behavior and say good riddance. Not wish for their death necessarily, but just to say that the world is better off without their behavior.
I'm not a fan of TB, but I understand and respect his impact on the gaming and RU-vid industry. Absolutely disgusted someone would revel in the death of an innocent person simply because they don't agree, especially when they share the same industry. Even in death TB was able to show us the dark side of game development. A fitting farewell IMO. RIP Bain, your contribution to gaming will not be forgotten.
ǝsınɹɔ ɯoʇ The attitude has become very shady at times. ME:A just was a very bad ME game,the game would've been a lot less scrutinized with a different name.
What makes this even more upsetting is that mr. crooks implies that there are others in the gaming industry that feel the same way as he does of TB's passing. You can imagine what people like him think about the other content creators who are still alive like Yong Yea, Jim Sterling, Sid Alpha ect.
I feel like half of the gaming industry wants Jim Sterling dead. If TB elicits this much of a reaction I can't imagine how much disdain there is for someone as blunt and unapologetic as Sterling.
you dont have to look far, sometimes it feels like the real reason gaming is going down the shitter is because devs cant put down the fucking twitter. I dont know why tech sectors have made twitter a part of their business networking but its dangerously counter productive, employees waste company time catching a brain parasite from the twitter hive-mind and they are daily a single bad post away from creating a PR nightmare for their company.
TB was actually getting bashed all over Twitter right after news broke that he died.... it wasn't anyone big on the platform, but one of the people bashing him had likes upwards of 60k on the tweet. It's sad and disturbing that people would do that.
You missed out. I watched tons of his videos usually before game release and his vocabulary of words reviewing cannot be touched. He was like a superstar rapper for video game reviews. Go back and watch some of his videos and see what I mean. Almost all of his stuff is spot on in his own words which makes him totally unique top quality.
John was a very important person who had left a mark on the gaming industry and been with us since our younger kid, teenage, or even adult years in life. May he still be the cynical bastard we love, even in his absence
"This guy said bad things about games I was a small part in the making of, so it's good that he died!" How pathetic a human being must one be to not only think this, but write it on social media as if it were acceptable? What mental deficiency allows you to celebrate the death of a person because he didn't like your creative endeavor? I won't celebrate your own professional suicide, Mr. Crooks, but I certainly WILL call it "well-deserved".
Savage Jesus It's called being a decent person who does not revel in a person's death like some morbid vulture. You really can't throw a stone nowadays without it landing on a piece of shit. I never could get into his videos but I wouldn't wish his death upon my worst enemy. Also, your homophobic preschool level insult shows a severe lack of mental acuity and lack of drive to get out of your mother's basement.
I don't know who was better, (1) this guy, (2) the girl who did a presentation titled "I hate men", or (3) the guy who said 9/11 should be remembered as being about oppression of brown people and that he didn't want white people to enjoy his games. Nice work Bioware!
Mocking the dead? Seriously? TB said some dumb things in his life, but he was far from an evil person, and he's dead. I hope to god the follows Crooks for the rest of his damned life, such disrespect. Rest in Peace Mr. Bain, you'll be missed.
I was really sad to hear about the passing of Totalbiscuit. Unfortunately I only somehow heard about it a month or two after it had happened and couldn't believe it. I mostly liked him and his content though I definitely feel there are things in his past that he said which he should have kept to himself. In any case, we lost a great personality in gaming and a creative content creator that tried to be honest about his experiences in order to help others. RIP John.
The eye can only see 29.4 fps so it would be useless. Sidenote: What really is the point of saying "rest in peace", it's not going to stop people from digging up bodies and TB can't feel any peace or anything else - he's dead. Meh, more of a criticism of phrases in English than anything else.
In all honesty TotalBiscuit could be a bit of an ass at times, be extreme on things etc. but it doesn't excuse the dev in question essentially saying it was a good thing that he died. Like it or not he was influential in gaming in a few respects, for the better or worse and you gotta at least respect him.
Not only that but he was a son, a father, and a husband. His family is currently grieving, and its terrible to celebrate in somones death because they stepped on your toes once or twice.
a bit of an ass is quite nicely said .. he was a total douche and many times his so called critisism was just he being uninformed of what he is actually talking about.. look i really disliked TB but i have to also admit what that dude let out on twitter is just too extreme
I don't get why so many gamers are suddenly caring about TB. The dickhead went full SJW over the past couple years, hopping on board with the very mentality that is destroying the gaming industry. My condolences to his family, but the gaming industry is better off without him.
Alan, I think you missed the part where I pointed out that he became one of the problems that the gaming industry faces. His "normal attitude" became very SJW over the past few years. He became the very thing he originally spoke against. Why would gamers not be glad such a horrible voice is no longer around to negatively impact the industry? I'm not saying celebrate his death, I'm saying we, as gamers, should be glad he can no longer poison the industry. Would you, as a gamer, not be glad if Anita or Zoe or the rest of the SJW "gamers" were no longer around to harm the industry? He became the thing he built his fame on speaking out against.
Well, he considered himself a cynical person, one look at his RU-vid tells you that. He was never on RU-vid to be nice and candy coat shit. He was always honest with his opinions, which are going to ruffle feathers regardless of whether or not he meant to ruffle them.
He didn't have the balls to say that to Mr. "bad rubbish"'s face while alive... I wonder why? I am soooo sorry that there are people out there that dislike the games you work on, and are vocal about it! But why do you have to be a "whiny child" and "snowflake" about it?.. The irony. Grow some cojones, finance your own game, and make it exactly to your liking, since you seem to know whats best for all...
I've nothing but respect for John as a pro-consumer advocate and critic. Sure some of his standpoints for games may be debatable but I would never wish cancer, and death, to anybody... especially when someone fought against all odds and science to stay with us for a few extra years. It's gonna be difficult for Genna (John's widow and manager of Cynical Brit) as well as Co-Optional colleagues Jesse and Brooke (Brooke aka Dodger recently gave birth). That's why John's passing is difficult. It's now up to us to continue his work. That's what he wanted in the end.
Let's be honestly I think everyone had a moment like that at least once, thats just the how people are; we make mistakes. Just be happy those mistakes TB made weren't as bad is this guy's. if your going to insult someone you could at least do it when their alive, honestly I bet this prick with just too scared of being roasted by TB if he said that when he was still here. Guess he forgot he's not the only guy calling people on their bullshit.
I wish only his standpoints for games were debatable. Its the same guy who made a lynchmob over a meme and nearly broke up with his own wife for voting small party. He was an asshole and hypocrite to boot who wont be missed by anyone but his fans. That being said i hope he did not suffer and rests easy.
Saint Alphonse i bet you are a friend of Crook. The dead guy has dealing cancer for several years and even though I don't know about him, he is still a human being. Please don't insult to the dead guy. Maybe right now you are stay alive and healthy, but when a disease comes to you, then you will know how terrible your life when you are dealing with your disease for a long time.
soo i can insult him after a month, year ? and pls dont say this bullshit that insulting dead guy is wrong, just because he's dead, if u think it is, in that case tell me how much hitler was a great guy ps: i dont know this guy TB, i just dont like this bullshit when people say "u cant say anything wrong on him, because he died"
no tb knew he wasnt goining to win but he wanted to fight to the very end he said so himself on one of his videos.Its still sad tho but atleast he is not in pain anymore may he rest in peace.
Mister Ree Oh yeah, he definitely will. Imagine his next job interview. "Yeah, I'm applying for this new job because I got fired for attacking a man who died of cancer." He more or less ended his future.
Are you people seriously surprised Bioware has another piece of shit employee? They are the company that had an employee making racist remarks ever other week for over 2 fucking years & did nothing about it. & Crook wasn't the only Bioware employee that went to twitter to celebrate TB's death there were a couple other. Just look it up if you want to see it. Bioware is a trash company & has been for quite some time
Change Ex Bioware Dev to person. He shouldn't have done that AT ALL. Especially he waited for him to die to say so. He didn't try confronting him. The fuck.
This is very sickening a human individual can be so heartless about someone dying of cancer. How would that developer feel if someone mocked his family in a horrible way
gamesandguitars003 everyone who says that a critic, no matter how wrong or stupid, deserves to die, especially from cancer wich is long and slowly, should be ashamed of yourself because I don’t want to go as low as the same level as you
He's dead, not dying. Get it right lol. Also, there is no joke police in most Western countries excluding Germany and the UK, you can make any jokes you want - including the holocaust or communism which both had much more deaths than 1 biscuit. Or can we not joke about anything which someone has died as a result of its involvement? There have been people who have died because of cars, no car jokes. There have been people who have died due to baguettes, no baguette jokes. Do you draw the line just because you liked him? - If so, that's one biased way of judging speech. The dev would probably be fine about a single person mocking his family, who hasn't had their family mocked, who hasn't heard indecent supposed acts with their female parent? Just toughen the upper lip and deal with it.
Thanks to this great man, he literally save warframe when warframe was still in its early age 5 years ago! Also right now players go into the relay to pray the statue to pay respects of Totalbiscuits.
I myself hated the guy. But he didn't deserve to die so young and there was no question that he was a staple among game critics and RU-vid itself. I hope his family can find solice
It doesn't sound like you hated him. Hate is what makes someone say shit like Crooks did. You just really disliked him, big difference. (I really disliked him too)
Matt199 Fair enough. I really loved his content and was subscribed to him for awhile, but I couldn't support his toxic attitude in the last few years. Still, didn't deserve to die so young
Excal hate implies an extremely negative care to them. If you hate them, you dont respect a single thing about them. Hate is an absolute, whereas dislike is more flexible
i was brought up to believe that when someone dies, even if you dislike them, you should still give them a little respect because death is obviously a horrible fucking thing and the shoe could very easily be on the other foot so people like this make me mad. i guess some people are so petty then they will hold a grudge even into the afterlife. thats really sad.
It doesn't matter that you may have disagreed with TB on some issues, I know I did, but he's a fucking legend. He really made me think about consumer practices of video game companies, so I could really contribute to the gaming community. Even as a single consumer he taught me alot of stuff to look out for and I can easily say he did more good than bad with his life. In the end I think that's all we can hope we do with our lives.
Rip to TB. Didn’t know who he was before that H3 podcast but that speech about never giving up is still ringing in the back of my head when times get hard.
When I heard of TotalBiscuit's passing, I had a silent minute mourning his passing. I loved and will always love his channel. RIP John Bain AKA TotalBuscuit.
