Roblox is EVIL 

Learning that Coney has a degree in Media and Communications just as I am about to start studying it in uni is actually so surreal. It's cool to see another person who was interested in Media Studies!

Roblox is genuinely so emblematic of how we're rapidly reaching the point where nothing can exist on the internet without increasingly hardcore and exploitative monetization.

I think Coney was kinda onto something when talking about how we interface with IP in the 21st century after the birth of the Internet but I don’t know if it totally landed. Fans of IP have been telling their own stories and creating crossovers independent of their original authors for centuries. What’s changed is the ease of access and increased opportunity to share your personal creations with a receptive audience. I do think he’s spot on that the collective power of the masses has never been stronger and can now easily overpower the intention of the original IP creator.

Coney's point on media is what I call the Fortnite-tification of media and the internet. Media is increasingly losing the original context in which that media was produced and being boiled down to pure iconography. It's like children playing make believe with their action figures. I don't really have an opinion when it comes to whether it's a good thing or bad thing but man do I find it strange and interesting.

Taught a day camp in the summer that taught kids the basics of level creations in roblox 90% where mad that they had to learn something and where not going to play roblox all day

I love when Coney talks about media. That’s why Fact or Opinion is some of the best content, because he always has insightful views on the topic. Even if you disagree with some of the takes, it’s really refreshing to see someone talk about games in a way that’s both enthusiastic and critical, cause it’s coming from someone with a genuine passion and relatability who’s also able to get meta and look at all the interesting things surrounding media, whether it’s the creation, impact, or our consumption of it.

I really wish Coney would talk more in-depth about media and its effects. I feel like it needs more conversation

I'm so happy to see Coney reacting to Yakkocmn content, bros got so many banger vids and top notch editing. Love to see it!

Roblox was covered by People Play Games that talk about of how Roblox negatively impacts children. Very interesting/entertaining to watch/react to.

It's been a while since I saw it broken down in a video but the monetisation is pretty messed up if I remember right. The content, from cosmetics to games, is user generated. Yes, that creation can be fun or rewarding or whatever, but what Roblox essentially has is a community of developers that it doesn't really have to pay. Like yes, there's a monetisation model but it's kind of like a company town. The devs are paid in scrip (Robux). Cashing out Robux has a wildly different return rate than what it takes to buy Robux in the first place. 100K costs $1000 but cashes out at $350. At first glance that doesn't seem too unreasonable, within the context of capitalism. The company has to be profitable, right? I'd argue that depends on whether you see Roblox as a game or as a platform. If it's the former, the ability to monetise is a nice perk. If it's the latter, Roblox owes everything it is to creators who are getting screwed. One thing I found particularly insidious is you can't cash out until you've reached a certain amount of Robux (100K). This might be trivial detail for a serious developer or team, but in the case of the hypothetical 14 year old Coney mentioned, that's a serious hurdle to clear. In all probability you make a game that gets a bit of play, you fail to reach 100k minimum Robux cashout, and you just end up spending those Robux back into the economy. It just seems kind of shitty because the potential of monetisation is kind of the draw to create the content. Edit: Also I've never used Roblox but from what I've heard the development tools don't translate well to other programming languages etc. I guess you can learn big picture things like what an effective gameplay loop is, but yeah, one of the apparent upsides (kids learning to code) isn't even necessarily as positive as it seems like it could be. Edit 2: I'm 90% sure People Make Games made the video I watched.

Yakko has got to be one of my favorite content creators along with coney, so this feels like a crossover episode and I’m all for it

After seeing what Coney had to say with his media discussion, I'm sad I wasn't there for that discussion. I do agree that with how technology and searchability have really expanded the scope of how people cater and manipulate their experiences and now they (audience) perceive characters. I would love to hear Coney delve more into this topic.

If coney posts an entire roblox livestream I would watch all of it, its just so crazy to me actual people IN REAL LIFE play roblox games like any other game out there

12/22/22 ... Roblox on a surface level looks great for people and kids... until you look deeper and see how scummy it is. Though looking past that, it is amazing some of the things that you can make in Roblox have to make you do a double take to make sure that it is Roblox with how unique you can make things look.

Love seeing some Yakko on the coney stream, banger.

this is crazy how serious of a video this is and the discussions this is generating on CONEY's haha funny channel

1535: I would unironically listen/watch a youtube video from this channel rambling about that topic. It's really fascinating, though it's not really a modern phenomenon per se, it's just more widespread and upfront. If you look at literature you can see similar examples of that type of media/character alteration by an individual that's not directly involved in its creation. For example, some of Arthur's knights were added/fleshed out according to the values/visions the writer adapting/transcribing the current source material; or the portrayal of the religious figures in Dante's Divine Comedy reflects his own vision/experience with said figures. Anyway, it's really neat food for thought

0:42 hits me in the feels every time

18:10 yeah I caught up with what you were saying Coney and yeah honestly its really weird. Its like multiple perspectives of each charactee coming to light simultaneously, really good point. I'm probably gonna be thinking about that for a few weeks lol

I remember the roblox incident, hours into it and he hit the exit button and completley bricked the game/ruined the content LOL 12/22/22

This is why Coney is the best React Andy. He always waits for the video to say what it has to before opening discussion with pre-meditated points.

This is a friendly reminder to everyone that the 12/22/2022 vod is very very soon to be released on the vods channel

If "the march of progress" is literally teaching abusive business practices and very obviously can be linked exploiting the mental health issues of or giving them to a majority of their userbase. Then how exactly is that "progress"???

15:38 ngl very good points here I didnt think about sine points like that

I've taught at a tech camp for the last 2 summers where we have a roblox class. The class literally goes over how to make money with things like donations or items to purchase.

this is like watching a senile old man open his eyes for the first time in 50 years

Good movie and good social commentary

Seeing Yakko of all people on this channel feels like the most left field crossover episode

Gotta do a wheel champ for Roblox games

20:26 ok, those are limited and rare optional items. Most children who buy items with robux buy regular items, basically all of the people who trade limiteds are teenagers and young adults.

I never thought I'd hear coney say "post modern deconstruction of media symbols" with full intention and understanding

Almost didn’t watch this one cause I thought it was typical coney clickbait (which is endearing in its own way, but I try to avoid) and I’m very glad I did end up watching it. Coney actually has a lot of meaningful stuff to say; just one of many reasons I subscribed! Great video, coney

It's so jarring going back to Roblox every once and a while and remember what it used to be when I first found it when I was like 12. And I know this will sound really boomer-esque but I remember when the games weren't nearly as deatiled or graphically inclined but had so much more heart in them on average then they do now.

The Pokemon company took down 4 games about Pokemon on Roblox (PBB, Pkmn fighters, the one Pokemon go game, and project Pokemon)like 5 years ago, so yeah it was somewhat moderated

There are some roblox games that get hit for making money with one in particular I remember witnessing with Funky Friday, an FNF Roblox game being completely abandoned after they had a Sonic Event and were making money from the game (as I making profit from an FNF based-game when the game itself isn’t even out yet was the issue and Sega paid them to do the event)

16:00 but fanfictions existed since time immemorial

coney PLEASE consider playing "kaiju universe" for the roblox stream, if it ever happens, it's a pvp sandbox game based off of the godzilla franchise, I feel you'd enjoy it for a bit

yakko is a very good content creator so dope ur giving him the spotlight ❤

YO YAKKO???? CRAZIEST CROSSOVER

Parts of this really remind me of my days trading hats in TF2 for real money, granted I was in college and not a young child.

20:45 Coney, under no circumstances do you "have to hand it to" NFTs lol

11:41 ok that game is fire though

Fun fact: this apparent roblox vod, according to the chat, came out on 12/22/22. The vods channel is on 12/20/22. it is the 11th. The roblox survivor vod is coming tomorrow. Get ready.

I like the Roblox box Boss in TOTK, honestly.

i think creativity has changed. people used to think of original characters and make up their own stories. now people use a “media texture pack” on whatever it is they do. like how we describe things as being like another thing rather than describing it as its own unique thing. using the cookie cutter style of stealing other characters or whatever is very effective but not necessarily good. you lose a lot of special stuff like early half life mods that were super original but maybe a little janky. now its recycled assets and janky

What I was expecting: Coney plays funny haha pay-to-win Roblox game and dunks on some kids for content What I got: An in depth analysis of how unregulated monetization and copyright infringement are encouraging aspiring game developers to extort children for their parent's money on a global scale while the company continues to expand and profit and circumvent laws at an unfathomable rate because the law doesn't want to touch the digital world and WHY IS THERE A STOCK MARKET AND WATERED DOWN NFTS AND A NEW PLACE FOR MATURE CONTENT AAAAAAAHHHHHHH Good movie. I hope they get sued... No, I hope they get hit by the COPPA train - that'll actually do something

6:49 grinding that game on 4 accounts as i watch

I think Shrek is the best example of what Coney was talking about RE: media as symbols. That whole "Shrek is love, Shrek is life" 4chan(?) post has completely altered what Shrek means for generations of people and I think about it a lot

A while back Gucci sold limited items on roblox and I was in a smuggling ring for it all and we made some big bucks there

1:20 that's exactly how my dad is w/ smash. "Why are you playing the same game for so long?" I think some people age themselves into a corner when it comes to enjoying/understanding new things. edit: I call what he's describing with the Red M&M example "vague fiction". Too much of the media we consume is just a repackaged or reinterpreted version of something else. This goes for meta-analysi, reactions, reviews, fan fictions, some fangames, even some mainstream games like fortnite too. We're so obsessed with using things in the toolbox that we never add anything new. And as far as substance, it has neither the connection to the real world and/or practical utility that non-fiction does, nor the sense of creativity and/or explorative purpose and/or freedom that real fiction does, it only takes the most consummable elements of both. I think it's an unseen problem.

Coney, what you described at the end is what public domain is meant to support, but since none of those ips are in public domain, your red m&m fanfic could just be smiled out of nowhere like Zeus killing mortals from mount olympus. It’s a bit of an issue.

The sonic game is actually pretty fun to run around in

I never have time to watch coney's streams, so I usually have to watch his videos what happened on 12/22/22?

Coney please play this on stream, it would be so funny

New Coney thumbnail face just dropped

Is Coney's discussion on media saying, like, that "Morbin time" re-opening Morbius screenings would never have happened Then, or is it saying that if a hypothetical Morbius 2 leaned into camp and he said Morbin Time?

Coney stream plays Deathrun with the people on stream

My friend (who was 18 at the time) begged me to play doors with him and tbh it was fire

20:46 it teaches skills- I used to buy low and sell high based off the market for madden mobile and then sell the coins to someone for money given on PayPal I made prob around 2-3k as a 12 year old back in the day when they had a market- they have since removed the auction house from the game because of people doing this lmfao

8:25 This is why New Super Mario Bros. 2 exist

Yoo when I saw this video I really thought on how tech savvy parents should act, so it's nice to see Coney's opinion ❤

Is this a reupload? I remember clearly watching this vid like a week ago

I literally had a convo at work earlier today with a dad asking "wtf is Roblox?" I might have to send him this video lol

Does anyone know the song playing around 12:45

As someone who has never spent a cent on Roblox and who only plays a few games that I enjoy that are actually good, I see this as an absolute win.

Yakko a classic gamer. From his league content, to his weeb content, to his anti weeb content, all good.

Never forget the victims of 12/22/22

Wow, what a horrifying movie

I’m on the oldest end of gen Z, and there was some statistic that like half my generation played Roblox. I never did myself but I don’t know how to feel about the statistic.

Coney watching a yakko video is slightly surreal

12:40 what is that song, its killing me

roblox out here turning children into actual hardcore businessmen doing anything to increase that profit

roblox wheel champ would go hard

As a semi adult that still plays roblox from time to time, Doors is easily one of the best games but super blocky ball is my all time favoritegenuinely one of the best racing games ive played. for shooters phantom forces is great and I really like a game called shoot out for gun game, arsenal used to be the best but they dont guarantee gun game anymore. Some obbys can be good especially if you pick a funny one. stay away from tycoons for the most part but bee swarm sim is good as well as restaurant tycoon 2 and superstore tycoon 2. If you want some fun for a little while jail break is good but dont expect much from the actual jail escaping experience

Did you know Pet Sim X has plush which I bought for $50 and it is peak and a crazy collectable

Ayyy I love yakko!

Seriously blows my mind how you don’t have a million subs already.😭

Doors is the only roblox thing I ever got into (aside from watching some of the miraculous stuff because I just had to see how bad it is), that game is genuinely good!

If you wanna play a good roblox game, when I was a kid there was Deepwoken which was a mmo-esc roguelike

I dont think kids are learning anything because they don't understand there is something to learn. They're not spending their own money and they have nothing else to compare it to, so they won't understand its a "bad deal". They don't necessarily have the tools to think "why did this happen", and "how did this happen". It's just a bad thing happened

I was literally watching coney so you know I gotta click on the new video

I was the one who recommended this video for you to watch! Let’s goooo

Never forget 12/22/22

Any weapon in combat warriors can one shot you off a parry btw

coney ya gotta turn up the audio on the vid ur watching🙂

Song @ 11:19?

CONEY, DO A WHEELCHAMP OF ROBLOX GAMES!

ive tried roblox so many times in life and i just never understood it. im not even that old (20) and i feel like im the age he's describing.

Always depresses me when my 10 year old nephew asks to play fortnite then wants to play clickers and tycoon games...

Roblox is just a free current version of Gmod and like Minecraft servers nowadays too. You can create anything you want you want inside the engine.

WAIT HE CALLED SHREK 2 BAD!? MODS CRUSH HIS SKULL!!!

I just want to be happy

Coney please play Natural Disaster Survival, Doors, and the Maze on stream please

Always remember 12/12/22

One of the better games right now I like a lot is Arcane Odyssey, like a open world magic and pirate game with ZERO micro transactions and the only things to buy are just minor cosmetic stuff like more paint colours for your ship.

coney you gotta play phantom forces on roblox

19:25 "I don't think parents should have the right to ban their kids from playing Roblox" Wtf is this guy talking about??? If I don't want my child playing an online video game I absolutely have the right to not let them play said online video game. They do not need an "online space" bro

Roblox seems like a REALLY good Wheel Champ game

Honestly tho, i dont think sonic speed sim is that bad. Its like the only other game besides doors that actually feels like a 'REAL' game

The fact that Roblox has a marketplace that somehow rivals (not to scale obv) CSGO is hilarious