Smoshy Blog

for those who might not know. sonja, better known as OMGitsfirefoxx, released a tweet today detailing an unconsensual encounter she had with a man named Wes. 

I feel so horrible for her, she never should’ve had to go through that sort of thing, nobody should. 

TW/ Matt Raub

After the Defy shutdown, Smosh as a whole seemed like it was no more. Our beloved casts were going into separate ventures, focusing on other career paths, or escaping the gaze of social media almost entirely. When Smosh came back, it was salvation for some and poison to others.

The full-time returners (Damien, Shayne, Ian, Courtney, Sarah, M*tt, Tim, Monica, and Tommy) ran back in a moments notice to rebuild what they thought they could never have back. The part-timers (Olivia, Keith, Noah, Mari, and Lasercorn) had two separate energies. Some were anxious about the new styles (Olivia and Keith), and some tried to settle in and couldn’t seem to find their footing (Noah, Mari, and Laser). Others ran for the hills (Flitz [even though he was already long gone from Defy Smosh], Boze, Wes, Sohinki and Joven) and hoped to take part in other ventures.

For lack of a better term, I think Smosh is drowning. Specifically Smosh main and Smosh Games. I think that Smosh Pit and the Smoshcast make the best content right now. A big part of that is likely M*tt’s leadership choices that seems to slowly chop off members. With several of the favorites leaving Smosh, especially to work on other content on the same platforms, Smosh is dazed and confused. They never seemed to get their footing after being saved by Mythical! Instead, the began picking up the pieces, having some successful series, putting together a tour, and then quarantine has happened which limits content and quality.

I could go into a whole thing about how Smosh Games was doomed from the restart and how they would never fully recover with so many of the popular faces gone and the desire for certain series to come back, along with his YouTube in general stifles gaming content, but this post is already long enough.

Smosh has been trying to introduce new and lovable faces who will bring in a new surge of audience appreciation (Kimmy and Jackie), and while I think that’s working somewhat, it’s not picking up the way they want it to.

Smosh has no idea where to go at this point. The answer seems simple to me: Fire that piece of shit creative director/VP (?) M*tt, put Sarah/Tommy/Monica in that position, revive the old shows that can easily be revived (Board AF, or something similar under another name to avoid further stealing from Joven), fine tune the existing new shows that are still fun (Family Style, Meme Review, What’re Those?), and let the channels feel more focused on fun than money.

M///att R///aub never sat right with me. It was something about him. Sure, when he was a ref in summer games, I thought he was fine. But usually only during the Bellyflop competition, other times he just felt off. Then he started showing up in more and more videos. His vibe was still off. Maybe it was the way he spoke (I can’t be the only one who feels like the way he stresses certain words is weird), or maybe it was the way that none of his jokes landed for me. He was always off-putting to me.

Now that all this has come out, I feel like now I have a reason to feel like something was off. I think this whole narrative of M///att R///aub being “in charge” began on the new Board AF when he claimed to have created it “with some friends” when we all know it was joven’s idea. Idk if this makes sense, but I really hope y’all get it.

- They had someone go to a SG video and leave a comment with their names and mentioning ne6 and the comments got blocked. So they’re blocking out comments with their names. (Joven said the comment was about wanting a summer games of smosh vs ne6)

- No one who works there now tweeted about or congratulated him on his cartoon

- They all decided not to go back because the contracts were as bad as defy and everyone else was getting vp positions and stock in the company and they weren’t

- Someone asked if he thought the cartoon silence came from the top and he said “the problem is who’s at the top. It did come from the top.”

-Semi on topic he said he doesn’t like when people ask if he remembers things because he lived it and it makes him feel like he hasn’t put out anything good since then (his examples were the waxing and jovenrage and gts stuff)

Don’t Attack the Cast!!

- She doesn’t like Matt Raub. He disliked Sohinki for some reason, so that’s why Lasercorn was brought back for more Smosh and Order, for example, but he wasn’t. Matt Raub has largely been responsible for the phasing out of Smosh Games members. When she mentioned on the Genius Brain podcast that she missed out on parties, only finding out the following week that there even was one, it would be Matt Raub’s party.

- Boze had to get the credits for Smosh and Order after the DEFY shutdown. It sounded like Smosh maybe wanted to continue it, but they’d have to pay her for it, so they haven’t. I could be wrong there, but that’s the impression I got.

- Try Not to Laugh was Sunny Peabody’s idea. Smosh has since made dozens of episodes and done a tour based around the show, but Sunny gets no credit for it.

- Boze did most of the advertising and planning for the TNTL tour. She put a lot of effort into it because she felt like she owed the company for giving her a platform. Boze planned to attend one of the shows, as part of her job, in order to report back to the Smosh media staff about the demographic who attended the show, which is a way to get a third party opinion of how the show went and who was there. Boze was then asked by Smosh not to attend the show. This was implied to be Matt Raub’s doing. She asked Damien about it, but he hadn’t heard anything about it.

- Boze has been so quiet about what happened at Smosh before and after the shutdown because she was worried she messed up by talking about Smosh on David So’s podcast. She though she lost all of her friends because of this. She has since regained some of those friends (NE6 members,) but says that some of the cast members who she thought she was friends with (Courtney, Damien, etc.) thought of her merely as a costar. Courtney hasn’t responded to any of her texts.

-It’s only the corporate side of Smosh that Boze feels resentment toward. She encourages Smosh fans to remain Smosh fans because they are fans of the cast, not of the higher ups in the company. Business is business, and LA is full of incincere money-grabbers.

- She urges fans NOT TO GO TO SMOSH WITH THIS INFORMATION. Draw your own conclusions, protect Boze and her livelihood, and don’t create drama. They’re all adults, they can fight their own battles. No need to stir the pot and cause unnecessary stress for Smosh, NE6, or Boze. Be a good human.

Don’t just take it from me, and point out any inaccuracies in this post or add on anything I missed. See ya, gang. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/658730241?t=5979s

A follow-up to this post because screw it I haven’t posted Smosh in a while and there’s still so many forgotten videos I love from this channel

Really any cooking video they do but shoutout to the BBQ Bacon Sushi one and the 2016 Comic Con one. The former for the way they made the food, the latter for the commentary, both because it’s the pinnacle of Joven being the Ultimate Tired Dad Friend

The second Ghost Pepper Challenge they did with the Warp Zone, which IMHO is funnier than 95% of hot pepper stuff they’ve done since

The Chivalry Game Bang and the One in the Chamber Game Bang. No real reason. They’re underrated vids and I enjoy them.

Joven and Lasercorn’s Boxing Match

19:54-27:00 of the second Sheriff of Nottingham video

SSG Camp’s Mario and Sonic @ the Olympics video (Sohinki: “PICK SHADOW HE’S GOT A GUN!”)

The punishment and ending of the Shape Up Game Bang where they try their hardest to crush Wes to death

Both GTS Mafia Videos (with special appearances from Tim)

The Game of Life, which isn’t that old but it’s probably one of the last Game Bang-esque things they did

Jet Ski Top Fun

The ORIGINAL Hot Pepper Mario Party from 2014

The full video’s fine but Lasercorn’s reaction to one of the minigame results in 50 Shades of Mario Party (timestamp- roughly 6:50-7:00)

MatPat hires Smosh Games 

This Game Bang which is basically just 7 minutes of shamelessly exposing and exploiting Joven’s shock kink

The first SWG Just Dance Game Bang which results in Noah nearly getting hypothermia

All of the Block of Love Maricraft saga but particularly The Japan Incident

The Dit.ty bonus video where they get an app that makes songs out of anything you time and spent 75% of the video roasting Joven with it