Smosh Stuff

not to be dramatic but

so i got hella asks about the board af episode today on the sg channel! and a handful of the posts i’ve seen on tumblr today expressed excitement for the reboot, but it seems a lot of the people in my inbox had other opinions (which is probably indicative of my own opinions that i’ve expressed so far, but it’s still interesting). so imma stick all those asks under the read more and then i’ll give my own thoughts (and there are A LOT…)

Lex Foster- Kimmy

Ethan Green- Keith

Tom Houston- Damien

Becky Barnes- Courtney

Linda Monroe- Olivia

Uncle Wiley- Ian

Wiggly- Noah

General MacNamera- Shayne (bc he usually sings in his falsetto so)

Sherman Young- Sarah

After we got married by Father Boze 💞

I think that most of the community on tumblr is under the same opinion that Smosh isn’t the same, but not in a good way. The content feels simple and repetitive, there’s a lack of diversity among the cast, it’s just not the Smosh we knew and loved.

I think for me, it boils down to the fact that I just don’t like the content and I miss the family Smosh had created. Of all Smosh eras, this is the worst to me. I’m bored of it. I love that they’re out from under defy and get to do their own things now, but I honestly I thought defy content was better. Don’t get me wrong, what defy did as an MCN was shitty, but their content was dynamic and fun. That just isn’t there anymore.

My speculation is that they’re choices recently have been based purely off money and business. I get that to some extent, they need to rebuild after the huge loss from defy. They have cast and crew to pay, these are there jobs and they need an income. However, I think they can find a better balance between putting out profitable content and content all fans will like. If you look through the past few months of games/pit videos, they seem to appeal to viewers who are causal or unfamiliar with Smosh. That’s okay, but that’s every video. Things like squad vlogs or casual/unstructured videos are few and far between. And I think that’s because those videos aren’t as likely to be clicked on by the average viewer. I also thinks that’s why they have the same, “popular” cast members in videos as well. As a deep fan of Smosh I feel cheated. Maybe that’s just me, but it seems like Smosh has stopped trying to create an array of content and have just decided that their cookie cutter templates are all they’re going to focus on.

don’t get me wrong, i LOVE the fact that they’re not under defy anymore and have more creative freedom, and i understand that some members want to focus on some independent projects of theirs. however, it’s also another thing that we as a fandom practically have to request for some of our faves to be in more videos because they’re not invited back often due to the fact that they’re not the #1 fan favorites who get a lot of clicks. also i just think the content has been relatively on the meh side lately.

- the mystery clothing series on games is now becoming an overused concept imo

- reaction videos and compilations (not to mention the fan made compilations they’re taking down, but that’s a whole other problem)

- what uh. what happened to you posted that

- honestly preferred the old format of what’re those but that’s a matter of opinion (this entire post is now that i think about it)

- and just posting non-gaming related content onto smosh GAMES instead of pit or even main (ex: what’re those, that drawing something series, meme review)

Until those different people became - ironically - a pretty fixed group, Damien, Shayne, Court, and Ian, and intermittently Sarah, Tommy or Matt Raub. Like you said, that’s not the Smosh Fam, that’s 4 members occasionally accompanied by Noah, Keith, Mari, and Olivia. That’s not what we were excited about when Smosh had their comeback. I know it’s not that great of an opinion - but I do favor the previous era of Smosh, though I understand they were under more stress back then. 

New Smosh doesn’t give off the same chill, family, hanging-out vibes, probably because half the family isn’t there. And I agree, why the hell are they posting stuff on the Games channel that...literally are not games? You could argue that What’re Those 2.0 is meant to be somewhat of a ‘gameshow’, but it really isn’t, and even if it was, Games is not where it belongs. I miss there being genuinely nerdy content with a cast who understands and knows about video games, playing video games. Not just ‘doing things on a PC which could in some subtle ways be referred to as gaming’. They do have Red Dead Smosh, I digress - but the rest of the videos the past few months? Random, one-off games mostly meant to create a loser for punishments. Which, honestly, are not as fun to watch or as surprising as they have been in the past. 

The fact that Smosh is taking down fan compilations is unnecessary, petty, and like Knife said, just a dick move. The Twitter comments from Court regarding the issue seem completely unlike her and sound extremely business and brand-oriented; yes, obviously, compilations are cut from their content and they have the right to it. But guess what? Taking down things that fans have created because they love what you make and how funny your cast members are means you’re being an asshole! Smosh is a YouTube legacy, even if some compilations are monetized, they don’t threaten any portion of their revenue whatsoever. Knife’s thoughts seem correct - Smosh could be petty that their compilations mostly composed of the Fantastic 4 are, unsurprisingly, not as well-loved as fan compilations.  

me: stop…please…why are you doing this…

Joven’s Advice:

Don’t spend money on a wedding. Just don’t. You’re gonna make a budget. You’re gonna think you’ll stay on budget. You won’t. Just don’t have one. Spend the money on a house or something

Lasercorn’s Advice:

Every couple’s dynamic is different. No advice will work for everyone; take the time to think about your relationship and figure out what will work for you.

If you have a fight, make sure to engage in some light dueling to settle it before the day’s end.

So about a month ago, I created the Smoshblr Spotify Playlist! It is a public playlist, so anyone can look at the playlist, but it’s also a collaborative playlist, meaning anyone with a Spotify account is free to add music to it.

Thanks to you guys, there’s already a lot of great music on there! Listening to all the songs also serves as some great writing inspo, which got me thinking… why not make an ongoing community challenge out of it?! I was always a fan of those fic-writing challenges back in the day that included writing 100 fics for 100 prompts, and I wanted to do something similar to that, but for all sorts of fan creations. So now introducing:

The Smoshblr List: Creators Challenge! 🎉✨

(please click Keep Reading for details)