Best of Game Grumps: Sonic Adventure 2 Battle

[@Shimmerlight]

1:38:13 So I did some digging on Lil’ Soniq to see how much he wrote before he retired. Dan mentioned that “Sonic’s Ultimate Harem” has 360 chapters, but the word count is an absolutely ludicrous 1,663,117 words. Excluding his retirement message (which he posted as its own work called “Farewell”), Lil’ Soniq published 28 fanfics over eight years. 8 of his stories are 100k words or more, 5 of those are 200k words or more, and his second longest story-“Fairy of Darkness 3: Age of Darkness”-comes in just shy of 400k. The total word count for Lil’ Soniq’s entire collection of works: *3,837,433* That’s about 3.5x the length of the Harry Potter series. It is *exclusively* Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic crossover fanfic. So… there is absolutely no way that this guy is not for real. Stay Chaotiq, Lil’ Soniq.

[@fazbearmaniac166]

Is it still readable now?

[@hugeman537]

@@fazbearmaniac166 no, I stole it

[@texivani]

Please for the love of everything in the world, get the collection published. It belongs in a museum.

[@FabulousaAliya]

I've never read one of their works outside of the Grumps reading it, but hearing that they've retired has oddly saddened me. The world has truly lost one of its most dedicated writers...

[@obamapeepee]

honestly kudos to you for even going through the trouble to find all that out

[@Filthykur]

I was listening to this while falling asleep and I had a dream that the Grumps went to a Home Depot and read the entirety of the fan fiction thru a bullhorn. It was a WILD dream

[@srbrant5391]

That is the best thing ever.

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

Someone should do an animation of your dream using the audio from these videos

[@PixelaGames2000]

I would gladly animate that but first I need to get good at animation also I need to find a good software to use

[@linebeck1381]

Sometimes when I fall asleep I dream that I’m hanging out with them because of the audio

[@mikeb5463]

@@srbrant5391 ok

[@Hunnypooh18]

The moment they realized they read the same fanfiction twice: priceless.

[@roachdoggjr7393]

Time stamp lad?

[@JhilianBee]

@@roachdoggjr7393 42:18

[@roachdoggjr7393]

@@JhilianBee cheers mate 🧡

[@FuckingAbrekai]

@@roachdoggjr7393 7cu7uu77u777777

[@akiramakara2062]

The fact that Arin doesn't even remember 75% of the iconic shit he says, but Dan does, is a beautiful thing

[@enzhotheomega9509]

I need a fucking audio book of Dan reading all of lilsonic's shit I would pay to listen to that

[@Stack_Of_Wood]

Same. It needs to be ALL of it

[@LinkVsRoxas]

And Arin should provide sound effects.

[@srbrant5391]

I love how they don't take the piss out of the fan fic, they just let themselves get lost in the unintentional humor and celebrate the effort of the author.

[@EmeraldPhoenix-sp8hm]

Yeah, it is refreshing. I honestly find that hard to do myself, and I *also* write fan fic (maybe that's _why_ it's harder, because it can sometimes feel embarrassing because I don't write stuff anywhere close to this sexual and error-filled).

[@claytonseput5873]

Arin: “dude I beat this game 100%” Also Arin: “what is this, what’s going on??!”

[@meganorax746]

I literally cannot watch this man play the Knuckles and Rouge Stages, I refuse to believe that same person had ever touched the game prior let alone completed it.

[@KarmaticFluff]

@Mega Norax to be fair, the emerald locations are completely random (also I haven't watched it fully but it's just based on how much I've watched and to me he's doing fine)

[@meganorax746]

@@KarmaticFluff I understand that much, I'm just meaning there are moments where he flies right in front of an emerald or he's standing over an obvious spot while the radar is on full blast, I'll just chalk it up to me being an asshole and continue about my day

[@colinmarshall7788]

To be fair, that fan fiction probably threw him way off

[@Brinnyanderson]

I can't watch him play this lol I just have to listen to it play in the background.

[@spiegel487]

I like the one where Danny reads poorly written sonic fanfiction for a looooooooooooong time.

[@flying_fish-_-7069]

I hope I can see color again soon

[@GundamDragonLord]

I really want to hear more of Dan reciting Lil Soniq's fanfictions. They're more hilarious than should be.

[@Ciri751]

IT SHOULD BE A FUCKING PODCAST!!!

[@GameGrumpsCompilations]

First. And it wasn't even close, nerds.

[@digitalscott7732]

What about Cherese?

[@sandclover]

@@digitalscott7732 no

[@brianhood2363]

FIRS... DAAAAMNIT

[@user-2012July-A]

Plot Twist: Dan just wanted to share with us some fanfiction he wrote. But he had to write it in the dark so no one would steal his masterpiece.

[@RyanWood275]

23:08 I’ve come to make an announcement, Shadow the Hedgehog’s a- oh wait, wrong video.

[@haydenhenderson9567]

I would love if they reacted to that, but they probably won’t since it doesn’t technically pertain to Grumps,NSP,or Starbomb

[@RyanWood275]

@@haydenhenderson9567I mean they’ve already made a few references to some of Snapcube’s vids.

[@CalebratedTV]

HILARIOUS at the 1:27:47 mark "Oh he has unlimited stamina" LIKE THAT NORMALIZES THE 180+ CHAPTERS OF SONIC FANFICTION.

[@MissBuyNLarge]

this is the only Sonic game I've ever played, and I still fucking love the butt rock song from Escape to the City

[@HBangerHS]

Right on time, buddy. I literally just came looking, CRAVING for a compilation and saw this was posted 3 minutes ago

[@YourBeastRoy]

CRAVING aye?

[@KaladinVegapunk]

I just always thought it was funny Dan makes that observation you go too fast so you have one frame to react to shit in front of you That was the same critique Rich Evans made about the ORIGINAL SONIC in RLM pre recs review of it haha, it's been an issue for 30 years, such bad design

[@morelock177]

@Odin Satanas do you have the stupid?

[@General12th]

@@morelock177 do u are has dumb

[@kamichu5412]

Really hope arin will go from "people really want us to play SA2 again" to actually fucking playing it again. He keeps teasing us instead of JUST DOING IT

[@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon]

Who wants them to play it again? This was one of the most miserable series they have done.

[@DeftestAphid2]

Ooooorrrr he could play Sonic Generations..... the one game he openly defends, but hasn't played on the channel yet.

[@thelastwindwaker7948]

@@DeftestAphid2 Arin defends Generations? kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5K0h4WVrNKMp6cm55s

[@topasu9454]

@@DeftestAphid2 or he can play whatever he wants

[@shyguyrocks1]

@@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon Right up there with Majora's Mask

[@jasperlevinstein8210]

Dan: "...wait, wtf is happening? XD" Arin: "It's Chao karate, don't worry about it, keep going." I fucking heaved laughing at that.

[@gemstony85]

17:15 "we're gonna go the distance, or at least close" Nice prediction, Dan.

[@robinw2096]

the way dan reads sonic erotica is how i hope aliens first hear us across the cosmos and define and judge our entire species accordingly

[@Supersonic]

it is amazing how well Dan can read ungrammatically correct sentences without missing a beat

[@Skotzenn]

I'll never get "awgh! my cawck! Out of my head

[@awwrelic]

0:44 If you play the demo from Phantasy Star Online to this game, about here is where you hear the soldier shout "What the Hell?"....weirdly, in the full game that was cut out.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

strange

[@AleksandrSpiritwolf]

As a child I knew that knuckles stages and their keys/crystals were randomized, how the fuck doesn’t Arin put that together?

[@kryzethx]

This felt more like story time with Dan with SA2 gameplay in the background lol

[@Brinnyanderson]

Something about the sound of the Chao garden music in the background while Dan reads fan fiction, is so hilarious to me.

[@neondemons]

These sonic fanfics sound like a dementia patient who’s last wish is to write the ultimate erotic Sonic fanfic. I absolutely love it.

[@brent5709]

cant wait for this to come on 15 times on autoplay as i sleep ^-^

[@SpartanXVII]

Wow, you've honestly blown my mind that I'm not the only one this happens to. I've apparently watched all or some of "RTGame plays all of Super Mario Odyssey" many many times, and I've never seen it.

[@demonslayerXP]

I was like "what this spike here on the timeline that says most replayed?" and of course it was sonic fanfiction

[@DW43KK1]

i love getting $14/hour to listen to dan read explicit fanfiction

[@ronnierockit4468]

Good work if you can get it

[@ReddpawGaming]

I'm glad there's a long censored shaft on Sonic when he comes out of the helicopter.

[@jellosquid]

A fresh GG comp that I’m early for😳

[@srbrant5391]

It's fresh, so the crust is nice and flaky.

[@aliciamarshall7162]

5:32 idk why but the gem hunting levels were my FAVORITE! When I was trying to 100% they were the first ones I did because I liked them and got really good at them! Is there anyone else that feels this way because everyone I’ve ever seen play it has hated them😂

[@Jemunari]

Loved them! And the multiplayer too

[@ColeJacob]

no trust me i get you. the chao farm too. this game was a staple in my childhood and that's why i was so mad at the series basically getting ruined

[@kegmonkey5648]

I've noticed that a lot of people fail to realize that while there are 3 emerald pieces, there are more than three spots they can show up at. So people look up walkthroughs and get confused/angry, much like Arin, when the emeralds aren't in the spots they show in the walkthrough.

[@MARIA.sayonara]

Dude I played the treasure hunting game so much my uncle while playing multiplayer said I knew where the gems were before the game did lmao

[@PerpleX_Plays]

During the whole reading of the fanfic, I just kept muttering, "I hate this. Ugh I just hate this so much" under my breath to myself

[@golfcore88]

Omg when the door opens and dan says: someone called for a jackass? I almost spit out my drink xD

[@AstridTheBee]

I don't think I'll ever not get infuriated by them not understanding that the emerald shards and keys have random locations.

[@undeadgentalmen]

Such a touching ending. Or possible somber cliffhanger...

[@alexallmon1710]

When I clicked on a, best of video, I did not expect to get a romance novel audiobook free of charge

[@Bifta13productions]

1:53:52 Holy cow my brain melted a little

[@DeepFriedOreoOffline]

I think "for a few more several minutes" might the be best thing I have ever, or will ever hear. I can't stop laughing!

[@itsericsfault]

Let’s talk about how Dan voiced Shadow excellently

[@thomasrowlands6106]

Historians will find these videos one day and be like how did we survive

[@williamkeith1180]

Dan: "ok its time to break out the sonic fan fic, from our favorite..." Me: "Lil sonic, YES, the people's champ!"

[@bunnybunbun7935]

How did I not realize that this is where one of Sneegsnag's alerts came from lmao The realization it gave me man (I watched this playthrough and didn't realize until I watched this compilation LOL)

[@cadenhoopert9545]

Sonic the Hedgehog

[@GameGrumpsCompilations]

That is correct

[@lucksury]

Jesus Christ I’m trying to skip through the fanfic and I jumped forward a good bit but was greeted with “strokes Sonic’s shaft.”

[@theconceptofinfinity]

"bapples" is a real word for me now.

[@ferociousfeind8538]

30:00 "I mean, that's kind of a cheesy move. (54... 55...)" best bit

[@Snorlink]

Danny after over an hour of out loud reading Sonic erotic fanfiction: "I don't think I'm a furry"

[@truebornseeker9767]

Listening to Dan read *horrific* sonic fanfic while actively writing my own (hopefully much better) fanfic just makes it that much funnier

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

I'm not sure what's more entertaining, the game, or Dan's amazing reading of the crappiest sex fanfic.

[@mrslightcoffee6986]

I have major OCD when it comes to grammar and when I was listening to that fanfic, my eye started twitching like crazy🤣. The fic was hilarious though.

[@EnviousEcho]

I was literally looking for a GG Sonic Adventure 2 compilation a few days ago and here it is! Crazy how that shit works

[@lStr1ker50l]

that moment u realized that sonic is in the one piece universe. Took me years to figure out "Hancock" is Boa Hancock

[@metalmonstamikettt]

I don’t understand why they don’t finish this game. It will be hilarious and also i freakin love this game

[@MrNightShade]

FINALLY YES I FOUND THE SERIESSSSSS

[@CayDawgg]

Bro the fanfic had to be the best part of the entire comp

[@st3vn.n]

0:55 i never noticed what matt and ryan did here until now 😭 i love them lmaoo

[@datnoob1647]

Even being read by Dan this fan fiction is hurting me physically

[@Dacc8]

Watching snapcubes fandub then watching the grumps play the game reminds me of certain lines from snapcube

[@LunetteFox]

Dan reading erotic Sonic fanfiction with poor grammar is almost as enjoyable as Gilbert Gottfried reading 50 Shades of Grey, which is to say quite enjoyable

[@Madgerman2291]

Fuckin love this game, listen to the soundtrack at work. I am TOTALLY dead inside this is so awesomely validating! Thanks guys! Love your work including your music!

[@nealmaxwell790]

Fun fact: you’re Sonic and the Black Knight compilation gave me a lot of joy. At a time where I was considering suicide. Your editing and the GGs comedy helped me to not put that bullet in my mouth

[@GiganticWeen]

mission failed, we'll get em next time.

[@passion4drums]

What the fuck lol

[@trevorhensley3185]

You're stronger than you think, mate.

[@nealmaxwell790]

@@trevorhensley3185 thank you for your concern, I’m in much better place now. I got a good paying job with already talk of advancement, I’ve quit drinking liquor, and I’ve found a wonderful girl who was in a much worse place than I was and I think sparks are starting to fly

[@LegallyBlindGaming727]

nice is all i know how to say without sounding weird @@nealmaxwell790

[@expandokong8109]

I don't think i ever needed a drink, and proceded to drink, more in my life than when i was listening to the fanfic.

[@bradandmawm3630]

Dan Avidan, seeing the intro to SA2, which is famously set in San Francisco: oh god it's set in new york

[@G1ng3rG4m1ng]

Why does it open with Sonic's MAGNUM DONG 👀😂 0:58

[@gorbla1231]

I think the fanfic may have been partially written by AI Dungeon.

[@sanityplusmilkshakes]

Whenever someone said "shooting ropes" in fanfiction I always thought of harpoon guns.

[@mochann1133]

There’s a KZbinr I enjoy who made a review about the 50 Shades of Grey franchise, and he made a note that the author is terrible at illustrating the passage of time. She writes them like they only last 2 minutes. I feel that lilsonic is the exact opposite, as all sex scenes he writes feel like they go on for literal hours

[@miguelnavarez8616]

You know listening to Dan read sonic fan fiction while I eat chicken nuggets really is an odd realization

[@keelercurtice8259]

I like to think this what Kat from Euphoria's fan fiction read like

[@gazza141]

Seriously.. can we just get an audio book of game grumps reading sonics harem!

[@romeants8049]

I just noticed, after watching this a few times, that they censored out Sonic’s dong as he jumps out the helicopter. How tf did I miss that STROKE of genius

[@FreemindTv11]

My favorite plot line of Dan’s is unspoken respect and knowledge of rap music

[@shaobues]

I would pay real money to hear dan read erotic fanfic

[@tarmacsolid606]

this is strange, im never this early

[@GameGrumpsCompilations]

I usually upload earlier in the day

[@Niskara]

Listening to that sonic fanfic read was physically painful.

[@n.a.d.d.i4742]

Oh no I'm gonna land on that texture

[@SegaMario]

I'm surprised they are literally on the final Hero Story level. It's been so long, I don't remember how far they gotten.

[@henrytoloza8623]

I remember why I stopped watching the playthrough the first time . I just couldn't put up with the sonic fan-fic

[@alex_does_art129]

omg do yall know that time arin said sonics name was Olgilvie (i dont remember which sonic game, ive been binging these for like 4 days) but i just looked it up AT IT TOTALLY IS, HIS NAME IS OLGILVIE MAURICE HEDGEHOG, AND TAILS IS ACTUALLY MILES PROWER TOO, idk why i didnt believe arin, lmaooo

[@pergos1]

Are we sure that Lil’ Soniq isn't Tommy Wiseau?

[@trey0001069760]

17:15 Best part hands down

[@shadow102994]

So after listening to a lot of this Sonic Fanfic stuff, when Sonic is telling the story, I imagine he’s thinking all this stuff and not telling Mario about Peach specifically. Or he’s saying Peach was all over him to maybe clear his own guilt. Either way, I interpret Sonics Ultimate Harem with Sonic kind of doing the unreliable narrator type of thing.

[@konspiracy9895]

Man, I work hard. I have a published book. I write detailed fanfics to stay in practice. But now I know what people really want. That's what it takes to get readers... Where's a JonTron suicide meme when you need one

[@Drizzle68]

Why on earth did they stop this series?

[@UltGamer629]

They don’t even know why they stopped. If you watch the end of Sonic Colors they confirmed they’re going back and finishing SA2B as their next Sonic game.

[@Drizzle68]

@@UltGamer629 oh that’s good, hopefully later this summer then

[@ShawnTuckertheShoninzo]

little sonic has to be tommy wiseau

[@ilikechipsncracks4248]

I miss the old times

[@ElFimpo]

I've never cringed this much listing to the fan fiction read out 😂

[@GVoltage07]

As i'm listen to this fanfiction, Idk if I should make an animatic for it or not 😂

[@armyofpoo9297]

Why did I have to listen to this while I was eating. I'm just gonna eat later.

[@SpartanXVII]

You mean "Best of Game Grumps Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, so far"

[@GameGrumpsCompilations]

copium

[@randomenvelope]

Sonic dx playthroughs was one of my favs, but this one was so full of fanfiction I couldn't watch it.

[@General12th]

But the fanfiction is the best part.

[@wickedcaitsith]

Hopefully they'll finish this playthrough someday.

[@abcgefp]

I really hope this means More SA2 soon...

[@GameGrumpsCompilations]

Well it worked with House Party...

[@aweso100]

I don't understand the hate for the fanfic. It's hilarious.

[@ShawnTuckertheShoninzo]

that horrible fanfic made my laptop too hot that it froze

[@toxictwins854]

That fan fiction is the reason god will one day restart humanity like we are a glitch in a video gamr

[@cailynchaos3326]

The sad music playing in the background while the video was ending.

[@penny.dreadful666]

8:26 so it's a secret military base that he heard about on satellite TV? Also it's really creepy that he's explaining it to himself.

[@ghostlee0]

Tell me you know nothing about guns without telling me you know nothing without guns. Dan: “…where he slaps a magazine clip into an assault rifle.” Magazine. Clip. THEY’RE NOT THE SAME THING.