Frame Trap - Episode 100 "Thank You"

It's the 100th episode of Frame Trap and Ben, Damiani, and Kyle are here to celebrate.
TIMESTAMPS
03:13 - Temtem
19:21 - The Witcher Netflix TV Series
40:38 - Warcraft III: Reforged
56:08 - Caught in a Frame Trap: Real or Fake - Temtem
59:58 - Monster Hunter Stories
01:11:10 - Journey to the Savage Planet
01:40:48 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore
01:55:28 - HOTTAKE: How are we currently feeling about Easy Allies and how can we improve?
02:21:12 - Emails
Thank you to these wonderful "Shout-Out!" tier patrons:
Elthanas
Greg "TheDarkKnight" Kettering
Caleb "Togi" Crawford
Will Schmuck
Mr1Luigi
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[@EasyAllies]

Hey everyone, I mistakenly read an email two episodes in a row. My bad! If you pick up on it, you're not going crazy. - Ben

[@KarmaHoudiniGaming]

Looks like you were caught in a frame trap!

[@Ninjablast360]

It's funny because I watched almost all of it in one session and then continued later just before that email and thought I clicked on the wrong episode at first. Either way great show Frame Trap is easily one of my favorite shows you guys do, here's to 100+ more!

[@FreeDoM_nl]

I thought I was in a strange time loop or alternate universe. Thank you for clearing this up.

[@tomsawyer5069]

Kentucky route zero !

[@Syktris]

I thoguht it was a bit..

[@quagthias]

Damiani getting deep and I really appreciate it.

[@Rocknr]

Damiani: *pours his heart out* Kyle: "That was fun."

[@JoshBurcham104]

Wow that original frame trap music brought me back thanks for that

[@mileswilliams4807]

For real! I missed it!

[@Maztuhmind]

I don't mind the new music, but the old music is more chill.

[@MexicanBear13]

Yes!!! I was literally just thinking about the old music two days ago, so when I heard it, I light up! :D

[@omrmajeed]

Hottake was prophetic. Damiani was right on the nose.

[@nickgeurtsen]

I agree with Damiani. A lot of us would be cool if you nuked everything but the two main podcasts and pursued whatever makes you passionate content-wise--especially if that means more collaboration between the allies.

[@terencecaron2922]

Oh no, Ben has started the podcast with a bit, Kyle's smiling, the dark prince's influence is growing !!

[@HillcrestGames]

And a great bit it was.

[@borgs101]

Whoa damiani lives in bens old apartment some nice easy allies lore :D Also that was quite an interesting hottake! I've got to say I could relate in my own personal circumstance, damani's "do something more with your life" resonated with me. Adult life can make you get very complacent with your current path because of all the responsibilities you have, at the same time you gotta follow your dreams!

[@koreysquared]

i think they used to be roommates? not sure.

[@KampaiSanta1999]

IIRC, when Damiani was let go and moved to Texas, his old apartment was rented to Ben who initially lived further than GT. Ben took the chance and asked him to gave him that apartment spot. When GT got canned and EZA was formed, Damiani later came back from Texas, which means Ben had to move out and give back Damiani his old apartment back. There was a period of time Ben have to sleep bag on Damiani place.... I think. He did mentioned about looking for apartment during streams back then.

[@borgs101]

H2Omer88 ahh I see funny how things work out

[@TotemoGaijin]

@@koreysquared Yeah, they were roommates.

[@julian_whiteway]

Congrats Ben on reaching 100 episodes with Frame Trap! Absolutely my favourite podcast, thanks for the quality discussions and belly laughs! Loved the return of the old music and logo for this episode too!

[@comicd]

I really enjoyed the introspective thoughts from Damiani.

[@mellowtron9221]

Felt some strong Kobe vibes from it

[@lazersoupe]

Some things that you guys missed about Warcraft 3 reforged. They merged the old client into reforged, if you had an original version of the game and updated it then it is now in the reforged version. This means that the classic version suffers from all the faults of reforged. There are no shadows in the original graphics now, custom campaigns have been cut, Lan is gone, you have to go through the editor to play against the AI in a match, the menu is now connected to online features you don't need, ladder is cut, clans are gone as well as tons of other online features. If you play campaign offline it will not save your progress due to some DRM. the menu runs through a chrome browser some users found. Animations of models are locked at 30 frames which looks jarring, some unique animations were not even reforged, they just copied multiple animations for the same old one. in the cinematics, units that are talking will randomly disappear, corpses will move and many other lazy issues. They ruined the old game and that was unnecesary

[@lazersoupe]

So the developers just responded on the warcraft forums and it is some of the most vague and disregarding BS. They say that they wanted to preserve original spirit but then why did they nuke the classic client and cut features. They say they won't comment on many issues which is code for "we're not going to fix the bulk of problems". This company is garbage, past blizzard would release a quality product even if it took longer but now they outsource the bulk of their work and sit on their hands till their shareholders need an earnings report.

[@Maztuhmind]

This is unbelievable. I'm no fan of Blizzard, but still always viewed the company as one of the most respected in the biz. Hard to believe that they could sink this low.

[@TotemoGaijin]

Yikes! I've never even played 3, but that sounds like nothing but awful. Blizzard sure has gone downhill.

[@DeformedConscience]

I never comment, but I have watched every episode of this show. and it is always worth watching. I hope to see hundreds of more. Cheers

[@jacobc2203]

Looking forward to 100 more!

[@TotemoGaijin]

Not playing it again, but I can say that Tokyo Mirage Sessions is just a good time.

[@matthewevans4211]

Some real talk by Michael D on this weeks frame trap about the Easy Allies business. Very honest and discussing his anxieties. Made me appreciate him even more. The risk of keeping what you have because you honestly love it but knowing it could be more if you took a risk. My thoughts daily. Great work guys :)

[@quagthias]

"Would they deign?" is now in the pantheon of EZA original phrases that they claim to be regular colloquialisms such as Huber's "GET TO THE TREELINE!" which is apparently said very frequently in television and film.

[@shubhankar2508]

Aw man, I was hoping Ben would do a special rap for the 100th episode

[@richardeverett3285]

I'm 1 hour in, didn't break out of the frame trap

[@jamesjm0rt0n]

TIMESTAMPS 03:13 - Temtem 19:21 - The Witcher Netflix TV Series 40:38 - Warcraft III: Reforged 56:08 - Caught in a Frame Trap: Real or Fake - Temtem 59:58 - Monster Hunter Stories 01:11:10 - Journey to the Savage Planet 01:40:48 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore 01:55:28 - HOTTAKE: How are we currently feeling about Easy Allies and how can we improve? 02:21:12 - Emails

[@sheldon117]

Thank you :)

[@RandyVie86]

Yes; Jaskier = Dandilion

[@MysteriousMrL]

And the J is pronounced like a Y.

[@diggy2980]

Congrats on episode 100. Great great hottake!! I especially loved Damiani's insight into his thoughts re: the company and how he feels he has a responsibility to his patrons and how the pressure of that can influence his decision making. I think that's true of almost all the youtubers/streamers out there. Personally I feel as long as you guys preserve that creative core and never 'sell out' you will be fine. Patrons support Easy Allies for a reason and I feel it's the honesty and camaraderie that is so appealing. Don't lose sight of that and don't over think things. I couldn't imagine the pressure one would feel knowing that your passion and livelihood is dependent on the generosity of patrons. Hope you guys see this and looking forward to another few hundred episodes of Frametrap/Easy Allies Podcast etc!!!

[@nitaiginzburg8689]

Metroid Prime 3 was the first Metroid game, of any kind, I've ever played. I loved it, going to different planets and using the ship to progress in some instances gave me R&C vibes (even though the game-play is of course very different, but R&C does have some lite metroidvania elements as well). I distinctly remember some planets, like the one with the ruins, and being so intrigued by these alien environments. Really strange how it connects with R&C for me. And you can bet 14 or 13 year old me thought Dark Samus was super cool

[@expsharevideogames]

Horniness is definitely an emotion

[@euphoriajack]

Congratulations on 100 episodes Ben. This show has been incredible from the start and only improved through the years. I love your passion and enthusiasm. Keep it up!

[@Jonas.A.Larsen]

congratz Ben! Great work throughout the years. keep it coming!

[@philbarton2832]

It was very interesting hearing damiani's hopes and fears for the future of easy allies, I respect his honesty alot and it seems like he has alot of ideas going forward.

[@MsLottie84]

Congratulations, Ben and Allies for the 100 ep of FT, one of many perfect panel line-ups for the show. I love the energy and insight you all bring and the self-awareness and courage displayed in the Hottake - here's to many many more!

[@rcoh4]

That shout-out was epic.

[@mikemirando9509]

Congrats on 100 episodes!

[@mikhail2736]

Introspective Damiani is my favorite Damiani. Congratulations on 100 episodes!

[@WackoWambo]

CONGRATS! 100 episodes of hard work and greatness!

[@bemaod]

I love Damiani talking about his thoughts on what EZA could be doing. On that note I’d like to see an experimental month of content. Like he said, keep the main podcast and Frame Trap but put everything else on hold and do some new, crazy, something they’ve always wanted to do for one month. See how it goes and then continue with “normal” content and then take feedback and maybe change some things up.

[@kephalai]

I missed the original Frame Trap intro music! Thank you so much for bringing it back! :D

[@runfwd]

Damiani didn't broke them out of the Frame Trap!

[@davidhawkes6456]

He did not deign to that

[@7Sep7]

We are the ones to say thank you, Easy Allies.

[@peterwilkinson1975]

Congrats on episode 100!

[@xAuragothx]

I can NOT BELIEVE Kyle would speak of Neopets in this way!!!!!

[@losermanwins4338]

The best gaming podcast on KZbin. Here's to 100 more!

[@JazGalaxy]

We can be somewhat informed about how Subscriptions will affect gaming because of its existence in the past... pc games piracy in the 80s and 90s. If you were around for it, most games were widely available to the entire public for “free”. (Leisure Suit Larry was considered a disaster our Bomb until Sierra realized they were selling more strategy guides than existed legal copies of the game.) here are some predictions: 1) the attention span of gamers will drop to mere minutes. If a game isn’t immediately exciting, gamers will just “change the channel”. 2) gamers will try more genres. Like a buffet, when there is nothing lost, people are more adventurous. 3)developers will try harder for alternative revenue streams like, traditionally, hint books. In a modern context, Microtransactions. 4) games will design around subscriptions just like older games designed around piracy. (Moon language puzzles existed to sell hint guides.) 5)people will finish even fewer games than they already do, which is about 30%. This will effect “story” games because people won’t know the story. 6) we will see greater utility of name brands because, when faced with choice, people resort to what they know and trust.

[@Stealitnot]

It's funny to me when Kyle says he dropped Monster Hunter Stories because there's no motivation after you get the cool armor when that's the entire idea of every other Monster Hunter game.

[@Keebob_]

Aww, I was really hoping to get some ReMind impressions in this episode. Regardless, congrats on the 100 episodes Ben!!

[@johnmarkescobar2527]

Yo if the Cavill and Daigo really commented in on FT.. That’s super cool!! If not, FT is still awesome and congrats to Ben for EP100! L&R

[@expsharevideogames]

Correction: genes being recessive does not imply anything about strength or weakness. It just means you need 2 copies of that gene to get the trait fully passed down to the offspring (or be the only copy of the gene). Recessive genes can absolutely be tied to much hardier or beneficial traits than dominant genes. Dominant genes can pass down very detrimental traits.

[@closedmouth]

tell that to kojima (actually don't, he's probably been told that 1,000,000 times since MGS)

[@Stormcrownn]

The difficulty of temtem pays off because farming/grinding for good stats on your tem feels super rewarding. Not going for perfect but just high rolls. There's an xp share item too.

[@MonsterMJ]

Omg i love this show so much thx ben for doing it

[@steffbrunadotavieira8234]

Congrats Ben!! Here’s to 100 more! 🍀❤️

[@bencampos8817]

Loved the shout outs

[@SmorgasLord]

yay the old music is back! Congrats to 100 episodes!

[@SirGrindgore]

Congrats on 100 episodes! One remark: The Metroid Prime (4) discussion is so interesting and meaty, almost deserves its own timestamp: 1:28:52

[@Vvonter]

Fun fact: Metroid Prime 2 was for the most part finished in 3 months. IMO 1>3>2, I can admit 2 feels more Metroid than 3 but still I enjoyed the latter more.

[@AlexKing-wd8ny]

Loved the inward looking hotake, just a fascinating conversation. Also the multiplayer question (despite being a repeat) hits really close to home, I can't imagine teaming up with people in multiplayer games that I don't know in the real world, and I know very few people who play games, and it really does lock you out of parts or the entirety of some games. Going on discord and meeting strangers feels like a nightmare to me. It can be frustrating, but I am consoled by the fact that there are way too many amazing games to ever play anyway. L&R.

[@taterbater22]

Finally getting around to watching this episode in July and its crazy listening to Damiani knowing that Kyle leaves a little while after this.

[@MrDannyWright]

Kyle is so schizophrenic in his criticism of video games. The Witcher isn't focused enough, but he loves JRPGs and GTA games. Stopped playing Persona 5 because the protagonist was "too cool".

[@borgs101]

Haha indeed, probably one of the reasons why he doesn’t review games. I’ll often be like “oh Kyle” when I hear of these weird criticisms but I wouldn’t have it any other way either :D

[@Kango234]

It's funny because I also am not into fantasy and had lots of issues with the P5 cast and if he just said that I think no one would question it, but he does like to word his criticisms in weird ways so it's no wonder people constantly ask him about it.

[@mi2-c035]

I can relate to his criticism to Persona 5, that's why despite i love SMT i've never been able to feel the same for Persona. They always try to make the cast extremely cool, way cooler than the rest of the characters in the game, when sometimes the player just wants to be the underdog, the one nobody cares.

[@TSPhoenix2]

I'm not sure I agree. This is like saying you can't criticise a curry for being too sweet because you praised a cake for being sweet.

[@mi2-c035]

​@@TSPhoenix2 A cake/curry can cloy, when it's too sweet it becomes unpleasant.

[@stiderman]

I love you guys for everything you all do & will love you even more for every extra thing you guys can do together...reflecting on the thought of what you guys could do improve (cca 2:09:00)

[@the_sigil4340]

There's a short video with Henry Cavill explaining how they shot the fight scene in Blaviken for the witcher. Pretty neat. Also nice to watch that handsome dude being all enthusiastic for fantasy stuff ^^

[@brianwallace5644]

I love that domiani has to always include the statement “it wasn’t me trying to do ridiculous stuff” lol

[@murcj]

Congratulations!

[@LowSkillPlays]

it took me two days to get to the Hottake lol. and I'll say I agree with Damiani. I love a lot of what you guys do individually but I think some of my favorite stuff has been the betting specials. I dont want those all the time, but I do wish they happened more often. And outside of that just more collaboration between the allies. As someone who doesnt often play horror games I love Huber and Kyle's playthroughs of scary games, and the chemistry they have. I would love to see stuff like that more often not just with them but with other duos and maybe even more. I think of something like Prepare to Try where three people that had a great friendship and rapport started a series of just playing the Souls games forthe first time. those sorts of things are where the bread and butter of Easy Allies lies I think, collaboration with one another. I would even consider not playing games for review anymore, but simply for discussion and impressions more than a real "review." I dunno how others would feel about that.

[@mellowtron9221]

Planet RAW Reviews are worthless to me as well. Just stream the game, it gives a better look into the game anyway. These reviews try to cram all these different thoughts into a short little package and are jumping around in footage and ideas that just can’t be backed up in such a short amount of time. Not to mention how apparently time-consuming they are to produce.

[@johnny2003]

Best shout outs

[@amichaelson10]

Harsh truth: Kyle should bring back Final Bosman. Don't squander this.

[@Bman54X]

He’s been hearing that since day 1 of EZA

[@Bman54X]

X TI Catering to every fan’s whim is never a good idea. Then he’s just doing it because people want him to, not because he wants to, and the quality is not gonna be as good, and fans wouldn’t be as happy as they think they would be. Besides, if he had to focus on just redoing Final Bosman, you probably wouldn’t have got box peek

[@quagthias]

We've been over this several times on podcasts, Q&As and a lengthy response on reddit. Kyle does not want to do a repeat of something he already did, especially if it would be a worse version (they have less time, money, and resources than at GT). I love The Final Bosman to death (I spent hundred of hours making a tribute to it) but it would suck to know he'd be hating it the whole time and stressing out. Change is scary, but getting something new is always more exciting.

[@Bman54X]

X TI that comes from passion, not from “well the fans are making me do it”

[@quagthias]

@@mish5200 the latter maybe but the not the former. He actually wanted to do Box Peek. In the end, demanding something, especially old content, from a creative person won't make anyone happy. Don't ask Bart to say "I didn't do it."

[@karloluffy]

Thank you for 100 episodes Ben~kun!

[@Frumlock]

congrats 100 L&R

[@yodal_]

The groove! It's back!

[@jackcall3815]

Love the shirt Kyle!!

[@SomaBT]

Grats on episode 100 Allies.

[@samuraishuyin]

Original Frame Trap intro jingle hit me hard

[@___IG]

I was thinking about what the Hottake a few days ago, actually. I definitely started picking up on some really rote vibes. Things are feeling a little samey, I think. I'll never pull my pledge from Patreon. I want you to make the content you want, be it butter claymation or betting specials. I kind of thought that was the whole reason you HAVE a Patreon, right? I was a little surprised by your taking on of big, impersonal corporate sponsors since that signaled more of an appeal to the masses than the implied ethos of a Patreon project. Butt I'll support you either way, because I like you and I think WHATEVER you make (and I mean WHATEVER) is worth a couple sheckles a month, easily. Please do what you want, and without reservation. Thank you.

[@kevinmacnally]

Here's to a hundred more three hours

[@karerusloth]

Damiani: Witchers do have human emotions. It is just a rumour that they spread so that they can do their job easier (ask for more money).

[@bobbymaycry9748]

Because Ben brings up the style of Warcraft I highly recommend any Ally looking into a KickStarter campaign called *Battle Axe* While not an RTS game has a very classic Warcraft look to its artstyle. Simply gorgeous; I'm a backer and hate to show any form of bias but I get the feeling if the goals are met it'll likely be on Frame Trap spoken with praise in future :) L&R

[@SuperBloodedge]

Thank you allies!

[@lovebuttonsmoo]

Great Diverse Personalities + Great Content + Lots of Luck = Fans

[@VillainViran]

Wow, Ben's so positive regarding Tokyo Mirage Sessions

[@bengotagun]

Ben, congrats on 100 episodes. You are clearly passionate about this podcast and it comes through! If I may offer a piece of feedback: as an audio-only listener, there are times when it sounds like you are a little farther from the mic than the other panelists and I'll need to increase/decrease the volume throughout the podcast to hear everything. As Kyle would say, "get up on that mic!"

[@KerstinMamma]

1:28:59 That "WHAT?!" Was accurate, what the hell Kyle.

[@jimjohnson6944]

I lost it when Kyle asked Damiani if for the last 3 years he's thought that The Witcher 3 was about some guy who goes around killing witches.

[@TotemoGaijin]

I just wanna kill some witches.

[@AwesomeRickyC]

I hate being that guy but it was Liquid Snake that had the recessive genes, which were the stronger combination of genes. Also congrats on episode 100, love your videos aha.

[@CuriousCorduroy]

That original intro and music caught me off guard. Thought I had an old video playing.

[@ceracen]

I don't understand why someone wouldn't like the look of Twin Snakes. It looks just like MGS 2.

[@ByondAShadow]

Is there anywhere we can get read all of the Frame Trap stats ourselves? :))

[@expsharevideogames]

Don does a beautiful job at everything

[@adamscharenbroch8976]

Thank you for making me realize that playing online with strangers isn't as scary as I make it inside my head.

[@oficerdude5433]

I miss tabletop, I'd enjoy that so much more than the 50 hours a week of streams I dont care to watch

[@christianeddins]

I personally love 3DS 3D

[@YourPalHDee]

Hey, the music changed back to the old music :O

[@mikesaporito1373]

Dat classic intro tho

[@azriell783]

Great episode. It's hard to imagine anyone leaving EZA because you guys ARE the Easy Allies. IGN is a faceless corporation, and even the name Giant Bomb refers to a website or a company. Easy Allies points directly to the 9 allies so it's hard to imagine EZA being anything different. But there is a push from some of the community for a 10th ally, so clearly change is possible. Even if addition is much easier than subtraction.

[@sungwonmoon4324]

Thought I got caught in an old frametrap at first lol

[@NamekianPOSTBOY]

Damn, Damiani got extra real in this episode and it was dope.

[@ayasolaris4971]

Now I want a whole episode of just Ben talking about JRPGs.

[@OhItsLuCa]

What do you mean, there are 100 of them (I kid I kid)

[@terencecaron2922]

Kyle, there's a new armor in Monster Hunter for beginners where it's way easier to get into it and do the first missions.

[@ayasolaris4971]

I wasn't ready for that Hottake. :(

[@lewiep]

If there is ever in the future an entirely new crew taking over Easy Allies, it should be like TNG where you still get occasional cameos from the old crew.

[@emikochan13]

Frame Trap is my favourite show on Easy Allies

[@RandyVie86]

You can easily get your "lost skills" back in TMS though :)

[@LowSkillPlays]

i think Temtem has a lot of potential, i just hope they capitalize. i dont really agree it looks flat or the designs are uninteresting but there are a lot of features I think that would make the game take off like a rocket that im hoping they add

[@lystic9392]

35:00 In case Damiani wants to know, but I guess Blood could tell this better than I can... about witchers and emotions. The witchers like to keep up the illusion that they know no emotions. I think it's just one of those convenient rumors going around about witchers that they rather keep alive than let die. But they really do feel things. And Geralt is not special in that regard.

[@SubterraneanLosers]

Get Kyle on weekly hunts!!

[@LuveenWadhwani]

Classic Edition Credits

[@oliverthelander]

When all of the original cast have been changed ending with Milo, the one that will still remain, forever and always, is the Goddess

[@AntiNihilist]

I don't understand why Ben didn't explain FE's combat as being more or less identical to Persona's. He got real in-depth considering how much he could've simplified it.