A Redditor on r/TheLastOfUs2 sent death threats to himself and blamed us. | Girlfriend Reviews

[@GirlfriendReviews]

YOU GUYS!! Thank you for helping us raise over $30,000 for Best Friends Animal Society! We are so glad we could all come together and do something good ❤️

[@KaptainKommissar]

an average day on reddit circa 2021, colorized

[@theeightbithero]

If people can’t handle your words, don’t speak to them.

[@henryalexander7325]

I'm so sorry you had to go through this, but also put your "A Song of Ice and Fire" books in the right order, you have them literally backwards. Series should go left to right, not right to left. It was distracting me the whole video. But anyway, love your channel and I'm happy something positive came of this in the end.

[@aniyilator]

@@henryalexander7325 They're technically only backwards if you look at them from the left side first, just a change in perspective

[@yuushouma1263]

Bruh this plotting guy looks so stupid that I actually think his main purpose of starting shit like this was to bring down the subreddit using GFR as a medium, I mean censoring mistakes and typing patterns, its like he wanted to get caught. OR he is just sooo stupid that it looks like this and I'm reading too much into it lol

[@JoCat]

this is one of the cases where "bro, its just a video game" applies

[@sopphi]

These types of people typically just love looking for something to be outraged about.

[@goshdarntootin]

@@sopphi While at the same time accuse people of that very thing.

[@MilkieMouse]

God, if only gamers (tm) thought that way. Unfortunately they've connected so much of themselves to a material good and brand that they've descended into madness and should be horribly ashamed of themselves. Assuming shame is something those sociopaths can actually feel.

[@brenthud2170]

Hi JoCat! I love your videos!

[@crispin8212]

Its only game why you haf to be mad

[@TierZoo]

Sorry you guys were subjected to such a maddening, frustrating hate mob and conspiracy. Solid internet detective work though!

[@willsam6]

TIER ZOO ON A GIRLFRIEND REVIEWS VIDEO WOOOOOAAAAHHH ALL THREE OF YOU GUYS ARE SO COOL

[@bigzed7908]

Yeah, such a shitty situation. What sort of de-buffs must someone have to do such things...

[@borismuller86]

It’s reassuring that two such excellent channels support each other.

[@carloszarraga1990]

Damn, this is a crossover I never knew I wanted

[@RandomPerson-nd2ey]

@🌿POPULATION-_-420☁ they should not have to but people are gullible. It's sometimes better to get the truth out to counter the lies.

[@MikeAlwill]

Guys, I'm beginning to think that *isn't* the real Roger Ebert

[@azk5811]

I hated this game. Hated hated hated hated hated this game.

[@anb1142]

underrated comment

[@Moscoe...]

bruh

[@yeshua7238]

Imagine if it was though.

[@mikedangerdoes]

You can't prove that Roger Ebert doesn't have a Polish adsense account and strange grammatical tics, whilst also moonlighting as an app developer.

[@Qrzychu92]

lo, as a Polish guy, threatening someone to take them to Polish authorities, is like the weakest threat you can imagine xD

[@architchaudhary1285]

LMAO

[@mfbunyiphimself3227]

That's hilarious! I laughed my beer over myself.

[@noone-ld7pt]

Yea I'm not Polish but while we were on vacation there a friend of mine somehow managed to end up drunk in Polish Jail for fighting with the police. In our country this would have been reaal bad, huge fines and possible prison. The police officer asked for a bribe to let him go and the bribe was literally less than he paid for a pizza later that day, and the officer even drove him home and they had a nice talk about football.

[@BradTheAmerican]

@@noone-ld7pt the capitalization of in-person social interaction :O

[@mattwiper]

The Grammar police actually won this time

[@youraverageyoutuber7846]

when the last of us 2 fanboys gets angry

[@youraverageyoutuber7846]

@@BoraniumArt but I don't use reddit

[@oaksynia7353]

@@youraverageyoutuber7846 get over it bruh

[@tommapar]

@Matt Wiper You actually don't need to capitalize the G in grammar. Just doing our job, man.

[@hek7752]

So its not just me that gets harrassed on reddit about grammer lol

[@snazzy]

This is obviously terrible and the subreddit is toxic, but I loved the true crime investigation. Y’all are great and we all love animals.

[@jamesblair2713]

Love to see you here

[@zalanicht]

*Reddit is toxic

[@TheGrumbliestPuppy]

If I didn't know better, I'd almost wonder if this was a kind person making you a escape-room style detective game. It's just too perfect, they keep leaving clues that are difficult to notice but not too difficult, consistently. Obviously they're just stupid incels, but it's hilarious how they accidentally made GFR a detective game.

[@grey_f98]

That sub is so toxic they sometimes make memes about how they're obviously not toxic and people who say they are are just dumb

[@majorevangelism]

Shelby did look like she had a lot of fun with it though. It's like solving a crossword.

[@PhilipDeFranco]

Jesus that’s insane.

[@BareTruls]

Talk about it. Want to hear your take on this

[@MH-hu5pi]

Oh! Hello there. Nice seeing you here.

[@TheREALHugo4]

And yet that's natural nowadays.

[@TestorshiaTheeOne]

Nice to see you Phil!

[@solfleur]

i love how the guy flammed everything and nopped out

[@sklls6718]

imagine hating a game sooo much, you try to destroy someone else's life for liking the game

[@sammy1552]

The people who do this (hate the game so much) have no life.

[@kostasspirou1010]

That's a big portion of TLOU2's hardcore haters, they can't stand the fact that someone is enjoying the game.

[@raiaanahmed8804]

@@kostasspirou1010 coming from a guy who was disappointed with Tlou2 I have to agree

[@kostasspirou1010]

@@raiaanahmed8804 Being disappointed or disliking the game is fine, but if you literally harass people and hate on the game hardcore then you have a problem (I'm not talking about you specifically, but the people who's entire personality is hating on the game 😅👍)

[@raiaanahmed8804]

@@kostasspirou1010 true

[@theelectricprince8231]

"And I would have gotten away with it too if I wasn`t for me being a moron" - Real Roger

[@YYcomiendo]

i just couldn`t stop laughing at this

[@kuenalolol]

So glad you didn`t forget to use the backtick incorrectly.

[@ElSzwifty]

I don`t get it.

[@thisjust10]

@@kuenalolol good catch lol without that it`d be half as funny.

[@Friendlyfirefish]

He can't help it he is stuck in a group of morons. I saw one go on about how the game was a financial failure but the most conservative figure he gave of sales had it making at least $116mil above its estimated cost. What world is that a failure. Lol

[@Blizzic]

They immediately privatized the subreddit when this went up. Seems like they’re scared of people seeing all of the harassment and hate that’s gone on there.

[@in_ftw]

Haha they sure did. I went to check out what was happening and you can't freely join. I think the video worked

[@ronstoppable8840]

"Welcome to the most active subreddit for fans of The Last of Us. Part II is not canon!" What a sad group of people...

[@stevenhorton8604]

@@ronstoppable8840 Any subreddit that was made for the purpose of talking about how much they don't like something is bound to have these types of comments.

[@luckysours8397]

Well ya they dont like the harassment dude

[@ComputerJunkie00]

@@luckysours8397 What harassment? Certainly none from GR fans.

[@TheRogueCapspat]

Gotta love that one comment “she doesn’t even play the game.” That’s the whole damn point of the channel, lol.

[@firebreathingchickenduck4936]

Yeah! It's legit the name of the channel!!

[@capsakou]

as always ozpin is rigth

[@Flameclaw123]

And you know full well half of them didn't play the game either and just watched some angry internet dude's video essay about why TLOU2 ruined their life lmao

[@sandweed]

Don't bring logic into this, these people are fighting a culture war, they will lie and cheat to win.

[@Arany-Csillag]

@@sandweed facts, baby

[@steinhizzlefoshizzle]

PLOT TWIST: The ENTIRE subreddit is only that one Slavic guy with numerous Reddit accounts.

[@digmod]

Imagine being destroyed by your inability to understand an apostrophe.

[@omaroo7969]

It's probably the weirdest way I've seen someone incriminate themselves

[@AugustoDaere]

to be fair here, the keyboard layout is diferent base on the country, like my, the back tilt is actualy a apostrophe(BrasilABNT). but again, that person not noticing the diference between both simbols( ' ` ) is kinda funny to me XD

[@misterpolygon6250]

@@AugustoDaere to be completely fair, I use a a french AZERTY keyboard, and had no idea this character existed (located under alt gr + 7 on the AZERTY layout) until a couple week ago when I needed some complex bash commands for C compiling. Spent about a day trying to figure out what was the issue, only to find out that I was using ' insteand of `. So I can see someone getting confused...

[@benyavnilovich1748]

@@misterpolygon6250 yeah... You can't afford confusing between the two when programing For humans the difference might be minor but if you use assembly it might cause your computer to crash

[@Reltihliehlla]

Lol, it happened to lyrics stole from genius and published in Google... Literally, punctuation sh!t... The details are what matter. Furthermore, I'm sorry for GF Reviews... It must be harsh. It's crazy how easily something so dumb can explode.

[@SethKasso]

For a subreddit that loves to call people "snowflakes," they got really offended by a few lines...

[@bucket399]

Projection... it's always the case with people like that

[@neurosin]

Par for the fuggin course, right?

[@ibefullofme]

@@neurosin isn't it par for the course? Like golf?

[@khartoumist1031]

@@ibefullofme lmfao I love this

[@moneyhoney606]

Heard a quote that went something like: The rope they use to hang others is now being used on them.

[@Alexis-vv5bk]

Why is there a community so dedicated to not just hating a game- but hating anyone who likes the game? That's a new level of terminally online.

[@WhatBeDaPointMon]

I think the same thing about the people who have a Reddit dedicated to hating dogs and their owners. Some people are just messed up.

[@Gatorade69]

It really isn't even about the game anymore. Half of them have never even played it. They view the game as going against their beliefs. Skilled mental gymnast who somehow think the game is leftist feminist propaganda.

[@pizza6464]

"HOW DARE YOU DISAGREE WITH ME? YOU SUCK! REEE!!!" This is basically their thought process. Like, I personally don’t even like the game but this sort of hate and cyber bullying is just ridiculous. All because someone likes a game you don’t like? This has to be like a mental disability or something.

[@ttime441]

And it’s still active a year later wtf (though they did just private it after this video exposing them lmao)

[@traviscallen]

Just look at the blizz kids coming to defend the current situaiton

[@JPH1138]

Man, Roger Ebert really went downhill after dying

[@donaldtusk2678]

I guess after he died he couldn’t make reviews anymore and it hit him

[@BullyMaguiretheForbiddenOne]

Crazy how someone planned this whole thing out over a game

[@sebastianbarron5063]

Shelby: hey I have an opinion The internet: I’M BEING OPPRESSED

[@Rationalific]

Oppression (whether real, imagined, or self-inflicted) is the currency of the 21st century.

[@bens5859]

@@Rationalific I don't think real oppression counts as "currency" lol. Agree with you otherwise--having others share in your delusion of oppression is like gold. (Not that real oppression doesn't exist.)

[@jackieburkhart3268]

the internet is a karen

[@Blu_Slime]

Snowflakes

[@ricomarez7834]

@Rationalific we’d better let Haiti know they’re rich af. Oh and Palestine, they’ll be so excited. And refugees who flee their homes in fear $$$

[@Randyhoar]

Some people need to see a therapist. If a game has that much control over your life, there are some deep, deep problems

[@i_buy_sh1tty_cars378]

Hard agree here. I literally got permabanned from r/TLOU2 just for letting them know that the users there are throwing up MAJOR red flags with mental health issues, and that prompted a few users to launch into personal attacks on myself and had them digging thru my post history attempting to find my identity. Truly scary, mentally-unstable and absolutely unhinged people in there, and it can’t get banned soon enough.

[@benjibananas5175]

Look, I get it. This all is a pretty dumb situation, but I think us gfr fans memeing all over the reddit users and poking fun at the reddit is just going to confirm their suspicions about GFR sending them a hatemob and maybe put Gfr in an even worse light to the reddit, so let's just not provoke them further

[@skrappyshatzz]

@@benjibananas5175 Matt and Shelby were the ones sent a hate mob. They specifically said time and again not to engage with anyone.

[@imathias423]

Some people can’t afford that. Med insurance and doctor co-pays can be kinda expensive sometimes.

[@dustinedwards7821]

@@imathias423 Then maybe we should get universal healthcare and help some of these people!

[@evan]

Holy shit I can't believe after all that, the mods of that subreddit doubled down???? Like wtf? Glad they've taken it private. Imagine disliking a game so much it becomes your entire personality and you send death threats to yourself to get back at people who enjoyed it 😂

[@sorryforwhat1528]

Thats reddit for you lol

[@TheREALHugo4]

It's pretty much the state of reddit.

[@simonuhrick7674]

@@TheREALHugo4 a few niche subs are still good but holy shit some of the site needs to see a psychiatrist

[@Gatorade69]

@@TheREALHugo4 Imagine blaming Neil Druckmann for everything. Lol. Is he also the reason you can't get it up ? Hahaha. He edited his post. He was originally talking about how this is the big bad boogeyman Neil Druckmann's fault.

[@garrettwood6271]

@@simonuhrick7674 75%

[@Mntan]

it's always fascinating to see that the people who would unironically say "sjw" "snowflake" or "triggered" are the very same who get offended over everything and anything

[@TruTrae]

@King how would you know if it's a broad generalization if you haven't even seen the people that use those words?

[@TheLegendOZelda360]

@King found one

[@MikaelLima2210]

@King it's fascinating to see that some people have such bad logic understanding that they believe that if they personally didn't see something, its weird for someone to say they broadly seen that thing.

[@sandrols7]

@@MikaelLima2210 Denial and lying. Those words still get used in bad faith by bad faith actors who themselves are what they accuse others to be. That, or the guy has been living under a rock and came out just to click on this video for some reason.

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

*tears streaming down face, snot bubbling* "you`re a snowflake"

[@FoNgThOnG]

The last time I disliked a game, I moved on to another game.

[@viktoriqn]

Are you saying you did exactly what the majority of normal gamers would do? Huh, interesting, didn`t think people still do that

[@25cents11]

It’s sad but normal healthy behavior is now a rarity

[@nman551]

Me too

[@surajnair7640]

😂😂😂

[@TitoLounge11]

An impossible task for manchildren with nothing else going on in their lives

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

This entire situation is INSANE, sorry y'all had to go through it. Good lord. Can't believe people are still sending (or faking, in this case) death threats over video games in this day and age. Get a life.

[@Psyopcyclops]

TheRealRogerEbert spent so long on r/TLOU2 that he got colon cancer. That’s very sad

[@water1374]

Bro it's reddit, it actually makes perfect sense that someone would do something like this in this day and age.

[@narcspector]

Hey! Love your videos! Yeah I think this is actually part of a way bigger and more dangerous social issue than just videogame stuff... but oh well, apparently Twitter and Reddit are just policed by algorithms or whatever? Or not at all? So not much likely to change. Kinda like REAL life. Ugh

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

yeah, weirdos getting too crazy on the interwebs. i remember a swat team breaking into a guy's house one time while he was live streaming because they received a tip that there was a hostage situation. apparently some guy made some fake call because he had beef with that guy and the police never really verified the info

[@ToyKeeper]

Some people will send death threats over almost anything. They expect everyone to just bow down and do as they're told, and if anyone gives even the slightest hint of dissent or disobedience, they explode into a violent rage. I had a guy spend an entire year trying to destroy my life because I told him I was too busy to accept a new pro-bono project (building a flashlight for him for free), and pointed him toward the relevant open-source code and tutorials I had published to help people build their own. Basically, I said "no" to a random guy on the internet, and ended up having to leave my home for my own safety. He even sent death threats to my friends and clients, along with spamming an entire community with a ton of made-up stuff about me. Because of _a flashlight_ . And this sort of thing seems to only be getting more common. It's a symptom of the large-scale changes happening in society over the past couple decades. It's like the 1930s all over again.

[@AutismFamilyChannel]

Lies tend to travel faster than the truth. Stay strong.

We may need a new constant in physics that represents the factor between the velocity of lies and the truth.

[@brianvu764]

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes”

[@sdovas]

@@brianvu764 ...or pants, depending upon who you're quoting.

[@a_stone]

"The amount of energy required to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude higher than of what was required to produce the bullshit."

[@averya7443]

:(

[@taltigolt]

amazing that whole subreddit is down now and they seem to be doing serious damagecontrol

[@fuhkadasystum7465]

🤣

[@ghost-j4r]

There's people that don't even like the game and they don't like people from r/thelastofus2 thats more proof that they are pathetic af

[@dominikkuzila]

The sub is now back online and they went back to their toxicity. Absolutely no repercussions for their actions...

[@youtubehandlessuckass]

I think some of the mods left or deleted their accounts

[@poutsamouni5483]

Unfortunatly its back

[@hueypautonoman]

"This whole situation is so embarrassing and so stupid" should be the tagline for Reddit.

[@MrJIsBack]

Aw cmon most of Reddit is totally fine. This sub is the most toxic sub I've ever been to

[@BananaDynastyX]

@@MrJIsBack Then you haven't been to many subs.

[@MrJIsBack]

@@BananaDynastyX You just gotta pick your subs. Of course I could chose to go on the ones I expect to be toxic... but why would I wanna do that! Actually people go on Twitter for this reason, I just don't get it

[@richstoehr3247]

Spot on.

[@BananaDynastyX]

@@cybercop3108 WTF are you talking about? He said this was the most toxic sub he's ever seen on reddit, and I pointed out that he must not visit many subs. How is your comment relevant in any way?

[@DAT-OFFICIAL]

They literally just set the sub to private. Like, I was browsing it to find out what happened and not even 10 seconds ago, it was set to private. Thank you for bringing this to light, guys.

[@--dave]

Same

[@DAT-OFFICIAL]

@@--dave When I was looking, it seemed the sub didn't have any pinned posts or anything on the front page regarding what happened, either.

[@RandalReid]

I was just browsing it then refreshed and its now private lmao

[@siddhantbanerjee3328]

So along with being hateful, they're also cowards. Nice combo

[@Thedudec]

It's literally set to private to stop the actual fanboys from parading the subreddit, just because of this video.

[@grunkleg.2934]

I love how one of the points against them is "boyfriend looks like a cu*k", as if that isn't already the biggest Redditor stereotype of all time

[@Cfreezy12]

He kinda does lmao, that’s besides the point. Don’t bully kids!

[@bobbiecat8000]

@@citizentoxie3230 your an incel?

[@citizentoxie3230]

@@bobbiecat8000 I can't understand you. Speak proper English.

[@user-qk3nq6cg7r]

@@citizentoxie3230 Yeah you're creepy and a loser.

[@fedoramaster6035]

@@citizentoxie3230 good luck with that. People who say gross shit in KZbin comments get all the bitches

[@carlbutcher2268]

Imagine being this invested in a game you don't even like.

[@TheSorrel]

What am I supposed to do? Find out the real reason why I'm miserable all the time?

[@sptmbrborn]

@@TheSorrel I thought deflecting was the solution too man. Where did the times go?

[@lsok1313]

@GiRayne which makes me sick to my stomach. Cause these are the same people who probably scream don't tread on my freedoms while doing their damnedest to delegitmize someone elses opinion in turn treading on their freedom to say how they feel about something.

[@PlanetXerox]

try even speaking to a Star Wars fan about The Last Jedi/The Rise of Skywalker. hell, even argue at the fact that the SnyderVerse will not happen for some time. modern-day fanbases are now on the deep end of degeneracy, it makes me annoyed and sick.

[@CChissel]

@@PlanetXerox Tbf, they aren’t that good, but it’s the directors fault, no one else’s.

[@4daptability991]

It's ironic that the guy who set up both accounts assumed that Matt and Shelby would act selfishly (in not investigating the perceived death threat), only to be found out _because_ of their good nature and well-meaning intent to protect their community. I also like that you left open the possibility of it being different people, despite most of the evidence pointing to one person.

[@iblame_nargles]

I despise content like this (drama) but 100% agree, well made response.

[@astari_1014]

@@iblame_nargles I do too but It seems justified here. Cant let someone run around doing crazy shit like that

[@lkcdarzadix6216]

@@iblame_nargles the fact they investigate it so well show's they won

[@lkcdarzadix6216]

@@astari_1014 i know it could snowball fast and damage the community

[@afterthoughtcarver1209]

Basically the 'evil cannot comprehend good' trope. r/tlou2 is so toxic that the idea of people who disagree with them showing legitimate concern for their safety is a logical impossibility to them.

[@Malibooyahhh]

Didn’t even know this was happening, people are weirdos. Good job investigating.

[@emorydaniel9084]

I am a professor who specializes in social media strategies. I have been looking for a case study to talk about with my class about misinformation and harassment. I would like to share this video with my class about how serious this can be. Hope y’all are well and staying safe.

[@oliverberglas4188]

@John Smith huh? they didn't hide the information, they mention the post right at 5:20?

[@joshbkimmusic]

​@John Smith Counter argument; if a poster takes the time to slander someone on the internet on a public forum, then they provoked first. While there are no proven (by court) facts about whether the death threats were real or not, there is no mistaking that while being "kept in" the sub, it is still a publicly accessible forum where anyone can see and comment on it. It's essentially like putting up slanderous words about a person all over a building which said person may or may not visit. Sure, you're not outright approaching them with your provocation, but you sure as damn ain't just keeping it to yourself nor or you really trying that hard to hide your opinion.

[@djlethargic]

@John Smith They DID go on the sub and try to defend themselves, but got down voted to hell. Did you even watch the video or are you just here to defend the sub? Because you're doing a horrible job lol

[@djlethargic]

@John Smith Or maybe they have a life outside of the KZbin comment section. But for real, don't let this bother you so much. This entire situation is basically irrelevant at this point, so it's all good. Have a good day and stay safe

[@pnorwes]

In your lectures do you discuss the only problem society faces with misinformation is people with low IQ or general intelligence that cant discern , or dissect the questionable content for themselves. “ miss information” isnt a problem its lack of intelligence and or skills and tools to verify sources of information to a sufficient extent.

[@Numberer1]

This is absolutely absurd. All of it. So sorry you've been forced to handle all of this nonsense, but we'll keep being supportive!

[@Paul-yw4yr]

This whole thing with cultural wars and games is absolutely absurd

[@heldersamps]

Wow, redditors hating on a girl that has a healthy love life. Shocking.

[@heckill713]

Nice couple making successful and original content with nice profit? Cmon they gotta be furious.

[@erodiumminer]

Let's not forget saying some good things about a game that is lgbt+ positive. Oh the humanity!

[@devilmayclarify666]

The internet in general has too much projection going on

[@Madhatter1781]

*"Redditors hating on a girl"* You need go no further

[@gargamellenoir8460]

The vast majority of redditors consider these incel idiots human trash. Saying "oh all redditors are incels" is giving the incel movement WAY too much credit.

[@dude251998]

In the words of the great Dunkey: "You are nitpicking and biased, i win, bye bye." But in all seriousness this is sad that people are sending death threats due to a differing opinion on a GAME.

[@kylewindover7931]

It's not just about a single game, though.

[@ja2813]

@@kylewindover7931 doesnt matter if it's a single game or every game ever made.. nobody deserves this kind of situation.. I like mario; you like sonic.... whooooooo cares?!

[@kylewindover7931]

@@ja2813 I'm not saying what happened was right. I'm just saying that the people who are upset about the Last of Us 2, including myself, aren't just upset about that game but everything else surrounding it.

[@actually_it_is_rocket_science]

@@kylewindover7931 nah. It's just a game.

[@izzatarif9686]

I win, bye bye 😂 i need to watch that vid again. Can u share the title? I forgot the title

[@What-ish]

In case anybody is wondering: No, the subreddit has not changed course and is still an infernal cesspool of people who devote the entirety of their free time to being toxic about a video game. Except now they'll play victim by pretending your problem with them is solely that they dont like the game.

[@ghost-j4r]

I'm not surprised

[@altheaosborn2648]

It's also apparently not enough for them to just hang out and be hateful on their sub, either. I can hardly post a comment on the regular Last of Us sub without a troll from their sub showing up to inform me that "no part 2 is trash and you're wrong actually"...like last night one of them called me a psychopath whose closest friends think she's a monster. Wtf? I just can't fathom intentionally seeking out something that makes you angry??

[@ghost-j4r]

How about I join a community that revolves around talking about a game I hate and picking on people that give it praise that sounds so smart and healthy I'm sure I can get a lot of positive benefits from that😑

[@hikarinosakura]

Don't they, like, play new games?

[@ghost-j4r]

@@ScreamMario just as worse.

[@Jeramiahstool]

It’s crazy how angry people get about shit that doesn’t matter.

[@cameronbarenbrugge649]

I don't understand the concept of having an entire sub (an active one at that) dedicated to not liking a game that's over a year old at this point.

[@j.ianlindsay9322]

They aren't angry. They are envious sociopaths. Social media is cancer.

[@Arany-Csillag]

@@ozymandias___868 inb4 one of those idiots responds with some dank 4chancore response mocking you

[@littlsuprstr]

they're waging a culture war and trying to radicalize other angry idiots to join their cause. it matters.

[@pnorwes]

Theyre angry about something else and this is the outlet. Its a good thing to remeber when dealing with angry folk

[@AnatoleVGC]

This is the best episode of law and order I have ever seen. Jokes asside, sorry you had to go through this

[@AlanHoey86]

RealRogerEbert: I`m gonna end their careers... Girlfriend reviews: Hol up a minute...

[@al3rgen]

It would be even better if you would use ` instead of ' :P

[@AlanHoey86]

@@al3rgen okay, that was too genius of a suggestion! 👏 Duly noted and edited.

[@palico004]

@@al3rgen 'Hello'

[@Scorpiofrfr]

Lmaooo

[@nickmatthewsmusicstudio]

Underrated comment

[@garchomplord5081]

Reddit: LOL, Twitter users will get angry at anything, cringe SJWs triggered much? Meanwhile:

[@RaySparkz]

Huh I just realize that these type of people are like complaining about the sjw are like the sjw lol they been what they hate the most jeez This is why I hate these type of insane gamers sending death threats to family’s or the team that was just doing there job *sigh*

[@Zack-bl2gg]

Yea, nobody good is on Reddit either… Just stay off of Reddit and Twitter. They’re absolute trash. Tbh that’s most internet culture. Just talk to people in person, internet culture is stupid.

[@miragebarrage9748]

Anti sjws became the very thing they swore to destroy

[@Channel-23s]

I mean twitter is more drama than reddit from what I’ve seen

[@fl1490]

@John Smith Then you haven’t seen some of the haters then

[@kevincarter4782]

So you’re starting a second channel called: Girlfriend Detective? I’d watch that

[@ianrhyno963]

I know right! This video was a strange youtube law and order ep.

[@twoworldwars4633]

If you want to watch some detective stuff like this, MamaMax and Nexpo are both awesome channels that do stuff like this but are a lot more serious.

[@duchessbunny1325]

YES.

[@DetectiveKen]

Excuse me, that's Detective Girlfriend to you

[@kevinschultz6091]

This isn't an investigation of a crime. This is what it's like to LIVE with someone who insists on wearing fedoras and narrating everything they do while investigating a crime.

[@k0mBaTkArL]

I'd be calling your local Police Force to get on a list to prevent Swatting. These shitheads are not past trying something that harmful. We've seen it many times before. Stay safe, keep up your wonderful videos.

[@tehmarok]

Liked and commenting for visibility.

[@feelingweller]

Please please do not get swatted

[@khartoumist1031]

This is the one time it's maybe ok to call the police for something.

[@MrFatalisDev]

Adding a comment to bump this up.

[@GirlfriendReviews]

Way ahead of you! Thanks for the tip though :)

[@jakesingleton6268]

Having a boyfriend instantly makes you hated by most men of reddit

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

Being a woman too. Heck... Being anything will get you hated there lol.

[@matthmatthmatth]

biggest group of manbabies in existence.

[@dCa991]

Or being a man with a girlfriend

[@lukejonesme]

or being

[@dCa991]

Or

[@rashotcake6945]

They were pearl clutching so hard. Took some hyperbolic statements from a comedy review way too literally. Acted like “people who didn’t like TLOU2” were some sort of oppressed group. And then completely ignored all the toxicity and hate that subreddit has produced

[@richiecastle460]

Yes I know you commented 10 mo ago, but I agree. Alot of responses from the people who defend the subreddit take the single comment "a fool would call it lazy writing" and take it VERY personally. And I'm sorry, but even if they were personally calling out this subreddit, "fool" is not even what i would consider a good insult. If you regularly lob absolute horrible and offensive words at people, at least be able to handle a 200 year old mild insult.

[@KamilDziadkiewicz]

Hi - an embarrassed polishman here...I promise we are not all insane!

[@lalovaldepena]

Don't worry man, we are all people, no matter wich country are you from. I truly believe that GFR knows this for a fact, and most of its fans do too. ;)

[@cybercrasherstv]

Hey, you did give us the epic cow coc_ine song. So that's pretty good! Hope your country doesn't fall into f_____m!

[@WTFisthisshitWTF]

Wasn't there also a polish man who made a creepy ass video on him being on ellen? I'm not hating or anything just curious lol

[@shawnreap]

Don't sweat it dude. If Americans had to apologize for every crazy fellow American on the internet we'd never get anything done. Or sleep, for that matter. 😲

[@moitbeans]

Polish Man memes about to give Florida men a run for their money.

[@cdmanjak]

Imagine being this triggered by a fictional story dear lord the Reddit stereotype is so true

[@accountnotfound4209]

Gamers

[@tharunsrinivasans4279]

@@accountnotfound4209 Real roger ebert was such a gamer

[@9tailedKitsune]

I think it's less Reddit and more People

[@AntivenomOW]

@@9tailedKitsune nah, it’s Reddit

[@zachb8012]

Oy vey, but by addressing it and responding to the fake drama they've empowered the trolls 1000-fold. FFS, how do people still not realize you don't argue with trolls. Ignore trolls. Now they're campaigning against misinformation at the same time the political dildos are attempting to censor the free speech under the same banner. This video was a mistake. Oof.

[@Hindia]

So sorry this happened to you guys. So glad seeing this rubbish subreddit be dealt with, and you handled it gracefully. Even a lot of my friends who disliked the game hated the subreddit for their toxic behavior.

[@a.f4199]

😬

[@trblemayker5157]

That subreddit still has valid complaints. If one person represents an entire group then the world would be a really small place.

[@vt4979]

@@trblemayker5157 it's the culture and the way how the mods and the hivemind act there

[@TheGrumbliestPuppy]

@@trblemayker5157 Funny how the most toxic people and posts get the most upvotes there. Almost like the majority of that community feels that way. People who dislike the game like normal people don't subscribe to a subreddit dedicated to complaining about it. There are plenty of posts and reviews with valid criticisms all over the internet.

[@xandroy1273]

@@trblemayker5157 It is not one person though, they showed us posts of multiple people. Sure, TLOF2 is a faulty game...but man, it is just a game

[@achaziel]

One tiny thing I want to point out as a keyboard nerd: assuming the guy is indeed polish, it's likely that he also uses an ISO layout keyboard, where the backtick is not located underneath the ESC key. Assuming he uses a polish layout keyboard, the backtick would be located on the '7' key, whereas the apastrophe on those keyboards is located right next to backspace, so they're not *that* far apart. Very minor detail, but I wanted to point it out anyway ;)

[@ultravenia]

Which is more proof that he's Polish.

[@achaziel]

@@ultravenia I suppose you could add that to the pile of smoking guns lol

[@ninepillarsofsalt]

Do you have a picture of the keyboard layout you're talking about? I'm curious

[@Stilghar]

Greetings from Poland. It is actually very unlikely he's using Polish (214) layout (with backtick on 7), but rather a Polish (Programmers) (backtick under ESC, 7 for ampersand). Over nearly 40 years of my life (most of which I've spent learning about and working in IT) I have yet to meet a single person, who uses the former. :-)

[@twinsocks]

Well, as someone who types in Spanish sometimes, I was wondering if the key next to Enter controls the accents over vowels for Polish ISO. That is how it works in Spanish, you type apostrophe followed by "u" for "ú" and so on. BUT if you just press the apostrophe and don't follow with a vowel, it will make a backtick mark without the vowel. For instance, in "didn`t" or "it`s" or any other way English usually uses apostrophes. Although I would never let that fly for an email (or an anonymous threat lol), I have definitely got loads of uni notes that have backtick apostrophes for that reason.

[@TimTom]

I'm so sorry this happened. It's obvious how careful and responsible you are with your platform, and I think you handled it exceptionally well. Excited for you to be able to move on!

[@darkdusty1937]

Hopefully this will never happen again. That was just a hopeful thinking

[@samuellrodd1214]

you’re absolutely right the way these two handled it was an absolute class act and…… HOLY MOLY HI TIM TOM…. YOUR WORK IS FRICKING BRILLIANT!!

[@NeOmega83]

Ok, checkmark

[@10alexir]

@@NeOmega83 lol he's not just checkmark he's timtom

[@nikleduc2148]

hey Tim tom thanks for supporting other youtubers, I'm happy to see you here, id love to have a convo with you sometime but you know I'm like 1 guy out of your million subscribers so probs not, but I still like your vids

[@ThaFaceOfMine]

You two literally Scooby-Doo-unmasked the death threats guy. “I would’ve gotten away with it if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”

[@HannibleBonaparte]

Also, one of the "death threats" said "you will pay for insulting a girl." Literally only an incel who is trying to act like a white knight would talk like that.

[@takewhataway]

IKR! I was thinking the same thing 😄 the insult is like a whiplash and childish. So obvious

[@EasyCure0]

And it doesn't make sense. "You will pay for insulting a girl" and pay how? With their lives? Harassing a woman because you think she insulted another woman?

[@JockMurphy]

I mean it is really hard to write a proper threat in a language you don't speak in a situation you really don't understand

[@JockMurphy]

@@KimiSha And using feminist as an insult tells you everything you need to know about them

[@Neverender6]

Was going to comment this but you beat me to it. The second I saw that I burst out laughing. It could not be any more obvious that it was written by the same dude. Lmao no one but an incel thinks "u will pay for insulting a girl" is a real thing that someone would actually say 😂

[@manmeet390]

It is just a fictional video game! What the hell is wrong with people?! Nobody should be receiving/concocting death threats over it. You guys(GFR) have been a source of joy since the first time I saw your videos. Keep making them! Also good job defending yourselves.

[@TruTrae]

@@ScreamMario ah yes the most hateful word in the world, a word so insulting it justifies bigotry... Fool

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

@@ScreamMario that is demonstrably false. The quote was more along the lines of "only a fool would call this poor writing". That doesn't mean "if you don't like the game, you're an idiot", that means "even if you don't like this game or its plot, I think it's foolish to call its writing 'poor'". Not to mention that it's a common turn of phrase. It'd be different if they just straight-up called everyone who disagreed with them an idiot, but that's not what happened. Edit: changed "demonstably" to "demonstrably"

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

@@ScreamMario correct, that is an opinion. "You must be a fool if ____________" is still just a turn of phrase. And if it still upsets you, even knowing that it was just a rhetorical device for GFR to present a counter argument for "TLou2 has lazy writing", I genuinely don't know what to tell you. I suppose it's still fair to be upset by it, but to be as vindictive as the subreddit was is just foolish.

[@Bee-zr5pb]

My biggest question: why is a car salesman selling mattresses?!

[@Joesus13]

Quality car salesmen don't just care about the comfort of your vehicle, they also care about the comfort of your heart lmao

[@r3tr0_r3dux_2]

You've never seen those racecar beds?

[@KBWeeds]

Because he’s that good!

[@riichobamin7612]

You never had a imaginative and wild boyfriend did you 😏😂😂

[@shinkounova8485]

Probably took the "living out of your car" expression too literally 😂

[@TheNathanNS]

The moderators put up a post about the entire incident and STILL find a way to try and play victim lmao

[@NeverGonnaTellALie]

Right? They keep saying they are sorry but immediately follow it with an equally lame excuse for their actions, trying to justify that they are the real victims. Then cry that they are getting harrassed. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@keepyourselfsafe1386]

Lol they tried to say that displaying their Reddit usernames was "doxxing" them. As if nobody could have just gone on the subreddit and checked the mod's names there...

[@scritch.scritch]

the best part is that the mods have locked their "apology" posts! it's quite telling about their character that they prevent comments and conversation under posts when the point is to hold themselves accountable for the stuff they let happen on their subreddit...

[@TheGrumbliestPuppy]

Yall stop giving them attention. They thrive off negative attention, and are unimportant nobodies. Giving them so much attention wont stop them, it'll just make them feel validated.

[@TheDarkLink7]

Fake death threats, when shit gets shown that it was faked, play the victim cause no one is giving you attention. Not GFR here cause they seem genuinely like nice folks.

[@justsomeguy532]

It's literally like: "It's only game, why you have to be mad?"

[@jamesserrano5619]

Because culture wars

[@ryoryo9936]

Ilya Bryzgalov!

[@johnlee7164]

Mandela effect. Culture wars. Online trolling. Naughty Dog. Defensive Brigading. Online Misinformation. Empathizing with Abby. Grammar Detectives. This has everything.

[@dustinedwards7821]

"Vy you haf to be maad?"

[@InertiaCreeps]

Snowflakes gonna snowflake.

[@fcoomega7734]

Gamers: *dont like a game* Also gamers: THIS IS WOMEN'S FAULT

[@RatedRLoquender]

Maaan ikr, idk how many times I’ve seen that comments from ppl

[@Br-kc2jy]

I hate those kind of people, because they taint the non-asshole gamers

[@xyc350]

@@RatedRLoquender that's confirmation bias for ya ;)

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Don't be ridiculous

[@CurtRichy]

Im so sorry this happened to you guys.

[@tohkayatogami3788]

Same, these people are so toxic and sick for trying to ruin their reputation. I also appreciate you and i love ur vids. :)

[@Quenlin]

"I'm so sorry that happened to you" is a phrase that can trigger people, especially those trying to open up, be more considerate.

[@nathanwilkes7303]

@@Quenlin you already said that. Theyre not being inconsiderate they are being sympathetic

[@Lauzangular]

I feel so bad for them 😥 Especially Shelby. Some of the words they used to describe her was SO cruel and callous. Shelby and Matt are both so lovely and their videos are amazing. They're so funny and goofy, why can't people just enjoy things and instead try and drag people like this down 😣

[@fulanodominicano]

CURT!... I watch your videos too. Honestly, there should be a creator community level coalition to rise up against internet toxicity.

[@WIN73RMU73]

Turning a toxic situation into a net good for an unrelated and worthy cause is classy AF. You guys are the best.

[@forknife326]

Jesus these people are handling Joel's death worse than Ellie

[@bariqbahauddinfathi1571]

When imaginary character looks way more rational and normal than you

[@Picollus1]

You made me smile !

[@hayse4961]

facts

[@TheKungas]

@@bariqbahauddinfathi1571 add to it that said fictional character lives in a violent post-apocalyptic world.

[@TheGameFans15]

The story was shit but sending death threats over an opinion is dumb

[@raineyeh]

I'm so impressed by how well and positively you guys handled this situation.

[@AlphaLoaf]

Can you imagine how pathetic it is to have “hating a year-old game” as your personality? So sorry that you have to endure this stupid thing, Matt & Shelby.

[@francesco8000]

There are some channels that literally made at least 1 video every week about how "Naughty dog is dead" and "Neil Druckman is crying right now".

[@ninjaboyx8695]

Have you seen r/freefolk?

[@ez6791]

you've never met blizzard/WoW players then, we've been running 15 years strong

[@AlphaLoaf]

@@francesco8000 a game they hate basically lived in their heads rent-free. So sad.

[@AlphaLoaf]

@@ninjaboyx8695 TBH I haven’t watched GoT but I knew about the outrage with the final season. I didn’t know they still talk about it.

[@thenostalgiabusiness]

I can't stand the type of person who complains about how everybody else is such a snowflake and always looking to play the victim, then finds the first opportunity to play the victim themselves, even when the harassment is fabricated. This person is the epitome of that.

[@andreaskarlsen3071]

that's pretty much everyone who calls someone a snowflake

[@Chuckakhan]

The technical term is broflake

[@tromar5758]

I don’t understand why people are still this mad over the game, staying mad for this long is just a drain on yourself. Growing up and moving on is just good for everyone

[@majima8915]

They're manchildren.

[@marshalleldergill4007]

Yeah, I'm kinda over my dislike for the game, I still don't like it but I like the memes made about it mostly

[@KitePerson]

You forget that most of Reddit are ppl with concaved skulls.

[@FormalFilmsProductions]

Reddit users like to cause mischief

[@josephlynch7655]

It's an alt-right incel sub. It's what they do.

[@GreatOldOne9866]

Gamers: get emotional and moved by TLOU series Other people: bro, it's just a video game Stupid gamers: sends death threats because they don't like this or that about a game Normal gamers: bro, it's just a video game Seriously, guys, I know this was seven months ago, but I'm so sorry this happened. Some people are just awful and nasty.

[@GreatOldOne9866]

@John Smith still, no one should be sending them or anyone death threats.

[@samanthaw.861]

“Whoever sent these messages won’t get away with it. You have our word.” BALLER

[@TheOhrenberger]

Seriously the best part of the video. What a badass move.

[@BadTwin]

I've had my run-in with petty and loony Redditors and moderators. But wow, this is beyond ridiculous, and didn't think they can get any lower than they already have. The moderators are now in damage control. Everyone who has tried to hurt these creators should be ashamed of themselves. Some of the moderators on that sub are trying to play the victim and are upset that you ceased communication with them. Well with what's happened to you all this time...NO WONDER!!! Why would anyone want to interact with them when they've been exposed as being part of the problem. They've ruined their reputation. Im sorry that you've gone through this and hope you can bounce back into creating amazing content. Hope these keyboard warriors and petty Redditors are embarrassed, leave the internet and finally leave you guys alone. Stay strong and brilliant work on your end! Update - It seems like a good chunk of them have actually removed themselves from the mod team and going into hiding. However, some are still plugging their ears and acting like everyone else is in the wrong. One mod named Evil-Kris pretended to act like it wasn't bothering him and he "enjoyed" the attention. But it clearly comes across as fake and appears that he couldn't take the heat. What's funny is that he complains about "how people didn't do their research" and "how people put feelings in front of facts". This is soo ironic and hypocritical with what the mod team did. Good riddance, get lost, take what little dignity you have. Nobody believes you. Cry me a river.

[@MrVolt_24_7]

man, I wanted to write something like you, but you already found the right words, amen!

[@Tharros95]

Just an update that the mod who wrote the top pinned post on that subreddit might possibly be u/TheRealRogerEbert Based on writing style discovered by users in r/subredditdrama. Meaning, the person who sent fake death threats to himself was one of the mods all along. Also. The mod who wrote that pinned post had the same MO of deleting his account immediately after he was caught. So it is highly likely that u/TheRealRogerEbert was one of the mod's alt account. And, that mod has openly admitted to doxxing people who disagreed with him before. Lmaooooo

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

"Mankind knew that they cannot change society. So instead of reflecting on themselves, they blame the beasts". -Some guy, probably.

[@BradTheAmerican]

I'd laugh If that subreddit got banned. Lacking any critical thinking skills, they act like a toxic hiveminded cult of children.

[@possiblymaybe6711]

@@BradTheAmerican I used to argue with those morons alll the time I knew something was off the rails about them

[@vee_kay7333]

Imagine dude wakeing up an deciding to send himself death threats Wild

[@bbloomfield6497]

Mental illness is a helluva drug. Being obsessed with a video review for over a year is an insane way to spend energy.

[@aliekexie8467]

Pretty sure Brianna Wu did that and possibly Anita. So nothing new.

[@ZAMIUS_PRIMUS]

@@bbloomfield6497 the whole subreddit has a mental illness.

[@Magsteez]

@@aliekexie8467 “pretty sure” “possibly” Please go outside lol

[@TheHmoobkey]

Some people, just love attention

[@omega5159]

You guys shouldn’t worry about anyone on that sub doxxing you. I highly doubt any of there moms would drive them

[@pencil6965]

Lmao

[@Gromek999]

What an insane situation, imagine if you couldn't prove your innocence. Some people are just a bit crazy and want to hurt others :S

[@Gromek999]

@@arcs1609 wow imagine a youtuber being a human and consuming content! what a weirdo

[@rvanzo925]

There’s no innocence to be proven, one is not responsible for one’s following. You’re responsible for what you do and that’s it.

[@Gromek999]

@@rvanzo925 I don’t think you watched the video, or maybe you just didn’t understand my comment

[@milesparker557]

It sounds like the subreddit doesn't care either way whether they prove their innocence though.

[@thesonski93]

Reminds me of the film Changeling with Angelina Jolie

[@nobodywithnonames]

« sent death threats to himself… » That’s actually hilarious.

[@featherycoffee1401]

Didn't some else do that before? I cant really put my name on it but I remember something like that happening

[@UriBass5]

Did you mean *That`s hilarious?

[@judemurielbonite6054]

He must really hate himself if he's sending a death threats to himself😂

[@mewgiah8057]

Kind of disturbing tho. Like wtf

[@manuRS21]

Just a big call of attention, hope his parents find out that and kipp him save and out of internet

[@austinmazzo5489]

LOL the Subreddit is now private, looks like they couldn't handle the pressure.

[@josiahabbott339]

Noticed this too! What a bunch of cowards

[@PhyzX101]

Wait, how long ago? Like as a response to this video?

[@flamecsm101boy]

@@PhyzX101 like, within the last couple hours.

[@PhyzX101]

@@flamecsm101boy Amazing

[@ArianneCriseyde]

But they were so excited to be popular 😕

[@AaA_10779]

The mods playing victim when they were letting those accusations slide the whole time the post was up until they got call out was fvcking crazy jfc

[@tktk2268]

Especially right after they been private few times to scrub off every negative post and comment about GFR

[@AaA_10779]

@@tktk2268 Ikr? And these loser have the gall to play victim smh

[@declass9481]

They’re losers, will gladly give the heat but cry when they get it back.

[@Noided88815]

I literally called the mods out and they pulled some bullshit and lied about how they were a 26 year old Cuban lesbian so they couldn't possible by racist or homophobic like I accused them of being.

[@hardy_har]

they are somehow still doing it? like, they still think they're the victims? the human mind is an amazing thing.

[@OoXLR8oO]

For those wondering, r/TheLastOfUs2 is NOT the official subreddit for the game. It was meant to be just that. However, shortly after the leaks came out, the inept moderation group at the time could not handle the influx of people who wanted to unleash their hatred (make no mistake, it was and still is, hatred) for the leaked plot, and instead let the subreddit devolve into a hateful, negative echo chamber of phobic bigotry. Due to these events, the official subreddit for TLOU2 is also the official subreddit for TLOU, which is r/TheLastOfUs. Unlike r/TheLastOfUs2, r/TheLastOfUs had an extremely tight team of moderators who carefully curated through EVERY SINGLE POST between May 2020 and July 2020.

[@tjwinn4931]

very cool r/TheLastOfUs

[@jesseshaver2262]

Seems like the one bit removing dissenting thoughts would be the more official sub

[@OoXLR8oO]

@silly billy I mean, it is, let’s not kid ourselves here.

[@OoXLR8oO]

@silly billy Have you seen their top 3 posts of all time?

[@OoXLR8oO]

@@ScreamMario What do you mean by main sub?

[@MichaelFromTheAttic]

Some people on that subreddit were making fun of a girl who sent a letter to Neil Druckmann to thank him because The Last of Us helped her go through depression and severe eating disorders. That's the type of humans we're talking about here...

[@EmanGameplay]

Sounds pretty cringe, ngl. Boo hoo cry me a river. Go to Twitter right now and you can find worse things than that, easily.

[@yannianni7259]

That sub is the worst. r/thelastofus is really wholesome though

[@yannianni7259]

@@EmanGameplay Do you think this is a competition?

[@ElShmiablo]

@@EmanGameplay Nobody cares dude.

[@scottwallbank4794]

@@EmanGameplay So because you can find examples of shittier behaviour, being an arsehole and abusive to someone is fine? Sound logic..

[@TheAuzman466]

Roger Ebert been real quiet since this dropped

[@GrinFlash007]

I highly doubt the funds from that app really went to a Polish animal shelter.

[@ericoliver1603]

Probably already made another account

[@tedguetta2789]

He went quiet even BEFORE this video dropped

[@Interneter1245]

@@tedguetta2789 woah no shit bro that's some good detective skills to be able to bend your head like that so the joke could Woooosh right past it. Great work Sherlock.

[@Dracobyte]

Dead men tell no tales.

[@joefjunior]

Yo reddit is like the worst game you've reviewed on this channel.

[@enzyme3254]

I kinda liked the detective part, it was a nice change of pace from the normal death threat gameplay

[@Vesperitis]

IKR. The graphics are crap, and the player base is lame.

[@SunlightGwyn]

Alright this was good.

[@happyjunki3]

i hate when shit like this happens on reddit... it gets such a bad name

[@fridaynight9405]

Wack game

[@gamerchurl3639]

Sherlock Holmes would be proud! (Probably also confused by "Reddit", "emails", and people defining themselves based on a toy they didn't really enjoy)

[@bouldershadows]

Sherlock would throw this investigation into the shitter where it belongs

[@detmarkanyemesha5432]

VivaLaEverything: ''That`s right! And I would`ve gotten away with it if it wasn`t for you meddling kids'' ✊

[@lottiepool9481]

"wasn`t" ;))

[@mrshickadance6815]

@@lottiepool9481 ha ha nice.

[@detmarkanyemesha5432]

@@lottiepool9481 Damn how did I not think of this? I'll edit it in.

[@ashleighjos37]

The fact that you used ` just makes this comment even more wonderful.

[@Sohbek]

this comment fking killed me ahahahahaha

[@JakeBaldino]

NICE WORK

[@Akanohi]

JAKE "GRAIN OF SALT" BALDINO!!

[@shubhamraj25]

Hey, pizzas on me

[@siddhantbanerjee3328]

Uncle Jake here to bless his gaming younglings

[@shivanshlolayekar9668]

It's the dino

[@alec9370]

Time to do a recap video, Jake

[@definitelynotobama6851]

Imagine hating a game so much that you falsify death threats against yourself to destroy the lives of a reviewer duo that gave it a moderately positive review.

[@LyaksandraB]

Don't imagine it. SJWs do it all the time. It's just you're in a bubble.

[@hihihi1q23]

@@LyaksandraB You need to take a break from the internet and your 'culture war', my dude.

[@lildrawhub1025]

​@@LyaksandraB Buddy, I suggest you go out and touch some grass. It's for your own good.

[@MadsterV]

@@twotonmoon There was some woman involved in the gamergate thing that threatened herself and then showed it (email? I forget) around, but she forgot to change accounts first. Of course any accounts of it has probably been wiped from existence by mods, because . Wish I'd remember more details. Didn't think we'd go so far in the rabbit hole as to need a local copy. Wish this was the only instance, too.

[@kylealexander7024]

@@MadsterV so no information. Good job

[@JeanJacket311]

Ironic how that guys upset over fans sending him death threats when that’s literally what they’re doing to Neil druckmann

[@JeanJacket311]

@John Smith you shouldn’t receive death threats period. It sounds like you want ceos to receive death threats.

[@piskyys191]

@@JeanJacket311 The guy you replied to has been wasting 6 months of his life in this comment section, blaming GFR for "wasting his life" when they did nothing, and spreading false info.

[@themikepadua]

“You have our word” I HOWLED with laughter. I didn’t think I could love this channel any more, but here we are.

[@-neurasthenie-]

This is not a review of the toxic subreddits, this is a review of someone that lives and breathes toxic subreddits.

[@FormalFilmsProductions]

XD

[@jackmaverick8588]

The biggest twist is that Roger Ebert was actually dead the whole time

[@theblackbaron4119]

He's violently rotating in his grave.

[@jonesjohnson6301]

Or was he? Some rumour he's been brought back by ancient slavic blood magic.

[@Kaunte]

Maybe the real Roger Ebert was the memories we made along the way

[@illegalmonkey]

Actually it was Gene Siskel, who faked his death long ago, only to return as a phony "TheRealRogerEbert" user on Reddit.

[@SeráPabloSeráSerá]

Imagine dedicating so much time and energy to fueling hate not only towards a work of fiction that took a lot of passion and effort to create, no matter how flawed the end product might be, but towards actual people who’ve done nothing but be kind and respectful. This video response is admirable and hopefully will make some members of the sub realize that, just perhaps, they could be nourishing more positive attitudes.

[@bliczb8772]

Look, Pablo, if you like the game, that's fine, but let's make one thing clear - passion was not involved during the production. Crunch, worker abuse and psychological distress were all involved in the making of this game. And in Naughty Dog, it's been going for years, and it shows. People who used to put up with weeks or months of crunch during the game productions either left, or got burnt out. Hell, during development, one of the developers had to be hospitalized, that's how bad it got.

[@SeráPabloSeráSerá]

@@bliczb8772 I get where you’re coming from but I still think it was made passionately. A big part of crunch is passion that’s taken advantage of by higher ups and corporates. I agree with you, the working conditions for the making of this game were unfair and cruel, but that doesn’t imply that no effort or no love for the medium were present. In fact, imo it means an interesting paradox: some stuff that resulted for crunch was amazing, so those who crunched deserve praise for it but praising them means defending crunch to an extent so: does crunch mean their work just shouldn’t be recognized? It’s tough! But I do think one can appreciate a work such as this one with the knowledge of what you pointed out.

[@bliczb8772]

@@SeráPabloSeráSerá Also, FYI, I did a little running - I was wrong, there was no developer hospitalized during TLoU 2 making. That happened during Uncharted 4. I was trying to go off of my memory, shows what I remember. Point still stands, crunch was cruel during TLoU2.

[@sandrols7]

​@@ScreamMario Here's something that might blow your mind! Are you ready?? Okay! *scrapes throat* You can have levity in a serious product by making a joke. Hell, Shelby and Matt say themselves here that they feel like they should have worded it differently and more respectfully, but it was still a joke with the intent on making the review a little more lighthearted.

[@C10Dante]

@@ScreamMario it was not a super serious video… this is a comedy channel. Im soRry you got oFFenDed by a joke (that wasnt all that offensive tbh compared to what the sub says about them) in a comedy channel about viDeO GaMEs

[@starwarsnerd100]

“Did you have sympathy for people who didn’t like this game?” Jesus Christ they really do think they’re a persecuted minority for not liking a video game. Also even if the “only a fool” line had been intended maliciously, it says a lot that in their minds a pretty minor insult is unforgivable but their own side doing much worse is is just fine.

[@louberry1512]

Very true. Some people just want to watch the world burn and will chase down any wick they see to make it happen.

[@slickspidey]

Seriously it's been over a year and they're still this salty

[@jasontodd1226]

@@slickspidey exactly. Like let it go already.

[@WJonesK_S]

FOR A YEAR

[@Gxmwp]

That comment reminded me of that one edited Batman Beyond video where they jokingly called gamers oppressed. I think it was called "the most oppressed group of all" or something like that lmao

[@bfc9467]

They put up a modpost in their reddit where the mods are playing the victim. It's so laughable they say "we mistakenly sided with our own user WHICH WE APOLOGIZED FOR but they still won't cooperate" this guy expects full forgiveness instantly even though he's the mod of a subreddit and allowed AND CONTRIBUTED to slander. And now they're the victims. So dumb

[@joemullarkey5719]

They even claimed that Shelby and Matt doxxed the mods because they didn’t censor their usernames in some screenshots. Doxxing means publicizing private information. Mod names can easily be seen if you spend like 2 minutes on a subreddit.

[@ians_parks]

@@joemullarkey5719 And to add to that these were public posts not even private DMs. Anyone could see who posted it, atleast you could before they made the sub private and frantically scrubbed it clean of any girlfriendreviews hate.

[@joemullarkey5719]

@@ians_parks and to add even more on, one of the mods, in a post that’s currently pinned did show private DMs between them and Matt.

[@yoonmandu]

i saw the first screenshot they posted in which they said "I'm sorry if you felt that me calling you liars made you upset" and was like......... IF???? that just really set the tone for the rest of the post where the dude just continues to act as if he's done nothing wrong and he's just misunderstood

[@bfc9467]

@@yoonmandu ikr they can't accept any blame and try to make it seem like one little oopsy daisy

[@iNawV]

Shelby: “At least we all like animals” *Someone from a subreddit that hates animals sending death threats to themselves*

[@AlexFazio64]

Can't wait for the sequel to this masterpiece ahahah

[@GerblerM]

Wait, didn't the dude like animals? He donated all his app's revenue (allegedly) to shelters. That's explicitly the whole reason shelby and matt picked the charity they did.

[@happyjunki3]

@@GerblerM exactly. not sure if i understand this comment?

[@AlexFazio64]

@@GerblerM I think he means that this situation is going to repeat with an animal-hating subreddit

[@thedudegut8681]

@@happyjunki3 op is saying a different person from a subreddit that specifically hates animals

[@liscvideo]

One time in reddit some guy with +1000 points on that platform started flaming me for my opinion, he got so mad he wrote to me shit like 'kill yourself' etc, after I replied to him something not nice as well he just deleted his comments, reported mine and now I'm perma banned on that reddit xD

[@YurimoHikashi]

Why I'm so careful with replies I remember calling someone out for being racist, my comments were deleted. But his comments were allowed to stay up? FB is even worse lmao

[@WakingDreamer01]

r/TheLastOfUs2 just went to Private after being called out - after 12 months of letting that toxicity simmer and boil against you. If you didn't make this video they would have kept at it with no action from their mods.

[@crispysisig]

oh my god hahaha

[@killingtime4444]

Oh wow

[@rizkyanandita8227]

I think the mods encouraged it.

[@Alias_Anybody]

That sub should be quarantined like everything else incel-adjacent.

[@slickspidey]

Good riddance. They tagged me as pathetic then banned me a couple months ago just because I congratulated NG on getting over 300 awards, then the mod followed me around and made up lies about me. I didn't think ppl could be this toxic.

[@Arberin]

That subreddit neatly summarizes everything that is wrong with today's gaming community

[@blitzgirl6522]

And seriously, a subreddit ABOUT The Last of Us Part II...that's mostly about HATE for the game?? Sounds like a bunch of people with no life took it over.

[@tizben]

@@blitzgirl6522 it's so sad

[@danielduncan6806]

That subreddit neatly summarizes everything that is wrong with humanity - There, fixed it for you.

[@huhhuh364]

The members literally named themselves “bigot sandwiches” if you think that line is in anyway directed towards you it’s a big self report.

[@DRev89]

@@blitzgirl6522 it's so weird how most fan subreddits for something basically become anit-fan subreddits before too long.

[@wardrietz1491]

I kinda love that the investigation you two did was a giant, "hold up a minute".

[@Sohbek]

omg yes

[@cristhiangabriel8453]

No, my man, it wasn't, it was a "hollup a minute" moment

[@Wizznilliam]

You should DEFINITELY sue this guy. This is outrageous.

[@0xCAFEF00D]

I agree completely. It's the only way to solve this for real. To discourage this kind of action. But the Polish guy will be defending himself at home. So GFR needs to have a lawyer that can operate like that (likely from the US), very expensive. And if they don't win (which isn't guaranteed) they pick up both sides lawyer fees, as with most European countries (and vice versa, if they win it's the Polish guy who has to pay). But who knows if this guy can even pay. They'll stick him with a debt and there would be a payment plan. But they will still just not have that money until they get repaid. So it's a serious access to justice issue. Ideally lawyers would be cheap enough that justice is done but that's just not the case.

[@bayunugroho9553]

These are the type of people calling other "snowflakes" yet acting snowflakey themselves

[@EasyCure0]

With those type of people it's ALWAYS projection. They can't stand to think that they might be the snowflakes so they project that hatred outwork. They're the snowflakes, they're the sheep, they're the ones who need safe spaces (like a certain sub reddit that has gone private.)

[@chrisj320ac3]

And I can almost guarantee you, they're Christian Conservatives.

[@Fishbowl-fd6so]

Standard anti-SJW behavior really. They're all toxic little hypocrites.

[@lildrawhub1025]

The flakiest of snow.

[@italofreitas7879]

Exactly!! Agree 100%

[@mattg6106]

Me: "Man, I don't like this game at all. Guess I'll just play something else." Shitbags on the Internet: "I don't like this game at all! I'm going to join a community of people and hate on this game for months and/or years! And if anyone does like this game then I'll make sure they get harassed for it!"

[@profezzorBALTAZAR]

Nice comment, and a huge shout out to all normal gamers out there😄👍

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Your quote only needs the MUAHAHAHAHA sound, and you get a cartoony villain (which unfortunately is not far from reality).

[@baronmunro1494]

Real gamergate logic. They think personally disliking a game and enforcing that opinion among all gaming journalists, paid or independent, is a social justice crusade and not just being massive babies about a game they didn't like.

[@jonathanbosak8581]

For real this grow ass manchilds want to make a polemic abaut everything and have a debate over the slightest shit they can, 2 years ago I think i made a coment abaut how She ra was a good show ,the next day the coment got 100 replies calling me sjw and bitching because i "didint responded yo them "

[@Luxius1509]

there are more toxic people than normal on this planet

[@pagnedaman3777]

How absurd that rational, kind people have to respond to and deal with losers like this dude. It feels unfair, because people like GR follow the "rules". They seem to do the right thing, try to be decent people, and they have to engage with people who break all of those rules, and will lie and cheat to discredit or deplatform them. So frustrating. Sorry to hear about this.

[@kennywonglabow3547]

And as such, it is all the more important that you, Pagne Daman and those like you, continue to make thoughts like yours known. Your clear analysis and compassion are both things that those who follow the “rules” will need, and certainly what Matt and Shelby need right now. This situation sucks but it throws into sharp relief how good actual good people are, and so far, you seem like one.

[@TPFN]

I agree that it's sad, that Shelby and Matt see themselves forced to put their everyday life to a halt, just to investigate into a horrible person like this. The most frustrating is, that this guy and other people like him, are not the losers, but the winners. His goal was to harm these two in one way or another, and he managed to do so. Matt and Shelby were stressed, angry and irritated for weeks, had to stop their usual agendas and invest effort, time and mental capacity on this dude. And although they found him and put this case to a halt for now, he didn't suffer any real consequences for it (I know he deleted everything, but other than that and his first shock, he will probably continue to do something like that in the future to others). So these guys are sadly often not the losers, but the winners, which is really frustrating. PS: Shelby and Matt did an excellent job tackling this issue! How are there people who dislike this video?! I can't think pf a way as a youtuber to address this thing as constructive as this.

[@joelbell8515]

@@TPFN A saving grace is that the perpetrator didn't exactly come out the victor. Sure, they got the attention they wanted, but they also went into full panic mode and deleted a whole bunch of their online footprint. Hardly the actions of a winner.

[@TPFN]

@@joelbell8515 yes, it is indeed a savong grace, that he was found and he deleted all his accounts for a moment, as you said. But his damage on Shelby and Matt is done, and I personally think, that no matter how much he had to flee now, the time, stress and nerves of the victims can not be restored. So I think, in this regard, he won.

[@RTXWill]

@@TPFN True, but all of these things will forever be documented on the wayback machine. It's set in history at this point.

[@rashotcake6945]

TLOU2 subreddit is culty, as most hate subreddits are. If people would put their emotions and the culture war aside, they’d realize it’s just a videogame.

[@atmmachine11]

It reminds me of the kind of people who smash controllers while playing games. If a game makes you that angry, there’s probably something wrong with yourself. Usually there are other things going on.

[@kostasspirou1010]

@@atmmachine11 So true, I recently started playing Bloodborne, my very first souls game, and not only I don't find it as hard as people say, but I never got the feeling that I want to break my controller out of frustration, due to the game being fairly challenging, and punishing me only when I perform badly.

[@atmmachine11]

@@kostasspirou1010 I just played and finished Bloodborne for the first time earlier this year! :-) Really amazing game. I agree with you! I felt like any time I died it was my fault so I wasn't upset. I can recommend all three Dark Souls games if you haven't played those yet, as they all gave me that same feeling.

[@kostasspirou1010]

@@atmmachine11 I was planning on playing Elden Ring, Sekiro and Dark Souls 3 after Bloodborne actually, but God of War Rangarök, Final Fantasy XVI and Horizon Forbidden West are a priority. 😅 I don't really like the Souls formula personally, and even though I REALLY enjoy Bloodborne and I think that it's a very interesting and special game, its Souls "aspect" is a turn off... but I do love the game! So yeah, not sure if I want to play DS1, DS2 or Demon's Souls, but DS3 looks cool so I'll play it one day.

[@cractor6307]

@@ScreamMario I see you all over this comment section and I have to ask, not in a smug or passive agresive way, have you watched the video you are commenting on? They address the line and they agreed that it was poor wording. Not that far into the video mind you, like 3 to 5 minutes. Are you actually that mad about a poorly worded frase of a now 2 years old game review? Because if so, you may not be a fool but you sure as hell are fragile

[@JakeRanney]

I love how in his post he said that /r/TheLastOfUs2 was "the most tolerant fanbase ever".

[@echo12345ish]

Tolerant since the leaks lol

[@Prince_Sharming]

@@echo12345ish they were never tolerant

[@echo12345ish]

@@Prince_Sharming that was the joke

[@standard7272]

well... Then I really don't want to see the other fanbases...

[@echo12345ish]

@EasterBurn the official subreddit

[@HillierSmith]

I played the game, loved it, thought the first was better, then moved on. The fact that people make one opinion their entire personality astounds me.

[@LikeYouWereThereOfficial]

"I didn't like this game. I'm going to dedicate my entire life and enter a community based on hating a single video game." What a waste of time and mental space.

[@emilypfleger4311]

For real. And then to become deeply offended and lash out because of someone else’s opinion on it?? Get a damn life

[@yan_itaborai]

@@LikeYouWereThereOfficial It's confusing. I feel frustated because some people praise the game so much and I don't get It. I can understand how this feeling can evolve to hatred If you are a piece of shit (not that It is justifiable or anything).

[@Xxbte96xX]

Very lonely sad people

[@eaglesviper90]

I was the opposite in that I played it, disliked it but uhh.. you know. I shrugged and said "meh, not for me." Talked about it with my friends a bit. That was it. Completely forgot this game existed until now, and it's horrifying that people go through these lengths just because they do or don't like a piece of entertainment.

[@NathanMcRaye]

Loving the positive energy you guys repeatedly emanate no matter the situation, good or bad. You two are the best ♥️

[@thomasjefferson2676]

Don’t be so thirsty dude

[@NathanMcRaye]

@@thomasjefferson2676 can't help it. These two are great. Don't judge my "thirst"

[@conormeehan.]

I agree

[@ToxicTony15]

For sure.

[@-sanju-]

@@thomasjefferson2676 what?