Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2016 12:03:36 GMT 1
So for those of you who avoid Slack like the plague, and don't watch crappy YouTube videos. Shuoanerwgnoaewurgy aka Gun1t123, or gunty as a friend of mine once referred to him (hi Finn!!) dropped a video last night entitled "GTA 5 - Top 5 Racers Of All Time".
It goes without saying I have tremendous respect for Shaggy, despite his taste in inferior consoles and somewhat large ego, when I saw this video pop up in my timeline a whole host of thoughts popped into my head at the same time; I wonder who he's name dropped? I wonder if this person got mentioned? Did he include himself? Naturally the only way to answer all these questions was to watch this video, so I did, 20 minutes later I sat in total disappointment.
Now for those of you who don't wish to know who he picked stop reading here and go watch the video, come back and join in the debate!!
For those who don't give a flying sheep's arse and would rather spend 20 mins elsewhere here's the ***spoiler alert***:
1 - Neodarkshadow1
2 - Merphos
3 - Piccano
4 - Nismo97
5 - Smithyonetwleve
Now, whilst I believe it's foolish to criticise something that is essentially based on opinion (and let's face it everybody has a different opinion), I do believe the list albeit I am clutching at straws here is slightly misleading.
Here's my opinion:
First of all the title whilst I joked on Slack it should've been called "Top 5 Racers for PS4 of all time that have helped or influenced me at some point", however this is probably far too long, but actually all joking aside is a more realistic synopsis.
I feel almost the lack of a few of what I consider to be big names, makes me question the credibility of such list. I will not criticise Shaggy for not including himself on that list, By his own admission, in the early PS3 days he considered himself amongst the best. The fact he did not make that list shows an incredible amount of humility. Despite if you asked most people to name their top 5 he would most likely make the list for at least 95% of the time.
I struggled to find a point during the video where I disagreed with anything that he said, and was only able to find a few points, don't worry we'll get to those . It was a honest and frank admission that without those five guys, and the "honourable mentions", he wouldn't be where he is today. It was heart felt, almost as if the boy of three years ago, who no doubt felt like he was the best in the world, had come back to admit "I was wrong". I can't even be mad for his lack of inclusion of xbox players, after all he doesn't play on the xbox and if he does I've not seen or heard he was doing it.
So what did I disagree with? Well let's not call them disagreements, but differences in opinion, either way call them what you want, here they are:
I recall once reading on Reddit, someone asking who the best racer in GTA was, I found myself agreeing that it was preposterous to consider who that might be, yet only a few months down the line, I sit reading the comments of a video on that very subject. Albeit a misleadingly titled video, but let's face it nowhere in the realms of a LispyJimmy misleading video title!!
I sat last night, popcorn in hand as I read the comments, waiting for Gucci to turn up and query why he didn't make the list, claim he's at least top 3 and on his day number 1, or Parzelli to turn up, sniff a like of coke, pop a few pills, cry like a bitch that he wasn't there. Then get offended that nobody has seemingly heard of him and precede to cry and take some more drugs to feel better.
Well, that's my take on things, sorry it's been a long post, but I'm intrigued to hear your thoughts...
tl/dr; Nismo > Piccano, Doodle > Piccano, and most definitely Smithy > Piccano!!
It goes without saying I have tremendous respect for Shaggy, despite his taste in inferior consoles and somewhat large ego, when I saw this video pop up in my timeline a whole host of thoughts popped into my head at the same time; I wonder who he's name dropped? I wonder if this person got mentioned? Did he include himself? Naturally the only way to answer all these questions was to watch this video, so I did, 20 minutes later I sat in total disappointment.
Now for those of you who don't wish to know who he picked stop reading here and go watch the video, come back and join in the debate!!
For those who don't give a flying sheep's arse and would rather spend 20 mins elsewhere here's the ***spoiler alert***:
1 - Neodarkshadow1
2 - Merphos
3 - Piccano
4 - Nismo97
5 - Smithyonetwleve
Now, whilst I believe it's foolish to criticise something that is essentially based on opinion (and let's face it everybody has a different opinion), I do believe the list albeit I am clutching at straws here is slightly misleading.
Here's my opinion:
First of all the title whilst I joked on Slack it should've been called "Top 5 Racers for PS4 of all time that have helped or influenced me at some point", however this is probably far too long, but actually all joking aside is a more realistic synopsis.
I feel almost the lack of a few of what I consider to be big names, makes me question the credibility of such list. I will not criticise Shaggy for not including himself on that list, By his own admission, in the early PS3 days he considered himself amongst the best. The fact he did not make that list shows an incredible amount of humility. Despite if you asked most people to name their top 5 he would most likely make the list for at least 95% of the time.
I struggled to find a point during the video where I disagreed with anything that he said, and was only able to find a few points, don't worry we'll get to those . It was a honest and frank admission that without those five guys, and the "honourable mentions", he wouldn't be where he is today. It was heart felt, almost as if the boy of three years ago, who no doubt felt like he was the best in the world, had come back to admit "I was wrong". I can't even be mad for his lack of inclusion of xbox players, after all he doesn't play on the xbox and if he does I've not seen or heard he was doing it.
So what did I disagree with? Well let's not call them disagreements, but differences in opinion, either way call them what you want, here they are:
- No Doodlemonopoly. It's a matter of opinion of course, but I've always held Doodle in a very high regard. I remember reading a comment form GucciBeef (I think) saying Doodle was the man to beat back in the day and had the potential to be as good as Merphos. Think what you will about Beef, but for a man with an ego as large as his to admit Doodle had the potential to be one of, if not the best, is kudos of the highest order.
- Piccano #3? OK let's get brutally honest. Shaggy said this was a guy that he'd raced with for a long time, a guy who had pushed him to his limits. Perhaps the guy that slowly vanished the ego. I do question if he should be this high up the list. I'm sure Shaggy has his reasons, and maybe he's seen something in Piccano that I haven't seen myself. Let's make this clear, I'm not saying Piccano doesn't deserve to make the list. I consider Smithy better, and if you need an explanation just take a look at the NODO MCEC results.
- Lack of a few other names missing, even from the honourable mentions part! I could name drop all day of guys who got missed, and have no doubt there'd still be guys who were missing. But this is only light critique as I've no idea if Shaggy has ever raced against those names.
I recall once reading on Reddit, someone asking who the best racer in GTA was, I found myself agreeing that it was preposterous to consider who that might be, yet only a few months down the line, I sit reading the comments of a video on that very subject. Albeit a misleadingly titled video, but let's face it nowhere in the realms of a LispyJimmy misleading video title!!
I sat last night, popcorn in hand as I read the comments, waiting for Gucci to turn up and query why he didn't make the list, claim he's at least top 3 and on his day number 1, or Parzelli to turn up, sniff a like of coke, pop a few pills, cry like a bitch that he wasn't there. Then get offended that nobody has seemingly heard of him and precede to cry and take some more drugs to feel better.
Well, that's my take on things, sorry it's been a long post, but I'm intrigued to hear your thoughts...
tl/dr; Nismo > Piccano, Doodle > Piccano, and most definitely Smithy > Piccano!!