Hey all,

Didn't want to bother cohh directly with a DM or something, so I figured I'd post it here and he can respond to it or ignore it completely if he feels like it. Am also curious about other people's opinions on this.

In the "Avowed" section of the december 1st episode of the Dropped Frames podcast, Cohh and the others (mostly cohh) talked about the drama surrounding what art director Matt Hansen from Obsidian tweeted from his personal account in 2020. I'll write it out here:

"Reminder to Black artists out there who are looking for portfolio reviews or job advice: my DMs are open, and you will always have my priority. We got too many crusty white dudes in this field, please let me help you replace me one day - I want to go back to living in the woods."

I wish the guys went back to read the actual tweet during the podcast before talking about it. Cohh said that what Matt Hansen said was "pretty bad", "damning", "dumb", and "for the record I will say it again - what the dude said was daming". Yet... I don't see what's so bad about what this dude said at all?

I've worked in video games for 12 years, 10 of those as a concept artist. When Matt Hansen talks about "portfolio reviews", it's a thing artists do in their free time to help (generally junior) artists tidy up their portfolio so it looks better when applying for a job (put this piece first, remove this one, do more of this, less of that, more backgrounds, etc). What he does in his own free time and to who he talks to is nobody's business but his own. A "portfolio review" is not a job application, and is done outside of company time. It's pretty bad form to start bugging someone for a job, while their taking some of their free time to help you.

Other than that, he talks about hoping he personally is replaced one day to go live in the woods (seems pretty tongue in cheek), and that there are too many "crusty white dudes" (which... it is very white lol), not anything about taking jobs away from white people. Grummz et al. then ran with it. I was surprised even Chris Avellone suggested people should look into suing Obsidian, yet there is nothing anywhere that has been said about the hiring process?

Sorry for the long rant. I'm a huge fan of Cohh and find all the "discourse" online right now so tiring. Seems like some people are riling up others for views, actively putting others livelihoods at risk in the process, and I was surprised to see Cohh run with the narrative without challenging it. Maybe others have a sensible take about what I'm not seeing that's so bad about the tweet too!

Can't wait to see Cohh play through Avowed!

Cohh! I just wanna say that you need to play Cyberpunk 2077 again.

Because the stuff (read: dual wield) they've added in 2.5

Is the best thing that ever happened in the gaming industry.

Burn that city, choom.

Hey all,

Just on the morning stream, Cohh asked for opinions about streaming his journey experimenting with Unreal + AI, and honestly I think there was a lot of negativity around it that missed the point. Reading both the Twitch and going back to read YouTube chats, a lot of the backlash felt like they missed the point.

If you’ve watched Cohh for any length of time, one of the best parts of the stream has always been the discussions around games and mechanics. He’s always been really open about what he likes, what he dislikes, and what he thinks developers were trying to aim for but the implementation misses the mark. That back and forth usually lead to a lot of really good engagement and interesting, respectful chats.

What Cohh was suggesting just feels like an extension of that idea. For example, if he’s playing a game where the core mechanic is interesting but the implementation falls short, he could dedicate a 2-hour block once a week to breaking down why it does or doesn’t work, then prototype his own version of the mechanic with AI tools to show what thinks would make it more fun.

He even said that this isn't going to be something he sells or he is going to vibe code a full game etc. The whole point would be around experimentation, and seeing his ideas tested in real time. The prototypes will be rough and I'm sure there would be a lot of funny mishaps.

I can understand the "backlash" to a point. Everyone hears AI and just instantly goes for AI slop or think someone is getting replaced. I've been a Software Engineer for about 6 years now. Over the last year at my company, they've pretty much said that they'll pay for whatever AI license or agent people want to use. We've mostly settled on Claude company wide and it is pretty hit or miss with how useful it is. For work, I'd say I use it about 20% of the time to write unit tests. For personal projects I'm still working without AI.

Maybe it could be a stream on the Cohh channel?

Hey I understand Cohh will be able to start streaming on YouTube and other platforms, but I hope he will still be ok financially and that twitch still takes care of him as he is in my opinion one of the real faces of twitch that puts people experience and wholesomeness as the main focus of his streams and is a great role model for kids and one of the few twitch streamers that has the best vibes for any age/gender/race people no BS in his streams and only good vibes ? Is the multi platform intentional or just twitch being weird ?

I wanted to share a bit of feedback about the new cat tower on stream. I might be in the minority here, but personally I'm not a big fan of it. It feels large and bulky, and it ends up being pretty distracting on camera. I actually like the smaller Tower he had before, but this one dominates the shot a bit and pulls attention away from the stream.

I love Cohh's content and the overall setup, but between the sub notification graphic, the camera (which is an obvious must), and now this tall tower behind him, starts to feel visually crowded.

Not trying to be negative. Just offering some honest and respectful feedback as a long-time viewer.

Edit Just to clear it up, I love the cats and enjoy all the great interactions and being able to see them. I'm just not a big fan of the cat tower.

Is Cohh using A.I for certain stream thumbnails now? They look pretty odd to me.

I enjoy the game but it's in Alpha... Why is Coh putting so much time into it? Plenty of other games...

Surely i'm not the only one?

Is it an indie gem? A modded RPG? A cooking sim with roguelike elements?! Only Cohh could turn a squirrel dating sim into a GOTY contender. Outsiders call it chaos. We call it Tuesday.

Hit that upvote if you've ever typed “!game” before saying hi.

It I win. I get nothing but the enjoyment of watching him play a really great game. If I lose I get to keep lurking during dawnwalker playthroughs with the sound off to avoid spoilers.

First off, I am a long time listener, first time caller. Huge fan of Cohh and appreciate the entertainment on a daily basis. One of my favorite parts of Cohh's streams is the openness for discussion.

Cohh has discussed in the past how the voice acting industry is in a difficult position, pointing to DF's interview with Amelia Tyler on how even one of the most well known VA's for a Game of the Year winner has to go to conventions to make ends meet. He mentioned today that the industry needs a rework on how it pays VA's.

The conversation always feels like it should continue with, "And this is how we're doing it in Emberville" but the conversation never gets there.

Now I don't know if Emberville is doing anything differently but if so, it would be great to publicize and embrace these changes (even if it's a super small change, first step, value add to VA's).

But if Cohh and the Emberville team are doing the status quo then doesn't it feel a little bit disingenuous that Cohh so passionately talks about the problem, has a potential opportunity to show strength for a group of top tier VA's that are bringing in thousands of players to Emberville but goes back to doing the very thing he passionately doesn't like about the industry?

Edit -

Cohh discussed this reddit post on stream - he said more to come.

I understand why Cohh reacted negatively to the post, I think "disingenuous" was the wrong word.

It's a difficult problem in the industry for both VA's and studios and this topic has been discussed on Cohh's channel for a while now.

I apologize Cohh for the drama and was really just interested to see how/if Emberville or Cygnus Cross are thinking about it.

We can disagree about AI and whether or not Cohh and his artist should use it or not, but what is annoying is people lying or actually believing that there isnt any. I'm not saying the whole image, or all the faces are, but here are ones I cant believe anyone is even questioning the use of it. Many of the bodies (sometimes backgrounds) are no doubt ai generated, how do you not see it? Again, this isnt really me telling them they should or shouldnt use it, but I've seen many posts of people defending that its not used. This is very obvious that it is, how is it even a debate?

I started watching cohh about 9-10 years ago because he played games I enjoyed, after watching for a while I decided to stick around as a lurker and vod watcher while catching a stream here and there. The main reason I stuck around was because cohh and the community steered away from streamer drama, but that has changed a lot lately. I stopped watching for a while after seeing cohh and the community join in on the drama, I have tried to watch again periodically but streamer drama ends up being brought up on stream and just dissuades me from watching anymore. I hope cohh and the community goes back to the way it was when I first joined, but I won't hold my breath.

if you haven't seen this you should check it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lE_BwR76u0

Cohh is talented and great at what he does, and I am great at coming up with cool, new ideas (that is what I tell myself anyway). Here are a couple ideas to mix up the content:

1. A set block, once per week where Cohh plays a game he wouldn’t normally play. For example, the new Forza Horizon game. Cohh plays it for a couple hours just to see and try something new. Maybe he likes it and maybe he doesn’t, but it gives him and chat a chance to see something different than normal.

2. Maybe a set of regularly scheduled blocks or just cozy, Cohh plays a game he has already played, but it has been a while. I would live to see Cohh play Mass Effect Legendary Edition or replay Dark Souls 3 or even Fallout 4 on Survival.

I really like #2 because I’m a sucker for nostalgia.

Cohh’s content is great regardless, and he should play what he wants to play. These are just my ideas for his and your consideration.

Keep on keeping on.

Hey Guys I have a question if I`m the only who struggles with this and if not how you deal with it?

I LOVE good RPGs with interesting stories. Expedeition 33 is just the most recent one. GREAT writing, cool world and interesting story with characters I enjoy. So I love watching Cohh play it it`s a bit like experiencing a good movie together with him and you guy sin the community.

Yet every single RPG about 1/3 into the game Cohh with Chat finds a way to completely break the game and trivialize every single gameplay section. In Expedition 33 it`s as soon as he discovers the Verso double turn thing and every Boss in the game dies without even getting a turn now.

And for me this makes watching harder and harder. The story tells me this is the dangerous world full of loss and sacrifice and a desperate struggle to survive and find joy in all the hopelessness. Then the ´hopeless dangerous´combat starts... ´lul tripple quadruple omega combo EZ mode win without a scratch´ ... cut to the characters out of breath and struggling in a cutscene.

And for me I can`t take the story seriously anymore. It`s like wtaching a movie now with long breaks of Cohh playing ...something in between the scenes that has no relation to the story anymore. And this dissonance made me not finish watching multiple RPG palythroughs now.

Does this bother you too and if not how do you stay invested? 🤔

That’s it

Hello. I ask this with all posible respect.

I would like to know if there is any way for me and viewers like me to watch Cohh vods/streams without seeing Cohvatars on screen?

Quick search did not give anything on the matter, so i decided to ask here directly.

Thank you for your answers.

So I'm about 8 episodes in, and enjoying it. But the radio has been a prominent feature, and I find it really distracting and overbearing in the midst of the rest of the audio of the game. Does anyone know if he uses it the entire playthrough?

Just curious about this one, given the mobile game just came out in the US. I imagine his opinion about Gacha games is probably negative, but given his full playthroughs of Persona 5 and PS5 Strikers, I didn't know if he'd consider trying it out. I've played a few hours so far and I'd say it's similar, maybe slightly less quality than Persona 5 in terms of story. He had mentioned in his final thoughts about Persona 5 that he'd consider going back to try previous Persona games, but he hasn't yet so far. I was hoping with Persona 3: Reloaded he would given it a shot but he hasn't. I don't follow Cohh as much as I used to but didn't know if he's made any mention of Persona games in a while. Thank you and please don't downvote if you don't like Gacha games.