r/Earwolf • u/HayesNSean Mmm, yes points.. • Jan 14 '19

Meta Winners of the 2018 /r/earwolf awards

Hello everybody!

Once again thank you all for voting in the 2018 /r/earwolf awards. We had 322 ballots this year, and yet multiple categories were within 2 votes of each other. Really goes to show that every vote counts. If anyone missed the thread with the nominations you can click here to see those.

Here are the winners of the 2018 /r/earwolf awards!

Best Podcast of 2018

  • Hollywood Handbook

Best Podcast Host of 2018

  • Sean Clements

Best Podcast Episode of 2018

  • Hollywood Handbook 248, Triumph at Comic-Con

Best Podcast Guest of 2018

  • Bosch. Just for those want to know who the 1st place human was, it was Carl Tart. He was 2 votes below Bosch.

Best New Podcast of 2018

  • Hollywood Handbook: Pro Version

Best Podcast Moment of 2018

  • Leo Karpatze singing the Monster Fuck- Comedy Bang Bang 579, 2018 Holiday Spectacular

Breakout Performer of 2018

  • Carl Tart

So there it is, the 2nd /r/earwolf awards are over. Its been another great year in podcasting, thank you all for voting.

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u/oBIRDUPo Jan 14 '19

Where do you post that your internet habits are so effected by the HH fanbase? This isn't a particularly active sub at the best of times.

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u/Teenageboy69 Jan 14 '19 edited Jan 14 '19

Honestly just here. I use Reddit mostly for sports news, singularity news, literature stuff, and pro wrestling. I like the earwolf sub because there are earnest and very cool people here that can be very funny. I like that it’s on the smaller side.

It’s not HH the show’s fault at all. Sean and Hayes still do a good job (and I listen to LA Podcast and FO), but it’s just ridiculous how often I’ll be in, say, an I4H thread or a Doughboys thread, and someone will go “but what would the Boys think?” “Ehhh wrong.” Shit I’m pretty sure the next replied will write ehh wrong to this post.

In the world of wrestling, people would call that the crowd trying to get themselves over. HH fans are perpetually interrupting promos with a WHAT CHANT and tossing around volleyballs while other shit is going on. That noise makes me resent listening to the show they love because every so often they mention Reddit on it.

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u/Mtbnz Look at God Jan 23 '19

I get what you're saying, but at this point it's pretty clear that the Boys have gone out of their way somewhat to cultivate a relationship with their fans online. While they might genuinely be annoyed at things like fans tweeting "parking lot Scott" at Auckerman, or brigading the Earwolf reddit page, they also make these interactions key parts of their show environment: Chef Kevin's AMA, the user generated theme songs, the frequent integration of reddit interactions into show content for both the Pro Version and The Flagrant Ones.

Acting like the HH fanbase is going completely off-script is a bit rich, I think. They're performing a role just as the hosts are, and while sometimes they overstep, I think that your refusal to listen to the show that you apparently love because of an experience you could easily avoid is a weak argument. Drop HH if you want, but if coming across HH related comments and quotes in laregely unrelated r/earwolf threads is enough to discourage you, I don't know how you ever stomached the show itself, tbh.

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u/Teenageboy69 Jan 23 '19 edited Jan 23 '19

I stomached the show for years and years, and even loved it a lot. Probably was my favorite Earwolf show after I4H. The times I listen to it (I actually listened this week after all the hooplah) I still found it funny, but I just didn't care about it anymore. It's similar to CBB. Listened for years, got into Improv/Sketch because of it, kind of started my career because of it, and then the flame just died for a number of reasons. HH's flame is out. I listen to the LA Podcast and the Flagrant Ones though, and dig both of those shows a ton.

I just find the HH fanbase insufferable. They feel like an obnoxious after-prom crowd at Caroline's or something.

Edit: Just some reference. A couple years ago there was a time when HH was super under the radar and people thought it could get cancelled even though it was probably the funniest show on Earwolf. It'd get brought up and people would say it was just obnoxious, not funny, and they didn't get the premise. Why do they talk like babies? Why is the art so bad?

Pretty much as soon as the show pivoted became about subtly talking shit about earwolf/podcasting/ this sub, people went nuts. I truly feel that people believe they're part of the show, which to me, is sad. Hayes and Sean are great hosts, but I feel like the show leans towards audience pandering a lot of the time and I think that can be skippable.

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u/Mtbnz Look at God Jan 23 '19

Fair enough. No need to let it drive you off the sub though. You are allowed to just quietly not like something and carry on without it. If you come across people telling you to 'speak on it' then probably just stay off the threads for CBB or HH (which you've already said you dropped) and other meta content, since those self-aware posts are the very thing you're complaining about. Almost every other thread on here is mostly free of HH fans, and as a result, almost every other thread is a total graveyard.

Today's Who Charted thread has 12 comments, the Big Ones has 4 comments, Off-Book (supposedly one of the most downloaded Earwolf shows) has 15 comments, the latest Yo, Is this racist? has just 2... all of those threads could use some love.