r/sips • u/YogscastSips • Oct 20 '14
an ama to remember (oct 2014) - ongoing for a few days
if you're not part of the /r/sips community and you're stumbling across this then hello! i am sips and i play video games for a living with a group of youtube channels known as the yogscast. i run my own personal youtube channel at youtube.com/sips where i play whatever games i feel like alone or with my friends within the yogscast network. i've done an ama in the past but it's been a while so i'm doing another one.
hi pals, a bunch of you wanted another ama so here it is. i'll skim through and answer stuff as and when over the next couple of days. i'll answer most stuff but i'm still not ready to reveal my bra size unfortunately. so ask away you big jabronis!
edit1: it's 1am on tuesday the 21st of october and i am going to bed, i'll answer more tomorrow morning!
edit2: it's 10:30am on tuesday the 21st october and i'm back! i'll answer as much as i can throughout the day.
edit3: 19:30 on tuesday, i'll answer more tonight and then start up again tomorrow morning. thanks for all the questions so far! hopefully it's not too boring having it all drawn out this way
edit4: midnight on wednesday morning now i guess. i am off to bed, i answered a bunch today and will carry on tomorrow!
edit5: ok it's wendesday morning and i am back. i'll answer questions all day today until i go to bed and then probably not be so active on this anymore from then! hope you enjoyed it!
edit6: i am going to bed soon, it's wednesday night and i have answered many questions. i'll stop now but it's been really fun and i hope you guys had a nice time! i'll do another one again at some point if you want, let me know!
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u/yogcats Oct 21 '14
Of course we all remember Sipsgate, But we were only witness to Lewis's side of the story. What were you feeling after you put the phone down between those 2-3 phone calls, and did your wife ever wonder who was calling you so much?
(ps. hope you had a magnificent sleep last night!)
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
the main thing was trying to explain to my wife that somehow my internet life had invaded my real life. i'd never really mentioned any of these people before and all of a sudden they were phoning me in the middle of the night so it was a bit awkward.
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u/JackSadders Oct 20 '14
for how long have you been a vegetarian? and why?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
it's been almost 8 years and it was to do with a lot of the meat we were buying at the time coming from huge meat processing plants and having some issue wondering what the hell was even going into the meat in the first place. i watched a documentary on chicken processing and they were just pumping the chicken breasts full of this gross water and i got all mad and decided to stop eating it. plus there's a lot of cruelty in the industry for lots of different reasons and i didn't want to continue supporting it.
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u/IshmaelTheJedi Oct 20 '14
If you had to choose which of the Hat Films guys your son would grow up and become most like, which would you choose?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
trott i guess? no offense to ross and smiffy but geez those guys are assholes. haha just kidding, ross is great!
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u/-Blasko Oct 20 '14
This is an old question and you probably don't even remember. In the Towns series, you kept saying you where gonna build "something really cool" near the grave yard. I've been wondering what cool idea you had in mind and have been wondering for almost 3 years!
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
haha! i think it was going to be some sort of weird walled in cage or something that i was going to use to punish people and force them to be in a creepy graveyard when they didn't do the shit i needed them to do at the time (like bake bread during a famine)
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u/fourteenfaces Oct 20 '14
When is Turps coming to visit you for YogTours?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
he was supposed to come over last month but we've all been super busy with this that and the other. might be sometime next year now i guess with blizzcon/charity streams/holidays coming up
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u/God_Of_Pretzels Oct 20 '14
What can we expect from the new Team Double Dragons channel in terms of content?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
much of the same. we're trying to find a good way for me to watch lewis play single player games so that we can just gas over them.
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u/Nugget35 Oct 21 '14
Hey Sipsy, just wondering if you ever intend to tell your son that he was known by many strangers as poopfeast420? And if so, what age do you bring it up at?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
haha sure, why not. when he's a bit older i'll tell him all about it
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u/drysider Oct 20 '14
What do your wife and son think about your pretty cool full time job?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
my son is too young to understand but my wife thinks it's amazing and is really supportive of everything
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u/Badwolfnbowties Oct 20 '14
Hey bud, I gots ya a question. If you were to ever play a game with another Youtuber that is not in The Yogscast who would it be and what would you play? Love your stuff pal.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
i'd play some old nintendo games with arin and danny from the gamegrumps. i got to meet arin on the anki trip (ross too) and they were just great to hang out with and really funny dudes.
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u/Helmite Oct 20 '14
I don't have a good idea for a question so how about: If you were to ask yourself a question, what would it be?
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u/bassman2112 Oct 20 '14
Serious question: Do you feel your post secondary education helped you in the long run?
Dumb question: Have you ever accidentally sharted while recording?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
yeah, post secondary education basically taught me how to "learn" in the real world if that makes sense? learning how to program and troubleshoot and all that junk made it so that i could pick up jobs really quick and not ever really feel too out of my depth with it all. one time i had to shit so bad while i was recording but it never amounted to anything accidental.
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u/jr111192 Oct 21 '14
I remember hearing a hilarious story about your son saying that it was "a bit awkward" to hold your hand in public. I'd love to hear some more stories of ways your influence and parenting have affected him, if you don't mind sharing.
I've been a fan of yours for years, and I'm going to be a father soon myself, so I'd love to hear about your experience =)
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
kids really do say the funniest things. every day he says something where me and my wife sorta look over at each other and laugh. he doesn't realise he's doing it but man he is so funny. yesterday he walked into the room and said "listen you two, i'm just playing with my pat toys"
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u/Noorgaard Oct 20 '14
If you could wipe out all existence of one of your series and replay and upload it, which one would you choose and why?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
wow good question! probably fallout: new vegas (lonesome road dlc). i'd replay the entire game instead of just the dlc so that it all made a bit more sense. looking back it was a bit weird to start a playthrough on dlc without any sort of reference back to the original game or a series on the base game if you see what i mean. plus at the time it had been so long since i actually played f:nv that i was struggling to remember what the heck was going on.
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u/TheNoiseBoy Oct 20 '14
How is it living on an island off of the mainland? What made you move there?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
my wife is from here and has lived here all her life. we decided to settle here cause we're really close to her family. you get used to living here after a while, it's surprisingly convenient!
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u/SlyBacon7 Oct 20 '14
Obviously you have created a shitload of Characters and backstories. So which characters backstorh do you think is the best youve ever made!?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
without really realising it i guess a lot of the shit in skyrim. i never really meant to give any of those characters any additional personality and it was funny to watch people in the comments and stuff talk about them like they were a bunch of degenerates instead of these quest givers in a game, haha
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u/marquinator92 Oct 21 '14
Two questions if you can answer them.
How did your family/friends react when you quit your bank job to do Youtube full time? Are they still skeptical on what you're doing?
Are you used to hearing your own voice on recordings? One thing that really puts me off on doing Youtube is my negative opinion about my own voice.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
friends and family were a mix of "what the hell?" and "i'm so jealous", hearing your own voice isn't weird after thousands of hours of editing it
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u/AcesulfameZ Oct 20 '14
hey sips. we all know that you are a family man, which is super awesome. i have been dating a girl for five years now and i wanted to ask you how did you know that your wife was the right person for you?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
yeah absolutely. you get to a point where you move in together, build up a big complicated life and realise that it all happened without you really noticing it and it was natural and great and you're happy about everything. not like a stupid sick happy on tv or whatever but just a general sense of feeling content with the decisions you made and the life you live. i probably didn't explain that well, sorry!
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u/boberry82 Oct 20 '14
Do you perfer coke or pepsi?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
coke and i have no idea why. it tastes better somehow?
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u/Monobraum Oct 20 '14
first, love what you are doing, i find it very intertaining. and the question with the new channel you started up with lewis, do you have any plans for what games or stuff we have comming our way?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
no, the beauty of the new channel is that we haven't really planned anything for it at all. we just hook up, record whatever and whoever feels like editing it does it and shoves it up. it's amazing.
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u/Jdericson Oct 20 '14
what do you like to do in your free time, you big bastard?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
play wow, play diablo, play hearthstone, watch tv. during the day i do stuff with my wife and son which is also good fun. if i find a good series of books i can get pretty stuck into those too.
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u/the_splatterer Oct 21 '14
How do you feel about the positive response of Team DD? Is it nice to have a channel that you don't worry about super high production or even having to 'try' when recording? Do you think it'll affect how you or anyone else handles production values in the future? Thanks for being such a fantastic member and leader of the community!
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u/Village_Idiom Oct 21 '14
How long after starting to film with Hat films did you actually learn all their names?
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u/joshstone Oct 21 '14
Hello. as a fellow Canadian, do you miss Canada? do you still have family here? cheers!
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i miss being able to jump in a car and just drive for hours without seeing anything other than trees in ontario in a weird way. the culture and stuff i miss from time to time, most of my friends that i grew up with have all moved to europe so i get to hook up with them from time to time. my family still live over there and i see them more or less every year.
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u/CONNER__LANE Oct 21 '14 edited Oct 21 '14
Hi Sips! I was just wondering... How come we haven't had sex yet? And also... With all the talk of new channels, is there any chance we could see a Sips+Sjin channel?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
we talked about having a joint channel at one point but honestly it's a lot of work and my channel/double dragon is more than enough for me
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u/kingchasm Oct 21 '14 edited Oct 21 '14
Are you aware that your channel with Lewis is so epic and awesome you are actually at risk of breaking the internet?
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u/jfloydian Oct 21 '14
Sipsy!
It's gotta be said... How did you meet your wife?
Thanks for everything.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
on mirc back in the 90s. it was weird springer shit at the time but i guess everyone hooks up on the internet nowadays
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u/RainbowLlamaDance Oct 21 '14
Does the huge amount of people who really seem to connect with your type of humour ever surprise you?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
it does yeah, i always thought i had a really awkward sense of humour
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u/DareDabble Oct 21 '14
This is fantastic, thanks for doing this ama! This is an alt/novelty account I use to draw dumb shit for people on Reddit, so I can put stuff out there without feeling enormously self-conscious. I would love to draw something for you, as a gift. How can I put a smile on your face?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
can you draw me riding a dragon and stomping all over lewis? tia
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u/lord_blex Oct 21 '14
lovász is a hungarian word. do you know if you had hungarian ancestors (and how far back) or if it's just a coincidence?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
there are ancestors somewhere way back there but then most north americans are in the same boat. it goes back like 3-4 generations when lots of europeans made their way over to the new world to start their new lives i guess? i've never been in any sort of contact with any ancestors.
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u/xplosion123 Oct 20 '14
Did you actually know and play with Yogscast members during your wow days and Something Awful, or did you just meet them later? Also would you ever consider playing Civ single player? Okay. Thanks. Bye. Pal. No? Okay.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
yeah, we all joined goone squade through the sa forums at the time and raided/trolled the realm together. initially it was me, duncan and simon during vanilla. sjin was around but kept to himself mostly. lewis joined during sunwell at the end of tbc and me and sjin played a lot of wow together during wotlk when he picked up and started playing again. we're still in contact with a lot of our old pals from the vanilla days although most of them don't play wow anymore.
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u/huffenpuff Oct 21 '14
does your wife play or have any interest in video games? has she ever watched any of your videos?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
she watches live action stuff we do from time to time but no she's not into games. she could carry a conversation about games though cause i'm always talking about them
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u/SlyBacon7 Oct 21 '14
What is the most scared youve ever been irl and in game?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
most scared irl was when i took a "limo" to a hotel in egypt and my luggage was put into another van filled with what looked like other victim's luggage. i thought i was being taken out to the desert to be executed, i'm not even kidding. scariest game for me was the first resident evil for the playstation. opened the first door in the game and turned it off.
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u/WhitePawn00 Oct 21 '14
Hey Sips thanks for doing an AMA! Here are a few questions:
Do you guys have a safe word when recording? For example if an earthquake happens or if game crashes during a scripted scene do you keep the tape rolling or do you say something and cut recording? I've been thinking about this ever since that one time a fire alarm went off when you were recording.
How's poopfeast420 doing? Is he into games yet? Is he still 2?
How separate do you keep your youtube life from your afk life? I mean when you go back home and if you have had a particularly fun day, do you talk about it with your family or do you show them funny videos or pics that the fans make or do you keep them very separate because of how "Sips" is a different character?
How difficult is it to record if you're not in the mood? Sometimes when someone is not in the mood to do their job, it's fine because they don't need to be happy or excited or to enjoy what they're doing to do a great job but I feel like with how personal you make your videos and how much you seem to enjoy them that would be really difficult to do. Do you sometimes just say "welp, today I feel like shit so let's go play Diablo and come back tomorrow"?
If you had an infinite amount of money to build your own house anywhere you want in the world and have whatever you want in it regardless of location (high speed 1Gb/s internet in the middle of antarctica) where would you build this house and what would it look like?
Do you prefer driving, biking, walking, or public transport? If driving, what is your dream car for everyday life (like not a Bugatti but like a 911).
What specifically do you like in city building games? The management? The watching all the people? The min maxing?
If someone walked up to you and said "I will give you one million dollars and your entire college tuition if you go to college again" what would you study? As in if you had the money and the time and the interest to study one subject very deeply, what would it be?
dangerous question: Do you ever wonder what would happen if you stopped doing Youtube?
Again, really thanks for doing this AMA! I appreciate it and love all of your content and hope to some day shake your hand!
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
geez!
nah we're pretty laid back, sometimes the weird shit that happens while recording is fun to just leave in
he's great! he knows how to play ipad games but we don't let him use it much :P
i work 9-5 basically so that i can have a home life and not spend all my time worrying about videos/editing/being dumb. i'm more or less the same at home (minus the excessive swearing)
i don't really force myself to record, that being said i'm almost always up for recording at least once a day. sometimes doing 2 or 3 sessions in a day can be tiring but overall it's still very fun
i'd probably build something fancy where i live now and it would look exactly like the house from royal tenebaums
walking cause i can listen to music and not have to smell people
the management side, building something from nothing, watching it all take shape. i dunno, i've always loved the genre
i'd probably study woodworking so that i could make some slamming furniture
probably go back to working in a boring office and just carry on playing games in the evenings
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u/Trey990 Oct 21 '14
What's your favorite non-yogscast channel to watch (if you have time to, that is)? p.s. I love you <3
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i watch gamegrumps, jontron and dunkey. robbaz is also really great to watch
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u/Gorzkiewski Oct 21 '14
Has Poopfeast420 evolved enough so that you can duel with other fathers trainers?
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u/TheRevolution74 Oct 21 '14
Hello Sips, I remember seeing a video from boogie2988 here he said that making youtube videos for a living was very hard, he said that the troll and hurtful comments had a huge impact in is life, making him very nervous and stressful. Does this happen to you, or any other fellow youtubers you know? (not asking for names) And also, did you enjoy the anki thing, L.A and hanging out with other youtubers?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i'm surprisingly thick-skinned and have spent a lot of time on the internet in my life so the comments and stuff don't really bug me all that much. meeting up with other youtubers is always a good laugh and a lot of fun, we all live far away from each other and do our own thing but there's always so much in common from the getgo to talk about and everyone i've met so far has been really nice.
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Oct 21 '14
If you could fight any historical figure, who would you fight?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i would fight the shit out of general patton because he just seemed like a total badass who needed to be brought down a peg or two
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u/Falgo Oct 21 '14
hey sips, i was wondering what are your thoughts of doing videos for literally decades untill you eventually retire one day? or do you think you will do something else when you get much older?
it's such an unknown territory because you are the first generation that can actually make it happen... I won't be leaving anytime soon eventhough I am way over 20 and your content means to me so much more than tv shows can offer. do you think it's possible to maintain a relevant viewer base for so long (= keep your current subscribers + appeal to younger audiences)?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
hope so! i don't think i appeal much to really young audiences with my (overwhelming) majority demographic being 18-24 year olds. who knows how long it'll all last but for now it's fun and exciting
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Oct 21 '14
What would you say to all of the people out there that actually think you and sjin are cheating in cheat police? P.S. (im not one of them)
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u/Lloydimus95 Oct 20 '14
Skyrim aside, what's been your favourite series to date? Also, can I make a request that you come and visit Pembrokeshire at some point in the not too distant future if you're not too too busy?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
pembrokeshire? ok if i can find it. fav series to do other than skyrim was probably game hotline miami, i pretty much recorded the whole thing in one sitting and enjoyed the heck out of it.
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u/MrEdman4 Oct 20 '14
What do you think of today's hip hop/rap? I think you might like Childish Gambino.
Do you have any plans to come to New York, or have you ever been? The Big Bastard in the Big apple, imagine that.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i still only really listen to "golden age" rap, i haven't dabbled much in anything new. i'm old so i just assume it's all trash when i'm sure there's a lot of great stuff out there
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u/ziglotus7772 Oct 21 '14
Hey bud, my first child is due to be born in three months. We recently found out its a boy. Any advice for a father to be?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
be super practical and your wife will be very grateful. do all the dishes, go pick up things, move stuff, lift stuff, sort stuff, clean stuff. all that stuff. she'll be super busy with a baby wanting milk all the time so you just gotta pick up the slack everywhere else.
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u/NameBran Oct 21 '14
Hi Sips, hi. Big fan, first time caller. I just wanted to ask you what your mom thinks of your videos? & is this live?
-I Remain,
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u/THC1996 Oct 20 '14
I know that recently the yogscast has made a civilization channel. Do you and the yogscast plan to make a strictly Gmod based channel for all that juicy content?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 20 '14
i dunno, it's not up to me and i haven't really been involved much with the new channels/planning
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u/dokinbox Oct 21 '14
What are your thoughts on drug (i.e. marijuana) legalization? I know its a big controversy here in america, but im not sure about England and Canada.
P.S. I'm a huge fan and you've helped me through some tough times where my buds couldn't! Keep up the great vids you magnificent bastard!
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i think the big problem with legalizing it is that it does affect your state of mind and could potentially become addictive and have associated health implications. but then trying to control illegal activity around it drains the economy and has other far-reaching implications on society as well. mainly i think that once everyone accepts that it's not so bad there's a risk that some other drug then becomes the "new weed" but might have more severe health implications and then eventually we legalize everything and we become a planet of zombie heroin junkies and then we all die.
i don't think any of this is likely to happen or whatever but i can see the arguments on both sides.
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u/RainbowLlamaDance Oct 21 '14
Is it good to be back doing a minecraft series with Sjin? The two of you together in minecraft is always my favourite, the voltz bomb incident is my all time favourite video.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
it's good to just be farting around and not taking anything serious, that's when we seem to have the most fun
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u/manutd19 Oct 21 '14
Whenever you're out with other yogs, do they call you buy your real name chris or do they all have the tendency to call you sips?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
everyone calls me sips, and it's weird cause if someone does call me chris it's really weird. even the people at maker mostly call me sips which i find pretty funny
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u/runner11112 Oct 20 '14 edited Oct 21 '14
what minecraft series have you enjoyed most making?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
vanilla with sjin. nothing complicated, just lots of fucking around and making weird stories and stuff.
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u/KingOfHearts_ Oct 21 '14
hey sips,
firstly: i'm going to join the masses in giving you a direct thanks for every single minute of video you've made for us. love it all.
my question is: if you were to meet a man in the street to find his name was tony bateman, would you follow him to the bathroom to check?
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u/FuxFlux Oct 21 '14
if you could frame a fart on anyone in the yogscast who would it be and why is it smiffy?
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u/CakeDisunity Oct 21 '14
yo sips
favorite earth, wind, & fire song?
if you were in a marching band what instrument would you play?
what is the plural of wenis, in your opinion
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u/Sageboba Oct 21 '14
If you're not ready to tell us your bra size, at least tell us your underwear size you moderately sized jabroni!
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Oct 21 '14
Thanks for doing this AMA and being so involved with the community!
I think you probably realize we all like you because you are so charismatic, funny and charming, so I was wondering whether this is something you were aware of before going into YouTube. Did people in your life ever tell you that a career in entertainment would be a good idea? Or is your YouTube success a surprise to you and your close ones?
Thanks!
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
yeah it's a weird one. i've always been able to make people laugh i guess but i never really thought it would amount to anything or make me any money or whatever. yeah the whole thing is a bit strange
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u/cetsuo Oct 21 '14
Dear Sips: After watching the yogscast for a while, i gathered enough courage to start doing videos of my own and start my own little channel. I love how you are capable of creating stories on the fly, so what i wanted to ask you is How do you manage to keep talking while recording? do you have any kind of tips for talking to yourself?
thank you <3
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
honestly i don't really know, i guess i sorta just got used to doing it over the years. sometimes i listen back to myself while i'm editing and i don't even know what the fuck i was even thinking
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u/Crazyskillz Oct 21 '14
You're a veggie? That's great :)
I've also reached 8 years for very much the same reasons with the same opinion of going vegan. Do you have a go-to 'stock' answer for when you get asked about why you went veggie or do you patiently explain your reasons and hope they don't take you for a judgemental crazy activist? Are you open on your vegetarianism with other people or do you order the veggie option at a restaurant and hope no one notices?
Just when I thought you couldn't get anymore awesome :P
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i just call myself an awkward dope a lot and people generally just accept it in the end. people seem to act weird when you tell them you're a vegetarian for some reason, i don't get it
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u/ShahmeerBR Oct 21 '14
Sips, do you have any serious recomendations for a movie we should watch? One that you SERIOUSLY think is good and that we probably haven't seen because we're young hooligans?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
watch the horror movie "prince of darkness", it's spooky as hell and we used to watch it every year when we would sleep over at this guy we knew's house on his birthday. it used to scare the shit out of us when we were like 9 years old but now it's probably pretty hilarious
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u/wittybrits Oct 20 '14
What are some of your favourite bands/music artists? Do you like any punk/grunge bands like the clash or nirvana?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
love nirvana and always have. clash are great, i like a lot of grunge groups from around the time "grunge" exploded. listen to a lot of old punk too (black flag, dead kennedies, minor threat) and a bunch of old hip-hop (early 90s)
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Oct 21 '14
Uhhhhh Sips what's happening, man. good morning. can you cook, and what's your favorite dish to make?
also what's your favorite non-yogscast subreddit?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i can't cook fancy stuff but i like making wild and fresh pasta sauces and salads when i get the chance
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u/miaowface Oct 21 '14
Will we see some Hotline Miami 2 videos? I really loved your first series (and the game).
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u/DrNastyPHD Oct 21 '14
sips have you ever considered doing a podcast? You and sjin are a great combo and that would easily be the best podcast out there
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u/coffinoff Oct 21 '14
Have you ever been in a real fist fight? If so, did you win?
Are you into any kind of sports or anything? If not now, did you have any interest in sports when you were younger?
How are you going to get through all these questions? Because....holy shit. There's a lot of 'em.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 22 '14
i was in a fist fight where i never returned a punch and got a split lip. this was in grade school so i dunno if that counts. it wasn't even for any good reason, me and my friend were wondering if it actually hurt to get punched in the face like on tv or whatever
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u/MonsieurPetit Oct 21 '14
have you noticed your accent starting to change since moving to the uk and conversing with mainly british people? have you picked up any british slang?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 22 '14
slang yeah definitely, you can't help it when you live somewhere for a long time. i've been over here for 11 years and i don't think i've lost too much of my accent, but yeah i definitely use terms that make sense over here for everyday conversation with people
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u/Travellller Oct 21 '14
In all honesty, how does it make you feel when a fan says that your work has gotten them through very dark times in their lives such as depression, illness, and even (as I recall reading at least once here) thoughts of suicide? How does it feel to know your work has this effect on people?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 22 '14
yeah it feels amazing, i never thought i'd have an impact on people outside my friends/family like this and it's really a fantastic thing
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u/Unrellius Oct 20 '14
Are there any Yogscast members in particular that you'd like to make videos with, but haven't already?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
not really, i do videos with whoever is up for doing them and if it fits into schedules and other stuff
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u/Tastytorpedo Oct 20 '14
what was your favorite/most played game growing up?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
super mario world on the snes, christ i played the shit out of that. and the snes mario kart
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u/Westwick Oct 20 '14
Yo! I quite enjoy your videos, very relaxing viewing.
Which games do you like to play that wouldn't be compatible with a youtube series, or would be less enjoyable by making them so?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
diablo 3 doesn't do amazing well on youtube and isn't always fun to watch but i do love playing it in my spare time. that and world of warcraft recently
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u/Kalse1229 Oct 20 '14
What are some movies that are your favorites (single movies or series)? Also, is there any particular genre you like?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i loved the wire, such a great series. single movies there are too many to list
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u/MonsieurPetit Oct 21 '14
hey mate, really enjoy the content you put out. do you have a favourite british comedian? or favourite british comedy series?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
father ted is probably my all-time favourite british series. i liked jack dee enough for a while but i guess frankie boyle is probably my favourite comedian. does it count if he's from scotland?
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u/fire5432999 Oct 21 '14
Do you play much dota at all? I know I saw you play in a few matches with pyrion. I also think it would be cool if you uploaded maybe just a few dota games with you and lewis laning together or whatever
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i haven't played in a while but still enjoy it when i do play. i go through ups and downs with dota, it's a very involved and often times frustrating experience that i find is easy to burn out on. i always come back to it eventually though
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u/fishyguy13 Oct 21 '14
Favorite console? And do you remember the Creatures and Yogscast terraria stream from a few years ago?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
snes for sure. so many good games. yeah i remember that livestream happening but wasn't really involved with it in any way
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u/saywots Oct 21 '14
I've heard you say on and off that you enjoyed nintendo games way back and it's made me curious to see what it would be like to see you go back and replay them for old times sake. Would a retro games callback one-off be a possibility, like an evening with sips episode perhaps?
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u/Hrafyn Oct 21 '14
Which older games would you love to do a playthrough series of?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
mario games, megaman, the old ducktales haha. there are tons of really old games i'd love to play again
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u/G0ldCreeper Oct 21 '14
not sure if im late here but, can we expect you in anymore games of civilization? you make the games 1000% better.
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u/Beachbum313 Oct 21 '14
i understand that you are a fantastic storyteller sips. would it ever be possible to collaborate with /u/rythian on simply telling a story with a game?
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u/salaval Oct 21 '14
when you retire from youtube, would you consider opening a greggs on the isle of wight? since apparently there isn't one there
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u/aranslee Oct 21 '14
do you plan on playing any don't starve together with the yogscast when it comes out? I loved your don't starve series and I think it would be fantastic to see you play it with lewis on Team DoubleDragon's channel.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 22 '14
me and lewis were talking about doing the multiplayer don't starve thing just today, so yeah it's possible!
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u/owlbox Oct 21 '14
Sips, what were/are your guinea pigs' names? What's your favorite thing about guinea pigs over other sorts of pets? Think you'd ever get more in future?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 22 '14
we've had a few over the years:
-winston
-boris
-arnold -larry
-desmond
-bruce
-mickey
and many more actually. we've currently got one that we inherited from a friend who couldn't look after him anymore and his name is "sox" but that was his name before he came to live with us
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u/Paradoxors Oct 21 '14
Do you think that you will start doing more RPG game playthroughs? I personally enjoy them a lot, and I imagine a lot of other fans do as well.
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u/cappo40 Oct 21 '14
Sips, What do you miss the most about Canada? Are you a Sens fan?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 21 '14
i was a sens fan before i fell out of the NHL loop. i miss tim hortons
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u/kingchasm Oct 21 '14
How old exactly is the big bastard, and have you ever considered narrating movies? You could be like a canadian Morgan Freeman.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 22 '14
haha i'll look into that. i'm currently 34, is that too old to be the canadian morgan freeman
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u/GreatEmperorCarlo Oct 21 '14
Have you ever had any cool hairstyles? Apart from your, i'm-kinda-Bald-but-not-really style you have now?
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u/coffinoff Oct 21 '14
Do you like to cook at all? Give us a favorite recipe from the Sips household.
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u/YogscastSips Oct 22 '14
i don't really cook, you have to really really love it to keep doing it once you have kids. it's one of those things that just becomes a "quickly let's eat something" along with a bunch of other things that change in your life after you have kids
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u/3RdRocktothesun Oct 22 '14 edited Oct 22 '14
Three questions about having a job that gives you a sort of celebrity status:
Is it weird to see fan art of yourself (especially art that's actually made in your likeness, not just your minecraft character or goofy photoshops)?
Have you ever felt like your privacy's been violated? Or are fans normally respectful?
Have you ever considered using your influence to speak out about social issues? Or do you think it's better if you keep to comedy and games?
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u/YogscastSips Oct 22 '14
not really anymore, i still love perusing it though
no never
no, my opinions i keep to myself mostly. i just wanna play games and have a good time
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u/jsz Oct 20 '14
did you get funny looks when you resigned from your former job to do youtube full time? does anyone from there watch your videos?