Current Events > Yahtzee Croshaw resigns from The Escapist

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Flauros
11/07/23 12:33:03 AM
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Maybe Fandom will snap them up and kill the company totally. That would be fun.

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Rotterdammerung
11/07/23 12:38:28 AM
#52:


Sounds like The Escapist management had one of those FAFO moments.

Do they have anyone decent left?

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teep_
11/07/23 12:40:17 AM
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Rotterdammerung posted...
Sounds like The Escapist management had one of those FAFO moments.

Do they have anyone decent left?
The EiC was fired and the entire video team either was also fired or quit in solidarity, so I don't think so

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Blightzkrieg
11/07/23 12:41:58 AM
#54:


Guide posted...
Moviebob was one of their big draws back in the day. He left the company, but kept doing the same thing with different assets. Then they rehired him, and he kept doing the same thing. It wasn't too bad of a transition.

So here's hoping Yahtzee keeps doing the same thing in a different skin. Possibly the only reviewer whose reviewing still matters to me.
Moviebob content has been in an increasingly rough spot since he left though. He was an individual who actively tried to court controversy and it's clear the website didn't need him as much as he needed them.

Yahtzee is a completely different beast though, he is the mascot of the Escapist. He made them. This is like Nintendo firing Mario.

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Ivany2008
11/07/23 1:36:09 AM
#55:


He should team up with Carbot if he hasn't already been cancelled. I could see the two of them making a LOT of money off of goofy animated game reviews.
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Bat178
11/07/23 2:09:53 AM
#56:


Wonder if Yahtzee will move back to Australia now. Wasn't the reason he moved to the US due to work?

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pegusus123456
11/07/23 2:15:56 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

From what I'm seeing in reddit comments, this guy basically rebuilt The Escapist. For a while, Zero Punctuation was the only thing holding it up, but he led it into a bit of a renaissance with a bunch of new talent and shows. It went from nearly dying to steadily growing an audience under him, so it's no surprise that people would follow him out the door.


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Blightzkrieg
11/07/23 2:17:08 AM
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Bat178 posted...
Wonder if Yahtzee will move back to Australia now. Wasn't the reason he moved to the US due to work?
I think he got married and had a kid in the US so I doubt he'd leave

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Philip027
11/07/23 2:34:34 AM
#59:


Never cared for ZP but props for doing the right thing.
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GuerrillaSoldier
11/07/23 2:38:09 AM
#60:


didn't this already happen
i thought he already stopped at one point
well anyway, good for him, change can be good


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CyricZ
11/07/23 8:13:08 AM
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Blightzkrieg posted...
I think he got married and had a kid in the US so I doubt he'd leave
Two kids.

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masterpug53
11/07/23 10:06:16 AM
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Pretty shocking, but not entirely so. I've been getting subtle hints lately that an 'end of an era' moment was coming when he started prefacing videos with the 'subscribe to my Patreon for the uncensored version because I'm tired of caving to Youtube's policies' bit. Hell, I didn't even realize he'd stopped saying 'fuck' until he pointed it out.

At any rate, I'll be very interested to see where he lands and will do what I can to support him. Hopefully all the old vids stay up on Youtube - those year-long compilations are my go-to background noise.

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CyricZ
11/07/23 11:08:05 AM
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masterpug53 posted...
Hopefully all the old vids stay up on Youtube
God there's precedence that they could just be wiped.

That said I'm sure Yahtzee has access to the masters. No he doesn't (currently) own ZP, but I'm sure he kept copies of his own work.

I certainly make sure to.

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UnholyMudcrab
11/07/23 2:56:18 PM
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Update: The people who left are forming a new channel called Second Wind

https://twitter.com/SecondWindGroup/status/1721934761621381168

Given the turnaround time here, they must have seen this coming a while ago.

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invertedlegdrop
11/07/23 3:28:29 PM
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Most likely they had already planned for this and prepared for it, if they grabbed everything they could to prep for a new start it was a very wise move...

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MrMojoRising
11/07/23 3:30:36 PM
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I was so excited when they all quit together. They're the talent - I'm sure they'll come up with something great. Their discord is already like 20k strong

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Dark_Moon
11/07/23 4:11:01 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Update: The people who left are forming a new channel called Second Wind

https://twitter.com/SecondWindGroup/status/1721934761621381168

Given the turnaround time here, they must have seen this coming a while ago.
gee, not a single video and already almost 20k subs, The Escapist going to kick them self into closing.

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Compsognathus
11/07/23 4:25:53 PM
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Yahtzee is the Escapist. I don't see a world where they can exist in any meaningful way without him.

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CyricZ
11/07/23 5:12:37 PM
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God damn they had this in the pocket ready to go.

Good for them really.

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DrizztLink
11/07/23 5:21:47 PM
#72:


CyricZ posted...
God damn they had this in the pocket ready to go.

Good for them really.
They had an Escapist Plan

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darkbuster
11/07/23 5:24:38 PM
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He was a HARD carry for the company. They may as well begin filing for bankruptcy.

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CyricZ
11/07/23 5:28:51 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
They had an Escapist Plan
Oh you.

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ablegator
11/07/23 5:30:20 PM
#75:


The Great Escapist Escape

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UnfairRepresent
11/07/23 5:33:00 PM
#76:


Hayame_Zero posted...
Holy shit.
This

Yahztee was The Escapist. Nothing else has ever come close to Zero Puntuation in terms of popularity for them

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Kitt
11/07/23 6:13:52 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
They had an Escapist Plan
Dang, this is what they should've called their new company.

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masterpug53
11/08/23 9:49:47 AM
#78:


Welp, guess this is going to be the first Wednesday in years where I won't have a new ZP ep to watch. RIP.

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CyricZ
11/08/23 1:42:39 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

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UnfairRepresent
11/08/23 5:53:50 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/live/KG2ttRgc5Zk?si=HpxUb6T0CqEJ1RMt

The livestream

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tremain07
11/08/23 5:56:18 PM
#82:


Tyranthraxus posted...
Gamefaqs outlives another message board
Calling it now, we'll outlive Resetera

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YellowSUV
11/08/23 11:53:38 PM
#83:


tremain07 posted...
Calling it now, we'll outlive Resetera

Maybe not the GameFAQs message board, but the site as a whole probably will. It is basically the best repository for video game guides before circa 2010. Nothing else even comes close. That part of the site is really easy upkeep with little costs.

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UnfairRepresent
11/09/23 4:18:11 AM
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Some of those FAQs are nuts

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Compsognathus
11/09/23 10:39:01 AM
#85:


tremain07 posted...
Calling it now, we'll outlive Resetera
Probably. Resetera is always one administrator scandal away from collapsing and its remnants reforming a new site.

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creativerealms
11/09/23 10:42:45 AM
#86:


I didn't even realize he was still doing zero punctuation. Sounds like the Escapist has screwed up.

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dancing_cactuar
11/09/23 2:16:01 PM
#87:


tremain07 posted...
Calling it now, we'll outlive Resetera
We'll outlive Resetera, and then DSP will outlive us.

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s0nicfan
11/09/23 3:39:01 PM
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Outliving ResetERA is less that and more lapping NeoGAF twice.

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Prestoff
11/09/23 3:50:57 PM
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Not a fan of his work, but good on him for quitting out of protest.

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Jagr_68
11/09/23 3:57:16 PM
#90:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
Update: The people who left are forming a new channel called Second Wind

https://twitter.com/SecondWindGroup/status/1721934761621381168

Given the turnaround time here, they must have seen this coming a while ago.

Hope this doesn't flop like G4 (100% likely won't with Yahtzee basically running everything as he did again).

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Irony
11/09/23 6:32:40 PM
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Their first game stream is soon

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZU8x3ZCJKiw?si=eOhCr3cXo2vyMdzq

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11/09/23 7:04:33 PM
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Ivany2008
11/09/23 7:05:45 PM
#92:


surprised its already at 100k subscribers. Good for them :)
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UnfairRepresent
11/10/23 4:44:02 AM
#94:


Jagr_68 posted...
Hope this doesn't flop like G4 (100% likely won't with Yahtzee basically running everything as he did again).
They're off to a good start

100k subscribers before they did anything. Their patreon has exploded.

Let's hope they don't fuck it up

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BearlyWilling
11/10/23 5:05:30 AM
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I have no idea who this person/organization is. >_>

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UnfairRepresent
11/10/23 5:19:33 AM
#96:


BearlyWilling posted...
I have no idea who this person/organization is. >_>
Escapist is a website that as the name implies does shows and articles about games, movies, TV etc.

Their biggest show by far was Zero Puntuation, a weekly comedic sweary (usually negative) fast talking animated video game review by Yahtzee Croshaw, a grumpy British guy:

Ep 1: Over 16 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWS9_nrKOPA

Ep ????? 17 years later: A review from last week:

https://youtu.be/Mq795_XSJfw?si=KDwXE__jbTC1cpvb

Yahtzee is the biggest "Star" Escapist ever had by far. His various shows/content dwarf everything else they ever did.

It's honestly kinda astounding how consistent he has been and him leaving is like if Donald Trump left the GOP.

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