* I've gotten this feeling lately that Guude's relationship with Etho is one of wanting to protect him from the world, while his with Beef is more about challenging him to do awesome things. I'm pretty sure yesterday's Vinyl Fantasy is the first time Guude has ever censored anyone on his channel - and I'm pretty sure he did it because he knew Etho was uncomfortable with people hearing him swear. I don't know why that disconnect exists, but I feel like it does, you know?
* Other than the video of Bdubs performing at a worship service in 2008 that I linked to on my journal, I haven't heard much of anything overt about his religiousness. I think that religion in Minecraftia can exist, though it's probably generally not organized and kept very private.
* There aren't many women LPers in general! (They do exist, though.) I have no idea why that is. I come from a fandom where the gender divide (really more of a sex divide) is enforced due to notions of fairness and capability due to hormones due to the physical labor involved, so I've gotten used to fandoms made up entirely of men, as horrible as that sounds. And even there it's difficult to escape ZOMG GURLS BOOBS LESBIANS WOO type douchery, even though those women are strong and powerful and technical just like the men. (There's also some weird cultural divides going on about how women who play sports are perceived in the US versus Europe thanks to Title IX, but that's its own can of worms I'm not going to open.)
I would hope that none of the guys on the server would magically change their behavior if a lady enters the room, but there's only one way to find out.
AND SPEAKING OF LADIES AND RELIGION AND MINDCRACK, some questions about the ladies actually involved in the Mindcrackers' lives!
* Why do you think we know so little about Guude's wife but know so much about the rest of his life?
* What do you think of the wives and girlfriends we do know about? Does anyone else find it strange that (other than for Andrea's past in World of Warcraft) they seem to tend not to be gamers despite the men in their lives playing games very seriously? Would you watch something like, say, Bdubs and Nicole working through a Vechs map together?
* Pardon a believer's ignorance, but what's the difference between just dating long-term and marriage for a nonbeliever/atheist/secular person, ignoring the economic factors? Pause is both definitely atheistic and definitely planning on marrying Andrea eventually "once they feel ready", and Guude is married and definitely not religious. Most of the people in my life who are in that group are either asexual/aromantic or reject the concept of marriage, so I don't really have much insight into that. For me as a believer (and as a member of an organized religion) marriage is a spiritual thing, so care to shed a little light on things for me?
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* Other than the video of Bdubs performing at a worship service in 2008 that I linked to on my journal, I haven't heard much of anything overt about his religiousness. I think that religion in Minecraftia can exist, though it's probably generally not organized and kept very private.
* There aren't many women LPers in general! (They do exist, though.) I have no idea why that is. I come from a fandom where the gender divide (really more of a sex divide) is enforced due to notions of fairness and capability due to hormones due to the physical labor involved, so I've gotten used to fandoms made up entirely of men, as horrible as that sounds. And even there it's difficult to escape ZOMG GURLS BOOBS LESBIANS WOO type douchery, even though those women are strong and powerful and technical just like the men. (There's also some weird cultural divides going on about how women who play sports are perceived in the US versus Europe thanks to Title IX, but that's its own can of worms I'm not going to open.)
I would hope that none of the guys on the server would magically change their behavior if a lady enters the room, but there's only one way to find out.
AND SPEAKING OF LADIES AND RELIGION AND MINDCRACK, some questions about the ladies actually involved in the Mindcrackers' lives!
* Why do you think we know so little about Guude's wife but know so much about the rest of his life?
* What do you think of the wives and girlfriends we do know about? Does anyone else find it strange that (other than for Andrea's past in World of Warcraft) they seem to tend not to be gamers despite the men in their lives playing games very seriously? Would you watch something like, say, Bdubs and Nicole working through a Vechs map together?
* Pardon a believer's ignorance, but what's the difference between just dating long-term and marriage for a nonbeliever/atheist/secular person, ignoring the economic factors? Pause is both definitely atheistic and definitely planning on marrying Andrea eventually "once they feel ready", and Guude is married and definitely not religious. Most of the people in my life who are in that group are either asexual/aromantic or reject the concept of marriage, so I don't really have much insight into that. For me as a believer (and as a member of an organized religion) marriage is a spiritual thing, so care to shed a little light on things for me?
EDIT, ALERT ALERT: Here's Pauseypoo talking about how sexy Millbee, Beef, and Guude are, and describing himself as "the flirt of the server".