History Awesome / CounterMonkey

* Spoony wins Dark Tower on his first try, accompanied by a BigYes

* Starting with "Beware Women For They Come From Hell", the series has its own epic intro sequence. It's easy to picture [[AwesomeMusic the bardic tune]] being sung by [[AwesomeEgo Tandem]] [[SpoonyBard the Spoony]] himself.

* Spoony wins Dark Tower on his first try, accompanied by a BigYes.

** Later he uses many other weapons he found in the technology sourcebook, which he explains wouldn't have worked, except that none of the Jedi players or Sith [=NPCs=] ever take levels in 'boring' things like sensing things with the Force, so they never saw any of it coming. As it is, he easily beats them.

** Later he uses many other weapons he found in the technology sourcebook, which he explains wouldn't have worked, except that none of the Jedi players or Sith [=NPCs=] ever take levels in 'boring' things like sensing things with the Force, so they never saw any of it coming. As it is, he easily beats them.
* [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/11/22/counter-monkey-tandems-last-ride/ Tandem's Last Ride]]. The whole thing. But especially the Countersong Incident.

** Later he uses many other weapons he found in the technology sourcebook, which he explains wouldn't have worked, except that none of the Jedi players or Sith [=NPCs=] ever take levels in 'boring' things like sensing things with the Force, so they never saw any of it coming. As it is, he easily beats them.

** Earlier in the video, he expresses frustration at Gary's [[hottip:*:the man through whom he knew said racist woman]] inability to show up on time, and counters the stereotypes surrounding gamers by saying that people have lives outside of it, and that in actuality it's difficult to set up a session that's convenient to everyone's schedules, something that Gary seemed to have trouble understanding.

* [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/11/06/counter-monkey-vampire-spoonys-jyhad/#disqus_thread Vampire - Spoony's Jyhad.]] After some of worst railroading that this troper has ever heard Spoony gets glorious revenge.

* Halfway through the "Hey Fatty! Let's Go To Mordor!" video, Spoony delivers an awesome TakeThat to people who ask why they couldn't just fly the Eagles into Mordor in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', pointing out how this is an ''obviously stupid'' idea to anyone who's actually thought about it for more than five seconds.

* Halfway through the "Hey Fatty! Let's Go To Mordor!" video, Spoony delivers an awesome TakeThat to people who ask why they couldn't just fly the Eagles into Mordor in ''TheLordOfTheRings'', pointing out how this is an ''obviously stupid'' idea to anyone who's actually thought about it for more than five seconds.

* In "Jedi Hunter" Spoony decides to make a non-jedi character who can take on Sith Lords. In his first encounter a Sith taunts him telling him to just fly away on his jetpack. Spoony's response? "Oh this? [[OhCrap This isn't a jetpack]], it's a fuel tank for this! [[KillItWithFire FWOOOOOOOSH!]] Block THAT motherfucker!"

* In "Thou Shalt Not Fuck With the Lady of Pain", a player tries to [[BullyingADragon anger]] the titular Lady of Pain, who Spoony has hyped as an unstoppable, statless badass capable of keeping the ''gods'' out of Sigil and trapping people in pocket-dimension mazes as punishment (if they're not outright killed in [[{{Gorn}} gruesome ways]]. The player tried to [[BriarPatching Briar Patch]] this by roleplaying a minotaur who he thought had the racial ability to never get lost in mazes; Spoony counters by sticking him in a maze that is a straight line ''One Hundred Million'' miles long.

** In summary (needs some knowledge of ''VampireTheRequiem''): [[spoiler: after his [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Carthian]] character is abducted and tortured into joining the [[ReligionOfEvil Lancea Sanctum]] on his first session in the campaign, he decides that this isn't a very noobie-friendly thing to do. So he goes to the GM and complains, but the GM doesn't really address his concerns. So he get the idea to use his massive chemistry score to make a bathtub full of Semtex. He clears it with the GM, and comes back the next week. He observes the guard not patting down the entrants and proceeds to tape 30 cards worth of Semtex onto his person and walks by, sneaking enough homemade explosive to level the city block. He tricks another noobie into occupying the Prince's attention while he sneaks those cards into the Sanctum's bathroom. He places the cards behind the toilet, walks out, giving the guard a small stack of cards that he tells to flip over when he gets to his car. Spoony gets to his car, watches the guard turn the cards over, which have written on them (paraphrased): [[LastActionHero "4", "3", "2", "1"]], "I just detonated enough Semtex I made with my chemistry skill to level the building. Everyone inside is probably dead." He also raises a card in his car labeled "detonator". The guard went to the GM, who comes over and confronts Spoony over this, and Spoony points out that he wasn't hit with any magical whammy and [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil only joined under threat of torture and death]], so he didn't exactly believe in the Lancea Sanctum's cause on a personal level. The GM tells him he can't do this. The GM doesn't let him but Spoony tells him that even so, he outsmarted everyone in the building and that if they want to play hardball with him, he'll play hardball right back at them. And as this story shows, he hardballs even harder. Victory for the Carthians, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]]]

* It's only been two sessions so far, but Carmello the Warhorse is turning out to be the most fearsome member of the Pathfinder party.

* Starting with "Beware Women For They Come From Hell", the series has its own intro credits, and they are epic.
* In "Thou Shalt Not Fuck With the Lady of Pain", a player tries to [[BullyingADragon anger]] the titular Lady of Pain, who Spoony has hyped as an unstoppable badass capapble of keeping the ''gods'' out of sigil and has no stats so can't be beaten, who would trap people in mazes as punishment. The player tried to [[BriarPatching Briar Patch]] this by roleplaying a minotaur who he thought had the racial ability to never get lost in mazes; Spoony counters by sticking him in a maze that is a straight line ''One Hundred Million'' miles long.

** Earlier in the video, he expresses frustration at Gary's [[hottip:*:the man through whom he knew said racist woman]] inability to show up on time, and counters the stereotypes surrounding gamers by saying that people have lives outside of it, and that in actuality it's difficult to set up a session that's convient to everyone's schedules, something that Gary seemed to have trouble understanding.

** In [[http://blip.tv/the-spoony-experiment/conbravo-2012-d20-live-part-2-6322544 Part 2]], the party slays a would-be [[TotalPartyKill party slayer]], a black dragon, with Tandem stabbing it in the spine, Linkara hitting it in the same place with an arrow, and the team wizard striking the wound with lightning.

** In [[http://blip.tv/the-spoony-experiment/conbravo-2012-d20-live-part-2-6322544 Part 2]], the party slays a would-be [[TotalPartyKill party slayer]], a black dragon, with Tandem stabbing it in the spine and the team wizard striking the wound with lightning.

* In "Thou Shalt Not Fuck With the Lady of Pain", a player tries to [[BullyingADragon anger]] the titular Lady of Pain, who Spoony has hyped as an unstoppable badass capapble of keeping the goods out of Olympus who would trap people in mazes as punishment, the player tried to [[BriarPatching Briar Patch]] this by roleplaying a minotaur who he thought had the racial ability to never get lost in mazes; SPoony counters by sticking him in a maze that is a straight line One Hundred Million miles long..

* Halfway through the "Hey Fatty! Let's Go To Mordor!" video, Spoony delivers an awesome TakeThat to people who ask why they couldn't just fly the Eagles into Mordor in ''TheLordOfTheRings'', pointing out how this is an ''obviously stupid'' idea to anyone who's actually thought about it for more than five seconds.

** In [[http://blip.tv/the-spoony-experiment/conbravo-2012-d20-live-part-2-6322544 Part 2]], the party slays a would-be [[TotalPartyKill party slayer]], a black dragon, with Tandem stabbing it in the spine and the team wizard striking the wound with lightning.

* From ConBravo 2012 - D20 Live:

* From [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/08/26/conbravo-2012-d20-live/ ConBravo 2012 - D20 Live]], the recounting of "The Greatest Swordsman in the World." A single boast by Tandem the Spoony pisses off the wrong guy, a dedicated sword specialist, who felt his honour was sullied. He challenges Tandem to a duel to first blood - he botches, losing his sword, as Tandem gets a crit. He concedes, but follows Tandem around, asserting his boast around powerful fighters in hopes to get him killed. However, he wins every battle, even managing through luck and guile to defeat a gigantic, tree-wielding gladiator by crippling his primary arm and finishing him off with DeathByAThousandCuts. The gobsmacked specialist never bothered him again. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* It's only been two sessions so far, but Carmello the Warhorse is turning out to be the most fearsome member of the Pathfinder party.

* [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/11/22/counter-monkey-tandems-last-ride/ Tandem's Last Ride]]. Oh. My. ''God''. This story is about the final adventure of Spoony's signature D&D character: a badass, swashbuckling [[SpoonyBard bard named Tandem the Spoony]], in which he and five other characters brave the horrors of Dungeonland (a module of [[PlatformHell ungodly difficulty]] where characters literally go to [[AliceInWonderland Wonderland]], except [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everything is trying to kill you]]). Highlights include:

** Earlier in the video, he expresses frustration at Gary's [[hottip*:the man through which he knew the racist woman]] inability to show up on time, and counters the stereotypes surrounding gamers by saying that people have lives outside of it, and that in actuality it's difficult to set up a session that's convient to everyone's schedules, something that Gary seemed to have trouble understanding.

* After telling a story involving a horribly racist woman, Spoony goes on at some length about how he'll come down fast and hard on any attempts to start a fight in the forums over it.

** To put a fine point on it, the characters managed to defeat a canon character whom Spoony describes as a GodModeSue who resembles [[GodOfWar Kratos]]. While he acknowledges [[GameplayAndStorySegregation that would never happen in the novels]], the players worked so hard and performed a masterfully-crafted plan, exhibiting the best teamwork he's ever seen in a ''D&D'' game that he didn't just give them the victory, they '''[[EarnYourHappyEnding earned]]''' it.

** To put a fine point on it, the characters managed to defeat a canon character whom Spoony describes as a MarySue who resembles [[GodOfWar Kratos]]. While he acknowledges [[GameplayAndStorySegregation that would never happen in the novels]], the players worked so hard and performed a masterfully-crafted plan, exhibiting the best teamwork he's ever seen in a ''D&D'' game that he didn't just give them the victory, they '''earned''' it.