History Awesome / CounterMonkey

-->'''Spoony:''' I'm gonna revise what I said earlier. You're not cowards if you don't try this. You're boring. And that's worse. Cowards at least can be interesting. Who dares wins.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unNSx7ilS4k "Where Have All The Lawful Goods Gone?"]] is a 25-minute TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards the hatred of LawfulGood characters, pointing out all the ways it makes things easier because [[CaptainObvious people trust and like Lawful Good characters]].

** Best part to me is the set-up to explain everything (what LARP is, what this particular game is, etc) takes up more of the video, but the payoff and Spoony's crazed, gleeful expression is ''glorious''.
** For me, it was Spoony playing his game far more fair than those who forced him into Lancea Sanctum. He was open to the ST about his bomb, rolls and all. He also used an obvious flaw in the elysium security to get his plan to work. That is true cleverness.

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

--> '''GM''': I'm not -- I'm not clearing this, this is bullshit.
--> '''Spoony''': I know, I know you won't, but... I just want you to know I outsmarted basically everyone in this entire city and I... basically ''freed the entire city'' from the tyrannical grip of the Lancea Sanctum ''and'' the Invictus in one fell swoop. Victory for the Carthians, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]

* During his rant on Tabletop/DungeonsAndDragons Fifth Edition, he brings up the rules regarding a Death Saving Throw and brings up a possible reason for it: To make the game go faster. Keep in mind that he also brings up the process of the DST, in which you have to make a Saving Roll three times and ensure you don't fail either when you botch your roll or when the enemy hits you. What does Spoony do? Get the core rulebook from the very first edition and reads out ''its'' rule towards dropping to 0 hit points. "When a character reaches zero hit points, the character is slain." Afterwards, he instantly slams the book shut, drops it to the ground, and simply say "How's that for fast, motherfucker?" with a smug grin on his face. Even if you liked Fifth Edition, you gotta admit that the way he does it is simply badass.

* During his rant on Tabletop/DungeonsAndDragons Fifth Edition, he brings up the rules regarding a Death Saving Throw and brings up a possible reason for it: To make the game go faster. Keep in mind that he also brings up the process of the DST, in which you have to make a Saving Roll three times and ensure you don't fail either when you botch your roll or when the enemy hits you. What does Spoony do? Get the core rulebook from the very first edition and reads out ''its'' rule towards dropping to 0 hit points. "When a character reaches zero hit points, the character is slain." Afterwards, he instantly slams the book shut, drops it to the ground, and simply say "How's that for fast, motherfucker?" with a smug grin on his face. Even if you liked Fifth Edition, you gotta admit that the way he does it is simply badass.

--> '''GM''': ''I'm not -- I'm not clearing this, this is bullshit''.
--> '''Spoony''': ''I know, I know you won't, but... I just want you to know I outsmarted basically everyone in this entire city and I... basically ''freed the entire city'' from the tyrannical grip of the Lancea Sanctum ''and'' the Invictus in one fell swoop. Victory for the Carthians, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]''

--> '''Spoony''': ''I know, I know you won't, but... I just want you to know I outsmarted basically everyone in this entire city and I... basically ''freed the entire city'' from the tyrannical grip of the Lancea Sanctum ''and'' the Invictus in one fell swoop. Victory for the Carthians, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]!''

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*** Best part to me is the set-up to explain everything (what LARP is, what this particular game is, etc) takes up more of the video, but the payoff and Spoony's crazed, gleeful expression is ''glorious''.
*** For me, it was Spoony playing his game far more fair than those who forced him into Lancea Sanctum. He was open to the ST about his bomb, rolls and all. He also used an obvious flaw in the elysium security to get his plan to work. That is true cleverness.

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--> '''Spoony''': ''I know, I know you won't, but... I just want you to know I outsmarted basically everyone in this entire city and I... basically ''freed the entire city'' from the tyrannical grip of the Lancea Sanctum ''and'' the invictus in one fell swoop. Victory for the Carthians, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]!''

** 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): [[Film/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." Just for fun, he also raises a card in his car labeled "detonator" while this is happening. 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.

** 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): [[Film/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." Just for fun, he also raises a card in his car labeled "detonator" while this is happening. 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!]]]]

* During his rant on Tabletop/DungeonsAndDragons Fifth Edition, he brings up the rules regarding a Death Saving Throw and brings up a possible reason for it: To make the game go faster. What does Spoony do? Get the core rulebook from the very first edition and reads out ''its'' rule towards dropping to 0 hit points. "When a character reaches zero hit points, the character is slain." Afterwards, he instantly slams the book shut, drops it to the ground, and simply say "How's that for fast, motherfucker?" with a smug grin on his face. Even if you liked Fifth Edition, you gotta admit that the way he does it is simply badass.

* During his rant on Tabletop/DungeonsAndDragons Fifth Edition, he brings up the rules regarding a Death Saving Throw and brings up a possible reason for it: To make the game go faster. What does Spoony do? Get the core rulebook from the very first edition and reads out ''it'''s rule towards dropping to 0 hit points. "When a character reaches zero hit points, the character is slain." Afterwards, he instantly slams the book shut, drops it to the ground, and simply say "How's that for fast, motherfucker?" with a smug grin on his face. Even if you liked Fifth Edition, you gotta admit that the way he does it is simply badass.

* During his reading through the Quick-start Rules, he notes how in Promethean, you play as a Frankenstein. He [[GenreSavvy realizes]] someone's [[IAmNotShazam gonna correct him on that]] and puts down the dead horse by stating just ''why'' people say Frankenstein instead of Frankenstein's monster for two reasons: 1) ease of use and 2) He is technically Frankenstein's son, and thus inherits his name.

** One of the best moments is Spoony's war declaration. Fed up with his players abusing the GameBreaker [=DMSO=][[note]]In case you forgot or haven't watched the video yet, it's a chemical that can essentially allow an ordinary squirt gun to deal one-hit kills[[/note]], Spoony arms all the enemies in the game with the same chemical-filled squirt guns, as well as chemical-proof hazmat suits and normal semiautomatic sidearms (in case their squirt guns were nullified). The players are taken entirely off-guard by this, resulting in an epic moment of RocksFallEveryoneDies.

* During his reading through the Quick-start Rules, he notes how in Promethean, you play as a Frankenstein. He [[GenreSavvy realizes]] someone's [[DiscreditedMeme gonna correct him on that]] and puts down the dead horse by stating just ''why'' people say Frankenstein instead of Frankenstein's monster for two reasons: 1) ease of use and 2) He is technically Frankenstein's son, and thus inherits his name.

** The cops arrive on the scene and behold the aftermath. A cop with his head torn off, another man lying flat with a sharpened nightstick embedded in his chest, and numerous cars ripped apart like a wild animal - a probable Masquerade-breaker. Cue Jason's friends showing up, headed by the Ventrue, using his [[CompellingVoice Presence and Awe]] abilities to divert the majority of cops away from the scene, leaving only two to easily mop up. A really messy situation that was expertly salvaged.

** The cops arrive on the scene and behold the aftermath. A cop with his head torn off, another man lying flat with a sharpened nightstick embedded in his chest, and numerous cards ripped apart like a wild animal - a probable Masquerade-breaker. Cue Jason's friends showing up, headed by the Ventrue, using his [[CompellingVoice Presence and Awe]] abilities to divert the majority of cops away from the scene, leaving only two to easily mop up. A really messy situation that was expertly salvaged.

** The battle between Invisible Jason (an Assamite) and the Justicar of Phoenix (''the'' "BAD space ASS" Gangrel of the city). Spoony likens the battle to [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Duel of the Fates]], and describes in detail the Jusicar's raw power and Jason's ninja-like capabilities. The real kicker? Invisible Jason didn't mixmax his character... and he was '''winning'''!

** The battle between Invisible Jason (an Assamite) and the Justicar of Phoenix {''the'' "BAD space ASS" Gangrel of the city). Spoony likens the battle to [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Duel of the Fates]], and describes in detail the Jusicar's raw power and Jason's ninja-like capabilities. The real kicker? Invisible Jason didn't mixmax his character... and he was '''winning'''!

** One of the best moments is Spoony's war declaration. Fed up with his players abusing the GameBreaker [=DMSO=][[note]]In case you forgot or haven't watched the video yet, it's a chemical that can essentially allow an ordinary squirt gun to deal one-hit kills[[/note]], Spoony arms all the enemies in the game with the same chemical-filled squirt guns, as well as chemical-proof hazmat suits and normal semiautomatic sidearms (in case their squirt guns were nullified). The players are taken entirely off-guard by this, resulting in an epic moment of RocksFallEveryoneDies.

** 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): [[Film/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!]]]]

** One of the best moments is Spoony's war declaration. Fed up with his players abusing the GameBreaker [=DMSO=][[note]]In case you forgot or haven't watched the video yet, it's a chemical that can essentially allow an ordinary squirt gun to deal one-hit kills[[/note]], Spoony arms all the enemies in the game with the same chemical-filled squirt guns, as well as chemical-proof hazard suits and normal semiautomatic sidearms (in case their squirt guns were nullified). The players are taken entirely off-guard by this, resulting in an epic moment of RocksFallEveryoneDies.

* The Squirt Gun Wars shows incredible insanity and adaptation from Spoony's team concerning the titular war.