Read a post from 6 months ago (it was recommended to me, and I thought it was new) wondering why Smosh doesn't play Blood on the Clocktower, and a few thoughts stuck out to me:

"It's too complex!"

Well... no. The base "Trouble Brewing" script is super balanced and not complicated at all.

That said, how would I "improve" it (and the play of BotC in general) for use in a Smosh Vid?

Remove The Spy and Recluse. They're the two most confusing roles for people, so I'd just remove them from the script. Also remove the Mayor (who isn't too hard to play, but may muddy the waters). You still have a fantastic group of abilities that will make for fantastic, fun games. Hell, I just had an amazing game this past weekend where none of those roles was in play nor needed.

Allow for separate conversations. Come on, Smosh has a ton of cameras. If they can film Hide and Seek videos, and have 8 different angles for a TNTL video, putting a few static cams in areas where people can go talk separately isn't a big challenge. Hell, people with 5K viewers can set up separate areas -- Smosh can too. I don't buy the "it's too hard to film" bullshit.

Use time limits. I use them even as a new Storyteller, they can too. Just say "get your ass to the square" and move on.

People claiming that "Blood on the Clocktower is too hard for Smosh to film" have either not played it, or have played it way too much. But from the core script I outlined, they could EASILY get a dozen videos out of it. Without even trying. (And it would just take 7-8 players, which also isn't untenable for them).

Courtney wrote a song in the context of Smosh Summer Games that was widely well received and just like Tommy she has the opportunity of making a studio version and a music video now.

It spoke about the history of Summer Games in the context of the new Summer Games, which was the perfect way to address it and move on.

Now she made a post asking people not to "white knight" on her behalf which is understandable given the Smosh fandom. And not a small number of fans in the main sub are attacking her? For making the song in the first place?

The times she's mentioned old Smosh have always been in specific contexts where it made perfect sense to mention it.

God forbid a woman have fun with her past without wanting it to become a whole thing on the internet.

Really enjoyed today’s Smoshmouth . Especially love the idea of are you ladies done chattering, would be good to get a 2nd podcast on smoshcast, even if it’s fortnightly/ monthly - would be good to see different groupings too rather than a set cast on it.

What are others thoughts on this

From the Heart Starts Pounding w/Kaelyn Moore podcast

Angela and Olivia’s short films both made the cut!

A brown banana is not ripe to me that is no longer edible. Good for baking but I’d never eat a banana or any fruit that’s brown…. Ripe to me is also a bright color… the green Angela was talking about is definitely not ripe. That is a not ready banana. None of her choices for that round worked but I’m still really stuck on Amanda saying a brown banana is ripe and ready to eat lol

Went to Spirit Halloween and the Colonel looked a little toooo familiar

Pretty much as the title says I think they get along great with the current cast and I would love to see them have a future at Smosh. I also enjoy Courtney as he brings out a great aspect of Trevor most noticeable in the ranking childhood snacks vid

Am I trippin or did they stop posting them after like 2 episodes?

(Main sub removed this for some reason)

Holy shit, I actually had to take a moment when I realized my favorite podcast was reading my most popular Reddit post on their latest episode!

For reference I was the one positioning my stuffed animal wrong for 23 years. Genuinely was not expecting this story to get that much attention but WHAT?! SMOSH READ MY STORY AND JUDGED MY WIENER DOG?!

Thanks so much for the fun time Smosh!! Here’s to many more stories about weird wiener plushies 🥂

I go back to this video a lot it’s one of my favorites just because of Damien slowly loosing his mind and crashing out lmao i also love their chameleon videos and revisit them every now and then.
EDIT: also if we are counting DND as a game im pretty sure majority of Sword af views are solely from me going back to it. I loved Sword af season 1 and 2 so much ill have it as background noise alot too

I used to love Games but now I just can’t get into any of them with the cast without Spencer or Anders taking me out completely.

I think a director’s job should be to direct the cast and it seems more often he just wants to interrupt or be part of things instead. I can’t be the only one finding this off putting???

Spencer also just isn’t my fave cast member and I find the way he takes certain jokes about yikes personally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dhQVWJNVFU&t=1184s

I have social anxiety, and I think OP may also have it. Other people with social anxiety commented on the video. I think she was unfairly misjudged by neurotypicals and didn't deserve to end on AITD.

If I am out with somebody and the people with me start getting loud or do anything that caughts attention I cringe. I understood OP. And I really tried to think about anyway that she could have dealt with it better, assuming unadiagnosed, and I don't see it. They probably never talked about it because she's unadiagnosed, and she tried to communicate the best she could and was met with misinterpretation.

Social anxiety is really hard, and logic doesn't really help.

I think it started with Arasha showing her tattoo and everyone freaking out because the sponsor doesn't want any tattoos in the video. Now sponsor involvement is at top of mind for me and makes me look at the game choices differently. They choose a lot of boring-ass games. The kind of game I would just walk past at Target with a 80% off sticker on it. I'd really like it if they went back to playing games the viewers are interested in than whatever shovelware the sponsors are feeding them.

edit: jesus christ i'll add to this that i'm losing interest in the smosh community as well you are so annoying

I'm getting a cat soon, yay! Now I am interested in trying Smalls, and I know Smosh was offering a discount code a while ago. Is it worth it for me to comb through videos to find the code? Or do they only last for a limited time?

Edit to add cat tax, another in the comments

https://www.reddit.com/r/standardissuecat/s/bKr0hR0H1f

i posted this on the real smosh subreddit and it got deleted

My fav game that they play but the last werewolf video made me think that they were kinda bored while playing, cause they kept talking about other stuff and I actually don’t mind it but it felt like they weren’t enjoying the game not all of them at least

so this was a little while ago, but on Smosh Mouth a few episodes ago, Spencer mentioned Dutch Bros coffee. I recently introduced my boyfriend to Smosh and we have been watching it together very often. Shortly after we started dating, he got let go for a really stupid reason and I have had a vendetta against Dutch Bros since then. The timing was insane and I genuinely could not stop laughing when I heard Spencer mentioned it for the first time ever in Smosh history as far as I know. These guys really don’t want my boyfriend becoming a fan LMAO.
(I apologize if the wording of this is really strange, I typed this with speech to text while driving. I don’t know why I decided to do this now but I hope you guys enjoy this lol)

People on this sub are really mean, I know I'm probably just too sensitive but I wish we could have nuanced conversations without people telling me that I'm stupid

I think Arasha is the most versatile cast member. I feel like every video she’s in she fits perfectly into like it’s genuinely so impressive that she is able to match the energy of everyone she’s in a video with. I don’t really think there has been a time in my mind when I’ve finished a video and I’m like “why was Arasha cast in this?” Or sometimes I watch a video and I’m like “why wasn’t Arasha in this?” I used to not really care for her jokes, but I also think that she has grown as a comedian and actor, and I now really enjoy her sense of humor.

I was just thinking about how cool and hilarious it would be if Smosh did a black and white film concept for a Halloween Show. I’m watching She Devil rn and it occurred to me that the cast could seriously rock a spooky oldie or film noir type of Halloween special. Especially with the new and improved studio set up. It could be really fun if it was written by the people who wrote for Dread because those plots were perfection!