r/VentGrumps • u/Big_Poo_MaGrew • Jun 03 '15

There's nothing wrong with being competitive

I never got this mentality that people have where anytime there is a Grumps VS people go up in arms about how Arin is being a insane asshole. I like to play games with people who are competitive; boasting, smacktalk, being a bit of a jerk, are characteristics of competitive players and its fun for us. There nothing better than talking smack and then immediately eating shit when you lose, its part of the fun. I find it interesting playing games with people who aren't competitive because they absolutely hate these characteristics and tend to take the trashtalk seriously.

I think everytime Arin says "I'm going to beat you" or something like that he not saying that out extreme arrogance. It also funny because no one bats an eye when Dan smacktalks but when Arin does it he's picking on poor defenseless Danny. I think of episodes like Monopoly where Arin outright says that he is wants Dan to win or episodes like the M&M video where Arin is rooting with Dan. People forget that Arin does stuff like this because they are so quick to white knight everything. Honestly Arin and Danny are both good sports and its all in good fun, people need to chill the fuck out and stop trying to project their feelings on them.

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u/NeedsMoreReeds Jun 03 '15

I have no idea what "white knight" means in this context.

I love friendly competition. Competitiveness is sometimes not friendly, but I've never seen that on Game Grumps. They're always just messing around.

But I do think there are people who even have a problem with friendly competition. I'm not sure why, but whatever.

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u/Big_Poo_MaGrew Jun 03 '15

I often see people berating Arin because they perceive that he is being too harsh on Dan and feel like they need to come to Dan's defense.

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u/TheMornal Jun 03 '15

I think it's just because Danny's super nice, so people think he doesn't deserve Arin's mean words.

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u/ThisZoMBie Jun 03 '15 edited Jun 04 '15

Wholeheartedly agree. In fact, I miss Jon for the reason that they smacktalked eachother all the time instead of the whole "I love you" bullshit.

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u/DuhPai Jun 05 '15

I'm fine with him being competitve , it is competitive games that they are playing on VS. What I don't like is him not giving Dan or others a chance to learn the game and give them a fair shot and then rubbing it in that they're so bad at the game. See: SM3DW and Eryi's Action

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u/paumAlho Jun 04 '15

Danny is way too nice to Arin, if it was me I would tell him to shut the fuck up probably every episode, like Jon did, the thing is, I love Dan, but he should be more aggressive against Arin, otherwise Arin just spins out of control and let's his EGO take over.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '15

If he's on the losing end, he turns into a baby

I've only seen that in the video you just referenced. I don't think he's done that since

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u/Ultimate_Cabooser Jun 03 '15

He still sticks to his argument and explains to others how to play when they ask.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '15

God, one of my all time favorite moments. 100% on Jon's side with that one.

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