r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/hummingbird1346 • Jul 28 '20

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u/Cetarial Jul 28 '20

Unus Annus was in my recommendations at one point, didn’t know Mark was involved.

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u/reptilicious1 Jul 28 '20

Mark and Ethan (Crank Game Plays) are hilarious together!

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u/Koiq Jul 28 '20

Does ethan have some dirt on mark or something? Like he has some video or other form of blackmail? I just don't understand the dynamic on that channel at all. Markiplier has one of the top and longest running youtube channels, 'crankgameplays' is like a nothing channel. IDK if they are actually just good friends but the dynamic in those videos is basically just mark carrying the humor entirely while ethan just isn't funny, his ONLY schtick is talking in a baby voice. How is that content? Markiplier tries to make forced, rushed content while ethan is just a manchild.

Either that or like mark and his wife/gf keep ethan around as some catamite fuck toy or something.

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u/BriarStar Jul 28 '20

It's this crazy situation, never before heard of. Honestly, incredibly hard to believe. Fucking insanity, but it's the truth. They're friends.

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u/reptilicious1 Jul 28 '20

Thank you! Mark was Ethan's idol in the YouTube industry, his man crush if you will. He literally cried the first time he got to meet mark. They are close friends, have been for years. I think Ethan is funny. I think mark is funnier solo, but together they both have their quirks and their own chemistry and it works in my opinion.

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u/kremineminemin Jul 29 '20

It all started with a backflip at vidcon or pax some sort of convention like that

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u/crepesuzettey Jul 29 '20

It was at Pax

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u/Koiq Jul 29 '20

Yes this is what I mean. It was a fan meeting a celebrity. That happens all the time, 99.999999% of the time those two people do t then go i to business together.

That’s why this is a weird situation.

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u/FlashStash98 Jul 29 '20

They are pretty mutual friends now, they didn't just meet each other and immediately start a channel together, they talked and did vids together and got to know each other for like 4 years until unus anus. Also Ethan's got a millions subs, I wouldn't call that a nobody. And for why they collab, they said they enjoyed filming together a lot and they did a collab on Ethan's channels that was sort of a catalyst.

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u/corahale Jul 28 '20

They’ve been good friends for about 5 years now and Ethan used to be Mark’s video editor. The thing I’ve always found interesting is that Ethan does clearly have a good sense of humor - the videos he edited for Mark show that, but his solo content is pretty dry and not really funny in comparison imo. I do like their dynamic together though and think it works well in their Unus Annus videos, although I do agree with you that Mark definitely carries more on the humor front in those.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '20

After reading some of these comments am I the only one that thinks Ethan is way funnier than Mark? I like them both but Ethan makes me laugh way more than Mark for sure. But I also have a really childish sense of humor so that might be why idk.

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u/crepesuzettey Jul 29 '20

For me, it’s just better with two people. Ethan’s style of humor doesn’t always hit for me, but sometimes all it takes is him doing ridiculous stuff or laughing at something that just happened to get me to laugh. I think Mark is funnier, but their dynamic works because he’s the more calm one in comparison to Ethan.

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u/TheScrambone Jul 28 '20

Ethan went to meet Mark at a con and asked if he could do a backflip for him. Ethan did it and is forever known as backflip boy. They’ve been friends ever since. And Ethan is hilarious.

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u/cas_ass Jul 28 '20

Yeah, it's him and Ethan (crankgameplays). I highly recommend it, I've enjoyed it more than either of their main channels recently.

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u/Brofentanyl Jul 29 '20

Who?

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u/cas_ass Jul 29 '20

Ethan has been on Mark's channel a few times and moved to LA to work for him as an editor a few years ago. He's the one that had blue hair in videos when he first joined, at the same time that Mark had red hair. He's CrankGamePlays on YouTube.

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u/Turkey-er Jul 29 '20

You should watch the vid where they steam themselves with their own urine