🌟 Internet Famous Jirard Khalil / The Completionist / ThatOneVideoGamer - Obsessive Compulsive Autist involved in a $780k case of charity fraud

[Active User]

"I loved this game, but man, getting all those Mahjong hands for the completion list sucked!"

I remember him having this issue with Hades 1, where the Resource Director can give you a bunch of explicitly meaningless ranks and a little cosmetic icon for ever increasing amounts of resources, lasting well beyond the point you'd have done everything else. It's really just there as a resource sink for people who want to play the game for its own sake or do the challenge run stuff and if you didn't want to sit through that you would just not and go do something else, but because he has to 100% it for the review it's made out to be some huge issue. I get wanting to go into more depth than mainstream game journos but when the game itself tells you that something's a cosmetic resource sink you only really have yourself to blame.

 

[Tanner Glass]

And this is the problem with 100% reviews (instead of just doing guides). Because very few games have a decent balance where shit doesn't interfere with the rest of the game too much; it's either piss easy, annoying, or completely mind numbing, as there's no good way to weave 100%ing into giving the game something more to operate with.

I agree - I was actually going the other way with it though.

If he isn't 100%'ing the games (as in he isn't doing it himself, either through macros, save editing, or having staffers play through boring or grindy parts) - then he shouldn't really review them. It's just a fraudulent way to be wrong about a review; tantamount to my wife saying that she likes games with big sprawling maps* (*as long as I'm there to navigate for her).

Final Fantasy X has very little grind if you just beat the game normally, decide to fight all the dark aeons, then just pull a save state from someone who has already done all the grinding.

 

[Kheapathic]

tantamount to my wife saying that she likes games with big sprawling maps* (*as long as I'm there to navigate for her).

Knew a guy with a wife like that; she loved watching him play games and would try to be some sort of backseat director in things like Assassin's Creed. She liked the architecture and what-not, but then sometimes he'd walk past a NPC that says or does something and she'd be all "I don't like him, knock him out." Then her husband ends up on some city wide adventure of pushing guards off high buildings and other random shit, all because his wife wanted him to knock out a mouthy NPC. I thought it was funny if not cute.

 

[AltisticRight]

Jirard should've transitioned

He should have, everyone would forgive what a hecking true and valid stunning and brave trans-woman did. Just look at Lucas.

 

[Slamerella]

I remember that the Zelda Devs for BOTW commented on people getting all 900 korok seeds, stating that the reward (that you actually get much earlier because you have to get iirc, about 600 or so to fully upgrade your pouches) is meant to show that this is going to be worthless when you get them all. They designed it to be 900 to effectively make it where you aren't supposed to get them all and they're just little things to do when you notice them. The intention was never "100% completion" but more so putting them anywhere they could think to get you a seed.

 

[Colon capital V]

I remember that the Zelda Devs for BOTW commented on people getting all 900 korok seeds, stating that the reward (that you actually get much earlier because you have to get iirc, about 600 or so to fully upgrade your pouches) is meant to show that this is going to be worthless when you get them all. They designed it to be 900 to effectively make it where you aren't supposed to get them all and they're just little things to do when you notice them. The intention was never "100% completion" but more so putting them anywhere they could think to get you a seed.

And your reward for 100%? A literal piece of poo

 

[Slamerella]

And your reward for 100%? A literal piece of poo
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Isn't it actually given after you get all your pouch upgrades? I think that's what makes it even funnier. At the same time, I never did this because I was able to conserve a good chunk of my items and only focused on getting on weapon slots (mainly because I liked carrying one fire and one ice weapon for easier traversal.)

 

[DenseDeerFather]

It's a good plan, his idiotic fans will eat it up. Or it would be a good plan, but I think his public image is way too tarnished for this to attract new people. Reinforce the parasocial relationship with his simps? Sure, but the Internet will not soon forget.

Indeed.

For the uninitiated, this is YouTube documentarian Joon the King who makes long-form videos.

Think Turkey Tom but less retarded.

He's also a lot safer than someone like Toad McKinley because he's not edgy and he makes videos on high-profile targets like Shane Yee Haw Dawson, Social Repose, the Paul brothers, Channel Awesome, and Rooster Teeth to name a few.

So while the Open Hands shitshow is currently fading out of the zeitgeist, it may be subject to change.

 

[AltisticRight]

I remember that the Zelda Devs for BOTW commented on people getting all 900 korok seeds, stating that the reward (that you actually get much earlier because you have to get iirc, about 600 or so to fully upgrade your pouches) is meant to show that this is going to be worthless when you get them all. They designed it to be 900 to effectively make it where you aren't supposed to get them all and they're just little things to do when you notice them. The intention was never "100% completion" but more so putting them anywhere they could think to get you a seed.

That's what happens when a completion percentage is added.

Isn't it actually given after you get all your pouch upgrades? I think that's what makes it even funnier. At the same time, I never did this because I was able to conserve a good chunk of my items and only focused on getting on weapon slots (mainly because I liked carrying one fire and one ice weapon for easier traversal.)

No, you get all 900 Koroks to get the reward.
You can also get Hestu to dance for you anytime you like. That's it. There's other nonsense vanity items in that game such as those monster badages you get for defeating all map bosses. It's not even close to the worst in that game.

Spoiler: Severe autism

There are also many items that can only appear a handful of times in the game, if you miss it, it's gone forever. You can only get one windcleaver with a modifier (master mode), you can also get (I think) three kite shields, you can only get one mid-stage lynel bow and shield if you progress enough to only see the highest tier lynels, making those equipment impossible to obtain. Another is the sledgehammer where you only have three chances for an attack modifier in mastermode and one in normal, people want this because the hammer deals x4 vs taluses and that's how you can deal maximum damage on them.

>But they break
Durability transfer and duplication via menu overloading.

A lot of this is now meaningless because people found ways to get the Bow of Light for normal gameplay and add insane hidden modifiers, such as 10 shot at 205 damage.

I need to get a life.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Indeed.
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For the uninitiated, this is YouTube documentarian Joon the King who makes long-form videos.

Think Turkey Tom but less retarded.

He's also a lot safer than someone like Toad McKinley because he's not edgy and he makes videos on high-profile targets like Shane Yee Haw Dawson, Social Repose, the Paul brothers, Channel Awesome, and Rooster Teeth to name a few.

So while the Open Hands shitshow is currently fading out of the zeitgeist, it may be subject to change.

Update:

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

good. people must never forget what he did.

 

[Slamerella]

Genuinely excited for Joon's video on Jirard. I've been using this guy for background noise lately and I'm hoping he has substantial evidence about him not completing games on his own. Funnily enough, Breath of the Wild IS one of the games that started this theory of him doing so.

 

[StillNotBlarg]

Someone on Reddit managed to grab the Patreon update I was talking about a few pages back.

Short Version:
Jirard thanks everyone who is still sticking with him.
There will be Patreon changes coming soon to be more Jirard focused in hopes of reigniting the community.
Jirard is still making videos but it's only him and two others with limited involvement.

 

[Oliver Onions]

And your reward for 100%? A literal piece of poo
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Didn't Nintendo do the same thing in Wind Waker, with getting all of whatever Tingle's collectibles were and the reward is a little certificate saying he's your friend? And all you got for 120 stars in Mario 64 was to meet Yoshi and get 50 extra lives, long past the point they'd be useful because you already did everything.

They seem to enjoy trolling the autistic 100% bros.

For the uninitiated, this is YouTube documentarian Joon the King who makes long-form videos.

Think Turkey Tom but less retarded.

Joon's videos are great background noise, but he's very matter-of-fact and dry in his presentation, kind of like Fredrik Knudsen. They're great for a detailed, long-form history of an online personality, but they're not particularly entertaining.

I fully expect (and am looking forward to) a 3-hour 'Rise and Fall of Nick Rekieta' from him before the year is out.

 

[Lone Star]

Didn't Nintendo do the same thing in Wind Waker, with getting all of whatever Tingle's collectibles were and the reward is a little certificate saying he's your friend? And all you got for 120 stars in Mario 64 was to meet Yoshi and get 50 extra lives, long past the point they'd be useful because you already did everything.

They seem to enjoy trolling the autistic 100% bros.

In fairness, even doing both those things would be faster than getting even half the Koroks found, it's a much larger slap in the face in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

 

[Oliver Onions]

In fairness, even doing both those things would be faster than getting even half the Koroks found, it's a much larger slap in the face in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

That just makes it funnier, in my opinion. And I say this as a man who spent 6 hours 'playing' the hostess mini-game in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise for my platinum trophy.

 

[Barry Williams]

Didn't Nintendo do the same thing in Wind Waker, with getting all of whatever Tingle's collectibles were and the reward is a little certificate saying he's your friend? And all you got for 120 stars in Mario 64 was to meet Yoshi and get 50 extra lives, long past the point they'd be useful because you already did everything.

They seem to enjoy trolling the autistic 100% bros.

If you completed the Pokedex in Pokemon Red/Blue and logged all 150 monsters as "Caught" there's an NPC who's a Game Freak dev cameo and when you talk to him he gives you a diploma for your efforts, which is just a still image that basically says "yay u did it". Totally useless. If you do it in Pokemon Yellow at least you can print it out using the GB Printer and make a little sticker with it.

 

[Oliver Onions]

If you completed the Pokedex in Pokemon Red/Blue and logged all 150 monsters as "Caught" there's an NPC who's a Game Freak dev cameo and when you talk to him he gives you a diploma for your efforts, which is just a still image that basically says "yay u did it". Totally useless. If you do it in Pokemon Yellow at least you can print it out using the GB Printer and make a little sticker with it.

But remember if you catch Mewtwo with a normal pokeball then you can move that truck and get Mew.

 

[Twrx]

But remember if you catch Mewtwo with a normal pokeball then you can move that truck and get Mew.

God, there were so many ridiculous rumors going around when blue/red first dropped. Luckily, I had a friend with a game genie or GameShark.

 

[Barry Williams]

But remember if you catch Mewtwo with a normal pokeball then you can move that truck and get Mew.

I fell for that back in the day. It was repeated enough times online that I thought it had to be true. The actual process to glitch the game and catch Mew is just as crazy and bullshit sounding as the truck myth. I guarantee if someone knew about the glitch back in 1998 no one would've believed them because at first glance it follows the same moon logic as something like finding the fabled Mist Stone to get Pikablu.

God, there were so many ridiculous rumors going around when blue/red first dropped. Luckily, I had a friend with a game genie or GameShark.

I really wish I could find the website on archive.org or something but I have a distinct memory of a fansite called Pokemon Mythbusters where the webmaster took a look at all of the popular myths and rumors (mostly in Red/Blue/Yellow) and broke them down programmatically to explain the how's and why's behind the bullshit. The site was around in the early 2000's because they were aping the Mythbusters name and that show wasn't around until 2003.