Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things? -

[BigBoss]

Towards the beginning of the Court and Tomgirl Sagas it would seem a lot of people sort of lost interest in Chris because they assumed he was just going to jail, but recently I've noted an increase in popularity of Chris again. It would seem /v/, /co/ and Tumblr are picking up on the fact that he's not in jail and actually updates his Facebook semi-regularly and are getting back into his life story.

What do you think this increase in popularity means for Chris, as well as the CWC community?

 

[GGGBYBYBY]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

It could be that he continues to ignore them, Sonichu seems pretty deflated and he's put up a bit of a wall.

However I do want to proven wrong about this.

 

[CatParty]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

if anything, it'll mean more "julay"calls

 

[Marvin]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

Towards the beginning of the Court and Tomgirl Sagas it would seem a lot of people sort of lost interest in Chris because they assumed he was just going to jail, but recently I've noted an increase in popularity of Chris again. It would seem /v/, /co/ and Tumblr are picking up on the fact that he's not in jail and actually updates his Facebook semi-regularly and are getting back into his life story.

What do you think this increase in popularity means for Chris, as well as the CWC community?

Eh, you think he updates his facebook regularly? Or, well, publicly, at least? He's had about 16 public posts on his facebook in 2013. Also, there's a specific pattern to which posts he makes publicly. It's only when he has someone out there to address, like Tara Strong, does he post something public. I guess what I'm saying is that his public posts come down to a dice roll. Like if there's something in the news that bothers him that he absolutely has to bitch about.

Oh, and some of those public posts are images. Funny, but they're not spergy rant posts. I don't know, I guess I wouldn't bet on Chris being that active publicly.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

His public fb posts are kind of the modern equivalent of his old youtube videos. If he has someone to bitch at about something - like, say, Tara Strong - he makes a public post. He is lucid enough to understand that Tara Strong cannot see his private posts because she's not on his friends list, but after that it's all downhill. He assumes if he makes a public post, then Tara Strong will somehow see it and give him the response he desires. In his head, he's thinking that of course she must peruse the internet for cwc updates, why wouldn't she see it?

 

[BigBoss]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

Eh, you think he updates his facebook regularly? Or, well, publicly, at least? He's had about 16 public posts on his facebook in 2013. Also, there's a specific pattern to which posts he makes publicly. It's only when he has someone out there to address, like Tara Strong, does he post something public. I guess what I'm saying is that his public posts come down to a dice roll. Like if there's something in the news that bothers him that he absolutely has to bitch about.

Oh, and some of those public posts are images. Funny, but they're not spergy rant posts. I don't know, I guess I wouldn't bet on Chris being that active publicly.

I'd say it's a good average, and if someone managed to get into his account, then we'd probably see even more posts. If anything, based on that observation, people would send him links, art, and people to get mad at to draw him out of his private Facebook shell. I know I managed to with the Sonic RAW link, so it's not all that hard.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

Chris loves to have these personal dilemmas heard by others so we all know how tough his life is when the My Little Pony folk decide to do something that falls outwith his comfort zone.

Be he also doesn't want the attention of the trolls (anybody who doesn't agree) so casting a post out into the internet in a message in a bottle style achieves this in his eyes. Also, a message in written format gives far less chance for lulz than an old-school angry video.

He's said what he wanted to say, and he doesn't have to stick around to deal with the backlash.

 

[Marvin]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

Eh, you think he updates his facebook regularly? Or, well, publicly, at least? He's had about 16 public posts on his facebook in 2013. Also, there's a specific pattern to which posts he makes publicly. It's only when he has someone out there to address, like Tara Strong, does he post something public. I guess what I'm saying is that his public posts come down to a dice roll. Like if there's something in the news that bothers him that he absolutely has to bitch about.

Oh, and some of those public posts are images. Funny, but they're not spergy rant posts. I don't know, I guess I wouldn't bet on Chris being that active publicly.

I'd say it's a good average, and if someone managed to get into his account, then we'd probably see even more posts. If anything, based on that observation, people would send him links, art, and people to get mad at to draw him out of his private Facebook shell. I know I managed to with the Sonic RAW link, so it's not all that hard.

Yeah, I guess so. I guess it just seems patchy compared to other mediums he might use. But I guess you should take what you can get.

 

[CatParty]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

His public fb posts are kind of the modern equivalent of his old youtube videos. If he has someone to bitch at about something - like, say, Tara Strong - he makes a public post. He is lucid enough to understand that Tara Strong cannot see his private posts because she's not on his friends list, but after that it's all downhill. He assumes if he makes a public post, then Tara Strong will somehow see it and give him the response he desires. In his head, he's thinking that of course she must peruse the internet for cwc updates, why wouldn't she see it?

he's under the impression that everyone does daily in depth vanity google searches like he does.

 

[DangDirtyTrolls]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

Chris' popularity now pales in comparison to him at his height. At the very beginning Chris updates used to be posted on /v/ because he was new and interesting (and things like the CWCki didn't exist at that stage). Some of his videos even received numerous mentions on 'mainstream' media. Nowadays you have to dig deep and go out of your way to Chris specific sites to find any new info, and even then it can be months between meagre updates.

 

[BigBoss]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

Chris' popularity now pales in comparison to him at his height. At the very beginning Chris updates used to be posted on /v/ because he was new and interesting (and things like the CWCki didn't exist at that stage). Some of his videos even received numerous mentions on 'mainstream' media. Nowadays you have to dig deep and go out of your way to Chris specific sites to find any new info, and even then it can be months between meager updates.

I was never claiming that he's as popular as he was, I'm merely saying that in the past few months his popularity has begun to pick up a little. More people are getting into him and looking him up, or even getting back into him and rediscovering new things he's done.

My point is, his popularity made a small ping on the radar again and quite a few people are flocking to find out what's going on, for better or for worse.

 

[DangDirtyTrolls]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

Chris' popularity now pales in comparison to him at his height. At the very beginning Chris updates used to be posted on /v/ because he was new and interesting (and things like the CWCki didn't exist at that stage). Some of his videos even received numerous mentions on 'mainstream' media. Nowadays you have to dig deep and go out of your way to Chris specific sites to find any new info, and even then it can be months between meager updates.

I was never claiming that he's as popular as he was, I'm merely saying that in the past few months his popularity has begun to pick up a little. More people are getting into him and looking him up, or even getting back into him and rediscovering new things he's done.

My point is, his popularity made a small ping on the radar again and quite a few people are flocking to find out what's going on, for better or for worse.

I can't say that I've noticed but I'm more of a lurker so I doubt I'd notice. Then again we've been in a content drought for a few years now so any new content at this point will pique people's interests again.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

he's under the impression that everyone does daily in depth vanity google searches like he does.

I think it's more just the "truth depends on what I want it to be" thing. He mostly knows nowadays that he never actually had a billion fans... but when he wants someone he doesn't know to respond to him, then he has a billion fans again, because that makes it a 1-in-7 chance Tara Strong will be one of them and feel guilty she discomforted him.

 

[BigBoss]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

In general, to go back to Marvin about drawing Chris out of his shell, I think that not only would you have to send him things to complain about, you'd also have to blame him partially, if not completely. It thoroughly upsets him if he's being blamed for destroying the things he loves most, such as Sonic or MLP, and I have no doubt in my mind that trolls would and probably will be able to use that to entice him to start posting more publicly and (however highly unlikely) coerce him into making videos again.

 

[Marvin]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

In general, to go back to Marvin about drawing Chris out of his shell, I think that not only would you have to send him things to complain about, you'd also have to blame him partially, if not completely. It thoroughly upsets him if he's being blamed for destroying the things he loves most, such as Sonic or MLP, and I have no doubt in my mind that trolls would and probably will be able to use that to entice him to start posting more publicly and (however highly unlikely) coerce him into making videos again.

That's an interesting idea, but I think if someone tries that plan, it'd be better to condense the attempts and do fewer attempts, but more aggressive ones, than a bunch of weak attempts. Chris nowadays is quicker to catch on to repetitive troll plots. Remember, this isn't your granpappy Clyde's Chris.

And I don't know if it's really feasible to draw Chris out of his shell long-term, if that's what you were implying. The best you can do nowadays is trick him once and get him to make a few funny posts.

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

It thoroughly upsets him if he's being blamed for destroying the things he loves most, such as Sonic or MLP

Does it really? Chris does concern himself a lot with how other people discuss his favorite characters, he doesn't want them portrayed as homosexual or even unhappy. He doesn't want others to ruin the characters for HIM... but does Chris really care that other people dislike what HE has done with the characters?

 

[BigBoss]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

It thoroughly upsets him if he's being blamed for destroying the things he loves most, such as Sonic or MLP

Does it really? Chris does concern himself a lot with how other people discuss his favorite characters, he doesn't want them portrayed as homosexual or even unhappy. He doesn't want others to ruin the characters for HIM... but does Chris really care that other people dislike what HE has done with the characters?

See, what you're thinking of is if he alters the characters for what he deems is better, such as Sonichu. I'm talking about series that he enjoys that get fucked with in a way he doesn't like, and then he's blamed for it.

 

[CatParty]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

It thoroughly upsets him if he's being blamed for destroying the things he loves most, such as Sonic or MLP

Does it really? Chris does concern himself a lot with how other people discuss his favorite characters, he doesn't want them portrayed as homosexual or even unhappy. He doesn't want others to ruin the characters for HIM... but does Chris really care that other people dislike what HE has done with the characters?

See, what you're thinking of is if he alters the characters for what he deems is better, such as Sonichu. I'm talking about series that he enjoys that get fucked with in a way he doesn't like, and then he's blamed for it.

he doesn't take blame though. nothing is ever his fault.

 

[BigBoss]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

he doesn't take blame though. nothing is ever his fault.

Exactly! He gets upset over it and acts out!

 

[The Mass Debater]

Re: Will Chris's recent increase in popularity affect things

I think the recent influx of facebook posts and stuff like the leaked emails has brought a few long term lurkers (myself included) out of hiding, but i don't think Chris' popularity has grown. Well. maybe slightly since he is becoming reborn on the internet as something like a blogger (read: he uses facebook to bitch about pointless things safe from the fallout) but I don't feel like this is going to be the second coming of Chris. God I wish it was though - the Wicca or Hipster sagas caught on video would be magnificent.