Cox n' Crendor Show - pisode 469 - The Robot Leagues Begin!

Episode Date: June 30, 2025

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Not to drive somewhere not to do chores not while you're working What person I would imagine it's very small oh yeah it's but I would love to know that number like how many people put us on I don't get a cup of tea and sit there and just listen yeah like you just sit there and vibe like we're an old-timey radio program yeah like greetings everyone

welcome to the cox Crandall radio hour Oh my shows on gather the kids around Paul the shows on it's got to be insanely low Because most people are gonna put it on while they're doing something else right there on the computer. It's like second monitor or their They're driving like you said or they're traveling or they're working maybe like stocking shelves at the grocery store overnight like it's got to be something like that. I wonder sometimes if the amount of effort I put into this show I should just stop. People are half listening anyway. When I edit this I listen to the full episode back to make sure that we aren't you know sometimes

you can hear echoes and headphones you could like I try to make sure that we aren't, you know sometimes you can hear echoes and headphones, or you could, like I try to make sure none of that's a problem, I rebalance audio, I try to make sure everything's great, sometimes I wonder maybe if I should just not do that. I feel like- Does anyone really care? They probably don't, but I think you care.

And that's really where it stems, because I noticed that when I do like audio for like you to like pointless top ten That's the main thing I do audio editing with and so every time I listen back. I'll hear like a Like I'll just make a little noise like up and I'm like I gotta take that out. I gotta redo that That's not right, and I'm like that happens with us Yeah, but I'm just like nobody probably cares. They're just like uh some noise There's a lot of that when it comes to audio breathing where some will go so here's what I was thinking I feel like and To me I always find that annoying, but I realized ninety nine point nine percent people just don't care or notice

Yeah, well, it's like a natural thing because most people do that when they're talking so I think people just accept that as part of people talking because you're gonna take a breath sure sure sure I just think audio wise it's very annoying it always drives me crazy when I hear that not from anyone else just from us yeah when it's something I'm on I get really oh god, I was too close to the microphone. You can hear me just being like, okay, so here's what I think I'm on. And it drives me crazy. It's true, but I think it's because everyone's their own harshest critic. Because people do that all the time. People be out in public or something, be like, oh my god, did you see the way I was walking?

Everyone was looking at me. It's like nobody was looking at you. Right? Or like, oh my god, I was eating weird out there, and it's like nobody's looking at you right or like oh my god I was eating weird out there and it's like nobody knows how you're eating like and if they do it's like one person who's a little too obsessed with how people are eating I wonder if I could get away with not editing this episode from this point on what are we like three minutes in or whatever from this point on no more edits just let it ride and see what see what people think or what people maybe no Maybe no one will notice. Even though it just said it, maybe no one will notice. Let us know if you notice. Yeah. I would love to know because for basically, if we do an

hour podcast, it takes about two hours, because you have to re-listen to it, and then if you have to make any minor changes, it takes about two hours to get that bad boy up. And I'm fine with it, but I often wonder 99.9% of people are listening while doing 18 other things. Would they even notice all the work I put into this? I don't think so. It's been how many years and it's still a problem. I'm like, oh, I gotta work really hard on this.

That's just you. I feel like, again, you do that with like everything because you got the the perfectionist I had it too Hey, I hate that I could use the free time. I'll let you know I could use the free today I woke up and thought Man, what am I gonna do with my didn't know never mind? I got a bunch of stuff that I got a bunch of work stuff to do. I'm not gonna do anything my free day I'm just gonna go to the office and so here I am it's

yeah, cuz there's other YouTube videos or other podcasts I've heard and They will not have that same quality of editing in fact. There's plenty of videos. I've heard where the music's really loud. It's like And they're just like hey this is pretty cool thing you like barely hear their voice. There's like Like buzzing and then people are just like hey good video man. I was like what you're absolutely I don't care when it's someone else when someone else like well That was fun when it's me dear God the first couple episodes of Star Wars will Kenan book club where I didn't have any like creative control over those edits. I'm like, we all sound terrible. Sound like we're coming from a tin can. What happened? We didn't sound that way. Like I'm just losing my mind. Yeah.

I'm a very, I feel bad for everyone who works in this office. I'm a stickler for the minor things. So if we film a thing and between cuts, if it's my still my face, but we cut to a different camera and the color gradient is off. I'm like, why, what, why didn't we color correct that? What's little things that are unimportant to anyone in the world? But to me, I'm like, why are they? Why do I have two different color beards?

And sometimes the lighting, you know, those little things do matter subconsciously to people. Oh, they clearly do, because I took a photo the other day where I was Showing off the witcher controller that they sent me and in that photo the lighting was just really dark So my facial hair looked dark and everyone's like dude you color your beard. I was like. It's just the lights guys Just says just the lights like it looks you look totally different admittedly kind of did Yeah, that's

I'm trying to think of some other Example like for example in pointless top ten when I'm editing all right. I always I try to piece together clips that hit different sound cues so it'll be like sound cues so it'll be like oh yeah this thing is number 10 and then there's like the brief pause and then I go the reason I like this thing and I always try to have a clip like hit that point and then transition to a different clip like at that sound cue so I'm like somebody's probably gonna watch this and if doesn't do that then they're gonna be like that felt weird but they don't know

why it felt weird I'm'm like, that's why. Yes, yes. Yeah, no, I'm with you on that. I think the idea of editing to either music or sound cues or audio cues in general is very, very good. I do it all the time. And I'm also a big stickler of the words coming out of my mouth should match what's on the screen.

Yeah. Like if I'm talking about a video game and I'm talking about a part of the video game, I want to show that on screen. A lot of the times in reviews or videos or whatever, they just throw up crap on the screen. Yeah, they do that a lot. When I watch a lot of people, like it isn't,

it isn't what they're talking about. Yeah, sure, it's footage from the game, but it's not exactly what they're talking about. So my sure. It's footage from the game, but it's not exactly what they're talking about So my audiovisual like brain is like, what do you mean? Am I looking at this now? What is it? So I really want it to be here's what I'm saying. I'm showing you what I'm saying It makes sense and it unfortunately it's always a problem because I always have ideas of what I want This is why when I used to edit, things were just easier, just take more of my time.

Now that I have others editing for me, I have to go back and watch through it and talk with them about the process and stuff. Cause I'm like, okay, I like what you did here. However, when I'm talking about the three ring triple fire attack, show the three ring triple fire attack. Like don't not show it we have the

footage I got the footage for a reason yeah no otherwise you end up being like those channels you mentioned where it's just a either stock footage of just some random ice thing it doesn't make sense or they do the thing where it's just a picture and then they have the pan go down of the picture to try and make it more engaging I guess yikes yeah yeah yeah a lot of I don't know if they do it anymore I haven't watched IGN in a while but IGN videos when they did reviews it would just be game footage and a guy would read the review and it was very clearly like the person who edited this didn't play the game and the person who reviewed

this didn't edit the video yeah so you got a guy talking about like yeah there's all these really cool things you can do but in the background you know if it's Mario Kart for example it's just Mario driving and doing a cool you know off-track things and yeah you'll be off the track but it's not specific right the footage is very vague it just looks kind of neat but I realize in the end not many people actually care. Only complete psychopaths like me who are like, I need it to be a certain way.

I think, uh... That's part of the reason old YouTube took off, actually. Because it used to be like that, I think, with all the game companies, all these big things, we'd be like, when we give this game a score, blah blah. And then you had people like TB just making their like WTFs. It was just them genuinely playing it and giving their opinion. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it was, it was a better version of a review because it was actually the game.

It was actually taking a look inside the game, how the game actually ran rather than someone's highly edited review that is for the most part just them kind of giving you an overall impression which I don't think people find very honest you know like the more verbose and vague it is the less you are gonna buy into it I feel like a lot of those IGN type it feels like they're just news articles But video a fide or they would just have their witty things That like the news stories always read like the cows really do come home in this sequel to harvest moon Like a type of shit. You're like, okay, but when you watch somebody that actually plays it they don't do that They're just like yo, I'm gonna tell you about this game. Yeah it has, I don't want to say it as an air of dishonesty.

That's not true. But it doesn't have the same honesty as someone turning on a game and playing it and giving their opinions as they play. Yeah. You'd see in Forced Strategy Gaming, you know, pop up on the old feed with like, I've played 350 hours of Dune. And I'm like, Forced, what up on the old feed with like, I've played 350 hours of Dune. And I'm like, Force, what are you doing over there, man? That's his, that's his gimmick though. Yeah. He's super into the whole, I did X thing and

here's my 8,000 hour review. And you're like, all right, bless dude. Yeah. Yeah. At least he found his thing. Yeah. He did a solid job recovering from being only Starcraft like he is a great example of how to dig out of Being a one things like I'm not a streamer. This is like youtuber. Yeah, actually he did a he did overwatch For a while too. Yeah really big with overwatch Yeah, he um had some really fun, I don't wanna keep calling it gimmicks because that sounds like derogatory almost,

but he had very good angles of attack that were well thought out rather than, I played Overwatch, you know what I mean? He's very good at that. I think that's the way, if I was gonna say, how to do YouTube 2025, do it kind of like force, where it's everything is gimmicked in some way. It isn't I played Overwatch, it's I played Overwatch

using five mercies, you know, like that kind of stuff. Yeah, and it's clickbait-y, but it's not lying to you. There's like a fine line where people do clickbait. Yeah, it's like a challenge. Yeah, because clickbait often will be like, and then you click it and it doesn't relate to the actual title or thumbnail at all, but he's like, you click it and you're genuinely getting what he's offering.

But it still pulls you in. Yeah, I mean that's if you're going to do Let's Play content, that's probably the best strategy. Is to be gimmicked with it. I mean that's the Minecraft, Roblox, all that stuff. It's about creating gimmicks with their content. And the most popular ones are not straight Minecraft and Roblox content. It's like, my friends and I built a world

blindfolded on drugs. And everyone's like, yeah, this is the best video. Yeah, well, I wouldn't even say it's just just for let's play it's for literally anything at this point But you can do it's true like even wow those be like I tried World of Warcraft in 2024 But I played naked without gear, and this is what happened like what? Like it's even I just type it in now There's already just a bunch of those where it'll just be like, I leveled to max level using the one button attack and here's what happened. Like, just shit like that, where you're like, what? Okay, I guess I'll watch.

Yeah, I genuinely have considered what if I made a secret ninja episode of me going back to Warcraft and being like I was secretly playing Warcraft in the background for the last year and a half And this is what I think you like that kind of stuff. Yeah No, those are obviously I didn't do it. I don't have the time, but I was thinking about it I was like maybe I could and do like out of the box. I just reviewed the most recent Expansion and here's my thoughts after having left the game for five years yeah but uh yeah I'm too lazy so I got too much to do

why I played World of Warcraft for 8,000 hours the answer may surprise you I mean I know the problem is I know what I think already so I don't think my opinion would change. That doesn't matter. You're not making this for you. You're making it for the people that just see it in their feed and go, ooh, when they click it.

That's the thing, though. I make every video for me. I don't think people understand that the videos I make, I make for me, and if people watch them, awesome, and if not, I'm like, eh, all right, it's fine. Yeah, I'm terrible at making videos for others. I don't think I actually understand

what people wanna watch. It's true, that's why you still haven't done your Skyrim. It's what the people want, but you don't want it. I just don't understand what people want. I don't get why people want the things they want. I like do things for me that make me happy and Yeah, sometimes. I realize that's not the best policy Yeah, it's uh

Even just thinking about that Cuz I got started with my wow videos because I wanted to make those because I Enjoyed watching funny goofy wow videos and nobody was making them anymore like mindflame stopped Oxhorn Stopped like all these people stopped, and I was just like I'm just gonna make my own There's probably people out there that want to see some and then there were knows that and it's like you might be the only person consistently creating goofy wow content I Think I am in terms of like the the the pointlessness the the wackiness of everything I mean there's people making plenty of good wow content but yeah you're

kind of right it's very I mean like pure comedy for the goof wow content it's not to be taken seriously you don't have any sort of meta critique you're not trying to capitalize on one thing or another you're just making consistent goofy warcraft content you might be the only one it's a yeah it's a very small very small group over here it's either me maybe like one or two other people if I like really looked into it but yeah most people it's a little too serious or yeah they're like I don't know there's yeah, there's never that vibe of I would say mind flame was kind of like that

And I think that's where I was yeah, I mean Literally ten years yeah, so it's Because I try to think of all the other wow people there's Something that like do some goofy things here or there, but nobody that's truly I would say on the level of consistent goofy Yeah, I mean, there's definitely comedy videos and videos that exist that are you know people making goofs, but on a consistent reliable basis You're pretty much it and how many me how many people are making top 10 videos out of the grass in World of Warcraft or? The water wheels in World of Warcraft or the water wheels in?

World of Warcraft you know what that's a great. That's a great question to YouTube I go In fact, I don't know if they're doing that in many games the top ten Warcraft grass Obviously you're gonna be first yep and second and third and fourth. But then fifth is top 10 most powerful non magic casters and wow lore. All right. That's a very serious video, but then top 10 fur bogs, top 10 odd things. It's you again and you again and you again. Uh,

and then you again and then top 10 frozen throne plays and then why wow 2 is coming says preach gaming one month ago yeah dude I'm telling you it's because well number one I don't I don't again you're right I don't just do it to be like yes this is a market I can like I do it because I don't, again, you're right, I don't just do it to be like, yes, this is a market I can, like I do it because I genuinely enjoy it and do it for myself. You're crafting a meal, you're making a meal, you've got your main course, your turkey, but you've got side dishes, you've got all the drinks and stuff. Like some of these are just side dish videos, but they're still good, You still need your side dishes, but you still but then you need that main course you need the You know top ten things you never noticed you need the Top ten creepiest things in a while because you know those are the ones people are gonna see and be like oh and that brings

In the new people and then they go eat the side dishes That's true yeah Is one of your main courses this video? I just saw where I went to go look at your channel Is the collector's buff too much? Ten time mount drops for July? What is that about? What do you mean is it too much? Oh, that's just the... so my thing now is... alright I've got a few video formats. We've got Pointless Top Ten Alright, that's the main one. Then we have WoW Leveling, which has been going for like 20 years. Then we have GeoGuessr, which is me just playing GeoGuessr in World of Warcraft, that's always fun. Then we have the new series

I started, which is Finding Things You Might Have Missed in Insert Zone here. So I just fly around a zone and look for stuff. it's essentially a way of me finding stuff for pointless top ten while also making like second monitor content for people to just be like Crendor's flying around his own and I can learn something and then I will do the the classic clickbaity news for wow stuff that I care about so for July this clickbaity news somewhat but it's like force Strategy gaming style where it's not wrong right, but it's just the collector's buff so for july. They're increasing the mount Drop rate and like I think trans mugs and some other stuff by 10 times

so What is a 1% drop is now a 10% drop? So what is a 1% drop is now a 10% drop So for the entire month of July people are gonna be like mount farming trying to get invincible It's obviously invincible goes from like a 1% to a 10% right? and so like people are like is this too much like is this too big of a buff for people to get but then I'm honest at first. I was like I don't know 10% still pretty low that's a you know it's still a What like one in ten, but I mean it's not one in a hundred so like true possible

That you could get some of those mounts that you've been trying to get for over a decade And I think that's kind of what they're going for so it's literally every Mount pre dragon flight so it includes like BFA, shadow lanes like a whole bunch of stuff so people are going to be going crazy with mount stuff me included so that's why I was just like is this too big of a buff but I don't think it is that was the point of the video I don't think it is I think it's good I mean that's so basically let me ask you I know you do farming of mounts and

stuff it always upsets me when you're entertaining me with Pokemon and then you're like you guess it's a wild time and I'm like boo right anyway you've been doing it for a while what are you still missing like the classic hard ones to get no there's still a lot there's uh I still don't have some of the older one which is what I'm hoping from this one like blue proto Drake I'm at 570 attempts the experiment don't have the blue proto Drake nope in fact I'm probably over 600 I only have 570 tracked attempts I should add is by now that's has it dropped at all

ever and you just lost it no I haven't seen it drop it's just really one of the worst RNG luck things I've had yeah I hate that that but now it's like a running meme because people are just like yeah it doesn't exist crendor doesn't get it, so There's that there's also

The experiment 12b from the dragon soul raid I have the deathwing mounts, but I don't have that one I'm at like 120 attempts on that so I'm hoping to get that one from this event And then just like some of the classic I have ashes of a lar but I don't have Baron Riven their mount I don't have Barren Riven there mount, I don't have Invincible, I don't have Memron's Head, so those are the main ones I'd like to get. And then, a lot of the BFA, there's like so many BFA Shadowlands mounts, but You know, that's kinda like my second, after I get the other ones that I'd move on to those. I just love collecting mounts, mounts withstand the test of time like they're always they're always around And you know expansions change, but mounts are forever. They're always there. I for one hope that you

Get all the mounts and they announce a while to and how while one will be pointless Yeah, but I don't think they're gonna do that Especially now that they're doing player housing and wow like the wow two is not coming All right, it's it's full-blown I've always said retail is wow to already and now they have classic Wow so classic Wow is wow one so retail is essentially wow Too so they have two versions of the game they can play around with That's just what that's with you on this I just think it'd be funny for the sake of you collecting all these things for them to be like

It's actually useless everything you did is pointless. Yeah, but that's why they won't do it There would be a lot of people who would be upset yeah, but with that said You know destiny had destiny to although there were a lot of people upset so nevermind. Yeah No, it's I don't think it would happen. I think. Hell. Yeah, no. Final Fantasy XIV did a soft reset.

Same game, soft reset, people were upset. So I can't even imagine what it would be like if WoW was like, we're making WoW 2. It's a new thing. Although it is Activision. So I don't know that they ever have cared what customers think. That's true. However, I mean, the main thing here is I don't care

if I couldn't bring my stuff with, because WoW 2 in my mind would have to be like such a vastly different new experience that you wouldn't be, like it wouldn't even matter to bring your stuff with. Mounts might not even be the same So it's like why bring them with if mounts are gonna be completely different Yeah, yeah, I mean you're not wrong

Yeah, so good. Yeah, you don't know like the whole game is different. It's it's the it's the same question as people being like What are you gonna do 20 years from now? It's like I don't know I don't even know what exists 20 years from now that might be a thing that I do that doesn't exist. So I can't even give an opinion on it. Yeah. Yeah. I, that's unfortunately most of content creation or a punditry on the news or you know, it's all nonsense predictive No one really knows it's gonna happen. But everyone loves to have hot takes and guesses. It's because hot takes and guesses create viewership and they also create a

Content where there is none. It's like well, they'll like, what if LeBron James went to the Miami Heat again? What would they be like? And it's like, it's not gonna happen, but they're just talking about it anyway, just because it's like something that'll get people to click on it, like what would happen? And then they build up, you know, it's like the same, they do all the games, and be like, what if World of Warcraft did create World of Warcraft 2? Like, and be like, oh, I need to find out now on this person's channel. I think everyone's interested in the concept of the idea. It's like, um, watching people talk about the Riot MMO,

that there's no signs of it actually existing, but everyone's like, all signs point to it. Like, well, I don't know if that's true, but every time I watch a video, Necrit, for example, every time I watch a video, I'll be like, oh my god, it's happening to all the evidence is there It's so cool. I'm so excited. That's an MMO I play I want to be in that universe, but I don't want to play league

This is great. I love this There's no sign that that's actually happening. There's no evidence Yeah, no, it's It's always gonna be a thing. I long as people have the ability to just create ideas into metaphorical or hypothetical situations, it'll be a thing. Which is, it'll be a thing forever. I mean that's, I'm doing that right now with every game I'm playing. I love giving a whole like, guys, what if this happens? And everyone's like, that won't happen. I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But what if it did? I mean, you even did that with wow. You're just like, what if Jane is a dreadlord? Yeah. And honestly, I think it's a better story. I don't care what anyone says.

I agree. They could have done that. But I think people also like solving, it's like solving a mystery or putting things together Which is why yeah? That's why I think a lot of bad writing or bad shows or movies That's when they explain everything to you like they don't let you figure out anything There's a lot of that there's so much of that it drives me crazy Yeah, it's like especially just reading random blurbs like I'm just now that I've been writing more and doing stuff I'll just like read a lot more books like I'll just pick up a book and like skim through it, and there's just so many times

Where it's just they just like tell you so much shit right away like this is This is me. I'm sailing on a boat. You're probably wondering how I got here Well, it's because I'm the princess's son, and I'm gonna be and they just like tell you a whole bunch of stuff and it's like okay like there's nothing to figure out there's nothing to like propel you forward they just info dumped a bunch of stuff because they you know they're like this is cool I've written it so you'll think it's cool and it's like you have to give us a reason to think it's cool I guess you can yeah, it's the mystery that drives people. It's it's the one to know more one to have answers Yeah, that's it's a big driver

Yeah, I would say that's like the primary driver of almost everything For the most part there's obviously be different, but yeah, I think in media though it for the most part. There's obviously gonna be a different, but. Yeah, I think in media though, it, there's a lot of layers to it. Like you have to make the character likable. You have to give them, you know, motives that make sense and they're related.

Like that, there's all sorts of stuff, but the mystery of wanting to know more, I think is really important in a book, for example. Like a book that gives me everything, like you were just saying, is boring to me. Yet for some reason, I can read a weird, mediocre at best mystery novel or strange eldritchy thing, or a horror story or whatever, and be completely enraptured as I try to figure out

what's going on. Yeah. And I think, I don't know what it, like some people just don't, I don't know if it's like they don't know how to, they don't plot very well or, I mean this goes for like TV shows and stuff too. Like sometimes they just-

Sure, sure. They don't plot very well, they don't, they get an idea but they don't really figure out the in between parts of that idea as well. Like they might be like, oh I think this would be a really cool twist where like you get to this point and it's revealed that this guy was evil all along or something. But then they're like, alright how do we get there? And it's just their process of getting there isn't very good so it makes the like don't even care about the ending right yeah it comes down to the fact that um it's a people i think are really good with ideas but not execution i recognize i'm one of those people i think a lot of people have ideas and they want to create them. This isn't just for writing.

This is like inventors or scientists or engineers. A lot of people have amazing ideas, but only few people can actually execute those ideas. Yeah. I think sometimes people just go for it and they're like, eh, probably should have done some more research on how to actually do this. Yeah. And I think most people get ideas and they'll be like, dude, this is insane. This is the most unique idea ever. But like, there's definitely somebody else that's had that idea. Yeah. Oh, for sure. I think most solid ideas have already been done before. The way to

do new ideas is to stay on the forefront of new concepts. So if you're in the idea of psychology or astrophysics or whatever, that kind of stuff you could definitely create new ideas because new things are being discovered or new concepts of you know rationality or space travel or whatever the hell you know like there's there's things there that you can change and make new but for the most part if you're trying to tell a love story I feel like a lot of it's been done before yeah but I think that's also a thing where some people don't care if it's

not been done before as long as it's executed well which kind of ties back to that thing where even like good writers and good stuff can take really mediocre ideas or tropes or whatever and just make them fun because they know how to execute properly. Sure. I mean, that's where the skill comes in, is the proper execution of being like, okay,

we want to tell a love story. Well, how are we going to tell this love story? We need to come up with our spin on it. And a good writer, a good showrunner, a good director, good whatever, we'll be able to do that. Yeah. It's the same reason why Game of Thrones fell apart for the course of seasons. Well I mean yeah, they ran out of all the good content and had to create their own. Like the team behind Game of Thrones was very good at

adapting what was already written. Yeah. And then there was nothing left, it was very clear they were good at only adapting what was written Yeah so it's It's definitely It's definitely one of the things where if you're not good at it. I think it becomes very blatant very quickly right, so That's uh I know how we got here. I Don't know I couldn't tell you

Oh, I actually wanted to bring something up kind of like that. I was gonna mention because we watched blood sport All right, fantastic film. Yep fantastic film. Hey, cool. My take yeah And you're mentioning the the good acting versus bad acting and that kind of Reminded me of like good dialogue, bad dialogue, like execution. So I was curious what in your mind defines good acting versus bad acting. Bloodsport's a perfect example. In that movie, a young Forrest Whitaker is involved. He plays one of the cops. Compare the way that he says and delivers his lines versus the way anyone else in that

movie says or delivers their lines. He is so very clearly the character and not a guy pretending to be a character. Like I don't for a minute believe that Jean-Claude Van Damme is due. Yeah. Right. I don't for a minute believe Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds is Jackson. They're clearly just two dudes being the characters. Forrest Whitaker shows up and he acts like a cop. He talks like a cop and more importantly he delivers his lines like a human being and not like a guy who's like,, man. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah, that's crazy Yeah, he doesn't do that Yeah

Or even actually talk like it's so Clearly visible the difference between like Acting and I'm acting yeah Like the the guy at the start he's like the soldier in the the shower Like the guy at the start he's like the soldier in the the shower Where he's like you are you have been called to the thing? And then he's like you you can go do this and then he's like where has he gone and then he's like It's like some of the worst acting

Yeah to the point where like I don't even know why they hired that guy. He's just there because If they're gonna hire the three kids that break into the house and they're like, come on, don't you wanna be cool? You know? That's gonna be the tone for the movie. So when Forest Whitaker's in it, you can see the difference in the level of acting. You're like, oh, oh, it throws the rest of the movie

for a loop because suddenly you realize, wait a minute They're kind of phoning this in Yeah, and I guess it kind of reminds me of Like bad dialogue as well because I mean even I feel like a good actor could sound bad from bad dialogue and bad writing Because it just sounds unnatural. Yeah, but also great actors can take truly terrible dialogue and scripting and make it their own.

Yeah, but I almost feel like they'd have to improv it too. Sure, I mean I guess that makes sense. Because otherwise it's just like, it's going to sound weird. I want to hold on. I got to look this up. Gary Oldman is a perfect example of an amazing actor who can take truly terrible dialogue and make it his own. Like that man has been in some movies, like the member of the lost in some movies, like remember the Lost in Space

movie? That movie stank. And he was the doctor in that and he was incredible. But he's incredible in everything because he's a great actor. Yeah. And it's, so would you say it's one of the things where he's just good at becoming the character he's supposed to be? Because I feel like that's there's some oh he's an incredible character actor like he was in that movie the book of Eli Every the every time I talk about wanting to live in the post apocalypse I'm referencing his character The book of Eli is a mediocre movie at best but he stands out as the villain who's like I have the Accent and I'm trying to get the last book on her like that. Love it. He's very very good

Yeah, he can take some some really lame dialogue Like he was in Harry Potter some of those Harry Potter movies. The dialogue is atrocious. Oh, yeah, and he makes it his own some of those Harry Potter movies the dialogue is atrocious and he makes it his own That's it. That's how you know he's like an incredible fifth element fifth element is a wacky movie yet his villain in that is I'm gonna say the best part Yeah It's cuz I feel like there's some actors like that or they're really good at just playing any character But then there's actors like like I mentioned the Vince Vaughn Vince Vaughn literally just plays Vince Vaughn in every movie yes yes he's the same guy it is who he is and I feel like there's certain ones like that

it's interesting because that type of acting can get you far just being yourself it works for a lot of people but when you're yourself, I think people kind of get bored of you, which is why you'll see, you know, Vince Vaughn was in a lot of movies for a while and then not. You know, you'll see a bunch of actors, like Melissa McCarthy was in a bunch of movies for a while and then not, because she was just playing herself

being sassy and crazy in every movie. And that's kind of the vibe for a lot of those actors who are themselves and then they drop off. They made a bunch of money and they had a great career blessed, but the characters that exist forever are the ones that are like, I can do all of it. I'll be whatever you want me to be. What's even crazy is you could say,

oh, Tom Cruise just plays Tom Cruise. But then you get roles like in Tropic Thunder where he's a less gross man and he doesn't even look like Tom Cruise and he does like a crazy dance and it's like a whole different thing. You're like, okay, he could do that if he wanted to, which is interesting.

He doesn't, because he likes being Tom Cruise, which I get, but he's willing to make those weird choices and do some cool stuff. So he's kind of floating the line, which is probably why his career's lasted for so long. Yeah. That's uh... I'm trying to think of some other actors where they had a very prominent role to the point where people probably know them. For just that role. Things like, I don't know, what about Harrison Ford? He's like Han Solo, but then he's also Indiana Jones. So he's kind of like playing different stuff.

And then he was in a bunch of movies where he's the president or the fugitive or the whatever. Like he's done a bunch of things. But no matter what I think, ever since then, he's Indiana Jones and Han Solo. That's it. Yeah That's just his life. Yeah, I think that's I feel like that's part of their problem too Sometimes you get so well known for the one care. It's like the Game of Thrones cast But they'll see somebody and be like they're this guy and it's like that's Jon Snow. You're like, okay Like honestly, I'd be fine with that. I think Who did I see? Oh man, it was so, it might've been, it was one of the cast members of Breaking Bad.

And they're talking about how when people see them on the street, they address them by their character name and not their real name. And they're like, honestly, I love it. Yeah, that's, I mean, I love it. Yeah. I would be the same way. If I was known for one thing and someone was like,

hey, Slick Master, I guess, I don't know why that's the name of the character I played. Like, hey, Slick Master. I'd be like, what's up? Or whatever, I guess that's what Slick Master says. He goes, what's up? Yeah, and I'd do that that I'd be fine with that If that's it's like a bunch of people from the office

Oh, they get it stories where they talk about how people will address them by their character name and A lot of them. I don't know all of them, but a lot of them are totally fine with it Yeah, no like like I think Dwight probably gets that a lot Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think he's one of the main ones. But yeah, that would make sense, all the office people, because it's almost like you don't really know who the actor is anyway. You've only seen them in the show, and you only know them by the show name.

So when you see them in person, you're not just like, oh, hey, actor that plays character from there. You're just like, it's him. It's Dwight yeah exactly exactly yeah so yeah it's it's I would imagine it's easier to be an office character that gets recognized than like Joffrey you know what I mean yeah like that poor kid people probably like I hate you he's like I'm just an actor I think he did get a bunch of bad stuff like that happening Yeah, I understand why children Don't want to be associated with their character because that's super weird, but um

Yeah, if I'm like 60 years old, and I'm known for a playing a character for 15 years Like if I was norm on Cheers, I'd be fine if everyone shouted Norm at me for the rest of my life. Yeah. I'd be like, yeah, damn right, I busted my ass on that show. We won a bunch of awards and it was great. Sure, I'll be Norm. I'm trying to think of like, cause it's like good or bad acting, but what's like good or bad dialogue? So I feel like it's just good or bad dialogue is kind of similar, but it's just, it doesn't feel natural. It's like, outside of feeling natural, what else would make bad dialogue?

Like, just clunky. Yeah, does it make sense for the character to say the things they're saying? Is it natural sounding? Is it something that reflects the moment? And there's also potentially they just add too many words or the characters trying to say too much in a moment where they wouldn't. Like a really good example of good or bad dialogue is in a movie,

when someone picks up a phone, watch the conversation they have. Is that an actual conversation someone would have on the phone? Yeah, no, that's a good way to put it. Because a lot of times, people pick up the phone and be like, yes, hello, oh my God. Oh, hi, Mark. What?

Yeah, and it's like, wait, you wouldn't just be talking the entire time. That's not how phone covers, you would pick up, you'd be like, uh-huh, yes. And then you'd sit there and wait, and then you react. Yeah. That's one of the things I learned early on

when I was in acting school, by which I mean college. We did a bunch of acting things, and I'll never forget my teacher was so impressed, even though I've told the story before, where I pretended that someone was in a car accident, right? And the only thing I did with that call was listen, I barely said a line. And I was like, oh my God.

And she was like, that was so real. Everyone else was like, hello? They're dead? Oh my God. No one picks up, goes hello, they're dead immediately. That's not how, that kind of stuff. That's a great example of just what is natural. No's picking up a phone being like hello oh no yes okay goodbye that does not happen there reminds me of the what's his name the

Saruman where he gets stabbed and then he was like you've obviously never been stabbed before very like he talks about how he's in war what's his yes he's like every other stuff you ever stabbed a man in the back Peter Jackson he's like oh shit like just imagine do like I've heard a man scream like damn okay use that yeah so it's like that I think those are like the little things to kind of add up to make the good dialogue. I guess that's not really dialogue, but it's, you know, close enough. Yeah.

I mean, most good actors will say that they use one of the various many techniques. There's like Stella Adler and the Meisner techniques and all, there's all sorts of stuff. But most of them rely on the idea that when you're in the moment, you are not just trying to be the character, but you're trying to bring up the emotions

of something else that happened. Like some sort of sense memory of, all right, you're in a sad scene, how are you gonna cry? Think of when your dog died, go. Yeah. That's it, really. You just think about like something terrible

that happened for your sad scene, and then you get emotional, and you kind of let the moment happen. Like real acting is, is, is not just the lie that you're the character, but like you feel like you're the character. You don't have to mem your, your lines are memorized. You've done it enough. Um, you know, you have a really great example of like getting into it, even though it's kind of dark, my apologies, but Heath Ledger, when he played the Joker,

had like a binder of writings and stuff and photos, and he was like, I'm going to take on the role of the Joker. And it's sad, because he died after filming that, and a lot of people are like, it's the Joker that killed him. I don't know if that's the case, but when you look at the journal, people are like, see how dark it is, see how messed up it is, he was in a dark place, but like that's the character.

So I don't know if you can extrapolate the journal equals he was in a dark place. I just think the journal was absolutely him getting into the character of the Joker and like, this is what the Joker is, my Joker isn't, Joker is like yeah no I think I think you're right plus it's one thing where he might have already been in a dark place and that just kind of fed into it yeah I mean he was doing all sorts of drugs and stuff at the time too like you know it sucks but I don't know that we can say his character work got him there. Yeah No, it's I agree with that. I was trying to

define some like Bad dialogue examples, and I think it's one of the things where people also insert their author narrative You know what I mean where it's they feel like they have to get the point across. And so they use the character more as a vessel. Or like a proxy for getting that point across than actually letting the character be themselves. I feel like that's one of the most common things that happens. Almost like a trope in bad writing. Yeah, it's um...

There's a lot of, some great examples of bad dialogue. I looked up some and it inspired me because I just remembered, go watch the Madame Web movie. That movie is filled with bad dialogue. Or Morbius, that's another equally bad dialogue movie the line of dialogue. It's lethal to bats, but deadly to humans What? Yeah, it almost Is I think it could also feel kind of info dump because nobody talks like that Because I found one here somebody said There's two people talking one goes as you know my daughter Sarah is turning eight years old

And this is the first birthday since the divorce I am conflicted as to who I should invite including my ex and they're like oh This is a bad situation especially since Sarah your daughter doesn't know your ex went to jail for drunk driving last summer It's just like what shit. Yes Yeah, it's like that line from the Madame Web trailer I just looked it up because I wanted to get it exactly where she goes He was in the Amazon with my mom when she died researching spiders right before she died Yeah, it's

It's like nobody Nobody's on the phone with somebody else just like yes I think I will go to the park today. The same park where I had the accident last year. You know, the accident. Exactly. Yes, good scripting, good writing would be having the conversation of like,

oh hey, we're going to the park today. And being like, oh, I don't go to that park. Why? I don't wanna talk about it. And then the reveal of there was an accident at the park. You don't want to go to the park. Yeah. Or they could even just be like, Oh, my God, that park. I hate that park.

And then they're just like, Well, come on, just go anyway. And they're like, No, I'm not going. And then you're like, Well, why aren't they going? Is that that's like a natural thing? Like, clearly, they don't want to go because something happened there. But they're just like getting mad. They're getting like defensive. Like, I don't do this.

Like, I'm not going to reveal it naturally in a way that makes sense rather than a character being like I don't do this like I'm not gonna reveal it naturally In a way that makes sense rather than a character being like don't you remember the time I was at the park and dogs attacked me Yeah, oh my god. I think anytime somebody says as you know just like as you know the park is where Sometimes it's done because of time constraints in movies or budget constraints. So there'll be a lot of movies where a character will be like, actually it's one of my favorite tropes, I love it. Where a character will be like, if we just reverse oscillate the triangulation of the beams and some guy will go, we know that! Like I know that already!

And everyone's like, oh okay, we're all caught up now. I just... That is a very tropey thing. Man, yeah, there's a lot of bad... There's a lot of bad dialogue. And it's kind of weird, because you would think people would know how people interact with one another but I guess if you're not really observing it then you don't really know because you don't really pay attention to how you talk to other people it just kind of happens naturally for the most part

but I think you really have to like sit down and analyze it. I found more amazing bad dialogue and I just I love I love this oh The Freddy vs. Jason script is incredible it has such lines as One two Fred is coming for you. Do you know why they sing that because that's when he comes for you And also Freddy was killed by fire, Jason by water. Yep. That is, well we've got 13 terrible dialogue movie lines. Wait, hold on, here's another one. In the movie Volcano, Tom Lee Jones' daughter

is playing rock, paper,issors with a little kid and Little kid says that's not paper. That's lava. What beats that and then she goes my dad Solid dialogue dog. Oh, here's another one from Transformers 4. What do you mean, search the property? You got a warrant? My face is my warrant. What the hell does that mean? His face is his warrant. Oh, another good one from the movie Armageddon another Michael Bay classic sir the override it's been overridden They've got the somehow Palpatine return line here That's that's that's truly terrible dialogue. Yep. That's good. That's good.

Somehow Palpatine return. Uh, we've also got we some kind of suicide squad from suicide squad. That's solid name drop title drop. We've got now that movie has so many problems by the way. If you want to... There's a really good YouTube video that exists where a guy breaks down all of that movie and how truly terrible it is. And let me tell ya, yikes, it is...

When you watch it from a critical view, that first Suicide Squad movie is... How that got made is beyond me. Yeah, I've heard it's quite terrible I never saw it oh no what oh I I got caught up in a video it's Steven Seagal and it's okay there's this is incredible I'm gonna send you this clip you don't watch it right away but okay it's from Steven Seagal I always forget students who has the truly worst dialogue where the bad guys are like plotting some stuff but But Steven Seagal is like, I'll take you to the bank. The blood bank. The blood bank.

Right, you know, the blood bank. And then it's like, The blood bank. The blood bank. Incredible. This is, Yeah, we got Spider-man 3 Peter

whispers now dig on this and he also tells the host is to find us some shade thanks hot legs what I've ever seen the spider-man 3 we've got I do not like saying I don't like sand from the classic Star Wars. They put looks like meets back on the menu boys from Lord of the Rings, but that's a classic line. That's a classic. That's a classic. Get out of here.

They got Mortal Kombat. Too bad, you will die from Mortal Kombat Annihilation. I found one on Shitty Movie Details from Suicide Squad since that's on my mind now. In Suicide Squad 2016, Rick Flag states that, this is Katana, she's got my back. I would advise not getting killed by her. Her sword traps the souls of its victims. This is a subtle nod to the character Katana who has Rick Flags back and the fact that her sword traps the souls of its victims.

Pfft. Pfft. Pfft. Pfft. Pfft. The one in the comments says, all joking aside, I love this line, it's so excellently representative

of the clumsy and inorganic structure of this movie and the truly terrible dialogue. Yeah, that's a great example of it. The man introduces a character, says everything you need to know about the character in one sentence. There's no growth, no nothing, characters. Just are art. That's it Yeah, it's I Mean, I think we've boiled it down to Bad dialogue and bad writing and a lot of stuff really just kind of stems from not feeling natural

And not making sure I mean it's very obvious you notice it Immediately yeah, and it's the same with like acting and line delivery, right? Or it's like you'd have good dialogue, but if they read it, like the guards are showing up, they will be here at any minute. And it's just like, okay, it's, you know, it all, it all kind of ties together. Yeah. Oof. There's a, G Lee has a classic line. it's turkey time, huh? Gobble gobble. G. Lee, isn't that the Jennifer Lopez? It is, it's that Jennifer Lopez. Oh my god, I

forgot that movie. Also, the classic Hercules, wait a minute. This isn't my world Disappointed Classic Julie's got a six percent on rotten tomatoes. It's not a good movie, but it does have her going gaba gaba And Christopher walking in it what the hell Gabba Gabba, which is hilarious. And Christopher walking in it, what the hell? Ooh, this Star Wars one's pretty good. Anakin, you are so beautiful. Padme, it's only because I'm so in love. Anakin, no, no, it's because I am in love with you padme so love is blinded you

Anakin well, that's not exactly what I meant padme, but it's probably true now. That's bad dialogue. That is truly bad dialogue That's actually really bad That's actually really bad. I mean, there's probably a lot of bad Star Wars ones. But, you know what's good dialogue? Yikes. Alright, I hope so. Let me tell you all about the online cannabis company that's revolutionizing how we deal with life's challenges, from sleepless nights to stress filled days.

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to get 20% off your first order. All right, let's go to traffic, let's go to traffic, traffic out there. Oh boy, we're looking at traffic and it is crazy right now. It looks like there's some cars and they are actually just overheating with the big heat wave that's been happening. The cars are jumping into the water to cool off, so that's not good. Now the boats are getting mad at the cars. The cars are just like, we gotta cool off.

And the boats are like, hey, this is our territory, get outta here. And it's just, it's causing a whole ruckus down there, so watch out, thank you. I watched a guy at the beach in his like big truck that has one of those, I don't know what you would call that, the way the vent is, that periscope kind of vent thing where they can drive through water. Oh yeah.

And I saw him driving on a beach and the tide came in and he got stuck in it. But then he just drove out of it. And the entire time I was thinking, cool, cool, cool. I love the idea of this guy driving out of the beach, you know, of the water. His car is fine. Everyone was like, whoa, that's so cool. You can do that. Most people can't do that I get it the entire time I was thinking so the water get in the car is it there's this floorboards get wet is it's gonna get moldy in there how does that work because yeah you can drive out of there and that's cool but it's still got wet right what are the rules I don't know enough about it and that's all I was thinking the entire

time watching that video like so is the is the guy's feet wet? How much water got in there? Is the salt water going to ruin his dashboard? I was like, what's going on? But I guess you're driving through the ocean and you're in your truck. You don't care. So what the hell do I know? Yeah, no, it's definitely did not care. If you're at that point, it's there's nothing that's gonna make sense all right let's go to weather weather time in the city okay uh weather let's see we've got 13 weather requests this week oh my god people are popping out with weather Mama Mia We've landed on

Weather request for my mom's hometown of Durango, Mexico It's known for having a lot of scorpions quick Spanish lesson all a crane is the Spanish word for scorpion There are even folk tales about them including the one I was told by my to a There are even folk tales about them including the one I was told by my T.O. A certain prison cell where all the prisoners who got put there died only to see it was a singular scorpion that had killed them. Damn! Yeah, no, that's I mean you're not really selling me on Durango. I'll be honest, but looking it up, googling it There's something about Mexican architecture that just hits me right It is pretty cool. Like looking at the church, the museum, and like just everything I'm very impressed.

Well currently in Durango, Durango, Mexico it is 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Feels like 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Wow. Humidity 36 percent. Pressure 29.8 inches. Visibility 6 miles. 6.13 am. Sunrise 7. Humidity 36% pressure. 29.8 inches visibility 6 miles 6 13 AM. Sunrise 750 PM sunset winds 2 miles an hour. Dewpoint 52 UV index 9 of 11 moon phase

waxing crescent 10 day. Did it do do do do do do? Monday we got PM thunderstorms 79 degrees Fahrenheit Tuesday. We got 72 degrees Fahrenheit with thunderstorms. Wednesday 75 with PM thunderstorms. Thursday 79 with PM thunderstorms. Friday 78 with PM thunderstorms.

And wow it is quite literally every day is like high 70s with PM thunderstorms. Yeah, where is Durango? Oh it's kind of like in the in the middle of the country almost but more towards the west coast. Yeah there's Mexico City. Yeah I will say the very first place I discovered even though it wasn't my intention was the football stadium all of it looks really good not gonna lie in a member of member ate a coffee it looks pretty good they made a coffee it's got a little foam up top looks like a dog well this is very cute yeah that's very cute I'm

I'm finding a bunch of burrito and taco places and they all look great but I'm also a sucker for like it's just a solid doesn't have to be fancy just a solid Taco yeah the simplicity Yeah, I did I did find gorditas el jalapeno and they have like a bunch of good-looking Mexican food but then they also have like mouse bear pancakes and I don't know how the like what yeah, they just got And I don't know how the like-

What? Yeah, they just got pancakes. I don't- And I think that's like sausage and- Hold on, I gotta link this. Hold on, can I even link it? I don't even think I can. Also, shout out to all the restaurants having ceramics for plates and cups. Uh...

I'm a big fan of that like brown artistic, it has little drawings on it kind of plateware. I don't know what you would call that, but I love it. Well, it's like pottery. Looks so neat. Well, click on that. Do you see it? It's a jalapeno.

Jalapenos. And then scroll down a little bit. I do see, yo, I love a good sizzling fajita platter There's plenty. I mean like you're gonna find some solid delicious Mexican food in Mexico. I bet yeah, like that's not even a shocker I keep looking at this and I'm like, yeah, I'd eat there. Yeah, I'd eat there Yeah, I'd eat there like everywhere. I click. I'm like, yeah, and then most things are four above so I'm already like yeah I'll give it a shot. I did find the Little Caesars. Like I said, I found a Carl's Jr. earlier,

so it's still, you know, still what it is. Man, all right, I gotta stop looking at food. We gotta move on. I gotta stop looking. I'm like, so, this is, I'm in LA. I can literally go get any of these things right now. And now you're torturing me no caffeine oh all right move on

yeah just like that's the weather all right let's go to sports sports welcome to sports here we are sports desk currently where sports is that that's where sports is that we've got our classic baseball where currently we're almost to the all star break halfway point. Uh, we've got the Yankees in first. We got the Tigers in first. We got the Astros in first. We got the Phillies in first, the Cubs in first and the Dodgers in first then we just had the NBA draft where Cooper flag went number one overall and then a bunch other

players went as well and then we had the NHL draft where I believe Let's see who went number one here. It was be bad Matthew Schaefer went number one overall so Those were the top picks of the NHL draft Or the NHL and NBA draft and then football. I believe is starting their training camp But in a couple weeks or something so really the main thing happening right now is just baseball Let's see any soccer going on Looks like USA beat the Republic of Ireland and the 2025 women's international friendly competition You know, we didn't show up friendly. Yeah, we were like repeating them And the Irish were like, let's all get a drink

afterwards. And we were like, no, only violence. And then they have the 2025 FIFA club world cup. I don't know how that differs from the FIFA world cup. Like, is it just the clubs are like, I don't know, I don't know how it works. As we said before, we don't necessarily understand the league system of football, so let us know. That's sports. Okay, let's go to our fact of the day. Fact of the day, woo hoo.

This one maybe you know, seems like a history thing you would know. Queen Elizabeth II had a stand-in to make sure the sun wouldn't get in her eyes. What? No, I was not aware of this fact. What do you mean? She just had another person who would stand in for what? Like on the balcony?

I guess. And wave? It says Ella Slack was a similar height to the late Queen So she would rehearse big events beforehand to make sure everything would be comfortable for the monarch However, she wasn't allowed to sit on the throne. So she had to squat above it. Yo, that's so hilarious That is I mean I get it if I was the queen I wouldn't want anyone sitting on my throne just you know for the sake of the royal stuff, but also anyone sitting on my throne just you know for the sake of the royal stuff but also shit's hilarious I can't believe they had this woman squatting over a throne that's like the most rich person royalty thing of just

like I do not want the Sun in my eyes have someone else do it but don't have them corrupt my throne with their poor presence amazing so there you go that's your fact of the day okay who has come to us with tears in their eyes? Dear illustrious sirs, with tears in my eyes, as I kneel before your grand altar, which I totally didn't just make out of random bits of cardboard, I ask you, what video game do you think has the most underrated soundtrack, IMO, it's Bionicle Heroes. I don't know a damn thing about Bionicle except for the weirdest guy I know loves it. But underrated soundtrack?

Man. The problem is a lot of the games that I love are known for how good their soundtracks are um underrated I imagine this has to be like when we're watching Bloodsport and I realized how much I love the music and Bloodsport right even though I never once have ever thought about the music and Bloodsport I would say maybe like an ace combat game like ace combat 5 or Ace combat 0 no one talks about the music even though the music is awesome and people really should

What is ace combat again? Is that the plane one? Yeah? Yeah, it's the plane game. Oh Music great They do a lot of timing stuff to your dog fights. It's pretty fun. Oh That's not pretty cool Yeah, I like it a lot of timing stuff to your dog fights. It's pretty fun. Oh, that's not pretty cool Yeah, I like it a lot What game would I say is an underrated soundtrack I don't play as many games as you do however I would probably say Lupiro that's one that I play on stream all the time a lot lot of people forget about Loop Hero. Loop Hero's soundtrack is genuinely one of the best soundtracks.

Like, you know, in video games. It's very good. Yeah, yeah. But I feel like people acknowledge it. It's tough to say underrated, because I'm not like a big... I imagine most people when I say a game, they're like, actually that music's great. You know what I mean? If you were going to tell me that Ace Combat isn't underrated, I'll be be like okay. Well. I don't really know that I have an answer for you. Yeah, no I'm trying to Think and then yeah, cuz probably most of the soundtracks. I'd like are people being like I love that soundtrack, but I would I Think loop heroes for the closest one. I got cuz

But I don't know that might still be people of that one. I'm gonna say it anyway But I don't know that might still be people of that one. I'm gonna say it anyway Here we go time for the next illustrious sir question doink We've got dear illustrious sirs. I come to you with tears in my eyes and my bookshelf barren Having just finished Ascension by Nicholas binge on Jesse's recommendation and loved it Jesse would you have any more interesting book recommendations? If Ascension is your vibe, then have you read House of Leaves? That's a creepy weird one.

Or Ship of Theseus S, that book is more like three books in one, which is kind of fun. I'm trying to think of, if you're into Ascension, what else might be your vibe? Cause right now I'm in a different place entirely cause it's really hard for me. So I'm obsessed with the, uh, the, the, the movie, the Martian same art author. Well, the one I'm reading right now is project Hail Mary and project Hail Mary same vibe right it's a near future thing where it's about space and and this one it's about traveling beyond our solar system I don't

want to spoil too much but it's very fun the thing that's interesting about it is that they just started they announced they're making a movie which I don't even know but I guess they're a movie is coming and I think it's God who's the actor Ryan Gosling is gonna be in it. Oh So I guess you wouldn't even have to read you can just watch the movie at some point But I'm reading that and I'm enjoying it tremendously. I love that kind of stuff Yeah, the last book I read also is totally different. I read the journey to the West because I was trying to, I was feeling like I wanted to learn a little bit more about that story about the monkey King and the Wu Kong stuff.

So that was the whole thing. Uh, yeah, I'm just trying to like try new things, but those are my suggestions for now. Nice. Whoa. I just learned, I just learned something crazy. I just Googled the author, Andy Weir, the guy who makes Project Hail Mary. Here's what I did not know.

Not only is he one of the writers on Warcraft II, oh, but he also made that really weird story that was on the internet back in like the late 2000s called the egg. The egg? Yeah. I kind of remember hearing about that. It's basically like you, the it's weird. The main character is referred to as you and you dies in a car crash at the very beginning of the story. And then it's about like reincarnation and it's about constantly be reincarnated throughout time and who you are. And essentially, the moral of the story is like, it's one of those kind of like be-kinder stories, where the reveal at the end is like, every human who has ever lived is you, and

you are every human. And so every time you hurt someone, or every time someone hurt you, or every time you were nice to someone, or every time someone was nice to you like every moment all of it was experienced by you or will be experienced by you it's like it's a phenomenally super trippy short story highly recommend it I did not know he wrote that huh that's crazy this man came out of nowhere for me because again I saw the Martian was like wow I love a good movie where the hero and everyone involved is like Smart and not incompetent and they get shit done. I love those movies. They're great So I watched that enjoyed it tremendously looked it looked it up. It was like wait a minute

There's a book so I went got project hell Mary and I just haven't read it yet So I'm finally reading it and then now I discovered more stuff Great. Love this dude. Fantastic. Yeah. Look at that. I've just been I've just been reading Game of Thrones still And it's I'm on I'm on like 500 pages of the first one. So I'm almost done. Damn You're not even at the plot twist. I know well. I'm getting to the point. I just got to the the part word Robert Baratheon gets hit by the boar and then Ned's like ah shit, and he's like God damn it Ned you idiot I'm dying it. I'm gonna die on this bad night are seven kingdoms Bloody hell

But it's fun. I'm enjoying again I've said it before but like reading through Game of Thrones is like watching the show again But even more fun because you just get all the little things that weren't in the show But they're actually like reading it. They really did put a lot in the show from the book Which is pretty impressive for a you know 800 page book Again when they had stuff to go off of, they absolutely nailed it. I will never say a bad thing about those first couple

seasons of Game of Thrones. It is truly a fantastic show. Yeah, but I think one of the coolest parts about the books is that you do get the viewpoint, or you get the thought process of the characters, which you don't really get in the show. Which I think is always cool. Like, what do they think? Like, you can kind of guess what they're thinking or they'll say stuff, but you don't really get in the show, which I think is always cool. Like, what do they think? Like, you can kind of guess what they're thinking or

they'll say stuff, but you like truly get to be in their head being like, oh, that's what they would think here. That's what they'd feel. Yeah, I mean, we read the, you know, we're doing a Star Wars book club and we read the very first Star Wars trilogy as books. and it's so nice to Understand what character motivations are based on what's in their head rather than what you see on screen for that Yeah, and we learned things that was like no way. That's what that scene was about love that kind of stuff. Love it Yeah, no, that's great. So There we go book recommendations, dude I put I put a part of my first chapter of my book up on my patreon.com slash crendor for the five

Guess what the like? Couple people that saw it and read it Said it was good or that they were impressed by my writing. I Love that. I love that for you. That's fantastic. Yeah, look at that so That's again. That's all I've've been saying I just want people to say wow this is good enough that I can't believe Krendor wrote it doesn't have to be amazing does it have to be crazy but just wow this is pretty good for Krendor that's all that's my goal pressed yeah I'll let I'll even I'll let you read some of it at some point. Once I've more than developed it.

And I'll get the Jesse Cox editorial opinion. The coveted Jesse Cox editorial opinion. Well thank you, I'm glad. Yeah. And that's the Dear Illustrious Surs. Okay. What is our big news story of the day? Big news story of the day.

We kind of mentioned the things similar to this. It involves football, but a little bit crazier. China's humanoid robots generate more soccer excitement than their human counterparts. What? That's right. While China's men's soccer team hasn't generated much excitement in recent years,

humanoid robot teams have won over fans in Beijing based more on AI technology involved than any athletic prowess shown. Four teams of humanoid robots face off in a fully autonomous three-on-three soccer match powered by AI on Saturday night in China's capital in what was touted as the first China – first in China and a preview for the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Games set to take place in Beijing. Are we – dude, it's happening. This is amazing. It's happening. for the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Game set to take place in Beijing.

Are we? Dude, it's happening. This is amazing. It's happening. According to the organizers, a key aspect of the match was that all the participating robots operated fully autonomously using AI-driven strategies without any human intervention or supervision. Equipped with advanced visual sensors, the robots were able to identify the ball and navigate the field with agility they're also designed to stand up on their own after falling however during the match several still had to be carried off the field on stretchers by staff adding to the realism of the experience. John, is there video footage of this? This is incredible. Look at this. Wait, there's something so comical

about two human beings carrying a robot off a field in stretcher. They're actually, this is so weird to look at. This is, meanwhile in the background, there are other robots just standing there, and there's a ball. This is an incredible photo. This is crazy.

This genuinely might be like the worst version of the future. As much as I love this, basically the robots play sports now, humans take care of the robots. Like that's, this is crazy. I've never seen anything like this. And somehow I want more. I want the robots to have spikes and razor blades

and chainsaws. That's what I want. Yeah, like battle bots, but actual robots. Yes. But yeah, but they're playing football. Yeah. China is stepping up efforts to develop AI powered humanoid robots using sports competitions like marathons, boxing and football as real world proving ground. Chang Hao, founder and CEO of Booster Robotics, the company that supplied the robot players, said sports competition offers the ideal testing ground for humanoid robots, helping to accelerate their development of both algorithms and integrated hardware software systems. He also emphasized safety is a core concern in the application of the robots. Quote, in the future we may arrange for robots to play football.

The way you said that, in the future. In the future, we may arrange for robots to play football with humans. That means we must ensure that robots are completely safe. For example, a robot and a human could play a match where winning doesn't matter, but real offensive and defensive interactions take place. That would help audiences build trust and understand that robots are safe. Booster Robotics provided the hardware for all four university teams, while each school's research team developed and embedded their own algorithms for perception,

decision-making, player formations, and passing strategies including variables such as speed, force, and direction. So they're just like straight up this is like a computer programming competition essentially like who can program their robot the best? I mean that's very cool. I enjoy that a lot. I feel like they're going in the wrong direction and we need people to fear the robots. I want people to be terrified of them.

Yeah, like... I want them to have lasers and stuff, yeah. Yeah, like the all... Like a Roman gladiator arena. But like with robots there's like and here comes Chang Lee yeah dude and then you know we have our own blood sport that's what I want but no blood like it's oil sports yeah and when your robots when he's like chopped in half or dead and shuts down he's dead no longer competing I would love that or if the hard drive survives, you take it out and you rebuild him and bring

him back and he comes back again. Yeah. Oh my, yeah, that would be sick. There's a lot we could do with that. They're letting us down. We really could change. Like I honestly, I want real steel. Have you ever seen that movie? I don't think so. Go look up the movie real steel. You might actually like it. That's what I want. That's the future I want. I want a Real Steel robots boxing and they beat the crap out of each other.

That's way better than any sort of like Paul brother boxing match you'll ever get. Yep. No, a hundred percent. I would love robot boxing. Or just robot fighting in general. Just so many different things you can do. Like that'd be great.

In the final match, Tsinghua University's THE Robotics defeated the China Agricultural University Mountain Sea Team with a score of 5-3 to win the championship. Mr. Wu, a supporter of Tsinghua, celebrated their victory while also praising the competition. They did really well, he said said but the mountain sea team was also Impressive they brought a lot of surprises China's men have made only one World Cup appearance and have already been knocked out of next year's competition in Canada Mexico and the United States So that we've decided we're sending robots Which you know honestly fair enough?

If you can't beat on this I would love that robots that came That's what I always say Yeah, those who can't invent robots that can exactly That's a big new story of the day Okay That I love that story that was actually a great. I'm so excited for the future I need to live long enough to see the robot wars. That's all I want. Yep. That's it And that's it for us. Thanks so much for listening and watching. I'm enjoying this podcast Cran door hit up the socials

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