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Twitter goodbyes to Brian from Polygon staff

the,,, suit,,,,,😭

is it just me or is “what will polygon do without brian” kind of a backhanded statement to make?? brian leaving is obv really bittersweet and unraveled has been a huge success for the channel but none of that was solely brian. the entire video team was a part of that success and pat, simone, jenna, josh are gonna continue making excellent videos. anyways make sure you support brian any way you can and continue to support polygon if you love their content!! it sucks that brian won’t be there anymore but I trust that the video team will continue to be great :))

Just so we’re clear

supporting Brian’s right to do whatever he wants in his career and understanding that he’s still going to continue making delightfully weird content

and

being sad that we’re not gonna get more of the specific weird content he produces on polygon and/or being unsettled by the change in general

aren’t contradictory, and

Polygon is a website with 5 other video producers who are still around doing their best to produce excellent content, and a lot of Brian’s content wouldn’t have been possible without them either

and

Polygon as a website has been severely under-utilising these other video producers and has been producing fewer and fewer of the kinds of video series the fanbase fell in love with, and have been leaning more heavily on Brian-led content, such that they’re going to have to make some significant changes if they’re going to maintain their popularity

aren’t mutually exclusive opinions either

Friendly reminder that it is possible and perfectly Okay to be sad about bdg leaving polygon and to support him in his decisions and be exited about his future content at the same time.

Don't be mad at yourself if you're sad about it.

A thing that made u happy is now going to disappear or change, and that's scary. But the people won't disappear, be on the lookout for new independent bdg content going forward. I may fear change but I can't wait to see what the future has in store.

In the wake of the announcement- Brian’s resignation, that is- we need to remember that this is his decision.

Nobody gets to make that for him. Nobody gets to decide what he does but him.

Please remember that he is a real person. Please remember that he doesn’t deserve slander or needless criticism for making a choice that will be better for him in the long run.

Your needs as a fan do not take priority over his needs as a person.

Please let Brian make this decision.

BRIAN’S LEAVING POLYGON?

aaaaaah!!!! simone just posted the last pic to her instagram and tagged the account @voxtwinning where i found these other gems😭💘💘

Sometimes I get deeply into polygon videos explaining video game mechanics, since I’m studying game design and all, and by the end I’m just trying to digest what I just learned so I can try to implement it into my own work in future, and then clayton just hits me w that “it’s fortnite” and it’s an insta-kill. I’m dead and in hell now and it’s clayton ashley’s fault

Also @ Polygon solo Josh video when

jenna stoeber makes me at least 60% gayer every time i look at her

i wanted some unraveled quote stickers for my laptop so i made some simple stickers using canva

havent posted about pcpr in a while but heres your reminder that vang0 is smart!!! hes just not people smart!!!!!

him and burger are like opposites bc generally burger is such a himbo he is very good with people but not at all intelligent and vang0 is super good at computers and has a high intelligence but just cant understand other people

if i may be so bold as to add commentary outside of tags-

vang0’s sweater was supposed to feature him holding up his hand symbol. it closer resembles... a fleshy blob with a mustache, but if anyone asks him, it’s “modern art. you-you wouldn’t understand” and accompanied almost every time by a scoff.

dasha’s was, in theory, going to be her pistols. instead it just has a big square of yellow yarn in the middle. she tells burger it looks just like them, and awkwardly slots them together to form a vaguely rectangular shape. he’s thrilled by this.

(they team up to make him a sweater; dasha acquires the supplies and vang0 learns to knit in order to make it. it is an equally unrecognizable mismash of colors that they explain sheepishly was supposed to be-

“a burger!” burger chainz exclaims, and hugs it tight to his chest. to this day dasha still has no fucking clue how he managed to figure it out.)

lately I have been thinking of a bunch of different characters crocheting because haha I do that

and now I am thinking about Burger Chainz making Dasha and Vang0 sweaters that look... kinda bad

but they both wear them anyways because Burger made them so they have to and they can’t let BURGER know they’re not actually that good, it’ll make him sad

PCPR gang as troubled birds

Dasha:

Vang0:

Burger Chainz:

Okay but unironically “can’t flush no hands” is the best phrase ever and I can’t believe it came from a quiplash scenario about escaping prison as a snake

I’ve been sitting on this meme idea for like a day now

8 MONTH OLD CALLBACK

Jenna calling Pat out by saying which answer was his in round 1, question 1 is the biggest power play ever

best of polygon overboard 10-11-2020

- rodeo clowns (and its back-and-forth editing everyone say thank you clayton)

- “several people are typing...”

- sexiest kitchen appliance: the air frier

- pat and simone having 0 points after a full round

- “hey”

- “iowa (sorry to get political)”

- brian’s self-callout with the “many novelty instruments that he won’t learn”

- brian saying he wants aliens to “get [the chicago bean] out of [his] sight”

- brian saying “bennie franklin”

- brian in general this overboard tbh

- turn into snake

- get into toilet

- cant flush no hands

- “What the fuck is a crockery, dude?”

- simone taking a picture of the screen on “What movie never fails to make Simone laugh?”

- jennas logic puzzle loophole

- brian and pat both answering the exact same way for “get into gundams”

- clayton writing fanfic in grade school

- the entirety of brian’s boomerang bit

- but especially brian’s SOUND EFFECT for getting hit with a boomerang

(add on please)

things that have been said/done during this polygon stream

brian: “i am the daddy and i will be awoken”

brian: “hell yeah i got big yeetused”

brian: “mama mia papa pia” (alternatively, chat: “mama mia papa piss”, brian: “who allowed mama mia papa piss in chat?”, jenna: “it was me!”)

chat: “pat looks like an evil lumberjack”

simone: “somebody’s telling me in chat that furries are not allowed, why? is someone in a fursuit?” pat: “yeah it’s me and furries are allowed”

pat: “summer is nude hot dog season, fall is chili dog season”

pat: *raises his hand to talk* *to josh* “what is your favorite song to play on saxophone?”

brian: *sings entire oblivion theme*

brian trying to talk about soup and getting interrupted by game distress

pat trying to talk about soup and getting interrupted by game distress

simone trying to talk about soup and getting interrupted by game distress

josh: “i don’t have anything to say about soup”

josh entering gamer stance and legit not talking for the entire round to focus

brian david gilbert as taz amnesty part one

aubrey little

ned chicane

duck newton

mama

indrid cold

jake coolice

stern & barclay

brian david gilbert as taz amnesty part two

duck newton

ned, finding out he robbed aubrey's house

aubrey little

mama, explaining the abominations

jake coolice

dani

indrid cold

duck (again)

barclay at any given time

EEEAA!

I couldn't edit this shorter than one second but I really wanted a clip of Brian's "eeeaa!" so here's this

PCPR Mini Big Bang Sign Ups now open!

Hello, citizens of Night City! Below are the Sign Up links for the different roles you can participate as in this challenge, but before you sign up for anything, make sure you have read the FAQ, and looked at the event calendar.

Read and understood all the information? Have no further questions? Hyped to get this show on the road? If the answer to all of that is yes, then it’s sign up time!

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Sign Ups for all roles will close exactly one week from now, on October 14. Once Sign Ups close, Mod will be sending out emails to confirm your participation. If you have any questions about signing up or any questions not addressed in the FAQ or event calendar, please do not hesitate to shoot this blog an ask.

Let’s get this party started! Reblogs much appreciated to get the word out!  

I love that Brian David Gilbert has made a job out of having special interests

Someone posted a segment from this video recently and it reminded me that Clayton explaining the plot of the Bee Movie to Pat is the funniest thing I have ever seen 

Polygon Cyberpunk Red Mini Big Bang incoming!

Hello, citizens of Night City! It seems people are interested in joining a PCPR Mini Big Bang, and so it’s happening! Read on for the details

What is a Mini Big Bang?

A Mini Big Bang is a smaller version of a fandom event known as a Big Bang. A Big Bang is a fandom event where writers and artists collaborate. during this event, writers will write a fanfic while artists create art to accompany this fanfic. on a specific deadline day, all the works will be posted, resulting in a “bang” of content. a Mini Big Bang is basically a Big Bang, but with a smaller minimum wordcount. The PCPR Mini Big Bang’s minimum fic wordcount will be 3k words.

When is everything happening?

Please check click this link to view the full and detailed event calendar. Looking at this calendar is a MUST before you sign up. Important dates are the following:

Oct 7: Writer, Artist, Beta Sign Ups open

Oct 14: Writer, Artist, Beta Sign Ups close

Oct 21: Writers who want Betas choose their Betas

Oct 28: Writer Check In

Nov 4: Writers submit their fic summaries

Nov 7: Summaries are posted and Artists begin claiming fics

Nov 11: Writer + Artist claiming finalized. Pair can now collaborate.

Nov 25: Writer and Artist Check In

Dec 23: Writer and Artist Check In

Dec 30: Deadline. Posting of all works

Woah, woah, woah, Check ins? Claiming? What? I have so many questions!

Don’t worry! Here is a longer and detailed FAQ that contains more information for both writers and artists. Before committing to anything, please read through that FAQ. If your question is not addressed within the FAQ, please do not hesitate to send this blog an ask!

I have read and understand all the information! Where can I sign up?

Sign ups for Writers, Artists, and Betas open on October 7! Links will be posted on this blog, so give this blog a follow for updates.

Cool! Anything else I can do to help?

Reblog this post! Signal boosts are much appreciated to get the word out.

Thanks for reading! Looking forward to work with all you creative fan content creators!