A Public Service Announcement for Let's Players

[TBTabby]

I approve this message. The rule of thumb is that you should only LP games you're good at, and NOBODY is good at I Wanna Be The Guy. That's why I'm LPing my favorite room escape games instead.

[kaz3kag3gaara]

I've been reading everything in Slowbeef's voice for days.

[WolfofSega]

I'm sorry, what's this message of? "Listening to audio books is a much better way to pass time"? Bytheway, what is the book?

[AshuraH]

@WolfofSega

Apparently, he was reading Neil Gaiman's "American Gods". Honestly? I wanna know more!

[Dete187]

@AshuraH It's a pretty good book.

[feh2]

@WolfofSega

American Gods

[EyeInTriangle1]

@WolfofSega The message was to stop let's playing I Wanna Be The Guy.

[leperchaun0]

That reading was interesting enough to make me want to read/listen to the rest of that book and at the same time make me never want to play/watch this game be played...

[baconlabs]

Slowbeef, do you do audiobooks?

[TwitteryAndYou]

"After two years Please Stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy."

...why not now?

[NutNapalm]

Damn now I have to dig up my copy of American Gods again

[GreatGreyShrike]

Wow a certain plot twist in the novel seems so much more obvious when read aloud.

Hilarious video.

[NintendoAddictNAD]

If only you could play IWBTG on SNES9X

[guitarrhythymfool]

When I first saw this video a year and a half ago, it prompted me to go out and get American Gods.

I never read it.

This year for English class, we were told to choose our own book to read. My friend chose American Gods, and I was reminded that I owned the book, so I read it as well.

Thank you, Slowbeef, for getting me to buy this AMAZING book.

[himethisisme]

@guitarrhythymfool Chiming in to say my sister got me American Gods for Christmas. When I read the first few sentences I realized it's what Slowbeef read here, promptly shat myself and took my sister out for Chinese food.

[Freuderthreep]

"Your mother's calling you?"

"This country started going to hell when they stopped hanging folks."

[Limehunter7]

Take a drink for every "please stop"!

[kaitengiri]

@Limehunter7 Evil LP 2. Dead by dawn.

[grottypissedstained]

MAKE SOMETHING OF YOUR LIFE ALREADY

[jimmyclarke16]

hahah i love it, Snes9x

[faolan1313]

"After two years -..Please stop lets playing i want to be the guy" ..Huh, 5 minutes in and it already sure feels like two years.

[lolo27234]

at lest the book was good

[DropHydroSkirmish]

I really want to hear Slowbeef read the entire novel >:

Also great novel.

[0Z0e0r0o0Zero]

SNES9X

[fastbreak333]

"You could see the lines of his skull. Tell you what, though: Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be the Guy."

Wow, the timing was perfect. I can't stop laughing. The ending was also awesome.

[inferno232]

Slowbeef should make audiobooks.

[KKoserYaks]

@ReloadPsi Yes. This abomination is Zoopsoul's LP; Slowbeef even says it in the video.

[Reyson129]

Holy shit, this book is awesome. Thanks Slowbeef :3

[givemeabreak432]

Ooh, this is one of my favorite books.

[SirCarnageTheBrave]

you should start audio books :D

[ImTheDruggernaut]

SNES9x.

That is all.

[vsnlps]

I read this book and at the begging I Diderot know it was literal with its title.it was a awesome book.

[NeoTStyle]

It's kinda awesome when you can go on the internet, watch videos of someone making fun of people playing games while recording commentary and hear intellectual literature being read by a pleasant voice.

[MattHubris]

2011 Edition:

PLEASE STOP LET'S PLAYING MINECRAFT.

[KaraMayonakaSora]

@MattHubris This. So much.

[kekon3]

@MattHubris Working on it but after 2 takes my voice is basically killing me... I'm almost done.

[hildegain]

@MattHubris Don't you mean Skyrim? XD

[MemeAMeme]

@hildegain That's the 2012 edition.

[Cheetah1251]

@MattHubris

2012 Edition:

PLEASE STOP LET'S PLAYING SONIC GENERATIONS.

[MinimunWage]

@MattHubris 2010 Edition: PLEASE STOP PLAYING PORTAL 2

(talking to youknowwho)

[Absorbing]

@MinimunWage Portal 2 was out in 2010? Try to make your jokes actually make sense.

[TheTemplaroflight]

American Gods, such a great book.

[KKoserYaks]

Zoopsoul... Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna- Wait... Please stop Let's Playing PERIOD!

[Atma505]

I'm going to Let's Play I Wanna Be the Guy on SNES9x.

[zonQe]

Why was this uploaded?

Dude hasn't ever seen the third screen.

If you play IWBTG like this and post it on YT, you might buy yourself a pink skirt as well.

[JDWtri]

This game is a paradox, playing ensures that you will never be a guy.

[irrationalxlp]

I love this video.

[Kuronji]

Ahaha, even the damn game was like...no kid...you suck.

Seriously...he didn't even get to the damn shy guy...why the fuck do people upload this shit??

[TaleOfNobody]

I think Slowbeef had a crack in sanity at 6:05

[PTp1ranha]

'Mah mommey!" Why is that guy so proud of answering a call from his mom in the middle of a recording?

[TunaAndGoggles]

I'd buy the audiobook. 

[vbdevil]

Please stop. Let's playing. I Want To Be the Guy

[Kryp7K33p3r]

HAHAHAHAHAHA it crashed! There is mercy after all!

[leonflash]

Neal GAYman ololol!

[Kryp7K33p3r]

@leonflash it's spelled GAIman and he is an amazing author, grow the fuck up that joke has been done to death.

[heroshadow42]

By the end, you said "Please stop let's playing I Want to be the Guy" 32 times. Also, by the end, you sounded a tad like the Angry Video Game Nerd.

[PsychoStreakBrony]

WHAT WAS THE THIRD THING ON HIS LIST?! THE SUSPENCE!

[DaMoniable]

@PsychoStreakBrony 'please stop lets playing i want to be the guy'

[dxmagma]

@PsychoStreakBrony to let's play I want to be the guy.

[gameboycolor47]

lol i love his voice at 6:03 he's so mad yet so happy xD

[gameboycolor47]

lol yay new book to check out while he makes fun of someone xD

[shiftinfive]

I want to make a Lets play of I wanna be the guy..

[IXIFatTonyIXI]

@shiftinfive Please do not Let's Play; I Wanna Be The Guy.

[TheJehl1]

I would buy Slowbeef audiobooks.

[CreepGnome]

@TheJehl1 Only if the audiobook comes with automatic reminders to not LP IWBTG.

[lanestone1]

i think everybody who let's plays this should get a fuckin' taser shock every time they die

[KingOfKatamari]

Thank you, God. It stopped YOU.

[BrotherOfMetal2]

Translation: I'm going to college and I'm better than you. HURR DURR

J/k, moar RP please.

[PvtRichardCranium]

What is the third thing Shadow wanted to do?

GOD DAMMIT, TELL ME!

[smpletan]

2:29

"Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy."

"Okay."

"Was that supposed to be a joke?"

I seriously thought Slowbeef was responding to him, rather than continuing to read.

[Farron13]

Huge thanks to Slowbeef here and now for mentioning this book and reading it on the video. Because of this, I ended up reading the book and I absolutely loved it. It's an amazing story.

Oh yeah, and please, stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy. I mean, come on now.

[UberNiftyMan]

Lol it sounds like you're a parent and you have to keep telling your bratty kid to stop XD

[joeycrick1]

You know, it was this that started Brian Sulpher's great talkthrough career! I like Brisulph because he's the perfect combination of entertaining and informative!

[pigfish99]

Zoopsoul was actually playing against someone in this LP. it was against BriSulph, who is a moderator on GameFAQS.

yeah.

[trumpeter811]

four score and several stop playing i wanna be the guy our founding father brought forth this country a new stop play i wanna be the guy

[Novabein]

So I get the feeling you want people to stop LPing I Wanna Be The Guy?

[EternalGuardian07]

Oh my God! He can't even make the first jump at 0:06. We're in for a godd video.

[ali5598]

i saw this book in the library and opened it up, read the first page, and thought of this video

[Blackitu]

4:12

And second:

Please stop let's playing I Wanna Be the Guy

[thevisualboy37]

First search result for "Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy". And that famous phrase isn't even a TAG.

[OchaKai]

You sound... bitter.

[zoraxpower]

In soviet russia, the game stops YOU

[animekitten1988]

Was that Luizprower?

Also the only real good LP of IWTBTG is cloud8745's

[heroshadow42]

@animekitten1988 No. Luiz never recorded this, and if it was, his cursing and screaming would have been entertaining, or he'd do grunts or "O-kay"s. Also, he would start with either his signature intro or at least say "Hello everyone" although for Mecha Birdo, he would probably replace the screams with something like "Come here you silver bastard".

[animekitten1988]

@heroshadow42

ah o.k. thanks :)

[DudemanofAwesome]

Was this book written by that guy who wrote Coraline and that recent episode of Doctor Who?

[demonicagent]

@DudemanofAwesome Coraline yes, I don't know about Doctor Who though

[rawfoodog777]

Ive read that book before

[mechamind90]

Not as easy to say "Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy" as it is to say "SNES9X" over and over now, is it?

[TheProtoChimp]

I was enjoying that reading.

[joeycrick1]

He was using a webcam so the game wouldn't lag. And this was a contest with a friend to see who could get farther! Technically, it's not a LP!

Does Zoop know about this?

[glitchmethod]

@joeycrick1

It's not an LP at all. He calls them Talkthroughs if anything. Zoop probably does know about this, btw. He doesn't really seem to care, just thinks these guys are wasting their time.

[ragrappy00]

Shadow: "When did they last hang a man in this state?"

"please stop LPing I wanna be the guy"

Shadow: "what?"

[ragrappy00]

at 6 mins it like a sign of God telling him to stop

[epixaricacy]

Oh, and for those following along at home: he got halfway through the third page.

Sorry Mr. Gaiman, indeed.

[epixaricacy]

I like when he stops reading and gets distracted by how bad the LP is.

[TackyRackyComixNEO]

I gotta get this book now. It sounds like a nice read.

RETSUPURAE: MSTING THE HELL OUT OF BAD LET'S PLAYS AND RECOMMENDING THE HELL OUT OF GOOD BOOKS.

[mac137isl4dfan]

Zoopsoul is funny

[PlayMadness]

I suddenly have a major urge to Let's Play I Wanna Be the Guy.

[NeoTStyle]

Smith: Tell you what though:

Please stop let's playing I Wanna Be The Guy.

[TheHijackreaper]

"He was no longer scared of what tomorrow would bring because yesterday had already had brought PLEASE STOP LET'S PLAYING I WANNA BE THE GUY."

Oh man, if only.

[MoonshadowCaz]

2:29

"Please stop let's playing I Wanna Be The Guy."

"Ok."

[Goodguy33]

Why are most of these LPs on THIS PART of the game?!

[FatalKitsune]

The 89 people that disliked this are all LPing 'I Wanna Be The Guy'.

[NotEatable]

i kept hoping he wouldn't die so you wouldn't interrupt yourself, because the book sounds interesting.

[buneter]

but plz finish the story

[PaintedBlackCloud]

I can only dream of a video where slowbeef got to Bilquis.

[CrashNicker]

No, he didn't smoke "PLEASE STOP LET'S PLAYING I WANNA BE THE GUY"!

[MrSwimmer89]

Proof that even computer programs are becoming sentient beings, to the point of crashing themselves before any real damage is done to their hard-drives.

[spaceawesome22]

I can never look at that novel the same way again...

[heroshadow42]

Nice job, but I have to say the SNES9X one was funnier, mainly because it had a stronger subliminal message effect.

[BladeBallade]

"Please stop let's playing I Wanna be the Guy."

"Okay."

"Was that a joke?" asked Shadow.

[Headbanger142]

@BladeBallade "Damn right. Gallows humor. Best kind there is"

[RomanBaker23]

I liked the part where he said "Please stop let's playing I wanna be the guy."

[LifeSequenceBreak]

"Please stop let's playing I Wanna Be the Guy. And second please stop let's playing I Wanna Be the Guy."

[JasperChalks]

Jesus, Ivan Abeetheguy... Oh, Jesus. I wanna. I Wanna Be The Guy.

[blaman1991]

7 words you can't say on Youtube: Let's Play I Wanna Be The Guy

[ChaosTheorite]

I love how after four and a half minutes even slowbeef gets pissed with how often he has to say it.

Commissary?

[HawtDawg925]

"Second, he was gonna tell himself PLEASE STOP LET'S PLAYING WANNA BE THE GUY."

[azzythehero]

Was this the same guy who did the shrill Mega Man 9 lp?

[jongyon7192p]

5:37

Second, he was going to tell himself: "Please stop let's playing 'I Wanna Be The Guy.'"

[Wanderer2266]

I like when he said please stop lets playing i wanna be the guy

[lich109]

@555WEBAN It's this video because what did he accomplish? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. He didn't even get to the next screen, and the video ended where it began.  This was just a garbage video that he should have scrapped, and started over.

[DarkKetzerisch]

Featured on TV Tropes! =D

[murphy54000]

How to get wasted in 30 seconds: take a shot after each "i wanna be the guy"

[Pkyewbeam]

85 people are-

Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy.

[BohepansTheThird]

I tell you what, this country started going to hell when they didn't stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy!

[LovecraftianToenail]

I love this please stop let's playing I Wanna Be the Guy book. It's been a while since I please stop let's playing I Wanna Be the Guy read it, though. I wonder if it's please stop playing I Wanna Be the Guy as good as I please stop playing I Wanna Be the Guy remember?

[Bl4ck0p5]

The ending was the best.

[Rautakello]

Goddamn. This Let's play just ruined my storytime!

[IAMAMEGAMANpunch]

:died: Please stop let's playing I Wanna Be The Guy.

[CleaveTheDragon]

"American Gods", by Neil IWannaBeTheGuylman

[Bl4ck0p5]

Tell you what, though. Please stop let's playing I Wanna Be The Guy.

[TheOtogi]

Wow, Neil Gaiman writes terrible books

[Headbanger142]

@TheOtogi Did it have anything to do with Shadow Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy?

[claysmashbroshq]

5:39

Second, he was going to tell himself please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy.

[Zetvirus55]

I will never be able to read American Gods now.

[CheezeFox]

Huh... you know, I was just about to do a Let's Play of 'I Wanna Be the Guy' but, for some reason, after watching this video, I really don't feel I should anymore...

[Zerokazuhake]

I liked the part where he said "Please stop let's playing I Wanna Be The Guy."

[HatredEternal]

Hahaha, you sounded more pissed off everytime you said it. I can't say I'm a fan of sonic, but that was fun to listen to.

[MMChaosVortex]

Imagine if this was a emulator rom hack, on SNES9X.

[ChaosTheorite]

@MMChaosVortex

"If he smoked, the- Please Stop Let's Play-SNES9X-ing, I Wanna Be The Guy

[MMChaosVortex]

@ChaosTheorite

*chaos high five*

[NintendanGX]

mah mammy!

[stevetheblobman]

Hmm ... i might Let's Play I Wanna Be The Guy ... whilst being overly british

[thachacha1323]

@JoeL33t

It's refreshing to see at least one person commenting on this who isn't being a doucher. I love ZoopSoul's videos, but the real frustrating part about all this is the commenters spouting bullshit about how badly he sucks. First off, he is using a dysfunctional gamepad for the videos, and secondly, IWBTG is one of the hardest games EVER. If you truly think that it's that fucking easy, you must have little life to speak of outside of your computer.

That is all. Flame me, trolls, go ahead.

[mrplow321]

@thachacha1323 And why is he using a dysfunctional gamepad for the videos?

[joejoerg]

the second he was gonna tell himself "Please stop lets playing I want to be the guy"

[MightyKombat]

aCtually it was "towel" but I see what you mean.

[TAGMOMG]

6:05

You can almost hear slowbeef's sanity crack there for a second.

[bwahahaha]

Every book needs to be read like this.

[Archimonde259]

Second, he was going to tell himself, "Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy".

[kmoodyblues]

Ha! This is probably the most creative retsupurae I've seen yet.

(And am I the only person who wasn't familiar with "American Gods" and thought he was reading some bizarre Sonic fanfiction?)

[ComradeAlpharius]

@kmoodyblues

They did this with another bad LPer doing a super hard game too.

[Danniku]

@ENM173 I think he WAS on the verge of tears. I can't blame him.

[CaptainTinTyrant]

gaiman forgives

[1CrazyFoxx1]

when you close your eyes on this and the SNES9X it's kind of like a an audio version of a book only annoying, yet funny, awsomeness

[DenOfVipers]

@JoeL33t Oh, good, nothing says "I have no defense" like "I'll take everything you just said literally, waah waah."

Boy howdy, you sure made me rethink this video not being completely annoying, I tell ya.

My grammar's fine. 

[DenOfVipers]

@JoeL33t White-knighting some hack makes you sound smarter, then? "Oh, it was all a joke, why don't you lighten up?"

Also, I'm older than you, dick-spurt. It's a problem, to me, that no one cares about spelling on youtube, yet they care about "why are you picking on this yutz I never met? You mean old doodie-head!" for being a useless fuckwit who, while not associated with Let's Plays, decided to anyway with one of the most overplayed games on the Internet. The mistake is easy to make. Clown.

[90sHeroMAXD]

you know a congratulate this guy. He had to play the game, focus on his camera and respond to his mothers call. That's commitment.

[LumpyFudge]

5:59

Undeniable proof that there is a Merciful God.

[Kainlarsen]

I like the bit where he said "please stop let's playing I wanna be the guy".

[natep1098]

we watch you watching a let's play, how meta, next we'll watch someone watching YOU watch him.

[BohepansTheThird]

It has to be said here.

Slowbeef, I thank you for choosing that particular book. I actually got American Gods at a used bookstore in Seattle, a couple weeks ago. And I quite liked it. So thank you, sir.

[Zeronightshade14]

Wait, what was I supposed to stop let's playing again?

[CenterforceRockBand]

what book was that?

[Hardagate]

"look at that you dumb shit the game doesnt even want you doing this" fucking hillarious xD

[NTG56]

5:24

After 2 years he got it down to 3 things:

1) Please stop

2) Lets Playing

3) I Wanna be the Guy