Lmao! My friend just sent me this. Anyone seen it before? This is totally how I was when I first found out about TES V

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It has over a million views, do you think it hasn't been mentioned here on the forums by now?

There was a thread about it a few days ago, and it was added to the Beth blog. =)

Oh, I didn't notice the number of views. Lmao. I'm not daily active, so I miss threads. Sorry for the repost, then!

Just watched it again for like the tenth time and it's still funny.

Harry is always worth a repost, as is this one; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mABmZETHaRE

I don't get why this is so popular among TES fans. It's making fun of people who get overly excited about trailers and just uses Skyrim as the example. It has nothing to do with Skyrim specifically at all, they could have done it with any other game. Hell, they could have done it with any movie.

not all that funny.

He's not making fun of people in general he's more or less making fun of himself and his own reaction to the trailer and the reason it's so popular is because most of us can relate. The reaction is hardly typical across the industry because very few developers make you wait 5 years between installments.

It is not making fun of himself due to his reaction to the trailer, it is making fun of people, maybe himself, who get overly excited about trailers. That's the whole joke.

"You always get way too worked up about trailers."
"No I don't."
*Big scene of overly exaggerated excitement brought on by a trailer*

Nothing to do with TES at all. Like I said, could have done it with any game or movie.

Man this was funny.

Didn't expect everyone to go all philosophical on this one. I just found it good lols, and this is how I was when I saw TES V announcement on the VGAs.

He's clearly a huge TES fan. If you didn't pick up on that from the video then I don't know what to tell you.

Maybe it's fun to know that other people feel the same way about an upcoming game and find humor in how relatable it is. Maybe it brings to light some people's ridiculous overenthusiasm for the game and they find it funny. Jeez, dude.

But he didn't did he? He did it about Skyrim. What your saying could easily be reformatted and altered to apply to absolutly anything. Wondering to yourself why it's so popular amongst one particular group of people just because it would have worked for any other is like wondering why people like references to their favorite things in other things. Think Star Wars.

Personally I'm wondering how the hell you manage to enjoy anything with such a "blah" attitude and that is coming from an extreme pessimist.

Like, it's been by SIGNATURE for a long time now.... I also like the "Nicolas Cage Wants Cake" one he did, so funny. He's a genius.

Just pointing out that I don't relate to the video at all, that's coming from someone who normally doesn't get excited for much of anything, especially new video games, but got hella excited when she learned of Skyrim's release date.

I don't relate to it because, like I said, the joke is poking fun at people who get excited about trailers. I don't get excited about trailers, I got excited about Skyrim specifically, but it is not aimed at Skyrim specifically, so I do not relate.

So I simply don't understand why you guys do. Sorry if that somehow offends you.

might be becose the maker of that vid is also excited about skyrim better yet overly excited?

would make sense since making art/work of something you like is much easier

Someone that into the Elders Scroll series didn't even know it was announced?

Yeah okay.

Those saying it's not about himself or Skyrim inparticular: Here's what he wrote in the description.

"I CAN'T WAIT!! Here's a little something I threw together in anticipation of the next offering from Bethesda in their glorious Elder Scrolls series."

Well that's obviously wrong since Velorien clearly explained to us what it was about.

Autoderision is something some of us possess.
But I really don't see how you don't see the relation with Skyrim. Hell, the song is all about this game. It may not be the main purpose of the joke, still it's an important part.
Were you the guy arguing for 3 pages about the TEs tradition of starting a prison not being one, and the TES characters not being prisoners despite the fact that they are in prison? You kind of remind me of him.

http://tinyurl.com/4z38m6r

I don't believe in psychology. Give me some ice and the boner go away.

Way to be a jerk.

Obviously he's excited about Skyrim, I never said he wasn't, but the joke remains the same. It is not about Skyrim. It is about people who get overly excited about trailers. It's a simple punchline.

Person A: "You do blank"
Person B: "No I don't!"
*Person B proceeds to do blank.*

Not complicated. Put any other video game or movie trailer in place of Skyrim and the joke remains the same.


Self depreciation has nothing to do with my comments on this thread.
And I am not the "guy" who argued anything anywhere because I am not a guy at all. And no, I never argued anything about TES characters being or not being prisoners.

I don't know why everyone is getting so bent out of shape about this. I don't relate to it and you guys do and I don't understand why. Oh no! Call the cops! I'll stop right here, because I'm clearly criminal scum!

It's a satire of nerd-zealotry and how pathetic we all are. Knowing that there are others out there whom I can relate to and share my sentiments nearly halves my chance of going into a depressive episode for the week!

EDIT: And personally, I'm just as impressed by the animation and the jingle as I am the context of the joke.


I think it's your persistence more than anything and the "matter-of-fact" tone. Somebody just decided to bring up another lighthearted discussion about what's becoming a fairly viral Skyrim video, but you deride those who emphatically relate to it as if we aren't aware of its purpose/it's being misinterpreted. Just a guess. I don't see much hostility in it myself, but your somber medieval avatar makes me less reactive to you than I am to people with stoic avatars, like Sleign.