Editing Counter Monkey

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Noah Antwiler, aka the Spoony One. He is a cynical bastard and an old-school [[grognard]]. Though many of his older reviews fall under either [[/v/]] or [[/tv/]], he also runs a review series called '''Counter Monkey''', which has become his unofficial secondary show.

[http://countermonkey.com/ Originating as a text-blog in the dark corners of the internet,] [http://spoonyexperiment.com/category/counter-monkey/ in late october of 2011 he began making videos retelling his 2+ decades worth of experience with] [[roleplaying game]]s, [[LARP]]ing and [[board game]]s. His stories tend to be either recountings of games he was in on either side of the player chair (taking on [[Dungeonland]], killing an entire [[LARP]] worth of [[vampire]]s because they tried to railroad him into a particular Covenant, and the finer nuances of playing a [[Bard]] to being kicked out of the [[RPGA]] for killing players and having a guy in [[Thieves' World]] be royally fucked up) or advice and talks about games and settings he really likes like [[Vampire: The Masquerade]], [[Shadowrun]], [[Cyberpunk 2020]], [[Planescape]] and more, as well as the fine art of [[DM]]ing with how to guide your players without [[railroading]] and punishing stupid behavior. Spoony is a harsh but fair DM who is willing to give his players some leeway but will not hesitate to [[TPK]] a group of dumbasses or people who riff on his campaigns.

He also looks over weird shit from the history of the hobby, like the ''[[Book of Erotic Fantasy]]'', ''[[Nymphology]]'' and that one time wresting was turned into an RPG for the [[d20 System]].

But do note that he cannot help but ramble: [[Wat|he once went on for 3 hours straight about only a couple of subjects]] and took over an hour to tell an anecdote how he killed a number of [[Star Wars|Sith]] in [[Star Wars RPG]]. As such most of his videos are not quick watches: you'd be served best by taking at least 1-2 hours off for a video of his.  

And there are some completely legit criticisms to be had about his extremely-narrow idea of how games should work. At the very least, [[Old School Roleplaying|his nostalgia goggles are clamped on so fucking tight that they sometimes impede the flow of blood to his brain]], and he can't get past the idea that [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons|Second Edition]]-style [[D&D]] was an immaculate masterpiece and nothing about it will ever need fixing, changing, or updating ever. [[Honest Rolls Character| 3d6, down the line, ''no backsies'']] ([[FAIL|but rolling up and discarding several innkeepers until you get the stats you need for your iconic bard character is fine]]). If you disagree you're obviously a cowardly, pampered, boring crybaby whose opinion isn't worth shit.

Now get off his lawn.

Spoony is more well known for online drama, both on his streams and multiple twitter accounts as he struggles to find any excuse to avoid doing any sort of work. His career and life have both imploded, and Counter Monkey has ended for all intents and purposes. Hell, since many of the places it was viewable have ''also'' imploded, it's not easy to find anymore either.

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