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  • The Right Opinion: The Rise Of GradeAUnderA - Ascent Of An Internet Hero | TRO
    Intro: I thought it’d be neat that we begin this video with a story because I love a good story like anyone else. When I was growing up, I wasn’t really the type of person who used Twitter, or any the social media sites that I used today, I remember when I was around 13, I was at school, and back then the only app that was really considered fashionable was Facebook, now this is before it was taken over by the Minion moms, but just take my word, at one point, Facebook was cool, I promise guys, please don’t reject me.
    Whatever, at that time it was also cool to follow ridiculous numbers of Facebook pages, and before they were taken over by cash farmed sponsorships they had the capacity to be pretty funny, to my juvenile brain at least, however, it was one day that I clicked on one of the videos, I highly doubt I could find it now, but I remember it being this page called UniLad, and I clicked the video, and it was this guy, with this really strange accent, talking about Manly Drinks vs Girly Drinks? Basically mocking the gender stereotypes behind alcoholic beverages.
    And to be honest, I didn’t really know what to think, it was alright enough, and I did agree with the sentiment, I’d personally take cocktails over beer and so on any day, though I do like penis, so I might be biased. Either way, I didn’t really think too much about it, my life had very little to do with CZcams, the man in the video was GradeAUnderA, or Grade for short, he is a commentator with a very distinct style, I’ll talk about the styles that he was inspired by in a bit, but as you can see from that clip, it bathes in its rather amateurish charm. Currently Grade sits on just shy of 3 and a half million subscribers, and is very prolific in the commentary community for both good, and not so good reasons, but I didn’t know that back then, I was just a pleb.
    Fast forward a couple years and I was much more engaged with the commentary community, all this drama with Leafy was transpiring, I wasn’t really an avid viewer of him but I was thoroughly involved in the whole feud with Keemstar, and I remember really rallying behind Leafy, I think I even sent him an email in support, that was incredibly sad. Not just the sentiment of it, but the fact that I used email, I’m like Benjamin Button because I used to be a boomer, but now I’m a epic woke man.
    Then iDubbbz’s Content Cop dropped and I had my perception completely 180’d, everything I thought was fact, was not, and iDubbbz did a great job at destroying Leafy, who only managed to destroy himself with his response video, proving he was well out of his depth, but maybe that’s a story for another time. Grade was dragged into all of this because he’d made videos on the situation, and jumped on the train, in fact he’d been heavily involved in the drama, until the Content Cop, in which he just dropped off the radar. What a surprise.
    And after a few more months of videos, people just kinda moved on, there were a few thought pieces, asking where he had gone, how he had fallen from grace, and so on, everyone kinda knew he’d return, and at the turn of 2019, he did. How long he’ll be around for again we don’t know, honestly he might have left already, but at the same time his return did complete the arc that I felt necessary to make this video.
    I always felt there was more to his story, because my two experiences with his content were radically different, covering themes that could’ve been related to a different channel, my perception going into this is that of a person who became something else than he initially set out to be, from that person on my Facebook feed, it never felt like he was setting himself up to become another channel caught up in drama, so today if you’re not familiar with the tale of GradeAUnderA, I want this to be a learning experience not just for you, but also for me, understanding his rise, his peak, his fall. But we’re not just going to be documenting how it happened, we’ll ask why it happened, and maybe provide some opinions on the whole situation, let’s just hope they’re the right ones.

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  • @TheRightOpinion
    @TheRightOpinion  Před 5 lety +1393

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    • @Holy_Grapefruit
      @Holy_Grapefruit Před 5 lety +1

      He has stated before that he uses tall boy as the audience instead of two sides of the same coin.

    • @pouplurlolboy8157
      @pouplurlolboy8157 Před 5 lety +1

      @Eos Zelich nah you don't have to

    • @KorewaSaber
      @KorewaSaber Před 5 lety

      @@pouplurlolboy8157?

    • @KorewaSaber
      @KorewaSaber Před 5 lety +1

      You make really good contact

    • @KorewaSaber
      @KorewaSaber Před 5 lety

      @Eos Zelich look at his CZcams

  • @NewbyTon
    @NewbyTon Před 5 lety +4451

    Leafy had a no chin, while GradeAunderA had long chin

    • @kulturertbaker5371
      @kulturertbaker5371 Před 5 lety +44

      @@ReubenModeXXX Mate, Keem is gonna sue you. /s

    • @katchper948
      @katchper948 Před 5 lety +11

      @danishere 34 pointless input no one here said he was bad

    • @jessicaa.1894
      @jessicaa.1894 Před 5 lety +13

      @@katchper948 plenty of people think so and it was implied in the video so its relevant

    • @matthewpunk2012
      @matthewpunk2012 Před 5 lety +13

      @danishere 34 He's way worse.

    • @summersys
      @summersys Před 5 lety +12

      To chin or not to chin that is the question.

  • @licapce
    @licapce Před 3 lety +375

    "Because this script is going to be very long and I've learned that it's probably best not to exhaust your audience to that extent"
    TRO must have forgotten about this when he decided to post a four-and-a-half-hour long video on Nikocado Avocado

    • @CHRF-55457
      @CHRF-55457 Před 3 lety

      lol

    • @mrtibbls2663
      @mrtibbls2663 Před 3 lety +2

      But this video was written and postes before the avocado video was thought about tho?

    • @licapce
      @licapce Před 3 lety +9

      @@mrtibbls2663 well, yes, exactly
      And in the meantime, it looks like he apparently forgot all about what exhausts audiences

    • @mrtibbls2663
      @mrtibbls2663 Před 3 lety +12

      @@licapce I need glasses, fr i read your comment wrong

    • @licapce
      @licapce Před 2 lety +13

      @@mrtibbls2663 no worries man, I wear glasses and still read shit wrong all the time :D

  • @smellyfeetcheese3475
    @smellyfeetcheese3475 Před 4 lety +1944

    Nobody:
    GradeAunderA: guess who's back

  • @AlienWithABox
    @AlienWithABox Před 5 lety +2714

    I remember loving Grade's videos before he started heavily using internet drama.

    • @polmak1507
      @polmak1507 Před 5 lety +11

      Yeah same

    • @samwiich7976
      @samwiich7976 Před 4 lety +29

      So you stopped watching him because of drama fuck you

    • @tomzomy6405
      @tomzomy6405 Před 4 lety +204

      @@samwiich7976 because drama is a toxic mess

    • @samwiich7976
      @samwiich7976 Před 4 lety +15

      @@tomzomy6405 that doesn't justify why stopped watching him

    • @tomzomy6405
      @tomzomy6405 Před 4 lety +167

      @@samwiich7976 does tho

  • @philipp5756
    @philipp5756 Před 5 lety +3460

    I really miss the golden days of Grade but we still have CasuallyExplained going strong

  • @greathoonta3461
    @greathoonta3461 Před 3 lety +264

    The reason he was so popular was because he was the voice we needed: he didn’t give a shit what anyone thought of him so he would tackle any issue that needed tackling while being funny enough to keep u watching.

    • @CHRF-55457
      @CHRF-55457 Před 3 lety

      dam

    • @hungnguyenduy4101
      @hungnguyenduy4101 Před rokem

      Wow

    • @aryanram02
      @aryanram02 Před 8 měsíci +1

      he was truly what you call "a neutral unbiased person"
      he called out bs, he never took sides, never played left wing or right wing, he told the truth :both are stupid.
      he took a stand against wrong stuff on the matter of reaction channels being bad, trump and hillary both being bad, he promoted the idea of voting and stopped the stupid idea of "my vote is waste" kinda thinking, he made videos that were hilarious but also are super usefull like how to not get hacked, how to find music etc
      loved grade and his pirate voice. hope that old bastard is doing well now :*)

  • @thestargateking
    @thestargateking Před 5 lety +162

    “Are you ready, good let’s go”
    Ad break: allow me to introduce myself

  • @vintlulu
    @vintlulu Před 5 lety +752

    I've never minded the longer uploads, am I the only one?

    • @StaelTek
      @StaelTek Před 5 lety +13

      30 minute videos are perfect for ly taste in this video. But those videos recently that is close to a full hour a video, is a little much. So i am glad this video is a little easier to digest

    • @YukiLeiu
      @YukiLeiu Před 5 lety +6

      I’m really into the longer videos but by the time they do end I worry about my spent time :p 30-40 minutes suit me tbh

    • @vintlulu
      @vintlulu Před 5 lety +2

      I do a lot of driving, so I like to save his longer videos for those longer trips and it really helps hours feel shorter.

    • @tadstrange1465
      @tadstrange1465 Před 5 lety

      I don't have time for these things.

    • @tadstrange1465
      @tadstrange1465 Před 5 lety

      Your Mother
      You shouldn't be watching videos whike driving.

  • @citrustrack7064
    @citrustrack7064 Před 5 lety +870

    You know, I'm 31 minutes into the video, and it hasn't even felt like it. I'm currently ill from Influenza, so it's kind of shocking to me that I really haven't done anything during the last thirty minutes (other than occasional coughs, but it's been too rare, and I haven't really noticed it). Anyway, thank you "The Right Opinion," lots of love and respect towards you man. No hug tho, I'm quite infectious.

  • @TTVArgusGuy
    @TTVArgusGuy Před 5 lety +1667

    TRO could literally say anything with that voice and way of words, I would still blindly follow him

  • @LithuniumSnowx
    @LithuniumSnowx Před 5 lety +732

    Wow you’re an epic gamer boy too? When’s our roblox collab?

    • @imdone8243
      @imdone8243 Před 5 lety +7

      De-aging intensifies.

    • @BatuhanDere
      @BatuhanDere Před 3 lety +5

      @@imdone8243 i am epic gamer boy with epic gamer girl sister

    • @glue3850
      @glue3850 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes

    • @BatuhanDere
      @BatuhanDere Před 3 lety

      @@glue3850 you are too right because you are doom slayer

    • @glue3850
      @glue3850 Před 3 lety

      @@BatuhanDere seems kinda bias but ok

  • @TheBlackSpastic
    @TheBlackSpastic Před 5 lety +208

    You could make 5 hr long videos and id watch em.

  • @tatagliacon
    @tatagliacon Před 5 lety +441

    I completely forgot grade a under a until seeing this video lol

    • @meganc1833
      @meganc1833 Před 5 lety +2

      then you probably didn't watch him like most did

    • @tatagliacon
      @tatagliacon Před 5 lety +18

      @@meganc1833 I watched all his videos before he took a year break I just dont think about his channel that often interests change

    • @meganc1833
      @meganc1833 Před 5 lety

      @@tatagliacon I get it but I don't people can completely forget about someone like that, but yea same I don't think about him since I don't watch him anymore

    • @tatagliacon
      @tatagliacon Před 5 lety +18

      @@meganc1833 its not that hard to completely forget something until its brought up happens to me all the time lol

    • @zyncwargaming179
      @zyncwargaming179 Před 2 lety

      @@meganc1833 did you forget ?

  • @s2kriley
    @s2kriley Před 5 lety +261

    Found you a while back and I just realized your sub count. Your quality of editing, script, and overall execution resemble that of a channel 20x your size. Keep it up and I think you'll see your success skyrocket!

  • @lynxneige3470
    @lynxneige3470 Před 3 lety +18

    "Do I sound like a huge epic gamer? No? Well I am.
    Bitches."
    I love this so much hnnng

  • @iMac9991
    @iMac9991 Před 5 lety +17

    the 2016 drama was one of, if not, my favorite period in youtube's history. It's just like every day for 3 months, something new emerged, it was so exciting

  • @Pioxys
    @Pioxys Před 5 lety +38

    To me what i love about Grade the most is what he represents. Not in his person/character, but his style in videos. Quality never matter to him. Even when Arin from game grumps offer an mic, and he said no. He works with what he got, in a time where people is hungry for the highest quality. It brought me back to the classic days where the internet was nothing but that, but it had its own charm.

  • @damnson2235
    @damnson2235 Před 3 lety +6

    TRO in 2019: stops a video at 36 minute to not exhaust the audience.
    TRO in 2020: here a 4 1/2 hours video about people you probably never heard of LETS GO ON A RIDE

  • @Bludgeoned2DEATH2
    @Bludgeoned2DEATH2 Před 5 lety +7

    Man you really hit the nail on the head for GradeA’s popularity and rise. I don’t remember how I found him but I started to follow him early. Even followed him to his drama shit which I LOVED.

  • @tommyg2543
    @tommyg2543 Před 5 lety +247

    Grade was one of my favorite creators back in the day.

    • @ciarangrimes7912
      @ciarangrimes7912 Před 5 lety +25

      Tehzerr content went to shit when his drama phase started. Shame his original shit had me dying

    • @arlosteiner8382
      @arlosteiner8382 Před 5 lety +9

      Back in the day was three years ago chill out

    • @jackiessquirrel5508
      @jackiessquirrel5508 Před 5 lety

      Ciaran Grimes then go watch it again or something idk

    • @jackiessquirrel5508
      @jackiessquirrel5508 Před 5 lety

      Arlo Steiner ikr lmao

    • @ciarangrimes7912
      @ciarangrimes7912 Před 5 lety +1

      Lady Gaga Is beautiful you can only watch the same videos so many times

  • @nancyok
    @nancyok Před 5 lety +450

    I'm a simple woman. I see a new TRO video, and I drop what I'm doing to watch it.

    • @clear7843
      @clear7843 Před 5 lety +1

      Is this good content

    • @goodrich2498
      @goodrich2498 Před 5 lety +6

      Cassandra are you restarted? It was an obvious joke. No need to bring actual astronomy facts into the statement.

    • @clear7843
      @clear7843 Před 5 lety +5

      @@goodrich2498 restarted? Okay, you're being on r/boneappleteeth

    • @goodrich2498
      @goodrich2498 Před 5 lety +4

      Azasal TheDev yesssss finally the break through I needed. Thanks for the opportunity

    • @NPC-nn4qe
      @NPC-nn4qe Před 5 lety +1

      ...There's glass in my sandwich.

  • @amyen333
    @amyen333 Před 4 lety +11

    Unrelated to the topic at hand, but I really love how much credit you give to your editors. Many people either tuck it away in the description or don’t even credit them at all, but you put it front and center in the video. I really respect that.

  • @meanlesbian9836
    @meanlesbian9836 Před 5 lety +171

    this doesn't have much to do with the video, but I lost it when I saw todd in the shadows and adoseofbuckley.

    • @alakae5913
      @alakae5913 Před 5 lety +14

      I remember when I used to watch buckly lol

    • @AnnRiba
      @AnnRiba Před 5 lety +18

      anna schneider todd in the shadows is such an underrated CZcamsr

    • @IsaacClodfelter
      @IsaacClodfelter Před 5 lety +11

      TiTS is the sh*t

    • @kopkl1
      @kopkl1 Před 5 lety +5

      Pls WaLuigi Dom Me I just discovered him a few weeks ago due to the algorithm and I was surprised how long he’s been going without me hearing about him. CZcams is so big

    • @Wolfpaw754
      @Wolfpaw754 Před 5 lety

      @@alakae5913 same, i unsubbed when he said he didnt care about youtubers loosing money from ads

  • @jaylieg1921
    @jaylieg1921 Před 5 lety +962

    Grade a under a turned out a massive hypocrite
    He fell off for a reason and got involved in dumb drama

    • @Captain_Mercury
      @Captain_Mercury Před 5 lety +188

      You're a furry so you opinion is irrelevant

    • @muffy_bunny
      @muffy_bunny Před 5 lety +109

      @@Captain_Mercury thats a bruh moment

    • @imdone8243
      @imdone8243 Před 5 lety +4

      Why a hypocrite though?

    • @GenetMJF
      @GenetMJF Před 5 lety +87

      @@imdone8243 He made videos exposing lying youtubers when he himself made false accusations of some youtubers

    • @mrpip1179
      @mrpip1179 Před 5 lety +6

      @@GenetMJF So?

  • @gallusgallusdomesticus281
    @gallusgallusdomesticus281 Před 5 lety +69

    Oh this shit brings me WAAAAAY back, man.

  • @sobbos8975
    @sobbos8975 Před 4 lety +26

    Dude I was so obsessed with him when he first came out. I miss him

  • @44waxwings
    @44waxwings Před 4 lety +5

    Whoever edited this, or TRO, if you chose to include the specific CZcamsrs in the intro to early youtube montage, you have absolutely amazing taste in channels. Literally every second I would see an absolutely gold #1 banger in there.

  • @sajiloto
    @sajiloto Před 5 lety +321

    I'd like a video on Filthyfrank and a review on his music (Joji)

  • @charliebean2450
    @charliebean2450 Před 5 lety +435

    Nah, imma still side with Mumkey on this one.

    • @ccaagg
      @ccaagg Před 5 lety +160

      Absolutely. Grade's pathological lying became so blatantly obvious when he jumped on the Keemstar hate train. Half of the stuff he said was completely unfounded and the rest contradicted his own on-stream statements.

    • @benjaminhigham3624
      @benjaminhigham3624 Před 5 lety +11

      Yeah, I feel like he was super self aware and just kept going. Personally I found it entertaining and hysterical.

    • @jeyzahbrown18
      @jeyzahbrown18 Před 5 lety +28

      #FreeMumkey

    • @GiaBird-The-Jumin-Han-Lover
      @GiaBird-The-Jumin-Han-Lover Před 5 lety +34

      off topic,
      but I really miss Mumkey. I was hoping we could become friends or something. I had been working on a comic series and fanart for him. his channel was everything I love when it comes to entertainment. I haven't posted on CZcams in years, I'm grown now and looking back, my dumbass videos were inspired by him. Mine sucked- but at least I was keeping myself entertained. Like, I THOUGHT I was cool and that was good enough for little me. Eventually, for the better in my opinion, I was able to move on to more animation and art specific activities that I'm much better at because I realized I didn't have the effort nor drive to make CZcams videos or skits in such a way, BUT some people do.
      I know this probably doesn't make ANY sense but I don't know how to really explain how the process went. Kind of like, through a very long chain of events, Mumkey's videos were a crucial part to me finding my calling and if he sees this for some reason, I want to thank him.

    • @Error0101
      @Error0101 Před 5 lety +11

      @@GiaBird-The-Jumin-Han-Lover
      Check out All Hail Chancellor Susan. REALLY similar content. The guy even kind of sounds like Mumkey.

  • @iamblind5250
    @iamblind5250 Před 5 lety +13

    I do have to say a big thank you for making this video c: For a long time, I've wondered who Grade A was and why he was involved in some drama (I've only really started to delve into the history of youtube and I'm not huge on going through social media)
    Keep up the good work! Absolutely love the videos!

  • @brucebaker810
    @brucebaker810 Před 3 lety +12

    not the hero Gotham needs, perhaps. but the badly drawn hero it apparently wants.

  • @crybirdy-crowes7764
    @crybirdy-crowes7764 Před 5 lety +64

    *Anything with Tro's name on it, is something I will watch.*

  • @zyker2156
    @zyker2156 Před 5 lety +841

    And fall. He was incredible, for a time. Then he started getting into politics and drama, ruined his channel. After he even went on a 1-2 year break and then came back with a lame video.

  • @Ludwig_Perpenhente
    @Ludwig_Perpenhente Před 4 lety +129

    So GradeAUnderA rises
    And GradeAUnderA falls
    When's the 2nd coming of GradeAUnderA

  • @thomastheskankengine5621
    @thomastheskankengine5621 Před 3 lety +4

    Imagine owing your career to some guy on the Internet named bonaboy

  • @ninjareaper4828
    @ninjareaper4828 Před 5 lety +201

    Fan of Grade.
    Fan of this channel.
    Greatest crossover of 2019.

    • @LouieMeekin
      @LouieMeekin Před 5 lety +23

      Ninja Reaper grade is an obnoxious hypocrite who got trolled hard by reactor but ok

    • @joshualontoc4465
      @joshualontoc4465 Před 5 lety

      *Cough* Infinity War & Endgame *Cough*

    • @ninjareaper4828
      @ninjareaper4828 Před 5 lety

      @@joshualontoc4465 Well of course. I just threw that in there as a meme.

    • @bugsyyyyyy
      @bugsyyyyyy Před 5 lety

      Atago Chan
      Smash Ultimate?

    • @edef1244
      @edef1244 Před 5 lety

      @@LouieMeekin People are allowed to watch whichever content they want but ok

  • @shiteater866
    @shiteater866 Před 5 lety +219

    I dont care if he comes back. Have you seen samonella? His animation skills could rival grade.

    • @DrMoonRose
      @DrMoonRose Před 5 lety +52

      Grade doesn't focus on animation he focuses on his stories and the script
      Which is my opinion with his style works!

    • @user-id1vw5lo5p
      @user-id1vw5lo5p Před 5 lety +9

      Amiss 8 omg I’m not the only human alive who knows him

    • @tamibramblett4557
      @tamibramblett4557 Před 5 lety +3

      @@user-id1vw5lo5p hey buddy

    • @hamsterfan999
      @hamsterfan999 Před 5 lety +45

      MoonRose Skeleton samonellas content is funnier and more wholesome, but each to their own I guess

    • @uncomfortablyclose8481
      @uncomfortablyclose8481 Před 5 lety +32

      Sam o nella is funnier to me, and is actually really interesting in a morbid way. I don’t think “wholesome” is a good way to describe him, he literally made a whole segment on beating a small child in from a story book.

  • @JBBrickman
    @JBBrickman Před 2 lety +22

    Now you should do the fall of GradAUnderA as he does outrageous stuff to cling onto relevance!

  • @ArceusG
    @ArceusG Před 5 lety +4

    Cant wait for part two, you are one of the small amount of CZcamsrs flung at me by the Algorythm that i really enjoy listening to

  • @jessicajones641
    @jessicajones641 Před 4 lety +8

    I absolutely loved Grade! I’m sad he fell victim to the drama because his videos were ones that made me laugh. I keep hoping he will return for good and go back to what he did best. I haven’t found a channel quite like his since

  • @TheAwesomeGN
    @TheAwesomeGN Před 4 lety +33

    Guess who just came back

  • @cheesymangos151
    @cheesymangos151 Před 5 lety +24

    Dude, how do you not have more subscribers?? Your editors are phenomenal, your scripts are done exceptionally well, the way you orginize your video- It's just perfect.

  • @Monumentos71
    @Monumentos71 Před 2 lety +5

    Internet Hero?
    … Yeah right.

  • @mannkidama8007
    @mannkidama8007 Před 5 lety +83

    Grade a under a
    The Hero of the era!!
    A general of the west!

    • @mannkidama8007
      @mannkidama8007 Před 5 lety +2

      If you want me to be honest I made up the general of the west part
      But please by all means meme it to your hearts content

    • @KingNexusMOCs
      @KingNexusMOCs Před 5 lety +1

      *HE'S ROBBIE*
      *HE'S BEST IN THE WEST*

    • @nonchalantce0720
      @nonchalantce0720 Před 5 lety

      70TH LIKER!!

    • @mannkidama8007
      @mannkidama8007 Před 5 lety

      Congratulations

  • @javierortiz82
    @javierortiz82 Před 3 lety +21

    I love Grade, the internet drama saga was a bit of a disgrace, not because lack of humour but because he showed how easily people could get to him. he also suffered some unfortunate mental health issues during that time and that compounded with his internet presence took a toll on the content and led him to move from the platform for quite a while.
    He's back and I hope we can get more comedic gold from him, he's hillarious, I specially love his video on the Kardashians.

    • @aryanram02
      @aryanram02 Před 8 měsíci +1

      i hate how everyone says "his drama saga was bad" but ppl fail to realise grade cared more about whats right rather than just printing money, thats the reason he called out bs from yt like demonitizing etc lol

    • @javierortiz82
      @javierortiz82 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@aryanram02 He fell on the trap of internet drama, there's no walking away from that. He shouldn't have responded, just make his videos about it a one off and move on to the next thing. I understand your point but people on the internet love to harass you and it's your responsibility to know when to quit.

  • @Toriyamaus
    @Toriyamaus Před 5 lety +1

    I’m happy someone’s actually covering this, I’ve been confused for ages what happened.

  • @YassuChan13
    @YassuChan13 Před 5 lety

    I really enjoy listening to your videos, I feel like it's helping me listen better for school but also because I like your commentary. Thank you for your time!

  • @roedagardet
    @roedagardet Před 2 lety +9

    Ironic

  • @ashikjaman1940
    @ashikjaman1940 Před 5 lety +104

    I'm assuming the next vid will be titled "The Fall of An Internet Hero" or something like that?

  • @Lasshatry
    @Lasshatry Před 4 lety

    I've been watching your videos the past few weeks and I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your content. You do such a good job explaining these situations in depth and you do it in a very polite manner. So much of youtube can be described as toxic and I find your content the exact opposite of that. Thank you and I hope you can continue to grow your channel. Love from North Dakota.

  • @LanceThumping
    @LanceThumping Před 5 lety +1

    I love these videos because you are talking like a historian would talk about a war but this stuff only happened a few years ago.
    It's amazing how quickly the internet moves, the culture adapts and changes; in only a few years the entire landscape can change. I also really like the rather meta way you approach and discuss the internet pointing out the cultural norms that we naturally have grown to accept and it gives a clear picture of how the internet is progressing and figuring itself out.
    It's also fascinating to watch this as someone who watched GradeA back in the day. I remember starting with his comedy videos that I liked and I think that I stuck with him through his drama section for the humor mostly without knowing or caring about the targets of the drama. As he got deeper in drama, I think I remember fading out on his channel until he stopped posting completely for a time after I think Leafy/Pyrocynical videos.
    It's a little weird to look back with such detail and meta-analysis at something that was a relatively small part of your life but was still a large event in a sub-culture you took part in.

  • @NPGLAMB
    @NPGLAMB Před 5 lety +5

    I liked him, I remember watching him when I was a Sophomore in high school (I’m graduated almost a year now ) . It’s interesting to see he is still talked about.

  • @zanephair5684
    @zanephair5684 Před 5 lety +20

    I love how I ring the bell and don’t get notified when you update.

  • @warspyking
    @warspyking Před 5 lety

    I wasn't around during this era but I stumbled onto grade's channel a while back and I really like the guy, glad he's uploading again.. Can't wait for part 2 of this series.

  • @KNIGH7
    @KNIGH7 Před 5 lety +2

    This was such an amazingly well made video. Anticipating part two.

  • @Kyrrim
    @Kyrrim Před 5 lety +54

    Not gonna lie thought this was a GradeAUnderA video when I saw the thumbnail and got excited lol

  • @bingham392
    @bingham392 Před 5 lety +4

    Wow! This video was produced very well! Great job! I found your channel through this video and subscribed. Keep it up!

  • @NinaDatz
    @NinaDatz Před 5 lety

    oh god wow this video brought me BACK. pretty much all of the youtubers mentioned were my bread and butter in like 2015-16... Buckley was my first taste of the commentary genre

  • @shadowstep9522
    @shadowstep9522 Před 5 lety

    Hearing that you heard of the youtuber a dose of Buckley, this made me very happy and more excited to see a video on him, the angry Canadian, having a minefield of great videos, it would be interesting to say the least to see a video on from his tiny rise in a corner of CZcams to his current hiatus.

  • @iterativegrowth
    @iterativegrowth Před 5 lety +6

    Would love to see you do a video about the weird, brief, meteoric rise of "Triggered Tro" - went super viral and gained a ton of subs and views and then just.. disappeared. I was never a fan of his style of content but it was a weird rise then sudden disappearance.
    Great video, (untriggered) TRO, btw! Keep it up. :) Planning to become a patron upon next pay cycle!

  • @Add183
    @Add183 Před 5 lety +183

    Honestly he is a troll whose statements and false logic started getting thrown up back in his face with the rise of the commentary genre.

    • @Evute02
      @Evute02 Před 4 lety +9

      Nah he’s brilliant, just took the wrong direction to become famous and it took over him.

    • @jordanhawkes6118
      @jordanhawkes6118 Před 4 lety

      Not even close, mate.

  • @georgebryant7571
    @georgebryant7571 Před 3 lety +2

    I don’t know how you create these vids on such a consistent basis. Well done 🏆

  • @JayceCH.
    @JayceCH. Před 5 lety

    As far as commentary channels went, I've went from Grade to H3 to this channel, and yours is the only one I remain on.

  • @gaesimp__
    @gaesimp__ Před 4 lety +7

    Sir, you can talk about a banana for 10 hours and I'd listen to every word. Your wording and delivery along with your amazing voice just makes your content compelling and brilliant to listen to

  • @nicolethiel6917
    @nicolethiel6917 Před 3 lety +6

    Dose of Buckley. I haven't heard that name in years

  • @moonofchaos2833
    @moonofchaos2833 Před 5 lety

    thank god there is a part 2 coming. i was like "thats it?" at the end. cheers for another good video

  • @L4Vo5
    @L4Vo5 Před 5 lety

    Ok I didn't expect this topic at all lol. This should be good, I love when your videos are about someone I actually knew about beforehand xP

  • @orutakawatenga8820
    @orutakawatenga8820 Před 5 lety +3

    I like how you use different editors to highlight the changes in main points in your video essays.

  • @MatshaSeal
    @MatshaSeal Před 5 lety +6

    yes! I had seen one or two older coverages of this. This will be fun

  • @stabMyFaceOff
    @stabMyFaceOff Před 5 lety +3

    took me back to the mid 90's with the "im a mechanical man" song.

  • @jacobayre1435
    @jacobayre1435 Před 5 lety +2

    The ad placement alone is enough to make me subscribe

  • @treatmereallyniceys8616
    @treatmereallyniceys8616 Před 5 lety +13

    Now TRO was it really necessary to say “Stay” by Rihanna was released 6 years ago when it clearly only came out two months ago?

  • @TerrorofDeathDGX
    @TerrorofDeathDGX Před 3 lety +11

    "I've learned that it's probably not best to exhaust your audience to that extent" -2019 TRO
    "Fuck it here's a 4.5 hour video about Nikocado Avocado" -2020 TRO
    I love the longform content tbh

  • @triangleDAYS
    @triangleDAYS Před 5 lety +2

    This was such a great vid, James! Super interesting. I really enjoyed it xoxo

  • @Avamaire26
    @Avamaire26 Před 5 lety +1

    i love vids like these because i can watch these in class while working

  • @rebornreaper194
    @rebornreaper194 Před 4 lety +3

    I still love his video on getting offended in 2018. I still watch it on occasion for a ton of hilarious, relatable jokes.

  • @evertonc1448
    @evertonc1448 Před 5 lety +11

    That time Reactor trolled GradeA was priceless.

  • @Sunshine-tu6cm
    @Sunshine-tu6cm Před 4 lety

    I've been on a binge of watching retrospectives of the golden age for some reason.

  • @TT-md7mm
    @TT-md7mm Před 5 lety

    Alright, this is the second video of yours I'm watching and I gotta say you have some damn good content. Great avatar too btw. Subbed!

  • @Mojo1800
    @Mojo1800 Před 5 lety +13

    "I do have a lot to say about him as well"
    A Dose of Buckley is my favourite CZcamsr (though he doesn't consider himself to be one) of all time. If you have more to say on him, I would LOVE it if it could potentially be a video one day.

  • @chrislong9823
    @chrislong9823 Před 5 lety +3

    Really enjoyed the more upbeat style, music etc. Always a pleasure ✌🏻

  • @HiImBrin
    @HiImBrin Před 4 lety +1

    I'm a little late to this video but it is fascinating. Thank you

  • @pipthetsundere
    @pipthetsundere Před 5 lety

    I really appreciate your videos :3 Keep being yourself and never change

  • @damnbro_idc
    @damnbro_idc Před 5 lety +28

    I'm sorry but YMCA in minor is playing in my head.

    • @thomasedison3700
      @thomasedison3700 Před 5 lety +6

      *The Village People threateningly bogey towards you*

    • @damnbro_idc
      @damnbro_idc Před 5 lety +4

      @@thomasedison3700 Village people? Pillage people! No but seriously, whenever the right opinion uploads I just imagine ymca in minor to play as in "the critical gay is critically approaching"

    • @Ryocniel
      @Ryocniel Před 5 lety

      rip

  • @baileymcmanus1816
    @baileymcmanus1816 Před 5 lety +43

    He's still making videos and getting views. I guess the hiatus from the drama probably helped him.

  • @TheAnimwrimer
    @TheAnimwrimer Před 3 lety +1

    The Right Opinion is my teacher during Quarantine. I'm happy

  • @phucdatbich7333
    @phucdatbich7333 Před 5 lety

    CZcams 2015-2016 was just entertaining to be apart of, especially following or being in the commentary communiity, ahhhh memories.

  • @carlosaa661
    @carlosaa661 Před 5 lety +31

    I can imagine GradeA just one day waking up in the morning and just saying, "oh time to go on a haitus for 8 months"

  • @KnightSlasher
    @KnightSlasher Před 5 lety +141

    He is the only one with the capability of stopping T Series

  • @daysymarindiaz9004
    @daysymarindiaz9004 Před 2 lety +6

    This aged like milk

  • @sarahanderson9850
    @sarahanderson9850 Před 5 lety +2

    Lol, you were talking about feeling old. I still remember when *MYSPACE* was a thing! And even before that, how happy I was when my family got *AOL* ... hahaha

  • @SpoonieCreates
    @SpoonieCreates Před 5 lety +37

    Had an absolute shite day. Take me away TRO

    • @SpoonieCreates
      @SpoonieCreates Před 5 lety +1

      Conrad Kujur I agree. TRO uploads are the best. Thank you for your kind wish

  • @theequalizer694
    @theequalizer694 Před 2 lety +4

    Yeah he sure is a hero LOL

  • @marsgirlly
    @marsgirlly Před 5 lety

    Peeping that Command & Conquer music at the end and just completely rocking out

  • @SirKaji
    @SirKaji Před 5 lety

    Now this is a video series I didn't know I needed

  • @NinjaDow
    @NinjaDow Před 5 lety +8

    YES TRO! damn I’m so excited to watch this. I love grade and hearing about people talking about him. thanks for this awesome vid, yet again!

    • @Nitrodino7875
      @Nitrodino7875 Před 5 lety +1

      Is he amazing? He turned his back on his friend Keemstar, and when I rewatch his videos I don't find them funny anymore. Have you rewatched them?

    • @NinjaDow
      @NinjaDow Před 5 lety +1

      Jose Castillo separation of art and character my friend

    • @Nitrodino7875
      @Nitrodino7875 Před 5 lety +1

      @@NinjaDow being a character is an art.

    • @Nitrodino7875
      @Nitrodino7875 Před 5 lety +1

      @@NinjaDow you mean separation from art from the artist?

    • @NinjaDow
      @NinjaDow Před 5 lety +1

      Jose Castillo That’s nice, can u go have ur seizures on someone else’s comment lol

  • @spritelady4669
    @spritelady4669 Před 5 lety +17

    Me: sees Todd in the Shadows and Nerdwriter in The Right Opinion
    Me: automatic thumbs up my dude
    Jokes aside, this is a really interesting little look into this ye olde CZcamsr.

  • @isabellamorris7902
    @isabellamorris7902 Před 3 lety

    Wasn't expecting to see a cameo from Todd In The Shadows, especially the vintage stuff! That was fun.

  • @Stimm002
    @Stimm002 Před 5 lety

    Another great piece of content. Not sure if I would prefer single longer videos or videos split in 2 parts. I thinks this one works well in two parts though. Thank you for the content.