Episode 40: Sam’s Notes

Rise of the Fellowship

  • The gaming world has changed!
  • Oh shit, this is nothing like what I expected, already!
  • Haha… trolls…
  • Hahah…. N00bs
  • Hahaha… subtitled in Elvish
  • Bully killed the motherboard
  • Teased for looking at the pretty girl
  • Epic battle outside the Game Parlor…
  • Look, goth girl
  • Stereotyped game shop owner who hates nerds?
  • What is this magical leaflet?
  • Slow motion walk through the Game Parlor
  • Lord of the Rings Online Gaming Competition, I did not know that game was competitive
  • Bullies have arrived
  • “Don’t talk about my mom!”
  • Fist bump
  • Mixing up your online with your comics
  • New Zealand is the holy land
  • Everyone thinking about kissing Peter Jackson
  • The mystery ranger saving them is the bully… amiright?
  • “Joeseph get off the floor.”
  • Oh god… the principal has taken him for… something wonderful, I imagine?
  • The whole school is here for the locker check… and he has a picture of that girl in his locker
  • He’s getting expelled because of games?
  • How are there MMO competitions?
  • No game store can afford all expenses paid trips to Orlando
  • Like father, like son… exposition?
  • Everyone refers to Randall as the worm
  • Dad was a god damned dirty gamer?
  • All I hear in my head is “I’ll be watching you…”
  • He closes that with Semper Fi?
  • Emote
  • Also, save it to the cloud, because that USB stick can be lost
  • A principal that has no interest in the innocence of students who have never done anything wrong
  • Alright, so the principal is a spectacular dumbass
  • All glorious plans start with a secret meeting behind the dumpster
  • The dark rider, like the Nazgul, is on the trail
  • And I guess Golem is trailing them too
  • Checking out the pimped out ride
  • A conversation about Twinkies
  • That’s a little too much love for Twinkies
  • The litter will be their undoing
  • So the drive is like the Ring…
  • Oh, now it really is the Ring
  • Encountering trolls at the truck stop
  • Big mistake telling the bully you’ve got proof
  • He disappeared like putting on the Ring
  • Bet you wish you put oil in the car
  • Oh, is the dark rider the hot cheerleader?
  • In a reproduction of the famous Nazgul searching scene…
  • Hmmm… so they really did come from Virginia
  • So now they’re off wandering the forest
  • Wacky antics
  • Mosquitos
  • Mud
  • Haven’t we been here before?
  • I get it, Twinkies are this group’s lambis
  • Foreign hippies
  • Oh, so this is Tom Bombadil
  • Oh, this hippy is a magical game developer
  • Dinner and dancing
  • At least Nate will dance with the girl
  • The very heavy breathing biker still tracks them…
  • Of course the hippy knows all about the online gaming competition… and has a stacked computer room
  • Thad == Gollum
  • Probably also the one who took the photo
  • Someone steals the Ring
  • I guess there are bullies who hate nerds even amongst the hippies
  • How is paintball going to prove who the drive’s owner is?
  • NEVER TAKE OFF YOUR MASK
  • Working out your issues during a paintball match
  • So Squirrelly is like Sean Bean?
  • Thad to the rescue!
  • The last girl, you mean…
  • And she goes in wearing no mask… sigh
  • So is Baba like Tom or Gandalf or Elrond?
  • Hehe… Shadowfax…
  • Fellows Hip… nope!
  • Yes, don’t forget to watch out for the bullies
  • Bullies are dicks
  • Twinkie SPFX
  • Ah, the dark rider is Randal’s brother
  • Speak Friend and enter
  • So… Moria?
  • Cave in!
  • Hey look, a kiss
  • And the game is up with the bully and his buddies
  • And everyone knows John Dooley
  • So Dad threw the match to keep the bad guy from winning
  • Brother Stan was the Ranger?
  • Secret nerd
  • Nerds aren’t so bad afterall
  • Of course it’s all up to Frodo…
  • And… victory!
  • Cheerleader says hi
  • This ending is awkward, though
  • I feel like there should be four more endings
  • But hey, custom credits song
  • Commune foreign hippy ladies
  • And Bjorn was a contributor
  • Post credits scenes