Jace Hall and Felicia Day - What's the deal?
BelgarathMTH
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Hi, because of links that some people have been posting here in off-topic, I got really into Felicia Day and "The Guild". Then, somebody posted a couple of Jace Hall links, and I've started watching some of *his* stuff.
I've noticed he has a running schtick where he "hates" Felicia Day for some reason. He has a couple of lines in his WoW video where he disses her and her work, and he has a running gag in his "Jace Hall Show" that he is anti-Felicia.
I thought maybe somebody here in this forum would know and could explain to me, what exactly is going on here? Why doesn't Jace like Felicia? Or is it that he really *does* like her, and that the friction between them is part of the act?
I've noticed he has a running schtick where he "hates" Felicia Day for some reason. He has a couple of lines in his WoW video where he disses her and her work, and he has a running gag in his "Jace Hall Show" that he is anti-Felicia.
I thought maybe somebody here in this forum would know and could explain to me, what exactly is going on here? Why doesn't Jace like Felicia? Or is it that he really *does* like her, and that the friction between them is part of the act?
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As far as her authenticity, I've read that she was addicted to WoW in real life, and even went into counseling for it, which is what inspired the beginning of her web series, The Guild.
Jace doesn't call her a phony, to my knowledge - I think I caught a hint in one of his IGN episodes that he thinks she stole some ideas from him, or something like that, but, I was hoping somebody around here might know the whole story. I guess not.
If you haven't seen the Dr Horrible's... watch it. It's only about 40 minutes long and I find it hilarious.
Jokes aside, I'm very a rather fortunate lady to be surrounded by friends and good people who identify themselves as "geeks," and don't have a care in the world that I'm a girl. But I've heard plenty of horror stories, and I hope this Jace-Hall-beef-with-Felicia-Day-thing really is just an act. It sounds like it could be; Stephen Colbert throws little kick-jokes at John Stewart all the time, and it's all in good fun. But then again, I haven't watched the episodes, so I can't say I know for sure.
All else fails, he's just giving her free publicity. If you haven't heard of Felicia Day before watching his episodes, well hey, you have now.
I don't dismiss Felicia as a "fraud" just because she's pretty and has fans.
@Magnus_Grelich could we even get a basis for that opinion? you think she is a fraud but why is she a fraud to you then? i do not know her well enough to even base myself as a fan or not but as far as I can tell this hate just seems false.
It's stupid to judge people as being "not geeky enough" or some other garbage however.
...It's pretty lonely on the nerdthrone.
He has a long-running web series where he interviews game designers and reviews games. Warning: he uses *very* strong language and blue humor. Here's an episode that has Stan Lee in it:
(EDIT: I had posted a link to his "You Got Pwned" video in this space, but I watched it again, and it has so much mature language in it, I'm afraid it violates BG:EE site rules, so I'm removing the link.)
If you peruse the IGN show, he gets lots of famous people on it - Stan Lee is just one example, and there's one with Jamie Lee Curtis I just saw. He also apparently is a popular guest at gaming conventions. And again, he's got this running joke in all his work where he makes digs at Felicia Day. He also makes a lot of digs against gamers who play the "cute", non-violent kinds of video games.
And I'm still trying to figure out what I think about him. He can be hilarious, and sometimes I find myself laughing despite myself. But a lot of his humor can be taken as mean-spirited. Is he just kidding and laughing with us, or is he being genuinely mean and laughing *at* us? His "Pwned" song specifically says "I'm making fun of you." Opinions?
http://www.ign.com/videos/2010/02/05/jace-hall-show-felicia-day-light-saber-fight
In fact I went to a Jewish school (in England), which was in the near an area with a lot of South Asians, (India+Pakistan), so the kids at the school were around 35% Jewish, 35% English, 20% Muslim and 10% Others (Black, Chinese etc)... and yet the boys in my year were primarily split along 'kids who ate lunch in school canteen and liked to play outdoors' and 'kids who brought packed lunches and played games that didn't involve running around the playground', and no other factors even entered our minds.
For most of my time at the school, I was a 'school-canteen' boy, and spent my free time playing tag and generally running around (amazing, given how much I am against unnecessary movement nowadays)... but in my final year, I got interested in Warhammer (tabletop game) because of an older boy next door, and suddenly found out the 'packed-lunch boys' already played Warhammer and similar games. Pretty soon I persuaded most of the 'canteen boys' to pick up the hobby too and suddenly all the boys in my school year were united in what I'd later learn to be Geekdom. Probably the best year of my life thus far... lol
The only division in our school that could not be overcome, was not religious tension, racial intolerance, or even the bitter geeks vs jocks conflict... no... it was the GIRLS. No... they were an alien species to be ignored and avoided until... about 3 years later, when they suddenly became very interesting... But of course by then, sadly, that wasn't the only thing keeping kids divided in the 'playground'...