Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-17082236-20150910204605/@comment-34786980-20181013164750

While I do prefer the Late 2011-early 2014? Era over the recent one, I can't deny that some aspects of the classic era weren't perfect.

One was about how samey most of the recurring Youtube Mario protagonists(X, FM, MCG, and sometimes RFM and EYF) were by themselves(MM doesn't count since he was a gag character due to being pretty big for his time).

While I did like how there were characters to balance Mario's tomfoolery(and the other weridos such as the bath guy and the incompetent villans such as Bows and maybe SMG3) such as Glitchy, Toad and Luigi.(who all had noticable traits.. Glitchy I'm not sure about).. Most of the multicolored Marios didn't really have distinct traits from each other(FM pre-2013 and MCG) aside from being a sane/normal-ish/serious role. Sure RFM and EYF were goofier in their Crystal Funhouse appearance but I don't really remember any of their other actions that well.

X was okay as Glitchy and Mario's levelheaded balance but other than that(and his mysterious Future Vision powers)he wasn't much either and most of the time he felt just there until Mario/Glitchy threatens to punch someone again. And he pales in comparison to another certain someone...

AKA Starman(at least his portrayal in Glitchy's videos) the better of the YT Mario Protags who can't even show up anymore now. He was pretty sane and rational but he had a notably low tolerance to weirdness(expressing huge annoyance at Mario's shennanigans and being the most relieved when he became smart and was openly skeptical about X's prediction and thinking he was crazy in The Monster) or if things didn't go as planned(YTR episode and his frustration while gaming in Smartass Mario). His mess ups were pretty funny as well(falling into the water with Glitchy's gloves and of course losing in Oot). He felt more into the plot with his (inter)actions than any other Mario(maybe even Glitchy sometimes hahah) ever was. I dunno but something about him was more memorable than most to me the moment he showed up.

But at least it made up for this with jokes that work for the stituation they're in(and voice clips were used in a way that fits as well)instead of forced memes. That and Mario at least had some awareness in those videos(tortuing Luigi on purpose by breaking the elevator himself) yet still was the charming dumchebag everyone loves and hates.

And the pacing problems from 2011 were much better in 2012/13(even though sometimes the text went by too fast, espcially if its a paragraph).

Sure I do kinda miss these guys but I respect Gitchy's choices.

Even if Kevin and Glitchy decide to have them back with a major role(likely FM and X again) I think they should actually have distinct personaities(I wouldn't care if they gave X some of Starman's traits) to make the video engaging otherwise the viewers will be bored to death.