Reacting to "Pro Pokémon Nuzlocker" reacting to me

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  • @Alpharad
    @Alpharad  Год назад +2963

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  • @michaeldunham3937
    @michaeldunham3937 Год назад +10051

    I feel like the only way this frenemy bromance can be settled is with an Alpharad/PokemonChallenges soul link

    • @thick4458
      @thick4458 Год назад +185

      Dude that’s what I was thinking!!

    • @Dovalicious
      @Dovalicious Год назад +88

      That would actually be such a cool idea!!

    • @GraceLJW
      @GraceLJW Год назад +63

      100% needs to happen

    • @dragon9261
      @dragon9261 Год назад +16

      duuuuddde that would be so cool

    • @Hummingcat1
      @Hummingcat1 Год назад +185

      I feel like alpha would just throw for content and Jan would be pissed off, I want it

  • @CantBeJulius
    @CantBeJulius Год назад +6589

    I like how Jan is passive aggressive and Jacob is enthusiastically aggressive.

    • @Hey-Its-Dingo
      @Hey-Its-Dingo Год назад +377

      "enthusiastically aggressive" is my new favorite behavioral descriptor. lmao

    • @ASquared544
      @ASquared544 Год назад +182

      I would personally say he’s passionately aggressive

    • @FeIlini
      @FeIlini Год назад +120

      Jacob's so passive aggresive he loops back to being regular aggresive

    • @chasethemaster3440
      @chasethemaster3440 Год назад +5

      @@FeIlini ha

    • @altariamotives16
      @altariamotives16 Год назад +15

      He's aggressively enthusiastic

  • @domncena77
    @domncena77 Год назад +3560

    Jan not laughing at Jacob’s jokes is like when you show your friend a meme they don’t laugh at. You can’t tell if they’re emotionless or your humor is just broken

    • @mochiyeosang1908
      @mochiyeosang1908 Год назад +136

      Jan's humor is "3am discord humor" as he said someone else put it

    • @pkmntrainerred4247
      @pkmntrainerred4247 Год назад +11

      And then you find out that friend is a Cyrus apologist.

    • @crazedbutcher6672
      @crazedbutcher6672 11 месяцев назад +3

      I am that friend. Sorry

    • @ejokurirulezz
      @ejokurirulezz 11 месяцев назад +2

      American humor is usually cold. European humor is usually dark, racist and usually making fun of how stupidly annoying American humor is.

    • @pkmntrainerred4247
      @pkmntrainerred4247 11 месяцев назад +10

      @@ejokurirulezz And German humor is raining with sarcasm

  • @narwhallord4267
    @narwhallord4267 Год назад +1061

    Alpharad: *Is actively losing empathy and love for anything he cares about*
    Jan: So true this is how Pokemon was meant to be.

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 6 месяцев назад +49

      It's also literally the opposite of what was intended with the original nuzlocke concept. Heck, the whole point of giving them nicknames is to make you bond with these fictional creatures and feel sad when they die. Jan's a very talented player but he's kinda missed the core theme behind nuzlocking.

    • @serventium4049
      @serventium4049 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@gengarzilla1685 Yeah. Agreed.

    • @defeatstatistics7413
      @defeatstatistics7413 2 месяца назад +9

      @@gengarzilla1685 yup, the whole reason it's called Nuzlocke is because of a Nuzleaf with that nickname. The OG Nuzlocke was just one giant Lost reference.

  • @cherrybarcia7712
    @cherrybarcia7712 Год назад +6290

    I love how Jan critiquing Alpha’s nuzlockes has devolved into Alpha critiquing Jan’s skills as a RUclipsr

    • @bananaeclipse3324
      @bananaeclipse3324 Год назад +184

      It’s like if someone called your dog ugly so you shoot their parents!

    • @lucykitsune4619
      @lucykitsune4619 Год назад +228

      There's always a bigger fish

    • @diode_wow
      @diode_wow Год назад +195

      We call that a symbiotic relationship

    • @amateurishauthor2202
      @amateurishauthor2202 Год назад +37

      @@bananaeclipse3324 And then you learn that kid was Bruce Wayne

    • @dogstuffs1286
      @dogstuffs1286 Год назад +66

      Alpha gets Pokémon advice, Jan gets being a good entertainer advice

  • @CaptainKiddYT
    @CaptainKiddYT Год назад +5730

    The Onix clip will never be laid to rest

    • @ArshadZahid_nohandleideas
      @ArshadZahid_nohandleideas Год назад +21

      🙂🙂🙂

    • @FiveDallaHalla
      @FiveDallaHalla Год назад +66

      Perhaps maybe, just maybe, it could. If something crazy, something wild, something seemingly impossible were to happen and surpass even the Onix clip, it would slowly be forgotten, finally left to rest in peace.
      But like, what online content creator could possibly have such a wide range of luck?

    • @charliejones7512
      @charliejones7512 Год назад +11

      @ Captain Kidd next time, just check to make sure the Onix does have Sturdy…

    • @galaxystudios370
      @galaxystudios370 Год назад +33

      The "Oh, but if he had the Quick Claw, yeah" from Jan following that never gets the credit it deserves.
      You were playing for a 20% chance that Onix would get an attack off, you just didn't know about Gen 3 Sturdy.

    • @youngrootv
      @youngrootv Год назад +8

      Will forever be your greatest shame lmao

  • @CountJackNoire
    @CountJackNoire Год назад +1197

    Words can't express how much this "beef" amuses me. An immovable Nuzlocker meets an unstoppable Jacob.
    I think you & he are destined to do this...forever.

  • @God_Is_An_Atheist
    @God_Is_An_Atheist Год назад +685

    "I don't get his humor"
    Well tbf, Jan is German. We are known for a lot of things, but a sense of humor isn't one of them.

    • @nakedstatue8517
      @nakedstatue8517 Год назад +12

      Ok ykw, that explains why everyone pronounces Jan's name so ...strange lmao.....

    • @God_Is_An_Atheist
      @God_Is_An_Atheist Год назад +51

      @@nakedstatue8517 I'd say the way native English speakers pronounce it is strange, lol. Jan is a very common name in Germany, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, and everybody over here pronounces it like this. Never heard it pronounced differently until I saw Jaiden's and Jacob's Nuzlocke.

    • @notsogreatjagras4314
      @notsogreatjagras4314 Год назад +17

      ​@@God_Is_An_Atheist to be fair the US is an entire ocean away from any country where Jan is a common name

    • @rawr1131
      @rawr1131 Год назад +12

      Really? I’d say you’re more known for a very dry sense of humor rather than not having one at all.

    • @edwardrichtofen611
      @edwardrichtofen611 Год назад +14

      @@rawr1131 Heya, our humor is comparable with UK's humor. Dry, methodical.
      P.S. German Satire series and comedy movies are gold!

  • @senakoshironui
    @senakoshironui Год назад +8528

    This is somehow the pettiest and most wholesome rivalry I've ever witnessed in my life and I'm here for it for the whole ride

    • @MrSkerpentine
      @MrSkerpentine Год назад +83

      this is some Jeremy Clarkson-tier petty vengeance and I love it lmao

    • @DystopianOverture
      @DystopianOverture Год назад +31

      @@MrSkerpentine TG Trio pranks vibes for sureeee

    • @buckboy6769
      @buckboy6769 Год назад +25

      "Wholesome" is a lightly used term

    • @violethope02
      @violethope02 Год назад +17

      @@buckboy6769 exactly cause i’m confused what part of this was wholesome 😭

    • @blurb9319
      @blurb9319 Год назад +32

      @@violethope02 All of this is done in good fun.

  • @DreamyToast1
    @DreamyToast1 Год назад +6848

    I love the passive aggressiveness of stealing everything Jan does

    • @Alpharad
      @Alpharad  Год назад +3975

      HE STOLE THE CONTENT FROM ME FIRST

    • @sythrus
      @sythrus Год назад

      @@Alpharad comeuppance i say

    • @milktea6676
      @milktea6676 Год назад +249

      @@Alpharad hi dad
      Also first furry

    • @yesty3473
      @yesty3473 Год назад +165

      One day jan is just going to react to alpharad reacting to him reacting to alpharad

    • @soap_eater4517
      @soap_eater4517 Год назад +45

      It's not stealing if you owned it first

  • @jasmineliu9922
    @jasmineliu9922 Год назад +837

    27:15 it was a really nice moment when Jan genuinely praised Jacob for his script-writing skills and it makes me so happy that Jacob actually uses this clip as a way to cheer himself up

  • @leolol6865
    @leolol6865 Год назад +391

    finding out that jacob reverse cheated and went back to purposefully lose the randomizer nuzlocke *after* learning that he never actually self-destructed the weezing in his first nuzlocke hurt my brain

  • @LezbeOswald
    @LezbeOswald Год назад +1787

    finding out Alpharad faked losing to Groudon for the content is fucking mindblowing

    • @GOATexp
      @GOATexp Год назад +49

      I’m in shock 😂 I respect it tho

    • @Madisunny
      @Madisunny Год назад +65

      The worst part is that I saw it live and then forgot until I saw the livestream he recorded this in.

    • @cokeMONSTERps3
      @cokeMONSTERps3 Год назад +5

      @@Madisunny true fan

    • @marshspy
      @marshspy Год назад

      @@Madisunny gaslit yourself

  • @redgyrados2000
    @redgyrados2000 Год назад +4094

    Alpharad lying about his death in the Emerald nuzlocke is the biggest plot twist on this channel, holy shit

    • @roddorfj
      @roddorfj Год назад +424

      Jacob really is a reality TV host now, he understands that truth is optional if it's in the way of a compelling story.

    • @Unmustache1
      @Unmustache1 Год назад +177

      @@roddorfj Jacob is Chris from Total Drama Island

    • @DrakeMystical
      @DrakeMystical Год назад +51

      @@Unmustache1 It's anyone's guess on who will be the next to crumble under the pressure, we're saving you a front row seat right here, right now. on TOTAL. DRAMA. ISLAND!

    • @Nightsmith_After_Dark
      @Nightsmith_After_Dark Год назад +58

      Imma be honest it was the right call too. Made that whole video that much better

    • @NoLifeScum
      @NoLifeScum Год назад +13

      @@Unmustache1 something tells me this is foreshadowing for Mr. youtube funny man Alpharad’s descent into madness

  • @InTheMistByTheHills
    @InTheMistByTheHills Год назад +848

    Honestly the biggest takeaway from all of this is that Alpharad absolutely nails his scripts. He's been doing it for years and at this point nobody can stop him

  • @smala017
    @smala017 Год назад +557

    “Comedy is about trust. Me lying to you doesn’t break that trust if you don’t know I’m lying”
    This was the most Michael Scott thing I’ve ever heard 🤣

  • @FierceGalactaKnight
    @FierceGalactaKnight Год назад +2469

    Jan: doesn't get a joke
    Alphard: It's okay, Jan. There's no damage calc to understand humor.

    • @neotamashi79
      @neotamashi79 Год назад +14

      Damn shotz fiyerdddd- 🤣

    • @Denizozzzy003
      @Denizozzzy003 Год назад +4

      @@neotamashi79 I see a Lost Pause reference 👀👀

    • @Twooxel
      @Twooxel Год назад +2

      I got the 1000th like on this comment 🤲

    • @FlashStatic
      @FlashStatic Год назад +6

      @@neotamashi79 I could hear the therp

    • @SuperiorPosterior
      @SuperiorPosterior Год назад +1

      @@FlashStatic Zoop!

  • @chuchupow
    @chuchupow Год назад +2841

    I love how Jan's "Dude I fucking can't" isn't even directed towards Jacob, it's directed to his friend who gaslit Jacob with Gen 3 sturdy

  • @hondaaccord1399
    @hondaaccord1399 Год назад +140

    Alpharad winning Sans first time and putting down Jan is like a war veteran making fun of a pest exterminator. Barely any crossover.

    • @lefterismplanas4977
      @lefterismplanas4977 9 месяцев назад +3

      This video has so many clips that are my favourite and this is one of them😂

  • @toughhusker
    @toughhusker Год назад +450

    I love how Jan has created a reputation of being a Pokemon RUclips supervillain with the nervousness of others when they make a Pokemon Nuzlocke video.

    • @MilkyWayGrump
      @MilkyWayGrump 7 месяцев назад +11

      Pokemon Players: Human beings in a mob
      Nuzlockers: Whats a mob to a King
      Jan: Whats a king to a God
      Jacob: Whats a god to a non-believer

  • @dthev2510
    @dthev2510 Год назад +3024

    The best joke in this video is "Being good at pokemon is like being good at using a calculator"

  • @J.Blazer
    @J.Blazer Год назад +3663

    Honestly, knowing Alpha was lying for content so it would be funny just makes it funnier

    • @northwestclasspnw7974
      @northwestclasspnw7974 Год назад +79

      It's like he doubled onto his own brand

    • @VTGN-II
      @VTGN-II Год назад +8

      Dudes been doing it ever since the first deltarune iirc

    • @theman6422
      @theman6422 Год назад +8

      Alpharad knows the ancient technique of layered comedy

    • @MHFUEvO
      @MHFUEvO Год назад +3

      so true! actually made me laugh out loud

    • @lyubomirkonstantinov7825
      @lyubomirkonstantinov7825 Год назад +1

      I'm not here for honesty. I'm here for vibes

  • @CountLilac
    @CountLilac Год назад +276

    The absolute confidence to make a failed nuzlocke video that you didn’t fail. Magnificent

  • @moonluminary
    @moonluminary Год назад +182

    Learning the way Jacob thinks about and makes his videos is actually some of the most interesting content i've seen in a while. Would love to see more stuff like this

  • @flinchhy
    @flinchhy Год назад +2733

    Now PokemonChallenges has to react to Alpharad's reaction to his reaction.

    • @flinchhy
      @flinchhy Год назад +133

      And the cycle will continue until the end of time

    • @addisonrules2522
      @addisonrules2522 Год назад +55

      @@flinchhy and this is how content farms work!

    • @rowletthejowlet6241
      @rowletthejowlet6241 Год назад +32

      At this point there just communicating though reaction videos

    • @CrumbledOroes
      @CrumbledOroes Год назад +5

      An endless cycle of reacting to each other, i love it

    • @unbind_all
      @unbind_all Год назад +8

      HOW MANY LAYERS CAN THE CYCLE GO

  • @Glennjamyyyn
    @Glennjamyyyn Год назад +2882

    Hearing Jacob talk about how on a pause screen you gotta have something going on the screen to keep viewers interested but then becoming aware and noticing how Jacob actually has something going on when he pauses was mind blowing. This whole video was watching how the sausage was made

    • @theultimatetrashman887
      @theultimatetrashman887 Год назад +15

      please dont talk about sausages there is a man who makes sausages out of a goddamn salad and it just reminded me of him

    • @elizabethwheelis6879
      @elizabethwheelis6879 Год назад +18

      @@theultimatetrashman887 For this poor strangers sake, abstain from discussing sausages

  • @rafaellucadetena9355
    @rafaellucadetena9355 Год назад +77

    Jacob seems so happy when he saw Jan laughing at his reaction montage. That's a bless.

  • @bradleystevens4618
    @bradleystevens4618 Год назад +35

    9:52 "me lying to you doesn't break trust if you don't know I'm lying" 😂

  • @Matpit18
    @Matpit18 Год назад +4897

    This tension between Jacob and Jan feels like the closest thing to a real life modern Pokémon rivalry ever

    • @lordofgeese6437
      @lordofgeese6437 Год назад +395

      Except BOTH of them are Gary

    • @Maradrafts
      @Maradrafts Год назад +83

      ​@@lordofgeese6437 I was about to comment that I didn't know who the Gary was, but... yeah. Yeah, I think you have it right. Oo

    • @potitishogun2961997
      @potitishogun2961997 Год назад +161

      It's like a rivalry between Gary and Paul 😂

    • @derrickmeade4891
      @derrickmeade4891 Год назад +11

      @@potitishogun2961997 so true

    • @MrNorskgamer
      @MrNorskgamer Год назад +42

      @@potitishogun2961997 that is the most accurate comparison i have heard between these 2 that it hurts to think about the fact i didnt see it until i read your comment just now 😂

  • @ultrayoshi100
    @ultrayoshi100 Год назад +1426

    The reveal that Jacob won the randomizer but went back to lose on purpose is hilarious

    • @darkpuppetlordful
      @darkpuppetlordful Год назад +176

      It has the energy of a pro wrestler throwing a match so his rival can win the belt, just to set up beating that rival FOR the belt

  • @RizzRobe
    @RizzRobe Год назад +65

    I DM for several D&D games (and a few other TTRPGs) and curating playlists for hitting those emotional beats just right is a big part of my toolkit - I have also noticed that Jacob has an incredible ear for using video game and anime soundtracks to do just that with great effect so ... naturally I have begun using those same songs. Namely Don't Ever Forget and You Say Run.

  • @pkmntrainerred4247
    @pkmntrainerred4247 Год назад +69

    I love how half of the funniest, most iconic moments in Jacob's nuzlockes were literally lies, just makes it funnier XD

  • @codenameloser8488
    @codenameloser8488 Год назад +1507

    “Reacting to “pro Nuzlocker” reacting to me” absolute Alpharad moment

    • @Megadaxo
      @Megadaxo Год назад +4

      Professional Nuzlocker reacts to Alpharad reacting to PokémonChallenges reacting to Alpharad

    • @ehehe812
      @ehehe812 Год назад

      Best video title

    • @cobaltsnake1661
      @cobaltsnake1661 Год назад +4

      RTgame also did this when his nuzlocke was reacted to

    • @gaymerjerry
      @gaymerjerry Год назад +1

      I personally just want his reaction to jacob failing the randomized nuzlocke was just faked for content

    • @Floridadian
      @Floridadian Год назад

      "Approved by alpharad"

  • @youngrootv
    @youngrootv Год назад +2136

    I’m genuinely amazed that Alpha still edits his own videos. He’s more than big enough not to and most RUclipsrs of his size wouldn’t edit their own videos, mad respect!

    • @vexed_con
      @vexed_con Год назад +82

      He probably thinks that someone else wouldn’t make it quite what he wants the verifies to be. I reason if he let others do the full edits of his videos he’d be standing right over their shoulder to make sure the final cut is exactly what he wants it to be

    • @derekkim593
      @derekkim593 Год назад +44

      He doesn’t want to pay Colin

    • @botzachary9891
      @botzachary9891 Год назад +47

      i may be wrong as i'm digging up old memory fragments, but if I recall correctly he talked about this way back in some Plus video when it was still called that, pretty much he likes his specific editing style and when he looked for someone to try to match the style for him nobody could quite get it right so he keeps editing it himself.

    • @achyif1
      @achyif1 Год назад +13

      he has a degree in like, video editing

    • @elmacho1336
      @elmacho1336 Год назад +3

      I suppose most people with their own editors upload more videos so it makes sense that Jacob can afford to do his own given the infrequency of his uploads

  • @sommeone
    @sommeone Год назад +84

    Watching the stream and then watching 8:50 was genuinely really educational because we saw him, on stream, do a second take to get the "what if we had quick claw" line and I had no idea how he was going to integrate it. Using the first take, cutting to a closeup to Jan's face, and then cutting back to the full shot to the second take was such a good idea (and it was so well done in this video!)
    I've just been starting to edit my own videos and I really struggle with how to stitch together shots nicely and choosing what to leave on the cutting room floor. This entire video is surprisingly educational, but this moment really stood out to me! Thanks for making this!!!

    • @Fryingpan4213
      @Fryingpan4213 10 месяцев назад +1

      Bro typed a n essay

    • @unionjack0638
      @unionjack0638 18 дней назад

      @@Fryingpan4213it’s two paragraphs.

    • @Fryingpan4213
      @Fryingpan4213 18 дней назад

      @@unionjack0638 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

  • @thedeathray8620
    @thedeathray8620 Год назад +71

    There is something incredibly powerful about the double stare-into-the-camera with the gastly being named Comedy
    23:17

  • @axtentempest3030
    @axtentempest3030 Год назад +1881

    This feels like a battle between a tactician and a stage director

    • @janehrahan5116
      @janehrahan5116 Год назад +100

      Because it is.

    • @heartofthefluft8541
      @heartofthefluft8541 Год назад +40

      Robin from Fire Emblem Awakening (Jen) v.s. Itsuki from Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE (Jacob)
      Ok, probably August instead of Robin but you get my point

    • @corruptedstriker67
      @corruptedstriker67 Год назад +6

      It is a battle between these two mad lads

  • @hardhoofdful
    @hardhoofdful Год назад +1711

    “Being good at nuzlockes is basically like being good at using a calculator” legendary quote

    • @neothepenguin1257
      @neothepenguin1257 Год назад +39

      19:22 for anyone wondering

    • @PolitoedFan9002
      @PolitoedFan9002 Год назад +8

      If it’s a graphing calculator

    • @kappuccino3329
      @kappuccino3329 Год назад +1

      @@neothepenguin1257 chad

    • @Vintagedoggo
      @Vintagedoggo Год назад +2

      "Being good at pokemon" not just nuzlocks

    • @Fanc-E-Kitten
      @Fanc-E-Kitten Год назад +8

      @@Vintagedoggo udont need brain to be good at pokemon, just spam surf and ull be fine

  • @FoxPrinceHope
    @FoxPrinceHope Год назад +68

    Watching Alpha and Jan's rivalry is like watching the class clown fight the class nerd-

  • @damianwang4991
    @damianwang4991 Год назад +14

    21:42. At that spot in the original Alpharad perfection video, where Alpha copies Jan's best-of-the-best, I sat through that section thinking to myself "Huh, Alpharad seems oddly low energy and unenthusiastic/dead inside for this part of the video. Wonder why." And now I know.

  • @supervillain369
    @supervillain369 Год назад +1845

    I genuinely want a Soul-link between them. But it should be something that fits them. Like one doing rando and the other doing it straight.

    • @slanax97
      @slanax97 Год назад +105

      Randomized Black 2 and Blaze Black 2 Redux

    • @gameworldjt
      @gameworldjt Год назад +9

      that's a great idea

    • @Muhznit
      @Muhznit Год назад +79

      Even better: They purposefully sack specific pokemon to sabotage the other, but the rule of "if all your pokemon faint first you lose" still applies

    • @orangepeelz3579
      @orangepeelz3579 Год назад +1

      that would be such a great video

    • @namedsomething870
      @namedsomething870 Год назад +4

      This is the best idea ever LOL

  • @jontysherlock1804
    @jontysherlock1804 Год назад +3043

    Honestly, finding out that he actually finished the emerald nuzlocke and lied about it made me respect Alpharad’s huge brain even more.

    • @lazybunny3400
      @lazybunny3400 Год назад +10

      Wait what?

    • @clown6370
      @clown6370 Год назад +137

      @@lazybunny3400 he said it in the video. the champions ace was a delibird so he knew it would be better if he "failed" it

    • @kos_m824
      @kos_m824 Год назад +69

      @@clown6370 Honestly knowing that he did that makes it so I have to assume every single video he's ever done is fake in some way

    • @connerdowns559
      @connerdowns559 Год назад +65

      @@kos_m824 who cares if it’s fake or real. What he gives you is the best version of his content. You can assume anything that’s not a unedited stream is fake and still enjoy a video

    • @dark5iveninja
      @dark5iveninja Год назад

      @@kos_m824 so you dislike tv? And movies? Why does it matter if it’s not exactly accurate or raw content if it’s fun who gives a fuck?

  • @Satherian
    @Satherian Год назад +81

    The Sans twist was unexpected, but by god did it make me laugh
    Edit: And honestly, his face at 19:12 is perfect

  • @ReverieSamedi
    @ReverieSamedi Год назад +44

    The biggest tragedy out of all of this is Jan *STILL* didn't sub even after 3 reactions!
    That's probably his ace in the hole.

  • @AlexStJohn-wd3yy
    @AlexStJohn-wd3yy Год назад +660

    Legitimately, I like this video for the look behind the curtain on Alpharad’s thought process and how he goes about making content. This was truly insightful in the sense of understanding what goes through his head and how he wants to tell a story/entertain. I just came for the Jan/Alpharad fun rivalry but in the end learned a lot

  • @Lookalikealagaler
    @Lookalikealagaler Год назад +579

    Now we just need Alpharad and Jan to do a soul link together and the arc is complete.

    • @illegalmemedealer3549
      @illegalmemedealer3549 Год назад +71

      God I want to see that, purely because Jacob would absolutely sack off their strongest mons for the bit and I want to see it

    • @sailorgallifrey1365
      @sailorgallifrey1365 Год назад +14

      Watch Jacob get all the best mons while Jan basically runs a trashlocke

    • @BenLeeRules
      @BenLeeRules Год назад +4

      I didn't realise I needed this until now.

    • @Seismitoad3
      @Seismitoad3 Год назад +1

      Jan says he wants to do a Soul Link at some point but he's not sure who with. So, who better than Jacob Alpharad?

    • @jasperpulleine9655
      @jasperpulleine9655 Год назад

      Hahahaha guess what

  • @TheHdi64
    @TheHdi64 Год назад +59

    Hearing about the whole writing process of the videos is truly interesting.
    It's not just about throwing jokes around, it's really thought through, beginning to end, with twists and stuff.
    You never cease to amaze me dude

  • @mr_b3am
    @mr_b3am Год назад +39

    This man just basically decredits your entire nuzlocke lol

  • @evie2670
    @evie2670 Год назад +601

    We really need a Soul Link with these two and no one can change my mind about it

    • @bestaround3323
      @bestaround3323 Год назад +10

      I agree with that, I want that too

    • @corneliogallo3250
      @corneliogallo3250 Год назад +2

      YESS

    • @JACandQuill
      @JACandQuill Год назад

      ABSOLutely

    • @bipolarbear7337
      @bipolarbear7337 Год назад

      Yeeeeees

    • @Failuigi41
      @Failuigi41 Год назад +12

      It is the only natural resolution to this arc, to enter as rivals and emerge as the GREATEST ALLIES EVER. Or corpses with even more grudges

  • @xavi5876
    @xavi5876 Год назад +991

    This is just a continuous ouroboros of content reaction and ego feeding, I love it

  • @scoutlaceharding
    @scoutlaceharding Год назад +63

    Honestly, I'm so glad you are both getting so much content out of this "rivalry" because the videos are super entertaining to watch on both sides.

  • @theman6422
    @theman6422 Год назад +54

    From the beginning of Alpharad’s RUclips career, many things have gone and passed. His content has changed over the years, and it feels good to be apart of that slow change. Though, I’ve finally noticed something about his content. There’s always something that has stayed exactly the same throughout the years. There is just one thing, and that is his motto:
    It’s not about winning…It’s about sending a MESSAGE

  • @Lightning_Toad
    @Lightning_Toad Год назад +942

    I'm assuming Jan is German and his sense of humor shows it. The Diglett Cave thing is a very German response to the joke. "What do you mean? It's literally called Diglett Cave" NO SHIT GLAD YOU CAUGHT US UP

    • @mascotwithadinosaur9353
      @mascotwithadinosaur9353 Год назад +154

      Pretty sure he is German. In the Jacob-Jaiden SoulLink, he said his name is German and he also seems to have RUclips in German.

    • @Thundah090
      @Thundah090 Год назад +139

      @@mascotwithadinosaur9353 In one of his reactions he said that "there is a heat wave here in germany" so yeah he's german

    • @Aphidae
      @Aphidae Год назад +57

      He is German he just has a really good accent.

    • @alicianunes5109
      @alicianunes5109 Год назад +108

      He is German and has no accent when speaking English because, IIRC, he went to a German-English school when he was a kid so he learned both very young, he talks about it sometimes on stream

    • @connortheandroidsentbycybe7740
      @connortheandroidsentbycybe7740 Год назад +21

      @@alicianunes5109 nah, he does have an accent. Not a German one, but he does have an accent

  • @lompass379
    @lompass379 Год назад +458

    Its so fun to see Alpharad discovering German 'humor' and dry sarcasm

    • @mlgkid3298
      @mlgkid3298 Год назад +199

      As a German I can say, our repertoire of jokes is gigantic and filled with pages.
      Sadly it isn't funny.

    • @anotherwea6692
      @anotherwea6692 Год назад +40

      @@mlgkid3298 strangely, your coment was

    • @nakedstatue8517
      @nakedstatue8517 Год назад

      I love how wrong ppl pronounce Jan...

    • @rextek5421
      @rextek5421 Год назад +15

      What do you mean "humor" why is it in quotations? Are you implying that germans dont have a sense of Humor...
      cuz if so you might be correct

    • @GBlockbreaker
      @GBlockbreaker Год назад +25

      our humor is quick and efficient, the exact opposite of our bureaucracy

  • @MonkeyGng
    @MonkeyGng Год назад +22

    I just realized that the reason Jacob sounded so bored reading the sponsor for the perfect nuzlocke was just to mimic Jan, well played.

  • @technoterror8809
    @technoterror8809 Год назад +22

    Your use of music really does bring that extra little bit of love with each of the impactful moments in your videos. I put so many songs on my playlist because of you.

    • @thatoneguy5525
      @thatoneguy5525 Год назад

      Don’t suppose you got the name of the music at 28:08 do ya?

    • @technoterror8809
      @technoterror8809 Год назад

      @@thatoneguy5525 I unfortunately do not

  • @Deemo3
    @Deemo3 Год назад +213

    The most passive aggressive friendship ever and I love it.
    Edit: the reveal that Alpha actually won that 2nd run and went back to throw for content was mind blowing. Well done.
    Edit 2: the Sans flex. Jesus Christ the Sans flex.

  • @Roselyse
    @Roselyse Год назад +556

    Alpharad, as a 7+ year dungeon master, I promise that you sharing and going into detail about that playlist of music you have for every single emotional moment you can think of would be single handedly the most kind gift to the adhd ridden dungeons and dragons nerds you could ever give us ❤

    • @philipmiguel5563
      @philipmiguel5563 Год назад +43

      From most that I can recall, most of his music are these ones
      One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 or 3 - I WANT TO LIVE (That song with the epic trumpets)
      Kingdom Hearts BBS OST (forgot which world theme it was but it's the one who occasionally uses that features the plucky strings and wind instruments for the first bit)
      Trails in the Sky - Sophisticated Fight
      Jump Force loading music
      Xenoblade Zanza the Divine
      Xenoblade the Fog King
      Xenoblade 2 Medley
      Xenoblade Roaming the Wastes
      Persona 5 Mementos
      Persona 3 Dorm music
      Smash Bros OST
      Xenoblade VS. Moebius
      Nintendo Wii shop channel theme
      Miitopia battle theme
      His outro is an original song that I forgot the name of, but it was inspired by his old outro where he used the instrumental version of The Stars and Us (P5's original credits song)
      Hope this helps with spicing up your D&D music!

    • @NobleLeader6
      @NobleLeader6 Год назад +15

      Alpharad also uses a lot of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon music for emotional moments, especially recently. For example, at about 7:08 the song playing is from PMD Explorers of Sky. I think it's either Never Forget, or I Don't Want To Say Goodbye. Either way, great songs and (in my opinion) great games.
      The songs were done with the DS soundfont in mind, but you can find a lot of midis and other conversions/covers of the songs on youtube to fit more into a playlist of music.

    • @slonik0002
      @slonik0002 Год назад +7

      Agreed, he used to put playlists in his description and it was fantastic for finding new music, a shame he doesn’t do it anymore but I suppose it might be for copyright or something.

    • @euthmyiviridian
      @euthmyiviridian Год назад +3

      I’m just commenting so I can find this again. I fiend for all music I can find to add to my DnD playlists and just listen to. Mad respect to everyone that helps others out on that cause.

    • @philipmiguel5563
      @philipmiguel5563 Год назад +3

      @@euthmyiviridian may I reccomend music from the Xeno series? Specifically the ones from Tetsuya Takahashi's works? The series has produced nothing but bangers in both battle and environmental music

  • @oliverstanic1724
    @oliverstanic1724 Год назад +22

    2:00 Alpharad can speak German now
    Guten job Man

  • @aMxx-
    @aMxx- 8 месяцев назад +7

    “I can also only be funny when i’m bad at video games”
    Biggest clap back of all time

  • @onirider914
    @onirider914 Год назад +483

    The relationship between you two is almost sibling like at this point and I love it

    • @markshaw3711
      @markshaw3711 Год назад +23

      As soon as Alpha puts on those cat ears, it turns into a step-sibling relationship;)

    • @outspade
      @outspade Год назад +29

      @@markshaw3711 i am going to name a pokemon after you, take it into my elite four team and sac it in a nuzlocke

    • @takinggaming6640
      @takinggaming6640 Год назад +5

      @@outspade and I’m gunna sac it in bed

  • @theshyguy9855
    @theshyguy9855 Год назад +116

    honestly, I love it when people do something just out of pettiness or spite. these are powerful motivators.
    also beating Sans first try two seperate times is also impressive.
    Good video

  • @NotAGraveRobber
    @NotAGraveRobber Год назад +21

    I love that Alpharad makes the WWE content of Nuzlocks, and I totally haven't rewatched most of them multiple times

  • @TheTrueBungus
    @TheTrueBungus Год назад +22

    I love how alpha doesn't even care about winning just about the funny. Alpha you truly deserve the internet funny man title

  • @NoobsailerRBH
    @NoobsailerRBH Год назад +339

    Alpharad: "You ever want people to feel sad - just play Don't Ever Forget."
    Literally every PMD player: **Emotional Damage**
    Jan: **Doesn't care**

    • @lemons38
      @lemons38 Год назад +5

      and the best (or worst) part is that Alpha is actually right lmao

    • @hamdepaf6686
      @hamdepaf6686 Год назад +1

      Well you can't Nuzlock PMD

    • @mitkitty
      @mitkitty Год назад +1

      Every goddamn time. Also whenever anyone uses N's Farewell

  • @FlareBlitzBanana
    @FlareBlitzBanana Год назад +278

    “When you want people to cry in a Pokémon video, play Don’t Ever Forget”
    Truly a master of emotional manipulation

  • @fractal8346
    @fractal8346 Год назад +25

    I love how alpha genuinely has all of these reaction videos straight up memorized down to the timestamps. Both of these people live in each other’s heads rent free

  • @hooeythegreat1987
    @hooeythegreat1987 Год назад +83

    Finally understanding the pain of loving Vaporeon… the internet ruined it

    • @RapidsLurker15
      @RapidsLurker15 Год назад +20

      Vaporeon is still my favorite. Anyone who is swayed by the internet is weak as fuck.

  • @DrFoggyPants
    @DrFoggyPants Год назад +360

    Alpharad might not always do the best read in Pokemon, but damn he reads Jan like a book. The amount of reads he pointed out that got the exact reaction he predicted is pretty insane

    • @vidar_kensei7446
      @vidar_kensei7446 Год назад +7

      Well he's not a good youtuber, all of his videos have the exact same format. The only time he does something actually surprising is when he makes a joke.

    • @flint9759
      @flint9759 Год назад +2

      Alpharad has also watched all these vidoes before. We see that in his video before about the 'perfect' nuzlocke when he takes various clips and snippets of advice from the Pokemon Challenges videos.
      Edit: Nevermind, I got the part of the video you were talking about.

    • @vidar_kensei7446
      @vidar_kensei7446 Год назад

      @@flint9759 I was about to go to bed can you simplify this?

    • @flint9759
      @flint9759 Год назад +2

      @@vidar_kensei7446 I was responding to Mathias more than you. The point was Alpharad isn't predicting what Jan is about to say, he's already seen it. However, I was wrong. I misunderstood what Mathias was saying.

    • @darkestlight660
      @darkestlight660 Год назад

      @@vidar_kensei7446 eh ... That's one type of video he does....he has a lot of other content lmao. Alpha is funny as fuck, but so is Jan to me - moreso dry humor, but to each their own

  • @VannMunson
    @VannMunson Год назад +173

    "Alpharad is so much better than me but I'll get there"
    "Maybe"
    that absolutely killed me💀

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement Год назад +33

    19:00 I love how Alpharad just casually beat Sans in the middle of a react stream lmao.
    23:20 YEAH JAN

  • @anuakinfisoye3172
    @anuakinfisoye3172 Год назад +143

    The context of what you’re criticising so important, there’s a reason I watch the Alpharad and Jaiden Nuzlockes over the sea of others, the story, these creators know they aren’t experts the unpredictable mistakes make the video more entertaining

  • @CrunchyMaggots
    @CrunchyMaggots Год назад +206

    Of all the back and forth jabs at eachother, I love how it was the response to the one at 23:13 that caught him so horribly off guard and cut deep.

  • @RndmGuy98
    @RndmGuy98 Год назад +10

    Im still asking myself how you would „play around the crit“ in a fight, where you have only one singular Pokémon.

  • @jstar3382
    @jstar3382 Год назад +6

    27:30 Jan probably forgets that Alphas been doing this for a damn long time. This is his 9th year of RUclips now (of listed videos)

  • @rainz8841
    @rainz8841 Год назад +409

    something tells me that this is eventually going to become an infinite loop

    • @omodev
      @omodev Год назад +6

      I agree Basil pfp User

    • @miadesynced
      @miadesynced Год назад +3

      BASEDil

    • @linkscarlet9094
      @linkscarlet9094 Год назад +34

      Moves it to Alphard deluxe, every video he just adds another friend to join in on Bullying Jan. Eventually he brings Jan on, puts one of his video thumbnails in the thumbnail. They play Mario party

    • @rainz8841
      @rainz8841 Год назад +2

      @@linkscarlet9094 oh my god, that'd be absolutely beautiful

    • @piggywiggy5636
      @piggywiggy5636 Год назад

      Hello fellow basil pfp

  • @nopls3607
    @nopls3607 Год назад +241

    The knowledge that he lost on purpose makes it infinitely funnier

  • @justanotherweirdo11
    @justanotherweirdo11 Год назад +1

    1:58 fitting Tanaka theme.

  • @yoursteak5215
    @yoursteak5215 Год назад +15

    Sometimes, you gotta appreciate the “rivalries” and the “orchestral one piece openings” we made along the way.

  • @Boboftime69696
    @Boboftime69696 Год назад +111

    I'll give Alpha credit for talking about how boring and skippable Jan's ads are, explains that you need excitement in your voice like this as for example, then gives the ad.
    Like not only did he make his point, but he got me to actually not skip through this random mobile game ad just to pay attention to how he uses his voice.

    • @luke0saur
      @luke0saur Год назад

      @@erikteutloff2183 pokemon challenges alt is seething

    • @corvidaeae
      @corvidaeae Год назад +11

      Ngl, even though I agree that Jan has boring ad reads, Alpha's ads are hardly the pinnacle of excitement either. He sounds like a guy doing a generic ad read that he's pretty good at pretending to be interested in.

    • @DoctorOaks
      @DoctorOaks Год назад +2

      To each their own. I personally really enjoy Jan's ads

  • @keldeo05
    @keldeo05 Год назад +94

    The biting the hand that feeds was an incredible tweet, had chuckling

  • @guilhermeteodosio40
    @guilhermeteodosio40 Год назад +9

    5:48 what a civic conversation looks like

  • @Joe-bk3qw
    @Joe-bk3qw Год назад +2

    This back and forth is so hilarious. Love both your channels so much

  • @remitsu9715
    @remitsu9715 Год назад +1182

    Gotta love watching Alpharad reacting to Pro Pokemon Nuzlocker reacting to Alpharad
    While Alpharad reacts to him reacting to himself
    Yes

  • @kikiretzorg1467
    @kikiretzorg1467 Год назад +115

    It feels so brutal to actually hear Alpharad tell people how and why they are bad at making RUclips videos, I’ve been watching Alpharad since “HOW TO PLAY JIGGLYPUFF 101” and _never_ once seen him do that. Like ouch man

    • @donovanjoseph737
      @donovanjoseph737 Год назад +26

      Jan can talk about himself being good at nuzlocks and other people being bad all he wants, but alpha just cut him at his core existence on the internet and that’s something Jan can’t recover from

    • @corvidaeae
      @corvidaeae Год назад +40

      @@donovanjoseph737 Jan's fully aware that Alpha's much better at video making than he is, pretty sure he's going to be fine.

  • @manelneedsaname1773
    @manelneedsaname1773 Год назад +7

    I really like that you talked about your music choices because I recognize a lot of them and I feel validated

  • @Nyxiius
    @Nyxiius Год назад +7

    Honestly your music choices in videos, including this one, are impeccable. You use so many great songs

  • @MozillaVulpix
    @MozillaVulpix Год назад +154

    Jacob is so much better at writing scripts that even his reaction videos have a compelling emotional arc about whether or not Jan is subscribed to him...
    (now the question is did he make that up for content too?)
    (...my head is starting to hurt...)

    • @janehrahan5116
      @janehrahan5116 Год назад +16

      Nope. it's actually in jans videos. Jan is just too based sigma to be subscribed to a small RUclipsr like alphard. ;)

    • @DanielLightspeedMcNair
      @DanielLightspeedMcNair Год назад +1

      @@janehrahan5116 alphard

    • @janehrahan5116
      @janehrahan5116 Год назад +1

      I know what I said

  • @antonyanderson1880
    @antonyanderson1880 Год назад +272

    This rivalry is blossoming into RUclipss greatest bromance

  • @ashtonoak4370
    @ashtonoak4370 3 месяца назад +1

    "Me lying to you doesnt break that trust if you dont know im lying"
    I have a feeling he has used that in alot of breakups

  • @marykateingracia2441
    @marykateingracia2441 4 месяца назад +2

    Now we need Jan to react to Alpha reacting to him reacting to Alpha

  • @jesseford9586
    @jesseford9586 Год назад +89

    “Comedy is hard, you can’t solve it with a math problem”
    That’s Awesome

  • @IncorporationXII
    @IncorporationXII Год назад +31

    The whole running gag halfway through of using the sans fight to passive aggressively say “Pokémon is not a good barometric for measuring video game skill” is hilarious to me

  • @UttkarshBhagotra
    @UttkarshBhagotra Год назад +10

    This is what peak comedy and chemistry is...........

  • @rawr1131
    @rawr1131 Год назад +1

    I love coming back to these videos and watching how you guys just try to dunk on each other (in good sport ofc). It’s been really cool seeing both yours and Jaiden’s relationships with Jan evolve from “wtf is this person?” To friends who milk each other’s videos for content.

  • @Sable_Soup
    @Sable_Soup Год назад +55

    running on pure comedic faith that he actually just unsubscribes every time he does a reaction and then once the camera is off he resubscribes

  • @jeamsis
    @jeamsis Год назад +133

    I am so happy I discovered you through your Sonic Boom play through, you are honestly so fun to watch and your presentation is genuinely amazing. Your comedic timing is like a gift from the gods you are so entertaining, I honestly cant stress enough how good your presentation is

    • @DaanCusters94
      @DaanCusters94 Год назад +2

      Whew. We have found that one viewer that got here through a sonic video! That's amazing!

  • @tymunster
    @tymunster Год назад +3

    these videos always help me at my lows, thank you for making such good content

  • @jade_14
    @jade_14 Год назад +5

    This video is gold! Couldnt stop smiling. Great job Alpharad and also Jan.