So Let's Talk About Channel Awesome

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I suppose most of you have heard what been going on at Channel Awesome and most of their secrets have exposes.
 But those who don't know allow me to explain.

Channel Awesome is a website who was created by the Mike Michaud, Mike Ellis, and Bhargav Dronamraju in 2008.
The site is known for starring Doug Walker who would be know as the Nostalgia Critic who began doing Retro Review.
He would make videos where he would review old movie from childhood but also make fun of them,
adding few skits in there as well some jokes about the films.
He essentially made video riffing reviews.
His videos would get popular and enjoy by many but because YouTube copyright Policy (Which have not improve for years), videos were at risk at being .
This would lead to him Creating his own site known with his Brother Rob Walker as 'That Guy with The Glasses' as well joining site we all know as Channel Awesome.
and soon this would this would lead to others people such Linkara, Angry Joe, Cinema Snob, Lindsay Ellis (who use to go by the Nostalgia Chick) and Jewwario
and many others who made simalry videos to come to this site 
in hopes that they too would gain the same success as the Nostalgia Critic and site would gain popularity.
Over time these people would set the stage for online reviews 
and some would notoriety in the net.
They would even managed to make three anniversary films such Kickassia, Suburban Knight and To Boldly Flee.
Films that would star most of the reviewers who at that site. 
however this site would encounter problems, many many problems.

 For one the people who work there were not treated well.
People at Channel Awesome would face poor communication with the producers,
this is because the people in charge of channel Awesome did not use emails,
instead they would use skype which limited amount people that could communicate 
and even then people in charge didn't seem to want communicate with their workers,
Rob mockling calling them "Children" behind their back.
They would fire people just for not being on the computer long enough.
Such would be case for Obscurus Lupa who was let go for being on Skype for 15 minutes.
 One person such as Holly Christine Brown was fire at the blue right after she came out of surgery 
and when she tried get the news out of what has happen they claim that she lying.
It got so bad that had to come face to face with people in charge just to have any Idea of what to do.
Mike Michaud in particular would have habit of causing trouble for everyone working at Channel Awesome, especially for a man known Gonzo. 
Mike Michaud would actively attack him, constantly saying "you not popular enough." and that "needed get views up"
He wouldn't even let him make a video mourning the death of his dead friend Jewwario.
This wasn't made better in the anniversary films made ultimately were....
  shit put it simple.
These films were basically low quality fan fiction of the Nostalgia Critic that misuse their cast (in more ways than one)
people working on the films weren't provided with food water,
They would get injure on set.
One woman in one of the films was tape upside down for hours,
it got to the point that she need medical attention but instead they just gave her gatorade. 
They had both Lindsly and Linkara do a rape scene,
neither of them happy of doing it (but don't worry they added funny noises to make it funny).
In to Boldly Flee Doug wanted kill off the Nostalgia Critic and expected every to fine with this decision.
They did not
and the site would suffer for this decision because Channel Awesome was mostly advertise Nostalgia Critic which made it much harder for their audiences to know about the other anyone else who work there to stand out
and it didn't help that Doug pretty much let the popularity get to his head.
 This was made worse when Doug plan retire the Nostalgia Critic to move on with a new show call Demo Reel.
Not only did the new show fail but the site lost many of of their viewers sin Nostalgia Critic was no longer around.
Untimely Doug was force to bring the Nostalgia critic back tho he would add way more skits and actors.
This new version of Nostalgia critic would comedy of Demo reel 
and the reviewing style(if that even word), 
the would often end with these preecy life lessons at end most of these videos. 
They site would tried to create another show, this one being game show call Pop Quiz Hot Hot Shot which ended looking so cheap in quality that they literally use cardboard cutouts and a set look like made by kindergartens,
despite the fact they had they raise $89.757 in Indiegogo.

As soon the news got out of all the awful things that has at Channel Awesome in a document known as 'Not so Awesome'.
Here a link to that Document to get full Idea what has happen over there.
Channel Awesome would respond but would do so in the worst way possible saying "We sorry you feel that way".
Here is their response
They pretty made none apology, saying their going to fix the problems despite the fact they had years to fix them but never did,
they barely address the problems and instead they just barg about how great their site was,
saying that most of people who made the complaints were simple disgruntled liars.
Nobody bought the "apology" if anything just enrage them. 
And to make things worse expose themselves for protecting a sexual deviants,
one who committed who committed sexual assault.
That person being Jewwario who committed suicide.
It didn't help that the one channel co-founders Mike Ellis was harassing Holly Brown for not going out with him despite the fact he was married.
He would even message someone for 2 hours 
he would respond with "damn it, I told him he couldn't doing this shit. I'll take care of it." 

Because of their incompetence to run their own business
Channel Awesome reputation has been utterly tarnish,
Most most people who join the site have left do to mistreatment and frustration 
and it's even rumore that Doug himself may leave the site due to the contovesary.
Because of their own failure to run their own site
and treating all of employees poorly treated
and most with their dirty secrets and lies have being exposed to the public of what they done.
made never recover. Only time will tell. 
If like to more here a bunch of videos that explain much more of what has happen around they site
and how they handled it.
 Is Anyone Really Surprised By The CA Scandal
CHANNEL AWESOME UNDER SCRUTINY FOR POOR MANAGEMENT

Nobody Is Innocent At Channel Awesome

JEWWARIO'S SECOND FUNERAL


For those who may wonder why I would write this down,
well you see I use to be a fan of channel awesome.
I would watch a ton of their videos and have fun and enjoy them,
but as quality of their decrees over time, 
I just lost interest
and finding out what happen over there really did sicken me.
If anything they're just another group people who fail improve from their mistakes
and became a farce 
and I cannot bare to watch their videos anymore.

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n33rrx's avatar
I used to be a NC fan before a Channel Awesome fan, and I'm sorry I have poor comprehension but, does that mean that Doug had a separate channel when he started out, then joined Channel Awesome for revenue?