Prank War: too far? • Non-Gaming • Humour • Eurogamer.net

terminalterror 14 Oct 2009 12:38:19 18,932 posts
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Basically, two guys who work for College Humor (Streeter and Amir) are involved in an ever escalating prank war. They put a hell of a lot of effort into outdoing each other, and getting revenge for the last prank. They are hilarious, but also incredibly painful to watch, particularly as you realise the only way this will end is when they murder each others families.

Part 1 - Streeter edits something awkward into the MP3 Amir is listening to.

Part 2 - Amir sets Streeter up on a date with an imaginary fan.

-the point at which things start edging over the line-

Part 3 - Streeter enlists the help of Amir's friend to trick him into making an audition tape for a show that doesn't exist, then plays it to the whole office.

Part 4 - Amir gets the crowd at an open mic night to not laugh at any of Streeter's jokes, and throw in some cruel heckles too.

-the point at which serious emotional trauma becomes fair game-

Part 5 - Streeter and Amir fly to LA where Streeter (with the help of Human Giant) trick Amir into thinking he's 1) going to be on TV and 2) that he's a terrible actor.

-the point at which innocent parties are now caught in the crossfire, and things ramp up to a whole new level of insanity-

Part 6 - Streeter and his girlfriend are at a baseball game. Amir pays to have a marriage proposal on screen, and things play out just as badly as you might imagine.

-a slight return to a less brutal style of prank, but on an epic scale-

Part 7 - Amir is selected for a blindfolded halfcourt basketball throw at halftime in a game, with a $500,000 prize. Streeter convinces the crowd to cheer as though Amir has made the shot.

Deleted user 14 October 2009 12:40:47

The Part 6 is genius i've seen that before.

Youthist 14 Oct 2009 12:41:33 14,723 posts
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dont you have a thread dedicated to this sort of thing? In fact I think there are a handful.

Deleted user 14 October 2009 12:42:31

Part 8 - the entire thing is revealed as scripted setups anyway.

Deleted user 14 October 2009 12:42:36

No, it's amazing.

President_Weasel 14 Oct 2009 12:47:15 12,355 posts
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part 7 was quite amusing.

terminalterror 14 Oct 2009 12:47:49 18,932 posts
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Youthist wrote:
dont you have a thread dedicated to this sort of thing? In fact I think there are a handful.

7 separate (and not too short) videos would be a bit much for the "nuggets of joy" thread. I mainly created that as a place for all the little things I wanted to share that didn't quite warrant their own thread. These do.

terminalterror 14 Oct 2009 12:48:33 18,932 posts
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Gremmi wrote:
Part 8 - the entire thing is revealed as scripted setups anyway.

If they are all set ups, then both Amir and Streeter are brilliant actors.

terminalterror 14 Oct 2009 12:49:31 18,932 posts
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The best moment out of all the prank wars is when Amir sees that it is Streeter holding the $500,000 cheque, and instantly realises what has happened and drops to the floor.

Bill-Gates-is-Evil 14 Oct 2009 12:50:05 8,934 posts
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Those don't seem that bad really

danathjo 14 Oct 2009 12:54:25 8,294 posts
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seen 6 & 7 and they were awesome pranks...didn't realise there were so many cheers
will have a lookie at lunch!

terminalterror 14 Oct 2009 13:07:50 18,932 posts
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Bill Gates is Evil wrote:
Those don't seem that bad really

In part 5, Streeter basically built up Amir's dreams, and then took it all away. Short of convincing him his loved ones are dead, you can't really get much crueler than that.

asphaltcowboy 14 Oct 2009 17:37:12 5,157 posts
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Seen the earlier parts before and I thought they were bad! 7 was very funny, especially the moment of realisation when Streeter stands right next to him. Never seen part 6 before though - that was horrible! The work of a true evil genius. An incredibly evil genius!

UncleLou Moderator 14 Oct 2009 18:11:48 40,723 posts
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Caspar_Esq. wrote:
Mabye they are both in on it? Given the context they would be dumb not to realise the basketball thing was a setup

When they talk about it at the end of clip 7, they say the last prank before was more than 1 1/2 years ago - it's not like they set up traps for each other on a weekly basis.

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Yeah, video 6 is from September 2007, video 7 is from April 2009.

Genji 15 Oct 2009 04:56:51 19,682 posts
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I knew what this was going to be about as soon as I read the title.

I think part 7 is as funny as parts 5 and 6, but less harsh. And really, it's the harshness that makes those ones so special. They're both probably rich and famous, though, so any success/money pranks are less devastating.

terminalterror 15 Oct 2009 11:00:45 18,932 posts
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Genji wrote:
I knew what this was going to be about as soon as I read the title.

I think part 7 is as funny as parts 5 and 6, but less harsh. And really, it's the harshness that makes those ones so special. They're both probably rich and famous, though, so any success/money pranks are less devastating.

They are both staff writers for an internet comedy websity thing. I'd be amazed if they could afford health insurance.

They are mildly famous on the internet though, but I would have thought that made part 5 all the more devastating, because breaking into comedy acting from minor internet fame was actually within the realms of probability, so Amir had little reason* not to get his hopes up and believe his dreams were on the path to coming true, before being utterly dashed.

*except for the whole prank war thingy, but like I said, Human Giant genuinely wanting a cameo from two CH staff isn't that much of a stretch.

terminalterror 15 Oct 2009 11:10:58 18,932 posts
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blizeH wrote:
http://www.eurogamer.net/forum_thread_posts.php?thread_id=145422 ;x

Genji wrote:
I think part 7 is as funny as parts 5 and 6, but less harsh. And really, it's the harshness that makes those ones so special. They're both probably rich and famous, though, so any success/money pranks are less devastating.
Are you kidding by the way? The guy thought he won $500k and was absolutely ecstatic!

His reaction when he found out was priceless though

There is a difference between momentarily thinking you've won lots of money, and then realising that it was all a lie (i.e. going from normal, to ecstatic, then back to normal in the space of a few minutes) and having your dreams and aspirations built up and being led to believe them are coming true, being all excited about it for weeks beforehand, then realising that it was all a lie (i.e. going from normal, to incredibly excited about your future life, then brought firmly back to where you started, over the course of a few weeks).

The former is a light hearted prank on a truly epic scale. The latter is a very personally targeted and crushingly cruel prank on a medium scale.

Genji 16 Oct 2009 12:45:03 19,682 posts
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terminalterror wrote:

Genji wrote:
I knew what this was going to be about as soon as I read the title.

I think part 7 is as funny as parts 5 and 6, but less harsh. And really, it's the harshness that makes those ones so special. They're both probably rich and famous, though, so any success/money pranks are less devastating.

They are both staff writers for an internet comedy websity thing. I'd be amazed if they could afford health insurance.

I know who they are.

College Humor is massively popular, so I wouldn't be surprised if they're fairly well off. What I meant by "less devastating" is that they will still be well off after the prank. True cruelty would be doing that to a poor person.

terminalterror 16 Oct 2009 12:52:50 18,932 posts
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Genji wrote:

terminalterror wrote:

Genji wrote:
I knew what this was going to be about as soon as I read the title.

I think part 7 is as funny as parts 5 and 6, but less harsh. And really, it's the harshness that makes those ones so special. They're both probably rich and famous, though, so any success/money pranks are less devastating.

They are both staff writers for an internet comedy websity thing. I'd be amazed if they could afford health insurance.
I know who they are.

College Humor is massively popular, so I wouldn't be surprised if they're fairly well off. What I meant by "less devastating" is that they will still be well off after the prank. True cruelty would be doing that to a poor person.

I certainly see your point there, but I still don't think they are "rich".

Deleted user 16 October 2009 12:55:04

I wish I had their lives, the only thing they seem to have that I don't is resources. And writers.

Genji 16 Oct 2009 12:55:09 19,682 posts
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Yeah, probably not.

I'd say quite famous, though. As Internet celebrities go.

Salaman 16 Oct 2009 12:55:58 24,162 posts
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Aww. I thought there was a new prank for a moment.
:-/

terminalterror 16 Oct 2009 13:04:01 18,932 posts
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Salaman wrote:
Aww. I thought there was a new prank for a moment.
:-/

The gap between 6 and 7 was a year and a half!

Genji 16 Oct 2009 13:08:46 19,682 posts
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I would be bloody paranoid if I was one of those guys. Even after a year and a half.

terminalterror 16 Oct 2009 13:16:05 18,932 posts
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Genji wrote:
I would be bloody paranoid if I was one of those guys. Even after a year and a half.

I can see how the fear of being pranked probably permeates everything they do.

I wonder how long till one of them hires an actress to be the other's dream woman, waits until he's utterly in love, proposes and then at the wedding when the guests are asked "if anybody knows of any reason why these two should not be married", then stands up and reveals the whole thing was a hoax?

Slurmseh 16 Oct 2009 16:30:35 2,848 posts
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Love the Streeter bombs video. First time I saw it I couldn't stop laughing! Talk about having your self confidence destroyed!

Stormflood 16 Oct 2009 16:39:10 2,262 posts
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Watched the first one. Are the rest just as unconvincing and obviously acted?