It’s not usually that you simply see somebody boldly name out Souls gamers for the foolish habits they’ve discovered over time, however this Elden Ring account is doing so with gusto.
Souls YouTuber MattApocaalypse runs Make Up A Tarnished Guy, a Twitter account the place he describes random tarnished gamers in a number of day by day posts. Whereas the account claims to be “100% fictional,” its posts are brutally sincere “this you” callouts of Soulsborne gamers’ quirky gameplay tendencies that additionally spotlight content material they’ve missed as a consequence of their thoughts goblins.
Matt began the account in June final yr after he obtained irritated at Soulsborne gamers saying “git gud” on a regular basis.
“As a Souls content material creator, I hear the identical joke over and over from individuals: ‘git gud,’” MattApocaalypse informed Kotaku. “After listening to it sufficient occasions, I made a decision to make an account that poked enjoyable at Souls followers.”
And poke enjoyable he did. Like Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of the Fortress Church in Wittenberg, MattApocaalypse boldly pinned the modus operandi of his Elden Ring account by calling out gamers for saying git gud in the year of our lord 2020 for all to see. If that isn’t placing your cash the place your mouth is, I don’t know what’s.
MattApocaalypse retains his MUATG account well-fed with self-reflective content material by making a number of posts a day, both from his personal thought-up situations or as submissions from individuals by way of Twitter DMs. The fruits of his labor lead to a spread of posts placing gamers on blast for hoarding runes, simping for Malenia, or mistakenly thinking the map was supposed to be dark brown. In case you occur to really feel embarrassed seeing your self in any of those posts, you possibly can take solace in understanding you’re amongst his greater than 105,000 followers in the identical Tibia Mariner-shaped boat.
Whereas one would possibly suppose Matt’s posts are poking the bear, the suggestions from his followers haven’t been destructive within the slightest. Actually, his followers react as in the event that they’re cats or canines trying right into a mirror and reaching self-actualization. Most of the time, Twitter customers will take part on the enjoyable by suggesting much more painfully relatable tarnished fake pas in replies. Chief amongst these being gamers shopping for all the touring service provider wares as a result of they felt dangerous, activating summoning swimming pools despite the fact that they don’t use multiplayer, and teleporting whereas sitting at a web site of grace (you don’t have to take a seat, however your roleplaying efforts are appreciated).
Not each put up is a roast. MattApocaalypse informed Kotaku that his “do you know” tweets are a few of his hottest. In them, he highlights essential locations, missable boss fights, NPCs, and objects gamers might need neglected of their hours within the Lands Between. These embrace the Murkwater caves, the towering Tree Sentinel, the situation of Patches the service provider, the quickshot means, or shopping for a crafting package from “Santa,” amongst others.
The Make Up A Tarnished Man Twitter account stands as proof that irrespective of how infallible the seemingly monolithic skilled avid gamers throughout the Elden Ring would possibly seem on the surface, they’re simply as quirky and humble as the remainder of the gaming neighborhood. As long as they’re prepared to train humility and admit their foibles for the development of different’s Elden Ring journey, that’s. In the event that they’re not prepared to get out of their very own approach, I’m certain MattApocaalypse might be greater than prepared to make them the principle character of Twitter for a day.