Pure Pwnage (pronounced "Pure Ownage") is an internet video series by ROFLMAO Productions featuring a Canadian named Jeremy who is a pro gamer. The show is essentially a comical satire of a gamer's life. Settings for the show include Toronto and occasionally Calgary. Jeremy reveals to the viewers throughout the series what it is like to be a pro gamer. He claims to have so-called "Über Micro" (an actual style of video gaming) which he shows to fellow gamers as a way of communication.
The show is filmed by Jeremy's roommate and brother Kyle. Kyle is currently attending film school and will soon graduate. The Pure Pwnage site states that they may go into full time production after Kyle's graduation.
Character Bios
- Jeremy: Pro gamer, living in Toronto, Canada, being himself (although exaggerating), 'teh' pro gamer. The protagonist of the Pure Pwnage series. Enjoys playing Command and Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour. Also known as teh_pwnerer.
- Doug: Also known as FPS_Doug. Is a psychotic FPS lover.
- Dawei (Dave): He is the comic relief guy. He makes food for the other characters, holds lamps n stuff in the right place, amongst other things.
- Anastasia: Loves playing World of Warcraft, and has a different view of playing video games compared to Jeremy.
- Kyle: Jeremy's brother and roommate, also the neverseen cameraman, often referred to as 'teh_noob' by Jeremy.
The Episodes
There are currently seven episodes with the eighth one to be released on September 18th. They're all available for download from the Pure Pwnage website in a DivX-encoded avi format and are also available via BitTorrent.
If you're looking for the Dave Delivers featurette, you can find it at AusGamers.com.
Episode 1 - The Life of a Pro Gamer
An introduction to the life of Jeremy. Jeremy tries to show the inside story of what it is to live as a pro gamer - how he eats, sleeps and pwns noobs.
Episode Length: 11:36
Episode 2 - Girls
Kyle interviews a group of girls to shed light on the female opinion of pro gaming. Kyle also convinces Jeremy to attempt to pick up a girl. Jeremy agrees on the basis that there's no way Kyle can beat him at anything. Needless to say, he fails. Or did he? This is the first episode where Anastasia is mentioned. At the end of the episode, a short clip of the infamous "Noob Song" is shown.
Running Time: 16:08
Episode 3 - FPS Doug
Jeremy starts off by visiting a couple of guys who translate a message for all the "Germanic" and "Hollandaise" watchers. Afterwards, Jeremy comes across Doug - a FPS (First Person Shooter) fanatic with the catchphrase "BOOM! Headshot!" and explains the back story of their friendship and how it broke apart. As an ending "Behind the Scenes" featurette, Dave is shown for the first time.
Running Time: 12:00
Episode 4 - Pwn or be Pwned
The episode starts off with a spoof of the machinima Red vs Blue using Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour, in which Jeremy makes fun of Kyle's sense of humour. Back in real life, Jeremy loses to a noob in Zero Hour and visits the mysterious ninja gaming master known as teh_masterer. teh_masterer gives Jeremy the next level training, in which he learns a valuable lesson: "If one wants to truly pwn, one must pwn in all games." A parody of Kill Bill ensues and the episode comes to an epic battle. This is a turning point in Jeremy's life and his t-shirt message gets upgraded from "Übergamer" to "i pwn noobs". At the very end, Jeremy is seen to walk into a store and purchase Half-Life 2. The "Feel like pwning noobs" song features near the end.
Running Time: 20:56
Episode 5 - M8s
Jeremy graciously lets Kyle show a short film he made in film school. Kyle gets angry at Jeremy's reaction to the film and storms off. He decides to start filming Doug instead, but after Doug's somewhat psychotic behaviour, Kyle returns to reconcile their differences. The end featurette shows Dave showing off his pro cooking skills.
Running Time: 14:55
Episode 6 - Imapwnu of Azeroth
Jeremy meets up with Anastasia, a female gamer with a lot in common. They seem like a perfect match, but there is one major problem - she plays World of Warcraft! WoW is a Warcraft game and an MMO, the two things Jeremy hates most in the world. Nevertheless, his want to see her again leads him to purchase the game to meet up in the game world. Jeremy soon falls in love with both Anastasia and WoW, but falls prey to the MMO's spell. This episode features the song "World of Warcraft is a feeling".
Secret: At the start of this episode a binary number is displayed on a blackboard behind teh_masterers head. When translated into decimal it reads as the number 1337.
Running Time: 20:24
Short Featurette - Dave Delivers
Dave goes to an apartment and delivers a shirt to a raging fangirl. A testament to the show's popularity.
Running Time: 1:29
Episode 7 - The MMO Grrl
Jeremy has been admitted to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in a comatose state, believing himself to still be in the game. It will take a powerful moment to wake him from his trance. At the end, the plot thickens as a mysterious man who has been trailing Jeremy throughout the series sends a worrying email...
Running Time: 15:32
Episode 8
To be released on September 8th.
Games shown or mentioned in the show
- Pong - played by Jeremy when he was 2
- Leisure Suit Larry - Played by Jeremy when he was younger (mentioned in episode 2)
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - played by Jeremy against Doug in their childhood
- Doom - played by Doug against Jeremy in their childhood
- Americas Army - played by Doug
- Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour - Jeremy's "specialty" (Shown in episode 4)
- Warcraft III - Referred to by Jeremy as 'teh gay'
- Half-Life 2 - bought by Jeremy in episode 4
- Chess - Mentioned by teh_masterer in episode 4.
- Counter-Strike: Source - played by Doug. (Shown in episodes 5 and 7)
- World of Warcraft - played by Jeremy, Anastasia (Shown in episodes 6 and 7)
Phrases coined or popularized by the show
- Über micro - Jeremy's superior micromanagement skills. 'Micro' itself is a term that is fairly extensively used by the community of RTS (Real Time Strategy) gamers online.
- Three Dozer Build - A tactic often used by Newbies in the RTS Command & Conquer: Generals.
- BOOM HEADSHOT! - Doug's exclamation when he makes a headshot in Counter-Strike: Source, an FPS game.
- n stuf rite - Said many times.
- you can take liek a noob to water, but u can't liek make teh noob drink - Said by Jeremy
- If you eat like a noob, you will get owned like a noob. - Said by teh_masterer