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#FUCK U FUCK U FUCK U FUCK YOU!!!!! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS DOHA 😭😭🥺💕 #the strong independant dan shirt ;_____; #phanart

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Today I'm thinking about The Gaming Channel’s Couch

The gaming channel started with them sitting on The Couch, playing console games that require controllers (donkey kong, mortal kombat, portal, bishi bashi, etc). I think it was intentional that they launched the gaming channel like that. It gave off the vibe that this was just a chill hangout. No professional gaming was expected, no serious business, this was just a fun project. 

It made sense that until they played the sims 4 (a PC game), they only ever sat on The Couch. They even acknowledged that it's a new (unexpected) territory in that video, meaning that they did not plan on it being a permanent fixture at first.

So you can tell that their intention was to play console games on the couch, and PC games on the gaming chairs. Simple enough system, had they stuck to it.

Games played on the 3DS / iPad (before Apple introduced the screen recording feature, at least) required additional setup, so I don’t think much of them playing them on the gaming chairs. 

(They played dragon city (iPad game) twice on the couch though, idk how that worked. I gave up tryna reason Why they were inconsistent about iPad/iPhone games specifically.)

In 2015, They revealed that Dan broke the couch at some point. They didn't make any effort to replace or get rid of it though.

Despite it being broken, they continued playing on the couch. Phil’s nostalgia quest videos in the 2016 gamingmas were almost exclusively played on the couch (will you be a millionaire, katamari damacy, bishi bashi, bubble bobble), all of which were playstation games.

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In Jan 2017, Phil revealed that he got a new office chair. I think getting that new chair was a turning point in the channel, as all videos filmed after that were on the chairs.

When they moved houses in 2017, they moved in the broken couch to their new (fake) apartment. Please remember that this couch was used by guests who wanted to sleepover at theirs in the previous apartment, so them moving it to the fake apartment instead of their own clearly meant that it was not for guests anymore. It was The Gaming Channel’s Couch.

I think this showed that they were really committed to still making the channel look chill. The first shot of the then new gaming room had Phil sitting on the couch, saying "I want it to look homely". I know he was talking about the lamp, but I think his comment can also be extended to him sitting on the couch.

he couch was probably too far away from the screen. I don’t even think it had any purpose but to fill the room and make it look lived in.

They played many card games (heartthrob, clickbait, santa banter, bucket of doom.. etc) in the fake apartment. These games didn’t even require them to see a monitor, but they never sat on the couch ever. Actually, the only instance where they sat on the couch in this apartment (after establishing its existence in the first video filmed there) was this:

I don’t really know what my conclusion is, just that the post-hiatus gaming room doesn’t even have a couch, and I miss it loads, even when they haven’t sat on A Couch to play a game since 2016.

(videos played on the tour bus were excluded as they were played on a couch but not The Couch, y’know)

#it really did feel like they threw out Our Couch from Our first london apartment #can we not have a little parasocial whimsy...as a treat

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Okay so WAD releases on Sunday, April 28, and the paperback releases on May 9. Safe then to assume that early May is going to be the paperback having its moment, and then Save The Bees after that.

The thing is that Phil has Also been quiet, and why would he be busy if it’s mostly been Dan’s projects? We had the crafts merch but more joint merch might explain it.

And, you see, the month that comes “straight” after May? June, aka Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Month… And wouldn’t it be just like our Dan to sneak a little pun into his reply?

We also know for a fact that Phil was actually planning to release pride merch in 2020 but pulled it for some reason, so this is something they’ve wanted to do for a long time.

(Screenshot credit.)

Thank you for coming to my TED talk 😌

#cant wait to give them more money the second they release photos of themselves in gay merch

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https://www.tumblr.com/copepods/746812034061090816/i-love-when-people-draw-2-characters-cuddling-and?source=share

this post as the boys........yeah...........

yeah………… yeah……………………………

#shhhhhhh theyre sleeping :((((( #ohhh god youve made them so cozy and safe ohhh my god #phanart

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Helping

#<- prev #also between this and phil trying to put in his earpod during the bday livestream...having thoughts

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does this means he’s the one? maybe cassandra is the one

dan howell i know what you are.

#teenager spends one nice evening with a boy and he’s planning their next decade together

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asmr review

#dan doesnt even appreciate how good he has it because what do you mean amazingphil can whisper in your ear with that voice whenever

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my message

#them :3 #phanart

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Hi, I sent the ask about the graph advice! What I was thinking is that it's better to start the y (vertical) axis of the graph at 0 so you can show the years where there were 0 ILYs on the graph. This means that years like 2019 (if I remember right) where there were 0 ILYs would appear on the x (horizontal) axis, with their data points of 0 along the axis. This would make the graph more representative of the data because it would not skip over years where there were no ILYs.

(Not so) fun fact, not showing the 0 data points on a graph contributed to the Challenger disaster! Instances of failures of a certain rocket part were recorded at different temperatures, and the graph didn't show that there were 0 failures at warmer temps. This made it seem like the colder temp of the launch day was much safer than it was.

I'm not very practiced at making graphs using a spreadsheet, so if you don't know how to change you may need to do some googling or ask someone else. Thanks for considering my advice, and have fun graphing!

okay i tried adding zero and manipulating the dates but it still wouldn't show the 0 years 😭 im giving up for the time being but i may revisit it later when it doesn't make me want to stress cry asdasfsdkgjsk

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Dan loves us! more data for the spreadsheet!

dan knew i spent all this morning trying to fix my graphs only for him to say fuck you do it again

#anon ask #phan

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no but the way they're actually invested and express like parental emotions over their sims :(

#also something about dans only liked tweet today being someone calling him dad with his quote on their grad cap #they chronically gaf #they Care about everything

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So glad I actually took Sunday off of work 😎👍 There’s no way I would’ve been able to survive without watching WAD (Dan’s Version)

can't believe we're getting one more good night 🥺 it's gonna be so gooooood waaaah

#anon ask

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do you with fuck with a bar chat or pie chart more 😂😭

#pie charts always and forever

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freudian slip

#I LOVE HIM SO GODDAMN MUCH

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phil fucks with pie charts <3333 thats my soulmate

#phan

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DALIEN’S TEEN THROUPLE

#i feel like i say this every single video now but what was UP WITH THEM today #stop looking at each other????? #i stg they're always 15 seconds and a lack of impulse control away from a pinof tackle

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maybe their love language is horrible banter …………..………… okay

#when i tell you my ass was clenched