Witty Banter

The Witty Banter exists on the channel of GTLive, most notably used during GTNotLives. It is used at the beginning of videos in order to start conversation and interest the audience in the video. 
== History ==
The Witty Banter began almost immediately after Mirror Matt joined GTLive in 2020. Starting as a form of an interaction-encouraging system (as YouTube's new algorithm at the time was all about interaction on videos), it slowly became a two-person podcast lasting from 5 to 20 minutes depending on the interest in the topic MatPat and Mirror Matt had. 
Later on, in early 2022, Ash joined the GTLive tech crew and became the third person to input their opinions into the Witty Banter. Combined with Mirror Matt and MatPat, the three talk about anything that comes to mind starting from one topic, usually completely unrelated to the game or video that they are reacting to.
== Layout ==
Firstly, the three begin to talk about whatever topic one of them brings up. Famous examples include MatPat's usage of 'I don't feel strongly about many things, but...' Others include Mirror Matt's broken toe and Ash's harassment by the fruit fly. The three talk about the topic, usually for around 5-20 minutes, and then get started on the game.
If they are playing a game, there might be an interjection from one of the members recalling back to a topic from the Witty Banter, hoping to start the conversation again. Usually done if the topic is extremely interesting to one of them or if the part of the game they are at is relatively dull.
Then, at the end of the video, there is the Witty Wrap-Up or a variation of that. This is where MatPat, Mirror Matt and Ash summarise the end of the episode and talk about the end of the game, potential lore implications and where the game or video series could/should go next. Usually significantly shorter than the Witty Banter, the Witty Wrap-Up only consists of around 5 minutes of summarisation and conclusions. MatPat then ends the episode by saying, 'it wasn't a livestream but it was a video, a video for you. Seeya! *pop*'. Ash has been the one to say this once.