Game Off

**Game Off** was a series that comprised of video game competitions contested by Gore, Perkins, Ben and Platty on a variety of games. The series ran on the channel from 2016 until 2017, when the last episode was uploaded. G&P originally intended the series to run for 12 episodes, however the series was canned 9 episodes in for unexplained reasons.

## Information and rules

Each episode, a new game would be introduced and a different challenge would be set. This could range from finishing a level faster than everyone else to simply facing everyone in a game and defeating them.

Points would be awarded based on who earned what place in the set challenge. First place would receive four points, second place would receive three points, third place would receive two points and last place would receive one point. The number of points would determine the overall rankings, and the rankings would determine the order in which players completed challenges in subsequent episodes. This changed in Episode 3, however, as many felt that the person in last could be stuck there for a long period of time if they kept the format of loser goes first.

The episodes were uploaded under the following format:

* Generic game (unattached to Gore, Perkins, Ben or Platty)
* Gore's game
* Perkins' game
* Ben's game
* Platty's game

The above format would be followed twice, with the series ending on two generic games.

## Episodes

### Episode 1 - WWE 2K17

The inaugural episode of Game Off began on WWE 2K17, with Gore controlling AJ Styles, Perkins controlling Samoa Joe, Ben controlling Shinsuke Nakamura and Platty controlling Kevin Owens. Gore explained that the first match would be a fatal four-way, with the winner securing the four points and first place. The next match would be a triple threat, where the winner would take second place and three points. The third and final match would be a one on one, with the winner taking third place and the loser taking fourth place.

Platty won the fatal four-way, which was a ladder match, and secured first place. Gore won the triple threat, which was an Extreme Rules match and was notable for a glitch where Nakamura got powerbombed onto a table that didn't break. Perkins beat Ben in the last match, which was a backstage brawl. The match produced one of the best G&P glitches of all time, as Samoa Joe hit a diving axe handle off an equipment box onto Shinsuke Nakamura, who had a bin on his head. Joe merged with the bin and began speeding around the backstage area, causing laughter from everybody. Platty commented that Gore had to walk away for a second because the laughter was too much. Gore also generously awarded bonus points to both Ben and Perkins for producing such an amazing and hilarious glitch.

#### **Results**

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1Ben and Perkins both received a bonus point for producing a hilarious glitch.

### Episode 2 - Uncharted 4

Episode 2 saw the first choice of games for Gore, who chose Uncharted 4. His challenge was to speedrun through a section of Chapter 20 (titled 'No Escape'), with time beginning from a cutscene that opened the chapter and the finish line being a hole blown in a ship at the bottom of the cliff. Since that part of the game features a few waves of enemies, Gore decided there would be no time penalty if a death occurred and that the timer would continue until the player finished the speedrun.

Ben went first, as he came fourth in the last episode, and finished the speedrun with a time of 6:51. Perkins followed and put up a solid performance, setting the bar with a time of 3:37. However, Gore beat the time set by Perkins and set the time for Platty to beat at 2:18. Platty was unsuccessful at taking first place, however, due to his straight up chaotic strategy, though managed to record a respectable time of 3:03.

The overall standing changed in this episode, with Platty and Gore tying for first place, Perkins taking third, and Ben taking last place.

#### **Results**

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### Episode 3 - Batman: Arkham Knight

Episode 3 featured Perkins' first game choice, which was Batman: Arkham Knight. The challenge was to defeat a horde of enemies in a simulation and build the highest score possible by earning combos with your attacks. The person with the highest score at the end would be the winner. This episode also featured a revamp of the order in which the challenges would be completed, as many subscribers felt Ben could be stuck in fourth place for a long while if they kept the old format. Everybody drew a number (1 to 4) from a hat, and that would determine the order in which the challenges would be done.

As Gore drew #1, he had to start, effectively waiving his advantage that he earned in the last episode. He struggled at times, though had a decent showing and finished with a score of 19315. Platty went second after drawing #2 and started off well, but kept having his combos interrupted. Despite this, he finished strong and ended with 10505. Perkins followed Platty and nearly tripled his score, dispatching of everyone in record time, and finishing with an excellent score of 32095. Ben went last and had a solid start like Platty, but faded about halfway through the simulation. He narrowly beat Platty for third place, ending up with a final score of 10700, thanks to the variants and bonuses he accrued.

The top 3 of the overall rankings changed after this episode, though Ben slowly began to catch up to Platty, who was in third place.

#### **Results**

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### Episode 4 - Dragonball Xenoverse 2

Platty's first game choice was the fighting game, Dragonball Xenoverse 2. As it was a one on one game, names were drawn from a hat, with one person facing Platty and the other two fighting against each other. The winners of the two fights would play again in the final, while the two losers would fight for third position. Platty drew Ben's name from the hat, much to Ben's chagrin, leaving Gore and Perkins to face each other in the other fight.

Platty defeated Ben in a hard-fought battle, while Gore defeated Perkins thanks to his dodge and weave tactics. In the third place playoff, Perkins decimated Ben in a one-sided affair, mainly because Ben was facing the wrong way and was unable to counter when Perkins was attacking. Platty defeated Gore in the finals in a similar fashion that Perkins defeated Ben in the third place playoff.

This episode didn't really have much of an effect on the standings, apart from Platty and Perkins swapping positions. Ben fell further behind as a result of his fourth place rank, being 5 points clear from third.

#### **Results**

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### Episode 5 - Rocket League

Ben chose the vehicular soccer game Rocket League as his first game, and looked to use the choice in game to get off the bottom of the table. Much like Dragonball Xenoverse 2 in the previous episode, the group had to play one-on-one games, meaning that Ben needed to draw a name from a hat to determine his opponent, with the other two facing off in the other semi-final. Ben drew Perkins, meaning Gore and Platty would face off in the second semi-final.

Gore summarised the Perkins vs Ben semi-final as "a dreadful effort", wherein Ben obliterated Perkins 14-1. Platty defeated Gore 8-4 in the second semi-final in a competitive match-up, meaning Ben and Platty would face off for first place, to Platty's dismay. In the third-place playoff, Gore defeated Perkins 7-3 and clinched third place. The match was notable for Gore scoring an own goal. Platty also pointed out Perkins' abysmal differential in both games, as he ended up scoring 4 goals, one of which was Gore's own goal, and conceding 21. Ben annihilated Platty in the finals with a score of 7-1, handing out a "Brazil", in reference to Brazil's 7-1 loss to Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Ben's victory allowed him to gain some ground in the overall standings, putting him two points clear of Perkins for third place. Gore and Platty tied for first place once again, with the two sitting on 15 points overall. In addition, Ben's win meant that each contestant had won first place in their chosen game thus far.

#### **Results**

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### Episode 6 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch Edition)

With everyone choosing their first crop of games, Episode 6 saw the game switched to a generic, unattached game, this being Mario Kart 8. To make it a somewhat level playing field, four races were contested with each player choosing a map, with the order going in reverse of the overall rankings. The results for this game would be determined by everyone's position on the leaderboard at the end of the four races. In addition, the group would also be racing against hard difficulty AI, as well as each other.

Ben received the first choice and chose the Cloudtop Cruise map, though Gore commented that everyone else chose it since Ben didn't really know what it was. Perkins finished first, with Gore right behind him in second. Ben overtook Platty at the last corner to take 7th spot, leaving Platty to finish 9th. The other three considered Platty taking 9th an upset, as he is renowned for being really good at Mario Kart.

Perkins chose Dragon Driftway for his map and proceeded to mock Platty for his 9th place finish in the last race, with everyone else joining in. However, Platty remained focused and took first place, with Perkins finishing 3rd, Gore finishing 5th and Ben taking 9th. Platty's win gave him much needed points on the overall leaderboard, edging closer to Perkins.

Platty chose the N64 version of Rainbow Road, to the dismay of Perkins. In this race, Gore proved his mastery at drifting and bestowed himself "The Drift Dragon". However, Gore was no match for Platty, who once again came first. Gore stole second right before the finish line, thanks to his Piranha Plant, while Ben and Perkins finished 7th and 8th. Platty, Perkins and Gore all sat very close to one another on the overall leaderboard, with only 3 points separating Perkins (31) and Platty (34). Gore sat in between the two with 32 points, while Ben was no chance of finishing in the top 3, with only 15 points to his name.

The final pick fell to Gore, who chose Baby Park in an attempt to throw Platty off his game by taking all skill out of the race and having the standings come down to pure dumb luck. The plan backfired though, as Gore got barraged by weapons seemingly throughout the entire race and Platty seemed to avoid everything, bar a blue shell. Platty finished first, with Perkins taking second, Ben taking 4th, and Gore slipping to 6th after being right behind Platty on the last lap. In the overall leaderboard, Platty finished first with 49 points, Perkins stole second from Gore with 43 points, Gore dropped to third with 39 and Ben finished in seventh with 24 points.

The Game Off standings did not really change following this episode, except Platty broke his deadlock with Gore and managed to take sole first place for the first time since Episode 1.

#### **Results**

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### Episode 7 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered

Episode 7 saw the game choice return to Gore and he chose to have everyone run through the training simulation in Modern Warfare Remastered. He explained that everybody would complete the course twice, with their best time counting towards the final standings. Everybody drew the order in which they would run the course beforehand, with Platty going first, Gore going second, Ben going third and Perkins going fourth,

Platty finished the course in 28.8 seconds, though cost himself a few milliseconds after he unintentionally ran into a room just as his flash grenade detonated. In his second run, he started off well, but wasted a flash grenade and accidentally ran into the path of his own as it detonated, costing him some time. He finished with 29.8, exactly one second more than his first run. However, his first run was his best and set a respectable bar for the remaining three to raise.

Gore's first run was a solid one, earning a 24.05, though he hit a few snags along the way. Despite that, he had beaten Platty and was guaranteed to not come in last. His second run was much better, finishing with 22.6 seconds on the clock, though he would've finished with a better time had he not accidentally gone prone when racing to the finish point. His second time of 22.6 was his final time and pushed him to first place.

Ben's first run was an okay one, as he wasted a flash grenade and ran into the path of his own like Platty did. He finished with 29.7 seconds accrued, just one millisecond quicker than Platty's second run, which was the slowest at the time. Ben did considerably better in his second run, though it nearly came unglued when he wasted a flash grenade yet again, though he did not walk in the path of it. He finished with 25.85 seconds, edging out Platty for second, though it's possible he could've beaten Gore had he not accidentally thrown the other flash.

Perkins rounded out the episode by going last and had to be quicker than 22.6 seconds to win. His first run was a respectable effort and included him teabagging a cardboard cutout after panic knifing when he ran out of ammo. He finished with 25 seconds, but had 2.2 seconds taken off as an accuracy bonus, meaning he finished with 22.8 seconds on the clock, 2 milliseconds slower than Gore's second run. Perkins made some mistakes in his second run, though recovered and finished with 22.8 seconds. However, he had an accuracy bonus yet again, this time of 1.4, and finished in first position with 21.4 seconds.

After this episode, Gore and Platty returned to joint first after Platty had just earned a 2 point lead in the previous episode. Perkins extended the gap between himself and Ben to 6 points after coming first in this episode.

#### **Results**

21.4^
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22.6^
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25.85^
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29.8

^This symbol indicates the contestant's best time, which was used to determine the rankings

### Episode 8 - Dangerous Golf

The indie game Dangerous Golf was chosen as the next game in the series, where the point of the game is to cause as much monetary damage as possible by playing mini golf in a confined space, as well as sinking the ball in the hole. The game has been likened by the developers as a crossover of Burnout's Crash mini-game, NBA Jam and Black. Gore determined that whoever could accrue the highest dollar amount in damage over two courses would win.

Gore went first and managed to cause $156,565 in damages in his first run, while also sinking the final putt. On the second course, Gore bounced his ball into a fireplace and caused major damages there, but got stuck. He opted to smash his final putt out of the fireplace and into a glass window, but got half of his score wiped since he didn't sink the final putt. Gore would've ended with $201,710, but the penalty meant he finished with a cut price of $100,855.

Platty's first run caused a lot of damage, though he didn't accrue a large dollar amount in damage. He also missed the final putt and half of his score was docked as a result. He ended with $85,300, though that got cut down to $42,665 after he missed his final putt. Platty's attempt on the second course went much better, as he destroyed a number of valuable objects in the room and managed to sink his final putt of a ricochet. Platty's bill for the second run ended up totaling $216,060.

Ben went first and caused a considerable amount of damage, but decided not to risk losing his money like Platty and sunk the final putt instead of ricocheting it off the walls to cause more damage. He ended up finishing with $105,280. His second run was much more successful, causing well over $200,000 in damages before he could attempt his final putt. As he'd accrued such a high score from damaging so much stuff, he decided to go for a power shot into the hole and sunk it, ending with a total of $250,980.

Perkins managed to destroy all the objects in the first course, but made the mistake of bouncing his ball into the mop bucket, which negated his chance to take a final putt despite it exploding and causing some damage. He would've finished with $94,430, but the penalty for missing meant he finished with $47,215. His final attempt on the second course ended disastrously, as he went for his SmashBreaker far too early and somehow ended up shooting his final putt outside. Perkins would've ended with $110,515, but his poor attempt meant he lost half of his money and ended with $55,258.

In the overall standings, Platty and Gore's deadlock broke once again, with Platty taking first place. Ben managed to get on Perkins' heels once again after he came first and Perkins took last place.

#### **Results**

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($258,725)
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($102,472)

1Indicates the dollar amount from the first course.

2Indicates the dollar amount from the second course.

^Indicates the contestant accrued a 50% pay cut penalty due to missing the final putt.

### Episode 9 - Injustice 2

Episode 9, which is thus far the final episode of Game Off, saw the group playing Injustice 2, a fighting game centred around characters from the DC Universe. As a one-on-one game, numbers were drawn from a hat to determine who would face who in the two semi-finals. Ben and Gore drew odds, which meant they would face off in one semi-final, leaving Platty and Perkins to fight in the second semi-final, since they drew evens.

Ben, who selected Bane, fought Gore, who had selected Green Arrow. This was only Ben's second time playing and was essentially playing to get out of last place on the rankings, but he was unsuccessful due to Gore's arrow attacks. Despite this, Ben put up a good fight and had Gore on the ropes at a few points.

Perkins, who had chosen The Flash, faced off against Platty, who selected Wonder Woman, in the second semi-final. Both of them managed to get their specials in and the fight was quite an even one, but Perkins proved to be too good for Platty and defeated him to advance to the finals against Gore.

Platty defeated Ben in the third-place playoff, driving a larger wedge in the difference between Ben and first place. Gore caused an upset in the finals by defeating Perkins, as he was able to counter Flash's speed with Green Arrow's ranged attacks. This also marked Gore's first win since Uncharted in Episode 2.

The overall standings shifted yet again, with Gore taking first place back from Platty.

#### **Results**

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## Cancellation

The last episode of Game Off was uploaded in May 2017, with Episode 10 due to be NBA Playgrounds on the Nintendo Switch. It's possible the series was cancelled due to a lack of views, as the views for Game Off were a fraction of what G&P earn doing Universe Mode.

It seemed like there were plans in the past to continue Game Off, however G&P said Game Off was unlikely to return when asked about it on Twitter. Additionally, G&P may have planned to do more than one series of Game Off, as the sole playlist of Game Off episodes is called "Game Off - Series 1".

## Final standings

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