Camping Them Softly is finally back, and apparently leaving Dead by Daylight unattended for two months was a terrible idea.
Toxic and Nicky dig through the aftermath of DBD's 10th anniversary, including Behaviour's decision to keep evolving the original game instead of making Dead by Daylight 2, the Black Banquet controversy, anniversary cake complaints and the eternal question of whether killers are actually allowed to have fun.
Then it's time to catch up with Shane Wiigwaas, argue about Behaviour's habit of sanding the interesting parts off perks, and attempt to understand The Judgment, the community-voted killer whose exile mechanics lead Nicky to describe the whole thing as a “Catholic guilt simulator.”
Aurora arrives. Nicky develops unexplained trauma involving a diner and somebody named Two Fingers Frankie. Then the licensing department kicks the door down with Diablo, Silent Hill, Terrifier, Ice Nine Kills and, somehow, Scooby-Doo.
By the end, DBD has become Fortnite, Victor needs a Scrappy-Doo outfit, nobody knows what episode they're recording, and the podcast barely escapes alive.
Camping Them Softly is back.
NICKY'S BODY COUNT
2 months — CTS missing in action.
7,000+ mystery sound effects — loaded into one button with absolutely no quality control.
1 live echo problem — diagnosed and murdered during the recording.
0 Dead by Daylight 2s — Nicky blames cosmetic money and marinara code.
1 Black Banquet — condemned for crimes against killers and Italian cuisine.
1 sad bottle of poison — killer fun allowance for the anniversary.
1 Shane Wiigwaas — cross-examined.
1 defense attorney — allegedly transformed into a Bush Wookie.
1 Judgment — immediately reclassified as a Catholic guilt simulator.
Several hooks — rendered professionally obsolete by exile mechanics.
1 Aurora — accidentally awakens unresolved SABAM business involving Two Fingers Frankie.
1 Two Fingers Frankie — fate currently unknown because Toxic ended the fucking story.
1 Scooby-Doo — accused of destroying Dead by Daylight's remaining tonal consistency.
1 hypothetical Scrappy-Doo Victor — immediate purchase authorized.
9 Nicky speaking appearances — ranging from hostile commentary to organized-crime digressions.
5 Random British Sound incursions — none adequately explained.
138 fuck-family words in the transcript — fuck, fucking, fucked and associated casualties.
36 shit-family words.
17 goddamns.
And the finishing move:
9 transcript instances of “Episode 85” before Toxic finally discovers he is recording Episode 86.
Two-Month-Hibernation-Fu, Double-Soundboard-Echo-Fu, Defense-Attorney-Bush-Wookie-Fu, Catholic-Guilt-Simulator-Fu, Victor-Scrappy-Doo-Fu, Episode-Eighty-Five-Until-It-Was-Eighty-Six-Fu
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Camping Them Softly Returns After Two Months
00:12:17 No Dead by Daylight 2? DBD's 10th Anniversary Future
00:18:22 Black Banquet Backlash & The Anniversary Cake Problem
00:25:42 Shane Wiigwaas, His Perks & Behaviour's Nerf Cycle
00:34:38 The Judgment, Aurora & DBD Going Full Fortnite
