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* [[Annoying Laugh]]: He tends to imitate one of these in [[Oh Crap]] moments.
* [[Annoying Laugh]]: He tends to imitate one of these in [[Oh Crap]] moments.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Evil Chicken.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Evil Chicken.
* [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]: After he announced to end his Let's Play Minecraft, the threats of the [[Fan Dumb]] were like this. As someone put it:
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: After he announced to end his Let's Play Minecraft, the threats of the [[Fan Dumb]] were like this. As someone put it:
{{quote| Okay, he'll be beaten black and blue, get killed and have to read many comments.}}
{{quote| Okay, he'll be beaten black and blue, get killed and have to read many comments.}}
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: "[[Fan Nickname|Idiot dogs]]."
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: "[[Fan Nickname|Idiot dogs]]."
* [[Audience Participation]]: Even more often than other Let's Play authors, he lets his viewers decide what he'll do next in his LPs.
* [[Audience Participation]]: Even more often than other Let's Play authors, he lets his viewers decide what he'll do next in his LPs.
* [[Bad Powers Good People]]: In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', he played a [[Lawful Good]] warrior... with the Reaver specialisation.
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]: In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', he played a [[Lawful Good]] warrior... with the Reaver specialisation.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: An aspect of how he played Hawke in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: An aspect of how he played Hawke in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''.
* [[Big No]]:
* [[Big No]]:
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* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]:
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]:
** He often is cruel to [[Minecraft]] animals for laughs.
** He often is cruel to [[Minecraft]] animals for laughs.
** His entire mini-LP of the game "Die Polizei" was about being a racist, sadist, [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|foul-mouthed]] [[Dirty Cop|asshole]].
** His entire mini-LP of the game "Die Polizei" was about being a racist, sadist, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|foul-mouthed]] [[Dirty Cop|asshole]].
* [[Compensating for Something]]: Discussed in his Let's Test ''[[Atlantica Online]]'', where he called the [[BFG|cannnon]] "compensation cannon".
* [[Compensating for Something]]: Discussed in his Let's Test ''[[Atlantica Online]]'', where he called the [[BFG|cannnon]] "compensation cannon".
* [[Creepy Child]]: He generated one in his ''[[The Sims 3]]'' LP. Also the "mutant babies" to which he changed the spiders for an anniversary episode by swapping out the textures and sounds.
* [[Creepy Child]]: He generated one in his ''[[The Sims 3]]'' LP. Also the "mutant babies" to which he changed the spiders for an anniversary episode by swapping out the textures and sounds.
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* [[The Nicknamer]]: He for example called the Harvester in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' "Gyros Man".
* [[The Nicknamer]]: He for example called the Harvester in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' "Gyros Man".
* [[No Hero Discount]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prHFt9nYdIU Discussed about Sandal] in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''.
* [[No Hero Discount]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prHFt9nYdIU Discussed about Sandal] in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''.
* [[No Just No Reaction]]: [[Played for Laughs]] as his reaction to gay romance in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''.
* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: [[Played for Laughs]] as his reaction to gay romance in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''.
* [[Non Sequitur]]: Too often to count; often [[Lampshaded]]. A glorious example:
* [[Non Sequitur]]: Too often to count; often [[Lampshaded]]. A glorious example:
{{quote| It hisses and grills like a briquette in the evening. Even though I don't know whether a briquette in the evening actually makes any sounds.}}
{{quote| It hisses and grills like a briquette in the evening. Even though I don't know whether a briquette in the evening actually makes any sounds.}}
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** "CopyCopyCopyCopy", referring to the numerous backup saves he made in order to horribly screw around with the scenery in the course of experiments, in a manner similar to [[Raocow (Let's Play)|Raocow]]'s "That was a demo."
** "CopyCopyCopyCopy", referring to the numerous backup saves he made in order to horribly screw around with the scenery in the course of experiments, in a manner similar to [[Raocow (Let's Play)|Raocow]]'s "That was a demo."
* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: Shows up rather snidely [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWc41_Hh-Sk here].
* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: Shows up rather snidely [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWc41_Hh-Sk here].
* [[Self Deprecation]]: He often calls his own commentary "pointless rambling" or similar.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: He often calls his own commentary "pointless rambling" or similar.
* [[Shoot the Medic First]]: Applies to other sorts of casters as well in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''.
* [[Shoot the Medic First]]: Applies to other sorts of casters as well in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''.
* [[Sinister Geometry]]: Inverted; he loves symmetry and tries to apply it in everything he builds in Minecraft.
* [[Sinister Geometry]]: Inverted; he loves symmetry and tries to apply it in everything he builds in Minecraft.
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** Every time Sandal from the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' series says "Enchantment!".
** Every time Sandal from the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' series says "Enchantment!".
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z62SDh91rD4 This entire video]. ([[Mood Whiplash|At least the first part.]])
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z62SDh91rD4 This entire video]. ([[Mood Whiplash|At least the first part.]])
* [[So Bad Its Good]]:
* [[So Bad It's Good]]:
** He stated this about singer Andreas Elsholz, whose music he had "recommended" before as a [[Rick Rolling]]-style prank.
** He stated this about singer Andreas Elsholz, whose music he had "recommended" before as a [[Rick Rolling]]-style prank.
** Also the premise of his simulator "Let's Trash"s.
** Also the premise of his simulator "Let's Trash"s.

Revision as of 04:44, 9 January 2014

An important participant of the German Let's Play community, Gronkh started recording LPs in 2009.

He gained most of his fandom from his ongoing Minecraft Let's Play, which greatly increased the popularity of both himself and Minecraft in Germany. Contrary to popular belief, though, he did not define the Let's Play genre in Germany; he merely popularized it among more casual viewers.

His LPs are quite un-Walkthrough-like compared to others, even though he hardly ever offscreens anything. His knowledge about the mechanics of the game he's playing are often limited or non-existant, but he usually makes up for it with general videogame savvy. His commentary about equally consists of review-like opinions on strength and weaknesses of the game, witty illustration of Fridge Logic, random talk, opinions and Real Life observations, and puns he apologizes for immediately afterwards.

Gronkh is one of the administrators of the MMORPG site playmassive.de and the gaming site playnation.de. Together with some other PlayNation administrators and affiliated Lets Players, he publishes his videos on his website gronkh.de along with Youtube.

Certainly not to be confused with Gonk or Gronk.

Games Gronkh has Let's Played:

Wide Open Sandbox:

Trash/Let's Not Play:

MMORPG tests:

Others:


Tropes found in Gronkh's Let's Plays:

 Okay, he'll be beaten black and blue, get killed and have to read many comments.

 Female characters in MMORPGs can be distinguished by the fact that the better their armour is, the more skin is shown off.

  Disgusting abominable spiders carrying money!

  It hisses and grills like a briquette in the evening. Even though I don't know whether a briquette in the evening actually makes any sounds.

  • Player Tic: Repeatedly choosing the same dialogue options in RPGs that allow this.
  • Pungeon Master
  • Real Is Brown: He criticized this here.
  • Running Gag:
    • Him being "Almost Twelve Years Old (TM)", along with his "Gregor Onkh" identity.
    • Minecraft:
      • Using a shovel to "shear"/spank sheep. Once shears were introduced, their sprite in his custom texture pack by Honeyball was changed to what he called a "groping glove" to reflect this.
      • Chickens being evil.
      • A certain mispronunciation of "gravel", originating from his uncertainity on which word to use for it in German early in his Let's Play.
      • "Gronkh, you missed some coal!", originating from his viewers' annoying tendency of attempting to be helpful and telling him about ressources he purposedly ignored.
    • Mischief with snow golems as a stinger in Minecraft prerelease specials.
    • "Let me through, I'm a medic!"
    • All moonlit nights in Dragon Age II caused him to ask "Where is Batman?".
    • Fenris not cleaning up the corpses in his home in the course of several years.
    • In his "Adventures at the Riding Stables" LP, "Or the horse will die."
    • "CopyCopyCopyCopy", referring to the numerous backup saves he made in order to horribly screw around with the scenery in the course of experiments, in a manner similar to Raocow's "That was a demo."
  • Sarcasm Mode: Shows up rather snidely here.
  • Self-Deprecation: He often calls his own commentary "pointless rambling" or similar.
  • Shoot the Medic First: Applies to other sorts of casters as well in Dragon Age II.
  • Sinister Geometry: Inverted; he loves symmetry and tries to apply it in everything he builds in Minecraft.
  • Sir Swearsalot: Yes. Mostly mild swearing though, but he (occasionally) tries to avoid even "Crap!" since some fans complained about it, leading to some awkward examples of Last Second Word Swap or Bowdlerization.
  • Sophisticated As Hell:

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  Idiot dogs!

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