helloitismeagain:

Arin “Egoraptor” Hanson built a crazy empire of a channel and business from the ground up, and kept it alive during drastic changes, and has kept it rolling for several years, despite any hardships. He made sure that his employees got whatever they needed, (such as super good health insurance because of Dan’s medical bills) is constantly sharing other artists work, (see Cutie Saturday) is giving animators work (see game grumps animated, starbomb videos, animate-a-grump) after the decline of revenue to be had from YouTube for that genre, and once gave Dan a (presumably) large amount of money to keep Ninja Sex Party afloat. Arin Hanson has achieved a huge number of large feats that the average man likely could not, and has a very big heart. Yet he is, in the fandom, boiled down to the exaggerated character he puts on for the show, as well as being ridiculed for simple mistakes that are easy to make. Arin deserves every ounce of praise that any other Grump receives.

In this essay I will-