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Modest Pelican finds water everywhere and hydration nowhere

His sponsored Once Human adventure sends Geoffrey from a primitive raft towards a volcano, with predictably poor survival instincts.

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I finally played “that” survival game..

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0:00Geoffrey begins his survival adventure on a raft with underwear and a crossbow.
0:45A giant crocodile becomes the target of an ill-equipped bare-handed attack.
3:47Thirst sends Geoffrey gathering coconuts and collecting more ocean water than he can comfortably carry.
5:32He attempts to swim towards an active volcano.
8:55An upgraded vessel with a cannon brings a hostile monster ship within reach.
10:31Geoffrey takes on Calamity Owl with a crossbow; the encounter's outcome follows.

Geoffrey collects so much ocean water that he becomes over-encumbered. For Modest Pelican, whose recurring instruction is to stay hydrated, this is an unusually literal way to take the joke too far.

"I finally played "that" survival game.. " was the channel's only new upload this week, reaching roughly 282,000 views. It is a sponsored gameplay video of Once Human's ocean expansion, narrated with the familiar deadpan assurance of someone making very questionable decisions.

Geoffrey starts on a raft with underwear and a crossbow, then attempts to fight a giant crocodile bare-handed. His ambitions expand considerably faster than his survival skills: an attempted swim towards a volcano gives way to a sailing expedition, a cannon-equipped vessel and an encounter with a hostile monster ship. There is also a motorcycle reward from Mella, because apparently the raft wasn't enough transport to get him into trouble.

The comments pick up the channel's running water joke, with requests for hydration and an appreciation of the swimming references. One longtime viewer recalls discovering the channel through Battlefield 1.

The new adventure is also the channel's busiest video right now. Behind it, "The Worst Game Ever Made", featuring Agefield High: Rock the School, continues drawing viewers, alongside the Short "Can you complete Hitman without moving?".

Subscribers were unchanged over the week, while today's viewing is well below the channel's usual daily pace. Nearby gaming channels have mixed fortunes: Scott The Woz is enjoying stronger-than-usual daily viewing, while DidYouKnowGaming is quieter. For Modest Pelican, Geoffrey's spectacularly impractical island holiday is supplying the freshest activity.

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Papa Peli's knowledge and appreciation of Olympic swimming is exactly the reason I come back to this channel.
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Man i love your commentary never change
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I just gotta say man I've been watching you for over a decade since I was a teenager and you're still making me laugh out loud just the same. Love from Michigan Papa Peli 🇦🇺🇺🇸
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Peli please hydrate me
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we love you papa, thank you for feeding us.
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