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The gaming sketch has passed a million views, while commenters imagine an unexpected reward for Alan's very long swim.
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"What if this is the good stuff?" Ben asks, as Rowan treats low-level adventuring like an obstacle to the real game. In Viva La Dirt League's sketch, a fishing quest offers an alternative to the frantic business of levelling up.
The Short has passed a million views in roughly 29 hours, with an estimated first-day audience more than ten times the channel's usual Shorts start. It gives the group's argument for taking games slowly a notably fast response, following the longer upload "Stop Rushing to Endgame in WoW", which we covered here.
Rowan wants to skip Honeywood's modest quests and reach daily tasks and high-level raids as quickly as possible. Ben remembers getting lost without quest markers. Britt wants to learn to fish. Adam, playing the quest-giver, has exactly the diversion they need.
Meanwhile, their healer is technically available. Alan is on voice chat, but still swimming too far away to help.
That stranded party member has become a running joke in the comments: viewers imagine him finally reaching shore with an absurdly powerful character, built entirely on swimming and exploration experience. Others debate whether Rowan would really struggle to recruit damage-dealing players, usually plentiful in online role-playing games.
Ben's contribution is quieter: he only has an hour to play, and would rather spend it enjoying the world than preparing to enjoy it later.
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What viewers say
A good hour fishing, is better than a bad hour raiding!
@once-twice-but-never-fourSee it on YouTubeAlan gonna make it to shore and somehow be max level from swimming exp and fighting off sharks. . .
@vaderothormbitenSee it on YouTubeThe only thing off here is that you'd instantly have had 15 responses to "looking for DPS" lol.
@GnomeDeathKnightSee it on YouTube
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Legend says that Alan is still swimming to this day
@The_Crafter_officialSee it on YouTubeAs someone who has always maxed out fishing, I appreciate this skit.
@amondreahkiahmSee it on YouTubeI think this is incredibly accurate, alot of people live for the grind but I personally think sometimes just playing for the sake of enjoying the world and it's lore is where the best moments are❤
@kjhai4517See it on YouTubeWaiting for when Alan arrives and he is higher leveled than the others just from discovery exp 😂
@schell1974See it on YouTubeBen finally has a sweet moment.
Cherish your hour, and the memories you garner from it...@Old_NavajoSee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- Viva La Dirt League
- Subscribers
- 7,620,000 ▲ 30,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 54,121,420
- Channel views, pace per day
- 8,667,307 (on a normal day: 6,862,457)
- Video published
- November 12, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,069,238 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 917,504
The numbers
The fishing sketch's estimated first-day views were far above Viva La Dirt League's usual Shorts start. Its first-day comment count was also five times the usual level.
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