The Twitch streamer Dan Gheesling is attempting the hardest boss in the game, Malenia, in Elden Ring, but unfortunately, it’s not going very well. After 2,000 “Game Over” screens, he then puts on a show for his viewers and loses his mind live.
That Malenia is arguably the toughest boss in Elden Ring is no secret anymore. Even the best Souls players in the world have struggled against her for hours. The Twitch streamer Dan Gheesling is taking this a bit further.
Which streamer are we talking about?
- Dan Gheesling is a variety streamer and has around 112,000 followers on Twitch.
- Dan became known on Twitch through his friendship with popular streamer Northernlion. The two are good friends and often stream together.
- Dan Gheesling is also known to the U.S. audience for other reasons as he is considered the best Big Brother contestant of all time, having won the internationally known reality show once and narrowly finished second once (via screenrant.com).
- Currently, Dan Gheesling is streaming the incredibly difficult action RPG Elden Ring.
After 2,000 deaths against Malenia, the streamer complains in a ‘crazy’ way about himself
The streamer repeatedly fails against the blade of Miquella, using a very questionable build. A counter on the screen keeps track for him and his viewers of how many times he has died to her so far. When this number hits 2,000, Gheesling puts on a show for his viewers. It seems as if their streamer and the reality TV star has completely lost his mind live.
This clip has the simple title “Streamer Goes Insane”:
What do you see in the clip? With recorded “versions” of himself, he plays ‘critical voices’ that insult him live. Using altered voices, he mimics the criticism from his chat regarding his playstyle, his build, and his decisions.
These toxic personalities say among other things:
- “It is impossible to defeat her without better strength attributes.”
- “You won’t be able to defeat her without dual-wielding. Can you please dual-wield?”
- “Yes, there’s no chance you’ll defeat her before the Cuphead DLC. You will still be stuck on her in 2023. You have no chance to ever defeat her.”
- “You will never defeat her. Why do you keep getting hit? Just don’t get hit.”
As more and more ‘clones’ of the streamer fill the screen, the number 2,000 also grows bigger.
“He jokes about the comments, but they are also right”
What do the viewers say? On reddit, users find this action hilarious and call it the “healthiest possible reaction to 2,000 deaths against Malenia”.
Reddit user Notsldog states: “Dan is the most positive streamer I’ve seen in a long time. It’s so much fun to watch him.”
However, regarding his build, most people agree:
- “I immediately thought that the chat was excessively unbearable, which it surely was, but damn it, with his build this fight is nearly impossible.”
- “He jokes about the comments, but they are also right, so… what to do?”
That Dan Gheesling has so little HP is also due to a defiant reaction. His chat annoyed him so much in the early game about leveling his strength attribute that he does not want to invest points into it just on principle (via reddit).
Here you can see who the first successful streamers on Twitch were:
Now he is in the mess that he is still stuck on the boss. But at least it seems to be good content: currently, Dan Gheesling is live and has 2,203 viewers (as of June 23, 2022, 5:35 PM). He still hasn’t defeated Malenia and has now reached over 2,100 attempts. So the reality TV star can also entertain well on Twitch.
Maybe he will soon learn a really strong trick to counter Malenia’s meanest attack easily:
In Elden Ring, players are now throwing pots to counter the meanest boss
