I'm a little late to the discussion, but I've been following this thread as a lurker for a while now. Hats off and thank you to everyone who has diligently compiled information and developments as they've happened!
In the wake of everything that's come out, I too find myself a former fan who's done with Channel Awesome. I originally found my support waning back in 2015 when Phelous, Lupa, et al were unceremoniously let go, but after a brief boycott, I found myself catching up on Nostalgia Critic videos because I had been watching since 2009 and it was difficult to give it up when I was still enjoying them (more or less). With all that's been revealed now though, I'm definitely done.
Admittedly it's a little easier to quit this time around, not only because of what's come to light, but my own increasing dissatisfaction with NC itself. Before the document came out, I'd already been feeling put off by the increasing smugness in Doug's videos; not only as the Critic, but his out of character reviews and vlogs as well. The more he's tried to inject serious commentary into NC, the more Doug's shortcomings as a critic have become apparent. His myopic views on humour and tendency to either outright lift jokes or do bad sketch show-type parodies in his skits, on top of an increasingly snobby and mean-spirited attitude, were definitely turning me off his videos. I would agree with the suggestion that he hasn't really grown as an artist, comedian, or a critic, and that he's not as good as he thinks he is as far as any of those things are concerned. He had a great thing going once, but he took it in a bad direction, and his flaws as a writer, performer, and critic have been painfully exposed.
I realise that's subjective and somewhat besides the point as the larger issue is CA's incompetence, negligence, mismanagement, and so on, but my point is that my dissatisfaction made it a lot easier to make a clean break this time around. Even if I wanted to callously disregard what CA has done - which I don't - separating the art from the artist wouldn't make a difference as I've grown weary of the art. I guess that's why in the long run, it's not going to hurt CA too much, because a lot of people may be disgusted by their past actions, but willing to give them a shot because they still enjoy the videos. As for me though, like I said, I'm done with them.
I've also come out of the situation with a much worse impression of Malcolm and Tamara. While their initial response was admirable, and it was unfair that they were attacked over the matter, their subsequent attitude has been appalling to say the least; Malcolm in particular. I won't be supporting them or their other projects, either. Also, while I understand there's a lot of personal history with Brad and it's unfair that people have demanded he leave, I've unsubscribed from him as well. It's a shame as I still enjoyed his content, but if he's going to stand with the Walkers and in doing so, stand against his friends like Phelous and Lupa (albeit passively), I feel I can't support him either.
It's a shame that the backlash hasn't affected them more, with their subscriber count starting to rise again and the channel basically weathering the storm, aside from losing almost all their contributors and affiliates, of course. I guess it was inevitable, but I'd like to think some damage has been done in terms of their reputation, and their growth obviously has been stunted as well. They'll survive, at least for now, but it's probably safe to say they lost some long-time, loyal fans.
Anyway, I realise I'm late to the party, but I did feel the need to commiserate with people who obviously understand the situation, and can relate to being former fans who now find themselves utterly disgusted with Channel Awesome. It's a bummer to say the least, and the revelations about JewWario have clearly hurt a lot of people, which I'm sorry to see. I hope everyone who has been deeply affected by that can heal and find peace. Furthermore, hopefully the content creators who have left CA, recently or some years back, will continue to go from strength to strength and thrive away from that toxic business.
