TierZoo: The Bird Tier List (SLYT)

June 5, 2021 2:23 PM

"Birds are one of the most popular playable classes in the game, with a huge number of successful builds and tons of cool strategies. However, some of these strategies have clearly been more successful than others. So today, we will be going over the bird tier list, to see which bird ranks highest." (LSYT)
posted by rebent (14 comments total)

I always love to see new videos from TierZoo. It looks like we’ve gotten one TierZoo FPP on Metafilter about every two years, but they’ve produced lots of content in-between.
posted by tdismukes at 3:10 PM on June 5, 2021 [1 favorite]

OMG. TIL. And other letter combinations.

I may be hooked. Because birds.

But I will watch more. Thanks for this!
posted by Splunge at 4:36 PM on June 5, 2021 [1 favorite]

Great, but CW: animal harm
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:13 PM on June 5, 2021 [4 favorites]

Thank you!

Some previouslies:

Cats!
Lots of other stuff.

I've only watched the cats all the way through but it is great.
posted by mark k at 6:26 PM on June 5, 2021

Oh, this is great. My birder friends who aren't gamers won't get it, but that's their loss.
posted by mollweide at 7:37 PM on June 5, 2021 [1 favorite]

The music at the start and very end of the clip- was used in another animal documentary series that I remember from my childhood- maybe late 90s early 2000s, or a little earlier? Does anyone else recognise it?
posted by freethefeet at 8:42 PM on June 5, 2021

It's the theme song from a children's educational series called Eyewitness
posted by Iridic at 9:08 PM on June 5, 2021 [2 favorites]

Thank you! I knew I recognised it.
posted by freethefeet at 9:10 PM on June 5, 2021

Using the Gerudo Valley theme during the Vulture section was brilliant.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 11:06 PM on June 5, 2021 [2 favorites]

Aw yiss, more TierZoo! Most of my gamer-speak familiarity is from TierZoo.
posted by batter_my_heart at 12:26 AM on June 6, 2021

That's great but actually there are only two kinds of birds.
posted by mmoncur at 4:01 AM on June 6, 2021 [2 favorites]

Great video. I'm not sure how I feel, however, about the announcer neglecting to mention the hidden tier to which Cynthiabirds and other parrot-corvid hybrids belong. I can help anyone unlock it for a small fee. I can be paid in nuts, pomegranate seeds, or shiny things.
posted by Flock of Cynthiabirds at 5:00 AM on June 6, 2021 [1 favorite]

Not happy about Kiwi being lumped in F tier. They have powerful legs that can outrun humans in the bush, and kick the hell out of any mammal up to cat size.

Fair call on the Kakapo, but it's still worth playing just for the Party Parrot emote.
posted by WhackyparseThis at 5:19 AM on June 6, 2021 [1 favorite]

I showed this to my kids, thinking they'd enjoy it.

24 hours later, we have watched basically the entire channel and my kids are now busily creating a board game of Tier Zoo.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 3:20 PM on June 7, 2021 [1 favorite]