So the live show in Boston was kind of jank—there were some technical difficulties with the HDMI feed that essentially meant we were looking at a poor video-camera quality of the game the Grumps were playing. It didn't bother me overmuch though, and the audience was fine with it too (I mean at that point there wasn't really much anybody could do anyway, and we were *there* to see the physical forms of Danny and Arin more than anything else so in my opinion the make-or-break experience really comes down to them).
And they were great! They are both great improvisors, they handle and interact with the audience really well & respectfully, and ofc they are very funny! One friend I went with said he felt it was like watching an episode of Grumps, but I actually disagree with him. It felt a lot more chaotic than that, and most of the Grumps' energy felt focused on us the fans vs each other—i.e. it felt like the spoke to us more than to each other. Actually, sometimes I found myself wishing they would interact with the audience less and have it be *more* like a normal episode with me assuming more of a spectator role again, but maybe that would defeat the purpose of seeing them live!
The bottom line is that they were obviously dedicated to the fans, their show featured heavy audience interaction, a Q&A, a lot of fun energy, and all the Grumpy goodness we know and love from them!
Not sure if this is important to anyone, but the game they played at the Boston event was Mario Party 10, 4-player. Dan was player 1 (by accident), Arin was player 2, and the audience was split into Players 3 & 4. Reps were chosen from the audience to come up and play mini-games against the grumps.
My team won! WA-LU-I-GI!! ^__^