The problem is, Fallout: New Vegas' four download packs are notoriously harder than the main game, Many A True Nerd's subscriber base naturally thought he was crazy. So he did the next logical thing: he kept going into the game's DLC levels. Remarkably, Jon made it through the entire game, starting with 445 health points and ending at 260. Jon is an incredibly skilled player, and he undertook some meticulous planning to increase his chances of success. How long could Jon keep it going? Was it even realistic to try to get through the entire game without dying once, and never healing? That suspense is what kept viewers coming back. He called it a YOLO run, aka 'you only live once.' No respawning, no continuing the game beyond death. And once his in-game character - a female avatar he humorously named 'Please Don't Shoot' - died, she would stay dead. Stimpaks and other forms of healing were strictly forbidden.

For an entire year, Fallout fans have been watching one player named Jon on his YouTube channel, 'Many A True Nerd.' What's so special about Jon's run of Fallout: New Vegas that some viewers treated it like a TV show and watched it weekly with friends?įrom the start, our adventurous player committed to playing New Vegas all the way through without ever healing.