A Crew

A Crew is one of the two teams that Twitch Chat gets split into for video game challenges, the other being Z Crew. They consist of every Twitch viewer in Doug's chat who's username starts in the first half of the alphabet (A-M).

Personality
In the first video appearance of A Crew, Doug had described A Crew as similar to Guy Fieri. They tend to have a very flashy and bold personality, often taunting when they can, and trying to for crazy plays, as seen in their first ever appearance.

Later on though, after the Mario Party 5 vid, they developed a much more strategical and well-prepared image, always plotting intricate plans that will lead them to victory. As with the general nature of Twitch Chat as a whole, they tend to be very stubborn chaotic, competitive, and patriotic.

Background
Early on in the DougDoug YT channel, he was experimenting with different kinds of "Twitch Chat plays ___" where he uses a Python code script that allows his Twitch viewers to play games like Mario 64 and GTA V by typing commands into the chat. He wanted to take this growing series on this channel further, by splitting chat into two groups, A Crew, Twitch chatters who's usernames are in the first half of the alphabet (A-M), and Z Crew, Twitch chatters who's usernames are in the first half of the alphabet (N-Z).

With these teams now created, he can do tournament style videos, where members of chat can compete against each other in gaming challenges. The first ever video he did was "Can Twitch Chat beat ITSELF in a Videogame Tournament?". It is also the first time these teams were introduced.

The First Tournament
In the previously mentioned video, the two crews played in 5 games, earning a set amount of points each game won, which is all tallied up to decide the winner. The games were Super Smash Bros 64, Mario Kart 64, Super Mario Bros, Tetris, and GTA V. A Crew won Mario Kart, Mario Bros, and Tetris, while Z Crew only won Smash Bros. Technically A Crew had won by default, as it was 3-1, and Z Crew winning GTA V wouldn't have changed anything, but they decided to play for fun anyways.

It is here when members of A Crew suggested the idea that the GTA V game would be a Double or Nothing against Z Crew, meaning that if Z Crew wins, A Crew loses all their points and Z Crew wins the tournament. But if A Crew wins, they get to keep their points and win. Doug ran a poll and the majority of viewers agreed to double or nothing.

Z Crew ended up winning the double or nothing, and thus, the tournament. Many people in A Crew became upset that they just gave up the win. But after winning, Z Crew proceeded to ask for a Quadruple or Nothing, betting it all one final time, on one final final GTA V plane challenge to see who would last longer without crashing the plane, to which A Crew won.

Then Z Crew got extremely upset that they were handed a free win, and then just gave it up. A Crew then started bragging heavily about their win, defending it and claiming it was deserved. This then caused both teams to start getting mad and yelling at each other.

After a while of bickering, one person chat suggested the idea of putting aside their differences and uniting into one crew, Alphabet Crew. This sparked a movement of peace among the teams, which encouraged Doug to turn off the team barriers, and let them both play, to try and survive in a plane for 1 minute without dying in GTA V. They not only successfully survived, but they later started flying into the sunset, finally united.

Mario Party 5
In the video "Can I beat MY OWN Twitch Chat in Mario Party 5?!", Doug did a Mario Party 5 tournament with 4 players. A Crew controlling the actions of Wario, and Z Crew controlling Waluigi. Doug playing Luigi, but he could only do things by saying the action, and having it go through his voice program (e.g He would say "Left", and Luigi would go left). And finally, they had a Easy difficulty Computer play Toad.

It was in this video where one of A Crew's (and later Twitch Chat's) most popular phrase and/or meme originated, "PLANNED" or "ALL PART OF THE PLAN". It started when A Crew did seemingly random and meaningless moves, which Doug was confused about, and they stated "You wouldn't understand Doug". Doug then joked how A Crew has some kind of master plan cooking up, and that he can't comprehend it.

At the 13:19 Timestamp, everyone except Toad had won a bunch of money in a minigame. A Crew, Doug, and Toad were all standing on the same space at this time. On A Crew's turn, they proceeded to use a Bomb-omb Orb on themselves to blow almost everybody up, getting rid of their coins. They then moved 1 space on the dice roll, landing on Bowser, and since they had no coins, Bowser then gave them 10 Coins.

Almost immediately A Crew then started loudly claiming things such as "4D CHESS", "WE HAD A PLAN ALL ALONG", "ALL APART OF THE PLAN", "CALCULATED", and "THE MASTER PLAN IS WORKING", among others. The phrase "Planned" then became somewhat signature to A Crew, until it became more of a generalized term used by chat as a whole.

At the end, Toad was the one who won the game, but since they had established that they didn't care about where Toad placed, and only where of the 3 of them placed, Doug technically won, as he was in second place. Frustratingly to A Crew, Doug only one with 3 Coins over A Crew's 1 Coin. Many people from both crews started screaming things like "NOOOOO", "RIGGED", "BULLSHIT", and "REMATCH", among others. Although A Crew did place higher than Z Crew, and some may call that a partial win.

The Second Tournament
In the video "I made Twitch Chat fight in a DEADLY TOURNAMENT (again)", Doug wanted to do a second A Crew vs Z Crew tournament, so he planted fake evidence to reignite the two teams' rivalry, and start a new series of gaming challenges, this time all in GTA V.

Z Crew then won the majority of the challenges, and thus the tournament. Then Doug once again brought up the idea of uniting by having both crews control his mods, while he tried to play golf in the golf course. If both teams could successfully kill Doug before he could get a Hole in One, they win. They did end up killing Doug, and enjoyed their reunion.

However, there was a teaser at the end of a TTS Twitch Donation, expressing how this was not the end, and that A Crew would have their revenge, implying that Doug will implement these teams into other different kinds of challenges.

This is like the sequel where everyone goes back on their character development because the screenwriters ran out of ideas.

- YouTube commenter blu3_sue

GTA V Boost Speedrun Challenge
A Crew and Z Crew did make one, albeit minor appearance in the video "I made the hardest GTA 5 mod, then challenged my viewers to beat it". The video revolves around a challenge Doug made for his community. The challenge was for them to drive to 5 different locations in GTA V, while using a mod Doug created, where all vehicles (aside from the player's) are violently boosted every 10 seconds, and if you take any damage you die. Whoever could beat it in the fastest time would win the challenge.

While Doug was going through submissions, he went through the run of user Rgbcake. Rgb had placed text above the speedrun timer saying "Suck it A-crew". This made A Crew members feel offended and Z Crew members patriotic. It then became a B-plot to see which crew would the winner of the challenge belong. UnknownCat had won the Speed Challenge, Hard Mode. Far_Gem had won the Speed Challenge, Easy Mode. And finally, Val's "Painting while driving" run won the Style Challenge. Overall, Z Crew won with 2 challenge winners, against A Crew's 1 winner.

Mario Party 7
In the video "Can Twitch Chat actually beat RANDOM INPUTS in Mario Party?", Doug did another Mario Party tournament which was very similar to the Mario Party 5 one, except A Crew controls Waluigi, Z Crew controls Wario, and Toad is played by an AI programmed by Doug to spam completely random inputs. Doug is still playing Luigi with voice commands.

As time went on, Z Crew gained a huge lead with a large amount of money, and 2 Stars. At the 20:29 Timestamp, Z Crew chose to duel A Crew in the minigame "Bridge Work" where they both have to dodge fish, and whoever gets hit first loses. A Crew had managed to survive, and when they spun the wheel, they were able to steal 1 Star away from Z Crew. A Crew members started spamming "PLANNED" in victory, while Z Crew members started spamming "RIGGED" in defeat.

A Crew later won the game, with 3 Stars and 79 Coins. What made it even more devastating for Z Crew is that they were in last place, and they were top in every stat that DIDN'T give you a Bonus Star.

2022 Stock Investment
Towards the end of the video "I made Twitch Chat invest $10,000 in the stock market", Doug did a side challenge where he invested $500 into Coca-Cola for A Crew, and $500 into Pepsi for Z Crew, and whichever stock made more money at the end of the year gained a new emote.

1 year later on January 21st, 2023, A Crew had won the side challenge, with $5.03 having been made from Coca-Cola, while Z Crew's Pepsi Stock lost $18.15. Because A Crew had won the Stocks Challenge, they gained a brand new emote, A Money.

City Skylines Parkzerville
In the video "City Skylines, but I elected Twitch Chat as Mayor", at the 15:53 Timestamp, Mayor Benfarikfan was elected to lead Parkzerville. Ben then asked Doug to make a poll. The options in the poll were "2", "100x Chaos", "A", and "Cute Monkey". The majority of people had voted for the option A.

Ben then ordered Doug to destroy parts of the city to make space. Then he ordered Doug to construct to massive "A"s made out of roads. He then told Doug to make a small sad Z, and stated "This is war against Z Crew". The next mayor, Capt. Cassiacat (Captain was their preferred title), had ordered to connect the A to the highway, and filled it with Dog Parks for their doggo. They also gave the dogs water and electricity, and made marijuana legal in the dog park.

Cassiacat then wanted the construction of a train station, but Doug replied that they were running out of space, and asked if they could put the trains in the Z. Cassiacat said yes, stating "Z Crew dogs are welcome in the A Crew paradise." Many zealots, loyalists, and others in A Crew were extremely opposed to the idea of letting Z Crew in the Dog Park. Although many Z Crew members enjoyed the acceptance and sympathy.

When Parkzer was reviewing the city, he asked if the A stood for Adam, Parkzer's first name, to which Doug replied by saying no. Parkzer then asked if the Mayor who ordered the construction of the A had the first letter of their username start in the first half of the alphabet, to which Doug replied by saying yes. Then Parkzer stated that it was an A Crew "A" and not an Adam "A". Some members of A Crew in chat saw this as a form of endorsement by Parkzer, although it's likely he didn't intend to do that.

Quotes / Catchphrases

 * "ALL APART OF THE PLAN"
 * "PLANNED"
 * "3D CHESS"
 * "CALCULATED"
 * "The final stage of the plan."
 * "Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay, A Crew."
 * "YOU CAN'T SPELL PLAN WITHOUT THE A."
 * "MAKE A BIG A ALL ON THE MAP! Destroy anything that opposes it!"
 * "WE'RE A SECOND HALF TEAM, DOUG."

Trivia

 * A Crew has won 4 out of 6 of the A Crew vs Z Crew gaming challenges that have been turned into YouTube videos on the Main Channel.
 * The second of which, the Mario Party 5 tournament, while they did not technically win it, they still placed higher than Z Crew, which I will count as a win. And if you don't like it you can yell rigged.
 * In the first tournament, the color of the car belonging to A Crew was yellow, which is the color of Wario, the Mario character they played as in the Mario Party 5 game.
 * In the City Skylines vid, members of Z Crew only realized that the A was a tribute to A Crew when Ben had orders to make a small sad Z. It's very likely that these Z Crew members were saying "A" as they thought it was a typical, nonsensical DougDoug meme.