I just don't see why...
In honor of the forced sports comments, I've decided to go play-by-play and cover this flash from start to finish.
It opens with some spritey text that finds the long way to say "hackers are bad people" and then we're greeted by two of the most irritating characters in the series. Rockoon starts with an unnecessary comment about smelling things which he spices up with an unnecessary accent. Green guy (whose name I don't know and don't care to find out so we'll call him Bob) manages a comment that's almost relevant to the discussion at hand, but then Rockoon saves the conversation from being coherent by replying that he loves Bob, but not as much as money. This was either an attempt at sarcasm (in which case the "not as much as money" statement becomes confusing since it's used in a sarcastic sentence) or "impressive stupidity" joins Rockoons list of irritating features and he's choosing an odd time to confess his love (which, sadly, makes more sense, given his reaction to Bob saying he hates him later). Bob then replies "Just as long as this job doesn't cut into my sports".
Again, we've dipped into a reply that has nothing to do with the previous sentence. It sounds like he's conceding to someone. "This better not cut into my sports" would have been a better line since it's a stand alone sentence, however, does anyone really care about his sports? Why play this game if it's such a burden? Is someone holding a gun to his head? I can (and guess what, DO) turn off games that I don't like at any time that I don't want to play them. A character playing the game just so he can complain about how much he doesn't want to be playing the game makes you want to slap Bob just as much as you do Rockoon. Bob continues to complain, so Rockoon shuts him up by again answering a question that wasn't asked and talking about hacking. This calls for another irritating voice!
Bob becomes fed up with the game and explains that he doesn't care and he's done after this job (which he's either doing for a bunch of in-game currency on a game he never plans to play again, or someone very interested in an object in this game has decided to hack an account for and pay a sports-loving man who hates video games to play a video game while having no idea what he's searching for, rather than hacking an account for themselves and using their knowledge of the object in question to find it faster). Maybe Bob himself is a hacker, who accepted a job and now wants to complain because he himself agreed to do something. He never comments that his family is being held hostage, and since Bob loves to give out forced information without anyone asking or leading the conversation in that direction I'll assume that there IS no reason for Bob to HAVE to do this job. And that of course brings us right back to the "why play when you just want to complain about playing?" question. Bob is a little frustrated when he explains that he's done after this job, but from the piss-his-pants expression that Bob's words give Rockoon, you'd think that Bob had sprouted horns and begun spewing fountains of lava from his eyeballs.
Rockoon seems surprisingly offended when Bob admits to not liking him. Since Bob is bored of blowing stuff up in this stupid game, Rockoon suggests changing pace by blowing stuff up in this stupid game. Bob suddenly 180s and realizes that he likes the game after all and he's ready to do the job. The same job that less than two minutes ago he spent two minutes complaining about.
So the humor pretty much falls flat. Seems like most reviewers are aware of that. The art is recycled and in some places really out of place. Someone said that at least the plot is gripping, but what plot do we get out of this? Honestly, what do we learn from this flash? Rockoon is annoying, Bob is grumpy. Stuff we knew. Neither of the characters say anything that gives them depth or makes a viewer look at the plot from a different angle. Truthfully, there was really no reason to make this flash.
