Hey folks!
Yea, I know, random blog entry is super random, but I didn't feel that this warranted another video on the subject. The two up cover the salient points well enough, and unless there's some major jaw-dropping event, I don't feel it's worth the energy to turn my channel into a "DJ KEEMSTAR IS A SCAMMER" channel. However, I do need to cover a few bases as to why I did it.
First, let me say this: I love DJ Keemstar as an entertainer. Him and the others of F@G made me laugh till I cried. I know, trolling can border on bullying at times, but the way they did it show an irreverent love for making games be games rather than some super serious exercise of skill. Since he has left behind that after multiple banned accounts, I feel his latest efforts are a bit lacking in the humour department.
Yes, I liked some of the #DramaAlert stuff, but he's starting to take things far too seriously. I always saw him as the court jester in the Kingdom of Overly Serious Gamers and YouTubers. He was always making mock of the people who took this whole thing as a life and death sort of endeavor. Hell, he even made mock of the King Of The Web video contest, with his Dildos for Africa (something to this day that makes me die laughing). But now, he seems to have drank the Kool-Aid and has started trying to resolve these beefs as some form of moderator. Gone are the snarky comments and smarmy asides. Instead, he is just another overly serious guy in a world of them.
So, is it my disillusionment with DJ Keemstar driving this? No. If he simply lost his whimsy, I would have ignored his videos and likely unsubscribed... had any of the channels I was subscribed to still existed.No, this has more to do with his growing urge to play fast and loose with the truth.
Keemstar has a following, and I feel he is now callously using his subscriber base's trust in a way that is disgusting to me. The court jester has become a con artist, scamming off money to build a product that he may not even be able to deliver. It's poison in the well of crowd sourcing efforts, and to be frank, I couldn't let it slide.
Granted, I could have turned a blind eye and let these fools and their money be parted, but then I just found myself really horrified at the prospect of this actually working. There are many more unscrupulous people who lurk in the shadows of the YouTube Gaming Community. Keemstar has charisma and a mind to use what little pull he has left from his F@G days to try to make this happen.
I get it, Keemstar. You do want to find a way to make money from your efforts, and your earlier, somewhat shadier dealings with your Ad Sense account has pretty much blocked your ability to make cash via YouTube, or at least by and large hindered it. I get that you might even genuinely want this game to be real. And it could be an awesome game. It could be a great community project and if it does finally get realized, I sincerely hope it is everything you dreamed it could be.
But, for fuck's sake, do this right! Don't use sketchy promo videos. Don't make these grandiose promises. Do turn to your community and use your clout the right way. Use your connections to find those developers. Use your charisma to charm the audience into believing in your vision.Be honest, forthright. Just tell the truth and stop with the slimy sales tactics and pandering. Just go out there and make this game the way you want to, but do it above the board. Show that you can do this. I sincerely believe you can pull this off without all that bullshit.
I do want to see this game succeed. I want to see crowd sourcing games to be the wave of the future. I want to see more renegades rattling the triple A market, and showing them that we don't need to rely on them for their glossy, shallow titles for our entertainment. I'd rather 10 Minecrafts and Slenders to every 1 Resident Evil 6. However, when shady, slimy tactics get used and you wind up with a half-hearted train wreck of a game, it falls into the win column for the big studios. It shows that only they can make a truly rich game. And it hurts the trust players have for other such projects, something that is already an uphill battle for an actual good idea.
So, before you judge me harshly, consider all of that.
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