Clickbait Thievery and You - A Response to "Why the Blue Yeti Sucks"

soulbrothanumbuh3's KZbin: / @sbn3vids
soulbrothanumbuh3's Patreon: / soulbrono3
English Captions by PatientElijah
Sources (in order of appearance):
#1 - "Why the Blue Yeti Sucks" by WeeGee Plays • Video
#2 - "How to be an Online Voice Actor" by soulbrothanumbuh3 • How to be an Online Vo...
#3 - "How To Be An Online VA Part 2 | Mic Catalog" • How To Be An Online VA...
#4 - Merriam-Webster Plagiarism Definiton www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...
#5 - @zMASKm Tweet / 878483723204907008
#6 - @J0B0T5 Tweet / 876907693780459524
#7 - @WEEGEETHEGOD Tweet #1 / 878398125332996096
#8 - @SoBroNo3 Tweet / 878339649017700352
#9 - Audacity www.audacityteam.org/
#10 - Voicemeeter Banana www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/b...
#11 - What is Phantom Power? www.dawsons.co.uk/blog/what-is...
#12 - @WEEGEETHEGOD Tweet #2 / 878017586025435136
#13 - Warrior Forum - "Cool way to use other people's KZbin videos to create your own" www.warriorforum.com/main-inte...

[@MrShpigun]

- hey, can I copy your homework - yeah, just don't make it too obvious

[@CrashNicker]

Шпигун ...well mercy me, Shpigun AND Shammy in the comment section of the same video. This is good.

[@MaTaNhy]

- copies the answer to question 4 while trying to answer 5

[@vintage8981]

Kogda strim blet

[@Devixicus]

More like not studying for the entire year and copying all the information from the guy next to him for the final

[@funnymonkegif]

Didn't expect you here. Kogda talkabout?

[@MrGeop]

My dude Weegee needs to alter his recording setup because I'm picking up a 2yr-delayed echo

[@CordyMcDonald]

GeopLP God DAMN IT GEOP

[@TheGrooseofLegend]

I can feel that burn all the way from Calgary, GOD DAMN

[@kerog6]

+++++++

[@ade8296]

That's his voice, though.

[@thiefrules]

Chazz Ravenelle funny because Soul's original video series highlighted the importance of your recording space over your setup.

[@MandaloreGaming]

It's amazing how he plagiarized 90% of the video but completely missed the point of it being directed towards people trying to become professional VAs and not commentating gameplay with memes

[@-snek.]

It's pretty ironic how he himself went on a huge rant about professional voice acting equipment yet made his big KZbin breakout screaming at Smash Bros. _good ass videos by the way_

[@zzcolby27]

I hear a lot of weegee fans use this as an arguing skill. It sucks

[@pip5528]

People can commentate gameplay with USB, 3.5mm, XLR, it doesn't matter. For professional voice acting, however, you need to have XLR and a decent mixer/preamp. Weegee absolutely missed the point of Soulbrotha's video.

[@ducciboi]

It's also hilarious how shit Weegee sounds in the comparisons like he's using a shitty pop filter. You can really hear those plosive sounds blowing into the microphone.

[@pip5528]

Yeah, if you're an amateur or hobbyist KZbinr, there's no point buying all this, but if you're a VO artist, then it is absolutely necessary to have good gear and good technique to maintain suspension of disbelief or if you just want to have professional grade sound in general.

[@mothersbasement]

I had seen the soulbrothih video a long time before weegee's so I knew it was similar, but the word-for word comparison is straight up shocking. You know what's a lot less professional than using a USB mic? plagiarism.

[@TheUnluckyEverydude]

good to see you on both this vid and weegees. good to see one of my favorite creators seeing and talking about this.

[@jacom34]

have you spoken directly too Weegee about this?

[@NOBUJORDAN]

Why did I read this in your voice lmao

[@zayaannashrid1374]

Because your're accustomed to his voice

[@tharwab]

im not sure whether you regurgitating the same ideas and bullshit in a ton of your videos is worse or plagiarism

[@shammytv]

A big thing I think you should've touched on was how Weegee is misapplying the information that soulbrotha is trying to get across. SBN3's video is about becoming a professional online voice actor, which actually does require professional equipment. Weegee is taking that and applying it to general use cases on KZbin, which is just fucking stupid. The Yeti is fine for what most people use it for, namely consumer level recording. No shit it's not a professional quality microphone, it's not meant to be used for that.

[@smightlp]

It's a $80 - $100 USB mic that sounds nice for the price. The most offensive thing to me about the vid is him artificially adding in buzzing. It is very obviously manufactured noise; can't you insult the yeti without lying about it? Must not be that bad, if this is the case.

[@fyrexia]

Weegee said it was fine for general use in the video, are you sure you fully went through it? He also said the snowball gave the exact same quality as the blue yeti, which is why he said it was terrible.

[@smightlp]

Most of his information that wasn't lifted from a better video, like the snowball being on par with the yeti, is an outright lie

[@GarudaRamudasRumpusRoom]

+Fyrex And at 6:44 in this video it's clearly laid out that Weegee contradicts himself on this point, and it also hardly excuses the clickbait title and thumbnail saying the thing "sucks".

[@fyrexia]

You never watched the previous video so I don't blame you, he said the yeti is fine for hobby use, but not for commentary for higher up youtubers.

[@spinyjustspiny3289]

Also notice that Weegee took a completely different message from the initial video and hammered away at that. The original video while harsh implies that the Blue Yeti is a starting point that is alright but pales in comparison to more professional setups you should be using for clear voice acting. Weegee just wants to shit on the blue yeti because it's a popular choice for casual consumers.

[@bobvids]

soulbrotha even says in his video "the yeti is for fun", which i'd argue is a big part of making youtube content

[@TwoPairSA]

I would argue that he doesn't really even want to shit on the yeti, he just sees relabeling other people's videos with a clickbait-y name and thumbnail as an easy way to gain subscribers.

[@Cowabungas]

bobvids THIS. I love my Yeti. I primarily use it for voice communication in video games and the occasional little video or song project I do for fun. It does everything I, the casual consumer wants it to do. Also a foam wind screen on it works wonders.

[@Just-A-Bit]

Spiny Justspiny if you were talking about the "original" video if you meant weegee' s video you was talking about how professional Mics and audio setups are better then the blue yeti (obviously)

[@spinyjustspiny3289]

The original video being soulbrotha's. Weegee restates a lot of content from the original video soulbrotha made, but changes the context and wording of it to carry a different, far more uninformed message. It's the difference between saying "A van is way better for multi-person road trips than a small convertible, but the convertible is a nice luxury vehicle for smaller groups and just solo cruising" because you want people going on trips to have good mixture of comfort and mileage, and someone else seeing that advice and taking it as "All convertibles fucking suck don't buy them" What weegee is doing goes beyond just wanting a clickbait title, he's using clickbait and plaigarism to phrase his own uninformed elitism in a way that seems professional.

[@Larry]

LMAO, I've not seen a plagurism comparison video so blatent since the days of the AVGN Vs. Irate Gamer days XD

[@operationd--msday]

Larry Bundy Jr ecks dee Bundy

[@Abdega]

Hello you!

[@travisreberto1295]

Not sure it’s too similar considering weegee copied it after the fact and AVGN did games Cris Bores planned to do

[@abryn6864]

I mean, I have witnessed you respond with contempt when you make errors in your videos.

[@prowlerpegasus2189]

Legit

[@DainnGreywall]

"Oh btw I recorded this entire thing on a yeti" Boom. Mic drop (Although please do not drop your blue yeti, that's a bad idea...very bad idea. As a blue yeti owner, I can attest to this)

[@PuppetMasterIX]

Especially not on your foot. Trust me.

[@SullySadface]

I mean, unless you're making a laundry/garbage chute in your floor.

[@addison-fr3dt]

Must be why the quality was as shitty as a dollar store spider man microphone that costs 3 bucks

[@thatnoisydog]

Damn - I actually wanted to say that as a line in my video on this subject but I hesitated on it.

[@zigzoinks5493]

MysticTV Okay...?

[@ItsFefnir]

The thick layer of smug does not, in fact, prevent Weegee's video from being plagiaristic.

[@ianleather5699]

Exactly! I especially hates when he tries to paint those calling him out on it as bullies!

[@Haedox]

Shit like this gets me so mad

[@KingKojo]

AHHHH

[@RematodeRanger]

Haedox dood you should do a small cover story on it. the more people that know the better. or atleast link it on your twitter or something

[@bingus7441]

didnt expect to see one of my favorite youtubers here

[@GameFrenzy123]

Hae doc 😉

[@dannybronnenberg3348]

If it gets u so mad do a video on it.

[@Kalitayy]

2017: Clickbait Thievery and You 2024: Plagiarism and You(Tube) Your mothers would be very proud

[@SavoxYT]

I hate how Weegee ends his sentenceeeeeeees.

[@PKSunset]

So it’s not just me, That fucking “rannnngee” makes me cringe

[@JonathanDano]

Looks like Weegee finally deleted the video, cause it was still up a couple of days ago. now that he is part of the wildcard channel with Alpharad and Jaiden he probably didn't want people finding his ripoff video.

[@invertin]

I don't understand why Weegee thought this'd be okay. Like on a moral level it could just be plain old idiocy or actively not giving a shit but i mean did he think nobody would notice?? The internet is really fucking fast, dude.

[@reidskull5018]

He credited the original video in his description

[@invertin]

But not in the video. Or the title of the video. Or at the top of the description, only at the very bottom. Also, if he's acknowledging that the other video exists, then his video has no reason to exist. He could've just tweeted a link to the original video to the same educational effect. He wanted people to think he made the video script himself. There's simply no other interpretation.

[@greenfiretornado]

You don't start an essay with your sources.

[@shammytv]

+Green Tees Yeah, you also put the things you take word for word and actively attribute them to the sources throughout the essay, and if you use one source and essentially say exactly the same thing while only changing the wording slightly you're gonna fuckin' fail.

[@m_d_c_t]

Only after being called out that the video was plagiarism, and doesn't give full credit to it regardless. And even if he did, he still basically copied the entire thing so he could regurgitate information worse at significantly lower effort than attempting to do it himself. Basically that doesn't even remotely give him a pass.

[@Ebeeto]

What I really want to know is why "Why the Blue Yeti Sucks" was plastered on my recommended tab as furiously as it was. It was the same with that fairly random "Polygon is wrong about the new Asscreed looking shit" or whatever a few months back. It certainly felt like the typical old clickbait and I suppose that's why KZbin tried so hard to get me to watch it. I suppose I check a few of the boxes for their systems to insist on me watching this tripe. I really want to see the under-the-hood, behind-the-scenes stuff, like the end of a Telltale episode.

[@mjc0961]

Ebeeto Yeah it got plastered all over my recommended as well, and I never watch microphone videos, and I have not watched anything by "Weegee" before. KZbin always seems to promote the clickbait though. When it's not this, it's videos with tits and/or ass in the thumbnail with implications that you'll get to see more, but of course you won't, that's not allowed on KZbin.

[@JBaley1017]

Ebeeto View counts, maybe? That and the metadata tags being used.

[@DestroyedArkana]

I would wonder if he's using viewbots as well. I'm sure there's some firms in China you could pay to do that and like the video for pretty cheap.

[@underiraq]

Not sure how overly complex the recommended video algorithms are, but I suspect it has something to do with videos frequently watched by users that watch the videos that your frequently watch. It was all over my recommended videos too, but it was after it got quite a few views. I've been a fan of soulbrotha for years so when the controversy came out, probably a lot of his subs watched that video. This mightve boosted it in my recommended videos.

[@DrRyan82994]

Ebeeto I also got this. My only microphone related search ever was for mounting a blue snowball on an arm and that was half a year ago.

[@casualtr4sh]

man it's bad enough i have to hear the same phrases in a row but the second one is so annoying. shoot,it's bad enough i have to hear two phrases side-by-side but the second one is damn annoyiiiiinnng.

[@NoFeckingNamesLeft]

Casualtrash yeah, when I saw the weegee video I was hella confused how someone so seemingly versed in recording had such horrible quality and voiceover skill, it was somewhat informative but an otherwise awful video. This explains it nicely.

[@k.hgiggles6880]

i dont think its the quality of the recording more so how he emphasises and speaks

[@axpo7803]

Weegees voice isn't annoying at all. I know its the internet, and we're all allowed to have our opinions, but to me it seems like you wanted to jump aboard the "Weegee is the most garbage human being because he did one bad thing" train.

[@locococo8961]

​@@axpo7803 Well some of us actually think that, but because of that hate train's existence, our opinions are overshadowed and just categorised into blind hatred

[@wrathisme4693]

I found you channel via the cinema sins videos, I'm extremely happy to see more of this kind of content and hope you do more in the future

[@bobvids]

you got it

[@Lackis]

Same here! I love you cinema sins redos and this video was great

[@atticusshadowmore3263]

Another problem that I have is that Weggie said. If you want to be professional at all you have to drop 700$ right away. When it would make for more sense to just drop 100 on the Blue Yeti just to get started in case you fail

[@bobvids]

in all seriousness you sound like someone who fundamentally understands how to run a startup

[@BinaryCounter]

Heck, I would even suggest that if you're just trying out KZbin, dont even get a Yeti. A 30 dollar dynamic mic (like a SM58 clone) and a cheap UMC22 interface can sound great with the proper post processing. You'd be amazed what a little bit of EQ, compression and reverb can do. Been using a Behringer XM8500 and UMC22 for over a year now and everyone i speak to thinks I have an expensive setup, while my setup costs arout 60 dollars in total if you factor in the mic stand and pop filter

[@FiendKuroCherri]

Atticus Shadowmore glad I wasn't alone in that thought.

[@TieTuesday]

Lmao @5:43 that dude ran a tight flanger over his audio to make it sound worse. I've done that on stream as a joke because it's so obviously not correct.

[@NovaSpirit813]

TieTuesday My dude Weegee the type to record audio and add vinyl effects to make it sound worse

[@ChellsVoiceActor]

TieTuesday woah i'm subbed to you :v

[@dontaskmeaboutmyprofilepic5898]

Pure Beef Magma im subbed to you :^

[@nickrogers3624]

I understand what you are saying about a flanger, but I am not so sure that would actually be the case. My guess would be he either had an incorrect setup or had some interference. Just a theory though. I have noticed that while working on making waveforms for instruments from scratch (I try to make music sometimes) that sometimes having even the slightest microsecond of interference or in my case, a slight drop or increase in audio, can instantly decrease audio quality.

[@WC3fanatic17]

oh shit its The Tietuesday. the hitbox celebrity

[@SeanWashPhoto]

Context is also important, which Weegee missed the point on. SoulBrotha's coming from the context of professional voice acting and WeeGee is coming from a context of voice overs for videos or streams. It's an important difference since one really does require the highest quality sound output while VOs really just needs to be serviceable, something a decent USB mic like the Blue Yeti can totally fulfill, especially with some work in Adobe Audition or Audacity

[@brosephnoonan223]

My names Weegee the God and I spend 14 hours a day stealing other KZbinr's content.

[@martime2453]

Wow, the plagiarism is so egregious

[@tanishalur4119]

that "so" was kinda pointless eh buddy?

[@martime2453]

How do you mean?

[@tanishalur4119]

the word egregious underscores the "badness" of the plagiarism. the use of the word so isn't wrong, it just sounds slightly stupid

[@tanishalur4119]

indeed that is probably the case

[@k.hgiggles6880]

there are people still defending Weegee and say it's citing not plagiarising. this video should show you that he completely plagiarised the entire thing.

[@k.hgiggles6880]

5:32 Speaking of which, his video has 3 advertisements in the video.

[@ProtoMario]

LMAO a High School drop out copies a video, if he done this in High School he might have passed ROFL.

[@wombochrombo3610]

ProtoMario Savage lol

[@matthewrobar7360]

Knight Reese's so is protomario

[@lukefaber4233]

He dropped out of high school because it was boring

[@ekkomerchant]

ProtoMario you were just waiting for him to fuck up again so you can spouting his name to boost your view count.

[@Devastator-cr3oh]

Is it nice up there on your high horse?

[@Kamex]

Okay so I wasn't the only one who thought something wasn't right with the Blue Yeti's "Audio sample" in Weege's video. I'm pretty sure if a mic that costs $100+ is prone to background buzzing/whining it wouldn't be as widely used as it is on KZbin or have any good reviews at all. Was his mic busted or did he add it in thinking he could get away with it?

[@disposable_income_andy]

Considering he's no stranger to bending the truth and scummy practices, each option is just as likely as the other

[@GameAway]

Now that WeegeeTheGod's terrible practices are out in the open, I feel it's time to tell my experience with him and how he took advantage of me. He requested a 3DS Capture Card from anyone that could provide it. One of my friends got in contact with me to inform me of Weegee's predicament. I messaged Weegee himself to discuss the details of how I would send the device to him and Weegee even stated that he would give me a video shoutout because of how much I'm helping him out. As a small channel, this is a huge deal as getting exposure from someone like that is extremely helpful. In the end, I sent the device to him and I have have heard nothing since and any attempts at reaching out to Weegee has failed. He jipped me out of a sold out device and just because he's a big KZbinr he thinks he can get away with taking advantage of the little guy. This is just the shorter explanation of what happened and I can provide all the screenshots and receipts if need be. EDIT: Here are the screenshots! imgur.com/gallery/iTOXw

[@Epictroll48]

Yo should make a video with the screenshots in it or hand that info to a Chanel who reports stuff, seems like this weege guy loves being a scoundrel

[@GameAway]

Any ideas for what channel to hand all of this evidence to? I'd make a video, but it definitely wouldn't get the attention that it needs to. People need to be warned about the snake Weegee is.

[@zeuromaker9068]

Oh shit, I remember that, that was YOUR Capture card?? Fucking Christ man. You NEED to do this now. This time is perfect for you to get a point across, as if it came out now and got proper attention it would be a pretty big deal on top of the already plagiarism shit

[@GameAway]

Zeuro Maker Yeah, that was me! He made a lot of promises and he didn't follow through! I'm hoping someone will tell my story as mine definitely won't get as much attention.

[@zeuromaker9068]

Hell I know this sounds retarded and probably a bad idea but has Keemstar on DramaAlert called out Weegee recently? (is the channel even still alive lol?) You need to get it out, don't wait and hope for the best, you need to get in contact with people looking to 'expose' Weegee. If they made a video on the Blue Yeti copy and paste and also the gamecapture shit and ignoring you, that's a pretty strong argument of its own! If you add anything else he done you will have justice done. I wish you luck, and I'll be sure to pass on the video whenever it comes out (be it from you or a bigger drama youtuber)

[@dragirby]

"pfft, this is just gonna be some guy ranting about how someone did something simi- Oh my god its literally a carbon copy of the video..."

[@PikaPetey]

KZbin's motto used to be "broadcast yourself"

[@gatst7680]

Now it's just "censor yourself"

[@diegorincon4673]

“Broadcast others”

[@ZaerdinGaming]

Now I finally know who hbomberguy plagiarized this idea from.

[@Ebeeto]

Whenever I think you've reached some kind of threshold for how wonderful and great your videos can get, you hit me with something like this. I love this. Thank you!

[@munem939]

Clearly Weegee failed high school since teachers cram into our brains in high school not to plagiarise

[@Bcast64]

munem939 he dropped out

[@illusionaryheart3325]

This is hilarious cuz he actually dropped out

[@pip5528]

That or he doesn't care. Most likely the latter. ;)

[@freddiebensonosu]

what the fuck some parts are almost word for word the same

[@jhojanezf]

Gotta smash that unsubscribe button gg weegee

[@MatthewSmart]

Why were you even subscribed to begin with?

[@jhojanezf]

Matthew The Autism Guy Because I watched alpharads content and he was kinda the third wheel in our relationship

[@twinkiestorrstoenailclippi2122]

nah alpha's fine he doesnt plagiarize and his contents pretty good so i say leave him out of it

[@Bcast64]

Jaylen Scott but they all work together as a company. him weegee turvis dad and deezus

[@Bcast64]

Jaylen Scott its a group like normalboots, channel awes9me and nwa

[@rawb]

Great work here bob. Thanks for bringing light to this.

[@Krbyfan1]

Did he honestly think he could get away with this? This is incredible.

[@peachesnscream]

Jesus, he didn't even try to make it different

[@JacobTheLoofah]

There's sharing certain points because of industry standards and understanding of good recording equipment and environments, and then theres this shit

[@hampolice4679]

Jacob The Loofah yeah...GIMME THE NEW SHIT PEOPLE SAY IN TF2 (caps makes me look smart)

[@OhFrittata]

This, my friends, is why you don’t drop out of high school to do KZbin.

[@aquoslover200]

Dude, you did a genuinely good gathering and compiling all of those clips. Glad you made this.

[@CdiGanon]

I got introduced to your channel through the Cinemasins breakdowns you've done, and you have just consistently made good content since I subbed. Great vid, bob. Can't wait to see more from you.

[@ghostyon3399]

Why does Weegee keep drawing out the end of words? Like at 3:20 It's small, but I can't help but keep noticing it

[@rslrandy]

he thinks that cadence makes him sound professional but it just sounds like frank sinatra through a cheese grater

[@NoFeckingNamesLeft]

rslrandy how can you compare Sinatra to this shit in any way

[@dagelask]

big man youtube affectation

[@ergeneren3130]

it is very noticeable and so fucking annoying

[@cosmickoias]

Ghost Yon I noticed too.

[@Flyborg]

Beyond the plagiarism, it's unfortunate that KZbin rewards worthless clickbait. It's a race to the bottom. More and more of the "recommended" videos are just empty-headed clickbait and top-10 lists. Each individual video is rewarded with more views, but the long-term effect is to degrade the quality of KZbin overall.

[@ApertureCity]

Thanks for this Bob, excellent as always. Now you get to hear this guy beg you to debate him on livestream, lucky you!

[@pip5528]

And now an IGN journalist has done the exact same thing with a gaming KZbinr, but IGN took notice, removed the video and article, apologized, and fired him.

[@Sly94]

Weegee is the kid at school who copies websites to complete his homework and then has no idea about the subject when his teacher finds out and questions him about it.

[@Windwarrior75]

Weegee has always sucked anyways.

[@PaleoSteno]

I almost had this happen to me with a video that was one of my most popular. Thankfully I confronted the person and he took it down. That has me wondering how many of his other videos were plagiarized though.

[@justwhy7449]

Did not expect to see you here

[@TheGrooseofLegend]

It's funny. I actually watched soulbrotha's video first because I was led there from his Taste Closed videos, so I didn't watch Weegee's when it appeared on the suggestions. I had no idea his work was plagiarized. What a douche. Also, that ending was perfect

[@XanduIsBored]

I was working on a video to counter some of Weegee's points myself, but after this flawlessly executed response (along with calling out the blatant plagiarism that I was honestly unaware of) I really don't need to anymore. Great work! Also all the problems I had with Weegee's video were basically fixed in soulbrothanumbuh3's video. Go figure, huh. Finally, that ending was deliciously savage.

[@NightSkye27]

Thank you. I never saw the original video and all Weegee's video did was make me feel bad for having a Blue Snowball and not having enough money for some expensive equipment. Now I feel better.

[@NightSkye27]

I just checked Weegee's Twitter, and he's just a complete dick to anyone who owns a Yeti.

[@FiendKuroCherri]

NightBlader yeah I felt bad about having my snowball but then he tried to tell people that you won't get anywhere without a $700 setup, which is ridiculous. Also, the plagiarism and disgusting elitism leave a poor taste in my mouth.

[@Satarack]

I got the opposite impression from it, that the additional features of the Yeti weren't worth the price difference between it and the Snowball for casual users. There's several things you can take Weegee to task for (this video and many comments here do just that), but the message I got from Weegee was that the Yeti has no market: that anyone looking to buy a Yeti could spend the same, or less, money and get better audio equipment. I'd actually been thinking of buying a mic when I'd come across Weegee's video, so it was a bit fortuitous for me. And I did decide to buy a Snowball in the end. I'm very happy with it and don't have any thoughts of replacing it with a Yeti or a "real" setup (in my circumstance, both for my needs and my budget the extra features of the Yeti make no sense). But I think Weegee is wrong, the Yeti does have a market; and people aren't stupid for buying it. In short, you're buying simplicity. All the work has been done for you when you buy a Yeti, you don't need to learn about audio tech, or learn how to balance/mix sound to get good quality audio. Not everyone has the time or ability to buy, and properly use, a more cost effective setup. But anyone can buy a Yeti and get good audio. The money "wasted" on a Yeti isn't wasted at all, you're paying for someone else to do all that work for you, and to put it together in a single, simple package.

[@halucinator1]

You couldn't of said it any better Bob. Thank You and Keep up the good work.

[@maslnaa]

God i love you bobvids, these videos are always so solid in every aspect.

[@ragerodracir]

what a juicy scoop you got here bob

[@rubberbandiv]

"They all colorize audio in their own unique ways" aaagh That's not what "colorize" means. You can't just replace words with longer ones that sound similar.

[@tjb0607]

colorize does make sense though. For example, color is what's used to describe the type of noise - white noise, brown noise, pink noise, etc. based on the frequencies.

[@KingBlonde]

Colourise is a common term in the audio world for that exact thing.

[@rubberbandiv]

"Colorize" is used almost exclusively to talk about adding color to black and white film; it's exceedingly rare to see someone use it to mean "color" (the verb) in general. In fact, the word essentially does not appear in the English language until the early 80s, when colorizing black-and-white film became a common thing. You can check that for yourself using Google Ngrams, which can show you how often a word appears in the Google Books database. Given that WeeGee is plagiarizing someone else's words, I highly doubt that he's deliberately this specific moment to engage in literary play by using a word unconventionally - it's far more likely that he's using a word that sounds fancier to his ears because otherwise it'd sound too much like the source material. This is pretty much precisely how badly-plagiarised text always ends up - writing which was simple and clear and perfectly fine ("any piece of equipment you run your mic through will color the audio in some way") gets gussied up into a lumbering monstrosity of cliche and poor word choice ("they all colorize audio in their own unique ways"). Also, we don't say that a mic "colors" the sound because it introduces red/white/pink noise - "color" there is being used as a synonym for "affect" or "alter" - in the same way that this video has negatively colored my opinion of WeeGeeTheGod.

[@rubberbandiv]

Really? I've only ever heard it in the context of colorizing old films (and could only find that context online, plus the word doesn't really show up until the early '80s, which is right around when colorizing film took off). But I'm no audio engineer, so I could very well be wrong.

[@EddyLees-_-s]

Paul Hemphill colourize is at the very least used quite often in audiophile vocabulary, where an amp could be described to add a lot of colour to the sound, which really just means changing the sound to be warmer, colder, etc

[@IjiModo]

You're the best sound, bob. Amazingly informative video that still entertains. Great work!

[@BNGamesYT]

Thank you for this, I saw the video and it pissed me off. I use a Yeti primarily for the ease of use and it does the job for most situations. Definitely forwarding this on!

[@TDOTCRFH4]

jesus, look at that parade of shit in weegee's related videos when there's a shot of his video's page near the end

[@MrNinjaBurger]

These sorts of things are becoming distressingly common. Earlier there was a "popular" wow YT who made top ten lists who was then exposed by another one because all he was doing was taking other peoples/sites/YT's list, and rereading them, and calling them his own. He then tried to act like he didn't know it was wrong to steal, and then deleted his account once the backlash hit, and kept all the money. It's disgusting what they can get away with.

[@kk-yt7nv]

Are you referring to matthew santoro? kappa

[@MrNinjaBurger]

Nah the guy I was thinking of was called like warcraft bible, or canned beans wow. I believe another YT named kakio did a video like Bob's exposing his plagiarism. After he was exposed he made a joke of an apology which he put up adds for because he knew people were going to watch it, and then said he was tired of the hate, and stopped making videos once he saw people unsubbed, and jumping ship. So he stopped and kept all that money despite all that plagarism.

[@Dover939]

There was a trending video about skyrim that stole the entirety of one of 3kliksphilip's videos for no reason, considering philip's video was literally just random footage put together.

[@ImmaDeker]

Seeing you help another one of my favorite KZbinrs makes for a good day.

[@ohyeayea68]

This is still so gross.

[@somniloguy12]

Of course weegee adresses the plagiarism under the title 'drama', as if him being called out on theft was done for no good reason.

[@BigAl2k6]

Pretty wild coming back to this after everyone was caught plagiarizing in 2023

[@Ev1lW4ffl3]

Excellent and educational video. Love it!

[@rockyarchives8861]

Thanks for the video. I sincerely hope that Weegee's channel takes a huge hit. I only watched him before because he collabed with Alpharad.

[@MatthewSmart]

When the man's Twitter profile is of him drinking bleach, are they REALLY worth looking up to?

[@drowzebra1308]

Weegee using that exact same "announcer voice" that TotalBiscuit and Markplier (and I'm sure tons of other KZbinrs) have been doing for YEARS. You just throw your voice into the deeper end of its spectrum and over-enunciate, and I'm sick of it.

[@samboujaiteh3331]

Announcer voice is a voice technique that is used to flatten and minimize the regionality of someone’s voice. It’s quite useful if you want people from other regions to easily understand what you are saying, but if you don’t have practice using it, it sounds extra robotic.

[@kaiserturvelus1736]

Great work, man. I love my blue yeti and have had no issues with it since I began using it in many different scenarios. recorded music with it, vocals, KZbin videos and podcasts.

[@ftwinzeler]

i originally thought you were being (...nitpicky?) when presented by weegee, but after watching this video, i can see the amount of insight that you put into this. thanks so much

[@EposVox]

Dat ending

[@harrisonking1195]

God bless you Bobvids. I thrive in you calling out all the bull crap on KZbin

[@diegorincon4673]

The video is still up, btw.

[@RemyRaccoon]

Ah, man, this hurts. I'm a big fan of Weegee, and when I first watched the video, I thought of it as nothing more than "he's got some good tips, but I don't see that much of a problem with the Yeti if you're just a KZbin hobbyist." But goddamn, I didn't realise how bad it was. I hope for his sake he tries to remedy this ASAP.

[@UmbreonMessiah]

Truly the most disgusting thing about this is that there are people who still defend Weegee.

[@Chomper_r]

I was JUST editing this very video before I noticed yours. God bless someone else noticed this blatant plagiarism. My favorite part was Weegee's mention of spending "forever" on the script. I too learned in high school that changing a few words around to avoid plagiarism is time consuming. What an absolute disrespectful and downright shitty thing to do. This right here is how you lose all credibility as a creator and actor.

[@15SecNut]

Subscribed af. I absolutely love it when the content creators of youtube self-police our own platform. If enough decently-minded individuals start doing this, not only will content utilizing critical analysis become mainstream, but we'll also set a standard for the quality of videos that are allowed to get big. Keep up the good work dude.

[@DaMonkGaming]

The very last thing you said caught my attention and made me laugh XD you earn a thumbs up

[@MattDemers]

Great work, dude. Media literacy and critical thinking as essential skills, but hard to put into practice without actively doing so.

[@garbanzoguysuxeggz]

The only thing Weegee's set up accomplishes is that I have to turn down the volume when one of his videos happens to come on due to KZbin's horrid audio compression.

[@bedenreal]

Thank you for talking about the Blue Yeti info he got wrong! I knew that wasn't how it sounded. Im very happy with this video

[@Begeru]

This needs more views!

[@lucario4lif682]

"Oh, by the way, I recorded this on a yeti" Roast of the year 2017

[@audieliem4843]

Definitely not Weegee: How do you think I can get Viral in the internet? Just try to hate on a universally loved product - make a title with the product name and state that it sucks - and everyone who have the product, is considering purchasing the product and those who generally hate mainstream product are gonna watch the crap out of it - oh, and it would be better if you plagiarize things from another youtuber, it will start a drama and more people who doesn't care will hear about you Definitely not Weegee: but wouldn't that make me universally hated? yes but who fucking cares! AdSense right!?

[@L7vanmatre]

Basically what I said in another comment, but better said. Well done!

[@Press1ToParty]

AND you put soulbrotha's Patreon. Fucking respect, dude.

[@rheaanthea]

i like that this ties into other content youve done recently like ewweww? i really like seeing you commenting directly on the state of the site and whatnot. good content

[@ThePeoplesBoy]

"you can I copy your homework?" "yeah just change it a little bit"

[@Valiant_Requiem]

Well. I liked Weegee, but seeing this... Holy shit, can't defend this. I'm unsubscribing right after this video.

[@TabascoSauceBoss]

i'm glad this video exists

[@Tracks777]

Nice video man!

[@Delta225]

Plus, Soulbro actually sounds good with his recordings. Weegee sounds all muddy and there's an occasional pop here and there. Even ignoring quality, Weegee just sounds fuckin' annoying with his radio announcer voice. He doesn't do it in a way that makes it pleasant to listen to, unlike Soulbro. Soulbro, despite coming off as even more mean-spirited than Weegee at times, is still much better to listen to because of his high quality, and his coherency, unlike Weegee, who doesn't even know what he's talking about.

[@RubenTricky]

How to be Weegeeee. End ALL you sentences with a long endiiiiing. Like thiiiiiis. It's fucking annoyiiiiiing

[@jordan4929]

lmao your mic sounded so good I didn't know it was a yeti and I own one myself.

[@misterpopo3736]

love your vids bob

[@SquashyMcSquash]

dammit. right when I thought weegee did something that wasn't shitty

[@GarudaRamudasRumpusRoom]

i would feel bad for his inability to produce anything worthwhile if he wasn't a piece of shit

[@faroffgrace5490]

Is this the same Weegee who streamed Sonic Forces for profit, completed it, and then refunded the game so that he lost no money? Because what's annoying is that he's friends with a youtuber I watch, and it bugs me whenever he makes a cameo or guest appearance.

[@Jocowa-yp9iz]

LOL I was hoping you would say your entire recording was done on a Yeti, but by the end I forgot about it and was so surprised. It sounds great! My Yeti Pro sounds great, too! I don't know what the other guys were talking about.

[@vmgx]

Literally on the last comparison I skipped ahead to see if there was a commentary after it, then I just kept coming back until the exact place I stopped. Ha!

[@FatSack0fCrap]

KZbin has so much content that it's near impossible to tell whether you're watching something that is original or has been copied by someone else unless you've come across the original already. That being said, I'm against blatant plagiarism like this and wish it would stop. These fuckin' leeches everywhere I tells ya.

[@KreationKills]

how the... how the fuck did he not think everyone would notice this?

[@rickyross5938]

Great video my dude