Designing/Prototyping, Being a Twit & Going to RMRRF

EDIT: Apparently I'm not going to RMRRF. / 1647259717167730689
Hey Look! I'm living up to my channel name. This is going to be a cool project. also, follow me on twitter and I'll see you at the Rocky mountain reprap festival
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[@makelvin]

What exactly is the reason you got banned? I know you had posted some video regarding Prusa, but I don't see how those negative comments should get you banned from such festival. I personally do have a Prusa MK3S and I do like how it have worked over the years; but I do agree with you that they have been slacking off for quite some time and is definitely over-priced in today's market. So in essence, I do agree with many of your criticisms on those video. I think when Prusa first released their MK3, the printer was fairly priced and valued based on what they have developed. They also developed the PrusaSlicer software which I do like a lot while companies like Creality and other low-budget printers mainly used their basic concept and literally only provide printer profiles for use in PrusaSlicer. This definitely help those other companies reduce their development cost and thereby able to sell their printers at a lower cost. As a result, I generally don't mind paying a bit more for a well known name brand like Prusa which I know spend more time in their R&D. As to your point that the Sovol SV6 cost a lot less while using better injection molded parts; I actually didn't mind using their FDM in-house printed parts because they released all those parts for users to print for themselves if any reason some of those parts go bad. It makes maintaining the printer a lot easier. Also knowing that they use their own FDM printers to produce all those parts also means they must be doing a lot of testing on their printers all the time. This might be one of the reason why their design is so reliable since they are very much intimately using those printers they are selling all the time. But this still does not justify why they took so long to release a new, much better upgrade sooner. There is a limit as to how much I am willing to pay which is general from 25% to 50% higher than similarly functioning low-cost brand. So when Prusa waited for 5 years without any new FDM while still selling that same printer for 2 to 3 times higher than other similar printers on the market; that clearly was over the line and I do share your criticism on that point. They should have lower the price of their printer 2 to 3 years ago since after the first 2 years or so, they should have recouped their NRE; but they were clearly still riding on their name to get those extra revenue. They also haven't released any new printer design for quite some time and thereby letting newcomer Bambu Lab came out of nowhere seemingly overtook them in hardware design. Even though they have announced their new XL printer which I find very intriguing, it does seem somewhat overpriced in today's market. I do find many of your criticisms on Prusa to be legitimate and fair. I think perhaps in your videos, you tone might come across a bit angry. Frankly, even though I agree with you that Prusa's printers are a bit over priced, I still think they are a good company that makes very good, reliable products with great customer support. I just wish they would lower their price a bit more. Anyway, perhaps in your future videos, you should try not come across sounding so angry and just sticks with the pros and cons. I do enjoy watching your channel every now and then and hope you will continue your success.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

>What exactly is the reason you got banned? I don't know. I showed you the email. That's all I know.

[@Dustinspeed1]

Can we just have content. We are all people that just like to make stuff. I don't know why things have to be black or white. How many people have both a prusa and creality? I suspect a lot. We can all further our passion for making without having to draw up into camps. Hate in any form is not productive. I don't know that the crusade you seem to have saddled yourself with will ever lead to a positive outcome. I don't see anybody keeping it going but you. I really hope that you lay down this hatchet and move on. Hope it all turns out well for you.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Because Prussia is a totalitarian leader. He is doing everything he can to remove all threats to his absolute dominance. Despite what this video claims, I'm not going to RMRRF because he has pulled strings and made it so that I am not allowed. But let's all be friends you say. How about you? Talk to Josef Prusa. I'm not the one doing any of this. I'm just the one talking about it.

[@Barnacules]

Please read all of DPT's tweets starting at 3/12 before you believe a word he says on here. He wasn't banned from the event because of Josef Prusa. He was banned from the event because he made false felony accusations against community members & sponsors, lied about evidence, deleted evidence, DDoS attacked members of the community and websites which were recorded and traced back to him from CloudFlare. It turns out DPT isn't a nice guy, he's a conspiracy theorist like a flat earther that hates anyone that doesn't send him free stuff and praises anyone that does. But, be your own judge, go read the tweets if you're lucky enough to see this comment before he deletes it since he's deleted every single comment that links to evidence since he needs his audience to fight for him based on false information. Ask him to show you the email he received from the event coordinators.

[@CBRHerms]

​@@DesignPrototypeTest Or, and this might be a long stretch, you've been spewing a lot of negativity these past few years and now too many people feel your presence would be disruptive? Dangerous thinking when you convince yourself that the "big man" is out to get you. Most of the time you'll find that's just paranoia. For example, I've absolutely no connection with Prusa or his company, and even I think you're quite a bit of a cunt. Hope that helps.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

So I criticize a single "vendor" and that means that globally to everyone else I would be "disruptive?" What about my 67,500 subscribers who don't find my content "disruptive." Also I thought 3D printing was a pursuit for those who love the future..."disruptive" technologies and all that.

[@MrDaneis]

Dustin, I don't like you attacking him and calling this a crusade... You are now banned from all future 3d printing events. Get a grip Dustin. It's an opinion and he's entitled to that. YOU came HERE and tried to tell the man how to think and live his life. Who's in the wrong here exactly? Honestly think about that

[@Luke-qf3ue]

You've gone off the deep end buddy.

[@Standbackforscience]

Dude, you should take a break, get out, do something that brings you _and_ the people around you actual happiness. Your channel is getting famous, but for all the wrong reasons. I don' t know why RMRRF banned you, but as someone who's done a fair amount of event and community management in my day, I know that that no one wants negative drama at an event, and your channel is going all-in on that.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Manipulator! You leave this comment on a video where I actually did something positive instead of criticizing. A video where I was making something cool on a 3D printer. THE THING I WAS GOING TO BRING TO THE RMRRF! This shows you aren't a viewer organically watching and leaving a comment based on the content you just viewed. You are cognizant of the whole situation including the stuff on Twitter, and this is the venue where you chose to engage me while pretending to just be some guy. More than anything else I hate your anonymous cowardly antics. Be a man. Stop manipulating from the shadows. Coward. Anyway, Drama is good for business. That's why here is a WHOLE ASS section in Netflix labeled "Drama." RMRRF could have promoted it. "Come to RMRRF and see DPT argue with Prusa." and gotten even more people to come to the event. People love this stuff. You know who doesn't love it? Prusa. Because it's not drama to them/him. It's just me making legitimate criticisms which leads to fewer sales. My conclusion: You and RMRRF work for Prusa (Printed Solid). You are both in the Prusa Maffia. But you hide that fact. Cheaters!

[@FallenReborn74]

If the 3D Printing Community had it's own version of Terry Davis, it would be DPT

[@AustinDungan]

Except minus the mental illness or religious fanaticism. Minor paranoia maybe (...but non disordered/diagnosable amount).

[@AustinDungan]

waiting for the temple printer to be built!

[@TuncayAyhan]

Spot on

[@billkaroly]

That Creality needs some better ribbon cable support. I need to do that to mine anyway. I have a Ender 3 S1 Pro that I have upgraded X to linear rail and next comes the Y axis. I bought a Two Trees Bluer Plus not long ago for $99 and it has needed a lot of love. I'm going to print a six inch telescope real soon. I can't wait.

[@rockymountainrrf]

Hello Design, Prototype, Test, We have sent you two emails regarding RMRRF.

[@umdmrlbro]

Hopefully to tell him he's not welcome. Nobody needs this racist slinking around ruining everyone's good time.

[@hapihap8888]

“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”

[@UbberMapper]

the ender 3 s1 plus is more than a little cheaper than the prusa.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

You are right! I thought they were both ~$500 Turns out the Creality is $150 less expensive. See you are RMRRF! :)

[@DeFrisselle]

You mean Z banding Would be nice to see examples of walls on the Prusa verse the Creality I get great results from my Enders too Just have to setup and tune settings with good slicing

[@the-xack]

Didn't you say on Twitter you were banned?

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

That happened after I released this video.

[@Rick-vm8bl]

Suggestion: Fix your site. SSL is free, and theres zero excuse for not having an SSL cert in this day and age, most browsers now actively tell people your site is not to be trusted.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

I don't know how to do that. I don't know anything technical about website security, or general cybersecurity. I don't think it is worthwhile to pay someone to do it for me. I've cancelled my hosting and those websites will shut down permanently as soon as the hosting which I've already paid for expires. Are you genuinely trying to help me, or do you harbor ill intentions toward me?

[@beepboop8184]

@@DesignPrototypeTest >>Are you genuinely trying to help me, or do you harbor ill intentions toward me? He is telling obvious IT-security thing to you. Stop attacking everyone around you, get help. You really look like you need it.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

>Stop attacking everyone It was a genuine question, not an attack. I couldn't decipher his intentions based on his comment.

[@beepboop8184]

@@DesignPrototypeTest it's all your reputation, y'kno

[@Rick-vm8bl]

@@DesignPrototypeTest I replied explaining that no, I was not attacking you, and provided instructions on how to contact DreamHost to ask them to turn it on. Sadly my comment has for some reason been deleted.

[@tomgrant6563]

Nah sorry not going anywhere near Twitter after ee-lon lost the plot with all the MAGA subculture etc.

[@Barnacules]

I don't blame you, but you might want to make an exception for this one and look at test_prototype at 3/12 moving forward directly just so you can see what's going on here for real.

[@tomgrant6563]

What you mean? What's 3/12?

[@a1hamer]

Yea but you can print a little flute on the prusa and whistle your money away.

[@billkaroly]

Did you see Uncle Jessy has to send his Mk4 back? All kinds of problems.

[@DeFrisselle]

Have you seen his previous reviews He has lots of problems with printers across brands that other reviews don't have

[@ChG110592]

The wiring of the hotend fan was wrong, he must have missed this during the self-test. He also wrote something about this in the comments under his video.

[@Barnacules]

Did you see that DPT got a deeply discounted cherry picked Bambu X1 Carbon directly from them without after a business meeting as "refurbished" without him disclosing it in his review? 🤔

[@ronzawora]

Come to ERRF.

[@TechieNI]

Fair play mate, you've just invited the mob basically to your door with pitch forks. Was nice knowing you lol

[@user-my9hr1ds9x]

Would be a shame for you to drive all the way to RMRRF just to be turned away at the door after being uninvited. Maybe rethink your travel plans?

[@Barnacules]

Why do you think he made this video? He knew he was banned from RMRRF before making this video and the Twitter timeline supports it! He's just trying to manipulate his audience once again hoping they can't compare dates and times 🤦‍♂

[@sculptaware4548]

​@Barnacules Nerdgasm why did he get banned?

[@sculptaware4548]

Post the email they sent you on Twitter 😂 I want to see the truth, it would be f'd up if they banned you.

[@Barnacules]

He won't post the email because it would prove that he's lying when he says he doesn't know why he was banned.

[@sculptaware4548]

I dare you to go interview the prusa crew stream it live. I would pay to watch that!!!

[@Happy3dprinting]

I hate to say but I use a prusa product/fork of a slicer, prusaslicer gives me the best results on my ender 3 s1 and ender 5 plus. Not everything “invented” by prusa is out of date and too late to the party to even matter outside of the prusa cult, sorry community! 😂

[@beepboop8184]

Well, they make EVERYTHING they public, open source. I can't see any reasons attacking them especially with chinese copycats as a counter-example. Like, wtf, yes! Chinese companies take what they see as "free", and reproduce it with cheaper production. Also cutting corners on some things that Prusa team see as essential. You want less premium, cheaper chinese product? Buy it. Why spending time and efforts attacking those who do a bit better and more expensive?

[@timothymusson5040]

Twit follower #299. Getting there!

[@JohnDStrand]

well now I wish I was going to RMRRF, just o meet you. I have enjoyed your videos since the start. Some are a little cringy, but overall decent to watch.

[@pdxcerealkilla9847]

Be sure to stop by the Protopasta booth and say Hi! I'll be traveling there with the Protopasta team.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Yeah... Protopasta is Team Prusa because of 3DPN I used to live 5 mi from the factory. I tried intensely to be friends and was turned away.

[@pdxcerealkilla9847]

@@DesignPrototypeTest that was all before my tenure. I just wanted to say hi because I've watched your video for years and especially enjoyed what you did with the little monster. As well as though it was really cool when you went and fixed that thing at the park in Vancouver. If you don't want to stop by the booth though, I'll find you playing a ukulele and shake your hand.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Wow! Thank you! This means a lot to me. Let's be friends.

[@pdxcerealkilla9847]

I heard rumors about someone being "banned" from RMRRF, was that you?

[@Barnacules]

@@pdxcerealkilla9847 Yes, he was banned from RMRRF for harassment, attacking community members & sponsors, DDoS'ing people and making false felony accusations and incitement. Turns out he's not such a nice guy unfortunately.

[@andrewadams9686]

I would, but I deleted my Twitter account like 3 months ago... If I was I was still in the CO area, I'd come visit ya at RMRRF! Best of luck!

[@XeroShifter]

I disagree with running you out of the event to protect Pusa's feelings. If I had to guess this may not have just been about Prusa though. I think the way you've talked about China and Prusa in the past has been perceived as aggressive and in some cases racist, even though its not motivated by hate, rather just observation of cultural differences. You have a presentation style that would be easy to confuse for "calling them out" rather than offering well meaning criticism. You also talk about stuff like Chinese product cloning in regards to Chinese manufacturing in a very direct way that I know makes others uncomfortable. Its the difference between "this product is a BMG clone by [Chinese Company], and this product is inferior because...," and "China has produced another inferior BMG Clone because [rant about Chinese clone culture] and look at how they've not even managed to be as good...." Event runners want to have a happy event where everyone (including vendors) want to return and may be concerned that your perceived aggression may decrease the likelihood of the desired outcome. Its also possible that someone more directly involved suggested that you may cause a problem because they don't like your presentation style without prompting from Prusa. I'm sure you've noticed it in the past but there are a ton of people who struggle to comprehend nuance, and misunderstand the words you say despite you feeling you've been pretty clear where you stand on something. I know used to struggle with that a lot and eventually just learned not to express certain things outside of a handful of people I knew would give me the benefit of asking rather than making the unkind assumption. Anyway, not sure if any of this is actually helpful, hopefully it is. I personally like most of your content even if I think you're at your best when you're going into engineering details.

[@michaking3734]

You don't let yourself bend, that's why I like your channel

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

I bend for the truth. I don't bow to bullying.

[@Barnacules]

Look at his Twitter account starting from 3/12 and you might change your mind.

[@bitcoinsig]

@@Barnacules nah man, I'm with DPT on this one, you were being a jerk in the comments section on this channel by spamming it.

[@Barnacules]

@@bitcoinsig You clearly didn't look at the Tweets and that's okay, Matthew needs people to just believe him based on what he allows them to see and not the full truth. I didn't leave a single comment on his videos for 6+ months when he decided to accuse me of several federal crimes on Twitter and forced me to defend myself. Then he DDoS'd multiple people and got caught red handed by a 3rd party you're welcome to talk to. Anyways, I get that you don't like me because DPT has curated what you can see and not the full truth and it's all good, the majority have seen what he's been up too, and he's now banned from RMRRF because of what he's been doing that he's done a good job of hiding from you. You're welcome to hate me and think I'm a terrible person too, I just want you to see the full truth before you decide.

[@bitcoinsig]

@@Barnacules I mean, I see you have spammed the comments section even of this video. That is also a form of harassment. I don't look at twitter, and frankly I really don't care about these high school antics you guys maybe up to, but I do see you needlessly harassing him in video comments sections. It's not about "learning the truth", or choosing sides, I see that your kinda being a jerk, and have been a jerk previously, by trolling the comments section of these videos.

[@MrDaneis]

Sad to see fascism alive and well in the 3d printing community. Because this man has an opinion about a piece of hardware they ban him from events and cast him out of the community. Shame on anyone that had anything to do with this. I Look forward to your future opinions and content. Careful out there. If the first step is banning you for an opinion who knows what these unhinged shady individuals are capable of. I think it's you who needs protection from them...

[@ChG110592]

dpt ddosed other 3d printing community members, that's probably the reason why he was banned. the story can be found in twitter threads.

[@Rick-vm8bl]

Might want to look into what this guy did a bit more. Ignoring the blatent racism and xenophobia he's been spewing on Twitter he also performed a DDOS attack on competitors and made a veiled threat to go to someones house.

[@TheOfficialDarkICE]

@@Rick-vm8bl and to add. Where the fuck did you guys learn what fascism is?

[@UbberMapper]

see you at rmrrf!

[@TripleFX]

I hope you get the followers. Always enjoy your takes. 👍

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

It won't happen from this video. But it should gain me a few.

[@elleryfg7853]

​@@DesignPrototypeTest You do your thing man. If someone disagrees then it's easy not to watch your videos and that's it. You make good points and reviews and yes sometimes it sounds like hatred towards Prusa but you always give some good insights. Keep it up, those who don't like your channel can go watch something else.

[@billkaroly]

I forgot I was following you on Twitter. My bad.

[@Barnacules]

@@billkaroly Go back to 3/12 and start looking at his Tweets 😱