Gooseworx And Michael Kovach Respond to Impersonation Drama

Account impersonation has been a consistent problem for creators over the years, but with all the rave around stan culture it's kind of blended into one mess that's only created more issues for creators as time goes on especially on twitter. Both gooseworx and Michael Kovach have been alot more vocal about this issue recently, with the rapid increase in popularity for the amazing digital circus. It all started with a content farm channel making a punk variation of jax. For those unaware, a content farm channel basically just exists to farm comics themed in whatever trending content is available. posting as much as possible and creating very questionable content.
#theamazingdigitalcircus #digitalcircus #amazingdigitalcircus

[@DissonantSynth]

I stand by Kovox 100%. He should always stand up for himself. Weird romanticisation of his death is not something he should just "ignore" because he is "privileged". That's such a disgusting attitude to have. Edit: Bugbeast in the replies is an idgit. Please ignore them.

[@thedraftingax5963]

Me too! It is disgusting!

[@amethystimagination3332]

He’s also just a normal guy, not a celebrity, not an influencer just some guy who does voice acting for indie projects. He’s not really any more privileged than the rest of us, at least not in a way where he should just ignore this stuff

[@thedraftingax5963]

@@amethystimagination3332 Exactly!

[@bugbeast21]

I dont know. It doesn't mean we should care about him. Rich people really have it good, even if he is being impersonated

[@amethystimagination3332]

@@bugbeast21 If you think voice actors are rich then someone has been lying to you, 99% of people who work in animation are poor. Unless you’re a celebrity in a Disney movie you’re not gonna get rich from being a voice actor, especially when you’ve mostly worked on low budget projects like Kovach has. Having a larger following on Twitter doesn’t make you rich either, it just means a slightly bigger than normal group of people like you. Either way it’s still wrong to tell people someone died when they didn’t.

[@CartoonBrains1976]

Having an account that seems to be the actual person and faking to be them is horrible, but claiming they're dead is just off the charts awful. I feel bad Michael for this. I feel very bad for Gooseworks, vizziepop, and everyone else who have delt this issue.

[@Benjamslikestrains]

They never said it as an actual claim, it's supposed to be a hypothetical situation (POV = Point of View), and the person who did that is not the same person impersonating him and I don't think they really had ill intent.

[@CartoonBrains1976]

@@Benjamslikestrains I'm sorry I guess I got carried away by this drama.😅😓

[@CartoonBrains1976]

@christoferpezetstein2111 Well these people have amazing skills and talents, and just them being in this situation is understandably underwhelming and stressful. And people could do the same to you as they did to them, you wouldn't enjoy it would you? Also full disclosure, you telling me to watch something else and claiming it to be better is not very convincing to me. Sorry but I had to to say it. So maybe not reply back to me if you understand or not.

[@shorty-nb5cp]

Sheesh... Its really getting tough for indie creators like gooseworx & vivziepop, & not just creators, sometimes VAs & even animators too

[@shorty-nb5cp]

@christoferpezetstein2111 oooooooooooook?

[@ThePixelatedWarrior2008]

@christoferpezetstein2111 How many comments did you put this exact same comment under?

[@OriQinzzi]

Most of them are conservatives who only believe shows can be done by companies or alternative option being people who only dislike something because it's popular. Lmao.

[@Spacebug111]

vivziepop if she wrote hazbin hotel

[@infinityquartz4744]

Indie animation and controversy go together like PB&J

[@KingLando2009]

Cough cough *verbalase 50k* lmao

[@ERRORDownBad]

@@KingLando2009 how can anyone even explain the thought process behind paying $50,000 USD for a softcore animation of Charlie Morningstar

[@KingLando2009]

@@ERRORDownBad my brain almost rotted when I first heard about it Also I’m still trying to process the fact that this is the Tetris beatbox guy

[@KingLando2009]

@Squidney877 I feel like I should say sorry

[@ERRORDownBad]

@@KingLando2009 don't, everyone should remember that it happened

[@Justachocotaco]

God we’ve gotten so many controversies on indie shows and it’s not even the full first month of the year

[@user-mx3lo6dv4d]

October: "We're celebrating Indie animation by hosting a show!" Months later: This

[@user-mx3lo6dv4d]

@christoferpezetstein2111 Says the person with a Swastika as their logo.

[@mataschmata]

i really wish people on twitter would stop antagonizing creators for the simple act of replying to tweets they're literally being @'d in.

[@sillycookie]

Twitter seems wayyyy too unstable and unsafe to use, even for jobs. The very code of the website is broken and the audience it has is deranged. I really worry for indie creators on there. It really doesn't seem worth having an account if you are even a little popular.

[@bella_daze3092]

I sadly agree… sigh

[@I_want_a_discount_in_life]

The last year to this year Twitter is getting more and more unstable, it's... weird

[@ThePixelatedWarrior2008]

My question is: Would this have happened if Elon Musk didn’t mess up the Blue Checkmark system?

[@BlitzkriegOmega]

possibly, but the amount of damage they could cause would be severely reduced with the Blue Checkmark system.

[@ThePixelatedWarrior2008]

@christoferpezetstein2111 If you hate Glitch so much, then why are you watching a video about one of their workers? (Edit: Hi, if you’re wondering why this reply is here, the person who typed the original reply deleted it. He did it on multiple other comments, too. He deleted the reply on a few other comments. Guess he didn’t get the reaction he wanted. :( Anyways, I’m leaving my reply here as a reminder that if trolls don’t get the reaction they want, they delete their replies. So, don’t give them the reaction they want.)

[@burnttoast385]

@christoferpezetstein2111 your father is going 10 miles away with every comment you make

[@HezrouDhiaga]

it's 100% because Elon turned the blue check into "look I paid to look stupid" mark and not proof of identity.

[@cataclysmsun]

Oh god i just checked Chris' channel and uhh, there's cropped porn on his banner? Have u guys already reported him?

[@PeterSpaghetti69]

I can't believe this is actually happening. This is almost as unbelievable as the amount of shitty content farms there is of this show

[@Fluffine]

I think Gooseworx said on some of her tweets that she’s ok with nsfw of tadc characters since they’re all over 20, its just the elsagate/content farm she’s worried about.

[@PeterSpaghetti69]

@Jolobubbles Well, I honestly gotta agree the content farms literally give me a brain aneurysm

[@Smljeffyaids]

@@Fluffinethat’s kinda insane

[@zerotodona1495]

Who cares about rule 34. It hurts no one.

[@Seven-Rules]

@@PeterSpaghetti69 agreed and also hello fellow....me

[@Jst-Katz]

😭😭I can’t believe its 2024 and this is happening

[@modernmarrow1411]

It's annoying they're blaming Kovach for dumb people just bc he wanted to use the app lol

[@threadyprawn8944]

Exactly! It strikes nerves because what the hell do they think he is? He's just a guy that's living, not some mastermind behind an army of robots he could control. He already made statements before about their behavior, it's on the followers for ignoring him and taking his replies directly to the people as a green flag for going, "Target acquired.." when really he was trying to handle the situation himself. God Twitter is annoying as hell

[@threadyprawn8944]

The guy has a right to reply back and let people know their behavior isn't okay, and he's stated before about wanting no one to harass other's. He's only defending himself with replying to users without outwardly getting his followers to jump on the person. He can't control what his followers do, he already made the message clear other times as well about no harassment, and honestly impersonators who make the most inhumane comments under his name deserve a call out if a site isn't going to do anything about it without tons of reports.

[@indigovae3579]

Couldn't have said it better. It's not really fair that he's not allowed to reply to people because he's a large creator. As you said, it's not his fault his followers are not repsceting his many requests not to harass the people he's replied to

[@VIofCaffeine]

Not to mention, the user also did this multiple times to him and a few times to other content creators. It wasn't one off and the people were always @d in the posts

[@teardrop3152]

I just wanna give gooseworx and mike a hug rn 😢

[@bella_daze3092]

Me too man.

[@masochistz]

Same. :/

[@waffie6785]

i really love.. how this all came from a pilot.. a SINGLE PILOT!!!!!

[@Ad1tputra]

Gotta love the internet

[@Ch3zzIts]

there is so much horrible people out there and the good people are rare to be found

[@akend4426]

At this rate, between this, the Content Farms, and the… “Drilling Drama,” I wouldn’t be surprised if Gooseworx just suddenly decided to cancel The Amazing Digital Circus so she wouldn’t have to deal with all this crap anymore.

[@ValerieCasetti-rj5ts]

Agreed

[@verylostdoommarauder]

Yeah that's the best solution.

[@collinkeyser6827]

Are These Impersonators Committing Doxxing If They Posted Kovach's Old Address?

[@Bazk1t]

yup someone might live there

[@ILikeSquirrelz]

First people are using ai to recreate his voice, which he has spoken against and wishes people not to do so. Now there is more lava spilling out the volcano. Its getting ridiculous.

[@katylepetsos7512]

The AI thing is fucking creepy tbh

[@everygamer01]

2024 finna be a tough year for indie animations💀

[@wefwfwwerweralt]

naw not only indie animations alot of channels are dying this year

[@Huppa3333]

I disagree, Hazbin Hotel is a hit and a new milestone for indie animation! Its only a matter of time before we see another indie make the jump to greater heights!

[@everygamer01]

@@Huppa3333 what I mean is that a lot of trolls and accusations are gonna effect indie animations

[@demonking3673]

@@Huppa3333 Yeah, but Viv’s reputation is going down the shitter

[@coreydillon4330]

@@demonking3673not really. Outside of Twitter, nobody fucking cares.

[@zahkrosis666]

You could sneeze in a library and Twitter would go into deaththreat cancelling of you for being a bad person. They literally once cancelled a freaking CAT with hardcore deaththreats and dogpiling harassments because in one cat pic there was a youtuber's plushie featured. Whenever there's "CONTROVERSY!" or someone "GOT EXPOSED!" I don't believe the target/creator/whoever (Goose in this case) has done anything wrong, until a terrible horror is just *flatly blatantly shown* (Like with Logan Paul or Mini Ladd)

[@Nicole34real4real]

When you finish drama class and see drama online 😂 oh no class ain’t ever gonna end lol

[@zerotodona1495]

You’re talking about jinx the cat I think.

[@zahkrosis666]

@@zerotodona1495 Correct

[@fezsquall9]

The epitome of termitism (a new term i made up). Consequences have gone the way of the dodo.

[@TheSoCalledZoner1]

thank god i delete my twitter/x acc place was toxic to begin with

[@MajinMist603]

I legit feel terrible for them and some other indie controversy because of hype , crazy people and normal big fandom bs . They did it with other series’s Rick and morty on top of games like Undertale/ Minecraft / fnaf etc etc

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

Social media is out of control. The fandoms have taken leave of their senses. Indie creators have the right to say “no!”

[@rabbitwarren7045]

I think it would be cool if Twitter added a feature so that you could tell who was an impersonator and who wasn't, like maybe a little blue checkmark next to the names of accounts that have been verified in some way, would be cool but I doubt it'll happen

[@Sweatyfriends]

I want one week where GooseWorx and Vivsiepop dont get into drama 💀

[@ExcaliberGod]

Especially since the two are friends.

[@Magosspud]

Poor guy is already the indie VA equivalent of Larry from The Amazing World of Gumball leave him be 💀

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Let the artist paint, UNDISTURBED

[@SourWine789]

I really think they should just drop Twitter all together, its toxic constantly and its full of these impersonators, they really need to get off that site

[@Garinovitch]

If Elon Musk specifically tells staff to ignore chases of sexual harassment, they're gonna ignore cases involving impersonators until it involves either an 'important' person or probably a higher legal level. God Twitter sucks.

[@zerotodona1495]

Twitter always sucked

[@DrAngelKins]

Elon also faced impersonation too, one of the posts even said elon passed away

[@sweetcherry7759]

The impersonators do deserve whatever consequences they get for their actions now tho, given literally one ever gets actually punished for crimes nowadays..

[@infinityzer054]

Ok, time for this chaos to stop now, the energy was high for way too long

[@ch1ppychipp]

It's gonna keep running hot for awhile.

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

90% of KZbin video creators could avoid almost any kind of drama/scandals by not having a Twitter. Seriously. If you have over, let’s say 100,000 subscribers. And you’re consistently getting more regularly, THEREISABSILUTLYNOREASONTOHAVEATWITTER!

[@CrusoelandProductions]

Uh, oh, Vivienne better step up her game. She’s got some potential competition in terms of controversies.

[@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad]

differences is She's petty person unlike Gooseworx or Micheal who got shit on just because they made indie animations

[@ch1ppychipp]

@@TheSoCalledZoner1 The fuck are you talking about?

[@Direwolf181]

​@@I_Dont_Believe_In_SaladVivzie has pretty much faced constant harassment online while she should just ignore them I would hardly call her petty when people are outright slandering her

[@heemanmcspeed]

Welcome to the internet

[@bayaderbawyan3190]

What would you prefer?

[@fannymybeloved]

Would you like to fight for civil rights or tweet a racial slur?

[@bayaderbawyan3190]

Be happy

[@fannymybeloved]

@@bayaderbawyan3190 Be horny

[@bayaderbawyan3190]

Be ***ny, be bursting with rage

[@Zebra_fandomfella03]

Feel sorry for Michael and gooseworx. Thankfully i quit twitter

[@notazombie...notatall8577]

It's Twitter, people can't see someone being happy and successful, they have to ruin it.

[@unicornpupart]

i swear i was looking forward to seeing more from this pilot since its based on stanley parable one of my favorite games that i havent even played but watched youtubers play it i wanted to see more but sadly.. i don't think we will. really makes me feel sad for how much work the animator's storyline artists, artists, directors, voice actors, just everyone who was involved. why do these type of people exist on the internet. its literally aimed for kids when it was for teens and adults. wow.. i even wanted to create my own animated film some day and now it just feels like you can't. sometimes popularity isn't always a good thing..

[@ihavenoideawhattomakethis]

the thumbnail is so funny wtf 😭

[@Quickdrawingartist]

Wow, a recent game I bought and currently playing hit the nail right on the head with internet "drama".

[@bobfrankgom2402]

Jax getting run up by the oops 🗿🗿🗿🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬

[@aidendreamsyt]

This Is Reminding Me Of Impersonating A Police Officer, Which I Didn't Or Shouldn't Do

[@nixsonhenderson]

Can’t wait to not engage with any of these peeps when I start my indie animation journey.

[@seacatlol831]

Of course it's the UTTP.

[@technotoister]

i think gooseworx and kovach are just not used to being so popular, so that's prob why they didn't know it was not the best to reply to those kinds of things

[@fluidwolf]

But popular people reply to things like that all the time. I don't know where this expectation where people with followings just stopped being able to ask others to stop using them for clout and lying about them came from.

[@PsychoticBear]

Ever since a certain "genius" took over, it has been nearly impossible to get any action taken against blatantly harmful behavior without mass reports.

[@emilyrumshas2186]

Michael and gooseworx are the 2 people I wish they will be able to get this thing to stop ❤

[@pixelbendy61]

i guess the beginning of this year will be complete shit due to the drama that's been happening from tadc crew and indie animation itself hopefully the end of this year will be better instead of hell

[@Nicole34real4real]

Uh unless the hell is vivs hell as in the shows not drama from critics 😂

[@user-tv9db8oe6k]

These indie animation controversies are getting WAY to out of hand

[@darkkirby714]

the REAL digital circus here is twitter as a whole!

[@Leafy-but-shes-gay]

2:12 is that tree

[@harizzafran7973]

Why can’t I just f*cking enjoy things without drama following me every f*cking SECOND! ITS LIKE THE MOMENT I ENJOY SOMETHING DRAMA RELATED TO IT ALWAYS FOLLOWS!

[@bd-1450]

God, drama is so stupid. People need to respect the VAs' requests, and they themselves need to be more proffesional or nobody is going to take them seriously (Like now.)

[@sleepygamer7062]

I blame all this drama because of the fans random people on internet like holy Christ can we chill for like 5 minutes??

[@SMG0763]

Oh My God This Is Going Crazy.

[@Mateo77738]

I just wan't stay relaxed, but, it's hard😪

[@Trowelhands]

all this over a flavour-of-the-month cartoon.

[@JaxTherabbit-jh6rf]

I feel bad Michael and Gooseworx

[@Perdix64]

I thought that this was over people doing character impressions, not impersonating real people.

[@QueenAstrowaffles]

Can we all bring some attention to @BillieBustUp 's version of Kovox, Fantoccio?

[@StanLeFox]

Real

[@lordhenrykillingbelow8330]

All you have to do is not be on Twitter nor be a part if it. Period.

[@user-sg8vx6dq8o]

The drama is getting bigger and bigger

[@nathanblackburn1193]

Twitter is trash what else is new?

[@ad3l547]

Me : *Sees that Michael is being impersonated by some racist guy* "Who tf would do thi-" Also me : *Sees UTTP* "Oh"

[@prestleyschannel9780]

wow

[@Reeana_Edits]

It is literally 2024 and there is already drama? Seriously though NOBODY wants to change like stop all this drama PLEASE some of us are trying to have a good year I feel so bad for Micheal,Gooseworx and whoever is going through hell because a bunch of buffoons on the internet wanna be bullies and make up lies and etc like cut it out dawg it’s 2024🙄

[@B1gggie]

Nah that’s me getting harassed by the fake Michael kovach account

[@bella_daze3092]

Can y’all on twitter just- STOP being like this? I know this will never make this stop but seriously??? What the hell is wrong with y’all? Ya guys are just causing drama towards Gooseworx and Micheal Kovach for no reason and it’s not okay. Can we all take a step back and assess the situation? Look at why you’re doing this to begin with? Is it for attention for the sake of attention? Is it for personal gain or because you just like to hate or make lives miserable? I don’t what it is but whatever it is it ain’t okay. What happened with treating others with kindness or respect? Or just coming together as a community over things we like without any drama? Why cause this drama to begin with? It’s… this is the kinda stuff that kills off stories or fandoms. I love this show and this either show Murder Drones, but the fandoms or just Twitter, or all platforms with all this hate just need to take a step back and chill the heck out.

[@GrilledChesseGamer]

Those people are literally insane

[@cataclysmsun]

At this point i'm imagining Gooseworx thinking The Amazing Digital Circus was a Mistake

[@antimatterg]

0:50 *sigh* Thats 100% the same people who run those spam bots....

[@RealTF2Pyro]

The latest Tweet is crazy 0:46

[@SnaxMang]

"Speak to your fans clearly" Brother he did nothing wrong. Maybe people just shouldn't be stupid.

[@fluidwolf]

Seriously dude is allowed to ask people to stop. Acting like he is inciting harassment because he's slightly bigger than others on the site is moronic.

[@MolliCartoonist]

Just let them make shows.

[@HezrouDhiaga]

Another reason why I hate the shit out of these communities. Instead of just enjoying the content being given, they go out of their way and beyond to ruin the shit they love. It's disgusting. And before anyone says "Well they're haters that's why they're doing this" no. It's called Anti-fans. They're still fans at the end of the day because they're obsessed with a series in their own twisted way. They're fans at the end of the day, rather they like it or not. They're just the worst of the worst.

[@versus22REALLY]

Weird the parity Elon Musk Twitter’s disappeared very quickly just saying

[@zerotodona1495]

Stop blaming Elon for something that isn’t his fault.

[@versus22REALLY]

@@zerotodona1495 Well they got banned and that's all I said

[@user-zq6dr5vq8l]

Tadc is fucked

[@wefwfwwerweralt]

naw 2024 is still kinda new and already stuff bad is happening

[@pifflesomepuffnadder855]

Hmmmmm.... I smell a conspiracy~~~~

[@nothing7666]

Justice for Michael

[@adamk-paxlogan7330]

I completely agree with Kovox

[@fluidwolf]

Can people kindly screw off with going off on Michael for him asking people to not FAKE HIM BEING DEAD? He's slightly bigger than other people on the platform but he is still allowed to interact and tell people to stop being stupid, especially when it literally concerns him. "OMGERD what if the person he is telling to stop gets harassed?!". One that is literally not his fault, two, they are inviting that by USING HIM for clout. He shouldn't have to let people just post crap about him without being able to ask them to stop in case someone else does something stupid. The moronic state of twitter these days where people care more about the stupid clout chasers using a guy's name than the guy asking them to please stop.

[@JustAR4ndomGuyExistin]

People realising VA's aren't celebrities but normal people: 🤯🤯🤯🤯 plus VA's aren't particularly "rich", especially ones like Kovach who work on small budget indie projects.

[@ExcaliberGod]

Heck, even celebrities are normal people.

[@peashooterplant4191]

What a great start of the year everybody. (Not)

[@auugh64]

i blame smg4 for this

[@ExcaliberGod]

Because of UTTP, not SMG4 himself, right?

[@DaZomBoom]

...

[@nxoworp]

I wonder if sum one impersonated a easiest that would be funny but still this uncool lol

[@DigitalcircusSlander]

Lmao

[@KennethV2000]

Harassment is only good if that person is bad

[@bobfrankgom2402]

Real Read more

[@bobfrankgom2402]

@@Magosspud Wut

[@holoasteroid3734]

Take my like, you tricked me.

[@Garfuneral]

Real