The Day Before Scammers Blamed Me...

[@SomeOrdinaryGamers]

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[@Fungfetti]

Sog

[@imwatchingyou9745]

YOOOOOO WSP

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

Everything in this world, Is all your fault 😂

[@EnaTenkiyoGamer]

Thanks for keeping us honest Muta!

[@NoHitReaper]

@@Fungfetti saw you again lol

[@warmeggtm]

"Blame the guy who called out our bullshit" classic

[@TheCynicalJedi]

You know the really ironic thing about them blaming content creators? The game probably would have never exploded with wishlists like it did if it weren't for the content creators making positive hype coverage of their initial BS vertical slice missing on release graphics... Live by the sword and die by the sword I suppose

[@TheTundraTerror]

This is a certified Digital Homicide Moment.

[@CloudyyGoated]

TheCompletionist did that shit do, everyone seems to be blaming Muta for everything these days

[@warmeggtm]

@@TheCynicalJedi a very double edged one to be sure

[@warmeggtm]

@@CloudyyGoated and yeah I get that vibe too but I say without someone actually digging into situations like this and that in a concise manner we wouldn't catch these guys in their lies

[@PlayerOne.StartGame]

What people have to learn: NEVER believe trailers. NEVER pre-oder anything. Wait till the game is fully released.

[@ArthurShotgun]

Unless it's Elden Ring DLC. That you can pre-order.

[@near5148]

Facts

[@aBadWizard]

Basically "give your money to people who have earned your money"

[@nafriadn]

one more step: wait tikl game is fully fixed and finish prolly in 2 years

[@TheTundraTerror]

What people will learn: Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch.

[@SkyscannerGuyJr.]

I can tell Muta is very proud of his “The Day *After* “ joke

[@dyamimite]

as he should be tbh

[@livingcheese2910]

Well, the developers for sure aren't proud of their The Day Before joke.

[@PlayerOne.StartGame]

Luckily! Steam is accepting refunds for players past the 2 hour mark. This was too much of a Scam even for Steam.

[@anguset]

I got a refund on UNO after 2 hours, though tbf that's a garbage product too

[@SlurpyPie]

Wait really? Ironically that was probably the only thing good to come from the day before 💀💀

[@BlueNukez]

@@angusetwhy would you ever refund UNO?!

[@rando29287]

why even download it? it comes free on every windows computer@@anguset

[@Nerobyrne]

​@@SlurpyPieyeah Steam realized that plenty of people might have over 2 hours on their account, but that was spent trying to get the game to even run 😂

[@BaseTheBanana]

Muta getting blamed for harming The Day Before and MamaMax's reputation. Who's gonna blame him next? Yandere Dev?

[@3mntl]

careful that might actually happen 😂

[@IiiiIiiIllIl]

Logal paul

[@EnaTenkiyoGamer]

​@@IiiiIiiIllIlThat guy is a US champion in WWE.

[@AsymptoteInverse]

Soon enough, it's gonna be Muta damaging Tony Chase's teeth.

[@XxSTACKxX]

I’ll do it. I’ll take one for the team

[@civilprotection3114]

“We worked hard” Ya, buying literally hundreds of assets and shoving them into a game must be really hard.

[@Days_27]

Yeah, working hard and working smart are two different things and the dev clearly doesn't know it lol

[@Gallardo994]

Well, as a game developer, it isn't generally easy at all. They didn't lie that it's actually hard, even if they used store assets. Problem is, this has nothing to do with the claim that the game is not what it was marketed as, and the quality is just awful. Whether someone worked hard, or didn't work hard, the only thing that matters is the result.

[@TioBru.]

a wise man once said '' Well, as a game developer, it isn't generally easy at all. They didn't lie that it's actually hard, even if they used store assets. Problem is, this has nothing to do with the claim that the game is not what it was marketed as, and the quality is just awful. Whether someone worked hard, or didn't work hard, the only thing that matters is the result. ''@@Gallardo994

[@Unknown_Genius]

Game development is a hard work even if its an empty world. And the state of their other titles as well. Their main issue rather was producing fake trailers, lying about revolutionizing gaming and selling it for 40€. (And honestly pretty much everyone knew that it was gonna fail and that they're lying based on the other games they had, there was no way that they're gonna pull that off - that it ended up being an extraction shooter was probably the only surprise to most)

[@Unknown_Genius]

@kaof-1958 Depends on how you look at it, if you look at their previous games then they definitely almost overworked themselves here. Also no one said there aren't any harder jobs or that it's a crucial task. It's generally hard work however - and even the buggiest AAA games got multiple lifetimes put into one project if you count together the working hours of everyone working on it from start to finish - should tell you a lot about why code is getting reused, you're not throwing away stuff you already did or someone else sold/gave you. If we threw it away and re-invented the wheel every time we'd not have made any progress in the past 40 years for anything software related, which also includes making workflows easier and faster in pretty much every field.

Is it just me or these scammers alwags blame anyone EXCEPT theirselves. They gotta be jealous or something... 😂

[@near5148]

Yes it's

[@michaelbuto305]

Because they arent goin to jail. If they do, then people would start take accountability. It just a business move i guess.

[@dopesickdog]

high ego, low empathy, and no desire for self-improvement

[@XxSTACKxX]

No they’re narcissists

[@fily-jpg]

themselves*

[@rileyjones7231]

Dr.D taking 5 shots at a dude who is unfazed, while straight faced the whole time was comedy gold.

[@billymercury3897]

Scammers blaming everyone but themselves and refusing accountability. What a classic

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

Can you really blame them. If they really did take accountability, THEY WOULDN'T OF SCAMMED PEOPLE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! Stop saying that they should take accountability, they NEVER WILL!!!

[@ItsKomata]

*Creates the largest crock of shit in gaming ever* Gamers: "Scam" Fntastic: "Nuh uh"

[@balkangameszp]

​@stmsin that game is still in alpha

[@jazzwilliams7040]

@@balkangameszpand yet it is fleecing its supporters for ever increasing amounts of money 🤔

[@balkangameszp]

@@jazzwilliams7040 like 40 or 45$ to get access to play the game that is in alpha I think that's way too much

[@jimmynimbus757]

@stmsinya they at like 800 mill now 😅

[@VoidPelt]

Ah yes the scammers blaming everyone but themselves when they get called out.

[@near5148]

It's their fault

[@Zramy]

They're not scammers, mate. Research the situation.

[@savvy2229]

​@@Zramythey actively spread misinformation to support something that was completely different then they said it was going to be, therefore a scam, mate.

[@Nib_Nob-t7x]

It wasn’t a scam

[@Mofoleo]

​@@Nib_Nob-t7x Just because it wasn't intentional does not mean it wasn't a scam. Ignorance does not equal innocence. They may not have had a goal of scamming people but they released trailers and promoted the game as if it was anywhere near a finished product worth the asking price. It was a fucking scam. Put the blinders over your eyes as much as you want.

[@ToastyShiba007]

Muta adding salt to the wound by adding Palworld gameplay in the background xD an actual working and good looking Early Access game.

[@zodasofuzah]

yeah pal world slaps, apparently theres a few critical bugs but they literally tell you on the main menu so i assume they gona get fixed soon

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Palworld is doing the original Pokemon a favor. It's basically _"Pokemon, but Ash was held at gunpoint: The Game"._

[@airdeku888]

NO WAY, SCAMMERS BEING MAD FOR BEING EXPOSED AND CALLED OUT??

[@DOOMStudios]

These goofballs put more effort and work in this brief statement than the Day Before “game” itself.

[@cinamon351]

Accurate

[@giantdwarf9491]

They must've spent 6 years developing their response

[@TheZanzibarMan]

Pretty sure that even their apology was A.I. generated

[@gizza1825]

@@giantdwarf9491🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mr.melancholy4973]

Accountability for ones actions is kryptonite to scammers.

[@xavierayayaell546]

And women

[@OlegSmileSSToRM]

Funny fact. Developers were ready to patch up the game to fix zombie not spawning issue a couple hours after release. But Gotovtevs brothers (CEOs) said no because it requires to reboot the servers and they were afraid that dr disrespect would leave the game if he were forced to update

[@ALBEverything]

I got an idea. Its called the gamers blacklist. We go back throughout recent history and find clear-cut hard evidence of someone lying about their game. We name them and shame them, permenantly. Make sure the entire industry knows who they are. No calls to fire them, no harassment campaigns, no retribution. Immortalization. We cant sue these big companies, we cant do anything to them. But we can certainly shame them publically BY NAME. No more hiding behind company twitter accounts or behind faceless nameless "publishers".

[@sararaven]

Good for you standing up for yourself Muta! I come to your channel for the sincerity. Negative or positive, yours is genuine content. Also, I loved the happy pal world video. Can you make more videos about games you like?

[@river559]

"We're not sorry for scamming you, we're sorry for getting caught." -Fntastic, probably

[@PotentialLegend]

I noticed red flags when they mentioned the "New Zealand venture called MytonaFntastic" because I'm from NZ and never heard about them but remember seeing job listings for a shitty game company a while ago that the name reminded me of. Upon more research it seems that the company was actually founded in Russia but apparently their headquarters are in Auckland NZ. Their website also contains absolutely no information except their privacy policy etc. So I'm almost certain that the company is actually a tax haven which is a thing lots of foreign investors do after our old right wing PM John Key changed laws to let his Chinese associates turn NZ into a tax haven. So that makes them even more fishy.

[@MotiviqueStudio]

I stumbled on you through Karl, and I'm glad I did. I love your energy.

[@joshuamaltez4704]

Then you’re in for a ride. Welcome brother. Been with Muta for more than a decade. He’s real to what you see in every vid from him. See you around 👊

[@silentcoyotecreations]

Same here. Shout out @KarlJobst for helping me discover the legendary Muta. One of my favorite KZbinrs now 💯

[@Dorumon21]

oh man, i love no man's sky and i was one of the ppl that hated it so badly when it first came out. It goes to show if you admit you made a mistake and willing to fix it how much of a difference it would make, thanks for mentioning that one.

[@mander1236]

I'd like to thank FNTASTC for giving content creators big and small this gold mine of content and continuing to give the gift that keeps on giving. Ad revenue.

[@sdfrasvxc2913]

Ad revenue? Whats that

[@michelletuband]

"So buggy it could be classified as a Bug-type legendary Pokemon" had me loling

[@amematoi]

You know it was pretty bad if the company’s INVESTOR has to apologize.

[@SVTBert]

They're essentially blaming journalists for your own fault. Gaming journalists were saying the same shit as everyone else.

[@christinesinclair6938]

SO, "How DARE you expose us for our shady shit" is the take they're going with? Bold move, let's see how THAT works out for them.

[@SnuffedBeans]

Typical scammers, blaming everyone else for the mess they made. One thing I really hope doesn't happen more in the future is this becoming a trend, where game devs drum up a ton of hype for a game with cool trailers, which is so easy to do with ue5, and then drop absolute trash and run away with people's money and their hopes for a fun experience.

[@LivingFire_BurningFlame]

What's really a shame is that it worked. They weren't trying to release a good product. they were trying to release something that was passable, so they could rip as many people off as possible and run away with the money, and they succeeded. I'm really disappointed Steam is enabling them to steal from their customers.

[@Lonkshi21]

It didn't work, because the company never got money at all, steam holds it for a certain time period

[@jay-d8g3v]

It's fucking hilarious they thought they could rug pull on steam like they wouldn't step in... maybe create your own launcher/website? That huge oversight from these dumbass scammers. But then again, is a scammer truthfully smart?

[@The_Crimson_Fukr]

I got permabanned on their forums for "toxicity" by calling this game a scam before it became super obvious lol

[@davidpowers746]

The most startling revelation in this video is that Mutahar has a water cooler.

[@qualwinters8784]

Honestly, accountability seems to be taboo for many modern-day thinkers. It's even a problem for people within my circle, especially those who seem to be glued to social media. 😔

[@TheGallantDrake]

Nah, people have been avoiding accountability forever. Why do you think the Catholic church was so corrupt?

[@qualwinters8784]

​@@TheGallantDrake That's deep. 😂

[@jbaldy1327]

I blame muta for me being addicted to his videos.

[@Synol]

Hello Games was a great comparison, one of the most respected companies around these days because they took responsibility and delivered above and beyond what they originally promised despite the bad press.

[@unfortunateVi]

Love you, Muta, and your videos!❤️

[@wander-2]

I'm so happy you mentioned NMS and Hello Games. They really raised the bar and set the example for taking in community feedback.

[@gastelum339]

Thank god for creating mutah. I’m always watching his vids.

[@reginaldhanson1000]

“We can talk about the day before forever but it’s already the day after”. Absolute gold.

[@greenstonegecko]

womp womp they needed a scapegoat. They wouldn't need a scapegoat if they actually got their stuff together and either delayed it or apologized for it

[@DonnieTheDJ]

Congrats on 1 billion views btw know it’s late but still nice👌🏻

[@quixototalis]

Every "ladies and gentlemen" or "at the end of the day" is another drip of water on my forehead. Otherwise, great points made! I always find it hilarious that people who do shitty things often blame the negative reaction on people pointing out that they did shitty things instead of just being the consequences of their actions.

[@omnighast2054]

when ever someone says they have emails and never show them i just think of dsp whenever one of his dents "emails him" lol

[@KingMoon110]

The fact that these scammers are still trying to justify this mess is absolute wild.

[@Althexia]

Love the contrasting Palworld gameplay in the background. Top notch. 😂

[@BrutalCarnage]

This is like criminals blaming the police for them acknowledging as criminals XD

[@iamsatanjr]

WIth "bloggers making money shitting on the game" there's even simpler, literally one sentence long explanation than what Muta gave here: the bloggers wouldn't be able to shit on the game if there was nothing to shit on. In other words, even IF you take at face value the explanation "game failed because there was shitstorm of negative coverage" - it still doesn't shift the blame to bloggers, because they were covering the actual facts. And since those negative things were factual, the argument disproves itself: players didn't like all the negative aspects about the game, which were covered by bloggers - but those aspects would've existed regardless of blogger coverage (or lack thereof).

[@TheAntlionGuard]

No way they had the balls to say they included everything from the trailers lmaooo

[@An.Unsought.Thought]

McDonald's advertising is more accurate that those trailers vs the game upon release. And everytime I get a cheese burger it looks like someone sat on it, so that tells you all you need to know about this game!

[@GreycatRademenes]

7:00 Love the fact Muda turned into Mr Krabs there for a second

[@AshAsmodeus]

yeah they were soooo honest.... they never announced teaser streams that got cancelled after 8hrs of "This stream will start soon" or advertise their other game or even their office management software whilst actually having promised a "Day Before" stream. Also; they supported their employees? You mean the vollunteers? Because there's plenty of evidentiary video's of the CEO's recruiting for vollunteers on "AMA-streams"... I knew these guys were delusional but these guys need help of the clinical and medicinal kind.....

[@TheTensaiRonin]

Thanks for addressing this, that is so pathetic, deplorable, disgusting, disgraceful, and dishonorable for anyone to do, especially someone in the game industry.

[@BinBintheRiceCake]

Muta: "They put the blame on me." So he's only human after all

[@MitchBurns]

The real thing is, the game is alright. I haven’t played it, but it doesn’t sound terrible. The problem is that they massively overpromised. If you over promise and under deliver then people will be disappointed.

[@arkeshn729]

Vertical slices are good for hype but if the dev team can't produce those results 🫤

[@Viserion831]

I was hoping you’d make this video!! 😂😂

[@vokuhila6913]

you know its bad when theyre bragging about how good their refunding is instead of the actual game

[@kuroganeyami]

and they're not even the one who refunded the money. Steam won't give out the money right away and I believe all the money from selling that failed "tech demo" was 100% still on steam's hands. So all of those great refund services are steam's achievement. They were bragging about someone else's achievement

[@ScubaShark8857]

You should have called the game a Genesect. A limited time mythical bug type? Sounds pretty accurate to describe this game

[@javierescalera1490]

I get a weird comfort feeling watching your videos muta even if it’s a video on some computer thing I have no clue what you’re talking about

[@randomxgen6167]

"Waaah. The mean youtoobers told people our scam was a scam."

[@4RILDIGITAL]

The blame games and excuses some game developers play when their product doesn't meet the expectations despite all the hype is frustrating. It's high time accountability became predominant in the gaming industry.

[@genshinbowser4992]

Everyone please pray for my friend he also believed the game failed because of people complaining too much and had the small company excuse. Wish him luck on the journey to get off the copium.

[@HiroProtaganist]

"Buggier than a bug-type Pokemon" Cooked 'em lmao

[@eldntar3071]

real, glad you made the No Man's Sky comparison because I love that game now and I absolutely appreciate the devs

[@CryoDesCoberic]

Pretty rad all things considered. Accountability is a fleeting idea.

[@Mr.Genesis]

When you spend an entire generation telling people they don't need to be responsible for their actions.. You get a generation full of people who lack accountability

[@carlia5615]

0:03 Best truth ever 💯

[@zahrak6878]

what's troubling is that they don't realize the negative impact they made on gamers' trust towards developers/game companies, now a lot of us will refrain from pre-ordering or will stare at a new game trailer and try to analyse it to see if there's a chance this could be a scam, just like The Day Before.

[@calvinnguyen1870]

I can’t believe Mutahar singlehandedly broke into their studio and replaced the game they were making with a shitty asset flip. How could you do this?

[@nerdlord7994]

That bug type legendary pokemon line got me good for some reason lmao

[@shellbullet37]

Day before: shit game gets shit press Palworld: good game gets good press. Funny how that works

[@HappyLarry.]

The idea Palworld has few bugs is hilarious to me, but its absolutely a far better example of a small developer acrually putting the work in to actually *release* a product that works.

[@SolracNexus]

And I thought blaming the audience is best represented by modern movie directors

[@theevillemon]

I love how you introduce yourself as "me Mutahar" it's pretty cool

[@CrabGodism]

Scammers getting mad they got caught scamming

[@snacks1755]

"We helped employees with their mortgages." Oh how kind of you to help them with their financial troubles instead of you know, paying them a wage where they can AFFORD A MORTGAGE.

[@noahthompson5030]

“The reason our game was received so negatively is because of youtubers and consumers” yeah it’s definitely not because you decided to create a brazen rugpull scam

[@washyahands22]

had to drop a sub all this guy does is spit facts

[@dopesickdog]

man, i expected them to go after Kira, but not Muta

[@YozoraRose]

The day after joke and the Bug Type Legendary joke right after has me dead omg

[@nicalicious3002]

Drinking game: Any time Muta says "at the end of the day" or "basically" or "ladies and gentleman" you take a shot. Good luck!

[@xSimone92x]

The way you ended them. Beautifully said!

[@thefullmedic]

I’m Edging right now

[@TyCal_]

Bro???

[@TheAntlionGuard]

I’m edging my brain aneurism

[@Jenna2k]

Thank you for reminding me what not to do when I mess up.

[@hopefullynotbutprobably6643]

Steam really needs to start being more strict with what they allow to be sold as "games" on their platform.

[@grimaper]

I agree there needs to be a more stringent system in place to prevent cash grabs like these.

[@electrified0]

How so? Their handling of this scam was honestly top tier. They removed the listing and automatically refunded everyone within 24 hours of release. That's exactly what I would have asked of them and they did it on their own initiative. I have my criticisms of Valve, from their CS2 fiasco to their high fees for publishers, but their handling of this is not one of them.

[@Zramy]

@@electrified0 There's no evidence of them attempting to scam. It's a bad game and it was handled terribly but no concrete evidence exists for them to attempt one. Sure, false advertisement was at play but there's more evidence for them to attempt to make as much as possible to then reinvest into it for a then more proper game, granted that it wouldn't guarantee anything good but it's more likely that they eventually wanted to have something that would make money over time.

[@Xport9]

It's a freemarket bro. Valve is fully aware on how much trash "games" that's flooding the Steam market. Just put these trash on ignore and vote with your wallet. If you're so fixated on this and think that it doesn't belong in the platform, just report the game and move on.

[@Nightenstaff]

Hello Games is a perfect example on how a company got in over their heads and then did their absolute best to make it right. I'm not a fan of No Man's Sky, but I respect the developers. I respect they didn't make excuses. I respect they could have absolutely took the money and ran, but didn't. And I respect the efforts put forth to not only see their game become the reality they wanted for themselves, but for the consumer.

[@kuroganeyami]

Releasing buggy incomplete mess should not happen in the first place, but like it or not we should give some respect to those who managed to make things right even thought slowly. Hello Games made a mistake, admit it themselves, and slowly make things right over the years. These fuckers gave up in just 4 days.

[@NintendoFlashShorts]

Yea...makes sense...

[@GarGhuul]

Four days after the day before, a day after. How many days are we talking now? My head is spinning.

[@TheDapperDragon]

This feels like they saw people defending Palworld, and tried to jump onto that. Two problems with that: 1) Palworld has legitimately done nothing wrong. 2) Palworld is fun.

[@allthenamesiwantedweretaken]

2:05 Ohhhh... if only Muta knew.

[@davidvondihhar4721]

My grandma scammed me for 2k

[@luigiesio]

This guy's grandma sold me fentanyl

[@djspit8929]

I remember telling my coworker months ago that it was gonna be a scam, and he was telling me that i was a hater. I asked him a few days ago how the game he put money down for is, since he must be playong it. Classic

[@integer0verload948]

It's all Mutas fault. Just one hate for click campaign after another 😂

[@josephsigala6631]

When your blaming the customer rather then your self that a sign that no one will ever buy anything from you never

[@47dumb]

Muta

[@theevillemon]

I'm from NZ and I didn't know Mytona was from here. I feel bad now

[@TwoEpicTrolls]

Meow

[@seanothepop4638]

LOL At first I thought the title was like a timestamp of when scammers blamed Muta for something.

[@amiedoll60]

Your video was why I bought Palworld, thanks, it's been fun :)

[@istvankovacs4154]

Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win, but having dignity can help you through the day. Or you can complain and cope about your loss until the end of days like the devs here.

[@skinnyg190]

I love that youtube linked the game for _this_ video. Awesome advertising.

[@bargjocovic6127]

Does Muta have editor now? Love some of the meme snippets