Stealing Syndicate's Minecraft Server And Selling It As NFTs

[@Reflect33]

This whole NFT thing has turned into such an unbelivable shitshow, and its absolutely hilarious to listen about.

[@taurusfiend5836]

And disappointing to hear people still support it even with everything coming out and how it works by default.

[@glmathgrant]

NFT's are the best argument for fiat currency that I've ever seen.

[@Jakepearl13]

And people still keep trying to push it like its the future,all while feverishly acting like a cult. Sickening.

[@metalspinda9594]

@@Jakepearl13 Well they're hardly sincere. It's not to come about that the Global Token Exchange will help people like they claim. It's more valuable as a present day cheat than it ever will be as a new financial convention. It's just the latest way people have found to make computers do what they aren't supposed to do! Lol.

[@ekki1993]

There was no turning into a shitshow. They were shit since their inception and never got better. It's the Silicon Valley tech bullshit school of design.

[@StrunDoNhor]

Incompetent scammers scamming other incompetent scammers -- can't say this is what I envisioned NFT's to devolve into, but it's hilarious to watch unfold all the same. This goes far beyond being the "wild west phase", where everything is a mess but gradually gets sorted out. It's just a mess, plain and simple. To paraphrase that one guy, "It's Amway, but everyone looks like ugly apes."

[@mat-mat101]

Yes. They are like the ouroboros.

[@hyperdude144]

Scams cannibalizing each other. You could not make this shit up.

[@Garycarlyle]

Disagree totally. NFT was never designed for this purpose. It is used in other ways.

[@ekki1993]

@Gary Cook What do you mean? As soon as they started they were 100% a speculation device with no practical use. They literally left theory as a vehicle for scams. What else have they done that can't be done more easily without the blockchain?

[@Garycarlyle]

@@ekki1993 For a start they give legit artists an Alternative way to allow people to support their work. Alternate to the IP statist systems that many people consider tyrannical. Practically anything can be used for bad or good in this world. Including fiat currency. Also they NFT and blockchain is going to become part of common life more and more.

[@BingusMax]

I genuinely don't understand. The reputation of NFTs must be so tarnished by now that no one would ever think to buy in to them. It must be more scams than legit ones by now, but people still buy them anyway. Its hard to feel bad for these people anymore.

[@drakkenmensch]

Sunk cost fallacy.

[@MrNorker77]

To be honest, not following this trend at all. Never heard of legit NFTs, lots and lots of scams though.

[@jinxsoderling1399]

they alrdy so deep in teh swamp they have to scam other scammers just to stay afloat

[@ekki1993]

New people without context are still coming in every day. Plus most of the suckers are just desperate, vulnerable people jumping on the risky new thing for the same reason people buy lottery tickets.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@ekki1993 except a lottery ticket is gambling with stated odds. you never gamble more then you afford to lose.

[@HoChiMints2007]

Ah, the NFT market. More rugs than a Persian market.

[@GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz]

I'm going to start an NFT project that is an open rug pull, even call it the rug collection. 100s of pictures of rugs, the white paper would tell people a rug pull is inevitable. Then never rug. Instead- run away and not deliver on my promises.

[@luc9867]

at this point "like shakira's hips, the blockchain doesn't lie" is as iconic as "not financial advice not a financial advisor"

[@skeetercreek6455]

Not minecraft advice, not a minecraft financial advisor Ahh Shane... his logic know no bounds

[@Snake1257]

There is so much criminal energy in this space it's rediculous. I can't even compare it with anything, it's like nothing that has come before. 😅

[@thomas7907]

It's literally the wild west

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@thomas7907 except this time, the gold is just rocks painted yellow.

[@theeldergeek7800]

It's literally like every industry that came before, They all start out heavily unregulated, People get scanned from here to the moon, And then slowly regulation comes in

[@oldvlognewtricks]

@@idontwantahandlethough Just like the majority of the ‘gold’ in the Wild West. The entire meaning of ‘gold rush’ is people rushing to chase a bandwagon that the majority will lose money on. The idea is always more powerful than the real tangible profits.

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

"What are we?" "Ruggers" "What do we do..?" "We rug people" "So..." "LET'S GO RUG 'EM!"

[@arthurpendragon8192]

great series epic npc.

[@vinchinzo594]

I think it's funny that most of the people involved in the NFT space don't even know what an NFT is. It was pretty clever to associate things like images with the NFT because we're visual and we're stupid. Now everyone thinks the things associated with the NFT is the actual NFT. So they don't even own the stupid worthless thing they think they own. Giant race to the bottom, nobody wants to be the last person with an NFT, it's freaking hot potato.

[@andrewlane4766]

Love the content - hope you feel better. Don't worry about the repeated jokes as they have transcended into catch phrases!

[@-games5524]

Appreciate the crypto/NFT coverage. Please dont stop with the MMO coverage(I know you wont lol), but its also just refreshing to learn about these new crypto/NFT scams.

[@iank472]

I hope "The blockchain don't lie like Shakira's hips!" becomes your recurring catchphrase.

[@arkosilaura]

No coiners seething cause they'll never be rich like me! Wait... where did all my money go?

[@lynxfirenze4994]

I was initially inclined to dump on Tornado Cash but I really think it's quite clever. It basically turns Crypto into Fiat and thus essentially stops the blockchain's record. Even if you can find exactly where that specific ETH went, it's not necessarily the same one that the scammer put in.

[@adamofblastworks1517]

I'd be inclined to not touch any ETH that's ever been through Tornado, but I'm not in crypto at all.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@adamofblastworks1517 Yeah, that's probably wise. Although in reality, 99% of coin tumbler usage (that's the generic term for what tornado is) is just people trying to obscure the fact that they bought [a small amount of] drugs with their coins. Well, at least that's what it was mostly used for a couple years ago.

[@natwon633]

As an Austrian, I have no idea how to pronounce that Felix' last name, I hadn't even heard of that guy before today

[@JennFaeAge]

Once again someone answers the question "How stupid can NFT possibly become?"

[@silouhette99]

(sha)KiraTV

[@Henilegasp]

😅

[@MrArgus11111]

My bet: Syndicate was setting this up with them to do the same thing and they cut him out because he was probably asking for too much of the scam money so he ran to Coffeezilla to burn them and play victim

[@kempolar9768]

Yeah I could see that happening.

[@madphantompixels6478]

Likely due to the fact that everyone and their dog knows he is a complete prick, they probably always intended to screw him over anyway.

[@FringeWeekly]

My man here has a cabinet by his bedside? That is true opulence.

[@Sylcatam]

Could it be because ETH is projected to drop in value/mining interest will die down because they are going proof of stake pretty soon that these are happening more and more? And then they'll have to wait for the next Proof of Work Crypto to rise up to these crazy amounts to make it "worth" it again?

[@MaestroAlvis]

9:10 Careful. Investing in these things has always been dumb (like... anything after Bitcoin). Repeat marks just have a propensity for being scammed and at some point it could be called a gambling addiction. These people need help and I think we all agree that you, coffeezilla, and other YTers just can't stay quiet.

[@MaestroAlvis]

@@SioxerNikita when did bitcoin's chain split?

[@Imedge6]

But Shakira hips really don't lie. This is a truth much like the sun is hot. Don't be afraid to say the truth.

[@sk3ddi]

“I love fucking ass more” I had to go back and see if he actually wrote that lmao

[@Goessen]

Honestly, watching your videos is making me want to make some nft and see how far can get away with it

[@imreallyrotten]

I'm in. Where do I send my cash as I trust you.

[@jorethor]

Same

[@jsthompson84]

Can I sell NTF's of your NFT's?

[@MoraFermi]

Totally Reliable NFT That's Definitely Not A Scam. I suspect that even if you named it like this, you'd still get bites...

[@CaiRobinson]

We could just call it A Rug Pull, and have it be NFTs of Rugs and people would still buy it. Anyone want to make some money

[@ian_b]

So basically Tornado Cash is a money laundering service then?

[@williamdrum9899]

Yes

[@denormative]

Of course no nftbro right-clicked and reverse image searched. They have been taught that right-clicking is evil and they want no part of that heresy. :)

[@jercos]

How long until they start buying up old one-button apple mice?

[@bosqmode]

Gosh.. the title already was a rollercoaster and a half... How could I not watch the video now at 1:42am??

[@the.fatjohnny503]

If you think about it, we should of expected this from the start. It's easy stirring up hype for something brand new especially if people don't really understand what they buying. Spending money on hype and promises nobody has to (apparently) come through on.

[@leosketches6640]

"as is tradition" 🤣

[@ZlDarkAngel6]

So, we could start calling them the Rug community? Like a webpage, forums and everything where they share their sob stories about not doing your own research at this point.

[@LiLLiSProductions]

Like Reddit? maybe... Ruggit?

[@btbarr16]

I bet one day people go to get their money out of tornado cash and they can't. I bet it turns out someone is quietly running it just sitting and waiting for the right moment.

[@entothechesnautknight1762]

I got a blind bag toy ad on this video. Feels appropriate.

[@VampireBlood7]

Best thing u can do: block every account even remotly supporting nft

[@DOSdaze]

"Givem the double-rug!" 😂

[@mystic_maker]

just askin but whats the outro song?

[@Penfold101]

2:50 You’ve got a fever? Try a prescription of more cowbell.

[@aleksandrekatsitadze6687]

Glad to see you back! Truly craziness around the globe!! yet, the hype around NFTs seems to be hitting an all time high on the daily at this point. Any thoughts on how Meta Triads will do anyone? I am considering to buy the project. It's a Fashion and Tech inspired Nft, they announced that each NFT owner becomes the shareholder of the project to benefit from profits!! More similar projects?

[@georgeee1606]

thanks for sharing the info

[@aleksandrekatsitadze3331]

I actually can't wait lol :D

[@georgemartin2835]

It's really important not to fall off the hype train. Keep up.

[@sometrick2391]

that project has huge chance to blow up, I checked it out and it seems legit

[@jacobbachman4014]

wow, finally found one of those sockpuppeters on an anti nft video

[@tie_dyebeats]

The 'hips don't lie' reference is top tier. I'd be glad to hear it in all of your videos haha.

[@cyphi474]

I dont feel sorry for those people, really. Bit of common sense should be enough. If not, then they deserved it.

[@ageoflove1980]

Best new word of 2022: "Doublerug".... Lol

[@James_Sunderland_]

this one youtuber got their wallet drained of like $25k worth of crypto by switching to "moon wallet" or something, like bruh any project that uses the word moon is like codeword for scam at this point i dont understand how people are STILL falling for shit like that, or this rugpull either just give me the money instead invest in my anime figurine collection at least they are real and you can hold them

[@---mr5iu]

There's already a Minecraft mod called Pixelmon that's existed since 2010, and they're legit and completely unaffiliated with the NFT rug-pull. I'm assuming the people behind the scam deliberately copied their name to ride off their credability and popularity. Please don't associate the two; the guys working on Pixelmon (the actual mod) are great people who have put literal thousands of hours and dodged a C&D to develop one of the best and biggest mods for Minecraft completely for free. I would hate to see them getting flak because people confuse them for the people behind the NFT scal.

[@cryptotastic8167]

the big problem here is simply the stupidity, naivety, and greed of people...

[@pauls5745]

it'd be funny if a group pre-emptively dumped a nft on one of these fly by night rings before they planned to haha

[@Craigerry]

Is Kira just spamming for youtube clicks and algo hits on drama? NOPE CUZ IT'S LITERALLY HAPPENEING EVERY DAY. And as Kira says, it's literally every day people are getting shafted and no one learns.

[@shadowcaptaincain]

NFT scams, the only thing easier than stealing candy from a baby.

[@Donnirononon]

Issue with minecraft fans is minecraft. Game is too sandboxy so most servers switches to hunger games and stuff from basic free survival. Now they try to bring in NFTs like they did with Shops because there is a profit to be made. A decend dedicated server for minecraft only cost so much but when you sell like 4 packages 29.99€ a month you can easly afford it and most servers with such hardware have 100s players and most are donators. They then try to get them into NFTs like "you do not need name tags anymore, all items are NFT now and you become rich" but you wont, only they become rich. That is why Notch wanted to add Eula, because ppl used minecraft as a way to generate profit.

[@Donnirononon]

@@SioxerNikita Bro i talk about the machine not about your time because your time is 0€ to you. Sure if you cant do it yourself then you need to pay someone. Currently run a community with 120k+ registered users, 4k active players, 34% unique new players, ALL custom plugins, tools, c(ommunity)ms, everything - cost 130€ month since we just pay for the servers and we are in top 3 in germany.

[@Donnirononon]

@@SioxerNikita Why would that be iffy? We run on volunteers only. You contribute and you receive, that is the way it goes. Our cost is covered by member fees for reserved slot and team switch privilege. Mdoeration and leadership is voluntary to the person but required for partner clans. We only grant permissions for responsibilities. This is the same for all other projects too, we do not make money but we run damn good servers and we want to deliver what the community does deserve. IT is "loan" enough to know that you run the thing and there are random people asking for you since you left a mark on the community :) But it is not like you dont get nothing from doing that either, i gained lot of experience in contributing to our project, even put it in my CV, same for the other IT guys in our community. It is a great portfolio starter. Thing also is, you cant just take money for your server. There are a lot of legal considerations to be made and doing so will effectively require you to run it like a company with all the associated requirements. Our design on the other hand does allow us to run as a club (Verein) and receive state funding and take donations to a certein degree lol.

[@BaneHydra]

Bit idea: Make the Shakira joke in every single NFT/Crypto-related video going forward and collect free engagement from commenters thinking they're the first ones to notice

[@RM_VFX]

Hasta lasagna, don't get any on ya.

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

Oh dear lord, you couldn't make this shit up anymore!

[@PastorErickMiller]

How. I mean how is anyone not accountable? Someone help me understand that?

[@Hanwe]

5:02 hahaha seeing my own tweet 😂

[@niallrussell7184]

not the double rug! 😂

[@jonathansoko1085]

We never landed on the moon

[@generaldreagonlps6889]

At this point I just laugh when people get scammed out of their money with NFT's. If you still don't realize most of it is a scam it really is your own fault.

[@Quira03]

I like rugs with big sturdy tassels

[@DANISEVIL]

Every 5 minutes there's a new crypto scam or a nft scam

[@Daark_Karma]

I don't really understand the pixelmon one. The pixelmon mod has existed for the better part of a decade. Why pay crpytobros for something that already exists for free?

[@Daark_Karma]

@MelloWattz yea I found out shortly after this when i watched another video XD at the time i assumed it was another minecraft server NFT scam like the one in this vid lol

[@Myoron]

It's just the most credulous people left who believe in NFTs, so of course they're going to get scammed constantly, they'll believe anything.

[@TheGodKing]

Alright now that's all done where is my sandwich? XD

[@BriarLeaf00]

I've been seeing some weird shit on reddit surrounding NFTs. Mainly critical posts in non-nft or crypto related subs (ie footie, gaming, etc.) getting deleted over what are truly genuine criticisms. I dunno maybe I'm being a little over the top, but with so much unregulated cash changing hands in what is essentially a "scammer space" I have a hard time ruling anything out at this point.

[@N4CR]

yeah you've seen a small slice how bias plebbit mods are. Most of the big subs are kosher controlled and PC requirements stringently enforced, how dare you have an alternative opinion.

[@BriarLeaf00]

@@N4CR I'm specifically talking about NFTs though, not general reddit whatever.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Decentralized doesn't mean what people thinks it means. Everything has to be stored and processed somewhere. Everything has to flow somewhere before it can be transfered. Every request has to be rerouted to arrive at its destination. And there is no electronic transaction or exchange which cannot be traced. Just like nothing is secure because the person behind the security is always the point of vulnerability.

[@Carnax6969]

I used to be a viewer of Syndicate back when he did Blops zombies vids, thought he was an okay guy who is fortunate enough to make it to the good part of YT ad money. But ever since he was in cahoots with TMartin with the CSGO incident, I've lost respect of him.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Yep underage gambling

[@MasticinaAkicta]

lying, cheating, stealing, so an average day on NFT I see!

[@jeremytitus9519]

Was listening to the video; had to double back and confirm that the dude’s post didn’t ACTUALLY refer to fucking ass.

[@EvanBear]

Please relax and recover if you are not feeling well. We're not gonna feel bad if you don't put out a video in a week but we will feel bad if your health suffers because of us. If you are financially stable enough, take some time off. You deserve to be alright.

[@KiraTV1]

As a youtuber, you're never financially stable enough. I could be on the street in 6 months if the algorithm stops playing nicely. That's the life we live until we make it :) I can be sick as a dog and I'll still stress out over not working. I scripted 3 videos while I was having a fever and a migraine!

[@kane-111]

@@KiraTV1 What a chad, get well mate.

[@MartimusEins]

seeing the photos i already knew its not them and espacially the "resume"(summit) just sounded like a standard written thing i heard over a thousand times when i learned how to write a resume and such in school... it is just bad to believe something like this, i mean really why would i trust someone, who can just say anything and there would be no prove that its actually them! its like me saying i am a clown who likes to drink liters of milk because i am deffinlty not lactose intolerant! (for those who dont get the sarcasm yet i am lactose intolerant...) i might not get anything from that lie but i feels to me how and what people seem to believe right now!

[@mat-mat101]

Hope that they will be caught for their fraudulent and illegal actions.

[@TroyBrophy]

Ad for an NFT game just came in mid-roll...Nice.

[@do3807]

All hail tornado cash baby

[@Carnyzzle]

This is why I tell people that NFTs are a scam when they ask me what are they lol

[@Reverands]

Minecraft is a safe place for many people, has been for years. Hard lesson but people need to learn same as old internet scams. Society will learn or get Darwined.

[@zidahya]

There is now such thing as a safe space. If "Safe space" where to be in the dictionary it should say: "Opportunity to get scammed"

[@CrystalWings12]

I am not sure whether Mojang are aware of this, even if they do, I was thinking that this 'eneftee' could breaking EULA.

[@zidahya]

@@CrystalWings12 Mojang sold Minecraft to Microsoft years ago.

[@joasha4464]

Ooo baby a triple

[@ChristopherWeaver1]

Scam fartist clashes against scam artist, let the games begin

[@longislandicedtea6323]

So basically, scammer Hunger Games am I right?

[@youtubecrack]

Back in my day hard work ment something. Now it's just less sitting in front of a computer and hope that we get rich.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Lol oh shut up Tom. Hard work still means the same thing it's always meant, the jobs have just changed a little. You are not better than "kids these days"... go back to your nursing home grandpa.

[@kiwd-dynamic]

meant*

[@youtubecrack]

@@kiwd-dynamic thanks for The grammar lesson.

[@christophermikiewicz7083]

That's kind of the thing though, for some people it actually works, and that's good enough. As much as I hate to say it, pure hard work rarely gets you rich. It's why jobs like janitors, servers and laborers are hardly one you could work for your entire life. If you're performing better than others, you're just given more work to do. You just end up as some 70 year old with joint paint and regret. I'm convinced the only way to make larger than average income is by taking advantage of other people.

[@pumkin610]

@@christophermikiewicz7083 pain* well if you want larger income you could spend a bunch of money on college and be in debt. Maybe try establishing a company? People also say to invest and trade stocks whatever that means.

[@jimmyzbike]

Rug pull for you! And for you! And a rug pull for you!!

[@jakethompson5129]

Minecraft players are gullible because many of them are children.

[@williamhououin]

Hope you’ll feel better soon!

[@Ashe_S_]

This is the funniest shit I think I've ever seen happen _so consistently_

[@jercos]

Voxelchain?

[@L1nKo64]

Hard to feel bad for Syndicate given his scammy past which he pretty much laughed off

[@Spooky711B]

I'm sure he got a cut.

[@istandwithrussia8254]

Is he one of the crypto scammers?

[@MaterialBlade]

I couldn't remember why I recognized his face when I had no idea who he was. Good catch on him being one of those cs:go scammers.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

@@MaterialBlade csgo lotto, gambling for minors

[@L1nKo64]

@@istandwithrussia8254 nah he ran a cs go scam by pretending he was winning these skins on a site he was making videos of, but it turned out he owned the site and the 'gambling' was set for him to win top level items often to entice users. He never said sorry, never said anything, laughed it off and went on

[@virtualworldsbyloff]

Where are my Mentars ??? LOLLL

[@dirtyhank5330]

I was convinced that Crypto/NFTs were a joke (not a scam just a joke) when some of the people pushing them the hardest we’re falling for BASIC ASS PHISHING EMAILS… Like, don’t take investment advice from someone who falls for a phishing email. Everything since then has only made me realize that was the correct take.

[@stevedixon921]

Is that why Prince Rhuggpul (from Nigeria) is taking so long to get his inheritance? I mean, really, it's been years and he still has not gotten it. Click her to find out more:

[@dirtyhank5330]

@@stevedixon921 You’re telling me that Prince guy took my social security number 20 years ago and still hasn’t received his inheritance?! Well, I guess that might be why I have 16 bank accounts in India I didn’t know about?!?

[@EeizeMode]

Might aswell buy regular hand made paintings by artists instead of buying jpegs

[@brennengray2503]

Cameo from Shakira shaking her hips in the near future?

[@MrOneneft]

you should zoom in your twitter there so many empty space and small font lol

[@bassemb]

I hope you fell better mate.

[@natecontarino1748]

That's ethed up

[@fffrrraannkk]

At this point my sympathy has turned to laughter.

[@adamofblastworks1517]

It just gets more and more tempting to scam a bunch of people. It's *SO* easy. But I could never make myself do it, and I don't even know how any of this cryptocurrency stuff works anyway.

[@Colddirector]

@@adamofblastworks1517 Seeing people run off with hundreds of thousands of dollars for a few hours work is definitely screwing with my moral compass.

[@petrnovak4571]

Same think Crypto Metavers CPAN< CGAR

[@loganswalk8621]

And they wonder why people don't like and trust nfts.

[@Dradeeus]

The future: Can we just skip the whole dog and pony show and just you give us money. We're not doing anything, we just want your money.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

That is what governments do. They call it taxes.

[@pixelcatcher123]

Cryptobros will be the new word of the year

[@spicynoodle7419]

never been so early

[@northeastriot-calvincline6243]

Please look into LunaOne, so many “influencers” on board. Using Steams name on their website even though Steam banned NFT games in October 2021z

[@rface0]

You should find a way to mention Shakira's hips every video

[@michaelkenner3289]

Bring them up whenever wherever.

[@jamiestwrt]

Because they do not lie

[@winns35]

Can never bring up Shakira's hips enough.

[@DenethorDurrandir]

I don't think it's copycats, it feels more like emergent thing, it's so simple that many individuals have the same idea at the same time, which normally would be weird if this wasn't the first time this is possible with such an ease

[@DemonicAkumi]

All of these NFT connedsumers always think they will be laughing all the way to the bank. In the end the only one laughing are those that know all of these things is just utter BS.

[@adamofblastworks1517]

"Connedsumers" I love it.

[@dolliedaddytv]

Nah I'm still laughing all the way to the bank.