The Self Destruction Of A Compulsive Liar - Debunking Theo's New Lies

In this deep dive, I delve into a complex story of copyright, fair use, and the thin line between content creation and content theft. The saga begins with a controversial video upload that sparked a fierce debate about the rights of documentary filmmakers versus the freedom of content creators on KZbin. This isn't just a story about legal battles; it's a tale woven with misunderstanding, harassment, and the harsh reality of social media dynamics.
I also explore the personal conflicts and public fallout resulting from the incident, highlighting the challenges faced by smaller creators in defending their work against larger influencers. The video not only sheds light on the specific case involving a known figure and a documentary called "Honeypot" but also prompts a broader discussion on the ethics of content creation and the responsibilities that come with influence.
Lastly, this narrative isn't just mine-it reflects a larger conversation within our community about respect, creativity, and the need to protect original work while fostering an environment where free expression can thrive. Through this analysis, I aim to provide clarity, offer perspectives, and encourage a healthy dialogue among viewers, creators, and critics alike.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Why am I talking about Theo again.
03:03 - It could have ended here. BUT NOPE.
06:15 - His content is too good for him to React apparently.
07:20 - Theo is not respected by anyone he interacts with.
11:15 - What his usual content looks like.
17:25 - How it all started.
19:45 - Theo lies about being harassed.
28:22 - The context of the video.
32:30 - Theo just can't stop talking about me.
43:00 - Conclusion.
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[@Vestyyy887]

"i got a serious medical condition" "Yeah your are a compulsive liar!" -Rockstars cowboy game

[@mantovannni]

Grand Theft Horse.

[@Camely46]

I got lumbago John its a progressive disease-uncle

[@boneheadedfellow]

now that aint true! charles, have i ever lied to you?

[@southernbrain691]

Lumbago rounds must be researched

[@carbonrobin]

⁠​⁠@@Camely46I lumbago got progressive it’s a John disease

[@deadboy9955]

Pro-react channel try not to be mentally insane challenge: impossible

[@ghostplasma5590]

Replace : with ! And put impossible in *

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

What the hell is a "pro-react channel"

[@kirbtheblob]

@@ghostplasma5590wtf are you trying to say

[@aryanram02]

literally everyone i see defending react channels are seriously in need of help: xqc, h3h3, this guy, sssniperwolf etc, like none of them are happy ppl with good content just mean and delusional ppl who are entitled asf!

[@literallybuckling]

a channel that condones reaction content@@insertgenericusernamehere2402

[@BoyInTheVoid]

Nahh people don't understanding that a random guy just stole someone's months of work without even giving them any credit is making me mad in every way possible😂

[@blurry.magnets]

The economy of effort is crazy man

[@LoFiAxolotl]

THE FUNNIEST thing is that Hassan DMCAs channels that reupload his content.... while doing the same just with him in the corner

[@joeri2499]

He pressed the pause button MULTIPLE TIMES /s

[@MagicallySword]

Theo rhymes with EGO for a reason, ya know.

[@CenoriaWoah]

@@joeri2499 THE BENEVOLENCE!

[@JeremyF09]

If he says that the quality of video he publishes is highly dependent on the video he’s reacting to, then his content clearly isn’t transformative

[@jonkf7548]

No further questions your honor

[@donbeedrill]

The biggest self report in history

[@majus_]

its so funny hearing "washed up gta streamer" and "make me the target of his 2 million subscriber audience", both washed up and incredibly powerful eh?

[@InfiniteDeckhand]

Well, like Matto accurately pointed out in the video, that's fascist rhetoric. The enemy is both strong and weak at the same time.

[@wadez1000]

That is standart thing to say when you have no real counter arguments. Usually people like donald trump, ben shapiro and alex jones say things similar way when they talk about their opponents

[@kainoawaikiki2614]

​@InfiniteDeckhand really it isn't unique to fascists. Just an aspect of propaganda in general. The allies did the same thing when talking about Germany in ww2 for example. Its essential when trying to encourage people to fight because they 1 can win and 2 need to fight in order to win

[@InfiniteDeckhand]

@@kainoawaikiki2614 I didn't say it's unique to fascists. But fascists are undoubtedly the ones who use that rhetoric the most.

[@bayardkyyako7427]

​@@kainoawaikiki2614The allies were also fascists? Like until Hitler came along they pretty much agreed with him that blacks are lesser, Jews are lesser, women suck, etc. attitude is the same but policy wise very different

[@CrimVulgar]

Honestly Matto, the "Copying an essay and adding your thoughts after each paragraph" is one of your better React analogies, just because most people are aware of how obviously disallowed it is. Not sure if I've seen you use it before, but if you do return to the Anti-React business, it might be one to have more front-and-centre - I like the slot-machine analogy for the market as a whole, but it's a good supporting analogy for the individual works as I see a lot of people claim "added value" as a defence.

[@lachychops2]

I still think the best analogy is to ask that they 'react' to a movie or tv show in the same way they do a YT video. Is that legal? Would you expect that to stay on YT? If so, why? If not, why not?

[@JackPorter]

@@lachychops2 yeah, that one really shows their mental inconsistency.

[@parmesan6133]

i also really liked this analogy. it mostly made me think "in school you are using other people's work in your essays because you are LEARNING, when you finally get into the industry you studied for you don't have that luxury, you need to produce the material that you need and other students will eventually use in the future. that's a big part of it there. in school, you use that work because you aren't supposed to have full knowledge of the topic. essays are not only a way for instructors to determine your writing competency, but it's also an effective way for you to gain a lot of knowledge by researching. with theo, he just seems to know everything (though more often than not it doesn't really seem to end up that way, but i don't watch him), but instead of creating content that would be "used in the essays" and adding something valuable to the field like she should be, he just does the "writing the essay" part, and very lazily like matto explains. it kinda gets infuriating to think he gets PAID to do that, especially while there's plenty of talented programmers being put on the back burner because of it like many people mentioned. as someone who returned to college for a programming degree, i would much rather be recommended a video with 20 views that actually helps me learn something rather than one of theo's videos i think this situation like doing unpaid training for a job (entry level would be the best example). yes, you are still TECHNICALLY working, however when 90% of the job is being done by the person training you in order to teach you how things need to be completed, you can't exactly claim that all that work is your own and get paid for it. maybe i'm wrong but i feel like if the entire world worked like that then you would eventually have nothing but a world of mediocre surgeons etc. that are only there to get paid during their training. they wouldn't care to put in the work and get good at what they do, cause why would they if they can get paid all the same to just watch someone better do their job for them

[@deathtrap5556]

I mean there is a whole section of "essays" called literature reviews. Which look at research papers and other essays and basically look at what has and hasn't been researched. So while the analogy makes sense, there is a specific category for such "react" content in my opinion. Which if you ask me, in my opinion is also low effort, but it does actively take place.

[@bayardkyyako7427]

​@@deathtrap5556that's still kinda different because that could be used as a learning process, I remember doing that in school, but I'm not putting it online and getting money from it

[@hueluca]

WE REUPLOADING YEARS OF WORK WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@mKandrews.]

💀

[@mariobutwithdrip8944]

Real

[@owaisunar5227]

WE LYING OUR ASS OF AFTER THE CONSEQUENCES OF STEALING SOMEONE'S WORK🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@valetboy21]

You can't even get your audience to teleport you to the current waypoint in Chaos.

[@stpablo5299]

underrated comment💀💀💀💀

[@SpectreRyder]

Interestingly enough, this proves his point about how telling people what to do or not do can have the opposite effect.

[@gagetaylor192]

@@SpectreRyder People who have kids learn this quite often. All you do by telling them not to do it is plant the idea in their head that it's something that they CAN do. The best way is like Matt said, just prevent the means to do so in the first place. Don't just tell your child not to steal cookies out of the cookie jar, just hide the jar.

[@PolandSphere]

I find it interesting that the only videos from you that get recommended to me are the rants. KZbin has successfully figured out that I stopped really thinking about GTA 5, but I like hearing an Australian man be passionate about things.

[@Hexamath]

I still watch his GTA content but I honestly feel like I like his opinionated rants more and clearly the algorithm understands that which I'm glad.

[@cyanidepanda]

It's why his channel is dying tbf, most of his viewers don't wanna see him tantruming 😂🤷🏼

[@chillibomb]

​@cyanidepanda I'm almost certain if you look at his analytics he is the most successful he has ever been

[@kanekarazi6477]

@@cyanidepanda need more emojis

[@shiverofsharks3677]

I feel like now that Jacksfilms is not doing anything with credit the creators, the crusade against react content has sort of died out, despite it still being a huge issue, and I really appreciate that Matto still talks about it.

[@TheChannelCraft]

Crediting the creators wouldn't be good enough anyway. It barely gets the original video any views because the viewers had already seen the original within the reaction video.

[@TheChannelCraft]

Oh, and Matto was anti-react before the whole jacksfilms sssniperwolf thing.

[@boneheadedfellow]

@@TheChannelCraft it is the bare minimum, so it's something

[@digl_live]

@@boneheadedfellow it's about the same "bare minimum" as asking your viewers not to harass the person you're critiquing. It doesn't do anything useful except making you seem like you're doing something. That's not "bare minimum" in my eyes.

[@LuigixD]

@@boneheadedfellowConsidering it can be used as a shield for reactors to continue doing what they do, I think it does more harm than anything

[@AQDuck]

9:58 "used car salesman" might be the best description of him. I don't like focusing on someone's looks, but he _really_ looks like he's about to sell me a 1980's Pontiac

[@girlville]

he really does; personally i could easily picture him as a pushy best buy employee too

[@diegomedina9637]

Bruh's Matilda's dad but without the Danny DeVito charm.

[@silenttera666]

​@@diegomedina9637 I was just thinking that. The "villain" of the story without the charisma or other likeable traits.

[@CosmicAIChronicles]

Must be a case of malignant narcissism, very little else can explain Theo's behaviour. Remember, the very worst thing in the whole universe for a malignant narcissist is to feel "unfairly" attacked. Anything negative against them, no matter how objectively valid, is seen as a huge personal insult and an attack on their very being. Only thing you can do is to ignore such people, for they are legitimately and chronically mentally unable to see their own faults. It's as futile as trying to convince a person w/o eyes who somehow believes they can see, that no, you can't because you know... no eyes. They will never be able to see your point, pun intended.

[@tuellecke1339]

Or the dude has no other way to create money by creating drama. Either way the dude is an ass

[@ephermalusername]

The problem with 'ignoring such people' is that other people will listen and believe them without looking into any lies/misinformation/misunderstandings they say. This will then be picked up by others and spread until a whole community will think poorly of yourself. In other words, you have to defend yourself and correct misinformation when you see it. Otherwise, the truth gets buried.

[@jamessmith1652]

This. He's just a modern shock jock. ​@@tuellecke1339

[@kirby1225]

@@ephermalusername You kinda lose either way. Because by making videos you give the people attention and it is most likely what they want.

[@indulgencerofindulgence5970]

Please stop diagnosing people with narcissism, this a serious thing, not just a way to explain away bad behavior.

[@JunkieRemix]

This is comparable to if Theo was constantly shoplifting from a family owned type store and when they finally confront him about it, he throws himself down on the ground and shouts “THEY’RE ATTACKING ME!” and now stands outside the store with a megaphone shouting at others to not support the shop because they “gave him vague threats”

[@mehowme]

They used to be friends with me!

[@towerbunga]

this is actually such a goated analogy omg 🤣

[@ecciq]

Then a random guy from the street says “hey theo is shoplifting from this family owned store this is bad” which makes theo go on a weird year long hate obsession with that guy unlimitedly forgetting about the family store.

[@Crojorium]

That ChudLogic guy made a "response" video to you, not sure if you're aware. It's literally him waffling on camera for an hour and all he does is insult you. It's hilariously bad

[@batch_2731]

Link?

[@Crojorium]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6bagYxqap2sZtU@@batch_2731

[@Jimmyvdpost]

Poor Matto, to have to deal with these people..

[@FumoCore6FiresofReiuji]

I would have been more surprised if that guy pulled out a decent response. Dude who spent "3x the original video's length" (super transformative!!!!) not understanding anything and calling Matt autistic wasn't going to shit out anything worthwhile. Barely worth an acknowledgement. The same goes for other react defenders who either cannot understand or cannot argue Matt's position, so they stoop to disingenous, false narratives or name-calling. Can you imagine a scholarly paper that makes an argument like this? If I turned in an essay that was 50% the source and 50% me admitting I don't understand and calling the author gay and autistic, I would expell *myself*, save the admins the trouble.

[@esbenm6544]

That's all of his videos. If you've seen one, you've seen them all.

[@flamingburritto]

Theo is an exemplar of "Schrodinger's Victim: Claim he is a victim and at the same time assert that you are powerless and pathetic." The "victim" will use whichever suits him best in the moment. He's a compulsive and pathological liar who lives in denial and is massively egotistical and a narcissist (which is a hell of a combination). He wants to make you a villain so badly to play the victim to gain sympathy but his ego prevents him from doing that so he has to constantly also put you down. He's literally a walking contradiction. And it doesn't matter how many times you tell him what the truth is, he will delude himself into making other excuses because its far easier for him to lie to himself than to face reality that he is not a good person and he made mistakes. His ego will never let him do that.

[@garbage2882]

Pretty sure Matto said that in his video.

[@cyanidepanda]

That's what mat is doing here in this situation tho? "Oh he's so powerful, relentlessly attacking us poor, innocent bystanders" and also "lmao he deranged and weak and has no audience" 🤷🏼

[@eukaryote-prime]

I hope the way he acts online is separate from how he treats people in his life. I doubt it though. The gaslighting, lies, projection, he's the victim always etc.. It's the classic "no integrity, do or say anything to protect my fragile ego". Sad.

[@_rocrafttm_9925]

@@cyanidepandasarcasm. You need to understand sarcasm

[@novawolf_gaming]

​@@cyanidepandaAh, you must not understand sarcasm Want a Google Definition to help you out?

[@martillo_]

These videos are good and necessary. I just hope it doesn't hurt your channel as you were just picking up good views again this might "scare" away some viewers. Let's hope not. Love ya Matto

[@ChiranjeevPatra2022]

Wait... the video was released 16 minutes ago... then how did you comment 27 minutes ago? I'm probably an idiot so please correct me.

[@Krewlex]

​@@ChiranjeevPatra2022 Early access for members, I assume.

[@Shaygo]

​@@ChiranjeevPatra2022the video was probably made available early for channel members

[@martillo_]

@@ChiranjeevPatra2022 early access for members, ha. You're not an idiot, don't worry!

[@ShwappaJ]

​@@ChiranjeevPatra2022 It's either an oops on behalf of KZbin's track-keeping, or an early access thing.

[@cirkutpersonal]

Thanks for featuring my comment in the video, Matto! Again, what a phenomenal breakdown. Wish you all the best

[@w1pa123]

It was a well-made comment my dude. Good shit!

[@castle9165]

“THEY TRIED TO DMCA ME FOR INFRINGING THEIR COPYRIGHT! HOW DARE THEY!”

[@LazurizSolari]

I love the honesty and i dislike the fact that others REFUSE to even watch videos like this. i wont leave but i cant understand others not liking this content. I do hope you all the best

[@noonecared5987]

I love that as an American, I wake up and the first thing I see in my KZbin feed is a DarkviperAU video

[@jixdl]

The diffrence between a real villain and an idiot is that a real villian knows they are doing bad and do it anyway because they like it or have other "reasons"

[@hybridbunny8496]

@DarkViperaAU When I was young, my grandad used to tell me that having no friends is better than having bad friends and the right road can be a lonely one. I stand by that 35 years later and I stand by you. Your audience appreciates the way you handle the shit you take from these delusional "creators" and the way you deal with them is a lesson I will use to direct others in similar situations. Thank yhou Matto.

[@Zappr]

I just find it so funny that he says "nobody watches his stuff" and "his two-million subscriber audience" in the same sentence. What a joke.

[@Zappr]

@@timo4463 “Audience” would suggest those people watch him, directly contradicting his previous sentence lol

[@inshambleslol]

Matto is one of the kindest youtubers I've ever come across, I don't know how people can even dislike him

[@vietnamsemonky4082]

Because he comes off as extremely spergy sometimes and very hostile, not to mention his weird dms with other creators. Still on his side in general but I can see why people dislike him.

[@Myathaarth]

@@vietnamsemonky4082 I can maybe kinda see him in that way, but I am sure in my assessment that the videos he makes are top notch and totally fact based. He provides proof and talks in a professional manner. Any new viewer with even the minimum capacity to think should be able to understand his stance and not think of him in a negative manner already

[@ChristinaGXL]

@@vietnamsemonky4082 So it's because you and them are ableist, right. Got it. Makes sense honestly. If you can't take the message, you just attack the messenger.

[@vietnamsemonky4082]

@@ChristinaGXL Okay cool, I literally said I agree with Matt and his points and was just pointing out what others might perceive. But go off with your Reddit buzzword.

[@rrtttfthxg2143]

@@ChristinaGXLSir you need you calm down

[@killer900rocks]

i simultaneously understand the benevolent desire of DarkViper to not engage in bullshit, and also the catharsis from seeing a guy like Theo logically and factually destroyed. never heard of Theo, never will look em up, let this vid be the last of it :P

[@seancrosby6837]

I love how Theo said he doesn't want to be harassed and called slurs when he literally called Matt schizophrenic and "washed up". Calling someone a schizophrenic is an insult! Same with that Chud guy calling Matt autistic every 5 seconds.

[@luckygamermemberofvma7903]

As someone who is autistic it’s so annoying when people use that

[@mehowme]

​​@@luckygamermemberofvma7903 As someone who also is autistic it's so annoying when people say they are autistic on the internet. Oh, wait...

[@luckygamermemberofvma7903]

@@mehowme I actually am dude

[@mehowme]

@@luckygamermemberofvma7903 Yeah, me to. It was supposed to be a joke. I guess it sounded funnier in my head 🤷

[@luckygamermemberofvma7903]

@@mehowme oh sorry people have said I am lying about it in the past my bad

[@qBeYcarpet]

The benevolence🙌🙌

[@kirby1225]

THE BENEVOLENCE!

[@jedieknight72]

T H E B E N E V O L E N C E

[@ShwappaJ]

I love the way he says that 😂

[@MrRetroDev]

It's probably good that Theo doesn't work at Twitch anymore or he'd probably find a way to ban your account.

[@bloodredroses88]

Probably got fired for being the way he is and thinking he's right 100% of the time. People like that don't last long at companies.

[@killercaos123]

It’s twitch, so he probably lay got replaced by someone just as crazy as him

[@BelleDoesStuff]

I think his channel banner being a picture of him with the text "Supreme" should probably say enough about what kind of person he is

[@Dripple]

Theo saying the equivalent of "the quality of YOUR drugs that I'M STEALING isnt getting ME HIGH ENOUGH. DO BETTER!"

[@TheNotoriousB.E.N.]

Love it when he twists your subscriber base and views to fit whichever narrative he wants to pursue during the different variations of his ‘argument’. Lights are on but no one’s home

[@Polyeith]

In a lot of cases, I do see saying "don't harass rhis person" more as a form of insurace like "welp, i tried" it really doesnt do anything but make you look better, it is almost entirely performative

[@alext6933]

There's no way he actually believes what he's saying, especially with that part about his videos being limited by the quality of others. I would hope that nobody is quite so delusional.

[@novawolf_gaming]

The funny part about that If he's saying that his content is worse when watching other people's videos... isn't he basically saying it isn't transformative? Cuz surely is if it was transformative, the content would actually be good even if the video isn't

[@williambbq]

"applauding a tapeworm for effectively digesting someone else's lunch" is the most Matt sentence the Matt didn't write...

[@markblacket8900]

I've always seen asking viewers not to harass someone as a self-defense mechanism, so you'd be able to say "I've told them, see? Not my fault"

[@cooldinom]

It's just one of those things on KZbin that is immediately used to blame someone, it's like on the "KZbin drama accusation checklist". Hmm has he warned not to harass? No? THE BENEVOLENCE !

[@pellegrinojoe5230]

‪Often when a system is being abused for financial gain by bad actors, and that abuse is brought to light by good actors, clashes will arise between the two. Those bad actors, especially those who are aware of their abuse, know that it will one day come to an end. Matto bringing to light the absurdity of react content is a catalyst that works to accelerate the ending of react content, and is therefore costing futur benefits to those bad actors whose abuse will be cut short for them, and could no longer further exploit reacting. I think that's why he get's the hate he does. I appreciate matto's react content series, i have grown to always seek the original video if a title is intresting to me( reactors often just copy the original video's title, further proving their laziness ), even if i get recommended a reaction of that video, both to get the *very often* short version of the content, and to form my own criticisms on the content and not be spoon-fed opinions. Matto, i wish your community's appreciation for your fight is enough of a reward, even though it might at times seem to you that you're fighting a losing fight.

[@gutbuster84]

Content like this is why I was for keeping stuff on rambles. It'd be much harder for people to claim you are coming at them with an army when you could quote tweet a screenshot of the video on the rambles channel with 100k~ subs. I dont follow youtube analytics to the degree that id understand if this type of content would recommended the channel more or less like some people are claiming. Just happy to see it recommended to me.

[@VotingChipmunk]

"THE BENEVOLENCE!" I dunno why, but I always love hearing Matt say that.

[@beickerzambrano5908]

As another web developer, my opinion about Theo and his ego, is that it seems to be as you, says. Theo in many cases talks about things he doesn´t know, technologies he haven´t even learned, for example Rust (the programming language) and keeps its mind very closed to different points of view when it comes to tools related to productivity, like code editors for example where instead of trying to understand the point of those different tools, needs and workflows, he instead compares them with his own needs and workflows and only because they don't work for him he just concludes it doesn't work, which makes sense if you have such a big ego to think your needs are the only ones. So well, that's what I think about him.

[@peetr1283]

I have seen this ramble live, which I do not so often, and I have to applaud the editing. It is so well done :D

[@alfiewillis4893]

35:45 Dark Viper AU: 1) Washed up GTA Streamer. 2) Nobody watches his stuff. 3) Has a massive audience who targets people. Does this make any sense? No.

[@playmoth]

It’s called “kettle logic” where you deliver two or more arguments that all contradict one another

[@user-ln5el5rs8p]

Theo looks like Walmart's Lalo Salamanca

[@czkmeister]

That Theo dude should seriously consult some psychological help. He's unhinged.

[@TheSharpoint1]

Vaguely related to the video: But I'm so thankful that you use the chapters feature. Not that it's uncommon to use, but it's so useful for if I go off a video, and it doesn't jump back to where I was when I go back to it (or I fall asleep or something)

[@SAS_9006]

6:28 surely he was joking. No one would ever seriously say that

[@NTZES3124]

Typical reactor hypocrisy!

[@begga9682]

No his ego is just that big

[@Dat_Metall_Auge]

Still find it funny that he says they made vague threat to DMCA strike him. Image people making vague threats to use their right. When some dude steals your stuff and you tell him you call the police, you are the bad guy. This dude is not on earth. 🤣

[@MrRetroDev]

The funny thing is, Theo showed the comment on a video from a month ago when none of your viewers would have even thought about him

[@VasiliSyrakis]

I'm a dev and I've watched Theo's twitch channel and youtube videos occasionally. All he contributes to the internet is his "take" on things, and most of the time it's a garbage take. When anyone criticizes him, he loses his temper and they get banned.

[@mccGoNZooo]

He's the epitome of "Dev doesn't want to bother actually learning things to become a senior and figures out it's easier to make KZbin videos giving opinions on stacks/technologies with basically zero backing behind them and never any real knowledge". It would be funny if there weren't so many of these guys on KZbin...

[@Phantomdude]

He even gave them the pinned comment! How could you be so mean to him BlackSnakeNZ

[@infinixuty]

THE BENEVOLENCE!

[@PrinceVegita1]

It's again and again impressive to me how many deranged people there are on the internet, and that are famous too. Makes me wonder if the internet encourages antisocial behavior in people due to it being so impersonal and relatively consequence-free. If we were living in like 1000 BC or in tribes and caves, would there still be so many people like this who are eager to exploit others without second thought and badmouth people who voice criticism over it? I like to imagine, if Theo lived in ancient Greece or something, the people would have simply held a vote to banish him lmao

[@SamuelGeist]

I have a hypothesis that the rise of reality TV stardom and "influencer" as a career might be why there seem to be fewer infamous serial killers today compared to, say, the 1970s. That itch, that desire for notoriety, can now be satisfied by views instead of murders.

[@mehowme]

Honestly tho. When I see people like that I think even I could be a successful youtuber. If only I wasn't so extremely lazy 🦥

[@CyborgGrizzly]

I find it hilarious that your two videos are both 10 times better than Theo's catalog from the last year. More entertaining, more insightful, and clearly more effort than Theo can muster in his lifetime.

[@LITTLEBRAT775081]

I find it funny seeing someone without emotion reacting to something vs another screaming and name calling . it's usually pretty easy to tell who is the good side when this happens.

[@DougsGamingChannel]

And we now know Theo doesn't know how to tie his shoes lol you did an amazing job breaking everything down as always. Love your work!

[@sumofalln00bs10]

In order of enjoyment. React series > exposing liars > rambles > Oh, wait, you play GTA? (OHKO > pacifist > facts and glitches > everything else)

[@Narflz]

Every time I see you upload another KZbin/Twitch "drama" video, I shake my head, because I truly believe the potential positive impact is limited and if anything, it just brings a wider audience to those who don't deserve it. But also, if I watch it, I also realize that in your position, I couldn't help but feel compelled to do the same thing. The internet was a mistake :D

[@notabotnotabot]

somebody on the darkviper team needs to make a montage of all his “enemies” contradicting themselves. they probably won’t watch it, but I guarantee it will be the ultimate “stfu” that you’re looking for 😂

[@yokelo7]

It saddens me that you have to deal with these genuinely horrible people

[@thegooseshow2691]

11:09 omg that tapeworm insult has to be one of the greatest comebacks iv ever seen towards reaction content LMAO

[@BrentMalice]

31:00 your literally reacting to MINUTES of uninterrupted content you stole from a small upandcoming Australian youtuber right here

[@MysticSpanner]

Poor BlackCobraNZ getting content stolen, when will someone stop the evil darkviperau

[@Josie.770]

You're

[@Chick2106]

@@Josie.770 Is that really necessary?

[@Josie.770]

​@@Chick2106Yes.

[@magicalgirlmyou8560]

He expects you to say :"pleAsE dOn'T HaRasS" him,in your very calmly toned video,but he himself shows no such restrains when angrily shouting and screaming about some small company to his thousands of underaged...what a shallow hypocrite

[@Why_It]

I love how every time someone has beef with Matt they claim he's a "washed-up GTA streamer". As if he hasn't been doing these rants and commentaries on the hypocrisy of the KZbin culture for years now.

[@JayMaverick]

Theo: Just wants the web to keep getting better. Also Theo: Spreads the most vile lies about people while stealing content from actual experts to make a few pennies for his channel.

[@francescomaggio6162]

I’m a Software Developer myself so I’m quite into that niche and still I never liked Theo’s content that much. I had watched a couple of his videos in the past and I immediately got the feeling that he thought he was better than everybody else, I’m glad to know it wasn’t just me who felt that way

[@NovaTheFusky]

Seeing other people's drama is helping me with mine

[@mopeybloke]

He interacted with Luke of LMG cordially because they are bigger than him.

[@boink666]

@30:00 DV reacting to his own reaction content, about people who make reaction content is like a Russian nesting doll of videos. Neat. I hope he reacts to this clip so there can be another layer added to this video onion.

[@ohno5507]

His content reminds me of those gaming "news" channels that just read other people's articles and give their opinion on what they're reporting, and then read a bunch of Reddit threads.

[@HAOK420]

This is just a side note for a different topic: If Matto ever will debate with someone live, like in a former video he released suggests he might, Matto should pull an Eminem and start the whole debate with mentioning how as a small creator he did gambling, there was a mention about how grape and reactors are similar, how he can make "unhinged" faces while explaining the same thing for the 5th year now, how he does own/has money for shirts, how Charlie agreed on what Matto said was true about reactors, how there are cougars in missions, how it was 14 pages!!!! and etc. and once he would be done with his Eminem move, any debate would be shortened down to about 20 minutes of Matto (probably) destroying whoever he debates.

[@kilianfirebolt]

They dont even understand, if they understood and just disagreed it would be fine but they have no idea what theyre talking about

[@_DeathDreams_]

Damn, looks like I'm not watching a theo video again, not that I was able to find much value in them anyway

[@Strike86]

Having my comment shown and read out in a DarkViper video - the benevolence! For context, the forum was Facepunch (the now-defunct official Garry's Mod forum). It was always a good place to keep up with internet drama and current events.

[@brandishwar]

PaaS = "Platform as a Service". It's a concept related to "cloud computing". You can find some high level overview articles to get a basic idea of what it is.

[@goldy_on_pc930]

“He sent his audience to harass me” my brother is Christ have u seen voting in chaos

[@liquidsnake6879]

This is one of the most unlikely feuds i'd ever expect to encounter on KZbin, a gaming channel vs a web developer channel 😂

[@f3rny_66]

as also a dev, I love this theo guy. He is spewing so many bad practices in coding that my job security consolidates with every upload

[@xXfzmusicXx]

Anything with "aaS" means as a Servuce, For example "SaaS" is Storage as a Service, and in the case of "PaaS" mentioned in this video, it is Platform as a Service, which is usually what you call a complete eco system delivered to a company Maybe not the best explenation, but basically you're delivering a IT solution to a company, so they don't host their own servers etc.

[@82TheKnocKY]

Coming from the tech side, assuming a lot of people here aren't from that space - Theo is clearly a skilled programmer and entrepreneur but a lot of his opinions on tech are very narrow and sometimes wrong or unsubstantiated. He does a lot of opinion pieces about trends in the development space, but frequently misrepresents points different from his. He also mainly just follows broad trends and parrots the most popular opinions - he has at a few times delayed sharing his opinion about a thing until it was clear what the community's opinion on that thing was. I don't wanna say he doesn't know what he's talking about, because he definitely does, he's running a successful business, I would say he often talks about way more than what he knows. I just thought this is relevant to the point about him having a massive ego. I don't have examples of the top of my head and they'd be technical but it wouldnt be hard to find them. Also for tech people who follow Theo and wanna find someone better, check out Primeagen, also does react content, but mainly to articles, not videos Edit: Realized you had bits from developers in the video - I disagree strongly with the guy who says he does a good job reviewing up and coming tech. Theo is so closed-minded and narrow in his opinions and so happy to jump on trends his takes are usually awful. He's good at keeping up to date with everything that's being released, but that's not hard, especially if you don't do much research before you speak to a camera about it.

[@known1443]

Theo seems mid-level and a little too much in to "use the new shiny" mindset over the "use stable stuff" to really be all that good of a resource a lot of the time. Then again I prefer to run a year or two behind the curve, especially in the mess of the JS world, so maybe that's more just how I view the JS Dev world overall than Theo specifically.

[@perplexing9100]

​@@known1443 Theo's channel is more-so about the bleeding-edge so most tech youtubers are like that. Hard to grow if you only review the stable things.

[@anteshell]

Theo seems to be just like my older sister towards me. Throwing shit against me until I snap back with a vaguely hostile reaction and then is completely unable to comprehend that her own behaviour is what caused it. F*ed up persons both all around.

[@Chick2106]

Man i feel you. Sometimes some people do mean things to you and when you fought back they act like their the victim.

[@PhantomFelix211164]

28:25 In fact, you could even make the case that telling them "Don't harrass this person" might actually generate more harrassment as people will do it out of spite. Never underestimate how many people are willing to act out of spite.

[@Wolterhon]

he did exactly that?

[@wolxthewolf3362]

I'll be honest, I was thinking about sending a hate comment to Theo on his recent video after the previous video darkviperau realeased but I didn't go through it because he is not worth my time.

[@ChrisChronos]

Good, because all that does is "feed the beast". He will probably never see your comment, but will benefit from your view

[@SamsTar2828]

The fact i'm 16 and have to grow up in this world with people like theo makes me sick. Also doesn't make me motivated for the future. This comes at the edge where i'm hating on turning 18. Even tho that being 2 years away.

[@oliverpohlproductions8291]

I'm 17, and in a few months, it's inevitable

[@Shmolmes]

I thought myself to be egotistical at times, but Theo makes me look like Gandhi.

[@vergil1us]

32:40 it's something of a "don't think about a blue hammer" type of thing where before you said that nothing like that crossed the person's mind, but once you say it, it's immediately ingrained in their minds and sure you said "don't think that" but just in the act of saying it you created a self-fullfilling prophecy.

[@wadez1000]

I happy to see that you so geniune consern regarding his mental health. He is just unwell

[@GreenBean451]

We know you're in the right, and that's why we support you.

[@mrbrightside3722]

Man I watched the previous video and finished it like 5 mins ago, went to grab my lunch then came back and saw it.

[@amahulacs372]

I would never have the patience to keep arguing with these people. You have my respect

[@robertgoodberry]

Well, this is a collab I never expected.

[@lewievap]

The fact he said u had 2 mil then and u still don’t now baffles me. The fact someone with a audience can be that wrong annoys me.

[@noniebumst]

This theo dude has the biggest victimhood complex i have come across

[@notloosh]

As a web developer, I’ll never watch Theo’s videos. He’s so egotistical and as many of the people you deal with he attacks your character and makes up lies rather than actually wrestling with your argument’s. Even outside of this drama I can tell from his tweets how full of himself he is.

[@notyobiz6207]

u can tell by the way theo pets his cat that he's full of it

[@_DeathDreams_]

Can't wait until all the drama passes the event horizon and we get the anti-DarkViper coalition, dragging in more people to both sides

[@su1cedek]

When Theo and Prime started doing this type of content, the blogs and articles they reacted to were genuinely about interesting things I was happy to watch in video format, especially with ThePrimeagen as he always has some useful insight as he is an incredible engineer and always credits the author. I felt like it was a good thing, because they brought attention to interesting topics to a wider audience. However in my opinion this has now turned into very low effort content, where the posts/blogs are mediocre and sometimes just lie about things and the reaction itself doesn't provide anything of value. It feels like reacting for the sake of reacting as it's the type of content they got successful with. There are exceptions to this, but I feel this way about most of the stuff they're doing nowadays. I read a lot of programming related content, be it things like subreddits, twitter, hackernews, lobsters, medium blogs, bootdev, as well as watch a lot of content creators in this space and I'm honestly tired of this trend where people just react to something on stream with barely any value added (most of the time, ThePrimeagen being a notable exception). I switched from the gamer-type content to a more educational content in a field I was interested in exactly because I was tired of just effortless reactions and the educational space felt like it had a lot of well thought out videos and also felt novel and maybe some backlash will make them move in a better direction again but right now it just feels like shit and it's discouraging.

[@ZexzenNova]

When a side starting throwing insults repeatedly in a conflict, and is spewing such insults even when one is not in agitated state, I already know who is in the right and who is in the wrong. Keep up the good work, Matto, I believe in you.

[@something_thatsounds_emo4329]

Matt is like the Kendrick of KZbin beef he Hates reactions Chanel’s and the second the come at him he drops an fire video dissecting them 😭🙏

[@Yeetdaddy96]

Dark viper lore drop

[@AdmiralJacob]

You have too many bookmarks Matto, now I'm not sure if I should invest in cheese or not...

[@Jeffs_Trove]

30:31 "matto reacting to matto" LOL

[@JayMaverick]

Regarding "relentless attacks" or whatever. I recently subscribed to Theo's channel because I'm learning programming and his channel came recommended. I did consider leaving a comment on Theo's video to call out his horrendous behavior. But instead I took a deep breath, unsubscribed to all of his stuff and went on with my day. These persecution complex weirdos want nothing more than to get hate.