TheScore Esports Just Ripped Off My Most Popular Video

[@SlushTV]

Of course the one time I do a camera video I have a dermatitis flare up lol

[@ashya1]

Slush Please hire some people just like you and ramp up the pace of videos Then you can grow your channel and no one can steal your content then you can copyright your content Ive been sub to this channel since video" history of shroud " dropped , year ago bro I want to see your channel grow man

[@WhelmedCupCake]

u still gorgeous

[@sunderkeenin]

I was wondering why when I watched that TheScore esports video I thought I had literally watched it before.

[@lh7666]

Well, leaving me with that dermatitis cliff hanger earned you a new subscriber

[@Metallah23]

Guess they're ripping off other people as well. It makes me wonder why they bother to cover about pass events, almost all the time. So this why they do it. If I'm gonna copy someone's else homework. This is how I'd do it. But it's shameless and they got away with it. This is so undeniably the same!

[@CZsWorld]

Dude, I'm glad you made this video. I have the same issue with a company called ScreenRant. 5M+ subs and they rip off my videos making it very obvious. Just re-narrati ng my script. You inspired me to make a video. I'll probably mention your situation too.

[@SlushTV]

I hope it goes well dude! It saddens me to see that this is more prevalent than I realized.

[@salmahussein9040]

Slush ello

[@Vexxed]

100% plagiarized.

[@dylanramsey7838]

Bro I thought North Korea got you

[@crump2072]

upload homie

[@Kircic]

he's alive

[@knownbyFox]

As shity as this is, yours was WAY superior. Did you a little shoutout on Twitter the other week, looking forward to future content Slush

[@RealTaIk]

They made a video half a year before he did his one in which they used all the clips he used as well. Are you going to say now that he ripped their video off, too? If not, then you are a hypocrite.

[@TheRealBot001]

TBH watching both fully, this seems drama for drama sake. "It's not just the premise but its the dialogue in the video, the clips used in the video" It defiantly seems like it is a case of two vids covering the same premise. As both are telling the same non fictional story and you'll be able to draw some comparisons but watching both the scripts are definitely different. There are similar clips used at points, but if you where doing such a story and including clips (something both TheScore and Slush do as part of the style of their videos) Some such as the fortnite rant and Sea of Thieves cosplay I think are pretty much guaranteed to be used by anyone as they are very famous well known highlights/moments. Sympathy goes out to Slush though, must feel bad to feel like your work was stolen, but in this case I think the similarities can be chalked up to a mix of it being effectively a news story so relaying similar facts and the clips aspect being coincidence due to how popular and well know they are (it wasn't like every clip was the same) Perhaps I'm being Naïve and overly optimistic in regards to my opinion of Escore, what do you all think?

[@AOGPlays]

@@TheRealBot001 Slush sent a copy of his script and the Script is much too similar from what i saw of Upper Echelon Gamers coverage of the scripth. Add that thescore has had plagerism before and said that it wasn't yet removed 40% of the video said to be on plagerised content.

[@kvoordex4704]

It's sad to see huge channels blatantly stealing content from small youtubers...

[@eternal_hangnail]

I guess the dude from IGN found another job

[@servomuzak1620]

Immediately what I thought of when I saw this

[@EinManU]

@@servomuzak1620 ye same

[@method2122]

Lmao

[@E92Harold]

I saw it uploaded and I literally thought to myself, "wait, havent I seen this before?" , then realized you had done a way better version ages ago

[@JetBizzle]

I think this is a huge win for your channel. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. If this big company thinks your style is so good they are copying it?! You are definitely doing something right my man! Keep up the great work!

[@Snow-el7yp]

say that to thorin with more than 27 video with his stuff coppied and use multiple times lmao. They are just using his stuff cause he can't do anything to fight them.

[@ethanrivers287]

Lol all I could think of when I saw it lol literallly jacked the idea lol

[@jasonkim3657]

This aint cool. Man I lost a lot of respect for them

[@chasny4588]

What kind of respect you could have for a corporate yt channel anyway?

[@jasonkim3657]

Kenzie idk I used to watch their content cuz it was good but know I don’t know if it was even theirs

[@crossdagostino5778]

Never subbed nway just watching them stealing content then go to original then sub the real content creator

[@BladeGamester]

The score is that kid in class who asks to see your essay for reference and just copies the whole damn thing, but switches a few words with synonyms.

[@SlushTV]

Love you Brian

[@comradezach]

The biggest issue is the kid in this case doesn’t ask and tries to pass it off as his original work

[@masonwhite9346]

I don’t think The Score esports copied the summit video you made. You could argue that they used similar clips and similar wording but they had to retell the same story and the wordings weren’t that similar until the had to be. The point of the summit video by the score was to recap what summit did due to his rise playing Valorant right now. Only 2-3 minutes of the scores video covered what summit did in the past. Some parts do sound familiar but if anything it feels like they trying to not copy you. And the reason he is playing Valorant is because he is pulling in good views, the video game is popular, and he loves it. Idk about other videos but this is my take on this situation.

[@AOGPlays]

Script is too similar from what i saw of Upper Echelon Gamers coverage of a script sent to him by slush. Add that thescore has had plagerism before and said that it wasn't yet removed 40% of the video said to be on plagerised content.

[@masonwhite9346]

@AOG Plays good point. They might have stumbled across Slush’s video when writing the script for the recap on what summit was doing prior to VALORANT. I still don’t think it is as bad as some people are saying it is but I am going to stick with what I think until The Score Esports releases a response

[@JamesJani]

Damn, sucks to hear that Slush, I really love your videos and it’s a shame that there isn’t much you can do to combat theScore. At least your Summit video generated a ton of views regardless🙏

[@gbay99]

This actually happened with one of my own videos too (my vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6a0h2OmjrqegLM - thescore: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4LdmmSjqKmNpbM) The funny thing is they don't really know how to do much other than read a script stating basic facts so they completely miss the magic of what it is they're trying to talk about lol.

[@SlushTV]

Couldn't agree more and I appreciate you coming forward with this. It would seem that my worries were correct sadly.

[@Ireknee]

Someone commented on thescore’s video that you made a much more thorough video

[@vshadow1115]

Do have any specific moments for you that stand out has shown that it was plagiarized and not just someone making a video on the same topic because I looked at both and they seemed pretty different.

[@BrowniePostgame]

Slush, I'm really glad you made this video. I'm a small channel myself and have had my top video ripped off by other channels, including Barstool. I'm unsubbing from them TheScore Esports now. Sick of these corporations ripping off independent content creators.

[@Hujyn100]

Found another situation where a content creator had one of there articles re-written by TheScore. Here's the link to their video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foWUaqFjpMmMgJY

[@emmbeesea]

KZbin isn't fair. It's been on a downward spiral for a quite a few years. At the end of the day, do what makes you happy. Cheers Slush.

[@SavvyStrings]

This is crazy, but it's way more mind blowing that this channel still has under 100k subs

[@AveragePixel]

theScore a Multimedia Broadcasting Company have worse camera equipment than you

[@thatkamz]

In their defense, its recorded from home because of the pandemic. Their usual camera has really good quality. Now about stealing the idea/video, thats shitty

[@spacecowboy1550]

theScore: can I copy your hw Slush: yeah just make it a little different

[@EinManU]

Wouldve been nice if they asked..

[@OptimalShot]

Slush: no theScore: proceeds to punch Slush and rip the work out of his hands

[@defaulted9485]

theScore : "No, I don't think I will."

[@ashya1]

Slush Please hire some people just like you and ramp up the pace of videos Then you can grow your channel and no one can steal your content then you can copyright your content Ive been sub to this channel since video" history of shroud " dropped , year ago bro I want to see your channel grow man

[@demkikun7783]

Yea when I saw the video in my feed I was like "Hey, this video is a little too similar to Slush's".

[@andyrob6565]

It’s like that fake badabun Mario speedrun video

[@bwc]

Can you upload a side by side on like bitchute or something so there's like a realtime comparison

[@Blordow]

The thing about big corporate channels is that it's multiple people collaborating on these videos. Hard to pinpoint who is responsible exactly for taking your idea and changing the homework a little bit, but the writer of said video is some nobody with the handle @Smashhh. Though it could of been someone higher up who referred them to your video first for inspiration. It's just really hard to know and they probably think they're smart for changing the wording a little and just adding updated content to the concept of the video. Sickens me that bigger channels have the audacity to hunt smaller channels and think they can get away with it. Sadly it's the world we live in, and it happens in all forms of online media, from writing, artwork, music. Just know man, you alone, have the writing and video production skills way higher than channels who have inflated numbers and have hired many people to get them there. Take that and continue making content friend.

[@thornorium8983]

It’s like they just found out what a thesaurus is.

[@BionikleFG]

While they are similar, we have to acknowledge the fact that you guys were talking about the same subject material so there was bound to be similarity. I will say though that certain clips from there video do cause concern, I'm just not sure I want to call it plagiarism just yet. However, we should probably comb through their other videos to see if they have made other similar videos to other youtubers.

[@crossdagostino5778]

That Doc vid though Doc credited Slush for a vid that TheScore got. Wait I'll comb the timestamp

[@crossdagostino5778]

Start at 8:48

[@whothoughtthiswasagoodidea]

Basically the homework copying meme.

[@human683]

XD

[@ConductUnbecoming17]

Here from Scarce. I hope they fire the guy responsible. It's inexcusable. With all those resources they have, they couldn't come up with an original idea. Hang in there bro. This is spreading around quickly.

[@PaulShi]

I thought it was weird when I watched that video and I felt like I’ve seen it before. In other news, I’m excited for your next video Slush

[@hiavl]

this just seems like the same situation as the Dead Cells review IGN posted that ripped off of a smaller youtuber. i personally really enjoyed theScore's videos, but this is incredibly unfair and frustrating. i really enjoyed your summit1g video, hope you'll get some sort of justice out of this.

[@oraclegear1687]

I mean you guys covered the same story in the same format. They do this all the time. Id understand more if it was word for word copy pasted but honestly I think its just a coincidence.

[@EinManU]

watch both videos again - they used the same wording and talked about WAYY too similar stuff in the same order. This is no coincidence.

[@Seventhkeyblade]

@@EinManU Its like they are covering the same story / timeline of events. Same shit. I dont even like either party. Shits the same topic so of course its going to be similar.

[@AOGPlays]

@@Seventhkeyblade Script is too similar from what i saw of Upper Echelon Gamers coverage of a script sent to him by slush. Add that thescore has had plagerism before and said that it wasn't yet removed 40% of the video said to be on plagerised content.

[@Seventhkeyblade]

@@AOGPlays I don't agree. It's similar because it's the same story. You can't deny that it's the same over exaggerated story with the best clips from 1g hyping on stream. Guy is over reaching.

[@crossdagostino5778]

And Slush got the research data. .theScore doe, nothing cause if they'd show Slush's data, that'd be obvious 😂😂😂🔥

[@noahdomingo1162]

Legit I thought you just reuploaded the vid with a changed title when I saw it. Now I'm just disappointed in theScore

[@rayax2805]

It’s really shitty when a large company does this. Especially when you have no idea how many people they’ve done this to and it’s hard to tell. CZsWorld had this happen to him and he mentioned your situation so I came to check your videos out. Love it so far.

[@JoeyVSupreme]

TheScore is basically the Kotaku of “eSports”. Especially when it comes to siege. It’s more of scripted talking heads pushing points they don’t know about. Big up to your summit video, and sorry they just copied and pasted it.

[@nightraven5760]

csgo videos are shit too. Its literally only accurate on a few fortnite things, but even then my friends who were just off the fortnite world cup finals were telling me how bullshit they are. They are utter ass and their current presenters are rubbish

[@nightraven5760]

oh, and as a die hard smash player, whos competed a shit ton, knows so much about the series and more (have been literally playing melee since i was 7), they do not know CRAP about the game. Their stories are aids, and their ice climbers and bayo videos are more simple than cuppa soup (at least cuppa soup gets what they do right)

[@JoeyVSupreme]

I feel like in the last 10 years, gaming has become industrialized. Where you have massive corporations like Kotuka, TheScore, and etc. who’re moving into a massively potential industry, yet don’t know anything about it. Their videos always seem so lackluster and have this air of being falsely informed. I’m happy it wasn’t just me noticing the lack of quality in their content.

[@WiiLord95]

The History of TheScore Esports??

[@WiiLord95]

(From the research you said you were going to do at the end of the video you’ll probably have enough material for it I think)

[@avery4544]

what microphone do you use it looks nice is it a neumann

[@SlushTV]

It's an m-audio nova class a FET, quite old but still getting the job done for now

[@avery4544]

@@SlushTV oh it looks nice thank u for responding

[@ripjoerogan1252]

Lol at people saying the guy didn’t do it. It sounded like he copied an essay and googled for different words to use. Example 4:10 a new priority in mind = new mindset. All I needed to hear. He deff copies you.

[@EinManU]

Its the people that dont know sludge, are bored, want to annoy someone and are too lazy to even compare the videos. Saw 4 of those scrolling down to your comment already :(

[@EpicChivers]

Really like your videos and hate the laziness and lack of creativity from these mediocre tech journalists... Keep making your original content and we'll support the true creatives on this platform.

[@smoov22_sonic]

If I wasn't banned from LSF I'd post this there

[@dar9695]

does lsf allow these type of posts?

[@user-s9eu8ce9fw]

@@dar9695 What is LSF?

[@loserface9556]

I remember watching your video last year and i thought it was great. I really appreciate the effort you put into it. It’s pretty disgusting to see such a well known company stoop this low.

[@MasterEth]

I know of some people that do this exact thing and it sickens me...

[@Matt-hh5ul]

Isn't the first or last time the score esports will do something like this considering they've already had interview drama with karrrigan and pronax, hope this never happens again.

[@CreedDesign]

What mic are you using?

[@unknowndayglo7455]

i don't know, a lot of that TheScore video seemed like rehashed script from their The Story of Summit1G from last year, just more focused. I watched and enjoyed both

[@Alystairre]

Dang this sucks. Anywho Im super excited for the newgrounds episode!

[@crab6084]

damn i used to think that theScore was a great channel too ):

[@XX-ep5xt]

Still a great channel they all have script writers so I imagine there's a writer who just decided to say fuck it and plagiarized Slush.

[@EinManU]

same :(

[@secxserr]

@@XX-ep5xt Its not the first time theyve done it though..

[@crab6084]

@@XX-ep5xt True, but its the channels responsibility to make sure stuff like this doesnt happen

[@vshadow1115]

@@secxserr What are the other examples?

[@Lacerated1DJ3]

I have never been so disgusted at a company as I am today.

[@debater6673]

It's the same story, the same timeline. So idk maybe it was going to sound the same

[@LuizDexterl]

That sucks dude. But watch out for the clips from their video, they can copystrike you by using their scenes, even thoug its a copy from yours. YT is a mess dealing whit copystrikes, you should know, you're a creator.

[@GlinkBetweenWorlds]

Aside from the blatant plagiarism, the other tragedy here is that by nature of being a big network, their narrator is just an actor, he has no connection to the story or video, the editor the same, and so on. Individuals like you have a closer connection with the material they are talking about. This the downside of selling out and being corporate, you lose the human perspective.

You made the right decision in making this video as these kind of things are just greedy and filthy by big companies like this one. Kudos to you man - keep up the work of making this kind of content!

[@Azazel5021]

Knowing how many videos they make weekly, i'm not surprised.

[@AadetTube]

Anyone here from Thorin?

[@XX-ep5xt]

Wow, just watched like 5 minutes because I was like well I mean his story can't be changed when talking about past events but then as Devin spoke it became more and more clear that they listened to your video copied your script and made a few changes like they were an 8th grader looking at cliffnotes.

[@laojk1055]

Slush: *makes a video* TheScore: ITS FREE REAL ESTATE

[@edmidster]

Get attention to it, as much as i hate drama channels, it really needs it. Also, thescore is one of the most untrustwordy channels in YT tbh

[@uptown-p]

ive had to deal with people stealing my stuff before but damn, this is harsh :(

[@TuxeoMelee]

Hey man, totally agree its messed up. But no one really has to right to say anything here beside Summit himself. At the end of the day, Summit is the only one who has the right to his story. Def a dick move tho.

[@ethogames423]

I dead ass checked this because i watched theirs, then yours then i checked the dates like "oh sh*t, they yoinked it"

[@Skiz0id]

You're a legend, Slush!

[@ReallyUnexplainable]

I am just at 6 minutes in, but I have something to say.. Don't you think the two videos might look similar because you are recounting the same story? How he started, what changed him, the come back, the rise, and so on. It's the same linear story, and those are all important pieces of it. They sound as similar as two pieces on a newspaper about the same news. What did you expect exactly?

[@Rappsody1]

ReallyExplained

[@ReallyUnexplainable]

@@Rappsody1 ahah never heard that one before

[@EinManU]

watch both videos again - they used the same wording and talked about WAYY too similar stuff in the same order. This is no coincidence.

[@ReallyUnexplainable]

@@EinManU It's a linear documentary-style biography. If you get 2 historians to write the life of Julius Caesar for example, they'll come up with about the same story worded differently. But still, I am not denying they might have copied the video in some way, but still.. that's summit's story. It's not like they can flip it around and make up shit.. those are the events.

[@EinManU]

@@ReallyUnexplainable The problem is, slush didnt go in chronological order in his, and thescore COINCIDENTALLY picked like 10 points to talk about in the same order. Yes, maybe they could be coincidentally be somewhat similar - but not to that extent. The chances of them doing stuff in the EXACT SAME ORDER is 10 to the power of 10. (aka 1:10000000000) - and if they hit that, they shouldve gone and play the lottery.

[@Sinn0100]

I was sent here by Jeremy from The Quartering. I just wanted you to know that we support you Slush! Upvote and subscribed! ;)

[@EndGameEnt]

As a journalist, plagiarism disgusts me. Yes, we often cover similar stories around the same time but doing something so blatant is a totally different story. Journalistic integrity is key and you have it when the Score doesn't. It's okay to steal a topic but going nearly word for word is disturbing.

[@missingxpersons8185]

no hate at all intended but in all reality both videos are basically “biography pieces” about summits streaming. So is it bad for multiple channels to do pieces based around someone’s history? I mean how many ways can you say that “he played this game... had an obvious impact on his mental health (insert absolutely necessary context clip of summit raging about fortnite).... takes a break... returns to streaming to play what he wants not what is popular (sea of thieves for example (insert of of the most viewed SoT chips from his channel)).....etc. like if this was a completely original topic being covered then obviously it is a different story but in reality you are both just third party explaining the story of someone else. Would love to have an open conversation with anyone about it :)

[@EinManU]

Man, i liked thescore - why they gotta do this :(

[@benk6153]

I love all your content, but I would love to see a new melee video.

[@SlushTV]

There will come a day that I do another Melee video for sure

[@thyotherside]

Your videos are really good, what do you expect Slush? You're gonna set trends with your videos. People are going to look and aspire to make videos like yours it's inevitable. I've watched both of the videos and yours is better. Your research, writing, and editing alone are hands down too much to be matched. Just keep making more is all I know!

[@mifftyislive]

I initially thought that theScore's video was yours because I assumed that a really high profile company like them would have uploaded a higher quality video.

[@KaLionVsTheWorld]

This is so scummy, typical for a company like this. Too bad these type of channels cannot be flagged for such plagiarism.

[@TheDungeon11]

what a scumbag of a company, sorry this happened.

[@iamnin0]

anyone here after scarce’s video?

[@KataokaTV]

The balls on those guys at thescore esports, copying the idea of a video that already has more than 3 million views

[@onunnuno]

Now i know why the video sounded familiar...

[@BadDawg75]

Great story and I'm interested in any followup videos you have concerning this. I found your channel from this story as covered by Upper Echelon Gamers .

[@del46_60]

Seems like they have some lazy editors. Wouldn't be surprised if they are sourcing material from other channels too.

[@mattschtik8622]

Thanks to Jeremy at the Quartering I found your channel.

[@aboltron6194]

Make a documentary about thescore esports ripping off a ton of small KZbin channels. Would be an amazing documentary, and would probably catch the attention of news outlets. People jump on this plagiarism shit all the time. Take em down Slush! I love the content

[@demkikun7783]

#JusticeForSlush

[@bubalackgaming8892]

I wonder if thescore is gonna make a video responding to this

[@vDeadbolt]

TheScore e-sports actually does a good job making high quality, original videos. Only when it's about e-sports. But 50 percent of their content consists of KZbin/Twitch content creators that they have no reason to make videos on, unless they want those views. Their non e-sport videos are dog shit. No one gives a shit, but hey. We worship the twitch/youtube gods so we gotta consume.

[@jbawg]

I disagree, there wrong for stealing content from other creators but it's still good and entertaining content. Maybe ur just not intrested in internet/twitch culture so it's not for you.

[@vDeadbolt]

@@jbawg because watching twitch is the same as competitive esports. It's lazy content, that garners views. It's like espn reporting on Tryone from middle school because he has million followers on instagram. He plays street basketball tho.

[@amine1644]

gbay99 just mentioned you in his last video

[@maxthreshold]

As i was watching thescore's video about summit, i have to say your video instantly came into mind. I was wondering how you felt about it 😂

[@gary259]

The only updated their own "the story of summit 1G" from also over a year ago...

[@ScrubbyPF]

But if u go back to the video the story if summit, they say the things they said in the video, and they published it in Sept 2018

[@jessicaharper7471]

Who came here after CZs World’s ScreenRant Video?

[@99Ruken]

In my opinion they should hire you and the other KZbinrs to make videos for them

[@NarcolepticNerdProductions]

unsubscribed from the score and subscribed to you. Looking forward to watching your content :D

[@_FoxHoleCharlie_]

Hey man can I copy your homework? Sure, just change it a little bit.

[@dapyzzz4209]

More like Hey, can I copy your homework? No. Okay I will anyway, don't worry I'll change it up a bit.

[@echo2413]

Tbh i love theScore Esports channel but yeah it was pretty cringe to copy your video like that.

[@matasramrezdaz1880]

hey but that is a story is it?

[@kerfunkyonyoutube845]

The score, watchmojo and all those channels will rip content and repeat as many videos for ad revenue. They're KZbin channels made for ads only.

[@mayhemtv4673]

Its Clearly obvious you're just one of them SNEAKY time travelers and obviously have came back from the future with the knowledge of their video and its success and wanted to capitalize on it. I dont blame you though, my future looks pretty bleeek. Subbed

[@rossmurrayfam1568]

That crazy man glad u got this sorted great video bro!!

[@loungegod]

This video makes me sad

[@darthsader7089]

These fools just went full Filip Miucin, you never go full Filip Miucn, you shouldn't even go anywhere near a Filip Miucin

[@petermeagher9375]

Claim and strike, it’s not ok

[@Jack_OutsideTheBox]

TheScore more like TheSnore

[@TeeJ182]

I came here via the Quartering. Now subbed. :)

[@AceHardy]

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