Why Skeppy's Career Has Been Dying
Summary
TLDRThe video delves into the dramatic decline in viewership of Minecraft YouTuber Skippy, from over a hundred million views per month in mid-2020 to less than 10 million recently. It explores the impact of accusations of video fakery, involvement in scams, and failure to pay artists and competition winners. Additionally, it examines the shift in video quality and style, and the controversial friendship with fellow YouTuber A6D, which led to the disintegration of their popular trio. The video also addresses the broader implications of these events on Skippy's reputation and content, suggesting a possible connection between the controversies and the drop in viewership.
Takeaways
- 📉 The viewership of Skeppy's YouTube channel has drastically fallen from over a hundred million views per month in mid-2020 to less than 10 million per month recently.
- 🔍 Skeppy's reputation has been negatively impacted by accusations of faking videos, being involved in scams on Fiverr, and not paying artists or competition winners.
- 🤝 Skeppy's initial rise in popularity was fueled by collaborations with fellow Minecraft YouTuber a6d, which led to the formation of the group known as 'the trio'.
- 💡 The beginning of Skeppy's reputation decline was due to his association with a6d, who was accused of various forms of discrimination and inappropriate behavior.
- 🗣️ A6d defended himself against the accusations on Twitter, but his explanations and past statements led to further controversy and backlash.
- 📹 Evidence of Skeppy's video fabrications came to light when a6d exposed that their initial meeting video was staged, and other instances of potential deceit were questioned by the community.
- 💸 Skeppy faced allegations of not paying artists for their work and competition winners, which he addressed by stating that those not paid had not requested payment.
- 📢 Skeppy's content and personality changes, including a shift to a more intense and fast-paced editing style, have been met with mixed reactions from his audience.
- 🚫 Skeppy has been criticized for making inappropriate jokes and facing allegations of past abusive behavior, which he has vehemently denied.
- 🔧 The cumulative effect of the controversies and changes in content has led to a decline in viewership and a shift in the perception of Skeppy's channel.
Q & A
What was the initial reason for Skeppy's viewership decline?
-Skeppy's viewership started to decline due to a combination of factors including accusations of fake videos, involvement in scams, failure to pay artists and competition winners, and a change in video style and quality.
How did Skeppy and a6d's friendship begin?
-Skeppy and a6d's friendship began in late 2017 when a6d, being a fan of Skeppy, would regularly donate to his streams and invite him to his server for a video.
What was the original idea behind Skeppy, a6d, and Bad Boy Halo forming a group?
-Skeppy, a6d, and Bad Boy Halo formed a group to leverage their unique strengths and create content together, initially launching as the Muffin Squad and later rebranding as the Trio.
What allegations were made against a6d that led to his reputation being questioned?
-Allegations against a6d included ableism, transphobia, misogyny, and racism, stemming from a Twitter post that detailed his supposed wrongdoings.
How did a6d defend himself against the allegations on Twitter?
-a6d defended himself by explaining that he had grown to hate the Minecraft stand culture and that some of the points were taken out of context or were nonsensical.
What was the turning point that led to the disintegration of the Skeppy, a6d, and Bad Boy Halo trio?
-The turning point was when a6d posted a video exposing and destroying the credibility of Skeppy's videos, revealing that their first video together was fake.
What evidence was provided to suggest that Skeppy's videos were staged?
-Evidence included a6d's confession that their first video together was fake, Tech Tom's revelation that Skeppy faked a Fiverr video, and inconsistencies in Skeppy's videos like the 72 pizzas incident.
What were the accusations regarding Skeppy's handling of competition prizes and artist payments?
-Accusations included not paying the winners of his competitions and not compensating artists for their work, leading to public outcry and demands for transparency.
How did Skeppy respond to the accusations of not paying artists?
-Skeppy responded by stating that all artists had been paid the amounts they requested, and any issues were due to artists not asking for payment.
What was the impact of the various controversies on Skeppy's content and personality?
-The controversies led to Skeppy changing his content style and personality, which some viewers found too intense and less relatable, potentially contributing to the decline in viewership.
Outlines
📉 Decline of Skeppy's YouTube Channel
Skeppy's viewership has plummeted from over a hundred million views per month in mid-2020 to less than 10 million recently. This decline is attributed to a damaged reputation due to accusations of video fakery, involvement in scams on Fiverr, failure to pay artists and competition winners, and a shift in video quality and style. The initial decline in reputation, however, stemmed from his friendship with another Minecraft YouTuber, A6D, which began in 2017. Their collaboration led to the formation of the 'Muffin Squad', later rebranded as 'The Trio', which significantly boosted their popularity. However, allegations against A6D for being racist, misogynistic, and transphobic, along with his defense and subsequent controversy over using the N-word, led to a fallout with Skeppy, impacting Skeppy's channel.
🔍 Skeppy's Video Authenticity Questioned
A6D, amidst his own Twitter drama, exposed the inauthenticity of Skeppy's videos, revealing that their first meeting was staged. This revelation raised doubts about the legitimacy of other videos, such as one where Skeppy supposedly ordered 72 pizzas but only showed three. Tech Tom, a user who created a Fiverr ad for an anti-Skeppy server, claimed that Skeppy faked a video by never actually accessing the server he advertised, further damaging Skeppy's credibility. Skeppy's response to these allegations was to distance himself from A6D and end their friendship, leading to the disintegration of 'The Trio'.
💸 Skeppy's Controversial Business Practices
Skeppy faced further controversy for allegedly not paying winners of his events and artists whose work he used. While some claimed they were scammed out of their prizes and payments, Skeppy countered by stating that he paid all who requested it, and those who weren't paid didn't ask. This issue, along with other controversies, led to a Twitter backlash and calls for Skeppy's 'cancellation'. Despite some allegations being proven false, the cumulative effect of these events took a toll on Skeppy's image and content creation.
📉 Skeppy's Content Shift and Audience Reaction
Skeppy's content style evolved to a more intense and fast-paced format, reminiscent of Mr. Beast Gaming, which some viewers found off-putting and less relatable than his earlier work. This change, along with the controversies, led to a decline in viewership and a shift in audience sentiment. Some fans expressed nostalgia for the old Skeppy, while others criticized the new style as a copy of other YouTubers. The content's intensity and the controversies surrounding Skeppy have contributed to a change in his audience's engagement with his channel.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Viewership
💡Reputation
💡Fake Videos
💡Scams
💡Content Quality
💡Video Style
💡Minecraft YouTuber
💡Drama
💡Trolling
💡Cancel Culture
💡Personality Change
Highlights
Skippy's viewership has plummeted from over a hundred million views per month in mid-2020 to less than 10 million per month recently.
Skippy's reputation has been damaged due to accusations of faking videos, involvement in scams, and failure to pay artists and competition winners.
The friendship between Skippy and fellow Minecraft YouTuber a6d began in 2017, leading to collaborative videos and the formation of the 'Muffin Squad', later rebranded as 'The Trio'.
The drama between Skippy and a6d, including allegations of racism and misogyny against a6d, led to the disintegration of 'The Trio'.
a6d exposed that their first video together, where Skippy met his 'French number one fan', was staged and not genuine.
Tech Tom provided evidence that Skippy faked a video by creating a non-existent anti-Skippy server for a Fiverr gig.
Skippy faced backlash for not paying the winners of his events and for not compensating artists for their work.
Skippy's response to the payment controversies was that he had paid all artists who requested payment, and those who weren't paid hadn't asked for it.
Skippy's tweet joking about beating a girl in a video game sparked outrage and accusations of insensitivity.
Skippy's content and personality have changed, with some viewers missing the old, more relaxed style of his videos.
The cumulative effect of the controversies has led to a decrease in the quality and viewership of Skippy's content.
Skippy's changing video style has been compared to Mr. Beast Gaming, with some fans finding it less relatable.
The drama and allegations have had a significant impact on Skippy's channel, leading to a loss of viewers and a change in content direction.
Skippy's response to the allegations has been mixed, with some accepting his apologies and others continuing to criticize his actions.
The transcript details the timeline of events that led to the decline in Skippy's viewership and the factors contributing to it.
The impact of social media and public opinion on content creators like Skippy is highlighted through the various controversies.
Transcripts
there are countless different reasons as
to why skippy's viewership has fallen
from over a hundred million views per
month in mid-2020 to sometimes less than
10 million per month recently sure we
can make it simple by stating the
obvious skeppy's reputation has taken a
bit of a hit over the last couple of
months however more specifically we'll
be looking at the accusations and
evidence for a bunch of his videos being
fake the bizarre scams he's been
involved in on fiverr his failure to pay
both his artists and the winners of his
competitions while at the same time
examining the decreased quality and
changing video style within the content
itself the most interesting part is that
the reason behind why his reputation
began to decline in the first place is
actually completely unrelated to any of
these previously mentioned points and
was rather derived from somewhat of a
strange place his friendship with
another minecraft youtuber by the name
of a6d skippy and a6d's friendship began
back in late 2017 when skeppy's channel
sat at around 200 000 subscribers at the
time a6d had simply been a fan of skeppy
and would therefore regularly donate to
his streams claiming that he was
skeppy's number one fan however a6d
wasn't really happy with simply being a
fan so he began to invite skeppy to his
server which skeppy would join for a
video with the goal of saying how his
number one fan would react i've been
getting a ton of emails to go on this
guy's server because apparently his
friend is my quote unquote biggest fan
after joining skeppy would find out that
a6d was actually french i think this is
the guy my biggest fan that's what i was
told and he's talking in that's french
right creating a language barrier which
resulted in a hilarious video with
comments such as this guy is hilarious
please do more videos with him the
collaborations between skeppy and a6d
continued during which they would come
up with the idea that a6d should troll
skeppy's other friend by the name of bad
boy halo this led to another video
called so the french server owner
finally trolled him in which the
hilarious dynamic between these three
minecraft youtubers was put on full
display how long did this take you to
build this like 14 years what is your
bill just save 14 just 14
14
14 days 14. 14 what
yes
yes
know which one days or hours
minutes how long did it take you to
build this this is really good yeah 14.
no how no how many like is it days hours
don't just say 14 how many what 14 1
maybe
80 15
with this video also going on to gain a
view count in the millions skeppy a6d
and bad boy halo came up with a very
intelligent idea they wanted to turn
their trio into an official minecraft
group they launched initially as the
muffin squad however they'd later
rebrand to the trio in which they could
each leverage their own unique strengths
this is where skeppy's a6ds and bad boy
halo's popularity began to explode
alongside each other there were podcasts
troll videos challenges that release
trio texture packs receive their silver
play button or while skeppy's personal
channel would rocket past 2 million
subscribers it seemed like nothing was
going to bring the trio undone however
as always seems to be the case with
these minecraft youtubers some form of
allegations were just around the corner
for one of these trio members on the
20th of august 2020 an account by the
name of skye would make a post on
twitter reading things a6d has done
wrong a thread with a post referencing
four main points being ableism
transphobia misogyny and racism to be
fair to a6d some of the points made in
this thread are complete nonsense for
example the post states that because a6d
has simply defended cops in the past
he's a racist and because he said women
on twitch show their tits on streams for
views he's also a misogynist now whether
or not this activity actually
constituted racism or misogyny depends
on your personal views and is therefore
a pointless argument however it didn't
seem to matter twitter began to eat the
post up jumping on the bandwagon that
a6d was a horrible person feeling the
pressure from the whole situation a6d
would defend himself in a twitter post
explaining that he'd grown to hate the
minecraft stand culture by stating when
a6d started my only wish was to have fun
to discover a new language a new
community but then today i realized that
all i want is to find that minecraft
video idea for a week and to hope that
people aren't going to start drama about
me on twitter over dumb stuff that i
never said or was taken out of context
a6d would then go on to explain that he
thought the r word wasn't that big of a
deal stating and before continuing
because i know people are going to
compare it to the n-word the n-word is
not even remotely comparable to the
r-word even just in terms of power the
n-word has been used to dehumanize a
whole category of people while the
r-word was a medical term however a6d
would dig himself into his own grave
with this statement as he implied that
the n-word was something he couldn't say
before he'd be exposed for saying it hey
another drama yay so on this new episode
of cancelled there's me saying the
n-word so what was it well it's about
context but who cares of context anyway
right twitter with an attached photo of
as mentioned a6d saying the n-word it
stated that he was saying it because he
was testing a filter that he had set up
which would kick anyone who had said
that specific word however he'd still
receive a mostly negative response with
tweets such as there is no context
needed you shouldn't say the n-word now
you might be wondering why are we even
discussing this drama it seems
completely irrelevant from the main goal
of the video being the discussion of why
skeppy's channel has been on the decline
well it will be while a6d was feeling
the hate from this twitter drama that
presumably so the haters would focus on
someone else a6d would post a video
recording exposing and destroying the
credibility of skeppy's videos okay so
i'm telling you it's gonna be hard well
the video like the french server owner
was all fake skippy like asked me if i
could help him for a video and then i
said yes i didn't know at that point but
basically it was just uh faking having
sent him an email and then doing
basically what we did and he actually
knew who i was the whole time because he
he asked me to make the video at first
and send me a message like this remember
their first video together in which
skeppy was meeting his french number one
fan a6d for the very first time well it
turns out the whole video was fake a6d
and skeppy had actually been friends
prior to filming that video with a6d
explaining that he'd helped with
skeppy's thumbnails and editing in the
past that's also in this time that i met
skeppy we started to become friends i
made a few video editings for him and
some now suddenly things started to make
sense for example in the original french
server video a6d was supposed to be
skeppy's number one fan and had been the
one to email him asking him to join yet
when skeppy would join he was completely
oblivious to who skippy was additionally
in a past q a a6d had been asked about
why skeppy had believed the troll to
which a6d had somewhat of an unconfident
response because well as we know now he
was lying why did you troll cappy with
the french thing and how did you get
scabby to believe it
hey i was bored and he was down as a
response to the expose skeppy would
begin a live stream understandably
stating that he could no longer be
friends with a6d all i'm gonna say is
that i i can't be friends with a60 um
this has nothing to do with twitter
drama or any of that he knows why i know
why i'm willing to forgive him just not
today and i'm just leaving it is that
a60 would then host his own live stream
talking about skeppy which would deepen
the beef even further he made a stream
on me talking for like half an hour
saying things about me so that was the
only thing that really got on my nerves
a little bit the drama would also
unfortunately mark the official
disintegration of the skeppy a6d and bad
boy halo trio with skeppy stating this
isn't an easy post for me to make
however i've decided to step back from
the trio there were so many times where
i distanced myself from drama but always
found myself affiliated with it because
of the trio it was really draining for
me and that's something i don't really
want to be a part of however this wasn't
nearly the worst thing that had come
about as a result of the drama suddenly
people began to question whether or not
skeppy's other videos could have
possibly been fake for example there was
this video in which skeppy would
apparently order 72 pizzas to bad boy
halo's house yet skeppy wouldn't
actually show the entire phone call
during which he apparently ordered the
72 pizzas
hi what's the uh the most amount of
pizzas i can order i'm having a party
right now we don't have a limit oh okay
cool
all right have a good night i ordered it
then when the pizza showed up to bad boy
halo's house he'd only show three pizzas
being opened how do we know that he
didn't only order three pizzas and sit
them on top of a stack of empty boxes
plus there are only 37 pizzas in this
shot where are the other 35 pizzas that
you claim to order in both the title and
in the video a user on reddit would
notice that in another video titled i
got in a call with the scummiest owner
ever the scummy owner in the video
sounded suspiciously like his friend
zalcombe with a voice changer okay so
basically i was going through some of
skeppy's old videos i managed to find
the scummy stoner's voice sounded
exactly like zelkum so basically all you
have to do is just pitch up the voice
because he's just made his voice deeper
by turning the pitch down however all of
this was still just speculation i mean
come on there was no way they could
actually prove that any of these videos
had been faked right wrong in 2021 a
user by the name of tech tom would post
a twitter longer titled my experience
was skeppy and being scammed which began
by confidently stating that the
following is my account of my
interactions with popular minecraft
youtuber skeppy and how after being lied
to it led me to undeniable proof his
content is staged skeppy faked his
interaction on his newest fiverr video
the video in question was this one here
titled i joined an anti-skeppy server in
which as explained in the title skeppy
finds a fiver ad for an anti-skippy hate
server i was just sent this i will
invite you to anti-steppy minecraft
server about this dig calling all skeppy
haters dude are you serious why why are
you calling all skippy haters skippy
then goes on to purchase access to the
server for five dollars also mentioning
that he talked to the fiber seller prior
to purchasing access i have added the
server ip after communicating with the
fiverr legend himself i added it to my
server list followed by skeppy
apparently meeting the owner of the
anti-skippy hate server after loading in
oh what the heck this guy's joined ah
this is awkward my name is steph why is
your name skep because i despise him so
much the only thing was that this person
he met within the server wasn't really
the person who made the five ad in fact
the server he was in wasn't even the
anti-skeppy server at all it was just
some random server he had created and
faked for the purpose of the video how
do we know well the person we mentioned
previously who had written the twit
longer titled my experience with skeppy
and being scammed would take to tiktok
in a video explaining that he was the
one who created the fiverr ad for the
anti-skeppy server yet no one ever
bought access to it i've recently been
scammed by a youtuber with over 6
million subscribers you guys have
probably heard of skeppy he's pretty
popular all of his content is faked
through an interaction i've had with him
that led to a the whole sequence of
events i made this gig that you could
buy in invite to an anti-skeppy server
which i thought was kind of funny i
guess geppy thought it was pretty funny
too because he made a video on it except
he never actually went on the server in
skeppy's video he shows the package's
prices and then says he contacted the
seller and got on the server he would
have to pay to do that and here is all
the payments i've received on the
account zero you could see that he makes
it out to be that he's getting on a
server with the owner but as the person
who made this account that never
happened he's also lying about paying me
it's clearly insinuated when he shows
the packages and then goes on the server
that he paid the owner to get there but
that never happened so he went on what i
assume is a private server to record
this with this person who is not my
account this tick tock not only
definitively proved that some if not all
of skeppy's videos were fake but techton
also felt gypped that he hadn't actually
been paid for access to the server and
while not being paid five dollars wasn't
really that big of a deal at around the
same point in time it would be revealed
that skeppy had been scamming his
audience in more than one way for
example this thread would surface on the
invaded lands forum titled i got scammed
on a skeppy event which stated i won a
pvp lens event a few weeks ago yet
didn't get my prize skeppy told me i
would get it in about 48 hours yet it's
literally been weeks i've been checking
my paypal daily but i definitely haven't
gotten anything i'm really worried about
this and desperately have been trying to
get in contact but have nothing i have
proof i won the event and gave the right
information did i get scammed proof
literally just watched his building
competition video i won for the
watermelon build another user by the
name of chubby dog would then add to
this by stating i got scammed by skeppy
2. he was doing his first to find and
kill him event on invaded and the winner
got overlord and so he started and i
found him and killed him but he said i
forgot to start recording and so he
didn't even give me it skeppy big
scammer however it wasn't only
competition winners that hadn't been
paid by skeppy now recently skeppy has
been under fire for apparently not
paying his artist there were posts such
as this one reading a few people are
dming me asking about this so i better
just tweet about it no i was not paid
for the happy hoodie i was not asked if
i wanted to get paid nor asked
permission for paradigm to use it
however skeppy did have a pretty
reasonable response to these accusations
stating that all artists had been paid
the amounts that they requested and
anyone who hadn't been paid was because
they hadn't asked for payment i cannot
read minds i can't know what you want if
you don't tell me that's just simply
impossible
and i want to give you what you want i
want to over deliver i want everyone to
walk away from a situation being happy
but situations that came up today were
purely impossible for me to fix because
i was never told that there was any sort
of request shortly thereafter another
tweet would be posted by an account
named roris which read as a general
update three of the public artists have
been reached out to and have had their
issues and payment resolved by skeppy
personally the feedback from these
interactions appears positive skippy's
response called the twitter outrage but
only momentarily by this point it seemed
like there was always another issue
waiting for skeppy around every single
corner here we go again twitter is back
at it trying to cancel a minecraft
youtuber because they made a joke this
time the problematic content in question
was a tweet made by skeppy reading in
today's video i'll be beating a girl
followed by in bed wars resulting in a
new wave of hate against skeppy please
block me if you thought the joke skeppy
made was funny skippy would then delete
the tweet before posting a subtle
apology video to his second channel i
deleted the tweet because i genuinely
did not mean any disrespect toward
anyone in any way whatsoever if you know
me even a little bit that's not who i am
and if you have no idea what i'm talking
about basically i tweeted out this title
i used as a video and i basically dug my
own grave on twitter long story short
it's completely my fault i know that now
and it was just absolutely unnecessary
but i genuinely did not mean it in any
sort of negative way and i take it back
if i still can i just want to say i'm
genuinely so sorry however his response
to the drama only prompted his audience
to dig further for more damning tweets
they'd find posts such as this one
reading call my girl playstation because
she's five as well as a video in which
skeppy had said the f slur however the
worst thing to have come about as a
result of this cancellation attempt was
someone creating a burner account to
create a long string of fake allegations
stating that scepie had abused them as a
child to which skeppy would respond
stating this is absolutely ridiculous
i've never laid a finger on anyone ever
more than half of your story does not
align with my upbringing and i seriously
can't believe the extent some people go
to to bring others down this is complete
slander and defamation everything that
skeppy had been through began to have a
clear effect on his content and
personality there were tweets such as
who the hell told skaper to change his
entire personality while others such as
tommy innit stated that he used to enjoy
skeppy's videos yet had stopped watching
as the content had become too intense
now i'm not gonna lie i used to i used
to watch all of scappy's videos all of
them and he uploaded twice a day by
clicking this button right here this is
very intense just all right i hate to
say i miss the old skipping i'm not a
big fan of the the hyper editors in your
favor you know i feel like i could die
and i don't want to die it's a good
point skeppy's new style feels like a
bit of a mr beast gaming rip-off it's
fast-paced nature is void of that
relaxing relatability that was present
in the early days of his channel yet
it's hard to say if this has been a
positive or a negative as maybe if he
had never changed anything his
viewership might be even lower than it
is currently
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