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Al is just Weird, no need to get offensive...
 
 

Redragon K631 PRO keyboard and Tangerine 62G switches.  The keyboard is hotswappable with 3 and 5 pin switches, I've already applied them to the keyboard.  Love how these switches feel!

Redragon K631 PRO keyboard and Tangerine 62G switches.  The keyboard is hotswappable with 3 and 5 pin switches, I've already applied them to the keyboard.  Love how these switches feel!

My LGS had a huge sale today!  It was their 20th anniversary and they had all games and systems 50% off and all movies and TV shows at 75% off.  Picked up a few things I was wanting, got the Pokémon SwSh Switch Lite for $90!  

Now that's it's been a couple days, my take is that, yeah, I'm glad GN called out LTT.  Could it have been done better?  Sure, but it needed to be done.
 
LTT's inaccuracies are part of the reason I stopped watching LTT altogether.  Their employee(s?) trying to call out GN and HU on testing and accuracy was laughable at best. What they did to Billet Labs was just disgusting, and how they reviewed that mouse was also laughable, especially since from certain angles on the video for it, you can tell there's still plastic on the feet. 
 
Linus's rant on here was just a nothing burger, it was gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. He felt attacked and considering how passionate he is about LMG, I can understand why.  But having watched GN's original video a couple times now, it's clear he wasn't attacking LTT, he was voicing his concerns.  He mentioned during the warranty debacle that LTT/LMG would be treated like any other corporation from then on, and that's what he did. 
 
Steve's follow up also wasn't bad, it was straight to the point, he said what he had to say, and left the ball in LTT's court. 
 
As for that apology video...
Lmao, lol even.
It is one of the videos of all time. Idk what it is about it, it felt forced. Some of it felt genuine, most of it felt fake AF. The new CEO being front and center at the beginning was smart, I felt since the beginning of this whole thing he should have been the one doing the talking, not Linus. The first joke about sponsors was fine, I know a lot of people have been arguing about that on reddit and twitter.  Breaks up the tension and eases the viewer into a video with a heavy topic. The LTT store plug, and showing off a new screwdriver color wave people can buy though? Not the time and/or place, and made most of the video feel fake and like "we just want to put this behind us, buy our merch uwu," and the sponsor joke again at the end was a little much, but that's not as egregious as the LTT store plug/ad, or the monitizing of the video itself. Luke and the new CEO felt genuine to me, so did Yvonne. Someone should have kept Linus on a tighter leash though, or not had him in the video at all, he just went right back to gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. 
 
As for the Madison situation, I don't have a huge opinion on it yet, I hope her the best, and I won't attack her or go after her or LTT over the allegations, I'll simply wait to see how that plays out in court (if it goes to court or settlement).
 
All in all, I feel like GN did the youtube tech community a favor, a lot of viewers had been saying this stuff to LTT for a long time, so have their employees apparently according to the "employees answers" video, but Linus and other leadership didn't listen until a peer of theirs in the community called them on it.

Now that's it's been a couple days, my take is that, yeah, I'm glad GN called out LTT.  Could it have been done better?  Sure, but it needed to be done.
 
LTT's inaccuracies are part of the reason I stopped watching LTT altogether.  Their employee(s?) trying to call out GN and HU on testing and accuracy was laughable at best. What they did to Billet Labs was just disgusting, and how they reviewed that mouse was also laughable, especially since from certain angles on the video for it, you can tell there's still plastic on the feet. 
 
Linus's rant on here was just a nothing burger, it was gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. He felt attacked and considering how passionate he is about LMG, I can understand why.  But having watched GN's original video a couple times now, it's clear he wasn't attacking LTT, he was voicing his concerns.  He mentioned during the warranty debacle that LTT/LMG would be treated like any other corporation from then on, and that's what he did. 
 
Steve's follow up also wasn't bad, it was straight to the point, he said what he had to say, and left the ball in LTT's court. 
 
As for that apology video...
Lmao, lol even.
It is one of the videos of all time. Idk what it is about it, it felt forced. Some of it felt genuine, most of it felt fake AF. The new CEO being front and center at the beginning was smart, I felt since the beginning of this whole thing he should have been the one doing the talking, not Linus. The first joke about sponsors was fine, I know a lot of people have been arguing about that on reddit and twitter.  Breaks up the tension and eases the viewer into a video with a heavy topic. The LTT store plug, and showing off a new screwdriver color wave people can buy though? Not the time and/or place, and made most of the video feel fake and like "we just want to put this behind us, buy our merch uwu," and the sponsor joke again at the end was a little much, but that's not as egregious as the LTT store plug/ad, or the monitizing of the video itself. Luke and the new CEO felt genuine to me, so did Yvonne. Someone should have kept Linus on a tighter leash though, or not had him in the video at all, he just went right back to gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. 
 
As for the Madison situation, I don't have a huge opinion on it yet, I hope her the best, and I won't attack her or go after her or LTT over the allegations, I'll simply wait to see how that plays out in court (if it goes to court or settlement).
 
All in all, I feel like GN did the youtube tech community a favor, a lot of viewers had been saying this stuff to LTT for a long time, so have their employees apparently according to the "employees answers" video, but Linus and other leadership didn't listen until a peer of theirs in the community called them on it.

Now that's it's been a couple days, my take is that, yeah, I'm glad GN called out LTT.  Could it have been done better?  Sure, but it needed to be done.
 
LTT's inaccuracies are part of the reason I stopped watching LTT altogether.  Their employee(s?) trying to call out GN and HU on testing and accuracy was laughable at best. What they did to Billet Labs was just disgusting, and how they reviewed that mouse was also laughable, especially since from certain angles on the video for it, you can tell there's still plastic on the feet. 
 
Linus's rant on here was just a nothing burger, it was gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. He felt attacked and considering how passionate he is about LMG, I can understand why.  But having watched GN's original video a couple times now, it's clear he wasn't attacking LTT, he was voicing his concerns.  He mentioned during the warranty debacle that LTT/LMG would be treated like any other corporation from then on, and that's what he did. 
 
Steve's follow up also wasn't bad, it was straight to the point, he said what he had to say, and left the ball in LTT's court. 
 
As for that apology video...
Lmao, lol even.
It is one of the videos of all time. Idk what it is about it, it felt forced. Some of it felt genuine, most of it felt fake AF. The new CEO being front and center at the beginning was smart, I felt since the beginning of this whole thing he should have been the one doing the talking, not Linus. The first joke about sponsors was fine, I know a lot of people have been arguing about that on reddit and twitter.  Breaks up the tension and eases the viewer into a video with a heavy topic. The LTT store plug, and showing off a new screwdriver color wave people can buy though? Not the time and/or place, and made most of the video feel fake and like "we just want to put this behind us, buy our merch uwu," and the sponsor joke again at the end was a little much, but that's not as egregious as the LTT store plug/ad, or the monitizing of the video itself. Luke and the new CEO felt genuine to me, so did Yvonne. Someone should have kept Linus on a tighter leash though, or not had him in the video at all, he just went right back to gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. 
 
As for the Madison situation, I don't have a huge opinion on it yet, I hope her the best, and I won't attack her or go after her or LTT over the allegations, I'll simply wait to see how that plays out in court (if it goes to court or settlement).
 
All in all, I feel like GN did the youtube tech community a favor, a lot of viewers had been saying this stuff to LTT for a long time, so have their employees apparently according to the "employees answers" video, but Linus and other leadership didn't listen until a peer of theirs in the community called them on it.

I still have some old boards and components lying aroung that have interesting colors from previous builds I did.
The left one is a Intel board with a 2600K and the left one an AMD one with a Athlon II, you can tell that at a certain point board manufacturers started being more uniform with the Intel one. 

Think I still have an old Pentium II or IV lying around that has the painted cables, but I'd have to check. 😂

Now that's it's been a couple days, my take is that, yeah, I'm glad GN called out LTT.  Could it have been done better?  Sure, but it needed to be done.
 
LTT's inaccuracies are part of the reason I stopped watching LTT altogether.  Their employee(s?) trying to call out GN and HU on testing and accuracy was laughable at best. What they did to Billet Labs was just disgusting, and how they reviewed that mouse was also laughable, especially since from certain angles on the video for it, you can tell there's still plastic on the feet. 
 
Linus's rant on here was just a nothing burger, it was gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. He felt attacked and considering how passionate he is about LMG, I can understand why.  But having watched GN's original video a couple times now, it's clear he wasn't attacking LTT, he was voicing his concerns.  He mentioned during the warranty debacle that LTT/LMG would be treated like any other corporation from then on, and that's what he did. 
 
Steve's follow up also wasn't bad, it was straight to the point, he said what he had to say, and left the ball in LTT's court. 
 
As for that apology video...
Lmao, lol even.
It is one of the videos of all time. Idk what it is about it, it felt forced. Some of it felt genuine, most of it felt fake AF. The new CEO being front and center at the beginning was smart, I felt since the beginning of this whole thing he should have been the one doing the talking, not Linus. The first joke about sponsors was fine, I know a lot of people have been arguing about that on reddit and twitter.  Breaks up the tension and eases the viewer into a video with a heavy topic. The LTT store plug, and showing off a new screwdriver color wave people can buy though? Not the time and/or place, and made most of the video feel fake and like "we just want to put this behind us, buy our merch uwu," and the sponsor joke again at the end was a little much, but that's not as egregious as the LTT store plug/ad, or the monitizing of the video itself. Luke and the new CEO felt genuine to me, so did Yvonne. Someone should have kept Linus on a tighter leash though, or not had him in the video at all, he just went right back to gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. 
 
As for the Madison situation, I don't have a huge opinion on it yet, I hope her the best, and I won't attack her or go after her or LTT over the allegations, I'll simply wait to see how that plays out in court (if it goes to court or settlement).
 
All in all, I feel like GN did the youtube tech community a favor, a lot of viewers had been saying this stuff to LTT for a long time, so have their employees apparently according to the "employees answers" video, but Linus and other leadership didn't listen until a peer of theirs in the community called them on it.

My friend had a PC I helped him build with parts found for stupid cheap.  His GPU had no backplate, but a red PCB, the MOBO was a blue PCB, RAM was green PCB, but it still performed well for the price he paid.  It was fun to look at, like he got an amazing bang for buck.  Wasn't uniform at all, but it still was neat and interesting to look at with how it turned out.

Now that's it's been a couple days, my take is that, yeah, I'm glad GN called out LTT.  Could it have been done better?  Sure, but it needed to be done.
 
LTT's inaccuracies are part of the reason I stopped watching LTT altogether.  Their employee(s?) trying to call out GN and HU on testing and accuracy was laughable at best. What they did to Billet Labs was just disgusting, and how they reviewed that mouse was also laughable, especially since from certain angles on the video for it, you can tell there's still plastic on the feet. 
 
Linus's rant on here was just a nothing burger, it was gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. He felt attacked and considering how passionate he is about LMG, I can understand why.  But having watched GN's original video a couple times now, it's clear he wasn't attacking LTT, he was voicing his concerns.  He mentioned during the warranty debacle that LTT/LMG would be treated like any other corporation from then on, and that's what he did. 
 
Steve's follow up also wasn't bad, it was straight to the point, he said what he had to say, and left the ball in LTT's court. 
 
As for that apology video...
Lmao, lol even.
It is one of the videos of all time. Idk what it is about it, it felt forced. Some of it felt genuine, most of it felt fake AF. The new CEO being front and center at the beginning was smart, I felt since the beginning of this whole thing he should have been the one doing the talking, not Linus. The first joke about sponsors was fine, I know a lot of people have been arguing about that on reddit and twitter.  Breaks up the tension and eases the viewer into a video with a heavy topic. The LTT store plug, and showing off a new screwdriver color wave people can buy though? Not the time and/or place, and made most of the video feel fake and like "we just want to put this behind us, buy our merch uwu," and the sponsor joke again at the end was a little much, but that's not as egregious as the LTT store plug/ad, or the monitizing of the video itself. Luke and the new CEO felt genuine to me, so did Yvonne. Someone should have kept Linus on a tighter leash though, or not had him in the video at all, he just went right back to gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. 
 
As for the Madison situation, I don't have a huge opinion on it yet, I hope her the best, and I won't attack her or go after her or LTT over the allegations, I'll simply wait to see how that plays out in court (if it goes to court or settlement).
 
All in all, I feel like GN did the youtube tech community a favor, a lot of viewers had been saying this stuff to LTT for a long time, so have their employees apparently according to the "employees answers" video, but Linus and other leadership didn't listen until a peer of theirs in the community called them on it.

A lot of your issues are just a "you" problem.
You bring up some decent points, sure, but they're all issues that have solutions.
 
Don't buy an ATX case, get one without a glass side panel, they still make aluminum cases.   Cable Management isn't a waste of time, it helps a lot on the off chance you do have to do some troubleshooting, but PCs are also customizable and personal by design.  You don't want to cable manage?  Then don't.  It's your build.  Who cares what others think or say? Sure, a lot of people don't like RGB.  I don't care for it, but I also don't mind ARGB, it allows me to set a color I want and it makes it easier than ever before to color code a build. Custom water cooling isn't as widespread as you think, it's still pretty niche.  You don't have to make a custom loop, I don't, and neither do most PC builders. Sure, Nvidia GPUs, but you say that as if Nvidia is the only GPU brand on the market.  AMD still makes GPUs, good GPUs at that, and Intel also recently started getting into the dedicated GPU market.  You have two other options to pick from if you're unhappy with Nvidia.   I agree that modern computers aren't as fun.  Yes, all black PCBs and black/gray/white/combination of the three make for cleaner looking builds, but I miss the wacky colors and designs of heatsinks, the different colored PCBs they'd do, etc.  It would make for a messier looking build, but those were at least fun to look at. 

Now that's it's been a couple days, my take is that, yeah, I'm glad GN called out LTT.  Could it have been done better?  Sure, but it needed to be done.
 
LTT's inaccuracies are part of the reason I stopped watching LTT altogether.  Their employee(s?) trying to call out GN and HU on testing and accuracy was laughable at best. What they did to Billet Labs was just disgusting, and how they reviewed that mouse was also laughable, especially since from certain angles on the video for it, you can tell there's still plastic on the feet. 
 
Linus's rant on here was just a nothing burger, it was gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. He felt attacked and considering how passionate he is about LMG, I can understand why.  But having watched GN's original video a couple times now, it's clear he wasn't attacking LTT, he was voicing his concerns.  He mentioned during the warranty debacle that LTT/LMG would be treated like any other corporation from then on, and that's what he did. 
 
Steve's follow up also wasn't bad, it was straight to the point, he said what he had to say, and left the ball in LTT's court. 
 
As for that apology video...
Lmao, lol even.
It is one of the videos of all time. Idk what it is about it, it felt forced. Some of it felt genuine, most of it felt fake AF. The new CEO being front and center at the beginning was smart, I felt since the beginning of this whole thing he should have been the one doing the talking, not Linus. The first joke about sponsors was fine, I know a lot of people have been arguing about that on reddit and twitter.  Breaks up the tension and eases the viewer into a video with a heavy topic. The LTT store plug, and showing off a new screwdriver color wave people can buy though? Not the time and/or place, and made most of the video feel fake and like "we just want to put this behind us, buy our merch uwu," and the sponsor joke again at the end was a little much, but that's not as egregious as the LTT store plug/ad, or the monitizing of the video itself. Luke and the new CEO felt genuine to me, so did Yvonne. Someone should have kept Linus on a tighter leash though, or not had him in the video at all, he just went right back to gaslight, gatekeep, (attempt at) girlboss. 
 
As for the Madison situation, I don't have a huge opinion on it yet, I hope her the best, and I won't attack her or go after her or LTT over the allegations, I'll simply wait to see how that plays out in court (if it goes to court or settlement).
 
All in all, I feel like GN did the youtube tech community a favor, a lot of viewers had been saying this stuff to LTT for a long time, so have their employees apparently according to the "employees answers" video, but Linus and other leadership didn't listen until a peer of theirs in the community called them on it.

Monetized, LTT Store ads, bad jokes - this is after 2 bad takes in a row broadcasting to the world what Linus truly thinks about the situation.
 
I feel like this is not good enough.

Christ, as if the cringe LTTStore plug wasn't bad enough.

sorry, let me make sure I have this right. are you complaining that hardware reviewers are going to be worried about publishing accurate data?

GN did act professionally, and asking for an interview on LMG's terms only would have benefited LMG, which is of course what Linus wants for his company, he wants to have control and doesn't like it when people criticize his company even when its to do better, he took it rather personally with the backpack warranty and he's taking it personally again.
 
I think people are already terrified to speak up and tell their stories, given that LMG is a large company, and has lots of fans to defend them and deny LMG of any wrongdoing.
Even though GN didn't ask, calling out LMG is good for the community because now we can expect LTT/LMG to improve on things, not just saying they care about input from the audience as they've said before when people on the forums point out mistakes.
 
GN did act for the good of the consumer, as consumers we should want LMG to provide detailed accurate info, and if you think GN did it for the clout you're missing the point, the sub count and views are likely only short term, people will forget this issue and still watch LTT content.
I think GN is risking sponsorships that may also sponsor LTT/LMG, and possibly risking long term viewers that also watch LTT content because he called out LTT, I would expect some of those angry viewers to unsub and no longer watch GN's content.

The Jeremy Kyle show and Jerry Springer bring the worst examples of humanity on stage to mock them publicly. 

GN's pointed out factual errors and the mishandling of the billet situation. Please don't compare the two, it makes you look extremely silly.

 

Alright that's it. I'm unsubbing from YT and cancelling my FP subscription. After going through Madison's tweet, now I know for certain that I CANNOT support you guys in good conscience. Good luck dealing with the fallout I guess.
 
Also, for other LTT employee, I know it's not my place to say this, but I hope you unionize. Linus has failed you.

My LGS had a huge sale today!  It was their 20th anniversary and they had all games and systems 50% off and all movies and TV shows at 75% off.  Picked up a few things I was wanting, got the Pokémon SwSh Switch Lite for $90!  

My LGS had a huge sale today!  It was their 20th anniversary and they had all games and systems 50% off and all movies and TV shows at 75% off.  Picked up a few things I was wanting, got the Pokémon SwSh Switch Lite for $90!  

My LGS had a huge sale today!  It was their 20th anniversary and they had all games and systems 50% off and all movies and TV shows at 75% off.  Picked up a few things I was wanting, got the Pokémon SwSh Switch Lite for $90!  

ITS FINALLY HERE!!
Xenoblade Chronicles OST Trinity box set. A giant box set of the complete OSTs from Xenoblade 1, 2, 3, and their OSTs!  
 
I preordered this so fast when it was first announced! It’s my favorite RPG series with Xenoblade Chronicles 2 being my favorite RPG of all time!  I am so excited to finally have this!!

I should watch House again..
 
 
 
Got a 1TB SSD for my PS5, Crucial P5 Plus.  Just had to order an aftermarket heatsink for it.  It was on sale and I had a gift card from my bday.  Got the SSD and heatsink for like $35.

I should watch House again..
 
 
 
Got a 1TB SSD for my PS5, Crucial P5 Plus.  Just had to order an aftermarket heatsink for it.  It was on sale and I had a gift card from my bday.  Got the SSD and heatsink for like $35.