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@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Daniel ... loved the video ... but a little concerned about how several of the facts are incorrect in it. I would like to sign up to be a patreon but can you address how you handle when the video states incorrect statements?
@Jollybgood
6 жыл бұрын
Just to clarify, Ken never owned a hotel/inn. It belonged to his ex-wife's family which they have since sold.
@slopesgameroom
6 жыл бұрын
+Jolly Blackburn hahaha hello Jolly :) defo saw u around during my research on this episode lol
@TerryWinslow
6 жыл бұрын
Hey Jolly, I hope you liked the tweet I sent you right after this got published. I know it was a bit out of the blue, but I somehow couldn't help but feel you'd be entertained.!
@gabrieleriva651
6 жыл бұрын
LOOOOOL
@SuperCosmicMutantSquid
6 жыл бұрын
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, that explains it then if this is correct! I've from Indy and have been going to GenCon for a few years and never heard this guy being mentioned nor his other roles and ventures over the years. I don't even think he said anything during the infamous 'GenCon won't continue in Indianapolis until everyone is welcome' thing that happened around two or three years ago. I would think given the press THAT had, he'd come out loud and clear into the spotlight but I guess not?
@robertrosenthal7264
6 жыл бұрын
Not really important but statistically the smarter you are, the less likely you are to get rich. According to the study I saw, the conclusion was that being smart makes you more capable of recognizing the risks and other pitfalls, and so greatly reduces the taking of those risks, but that also reduces the outright large successes. It usually takes a big risk to make the big money. I guess it just goes to show that people who ask, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" are really just stupid themselves. ;)
@bigmoe28
6 жыл бұрын
I also worked TWD background, Ken was fired after one episode for constantly trying to insert himself into the scene or just plain doing things to try and steer some viewer attention his way. Afterward I learned he was offering folks the chance to literally buy a walk on role in his movies, as well as promising that he can get you on TWD as added incentive. (Even though he had no connections within the show, and as mentioned, had been fired for being an a$$) That's when I reported him to the official casting company and hopefully got him blacklisted for life. Didn't know about all this, but I can't say it surprises me. Sadly he's not the only one from our group who's taken the shady road since his .5 seconds of blurry fame
@terrycoyle6864
5 жыл бұрын
Not the only one, you say...?
@eval_is_evil
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like some sort of narcissistic personality disorder or whatever. People like that tend to wreck lives.
@WhitWhitman
5 жыл бұрын
#1. I was on three episodes C.S. 6:16, 7:1 & 7:16. So that's bullshit. #2. NEVER promised anyone a walk-on role the walking dead. I did teach people how to get on Actors Access, apply on the southercastingcall.com, the same way YOU and I got on.
@cashnelson2306
4 жыл бұрын
you can curse on the internet it's okay i promise
@toxicavenger7073
4 жыл бұрын
@@WhitWhitmanyou have had a channel for over 6 years yet have not even 900 subs? Something doesn't seem right to me
@Estragon17
6 жыл бұрын
Why aren't we rich? Well, for one thing, we're not thieves.
@LordZack1
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, ethics and morals tend to get in the way of making an illicit fortune.
@resisilobus3191
2 жыл бұрын
Like you name
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
Jolly already mentioned that Ken never owned that hotel. Other factual correction ... Noble Knight Games was unaware that the Traveler ships sold to them were products that had been sold to KickStarter backers (ie Ken sold the same ship to two different people). Once Noble Knights Games found out about this, they obtained a list of the backers to whom Ken had previously sold the ships and mailed them for no charge (and Ken did not refund Noble Knight Games either ... they just fully took the hit for the items). Just really wanted to add this since Noble Knight Games was just another of Ken's victims from his lies.
@Loponstorm
6 жыл бұрын
Wow, I felt the need to send them a kindly message on twitter commending them for taking it on themselves to fix some other dickheads mess. Good on them for going above and beyond to do the right thing.
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
It definitely is true. At the end of the video the creator lists sources of information and the main one listed this as one of the major errors in the video (you can see that here: notanotherdime.blogspot.com/2018/01/20180127-damnnad-just-got-big-shout-out.html )
@SotheX
6 жыл бұрын
He has addressed them.
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
Where?
@infernaldaedra
6 жыл бұрын
Impact Miniatures r
@qty1315
6 жыл бұрын
If he's so rich and successful, why did he need to create 6 Kickstarters?
@stan464
5 жыл бұрын
Money injections.
@HelloItsMikkan
5 жыл бұрын
To keep the blob known as his body
@gregmcgregginton574
5 жыл бұрын
A: He isn't.
@billyhatcher643
5 жыл бұрын
i bet his ass is poor and thats why he wants to steal from the people
@billyhatcher643
5 жыл бұрын
hey stan464 i know what u did there
@modembuddy4010
6 жыл бұрын
Negan killed the wrong person in that scene.
@thekornreeper
6 жыл бұрын
Modem Buddy true
@kimbercustompro1911
6 жыл бұрын
The secret to success, take money and then fail to deliver product....."how come you're not rich?" possibly because i'm not a scum bag.
@naranciaisbestboi125
6 жыл бұрын
Not to mention he used the wrong "you're".
@alnu8355
3 жыл бұрын
Not to mention he's definitely not rich either.
@SmrtPhonRtistCF
6 жыл бұрын
Dude really needs to be blacklisted on KS since he can't go forward with his stuff.
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
he is. He was working to start a 7th project right after the 6th and KickStarter blocked him from making new projects at that time.
@steve1279
5 жыл бұрын
Is litigation not an option?
@titter3648
5 жыл бұрын
Kickstarter does not care that people use their site for scams. They are just happy to get their share.
@mann8333
4 жыл бұрын
@wankel like EBay.
@savedbygrace2397
3 жыл бұрын
Someone wrote an article about Kickstater scams several years ago, and I think they said it was started by lawyers and looked like a scheme to get around investment laws meant to prevent fraud. Unfortunately, I only found out after I'd been defrauded myself.
@AlsoMeowskivich
6 жыл бұрын
If this guy got rich, it was obviously through dicey means...
@leakycheese
6 жыл бұрын
Imageflexion Cartoons That’s just how some people roll.
@01234567891011121338
6 жыл бұрын
Imageflexion Cartoons I GET IT!!!
@danielgyllenbreider
6 жыл бұрын
No. He got rich because idiots gave him their money.
@sirstriped5233
6 жыл бұрын
He is probably well off, but not rich. He owns a hotel worth 6 million. Which means he doesn't have 6 million. How much he is profiting from that per year is debatable. Depending on location and how much land, 6 million usually isn't that much in the grand scheme of things. Usually a run down gold course can sell for 6 mill easy if there is someone that wants the land and not the course. The kickstarters added up didnt give him that much money compared to real rich people. As far as background acting, they usually don't get a lot of money since they are easily replaceable.
@Krytern
6 жыл бұрын
caleb beers - He doesn't even own the hotel. His ex-wife's family owned it and since he isn't married to her now and her family even sold it ages ago he has nothing to do with it.
@Jollybgood
6 жыл бұрын
Great job, Daniel. An Army of victims have been trying for over a decade to get the word out about this guy.
@ironcross7753
6 жыл бұрын
Why don't they simply sue the guy and have him arrested? He is a fraudster. Don't you have police in the former colonies?!
@connorschultz380
5 жыл бұрын
@@ironcross7753 kickstarter terms and conditions.
@ironcross7753
5 жыл бұрын
@@connorschultz380 Excuse me?! Are you trying to tell me that the t.a.c. of some guy in his mother's basement disable all the criminal law of an entire planet? Fraud is fraud and one goes to prison for it. You can tell that to the locked-up owners of dark-net's slikroad, but please do not try to piss down my back, telling me it's raining! Some people.... pfffft. Unbelievable!
@connorschultz380
5 жыл бұрын
@@ironcross7753 ...do you know what that website's terms and conditions are? As long as the backers receives 'a' product for the tier pledges after the kickstarter reaches it's goal, the man hasn't violated anything, there is no time limit, it's a borken system. You asked a question so I answered it, no need to get angry over it, it's how the website works and it's flawed.
@ironcross7753
5 жыл бұрын
@@connorschultz380 - Do you know what the law is? It is that thing that can put you on the electric chair in some countries. Even if terms and conditions, e.g. the terms and conditions of silkroad etc on the tor network say otherwise.
@chrisb6633
6 жыл бұрын
Have to admit, for a moment I thought it was the guy from Pawn stars
@ninetails6218
6 жыл бұрын
chris B It’s the bald head and sunken eyes tbh
@namegoeshere5220
6 жыл бұрын
chris B ...that's who I was thinking but couldn't think of! Thank you!
@MattMatt909
3 жыл бұрын
You mean Rick
@AlwaysANemesis
6 жыл бұрын
The man who can't even reliably ship _PENCILS_ out!
@neglesaks
6 жыл бұрын
Hoopdy Probably because someone got to him and shoved them up his rectum, so he could only ship in one color.
@ZoanBlade90
6 жыл бұрын
So, much like the pencils, it was pointless!
@0Crawler0
6 жыл бұрын
ZoanBlade90 you do have a point
@Larry
6 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to introduce this savior to Lucile :D
@WobblesandBean
6 жыл бұрын
Larry Bundy Jr I seriously stopped watching the show after that. I mean, the same character got killed in the comic too, but dammit he was my favorite, and a death within the primary cast shouldn't make me laugh out loud at how ridiculous and over the top it was 🤣
@thecinematicmind
6 жыл бұрын
Larry Bundy Jr I see what you did there. XD
@BeyondDaX
6 жыл бұрын
Well at least this particular request didn't involve a certain Peter though
@josephjones7828
6 жыл бұрын
I think Negan would condone the Pickaxe Savior's conduct. Probably give him a Savior of the Month Plaque.
@mygaffer
6 жыл бұрын
So what's the difference between you, Larry Bundy Jr. and this guy from "Slopes gaming room?"
@Devilot109
6 жыл бұрын
I am very disappointed in you for failing to name the section at 16:25 "Ken't stop, won't stop."
@slopesgameroom
6 жыл бұрын
+Nezumi ahhhhhhhh that would had been perfect lol
@jayvbspdx
5 жыл бұрын
This was a spoiler alert :( I’m only at 14.27 I would also like to say this is so far the best comment to date.
@leadbones
6 жыл бұрын
Proof that you don't need to be smart to make money. All you gotta be is shitty to other people.
@scottp.548
6 жыл бұрын
leadbones Sadly, it's been that way forever.
@nighttimevideo
6 жыл бұрын
Ken looks like the one of the Thumb-Thumbs from Spy Kids.
@TheCRUDPUPPY
6 жыл бұрын
I hate to say I knew this guy personally I still live in his area. He now known as little monsters comics in Somerset Kentucky. And by the way he is still claiming that he is working for The Walking Dead that's not true he has been blacklisted. He's going around to comic stores saying that they can hire him as a savior and it'll boost all their stuff like sales and everything.And he told everyone he honestly did nothing wrong apparently none of this video is true or anything like that the reason? If it was he would have already been in jail or sued which as we know is total b******* cuz we know he's done this. By the way he used all that money on vacations. If anyone wants info you can reach me at this gmail profile. I am very much interested in seeing this guy burn because he has sexually harassed three female friends of mine to the point they didn't want to work at our store anymore and we're scared to go to their cars alone. And because he has been telling women that he actually can get them apart on The Walking Dead even though he's fired and obviously he can't LOL
@raycestg3447
5 жыл бұрын
If even half of what you wrote is true, it's fucking gold. Harassment, especially of women, is not funny though and if it really happened I hope he has been properly reported.
@TheGoreguts
5 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Somerset and am kind of surprised by how many mutual friends I have with this guy and that he is still doing business there. This is really a sad state of affairs.
@spacekoalalove
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheGoreguts Why would anyone be friends with this guy? He's a gross moron.
@barneynedward
3 жыл бұрын
What do you expect it's Kentucky, they prefer to imprison intelligent and reasonable individuals so that ultraviolent half wits can run amok and keep Darth McConnell in power so that he can continue the whole America hostage for his own corrupt whims. We really ought to consider revoking their statehood.
@TheCRUDPUPPY
3 жыл бұрын
@@barneynedward well hes not here now i heard from his gfs brother he started a film thing again even has a small deal to make whittler? he moved yrs ago now
@ColeYote
6 жыл бұрын
Does Kickstarter not have a process for dealing with serial offenders like this?
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
They ban your account if you are an offender of scamming with KickStarter ... that is all they do. They do not get involved with refunds for non-delivery.
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
True ... but now to be a creator you have to provide a social security number that is verified. So while you can create as many accounts as you want ... creating multiple seller accounts is not as easy.
@ngarewyrd
6 жыл бұрын
So, Kickstarter now limit to US citizens only? I find that difficult to believe.
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
I agree
@jsmith5212
6 жыл бұрын
great I would be worried that some oneat kickstarter would use my ss for wrong reason
@TheDigitalThreat
3 жыл бұрын
When Shia LaBeouf is with you in the same room and he appears the sane one it's time to re-evaluate your life choices~
@SuperCosmicMutantSquid
6 жыл бұрын
Indianapolis native here. He increased GenCon attendance? I've never heard of his ass until you mentioned this.
@wilmagregg3131
6 жыл бұрын
Same
@WatcherPrime
6 жыл бұрын
Ditto and frankly, if he was the high water mark, how the fuck do you explain our numbers today? We fully sold out last year. The bald fuck can go fuck himself.
@jsmith5212
6 жыл бұрын
you act like you own the con I thought the fat bald guy own it
@SuperCosmicMutantSquid
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was there for the 2017 celebration and the whole thing sold out faster than people could buy their four day passes which was a feat. I couldn't even get a four day pass and settled on two days but yeah.....never heard of this guy so hearing GenCon mentioned in the video came as a shock to me. I don't even remember if he was at the opening ceremonies for 2017.
@belletaunde102
4 жыл бұрын
J Smith And who are you?
@TechHippie
6 жыл бұрын
Now he scams people by selling Funko POPs that may or may not end up sent to the purchaser. He's quite a character.
@Nazzlover38
6 жыл бұрын
Why the hell isn't this guy in prison already?
@billyhatcher643
5 жыл бұрын
the government doesnt care about online funding sites they dont deem this as a crime cause the law doesnt and still wont understand the internet
@thele99
6 жыл бұрын
I met Ken once at a convention -- he was very charismatic and a good talker. Basically high charisma and killer bluff bonus. But most of his projects fail pretty bad and royally screws people over.
@MaddyBlackbart
6 жыл бұрын
Basically typical narcissist. Highly charismatic with no concern for anyone but themselves.
@kilderok
6 жыл бұрын
So a typical functioning sociopath.
@rachelmarieLMT
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like hes a narcissistic sociopath. Sociopathic people tend to be very charismatic and come off as "trust worthy".
@meinname5788
5 жыл бұрын
Rachel Magowan Women actually like These Kind of men... Or at least they Fall for them...
@rachelmarieLMT
5 жыл бұрын
@@meinname5788 not all women.
@MarceloOmegaAGDM
6 жыл бұрын
Can't this be used to put the guy in jail, a trial, something? This is fraudlent behavior and should not be tolerated anywhere.
@megagustman
6 жыл бұрын
Problem is, he has no money to his name so no lawyer worth something would take this case ever!.
@barneynedward
3 жыл бұрын
@@megagustman That's good because then he'd have to rely on the public defender which comes with a '99.9% of him getting convicted and being sent to prison where he belongs. Defendants stuck relying on the public defender are almost never acquitted.
@S_Evenwar
6 жыл бұрын
He has finally been tracked down and served with papers.
@Luciffrit
6 жыл бұрын
This guy didn't invent the dice pencil. He stole it from school boys around the world who used to play Lonewolf and Fighting Fantasy. I remember marking my hex sided pencils myself.
@miniongames
6 жыл бұрын
There is even a French company that is/has been selling them on their website - which I'm sure he just stole the idea from.
@Luciffrit
6 жыл бұрын
I think the idea came from Lonewolf. I'm sure the first gamebook suggests using a six sided pencil. Though it could be any number of roleplaying systems that I've played over the decades.
@Dracopol
6 жыл бұрын
These Kickstarters are just one thing. Ken Whitman has also scammed the Atlanta acting community, promising video portfolios for actors that he didn't deliver (possibly flashing the video equipment he bought from the money for video Kickstarters for the gamers). So a community unrelated to gaming is complaining about Ken's take there, about a quarter of a million dollars! If he claims to have no money now, he has either hidden it in an offshore account, or he may have spent it on, er, let's call it feel-good consumables? He has been caught in one direct lie, so there may be many other lies.
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
Police refused to take her case
@blancoslate
6 жыл бұрын
It's probably a purchase made in confidence. the police cannot intervene if there are no paper work or receipt to prove a case. That's why i personally don't fund kickstarters, NEVER buy anything by faith and trust - that applies to the religious side of things as well.
@mann8333
4 жыл бұрын
@koldsack cool story bro.
@OldNightTavern
6 жыл бұрын
This is the type of guy that pays off a credit card with another credit card on and onwards, great vid
@dmaster5556
6 жыл бұрын
That description for Deck Dice is hysterical, it's like he realized he didn't even need to try at that point.
@Delcat42
6 жыл бұрын
I don't watch The Walking Dead and my first assumption that his success was due to every tier being "Give me money and I won't embed this pickaxe in your skull". Faced with that, I can't lie, I would've left behind a dust cloud made of fifties.
@dimitriwarchief301
2 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha ah
@meWASHER
6 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, kinda want Kick Scammers the Movie.
@GlobalWarmingSkeptic
6 жыл бұрын
This man should be in prison.
@Echo-xq3xp
6 жыл бұрын
Mach was nütliches: Pell dir die Wurst, klopf dir die Pfeife aus - aber schweig zu diesem Thema. Danke für die Ruhe und viel Spaß beim Palme wedeln.
@valeriemontanez5005
6 жыл бұрын
You've been in this industry for 30 years and you're still that terrible? It's definitely time to find a different industry.
@danielgyllenbreider
6 жыл бұрын
Apparently it pays off to ask stupid people for money.
@Squatta
6 жыл бұрын
If he's so rich, why would he ever need kickstarter?
@firstnamelastname-oy7es
6 жыл бұрын
He gets his 'kicks' out of scamming people.
@Spills51
6 жыл бұрын
Cause he knows there are a bunch of stupid people who are easily manipulated?
@voidofspaceandtime4684
6 жыл бұрын
Cause he is not as secure in his finances as he puts forward.
@pr0l0gue
6 жыл бұрын
Even rich people who aren’t complete wastes of carbon sometimes find it more prudent to crowdsource and gauge the target market’s interest in their shit before plugging all their own gold coins into a maybe baby idea
@danielgyllenbreider
6 жыл бұрын
Because rich people are the most greedy ones. And because there are enough stupid people in the world that will give their money to kickstarter stuff.
@lankey6969
6 жыл бұрын
Anyone "so rich" wouldn't need to rob people. I'd say Ken is in over his head. AND Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 5 more times? Yeah I'm a worthless human being.
@NimhLabs
6 жыл бұрын
I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt, and suggest that each of those campaigns likely did not have repeat people being scammed... unless they are being scammed in order to benefit from their own kind of some weird insurance racket (or other type of fraud). The phrase "there is a sucker born every minute" is somewhat misleading, as there is a sufficiently large population of the planet which do not share the same information, knowledge sets and resources. So there is a set period of time that somebody can continually being harmful to people, indefinitely. Essentially... when it comes to scamming people, as well as other forms of theft, murder or just setting up an abusive relationship, you pretty much have no point where you've run out of people who might not know about you, unless you accidentally target somebody who is important (or in contact with somebody important). So just avoid anybody related to people with a lot of money, people related or in contact with politicians or people related or in contact with media officials. You can continue scamming, thieving and murdering to your hearts content.
@nathandc
6 жыл бұрын
The different campaigns happened pretty close together so people didn't realize that the first ones weren't going to be fulfilled before they had already backed the later ones.
@jeffeppenbach
6 жыл бұрын
Also, the pencils and cards should have been easy to do. There are LOTS of novelty pencil manufacturers, and LOTS of companies use them for advertising. OneBookSelf has print on demand services, and have a web store of nothing but card games (DriveThruCards). They all seemed logical and doable.
@JosephSantoro
6 жыл бұрын
Donald Trump... 'nuff said.
@dsandoval9396
6 жыл бұрын
Lankey Bastard I agree. Katrina Payne I see and agree with your point as well, to a certain point. But didn't these projects all get started under the "d20" name? I have never backed anything so I'm not sure but I assume that this guy had some info somewhere on his KS campaigns that can tie each other in. Such as his name, or the aforementioned d20, maybe something else like a facebook account that ties the other failed campaigns? It's unfortunate but we live in a time where we must look things over with a fine tooth comb, especially when it's something we are paying for and ESPECIALLY more when what we pay for has yet to be delivered. Either ALL his KS campaigns purposely have different information on them so they can't be tied in together (for criminal reasons), or, the backers didn't do their research on the group they were giving their money to, in which case I'm not going to say they DESERVE to have their money taken but (and only if this latter reason is the case) I'm not going to feel sorry for the backers who lost money.
@DoctorNerdly
6 жыл бұрын
The man literally quotes the Riddler from Batman the Animated Series in the first quotation.
@Foxxie0kun
6 жыл бұрын
The fact that guys like this (and the companies he's made/owned/affiliated with) are allowed to continue making Kickstarters after failing to deliver on the first one is proof that crowdfunding is too dangerous to get into for anyone who wants a guaranteed product. If Kickstarter had infrastructure in place to guarantee refunds if a project isn't completed/communication between the Creator and Backers ends, it'd be a LOT easier to justify getting into. In the end, though, Kickstarter is basically an easy-street scam machine where you're not truly beholden to your investors (And let's face it, you scam an investor in the corporate world you'd get crucified in court for breach of contract and any number of other liabilities on your end).
@neglesaks
6 жыл бұрын
Feral Kuja well said.
@jkayrichardson3366
6 жыл бұрын
'I don't think I can ever top this' Oh, I pray that you never have to eat these words
@TerryWinslow
6 жыл бұрын
I rewatched this a second time.. So much great Ken video footage... You did an awesome job putting it all together.
@nialltracey2599
6 жыл бұрын
You would think that Kickstarter would limit the number of campaigns you could run without fulfillment. Silly Kickstarter.
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
They do now ... they did not back when he ran these 6.
@gracekim25
2 жыл бұрын
@@GalakStarscraper at least they fixed that little issue
@nufsioohay
6 жыл бұрын
LOL that zoom in on the poor use of the word "your"! Clever!
@titmaus7732
6 жыл бұрын
Hope to see him sued
@MysteryPonyFiction
6 жыл бұрын
Man, Ken reminds me of myself actually, in that I will keep getting enthused about a hobby and abandon it before finishing to start a new one. Difference is, none of them cost anyone else their money. They usually only cost my time, or a little bit of my own money.
@SianaGearz
6 жыл бұрын
Hey that's normal. A hobby isn't truly abandoned until you're dead. But if you want to get on with it, make sure to keep an item that reminds you of a particular hobby in your view, like right at your desk.
@SotheX
6 жыл бұрын
Totally can relate. Glad someone else pointed that out.
@brettvv7475
6 жыл бұрын
setzertrancer - Yep. Same here.
@gregmcgregginton574
5 жыл бұрын
Don't compare yourself to a con artist, this man is a thief. There's nothing morally wrong with getting bored easily with hobbies, what this man is doing is scam others for profit.
@cthulhupthagn5771
6 жыл бұрын
Holy shit he's the Knights of the dinner table scam artist? I know you say it's not big for you but I'm a long-time gamer and when the creator of knights announced that a live-action series was going to be done it had all of his fans which by the way include the people who worked on the TV show Chuck excited. Each month his magazine comic would have pictures from the set and interviews with the actors. Then he went quiet. Eventually he had to come forward with the fact that this douchebag was holding on to whatever he had in terms of material and was refusing to release it. Apparently from the nature of the contracts they can't go forward their own way. He's refused to release even the episodes that were done or fulfill any of the obligations. It looks amazing for what it is and his actions screwed over not just the fans but also everyone who worked on it. The creator of the comic eventually had to issue public please for the guy to respond on some level. If you ever want to do further research on it I suggest you pick up older issues of knights of the dinner table. Or visit some of their fans sites
@cthulhupthagn5771
6 жыл бұрын
Oh and you throw in a side comment about the creator of the comic selling the 20 years of covers book on eBay. There was nothing sleazy involved in that the Creator was trying his best to try and get the product out to some people and while I'm a little hazy right now I believe what you saw listed on eBay was originally because he didn't realize that backers weren't getting their product. His magazine was full of apologies and contact information and he had been indicating that he was doing everything he could including paying out of his own pocket to make sure. So there was nothing nefarias on his end
@jeffeppenbach
6 жыл бұрын
I took this as saying that the book wasn't really and exclusive, and saying it was in the KS campaign was a scam.
@jsmith5212
6 жыл бұрын
am I the only one who thought the chuck tv show suck
@TheAbstruseOne
6 жыл бұрын
Jolly Blackburn of Kenzer & Co (with Zombie Orpheus) are releasing the episodes based off of what material Whitman managed to provide to Kickstarter backers after Whitman's license to the IP expired at the end of last year. The emails went out to backers on Monday and Tuesday. Ken "Whit" Whitman wasn't involved in any way and actively hindered the process by refusing to turn over the raw footage he was contractually obligated to provide (and which he claims he still has).
@Geferulf_TAS
6 жыл бұрын
I'll put money down he copywrite strikes this video for using some of his footage.
@StevenFallsOver
6 жыл бұрын
Ah, the ole Derek Savage approach!
@gielnw9891
6 жыл бұрын
*C O P Y W R I T E*
@nicolasmiller
6 жыл бұрын
Nelson's TAS and Game Archive I know you weren't around but do you mean, COPYSTRIKE
@stan464
5 жыл бұрын
Copy Right* as "Right" referring to "Rights to Share, Broadcast" etc
@thebestcentaur
5 жыл бұрын
Welp, hasn't happened yet...maybe he's afraid of being definitively outed as a fraud and facing legal redress. He should be, if this video is anything to go by
@Corad4
6 жыл бұрын
Um.. isn't this evidence that could land him in court?.
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
Yes ... but the individual backer amounts are so small that it has not landed him in court. And Ken is broke ... he has zero money. He lives in his comic book store backroom because he cannot afford an apartment.
@Corad4
6 жыл бұрын
For someone who brags about being rich. I probably got more riches than him with my equipments alone....
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
Just as a footnote ... that post from Ken about being rich is from like 15 years ago. He has made multiple posts on KickStarter, Facebook and internet blog about being penniless and at times living out of his car. So yeah ... this is one thing this video got very wrong ... it very much mistakes Ken's financial position.
@KnakuanaRka
4 жыл бұрын
Impact Miniatures Yeah, that sounds like a nasty screwup.
@barneynedward
3 жыл бұрын
@@GalakStarscraper he may not be able to afford paying back the people he scammed but neither could Bernie Madoff. His victims may not be able to get a refund but they can still have him thrown in prison for the rest of his miserable worthless life.
@miniongames
6 жыл бұрын
I've had the displeasure of knowing Ken personally ... and Kickstarter was just another vehicle to scam people - he's been scamming for years prior in the TableTop Gaming days. He's ripped off people with his Print on Demand company and his defunct magazine and many more... he seems to keep going and going...
@miniongames
6 жыл бұрын
FYI, he's got nothing to do with GenCon really. Just leaches off people he knows. He sold Larry Elmore prints without even telling the man. The B&B was from his wife's family. Etc etc etc...
@1978garfield
6 жыл бұрын
I was going to ask what his connection to Gen Con was. Thanks.
@eval_is_evil
5 жыл бұрын
Often long time scammers like that end up dead. So give it time.
@animeSelect
6 жыл бұрын
All that money but needs kickstarter to scam people. He's gonna mess around one day and get the wrong one and possibly loose all that money. I'm kinda surprised he hasn't yet.
@Metroid250
5 жыл бұрын
He did tho. He's penniless living on the back of a comic store
@Dorelaxen
6 жыл бұрын
My guess is that it's actually Mike Kennedy under a rubber mask. He would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddling KZitemrs.
@Luigifan4ever11
6 жыл бұрын
"If you people are so smart, how some you're not rich" guy has to be careful, it's a sentence extremely similar to that which made The Riddler snap ("If you're so smart why aren't you rich?").
@coyoteartist
6 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was Ashens? I had no clue.
@Heidenspross
6 жыл бұрын
why not contact hasbro gaming and tell them he is damaging the d20 franchise? ... they have the money to sew the living backside of him...
@morphman86
6 жыл бұрын
RPG Pens I understand... But anyone who went to school before 2010 knows that a pencil is a rubbish thing to throw. If you drop a pencil, the lead will break. When you sharpen it, the tip will just fall out where it broke. And here they want you to THROW it? "Love your dice? Love your pencil?"... You're really not loving your pencil if you throw it around on the table 50 times in an evening of DnD!
@midwestspleeno
6 жыл бұрын
My guess is you don't throw it, you just roll or flick it across the table
@morphman86
6 жыл бұрын
Just rolling or flicking will produce very predictable results. Also, flicking has the same risks as throwing. So you're left with just gently rolling the pencil in a way that will almost ensure you'll get the result you want.
@SianaGearz
6 жыл бұрын
That very much depends on the pencils. I tried breaking Koh-I-Noor Europe and Faber-Castell pens numerous times, and never succeeded. Cheap ones always break though.
@morphman86
6 жыл бұрын
Breaking the entire pencil is quite different, that depends on the casing more than the lead. But dropping any pencil, even the most expensive ones, will fracture the lead inside the casing. And going by the retail price of those dice pencils, they are not the expensive kind.
@drakkenmensch
5 жыл бұрын
"Knights of the dinner table LIVE ACTION? How have I never heard of this?" (watches the video) "Oh, right, kickstarter scam. That's why."
@pferreira1983
5 жыл бұрын
Ah so that's how he makes so much money: he steals from others...
@silvershocknicktail6638
6 жыл бұрын
Maybe the reason we're not as "successful" as this guy is that we don't bullshit people and take their money?
@TerryWinslow
6 жыл бұрын
I guess you liked my suggestion.. Hope I gave you a good enough resource for research... :)
@slopesgameroom
6 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhhhhh it was you, sorry i couldn't find the original comment! Big thanks mate :D
@TerryWinslow
6 жыл бұрын
I'm not worried! I just loved that you did it... I knew you could give it a nice polish... I now don't regret backing that kickstarter, I just wish I could have given you the funds I gave him instead... So I joined your patreon to work on that! Cheers!
@chedarmentosbrown5922
6 жыл бұрын
Terry Winslow what kick starter did slope have. I'm new.
@TerryWinslow
6 жыл бұрын
Sorry if that was confusing.. Slopes was not the kickstarter, I backed the subject of this video, Ken. I just wish I could have given the money I gave Ken to DJ.. This was an excellent bit of humor.
@ashergreymond
6 жыл бұрын
I suggested this as well, through Slope's facebook. The more, the better!
@uzaiyaro
6 жыл бұрын
At least it's not SOLAR FREAKIN' ROADWAYS
@jessehammond9710
3 жыл бұрын
I wish Daniel would made an episode on the projects that thunderf00t has busted
@Sutekh94
6 жыл бұрын
2:05 HI ASHENS.
@seriousspikesam7770
6 жыл бұрын
Huh... so apparentally Finnish board game classic "Kimble" is a licensed version of Trouble. I guess that's the random tidbit for today. Also, +1 for Golden Axe music.
@slopesgameroom
6 жыл бұрын
+Serious Spike Sam +2 for recognising it
@thedeadstig123
6 жыл бұрын
so basically hes a con man who doesn't care about people, thinks himself better than anyone and has made his money by deceiving people
@Jake-ws9tm
Жыл бұрын
He had another Kickstarter campaign in 2021 but with someone else creating it by the name of Robert Costner. Click the guys name and the links are all to Ken's pages (now no longer working). The campaign was for a short called "Unmortal: Out of Time". The star is former WWE wrestler Al Snow. $2542 with 50 backers, picture wrapped, and it is now 2023 with no progress being shown in post-production. It should not take this long to post-production wrap a short film, period. It's honestly mind-boggling how easy it is to get around the gatekeepers of Kickstarter...
@robertrosenthal7264
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I've heard of this conman before. I almost pledged for some of his shenanigans, but I did some research first, and got a major eyeful of his previous deeds. Don't ever let your money any where near this guy and he's associated with unless you just want to lose it.
@skavossis5377
6 жыл бұрын
This is almost a public service now ^_~
@ValensBellator
6 жыл бұрын
For half a second I thought I'd actually buy that 'Skipping Stonne"... then I realized I'd only get to use it once :D
@captainmoore5835
6 жыл бұрын
OMG I live nearby him and I'm a minister too. He's stepping on my toes -_-
@TheAbstruseOne
6 жыл бұрын
Good News: Zombie Orpheus (the production company behind The Gamers, JourneyQuest, and many others) got the footage from Kenzer & Co for the Knights of the Dinner Table TV series and, at their own expense, edited together what they could to get a copy of the film to backers of the original Kickstarter (even though they had no obligation to do so since they weren't involved in the crowdfunding or the production). ZOE is also the company who threw the Gen Con VIP backer party after Whitman cancelled his and then tried to take credit for ZOE's work.
@seany84uk
6 жыл бұрын
All of his kickstarters Could easily be a cover for money laundering etc
@romulanspy4382
6 жыл бұрын
I think the idea of dice pencils isn't actually so great. As you use the pencil the mass of the pencil changes. Wouldn't that make the probability inconsistent? And this guy needs a prison cell.
@possumverde
6 жыл бұрын
Less mass would just lead to rolls with the same force behind them completing more revolutions. The problem with pencil dice is that they only have one axis to rotate on as opposed to real dice being able to tumble in any direction. With a little practice, one can get pencil dice to "land" on the desired result somewhat consistently...real dice, not so much.
@zzasdfwas
5 жыл бұрын
They aren't intended for casinos. Who cares if it's slightly off
@bleachsanchoblastk
6 жыл бұрын
Ok I thought I recognized the guy who got the refund on the cthulhu dice tower. That's the guy who called himself the high priest of the cult of cthulhu for a long time and published books about satanic and cult of cthulhu philosophy and shit. There were rituals and all sorts of shit posted to a different youtube account. Shit. Haven't seen him around in a while.
@eightywight
2 жыл бұрын
Is that Venger Satanis? What else have you seen from him? When you say books about satanic and rituals, do you mean he was earnestly practicing them?
@JargonMadjin
4 жыл бұрын
I still find it funny how the dude brags about being rich and yet he had 6 kickstarters
@recontiger7114
6 жыл бұрын
How has he not been sued? Jesus.
@megagustman
6 жыл бұрын
Because he has no money of his own.
@recontiger7114
6 жыл бұрын
megagutsman Hahaha Thats a good reason.
@TheSwartz
6 жыл бұрын
Most entertaining thing I've watched all week
@tiacat11
5 жыл бұрын
I watch KZitem videos on 1.25 speed and HOLY SHIT that music intro. That, uh... that took me a minute to process.
@ReallyCoolSite
6 жыл бұрын
He ripped me off on the Knights of the Dinner Table kickstarter. I'm still waiting on blu rays... yeah. I know.
@scottp.548
6 жыл бұрын
James Finch Ouch, you need to watch more of these videos from Slopes. GL man!
@Clay3613
6 жыл бұрын
Wow, haven't heard about Knights Of The Dinner Table since 2011. Spoony One aka Noah Antwiler used to work for them before he started his web series. That Ken dude seems to have an enormously inflated ego.
@cthulhupthagn5771
6 жыл бұрын
Clay3613 I wouldn't say spoony worked for them. Four a period of time spoony wrote articles for the mag, but I thought just like everyone else it was because Jolley would publish and he submitted documents that met his approval. I didn't think it was any level of formal employment. And as I recall part of the reason why they parted ways was because spoony's articles were rubbing people the wrong way
@rayneofsalt9217
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there was a whole thing that happened on the forums. It was a.. troubling.. time.
@HHog
6 жыл бұрын
"enormously inflated ego" To match his head?
@Clay3613
6 жыл бұрын
Tell me more, J More.
@scruffydarealog2632
6 жыл бұрын
Why isn't this guy in prison or banned from Kickstarter?
@GalakStarscraper
6 жыл бұрын
he is
@Samuel_Hearfield
5 жыл бұрын
Impact Miniatures he isn't in jail though. He's been active online from at least May 2018
@mjc0961
6 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Ashens played all-state football! 😲
@vijnananath
6 жыл бұрын
Nicely covered! I don't back Kickstarters, as a rule, but have watched a few of his projects from the sidelines due to Jolly Blackburn bringing him to my attention after the KotDT live action show debacle (which I was sort of excited for). As Ken doesn't do video games, I was surprised to see you cover him, but very happy that you did! This guy's history needs to be known more widely. When people in the comments ask why anyone would still give him money, it's because word simply hasn't gotten around, yet. A lot of people just aren't aware that all of these projects are by the same guy. Thankfully, that seems to be changing as you and the bloggers you mentioned are doing a big part in making him a known name for something other than extra roles.
@illustriouschin
6 жыл бұрын
Isn't stealing money illegal or something?
@AgsmaJustAgsma
6 жыл бұрын
That zombie arm from Ahoy, though.
@JR18489
6 жыл бұрын
Yay it wasn't just me!
@swolf712
5 жыл бұрын
"No blood test or waiting" just screams "i'll marry you to your kin". lmao
@ReinaHW
6 жыл бұрын
It's sad that so many fall for these scams so easily, Kickstarter all too often just tends to be a trap for the gullible from what I've seen.
@ceneblock
6 жыл бұрын
Reina Watt I haven't been burned /yet/. I normally back tech products with working prototypes.
@NimhLabs
6 жыл бұрын
Eh, there are a few things on Kickstarter that are not completely bad ideas... but at the same time, they are usually things with development cycles that are relatively short. Video Games, Television Series and Movies have a production length that does not work well with the Kickstarter model. I'm also going to suggest that a lot of these people might have only been fooled in ONE of his campaigns. I mean... there are enough people living in North American Europe, that it IS plausible to have those kinds of numbers and have people not fooled in multiple campaigns.
@ceneblock
6 жыл бұрын
Katrina Payne As the saying goes: "Fool me once shame on you. If you fool me, [I] can't get fooled again."
@ReinaHW
6 жыл бұрын
'Fool me once, shame on you, feel me twice, shame on me'
@neglesaks
6 жыл бұрын
Reina Watt feel me thrice, we have a relationship going!
@GTV-Japan
6 жыл бұрын
Con man Ken was what my roommate used to call me. Glad it didn’t stick haha
@eval_is_evil
5 жыл бұрын
Apparently it did
@thehonorablereverendaddiso1943
6 жыл бұрын
2:06 Holy shit, the end sentence is literally quoting a Batman villain (Riddler's former boss in his debut episode of B:TAS) IS THIS REAL
@ianeddy4217
9 ай бұрын
The scene with Ken and Shia LaBeouf made me want to leave my own body from second hand embarrassment.
@MeowingCookie_
6 жыл бұрын
This is my favourite KZitem series ❤️
@loszhor
6 жыл бұрын
Ask for more of these videos! You know want them!
@slopesgameroom
6 жыл бұрын
loszhor i bet Ken don't wan't them lol
@hmoham
6 жыл бұрын
Poor Gavin Gourves, getting called Gavin Whitman at the end. You really had Whitman on your mind.
@hm5y
6 жыл бұрын
I actually thought Bruce Willis had started a Kickstarter Scam when i saw this XD
@katie2940
6 жыл бұрын
2:04 ASHENS!
@mjc0961
6 жыл бұрын
You're not in Ashens' book. Daniel Ibberston is though 😋
@Tinlantern
6 жыл бұрын
I was one of his backers and have been in active communication with the Attorney General's office in Indiana. Thus far he has not been served with any papers. He DOES consistently threaten to report people to the FBI. Which is odd, since they definitely don't care.
@MrSlendyMannn
4 жыл бұрын
2:35 "If you people are so smart, how come your not rich?" Me: "You're"
@user-kh2pf4vw1s
6 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Ibbertson Will you please do a video dedicated to the suspended Kickstarter campaigns?
@darrinfromvault801
6 жыл бұрын
He looks like Walter Whites brother in law from Breaking Bad. Only nothing of quality to contribute
@Trueflights
3 жыл бұрын
I love that Kickstarter doesn't take any responsibility or prevent these people from making new campaigns. This guy isn't the first person who has done this multiple times and he won't be the last.
@Kinvesu
6 жыл бұрын
I suddenly have the urge to make a kickstarter for my medical bills disguised as something I never intend to deliver.
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