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Weltall Zero

Game Developer
Banned
Oct 26, 2017
19,343
Madrid
This man has a level of bravery I aspire to reach.

Come back in not even two months since the last piece of plagarism was found and just act like none of it happened. Man apologized for not uploading sooner.

Not bravery, just sociopathy and inability to feel shame. Which, I mean, we already knew, considering the accounts of former colleages he used and discarded.

People who think he deserves a second chance are naive. He got plenty of chances to stop being a dick, including when he was first caught. People that think he's actually changed are straight up living in the moon.
 

NinjaScooter

Member
Oct 25, 2017
54,126
Dude has been punished. It's not anyone here's job to seek additional justice or be executioners if he doesn't understand how to PR.

I've fucked up quite a bit in my life and haven't offered a single Youtube public apology. Usually when I feel remorse, take accountability and get the courage to do the right thing, I do it privately. I don't know if he's done these things. It's not my business. Not yours. Hope the young man grows from the experience. I do have empathy for people and can realize it would be hard for anyone to rebound when they're consistently surrounded by people with stones.

Again, who is seeking out additional justice? Are you expecting that in the future, if a thread about this guys video game media/critic videos are posted, nobody should mention his plagiarism and theft? People should just be expected to stop bringing up the fact that he stole other people's work when he's trying to make money doing the same thing? You think that's reasonable or realistic? Again, Im not saying people should dox the guy, or hound him and harass him, but he's posting PUBLIC video game related videos where he is trying to make money from the PUBLIC, I don't think it's out of bounds at all to bring up his past in that same field. That's not bullying. That's not gross. I hope he rebounds as well. He's a young dude. But realistically his credibility in this field is justifiably shot. Nobody owes him a second chance (again, when he never even earned the first one himself).
 

Barn

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,137
Los Angeles
Oh, an entire YouTube channel of apology videos. That's a novel idea.

(Dude needs to realize that the journalism, gaming and vlogging industries should absolutely not be options for him anymore. Sorry it's "what you love," but you fucked it for yourself and you're gonna have to find a new way to get by.)
 

OneBadMutha

Member
Nov 2, 2017
6,059
You already know this, but people who have a career in writing and are found to have plagiarized dozens of times over several years no longer deserve a career in writing. It's not about punishment. It's about being thoroughly unqualified for the job. This young 30 year old man is free to pick up his life and move on in a hundred other career paths.

Let the gaming outlets determine whether he's qualified for the job. They'll probably determine he's not. It's not for us to start another thread in a well populated forum to rehash the dudes mistakes.
 

NinjaScooter

Member
Oct 25, 2017
54,126
Let the gaming outlets determine whether he's qualified for the job. They'll probably determine he's not. It's not for us to start another thread in a well populated forum to rehash the dudes mistakes.

The gaming outlets are driven by viewers and consumers, and viewers and consumers can determine they don't want anything to do with this guy anymore. That's free market. He's posting videos for public consumption. People are well within their right to comment on said videos, and decide whether or not they want to give said videos attention. It's something every single content creator has to deal with. We make these kinds of decisions on a regular basis. You might decide not to watch a person's content because you don't agree with their opinions, or you don't like their production style, or their editing, or a million other reasons, and that's your prerogative, but I'm supposed to believe that "I don't want to give this guy attention because he stole from fellow content creators" is somehow out of bounds? Hell think about the kinds of critiques we make of video games and video game companies on this website. Think about the various reasons people use to determine they don't want to give a specific company their money. Is that bullying?
 

Vinnk

Member
Oct 26, 2017
1,969
Japan
Dude has been punished. It's not anyone here's job to seek additional justice or be executioners if he doesn't understand how to PR.

I've fucked up quite a bit in my life and haven't offered a single Youtube public apology. Usually when I feel remorse, take accountability and get the courage to do the right thing, I do it privately. I don't know if he's done these things. It's not my business. Not yours. Hope the young man grows from the experience. I do have empathy for people and can realize it would be hard for anyone to rebound when they're consistently surrounded by people with stones.

I have heard no people claim to want to punish him more. No one want him locked up (at least not here) They just won't support his new videos. Should they? Do they have to watch them?

I wish the man (29 is not a "young man" in my vernacular) luck. He can still start a new life and a successful one at that. But unless he is willing to put in the effort to mend his journalistic integrity, (trust is a hard thing to build, and a genuine apology helps) I think he should choose a different path to that success.

His life is indeed none of my business and I would not watch his videos to learn about his life. I would watch to see his opinion on games. And if I cannot trust that his opinion is his own, there are literally thousands of other people I can tune into that haven't been caught plagiarizing.
 
Oct 25, 2017
26,560
Let the gaming outlets determine whether he's qualified for the job. They'll probably determine he's not. It's not for us to start another thread in a well populated forum to rehash the dudes mistakes.
I'd argue it's worth discussing on a gaming forum. Still bringing every move up 2 years from now, you'd have a point, but it hasn't even been 2 months since his last plagiarized item was found and he's making videos again, that's worth commenting on.

Save that energy for actual harassers.

Dude has been punished. It's not anyone here's job to seek additional justice or be executioners if he doesn't understand how to PR.

I've fucked up quite a bit in my life and haven't offered a single Youtube public apology. Usually when I feel remorse, take accountability and get the courage to do the right thing, I do it privately. I don't know if he's done these things. It's not my business. Not yours. Hope the young man grows from the experience. I do have empathy for people and can realize it would be hard for anyone to rebound when they're consistently surrounded by people with stones.
Sure, but he lied as public figure, that's the difference.

I don't know what you do for living and wouldn't know what you'd be apologizing for or why you'd think people would want to do it on YouTube.

Also, stop being dramatic. No one here is seeking additional anything and this has nothing to do with PR, we're just randoms commenting on a story on a forum.

So chill with whatever feelings you're projecting onto this guy because we're not doing anything to him.
 

andresmoros

Member
Oct 29, 2017
2,468
Houston
It was a mistake dude, people change over time. Crazy you can't understand this but don't stop me from letting you demonize a person you have never met before.

Mistake!? Mistake for reals!? A mistake is to take a pen from someone. "Oh shit, I put a pen on my pocket and it wasn't mine. Oh well." but what he did was grab a box of mont blancs and took them bitches home knowingly.
 

Caz

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
13,055
Canada
User warned: inappropriate off-site drama
If it turns out they plagiarized their apology, they would have something in common with Shia Labeouf: https://www.wired.com/2013/12/labeouf-plagiarism-yahoo-answers/

The fallout from Shia LaBeouf's plagiarism of Justin M. Damiano, a comic strip by renowned creator Daniel Clowes, continues today after LaBeouf took to Twitter to apologize for the whole affair. The only problem? The first tweet in his mea culpa also appears to have been plagiarized.
In any case, their credibility is about on part with Shia given their lengthy history of plagiarism that isn't going away anytime soon. I know I certainly won't be forgetting it.

Sorry, I'm never gonna trust a word out of this dude's mouth. Even if it sounds knowledgeable, I'm going to assume it came out of someone else's first.
Off-topic but you are literally the last person that should be discussing trust or judging one's reputation: [links removed]
 
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OneBadMutha

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Nov 2, 2017
6,059
User warned: thread whining and backseat moderation
Again, who is seeking out additional justice? Are you expecting that in the future, if a thread about this guys video game media/critic videos are posted, nobody should mention his plagiarism and theft? People should just be expected to stop bringing up the fact that he stole other people's work when he's trying to make money doing the same thing? You think that's reasonable or realistic? Again, Im not saying people should dox the guy, or hound him and harass him, but he's posting PUBLIC video game related videos where he is trying to make money from the PUBLIC, I don't think it's out of bounds at all to bring up his past in that same field. That's not bullying. That's not gross. I hope he rebounds as well. He's a young dude. But realistically his credibility in this field is justifiably shot. Nobody owes him a second chance (again, when he never even earned the first one himself).

None of what you said is relevant to my point. His apology video was only posted here for another chance to shit post. There's a lot of poor Youtube videos from people in the gaming community. We shouldn't post them in this forum only to be an excuse to talk shitty about them. He's out of any mainstream gaming media. Why is he still coming up in a gaming forum?

I've never made a case for his credibility, qualifications or what type of guy he is. I don't know that stuff. It's irrelevant. It's all been said. Saying it all again because of a poorly done apology video (going by all your words since I'm not watching it) is pointless.
 

AntiMacro

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,136
Alberta
Oh, an entire YouTube channel of apology videos. That's a novel idea.

(Dude needs to realize that the journalism, gaming and vlogging industries should absolutely not be options for him anymore. Sorry it's "what you love," but you fucked it for yourself and you're gonna have to find a new way to get by.)
I don't understand what he thinks is going to happen. If I had to hire someone for the paper there's absolutely ZERO chance I'd go with this guy, even if he was way more qualified than the next best candidate. What happens the first time he hits a deadline and he's hit by writer's block? There's no way any halfway reputable site can trust him, no matter how many half-assed apology videos he makes.
 

Weltall Zero

Game Developer
Banned
Oct 26, 2017
19,343
Madrid
Let the gaming outlets determine whether he's qualified for the job. They'll probably determine he's not. It's not for us to start another thread in a well populated forum to rehash the dudes mistakes.

We're not rehashing the dude's mistakes. We're pointing out his new ones. In exactly what way do you believe he's demonstrated to grasp the seriousness of what he's done or show any sincere regret? It is entirely valid for the public (that's us) to comment on his videos if he makes them public in YouTube. Nobody puts a gun to his head to get back into the spotlight; your empathy is highly misplaced here.

I'm all for second chances but Muicin has used up all of his. He could have stopped plagiarizing at any point. He could have accepted blame when caught instead of spinning a highly manipulative video blaming everone but himself. He could have taken the L and get a job that didn't involve playing games and putting videos online, like 99.999999% of the world. He could have come back with a sincere apology this time. At some point you have to realize giving second chances to someone who's clearly not interested in changing one bit is a waste of everybody's time.

None of what you said is relevant to my point. His apology video was only posted here for another chance to shit post. There's a lot of poor Youtube videos from people in the gaming community. We shouldn't post them in this forum only to be an excuse to talk shitty about them. He's out of any mainstream gaming media. Why is he still coming up in a gaming forum?

I've never made a case for his credibility, qualifications or what type of guy he is. I don't know that stuff. It's irrelevant. It's all been said. Saying it all again because of a poorly done apology video (going by all your words since I'm not watching it) is pointless.

And sorry but you're veered straight into backseat modding. It's not up to you what people should or should not post.

I swear some of you guys can't fucking live without signaling how much more empathetic and forgiving you are compared to everyone else. Muicin threads must be like a gift from the heavens for you.
 

Caz

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
13,055
Canada
I don't understand what he thinks is going to happen. If I had to hire someone for the paper there's absolutely ZERO chance I'd go with this guy, even if he was way more qualified than the next best candidate. What happens the first time he hits a deadline and he's hit by writer's block? There's no way any halfway reputable site can trust him, no matter how many half-assed apology videos he makes.
Untalented hacks who plagiarize other people's work(s) have a history of making fairly successful careers on YouTube (See: Santoro, Matthew).
 

steviestar3

One Winged Slayer
Member
Jul 3, 2018
4,434
I really don't buy that he genuinely wanted to get back into video game coverage at all. This is the guy that had to ask a co-worker for reasons why people would be excited about a new Smash Bros game... reading that and the other stuff that got posted about him in the last thread makes it sound like he isn't passionate about games in the slightest. Which is fine, there's no mandate that everyone has to love games, but I just wonder why he wants to stay in this industry when he cares so little about the subject matter.
 

NinjaScooter

Member
Oct 25, 2017
54,126
None of what you said is relevant to my point. His apology video was only posted here for another chance to shit post. There's a lot of poor Youtube videos from people in the gaming community. We shouldn't post them in this forum only to be an excuse to talk shitty about them. He's out of any mainstream gaming media. Why is he still coming up in a gaming forum?

I've never made a case for his credibility, qualifications or what type of guy he is. I don't know that stuff. It's irrelevant. It's all been said. Saying it all again because of a poorly done apology video (going by all your words since I'm not watching it) is pointless.

I disagree with your assertion that him coming back and making videos again isn't newsworthy. Considering the standard of what is and isn't news on a video game enthusiast website, I think this fits the bill. It was a pretty big news story just 2 months ago, reported on by various gaming news outlets. Do some people shit post? Sure. But they do that in every topic here. And if you want to start scrutinizing what is and isn't essential or newsworthy to talk about on this forum, you'd probably have a pretty empty place.
 

Weltall Zero

Game Developer
Banned
Oct 26, 2017
19,343
Madrid
Oct 25, 2017
26,560
I really don't buy that he genuinely wanted to get back into video game coverage at all. This is the guy that had to ask a co-worker for reasons why people would be excited about a new Smash Bros game... reading that and the other stuff that got posted about him in the last thread makes it sound like he isn't passionate about games in the slightest. Which is fine, there's no mandate that everyone has to love games, but I just wonder why he wants to stay in this industry when he cares so little about the subject matter.
I still can't get over that.

This man finessed his way into being the Nintendo Editor of the number 1 gaming site in the world and asked that question. Like, what?

I would've never thought of myself as qualified for that gig, but in reality, I and a lot of Era actually were more qualified than him.

Shoot your shots people, you'll never know who'll take if you don't even try.

Fucking amazing.
 

OneBadMutha

Member
Nov 2, 2017
6,059
I have heard no people claim to want to punish him more. No one want him locked up (at least not here) They just won't support his new videos. Should they? Do they have to watch them?

No they shouldn't. I didn't.

There's a lot of people in the gaming media that strike me as fraudulent. I don't start threads about them because I don't know them and it's not a good quality to be shitty to someone based on my limited perception. Its not a good quality to hold grudges about past actions. If he was continuing to steal from people in this forum, I'd get it. But he's not...so I don't.

(I'll unapologetically shit on the President because he knowingly does things that negatively impact people I know.)

This guy...just let it be. Why's he a thread?

Anyways I'm done. Said all I needed to say. You guys try to be nicer. I'm going back to talking about games.
 
Oct 25, 2017
26,560
No they shouldn't. I didn't.

There's a lot of people in the gaming media that strike me as fraudulent. I don't start threads about them because I don't know them and it's not a good quality to be shitty to someone based on my limited perception. Its not a good quality to hold grudges about past actions. If he was continuing to steal from people in this forum, I'd get it. But he's not...so I don't.

(I'll unapologetically shit on the President because he knowingly does things that negatively impact people I know.)

This guy...just let it be. Why's he a thread?
Dying on this hill is bigger waste of time, than what we're doing again.

It's a story update, chill.

If a thread was made every single time he made a video sure, you'd have a point, but that's not the case. This was a super fascinating thing to come out of the industry just two months ago.

The next update will likely be "Filip caught plagarizing again". Are you gonna wondering why that's a thread as well?

If we were actively harassing this dude, I'd get it, but how are we the bad guys here?
 

NateDrake

Member
Oct 24, 2017
7,497
No they shouldn't. I didn't.

There's a lot of people in the gaming media that strike me as fraudulent. I don't start threads about them because I don't know them and it's not a good quality to be shitty to someone based on my limited perception. Its not a good quality to hold grudges about past actions. If he was continuing to steal from people in this forum, I'd get it. But he's not...so I don't.

(I'll unapologetically shit on the President because he knowingly does things that negatively impact people I know.)

This guy...just let it be. Why's he a thread?

Anyways I'm done. Said all I needed to say. You guys try to be nicer. I'm going back to talking about games.
Because the community chose to create a thread about a figure from a prominent website that fell from glory due to lies & left. The community decided to discuss this matter and are doing so. He chose to return to Youtube and sweep aside his prior actions. Just because he chose to ignore them doesn't mean anyone else has to.
 

Billfisto

Member
Oct 30, 2017
14,929
Canada
None of what you said is relevant to my point. His apology video was only posted here for another chance to shit post. There's a lot of poor Youtube videos from people in the gaming community. We shouldn't post them in this forum only to be an excuse to talk shitty about them. He's out of any mainstream gaming media. Why is he still coming up in a gaming forum?

I've never made a case for his credibility, qualifications or what type of guy he is. I don't know that stuff. It's irrelevant. It's all been said. Saying it all again because of a poorly done apology video (going by all your words since I'm not watching it) is pointless.

Dude was the subject of a fairly major and well-reported debacle two months ago. His first foray back into the public eye is newsworthy. His first foray back into the public eye being really shitty and ham-fisted is worthy of discussion (and derision).
 

PaulloDEC

Visited by Knack
Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,409
Australia
I've never made a case for his credibility, qualifications or what type of guy he is. I don't know that stuff. It's irrelevant. It's all been said. Saying it all again because of a poorly done apology video (going by all your words since I'm not watching it) is pointless.

If he'd have given a sincere and accurate apology in the first place everybody would've stopped caring by now.
 

Lukemia SL

Member
Jan 30, 2018
9,384
Good for him. Nothing wrong with picking yourself up after falling. Haters can fuck off.

So this guy stole from his old colleague.
Wrecked his previous employer's reputation
Stole from Eurogamer
Stole a template for his LinkedN account
Stole a review from a small Youtube channel
Stole from another YouTube channel and another one
Stole a review on Fifa of all games among even more theft from Filip Miucin and you decide to say to the "haters", fuck off?

Do you know who really needs to fuck off in this situation? It isn't those haters.
 

Deleted member 36578

Dec 21, 2017
26,561
I wonder why he didn't go for a video editing job somewhere. He's clearly talented in that field. Doing the youtube thing will just garner hate, as evident of this thread. Better to hide his face.
 

Decarb

Member
Oct 27, 2017
8,641
I sincerely feel like the guy is sorry for being caught instead of being sorry for what he has done. If it was the later he wouldn't be pussyfooting around what he has done by calling it "ups and downs" and "missteps".
 

TooFriendly

Member
Oct 30, 2017
2,028
Even Filip's name is plagiarised.

It has the same sound as another name, but some of the letters are changed.
 

Lukemia SL

Member
Jan 30, 2018
9,384
I wonder why he didn't go for a video editing job somewhere. He's clearly talented in that field. Doing the youtube thing will just garner hate, as evident of this thread. Better to hide his face.

Would be a good idea as long as he doesn't plagiarise this style

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Then it's all good.
 

PaulloDEC

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Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,409
Australia
I wonder why he didn't go for a video editing job somewhere. He's clearly talented in that field. Doing the youtube thing will just garner hate, as evident of this thread. Better to hide his face.

I mean... would you hire him?

If I were an employer, I'm be a little concerned around hiring someone if a cursory Google search of their name brought up a ton of hits about a plagiarism scandal.
 

Deleted member 36578

Dec 21, 2017
26,561

Dark1x

Digital Foundry
Verified
Oct 26, 2017
3,530
I genuinely cannot figure out why he's back. It's clear from what happened that he knows nothing about gaming in general and doesn't really seem to care. Which suggests he's doing it for some other reason.

He probably does enjoy video editing which IS rewarding but why talk about games at all? It's so bizarre.
 

Rondras

Banned
Aug 28, 2018
538
Good for him. Nothing wrong with picking yourself up after falling. Haters can fuck off.
People are not haters of him, they didn't even care about him before all the scandal. People "hate" what he did and that he didn't even apologize properly, he lied several times even when he was caught several times and even in his "apology" videos he was still trying to cash money.

I genuinely cannot figure out why he's back. It's clear from what happened that he knows nothing about gaming in general and doesn't really seem to care. Which suggests he's doing it for some other reason.

He probably does enjoy video editing which IS rewarding but why talk about games at all? It's so bizarre.
He likes game, he just doesn't know anything about them. And he is in cause of the money.
 

Aadiboy

Member
Nov 4, 2017
3,641
It's obvious that Miucin didn't really care or know much about games, so it's kind of weird he's so intent on being a part of games media. Like, does he think it's easy money or something? Why the push to get back into the industry that just kicked him out?
 

danm999

Member
Oct 29, 2017
17,097
Sydney
Hmm maybe there's a way to salvage credibility after basing your entire career as a content creator on plagiarism, but a two month hiatus and some weak as shit mea culpa ain't it.

Dude needs to accept he's a joke and done in this industry and should probably look into selling insurance or something.
 
Oct 27, 2017
1,367
No they shouldn't. I didn't.

There's a lot of people in the gaming media that strike me as fraudulent. I don't start threads about them because I don't know them and it's not a good quality to be shitty to someone based on my limited perception. Its not a good quality to hold grudges about past actions. If he was continuing to steal from people in this forum, I'd get it. But he's not...so I don't.

(I'll unapologetically shit on the President because he knowingly does things that negatively impact people I know.)

This guy...just let it be. Why's he a thread?

Anyways I'm done. Said all I needed to say. You guys try to be nicer. I'm going back to talking about games.

Not sure I agree with your statement of "a lot of people in the gaming media" being fraudulent, but I agree that this thread serves little to no purpose.

Filip Miucin did a shitty thing and rightfully got fired from his job and run out of the industry for it. I'm never going to watch videos on his YouTube channel because the guy is untrustworthy. We don't owe him a second chance or any professional respect.

That being said, this thread comes off as more cruel than newsworthy. Let's all move on. If the dude plagiarizes again maybe it's worth a thread, or if he does something else newsworthy (like get hired at another games media company, etc).

Hopefully mods can lock this up before it devolves into outright harassment.
 

Kin5290

Member
Oct 26, 2017
3,390
So he's vaguely sorry, but not so much as to make a video about it. And not enough to actually talk about what he did wrong. Instead, he'll hide it in the comments section.

It's pretty presumptive of him to go back to video game content creation like he has any credibility at all. He might make a good staff video editor for a company like Nerdist or Rooster Teeth, if they'd hire him, but as far as creating content goes how can we know it's not stolen from elsewhere?
 
Oct 27, 2017
11,506
Bandung Indonesia
Most mistakes of this nature deserves a second chance.

Oh come on, as much as I'd like an actual apology video from him, I think the dude at least deserves a second chance. It's not like he's irredeemable or actually a shitty person in games media like Nick Robinson or Ian Miles Cheong.

Can't understand this.

Like, if he plagiarizes just one time, sure, it's fine to give him a second chance. But he plagiarizes not just one time. Two times, three times, four times, five times... heck he even plagiarizes the work of his own IGN co-worker without telling the person about it or requesting permission.

That's second, third, fourth, fifth chance wasted already.
 

Winstano

Editor-in-chief at nextgenbase.com
Verified
Oct 28, 2017
1,828
Fuck this guy, and fuck the people defending him.

What he did was not a mistake, it was calculated deceit, over a long period of time, that led him to a position at the biggest games website on the planet. And he carried on when he got there.

Getting paid games writing gigs is fucking difficult, and this guy hit the jackpot by ripping off others. Now people are willing to welcome him back with open arms less than 6 months after this all got found out?! Fuck that.
 
Oct 25, 2017
26,560
No they shouldn't. I didn't.

There's a lot of people in the gaming media that strike me as fraudulent. I don't start threads about them because I don't know them and it's not a good quality to be shitty to someone based on my limited perception. Its not a good quality to hold grudges about past actions. If he was continuing to steal from people in this forum, I'd get it. But he's not...so I don't.

(I'll unapologetically shit on the President because he knowingly does things that negatively impact people I know.)

This guy...just let it be. Why's he a thread?

Anyways I'm done. Said all I needed to say. You guys try to be nicer. I'm going back to talking about games.
Since when do you have to know someone to make a thread about them?
 
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