The following is a fan testimony from Mike Dijital, a former fan that got legitimately screwed over by Chris' apathy, laziness, and greed. It also reveals something about the Puppet Steve channel.
Due to the format of the story, I have cleaned it up for accessible reading.
Mike was an Irate Gamer super fan. He discovered him through the Super Mario Bros. 2 video and it lead him down the path to other game reviewers like the Angry Video Game Nerd, ProJared, and Rerez. He was even blocked from the Nerd's page for his overzealous defending of the Irate Gamer. Mike bought all of his DVDs. He also stayed in touch with Bores through AIM and Facebook Messenger. He got into arguments with TheArchfiend on the now defunct livevideo.com. That's how much of a fan he was.
Cut ahead to 2019. Mike realized he has lost his old Irate Gamer DVDs, and one day hoping to show the old episodes to his son, he ordered replacement copies. Due to their cost, Mike ordered them in batches. First he ordered Seasons 1-3, and received them in two weeks. Pretty normal so far. A month later he ordered Seasons 4 & 5, and after three weeks he hasn't gotten anything. He sent Chris a message asking about it. Chris tells him he ran out of DVD-Rs and once he gets more he'll send him the copies along with a "bonus". Mike gave him a pass, as he also sells DVDs through eBay and knows the pain of running out.
Two weeks go by and Season 4 & 5 come in. There was no bonus. Not only that, but Season 4's marathon function was broken. The only way to watch it was to individually select each episode and go back to the menu after it ends. A rather tedious feature. Mike sent Chris a message about this bug, and Chris said "I'll fix it".
Later on, Mike ordered History of Video Games 1 & 2. He figured it shouldn't take too long since Chris just got a new batch of DVD-Rs. A month goes by, and no HoVG DVDs. Mike tries contacting Chris again, but this time doesn't get a response. Six weeks after ordering, Mike decides to place a fraud claim on PayPal. Within five days, Chris sent a tracking number to PayPal, but no apology to Mike. Eventually, he gets the HoVG DVDs, which came with a copy of Pursuit of the Paranormal as a bonus. Though Chris just threw the disc into one of the cases, no separate case or anything.
Mike would keep sending him messages about the broken Season 4 DVD, but never got a response. He eventually finds out about GeekTime, and left a comment on Episode 3 that Season 4 is still broken. Chris actually responds.
Editor Note: I have preserved the comment in case Chris tries to delete it and deny it.
Last night, Mike is on eBay looking to get some Minecraft playsets for his son for Christmas. He finds a couple from a seller named bbtopper, and purchases them for $16.99. A couple hours later, he receives a PayPal notification that Chris Bores has refunded him $16.99. This confused him as he hadn't talked to Bores in months, thinking that he was getting a late refund for Season 4. However, he looked into it and found that bbtopper is Chris Bores, and he refunded him on the Minecraft sets. Infuriated that Chris screwed him for a third time, he messages him on eBay and tells him that he crossed the line interfering with his son's Christmas like that, and he'll inform the Irate Gamer Sucks blog about this. Then within a half hour, Chris told him that he gave the toys away and forgot to take the auctions down.
Wow. I knew Chris was a jackass before, but this takes it to another level. Screwing a fan that gave you years of support, and even gave you his money.
And really, not removing pages for items you don't have seems incredibly irresponsible. Especially if you're trying to make yourself a notable eBay store.
Thanks to Mike's testimony, I now have an answer to "where does Chris keep all those toys he presents on Puppet Steve". The answer is he sells them on eBay.
Here's a collectors.com page for him: Do these toys look familiar?
In fact, those Transformers BotBot toys listed are the ones featured in his latest Puppet Steve video (as of this writing). There's also a Boo made of wood that looks familiar. I swear he's been trying to sell that thing for years.
Another note about Puppet Steve. About a week ago he posted a "reaction" video to the trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. It was one of the most poorly done videos he's ever made. Rather than download the trailer, or even putting a YouTube video in fullscreen and capturing his screen, he records his computer with his camera. What is this, 2008 Let's Plays? Feels like Slowbeef should be mocking it for looking like shit. It was a badly done "reaction" with several pauses to point out the obvious. Though one part that bothered me and my informant is how he says "kids like us". So Puppet Steve is supposed to be a kid? Then why does he sound like a 40 year old man. Chris barely does a voice on Puppet Steve, so you got this deep voice going "I'm a kid". It's like a bad Ren & Stimpy routine.
I'll get to Chris' "call-out" of Jason Hawes another time.
Major special thanks to Mike Dijital for coming forward with this. I know it wasn't easy after years of support. But it's better now that this information is out in the open for people to see.
If anyone else has any similar stories, please let me know.
Out of all of the fan testimonies that I've read on this blog, this one is the shittiest Chris had been. He's scammed this person multiple times and almost ruined his son's Christmas. I don't care how religious and spiritual Chris tries to be. He's an asshole and that's why he's risen and fell. Also this goes to Mike but if you have any further concern please let us know.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow. Fucking wow.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Chris screwed over a long-time fan and nearly ruining said fan's son's Christmas just goes to show just how much of a despicable human being he can be.
To Mike, thanks for sharing your testimony. Sorry that Boring Man treated you like garbage.
I'm not even surprised to read this. It's sad that Bores treating his fans like shit is what we most expect. It makes me wonder how many other parents he's screwed over.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm no toy expert, but is 140 dollars a fair price for those Transformers toys?
Off topic, but Ryan Kaji, the kid behind the Ryan's World YouTube channel, is estimated to have made about $26 million on YouTube this year alone. He is the highest paid YouTuber this year.
ReplyDeleteYouTube is BS, there is some things going on in the background like people messing with the systems, making certain inside channels favoured for views over others.
DeleteOff topic:
ReplyDeleteRise of Skywalker was great, but get ready for the internet to nitpick the shit out of it.
Some film scholar might build a convincing case that Last Jedi is better cinema, but Rise is a better STAR WARS movie.
DeleteEven though it made Vader's death pointless?
DeleteSaving his son's life isn't a point?
DeleteMe personally I thought it felt like a giant apology for The Last Jedi. Luke is much more likable, I liked the addition of Lando, and the Han Solo cameo was touching. However I felt the film was not the best star wars film in the world but it was a good way to end the trilogy.
DeleteI didn't hate The Rise of Skywalker but it is about average quality, in my opinion. The film rushes from one thing to the next and most annoyingly - it goes back to the Star Wars trope of having literally a small handful of people from two families shape the future of the entire galaxy. For all of its faults, at least The Last Jedi tried to break away from that and that The Force is something more than just a tool to be used by Jedi and Sith.
Delete@Harrod Yeah, but he only killed a clone, meaning that the whole Chosen One thing was a bunch of bunk.
DeleteI feel bad for Mike. I hope everything will be ok for him.
ReplyDeleteAfter much debate, I'll try to see if I can do The Rise and Fall of Channel Awesome because it's my most requested topic. Keep in mind that the video won't be out any time soon. I will have to spend some time doing research, going back and re watching old Nostalgia Critic reviews, downloading the reviews, writing the script, recording the voice over, editing the voice over, and editing the video. The Irate Gamer one took a week and a half to make and the Billy Mitchell one took a week to make but I expect Channel awesome to take much longer. It might even be a month before that video comes out.
ReplyDeleteDamn, you sound like Chris Bores explaining why Irate Gamer videos took so long to make.
DeleteI wasn't intending to sound like Chris but I was trying to point out that this subject will take a while to make and will probably be 20-30 minutes long.
DeleteI also would have to catch up with other Channel Awesome people because the only person that's been on the site that I still consistently watch is Todd In The Shadows.
DeleteBut PrinceMario puts in the time on the actual video content, not special effects and unfunny Family Guy gags.
DeleteDon't get me wrong. I wasn't insulting Prince Mario. Just poking fun at the long explanation. Go back to Chris' "thank you" video around the 1:50 mark and he does a very similar breakdown of the production process.
DeleteI understand Edge! If you still want to see more PrinceMario content while you're waiting for a Rise and Fall video then you should check out my Twitch. My Twitch username is PrinceMario64.
DeleteI've mostly washed my hands of all the parties involved with CA on both sides. Honestly, the only people who were ever involved with the organization that I still watch are Angry Joe, Sage (when he barely puts out content nowadays), and maybe some Todd or (even rarer) Brad Jones.
DeleteIt got really creepy when I heard of people removing cameos and videos all Orwellian like. Makes it kinda gross to even think of trying to catch up. Saw CinematicVenom's final documentary (for whatever that's worth), and that was the capstone of nearly a decade of viewership of many of those people.
Good luck on your project, lord knows that knowing both sides of the split are awful just depressed the hell out of me.
Phelous is probably the only guy from Channel Awesome I still watch anymore, him and Micah Curtis (ex-BlisteredThumbs).
DeleteOT: Say, what's Asalieri been up to these days?
ReplyDeleteDon't care. Last I saw the Blob, it was in the comments of a Metokur video on Channel Awesome. Perhaps trying to glean support from people who didn't know any better.
DeleteAsa recently did a livestream on YouTube after lots of time away. The reason being a new baby.
DeleteEggnog is ruined.
ReplyDeleteThree weeks from now, how would the Geektime episode on Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker play out? Let's make a prediction.
ReplyDeleteAlready-widely-expressed opinions recycled now that they've proven popular. Leading candidates: "Why didn't they just make Palpatine the villain from Ep. VII?" "Yet another planet-destroying superweapon? I just don't know." "Oh, but I am glad Chewie finally got a medal."
DeleteAs a Christmas gift, I'm repurposing my channel as an archive for my shitty riffs. They're viewable again, but there's no rating or commenting anymore, since 1) I'm not doing this anymore and 2) I really don't care about it though it's the only thing people care about in regard to content from me. They never gave any of my other ventures a chance like they did with ICBINAVGN. Any of them.
ReplyDeleteThey're coming back gradually.
While I'm glad the ICBINAVGN videos are coming back because they made Chris' videos look entertaining, since there was a market for Irate Gamer commentaries at the time that's probably why you're fanbase wanted more ICBINAVGN. My audience doesn't watch my other content, they only watch my Rise and Fall content.
DeleteI thought people hated me because so much covered the Irate Gamer.
DeleteYay!
Delete@Double ......
Delete@Radio White Base
DeleteDoubleEdgedSword is reacting to you making all your Irate Gamer vids viewable again.
There's still not going to be any new content on that channel. I'm moving.
DeleteThat's OK. I'd just want to be able to watch the old ones from time to time. The angry reviewing fad is deader than Disco anyway. AVGN is barely hanging on as it is.
DeleteYou really are a whiny little grotbag aren't you? Just post the video about how your name relates to your diaper fetish and stfu
Delete@Unknown Unknown Takes a whiny little grotbag to know a whiny little grotbag, boy. So how about take a ride in a clothes dryer?
DeleteOnly if it's full of your dirty diapers pet
DeleteOK you should contact all the toy companies that are sending Chris Bores free stuff to advertise. Let them know the guy they're letting advertise their stuff is a scam artist. That would discourage them from sending stuff to him to review.
ReplyDeleteThe toy companies would stop paying him to advertise as well.
ReplyDeleteChris is beyond a jackass for nearly ruining the holidays for both Mike and his son, I hope he eventually faces a sentence for wire/mail fraud.
ReplyDeleteAnd Chris is still making DVDs? I thought those didn't sell too well.
Bores' latest post:
ReplyDelete=== Got the amazing opportunity to ghost hunt a still working school over their Christmas break. Everyone working there has had at least one thing happen to them and below is a picture of the basement I stumbled through in the dark. Back in the day it was a kids mental facility and the reports of children haunting it are rampant. I was only there for an hour and a half but I briefly made contact in the basement wing where my Ovilus device kept saying mommy. Truly heartbreaking. And I could feel something peaking in and out as the pressure in the room kept shifting. And to top it all off my monitoring camera turned off even though it had a full battery. Not sure what that's about either.... Still digging for EVP's but even though I didn't have a lot of time, I tried to alleviate the tensions there as best I could. ===
That's the best he can do? Ebenezer Scrooge had no equipment or training and he talked to four ghosts in one Christmas.
DeleteBTW, still curious if you could do a Decade-End List as opposed to a Year-End List, considering 2019 had nothing memorable regarding Bores, but the majority of the decade, especially in 2011 and 2015, had a lot of stuff worth talking about regarding him?
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