he's just going to change his name and start over his grift when enough people see this video of you exposing him. and it's sad you had to become scammed yourself in this process in order to fully investigate this scammer. you would think someone might follow suit and sue this guy into oblivion, make sure he never comes back and tries his grift again.
Bro went to rage on reddit, making excuses, instantly got bamboozled by everyone in the community. He's not even pretending to be his own imaginary fan, he's just straight up making excuses Literal free entertainment
Thats how he makes money lol. Its not a scam. Its hatebait. You let NEETs and internet edge gamers rage and that rage = money. Anyone with half a brain knows hes full of shit. People who actually click his videos are likely so embarrassed they feel the need to rage.
@@Ladas552 Challenge accepted and completed. I have been exposing and krapping on Derek Diablo everywhere that I can, here on YT, Facebook, Reddit, going to krap on him on Nexus forums and Steam forums soon too probably. Wow, can't even say krap with a C here on YT, what a shame. TH-cam, just stop sucking please.
I audibly gasped. The drama! Thanks for the extensive investigation Mern, I hope people are now more informed about this guy and steer away from his "modpack" lol
"Modpacks", which is an archaic term and not really how the scene works anymore. You're supposed to credit everyone for their work, not steal is and hide it among other mods to call it a "pack". Modlists are what you're supposed to do now as a curator, pointing to a list of mods for someone to download from the source.
Modpacks work fine with games like Minecraft where you can still see the author of each mod. I dont see necessarily why Skyrim or Fallout should be any different.@@Explosive0Diahrea
At the risk of sounding like a boomer modder, this is exactly what I imagined when I first heard about wabbajack and mod packs and the various efforts to streamline mod installations. For the most part I've been pleasantly surprised, it's been great to see modding becoming less time consuming and more approachable, but it sucks to see someone taking advantage of the confusion to scam people. Also, cool glasses!
Wabbajack convinced me to get back into Skyrim, seeing people come together to make massive and mostly stable modpacks was really refreshing from my mostly tame attempts at modding.
@@cechermoomoo1247 yeah, it's really revitalized the modding community, I've been very happily surprised. Honestly, hearing about this controversy, it sounds like the reason this kind of scam isn't common is because the wabbajack team and the mod pack community as a whole has been looking out for and preventing this sort of thing.
Even steam wanted to workshop mods can be sold and tax'em all. But you could have sold them 0 $. This thing is stayed as born-dead plan. And now some jackasses is trying to sell a modlist which made of free content. This guy is trying to make a profit from someone's free content... Wasn't that illegal??
@@mertdinc5459 It freaking should be. Bethesda and Microsoft should sue "Derek Diablo" into oblivion. Large mod projects like Beyond Skyrim aren't even allowed to take donations for all the hard work they do in making quality mod content. Derek Diablo is a parasite.
But when are they (Modders + The industry) gonna take it next level @@CatHasOpinions734? Working together so the consumer can contribute more than financially; for industry to encourage us to make our own "Fan-fiction"/Lore to Role-play with their our friends at the very least, don't have to blow it up to some award ceremony to adopt "New Cannon" for the Franchise. . . I've never actually modded successfully ever lol. Should eventually be PnP / pick and choose which elements of gaming you want for your own "User Experience" and then perhaps tinker around with what the "Trends" are for what games need to be Massively Mulitplayer, or some type of "Personalized Match making" to sync People's gaming Meta Data/History + preferences into a game that makes sense and is reasonably palatable for People. With A.I you'd think/hope they'd be able to cross over Splinter Cell, MGS, Espionage games with more the chaotic FPS games, and even the mundane, like The Sims, for Upkeep / Political Morale / Homeland management in an all encompassing WAR game/simulation. But Gaming is being run as a "Psychological Operation" "Against" People, instead of to "Intrigue/engage" us, "They" wish to influence + occupy our minds vs give us an "Imagination machine" to help express ourselves, or whatever it is we choose to do with'em. 🤦🏼♂
I find it so weird that people will pay for a paywalled list of mods but don't consider donating to the actual artists making the mods in the first place lol Besides that this dudes mod lists look like crap, you want a good game just download a decent texture pack, lux lighting, and picho, rudy or cabbage enb. Easy modernized skyrim gaming.
@@puddingsimon2626 they are also playing with the expectation that it’s a “one click” modlist installation when it’s not. I’ve seen him in comments even telling people it’s one click. Makes me wonder how many people opted out once they realized this.
Tipping modmakers would be nice, but realistically any one person uses hundreds of mods, so it's unrealistic for someone to dig out their wallet 100 times voluntarily to give. I would see many more people bringing out their wallet for the major contributions, or to try to support people who are promising something good coming. Like Enaisiaon having their Patreon made sense, because mods from him completely changed the game to be funner, and he just kept making stuff. Modlist authors also make sense, as they're constantly working to keep lists installable and improve them, as well as provide "customer support". So I get it, but yeah, there are many others who deserve the money much more than someone who's clearly faking it till he makes it.
@@honinakecheta601not because they are lazy, a lot of people don’t have the spare time for it. People have jobs with long hours, that then have to come back to their family and provide. People don’t want to spend the limited spare time they have downloading and installing mods off the nexus
i still remember when MXR was scammed by some modder on the nexus, all because he made the mistake of not praising a mod he downloaded from some random user, aparently she scammed him out of ten grand that he settled out of court to make her threats go away. MXR was just a mod reviewer, that's really it, essentailly he did this shit for free for the community of modders, and this one decided to threaten him with a lawsuit, now MXR really shouldn't have folded because it was obvoiously bullshit extortion, but he folded because he took the charge seriously and he was scammed by this modder over a scammy threat. but this is what happens when you don't understand fair use and laws in this country, people scam you and you fold to it.
Meanwhile in fallout modding community.Its all good and hardly any modders delete thier mods and cry over comments when thier mods are criticized and leave the modding community.Skyrim modders are sensative as fu*k and lot of drama queens.
@effishcent317thankfully Ostim moved past that with NG and is now completely independent and open source with the standalone edition. "We will watch your career with great interest"
I find trial and error installations of mods more fun. It makes it feel more personal and gives you a sense of pride to have 1k mods that was individually installed and tweaked and not crash every 20 minutes. I've looked over all these various 'packs' and it just seems like a nightmare waiting to happen.. but one thing that has remained the same in the past 10+ years is the MODDERS DRAMA! 🤣
@@derkyjerky1401 His channel has too many strikes, and can’t be monetized. That’s why he stopped uploading, as it wasn’t worth the time he spent making the vids.
Thanks for making a video on this scammer. Derek named Omen ENB after me for whatever reason. It caused a lot of drama in my community because people thought it was my preset.
Bro yeah i did not see anything on reddit, but i was getting all his video recomended to me, bro was using an AI voice and plugin his patron non stop for "his" modlists, first video i saw i was like: "ok this dude is just straight up charging for other peoples work on the laziest way as possible"
Oh and the comments under That mod where hilarious, that one guy boasting about his wabajsct mod list having like 10 downloads, then wabajack admin denying his claim and based on his unacceptable behavior getting his Modlist and username blacklisted
Nice to finally put a face to the voice Mern. Also nice that you took the time to investigate and report on this. Keep up the good work, and mod it till it crashes.....Then mod it some more. > ; ) Nico
I was expecting a scam behind these candy videos, but I wasn't aware of this absolute rabbit hole - nor the amount of people giving them MONEY! 💀 Informative and professional as always, Mern! Way to put the Skyrim community on the map 👁️👄👁️
8:24 hey thats me :) when i was trying to pull evidence on the guy when the chaos was going on about this derek person at the time.yea i totally knew this dude was a scammer,the hatred and all.then wants to justify on his omen enb that was a pirated cabbage enb claiming it was free shaders.and seeing this modlist he had there i knew was a legit scam too.
Mern spilling the tea was not what I was expecting to see today. My Guy, I appreciate you doing your homework, citing your references, clarifying what is an allegation or fact. Things like this can cause drama waves, for sure, but in essence, it's an attempt to protect the community. Sometimes you just have to use your platform to call someone out. Thanks for managing to keep your humor and voice authentic whilst still maintaining the serious message of Derek's schemes. On another note, I use Manta sleep masks and will never go back! Mine is ready for replacement, I'll be sure to (very gratefully) use your discount code. You didn't even mention that the eyepads are thickened to keep the light out, whilst keeping the pads themselves away from the eyelids (great for girls who wear makeup while they sleep), and that you can adjust the pads because they velcro to the mask. It's THE BEST eye mask.
This reminds me of SkyrimGTX, an old mod-scammer who'd steal character presets, tweak them slightly, then sell them. And out of curiosity I checked his prices in an email and it was like 20 bucks, it was ridiculous.
Damn this is such scummy behaviour. As someone who is fairly new to the skyrim modding community, thank u for raising awareness on this as its easy to fall for traps when youre new to this. Especially considering that i saw Derek commenting on my videos not too long ago Great video, great face 😘
Great video, as always. Thank you for bringing this to your attention. I have to say I've been watching you for a while, and it's nice to see how your channel has grown.🙂
I saw some of the trailers, but I've never really tried whole mod packs before, legitimate or otherwise, so it just passed me by. Glad to know what to watch out for now
It's begun when modding starts to get easier and stops being a niche thing. Then here we are, the horde of normies come into the modding scene for the sake of their profit and clout.
My first time subscribing to a patreon account which is derek diablo and he never did once help me fix any of the mod list problems, his "24 hour assistance" complete bull and his AIO installer is fake as he advertised it when it was not even ready. Thank you for shedding light on this Mern you the best.
Ooooooh, Skyrim drama. Love it. The author of the Phoenix Flavor Wabbajack list did a full Google doc expose of Derek Diablo a while back. It's worth a read if you have the time.
I love the new video format! You could use it when you do this kind of video talking about the community or some people in it, and stick with the old one for the mod showcases.
Not only does it give us a bad name, it’s also incredibly disheartening. I’ve been doing this for about four years now, publicly and freely sharing everything I can and doing support for about eight hours a day, and it’s incredibly hard. Seeing someone swoop in, do less than the bare minimum, and make over a thousand bucks a month selling other people’s work…it makes me want to stop. It makes me think that the general public does not value time or effort or honesty. And given the fact that support is…well, to support bugs and fix them, it’s hard to only see negative comments for so many years. Anyway, sorry for the rant. Thank you for the video. Derek has been on my radar for a while but I’ve been too physically and emotionally drained to do anything about it. You did a good job and earned a new subscriber out of me, and I’ll go ahead and pop a link to this in my discord as well.
Surprised you mentioned PureDark for monetizing DLSS, but not Pascal Gilcher for monetizing a Reshade shader that was promised to be free, yet it's still behind a 5$ paywall, even after almost 2 years.
Great you addressed this subject Mern. There's a new bunch of litters in the Skyrim modding scene doing this. Hyping their "modlists" (which are mostly taken from Nolvus) with some incompatible, not tested mods added and then selling the "mod guides" on Patreon. Then you realize you actually paid for a mod list and not an actual mod guide with a step by step installation and troubleshooting support. EDIT: Can't anyone send all this proof to Patreon so they ban him there too?
Hey Brother, I've been a Skooma Runner on your Patreon for a while. My one-year anniversary date will be September 4th. Just wanted to say two things. First love all the content you have published. Following your videos and suggestions has made my Skyrim addiction incredibly fun. Your Merch Rocks and every penny I have spent in support of your site has been worth it. Second, I joined the Patreon you were discussing in this video a few months back, and Quit the following month for the very reasons you detailed. Thanks for the great content you as always are Awesome!
dunno if you gonna read this mate, but I love your content, and you have an awesome voice. you should definitely do podcasts or elder scrolls audiobooks. (how about a mod where you'd read all the books of skyrim as soon as you opened them ingame (there's already a mod like that, but I don't like the guy's voice to be fair) your voice on the other hand is really easy on the ears. also I love your videos and the way you edit them. you put a lot of work and love in them, that's obvious. I actually thought you were older based on your voice. you sound very calm composed and mature. keep doin what ya do best. cheers mate.
Thank you so much for posting this !! I thought something was off with this guy !! I’ll post in Patreon before I cancel my membership. Thank you again!
Last week only I was thinking about Derek diablo that he's a scammer you find a good mod list nowadays anywhere on reddit or some truly next gen ones like NOLVUS
So busy struggling with my Ostim on why the Hud control sometime disappearing, never knew that Skyrim Modding got a lot of drama happening in the background. Lol And thanks for the video and the face reveals. Its nice to see someone talking sensitive topic like this but not hiding behind something. You could know the news is legit.
lol, I came across this guy's videos last year actaully. At the moment I thought it was somekind of big overhaul mod project but then I saw the words "modlist" and "patreon" together and just laughed for a solid minute.
I've heard of other people do the same I believe. I forget what this guys name was but he locks his modpack or whatever behind patreon for 1 dollar, I even found out they do not have permission from some mod authors. I'd have to go digging to find this person again.
Thanks for taking the time to make this Mern. it's a shame it's on a sour topic but it is useful information for indaviduals looking into modding for the first time (myself included.)
Face reveal. Always awesome!!! Have to say I missed the Skyrim depicted ads though. Your a master at that and I’m always looking forward to it with a new video release!
The only one click installed aside wabbajack is the NOLVUS list which as its own installer and also provide options straight from the installer without any steps after install (contrary to wj list where you have to do some work if you are using 21/9 settings for example)
I remember watching one of his modlist videos which had motivated me to go back to Skyrim and mod again (You too Mern). Never bothered to click his links though, I’m not surprised since this been a age of scamming people so it was only a matter a time before it reached to the Skyrim community just sucks to see it did already.
@@flameguy3416 i don't care about them, this is an intresting idea and i wouldn't reffer to it as paywalled mods, this is next gen oblivion horse armor
This is why its better to just make your own mod pack the old fashioned way….you know install them yourselves. Anyone who paywalls streamlining a modlist that isnt your mods, is an ahole. Mod manager is free and vortex is free.
it seems so scummy to Paywall a list of mods that are public, and they're not even his to begin with. It also is embarrassing that he wasn't able to get a Wabbajack list made lol
Gotta admit I've let myself lure in to subscribe to his patreon by his false promises and flashy presentation of his modlists. Thank you Mern for making this video and clearing thinks up for other people, especially for those new to the modding community.
I don't even know how to use synthesis 😭. It looks super confusing and the only thing i need it for is immersive equipment displaysfor the left side sheaths. Also I stayed for the drama but subscribed because you're funny and pretty hot! Also the drama is so fun sometimes.
Damn funny coming from a discord that banned me because I dared to tell someone that there was a site reuploading all banned mods, without any warning message or request to discuss it.
Great exposé, Mern! Glad to see that DerekDiablo is getting some public coverage on his extremely predatory behavior. Have you contacted PureDark yet to tell him that he's knowingly providing his paid content without permission? I think PureDark could actually seek legal action against him due to his license.
There are a lot more concerning issues with Derek, to be honest. Like the fact that he included SexLab and full nudity mods in "I Remastered Skyrim's First Person Combat | 2023 Overhaul" and the video isn't even age restricted. And the fact that he spent 4 minutes showing off the "Skyrim - Director's Edition Character Creation | 2023 Showcase [4K]" which is just him throwing in RaceMenu by expired6978 and clicking through the menu for a bit with a *fake* thumbnail, and then just running around for the rest of the video casting spells at the floor and walking menacingly through Rorikstead (at which point his game crashes, better leave that take in!). Also, the performance in several of his videos is *terrible* despite him claiming to have a 3090 - in some cases I saw framerates *in his recordings* as low as 6 fps. I think he's mad about being banned from Wabbajack, as well, as in the Golden Wind trailer he has an arrow pointing at Uthgerd the Unbroken labeling her as "Halgari" and then immediately showing his character beating the shit out of her. Very hinged fellow. The sheer number of broken mods and the shit "installation instructions" are just icing on the cake. Download something better and save your money, there are plenty of FREE lists on Wabbajack that will give you better performance, stability, and gameplay experience.
I’m kind of glad my self made mod list is tailored for my pc and my own preferences cause i can’t imagine paying someone to give me something broken and def not up for my standards… This is wild omg
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he's just going to change his name and start over his grift when enough people see this video of you exposing him.
and it's sad you had to become scammed yourself in this process in order to fully investigate this scammer.
you would think someone might follow suit and sue this guy into oblivion, make sure he never comes back and tries his grift again.
@@5226-p1e every time he pops up, we'll just post this stuff everywhere
The WABBAJACK!!!
Mern is not in fact a giant booby dommy mommy irl? My life is shattered and my heart is broken. How could you Mern?
Or maybe you just can’t see it 👀. One must have hope 😂
This is not Mern. Mern is stashed in the basement
Clearly this is wizardry and not real.
My day is officially ruined.
What you talking about, this is just his ultra realistic 3d vtuber model avatar. 🥴🥴🥴
Its just a list? Ive been doing it wrong...
You do everything right! Sexiest voice of youtube
Came for Skyrim, stayed for this mans charisma.
I thought this video was gonna be slandering Belethor or something
Same, but my guess was Harkon
Pretty much
nah, literally same haha
@@CatHasOpinions734 i thought it was nazeem
Stay away from that guy, he's up to no good.
The fact that 90% of his comments are clowning on him is very satisfying.
there is like 2 comments dude
@@Ladas552 Nah, most of his vids he gets clowned on for his broken janky modlists being monetized.
Bro went to rage on reddit, making excuses, instantly got bamboozled by everyone in the community.
He's not even pretending to be his own imaginary fan, he's just straight up making excuses
Literal free entertainment
Thats how he makes money lol. Its not a scam. Its hatebait. You let NEETs and internet edge gamers rage and that rage = money. Anyone with half a brain knows hes full of shit. People who actually click his videos are likely so embarrassed they feel the need to rage.
@@Ladas552 Challenge accepted and completed. I have been exposing and krapping on Derek Diablo everywhere that I can, here on YT, Facebook, Reddit, going to krap on him on Nexus forums and Steam forums soon too probably. Wow, can't even say krap with a C here on YT, what a shame. TH-cam, just stop sucking please.
Mern looking like a true Musician
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@@Mern The beat is indeed quirky
More like Salt Bae.
No offense, Murn guy. I've just found your channel, k...
Mexican*
Let's gooo, I finally made it out Umbrael's basement! 💪
Bring her back u coward
She was your pretty bitch, your mind she did bewitch?
Proud of you mern
Why would you ever wanna leave?
Lies. Umbrael is probably just forcing you to film her videos for her now so that she has to do less work
Imagine paying for a mod list lol
Bad guy scammer. Handsome man warning the community. Was not expecting the face reveal but was not disappointed
I second that. \^_^/
I audibly gasped. The drama! Thanks for the extensive investigation Mern, I hope people are now more informed about this guy and steer away from his "modpack" lol
I remember seeing this guys videos and laughing when i saw his modlists were locked behind a paywall.
"Modpacks", which is an archaic term and not really how the scene works anymore. You're supposed to credit everyone for their work, not steal is and hide it among other mods to call it a "pack".
Modlists are what you're supposed to do now as a curator, pointing to a list of mods for someone to download from the source.
same here. i’ve been modding since i was 12 and never had to spend a penny
Modpacks work fine with games like Minecraft where you can still see the author of each mod. I dont see necessarily why Skyrim or Fallout should be any different.@@Explosive0Diahrea
Come for the drama, stay for the hot face reveal 🤣🔥
You have to do it someday too :)
omg, its JaySerpa, I love your mods
Yooo I registered on your closed beta! Im really excited!
plz slow down my load order will never be finished lol. btw love your mods
Legendary modder
"I'm an expert at schlongs what can I say?" Has got me cackling
Mern: "You have got to be the *worst* scammer I've ever heard of..."
Derek: "But you *have* heard of me!"
At the risk of sounding like a boomer modder, this is exactly what I imagined when I first heard about wabbajack and mod packs and the various efforts to streamline mod installations. For the most part I've been pleasantly surprised, it's been great to see modding becoming less time consuming and more approachable, but it sucks to see someone taking advantage of the confusion to scam people.
Also, cool glasses!
Wabbajack convinced me to get back into Skyrim, seeing people come together to make massive and mostly stable modpacks was really refreshing from my mostly tame attempts at modding.
@@cechermoomoo1247 yeah, it's really revitalized the modding community, I've been very happily surprised. Honestly, hearing about this controversy, it sounds like the reason this kind of scam isn't common is because the wabbajack team and the mod pack community as a whole has been looking out for and preventing this sort of thing.
Even steam wanted to workshop mods can be sold and tax'em all. But you could have sold them 0 $. This thing is stayed as born-dead plan. And now some jackasses is trying to sell a modlist which made of free content.
This guy is trying to make a profit from someone's free content... Wasn't that illegal??
@@mertdinc5459 It freaking should be. Bethesda and Microsoft should sue "Derek Diablo" into oblivion. Large mod projects like Beyond Skyrim aren't even allowed to take donations for all the hard work they do in making quality mod content. Derek Diablo is a parasite.
But when are they (Modders + The industry) gonna take it next level @@CatHasOpinions734? Working together so the consumer can contribute more than financially; for industry to encourage us to make our own "Fan-fiction"/Lore to Role-play with their our friends at the very least, don't have to blow it up to some award ceremony to adopt "New Cannon" for the Franchise. . . I've never actually modded successfully ever lol. Should eventually be PnP / pick and choose which elements of gaming you want for your own "User Experience" and then perhaps tinker around with what the "Trends" are for what games need to be Massively Mulitplayer, or some type of "Personalized Match making" to sync People's gaming Meta Data/History + preferences into a game that makes sense and is reasonably palatable for People.
With A.I you'd think/hope they'd be able to cross over Splinter Cell, MGS, Espionage games with more the chaotic FPS games, and even the mundane, like The Sims, for Upkeep / Political Morale / Homeland management in an all encompassing WAR game/simulation.
But Gaming is being run as a "Psychological Operation" "Against" People, instead of to "Intrigue/engage" us, "They" wish to influence + occupy our minds vs give us an "Imagination machine" to help express ourselves, or whatever it is we choose to do with'em. 🤦🏼♂
Holy shit new MxR just dropped
Almost spat out my water holy shit LMAO
do you know why MXR dropped skyrim?
🤣🤣🤣
@@Konorbek_jan Because he earns more money by reacting to dumb internet shit.
dude I just noticed wth
I find it so weird that people will pay for a paywalled list of mods but don't consider donating to the actual artists making the mods in the first place lol
Besides that this dudes mod lists look like crap, you want a good game just download a decent texture pack, lux lighting, and picho, rudy or cabbage enb. Easy modernized skyrim gaming.
It's because they are lazy and don't want to build their own modlist.
@@honinakecheta601they are literally paying for a digital sheet of paper with the names of mods on it
@@puddingsimon2626 they are also playing with the expectation that it’s a “one click” modlist installation when it’s not. I’ve seen him in comments even telling people it’s one click. Makes me wonder how many people opted out once they realized this.
Tipping modmakers would be nice, but realistically any one person uses hundreds of mods, so it's unrealistic for someone to dig out their wallet 100 times voluntarily to give. I would see many more people bringing out their wallet for the major contributions, or to try to support people who are promising something good coming. Like Enaisiaon having their Patreon made sense, because mods from him completely changed the game to be funner, and he just kept making stuff. Modlist authors also make sense, as they're constantly working to keep lists installable and improve them, as well as provide "customer support". So I get it, but yeah, there are many others who deserve the money much more than someone who's clearly faking it till he makes it.
@@honinakecheta601not because they are lazy, a lot of people don’t have the spare time for it. People have jobs with long hours, that then have to come back to their family and provide. People don’t want to spend the limited spare time they have downloading and installing mods off the nexus
Skyrim modding community has a lot of personality and drama. This was a fun watch.
i still remember when MXR was scammed by some modder on the nexus, all because he made the mistake of not praising a mod he downloaded from some random user, aparently she scammed him out of ten grand that he settled out of court to make her threats go away.
MXR was just a mod reviewer, that's really it, essentailly he did this shit for free for the community of modders, and this one decided to threaten him with a lawsuit, now MXR really shouldn't have folded because it was obvoiously bullshit extortion, but he folded because he took the charge seriously and he was scammed by this modder over a scammy threat.
but this is what happens when you don't understand fair use and laws in this country, people scam you and you fold to it.
Meanwhile in fallout modding community.Its all good and hardly any modders delete thier mods and cry over comments when thier mods are criticized and leave the modding community.Skyrim modders are sensative as fu*k and lot of drama queens.
@@Johnny-fv5wn nah its just specific people in the community that make it look bad, sadly
@effishcent317thankfully Ostim moved past that with NG and is now completely independent and open source with the standalone edition. "We will watch your career with great interest"
@@5226-p1eand That sadly was the end of his reviews I think? I remeber the poor boy diving into the gutter of lovers lab to find some gems for us
I find trial and error installations of mods more fun. It makes it feel more personal and gives you a sense of pride to have 1k mods that was individually installed and tweaked and not crash every 20 minutes. I've looked over all these various 'packs' and it just seems like a nightmare waiting to happen.. but one thing that has remained the same in the past 10+ years is the MODDERS DRAMA! 🤣
On the one hand, I just want to play. On the other hand, there are always mods in these lists I don’t want, and ones I do that are missing.
@@GrandLordGeek Exactly.. gotta keep that plugin limit down while making sure your character looks good hehe
ikr @@TinaLynn
Truly the ultimate successor to MxR in body and spirit
sadly mxr doesn’t play the upload the game anymore
TH-cam violated MXR @@derkyjerky1401
@@derkyjerky1401
His channel has too many strikes, and can’t be monetized. That’s why he stopped uploading, as it wasn’t worth the time he spent making the vids.
@@JadziaDaxDS9true
@@JadziaDaxDS9 strikeS? What the hell did he have to do to get SEVERAL strikes?
Wait Skyrim drama and a face reveal? I am sold out.
Thanks for making a video on this scammer. Derek named Omen ENB after me for whatever reason. It caused a lot of drama in my community because people thought it was my preset.
Bro yeah i did not see anything on reddit, but i was getting all his video recomended to me, bro was using an AI voice and plugin his patron non stop for "his" modlists, first video i saw i was like: "ok this dude is just straight up charging for other peoples work on the laziest way as possible"
Derek looked at all of sinitar's controversies and said hold my beer.
Derek also have Google docs about his evidence? 😮
@@Takoito-Takoitovich it's being typed up as we speak.
The ENB fiasco from a couple of weeks ago was so hilarious. Hey man...always enjoy your content!
Oh and the comments under That mod where hilarious, that one guy boasting about his wabajsct mod list having like 10 downloads, then wabajack admin denying his claim and based on his unacceptable behavior getting his Modlist and username blacklisted
Nice to finally put a face to the voice Mern. Also nice that you took the time to investigate and report on this. Keep up the good work, and mod it till it crashes.....Then mod it some more. > ; ) Nico
Never heard of the guy before, but this is excellent. Thank you so much for producing this very informative video.
I was expecting a scam behind these candy videos, but I wasn't aware of this absolute rabbit hole - nor the amount of people giving them MONEY! 💀
Informative and professional as always, Mern! Way to put the Skyrim community on the map 👁️👄👁️
8:24 hey thats me :) when i was trying to pull evidence on the guy when the chaos was going on about this derek person at the time.yea i totally knew this dude was a scammer,the hatred and all.then wants to justify on his omen enb that was a pirated cabbage enb claiming it was free shaders.and seeing this modlist he had there i knew was a legit scam too.
I litteraly saw him on a discord server 5 days ago, he was whining because people said his modlists are shitty lmao
all i have to say to him is "Git Good or Git Out"
This kinda thing is why I am very hesitant to blindly support modders on patreon.
Stuff like this is very, VERY, common with GTA modding
Mern spilling the tea was not what I was expecting to see today. My Guy, I appreciate you doing your homework, citing your references, clarifying what is an allegation or fact. Things like this can cause drama waves, for sure, but in essence, it's an attempt to protect the community. Sometimes you just have to use your platform to call someone out. Thanks for managing to keep your humor and voice authentic whilst still maintaining the serious message of Derek's schemes.
On another note, I use Manta sleep masks and will never go back! Mine is ready for replacement, I'll be sure to (very gratefully) use your discount code. You didn't even mention that the eyepads are thickened to keep the light out, whilst keeping the pads themselves away from the eyelids (great for girls who wear makeup while they sleep), and that you can adjust the pads because they velcro to the mask. It's THE BEST eye mask.
This reminds me of SkyrimGTX, an old mod-scammer who'd steal character presets, tweak them slightly, then sell them. And out of curiosity I checked his prices in an email and it was like 20 bucks, it was ridiculous.
Damn this is such scummy behaviour.
As someone who is fairly new to the skyrim modding community, thank u for raising awareness on this as its easy to fall for traps when youre new to this. Especially considering that i saw Derek commenting on my videos not too long ago
Great video, great face 😘
Your mod showcases are awesome.
YES! Finally someone prominent in the community is openly exposing this guy. Lets goo!!
what do you mean you're not a dunmer drag queen?
My day is ruined 😭😭
Most surprising thing was realizing that's just your normal voice.
Great video, as always. Thank you for bringing this to your attention. I have to say I've been watching you for a while, and it's nice to see how your channel has grown.🙂
I saw some of the trailers, but I've never really tried whole mod packs before, legitimate or otherwise, so it just passed me by. Glad to know what to watch out for now
Gopher taught me everything I know about modding, crazy to see folk following guides this wild.
In all my time modding skyrim, I never thought there would so much drama lol
It's begun when modding starts to get easier and stops being a niche thing. Then here we are, the horde of normies come into the modding scene for the sake of their profit and clout.
Thank you for the report. Showed me a lot that I didnt know about this Derek guy..whew.
My first time subscribing to a patreon account which is derek diablo and he never did once help me fix any of the mod list problems, his "24 hour assistance" complete bull and his AIO installer is fake as he advertised it when it was not even ready. Thank you for shedding light on this Mern you the best.
Ooooooh, Skyrim drama. Love it. The author of the Phoenix Flavor Wabbajack list did a full Google doc expose of Derek Diablo a while back. It's worth a read if you have the time.
Way too expressive to hide behind Umbrael. Born for this shit my man
Oh, i thought we were talking about sinistar gaming?
I love the new video format! You could use it when you do this kind of video talking about the community or some people in it, and stick with the old one for the mod showcases.
Not only does it give us a bad name, it’s also incredibly disheartening. I’ve been doing this for about four years now, publicly and freely sharing everything I can and doing support for about eight hours a day, and it’s incredibly hard. Seeing someone swoop in, do less than the bare minimum, and make over a thousand bucks a month selling other people’s work…it makes me want to stop. It makes me think that the general public does not value time or effort or honesty. And given the fact that support is…well, to support bugs and fix them, it’s hard to only see negative comments for so many years.
Anyway, sorry for the rant. Thank you for the video. Derek has been on my radar for a while but I’ve been too physically and emotionally drained to do anything about it. You did a good job and earned a new subscriber out of me, and I’ll go ahead and pop a link to this in my discord as well.
Surprised you mentioned PureDark for monetizing DLSS, but not Pascal Gilcher for monetizing a Reshade shader that was promised to be free, yet it's still behind a 5$ paywall, even after almost 2 years.
Great you addressed this subject Mern. There's a new bunch of litters in the Skyrim modding scene doing this. Hyping their "modlists" (which are mostly taken from Nolvus) with some incompatible, not tested mods added and then selling the "mod guides" on Patreon. Then you realize you actually paid for a mod list and not an actual mod guide with a step by step installation and troubleshooting support.
EDIT: Can't anyone send all this proof to Patreon so they ban him there too?
Hey Brother, I've been a Skooma Runner on your Patreon for a while. My one-year anniversary date will be September 4th. Just wanted to say two things. First love all the content you have published. Following your videos and suggestions has made my Skyrim addiction incredibly fun. Your Merch Rocks and every penny I have spent in support of your site has been worth it.
Second, I joined the Patreon you were discussing in this video a few months back, and Quit the following month for the very reasons you detailed.
Thanks for the great content you as always are Awesome!
dunno if you gonna read this mate, but I love your content, and you have an awesome voice. you should definitely do podcasts or elder scrolls audiobooks. (how about a mod where you'd read all the books of skyrim as soon as you opened them ingame (there's already a mod like that, but I don't like the guy's voice to be fair) your voice on the other hand is really easy on the ears.
also I love your videos and the way you edit them. you put a lot of work and love in them, that's obvious.
I actually thought you were older based on your voice. you sound very calm composed and mature.
keep doin what ya do best.
cheers mate.
I might consider that down the road, though with Starfield around the corner, I'll be really busy!
thanks for the word of encouragement ❤
Thanks for the update, and your videos .
Oh and there I thought you were talking about the snake oil salesman of Skyrim modding, Sinitar. Or that mod thief, MrSkyrimGTX.
"MrSkyrimGTX" oh boi, haven't heard that scumback name for years.
Thank you so much for posting this !! I thought something was off with this guy !! I’ll post in Patreon before I cancel my membership. Thank you again!
the face behind the smooth voice.
This was an unexpected video, and I thank you for it. Also, thanks for all of your videos. They got me back into modding.
Last week only I was thinking about Derek diablo that he's a scammer you find a good mod list nowadays anywhere on reddit or some truly next gen ones like NOLVUS
Honestly I did not expect mern to come out looking like vanoss 2.0
This was very entertaining to watch ! Also, do you plan to stream skyrim modding along with Starfield ?
And here I thought this was a reference to a merchant in game
Thanks for made this video, i'm not youtuber but when i saw his first video i thought somebody must reveal this scammer.
So busy struggling with my Ostim on why the Hud control sometime disappearing, never knew that Skyrim Modding got a lot of drama happening in the background. Lol
And thanks for the video and the face reveals.
Its nice to see someone talking sensitive topic like this but not hiding behind something. You could know the news is legit.
lol, I came across this guy's videos last year actaully. At the moment I thought it was somekind of big overhaul mod project but then I saw the words "modlist" and "patreon" together and just laughed for a solid minute.
It is sad that there are people like this in the Skyrim Modding community i am not surprised thanks for the report Mern :)
I've heard of other people do the same I believe. I forget what this guys name was but he locks his modpack or whatever behind patreon for 1 dollar, I even found out they do not have permission from some mod authors. I'd have to go digging to find this person again.
Thanks for taking the time to make this Mern. it's a shame it's on a sour topic but it is useful information for indaviduals looking into modding for the first time (myself included.)
Face reveal. Always awesome!!! Have to say I missed the Skyrim depicted ads though. Your a master at that and I’m always looking forward to it with a new video release!
The only one click installed aside wabbajack is the NOLVUS list which as its own installer and also provide options straight from the installer without any steps after install (contrary to wj list where you have to do some work if you are using 21/9 settings for example)
So a sociopath was caught. I'm glad for your work, Mern! :D🎉
When I saw the title of this video I immediately thought "What's Daymarr done now?"
Thanks for the video man been seeing his vids in my feed good to know
I remember watching one of his modlist videos which had motivated me to go back to Skyrim and mod again (You too Mern). Never bothered to click his links though, I’m not surprised since this been a age of scamming people so it was only a matter a time before it reached to the Skyrim community just sucks to see it did already.
Derek gone fucked up with cabbage. Messed with the wrong vegetable.
STOP MAKING ME WANT TO MOD SKYRIM IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BG3 PLAYTHROUGH!!
I'm a veteran modder and I didn't even know about the head part thing, that was an anomaly that had been plaguing me for the better part of a decade.
Welcome to the Schlong Experts Circle, my dear friend =D
Derek reminds me alot of Arjarim lmao. He paywalls his mod settings and mod lists as well.
i laughed out loud after hearing "paywalling modlists and guides"
Ikr. Ppl will pay for literally everything but something that'll benefit the creators directly it's fucking baffling
And the same people bitch about CC Mods
@@flameguy3416 i don't care about them, this is an intresting idea and i wouldn't reffer to it as paywalled mods, this is next gen oblivion horse armor
This is why its better to just make your own mod pack the old fashioned way….you know install them yourselves. Anyone who paywalls streamlining a modlist that isnt your mods, is an ahole. Mod manager is free and vortex is free.
This is a really well-made video. I would love to see you cover other things unrelated to Skyrim.
it seems so scummy to Paywall a list of mods that are public, and they're not even his to begin with. It also is embarrassing that he wasn't able to get a Wabbajack list made lol
Incredible journalism Mern! Pls more!!!
Finally someone with a sizeable following talks about this guy.
Gotta admit I've let myself lure in to subscribe to his patreon by his false promises and flashy presentation of his modlists. Thank you Mern for making this video and clearing thinks up for other people, especially for those new to the modding community.
Should do a video on SkyrimGTX as well. That guy was a huge scammer too.
I don't even know how to use synthesis 😭. It looks super confusing and the only thing i need it for is immersive equipment displaysfor the left side sheaths. Also I stayed for the drama but subscribed because you're funny and pretty hot! Also the drama is so fun sometimes.
Mern, you should have shown the screenshot of him admitting to scam people and calls these people dumb for paying him
Oh so it was his video that showed up in my recommendations, it looked so stupid i still remember it
Today i learned Salt bae, plays and mods Skyrim 😂❤
Damn funny coming from a discord that banned me because I dared to tell someone that there was a site reuploading all banned mods, without any warning message or request to discuss it.
Great exposé, Mern! Glad to see that DerekDiablo is getting some public coverage on his extremely predatory behavior. Have you contacted PureDark yet to tell him that he's knowingly providing his paid content without permission? I think PureDark could actually seek legal action against him due to his license.
Man, PureDark is no saint either. Drama also surrounds him.
A lot of his mod lists don't even work and mods listed aren't even showcased.
I think it should be his nickname in the video title to make it easier for people to find info about
How do you charge for Modlists and then have broken modlists
This is why Nolvus is the GOAT
What???? Are you saying that you aren't a sexy succubus dark elf? I feel betrayed
I literally thought "who tf are you" when Mern face revealed and then realised it was Mern.
There are a lot more concerning issues with Derek, to be honest.
Like the fact that he included SexLab and full nudity mods in "I Remastered Skyrim's First Person Combat | 2023 Overhaul" and the video isn't even age restricted.
And the fact that he spent 4 minutes showing off the "Skyrim - Director's Edition Character Creation | 2023 Showcase [4K]" which is just him throwing in RaceMenu by expired6978 and clicking through the menu for a bit with a *fake* thumbnail, and then just running around for the rest of the video casting spells at the floor and walking menacingly through Rorikstead (at which point his game crashes, better leave that take in!).
Also, the performance in several of his videos is *terrible* despite him claiming to have a 3090 - in some cases I saw framerates *in his recordings* as low as 6 fps.
I think he's mad about being banned from Wabbajack, as well, as in the Golden Wind trailer he has an arrow pointing at Uthgerd the Unbroken labeling her as "Halgari" and then immediately showing his character beating the shit out of her.
Very hinged fellow. The sheer number of broken mods and the shit "installation instructions" are just icing on the cake.
Download something better and save your money, there are plenty of FREE lists on Wabbajack that will give you better performance, stability, and gameplay experience.
I’m kind of glad my self made mod list is tailored for my pc and my own preferences cause i can’t imagine paying someone to give me something broken and def not up for my standards… This is wild omg