Guitar Hero CHEATER Fakes Runs To Steal Cash Bounties

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  • Guitar and Clone Hero have had dedicated communities for over a decade, they've had a few cheaters in the past, but never one at this magnitude, with over 50 runs being faked, and over 3000$ of bounties claimed with cheated runs.
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  • @MedivalNinja500
    @MedivalNinja500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3184

    Was a pleasure to work with you on this. Thank you very much for covering this. Great video

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      lol I love your prof pic dude. Is that little guy from a show? Or is he _the ghostforce_ or something? It's...weirdly adorable for some reason!

    • @Mammonocalypse
      @Mammonocalypse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@idontwantahandlethough That was a cockroach from a Spongebob Episode where he has Mermaid Man's belt which has a shrink ray.

    • @ChrisP999
      @ChrisP999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Mammonocalypse I wumbo you wumbo, he she me, wumbo, wumboing, wumboligy the study of wumbo

    • @Mammonocalypse
      @Mammonocalypse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ChrisP999 Hmm... I wonder if this fall is high enough to kill me

    • @Wobmiar
      @Wobmiar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Why do I love your fake transparent background? Lol

  • @CarnyJared.
    @CarnyJared. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4388

    Thanks so much for making this video man. You’re doing a justice for the community, and it was a pleasure to help out with it.

    • @BanditOMG
      @BanditOMG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Brother man, knowing nothing about this community and just seeing the intro and your movements... I thought *you* were the cheater xDDD Y'all move so quick it's mind blowing to watch~

    • @sebadg5702
      @sebadg5702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the man, the beast, the legend.

    • @tgrcode
      @tgrcode 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your gameplay was absolutely incredible bro

    • @overturebeatsoriginal
      @overturebeatsoriginal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      as soon as i saw you playing I knew this video was gonna be way better

    • @theloanranger2632
      @theloanranger2632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Why do you speedrunners say the word "community" so much? Can't you say other words? The "community" sounds like the "gay community" too much. It's very cringey

  • @MirageLuna
    @MirageLuna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1312

    something that bugs me off a lot about the guy, aside from everything that is already said in this video, is the way he acted towards all the legitimate top players. he kept consistently 1-upping them with fake accomplishments and acting cocky about it. and when he was caught almost everyone felt a boost on motivation to grind the game again since there could be actual competition now

    • @CAMSLAYER13
      @CAMSLAYER13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      On the bright side. When this happens there's always a record gold rush

    • @droyal1994
      @droyal1994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep…

    • @blakfloyd
      @blakfloyd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      The most disgusting thing of all was his attempt to make himself a sacred cow by playing the victim card and saying that past trauma was the catalyst for all of this. It completely undermines any sincerity in the apology and also is a flagrant insult to people whom HAVE experienced actual trauma.

    • @michaelmccloskey8718
      @michaelmccloskey8718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@blakfloyd classic sociopath shit.

    • @JG_Wentworth
      @JG_Wentworth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@issadraco532 God, your comment is *insufferable.* What an egomaniac.

  • @Frif
    @Frif 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2178

    Great recap on the situation! This situation is weird 'cause every one of schmooey's faked accomplishments are definitely 100% possible given someone tries hard enough. Myself and many other players have taken this as an opportunity to replicate his clips for real, and it's made playing the game much more fun as of late.

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Dude, that's so cool! What an ingenious way to turn something negative into a positive! It's like a special challenge lol I really like that.
      Smart thinkin, good luck :)

    • @pinkfedoras
      @pinkfedoras 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The Schmooey Challenge.

    • @Synthc4t
      @Synthc4t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      always glad to see people making the best of a bad situation

    • @jikissgamer
      @jikissgamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What's crazy is that I feel like Schmooey could have actually gotten those FCs with enough time. Unfortunately he was just more focused on stealing that bounty money.

    • @kjl3080
      @kjl3080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “Can you beat the hacker?”

  • @St_August
    @St_August 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1712

    The worst thing is that this guy is actually incredibly talented at this game, and could get most, if not all of his faked achievements legitemately if he would put enough time into grinding them. But he chose the easier way out. And once he realized that it could pass unnoticed, he saved so much time being led astray by his greed.

    • @FronkZappa
      @FronkZappa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      In many ways cheating at the top competitive level is less about replacing skill and more as a substitute for impatience and frustration, someone knowing they are skilled enough they "could" get a time, but coming up short so much they begin to feel entitled as a good player to tip the scale in their favor.

    • @Purriah
      @Purriah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Karl Jobst once said, “speed runners don’t cheat to get better times, they cheat to get better times faster” or something like that. This is the same concept

    • @St_August
      @St_August 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Purriah Speaking of Karl Jobst, he's also making a video on Schmooey

    • @polidon1577
      @polidon1577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@Purriah I think the quote was "speedrunners don't cheat to get faster times, they cheat to get times faster" but I could be wrong

    • @LordPhilipJFry
      @LordPhilipJFry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      This isn't even limited to speedrunning. Consider how many major league baseball players have been caught using steroids, and then think about how many times you've heard of a minor league baseball player using steroids. The people at the top are often more susceptible to the temptation to cheat than the ones lower down.

  • @ajobus
    @ajobus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1355

    Great video dude. So glad that a professional video on the topic has been released. Definitely the best documentation of the event on the internet and was a pleasure talking about how everything went down.

    • @keymaster430
      @keymaster430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice work, Jobu!

    • @NoobGamingxd69
      @NoobGamingxd69 ปีที่แล้ว

      Big brain moment!

    • @TheGaming100
      @TheGaming100 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Karl Jobst: Am I a JOKE to you?

  • @TaIathar
    @TaIathar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    I'm honestly surprised he gave the money back. So many videos I've seen about players cheating runs and being speculated of cheating, usually just disappear and run off with the money. Honestly, this ending is one of the few good ones out there. Great vid.

    • @LunaMinuna
      @LunaMinuna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ok I’m glad you cleared this up this was my biggest anticipation

    • @DoktrDub
      @DoktrDub ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He only gave the money back because he was caught, otherwise he wouldn’t have.

    • @ASDOrphan
      @ASDOrphan ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@DoktrDub Obviously? He still gave it back though, unlike other caught cheaters. You know, exactly what OP said?

    • @meadRL
      @meadRL ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DoktrDub he could have just went off the radar but he didn't

    • @jasonmartinez5116
      @jasonmartinez5116 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The guy himself apologized too which sounded more genuine than most apologies, he wasn't like Trackmania player Riolu

  • @crocomirehunter7580
    @crocomirehunter7580 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Imagine walking into the Guitar Hero Council chatroom and them telling you "we do not grant you the rank of Master"

  • @IanHitsButtons
    @IanHitsButtons 2 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    This video was so well made, thank you for covering this topic in a good manner!

  • @ghostsracepix9622
    @ghostsracepix9622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    He only apologized for getting caught, if he didn't get caught he would have still been doing it. Massive well done to the guys who caught him and worked together to stop it.

  • @Mechon747
    @Mechon747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Excellent video covering this situation. In hindsight Schmooey having a monopoly on accomplishments was very unhealthy for the scene, but since his exposure it seems everyone has a newfound motivation to get better now that the current skill ceiling is a lot more reasonable, and a lot of players are more goated than they realized. We're gonna be much stronger overall as a result of this, the future is looking good for us

  • @generalgk
    @generalgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    I’m absolutely astounded that he gave the money back.

    • @deadlyore3986
      @deadlyore3986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      He might have never done that if he wasn't caught, so that's something

    • @jordanlarson6488
      @jordanlarson6488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      He was probably afraid of possible lawsuits

    • @setsers1
      @setsers1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn

    • @Spunney
      @Spunney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jordanlarson6488 what??

    • @dravenwag
      @dravenwag 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@Spunney he committed fraud

  • @Stuckerrs
    @Stuckerrs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    Yeah, I see hardly anyone talking about how he mentally affected so many. How he took tons of channel growth and with that financial growth of some people away as well, especially frif who really needed all eyes on him that he could get at the time. But the man still despite all that went and uploaded Spacerace content to get all the attention back.
    Ian who's been told he's second evering everything Schmooey's ever done, just cause Schmooey always sniped him, even though those were fake. Or Entropy being talked about how he makes faked clips, when that's not at all true. His cocky and terrible attitude and need for constant attention and reevaluation was something horrible that affected many mentally and demotivated TONS of people. I feel like that's a part hardly anyone talks about but I feel bad for those people he targeted. It is absolutely sad and goes way beyond a casual snipe anymore.

    • @multyrain
      @multyrain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      are u the tfm player stuckerrs?

    • @vincentv9338
      @vincentv9338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well aren't you a drama queen.

    • @jamstheshapeshifter
      @jamstheshapeshifter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@vincentv9338 He's not wrong tho-

    • @honestbuiltperformance1819
      @honestbuiltperformance1819 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thats so fucked.......

    • @funtourhawk
      @funtourhawk ปีที่แล้ว +2

      its just fuckin guitar hero lmao...literally doesn't matter

  • @fredge4235
    @fredge4235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I just gotta say the editing on this is top-notch, crisp, clean and provides all the needed context to understand the situation.
    You just got your subcription bell clicked

  • @santinorb8506
    @santinorb8506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great video. Thank you for recaping everything that has happened over the past week and a half in a way that is easily understandable for people that don’t actually understand this kinda stuff.

  • @VenomWave
    @VenomWave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    really solid video, this really hit the community hard but we're all rebuilding and working to make this place better than ever. thanks for making this vid dude

  • @RealSavageJef
    @RealSavageJef 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Awesome stuff, definitely appreciated the in depth explanations for virtually everything.

  • @TyphoonArtifice
    @TyphoonArtifice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent video, never have i ever seen a situation handled so... reasonably from both parties as much as to give the money back, and well documented at that.

  • @Grisu.
    @Grisu. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    ill never understand cheating in something you like. it just puts a stain on the whole community for awhile.

    • @suncat530
      @suncat530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      often top runners get frustrated with trying to reach a new goal, that they feel like should be reachable for them, but yet it doesn't get reached for so long. Most in this case don't cheat ofc, but some may slip and in peak of frustration decide to cheat it away. If they don't stop themselves, and they manage to get at least one cheated run on the leaderboard and not get caught - then they may feel bad, but also they will know that cheating is an option, and it becomes mentally easier to repeat the process again. And it's unlikely that they will come clean after such a bad thing they've done.
      All it can really take is one slip of judgement, and then it would all go downhill.
      Trackmania cheating scandal was quite a remarkable show of how one uncaught cheating top runner may cause others to cheat as well, including many well meaning people that just got frustrated and suspicious of said top runner, and that lead them to the path of cheating back their top spots.

    • @TheUKNutter
      @TheUKNutter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Many ppl cheat to complete their goals faster. The wait takes too long.

    • @SpaceRanger187
      @SpaceRanger187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MONEY. why do u think so many streamers cheat..

    • @gu244
      @gu244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Kuurokuro there is a difference between cheating in a single player game and cheating in a Speedrun/competition based game, cheating in a single player game isn't an issue.

  • @yatazen7670
    @yatazen7670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Being able to help this from the start and seeing all the progress made by the community was nice. While the situation was tragic, the community has never been closer.

  • @wolfumz
    @wolfumz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Its rare to get a semi-happy ending to these videos. Schmooey did something wrong, but, credit where its due, he paid the money back and gave up the lie. How many runners have we seen where they just continue to stick to a ridiculous lie, and keep the money?

    • @ehadese3771
      @ehadese3771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      D R E A M

    • @someguy4915
      @someguy4915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Then again, we see the exact same patterns with nearly every single cheater... Deny that you're cheating, admit a small portion as a compromise, realize the accusations won't stop, (optionally blame the moderators for overreacting) admit more, get caught completely, make an apology video where you blame childhood trauma, skip over the actual lies and issues such as being so toxic to others in the community by bragging how much better you are than they are and then expect forgiveness...
      Fascinating how nearly all follow the same path, nearly all show clear signs of narcissism and nearly all abuse the trust and friendship of those around them to reach that point.

    • @wolfumz
      @wolfumz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@someguy4915 yeah. I think, similar to other issues (like, say, drug abuse) people end up cheating for a variety of reasons, and there are many different types of personalities and situations that end up cheating (or addicted). There is no single profile for all cheaters. I think there are a slice of cheaters, maybe Schmooey included, where it's possible for them to make amends and move on without cheating again.
      It's definitely super common to see the Billy Mitchell archetype (absolute denial, burning friends and allies, almost delusional, some amount of charisma and charm), or the other common archetype of cheater which you describe (admit to some small transgression or innocent mistake which invalidates a single run or something, get caught cheating again, then blame some unconnected issue like a mental health condition or stress...). I have my doubts for these kind of cheaters, that they can be trusted to play honestly in the future. They rarely admit to what they did, or try to make amends.
      One of the benefits of these people is that the community tends to respond by implementing standards that make it harder to cheat, meaning future records are more reliably legit. People are often make the decision to cheat based on whether or not they think they will get caught.

  • @mr.incognitoyt2235
    @mr.incognitoyt2235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I love when people actually document things correctly. Thank you for this wonderful service

  • @obscurereference8798
    @obscurereference8798 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    as soon as you mentioned the name Schmooey I knew what this was about thanks to another video I had seen at some point about this but you covered the details about how the cheating was identified much better. the video I saw before gave me enough info to understand the basic concept (fingering pattern was recognizable as wrong) but yours gave me enough info to understand how it was recognized and how it differed from a legitimate technique and it also did it in less time.
    this is only the second video of yours I've seen but you've quickly earned yourself a subscription

  • @KirbyCoder
    @KirbyCoder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! And I presume this happened very recently since it's still January. I'm shocked you made such a good video so quickly, good job!

  • @Relisoc
    @Relisoc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    wow, if the evidence wasn't so damning this guy might have lied his way out of it. he's so convincing and friendly-sounding. You can tell the mods in the call are like a bit confused, because on one hand it's so obvious he's cheating, but he's such a good liar. Like this is completely caught red-handed, he's completely screwed, and still weaving convincing lies. it's almost impressive

    • @Mammonocalypse
      @Mammonocalypse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      One thing is that the people in the call with him aren't "moderators" of the game like mods in speedrun , com, They were close friends with him and they're also top players of the game. But yeah, crazy that he kept lying and lying about it until it was out there to the whole community and then he finally admitted it fully.

    • @bullettime1116
      @bullettime1116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Mammonocalypseits nice that you got your money back

  • @zenreeio13lIIll
    @zenreeio13lIIll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video!! One criticism is the way that the technical naming near the beginning was handled, I think throwing everything at once just breaks the pacing of the video and can confuse viewers. But apart from that, great work in all the research and editing!!

  • @jaybeam1466
    @jaybeam1466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "He blames a traumatic experience as the catalyst for his behaivor, but he has no excuse for what he did."
    That sentence doesn't make sense.

    • @azurecreed9119
      @azurecreed9119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      People who have to cheat rarely make sense when explaining themselves which is a instant give away

    • @asterism343
      @asterism343 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just because someone has a reason they did something bad, doesn't usually mean they should be excused from punishment or criticism

  • @hfcriske
    @hfcriske 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Your videos really are awesome. I don't even play Guitar Hero, but still winded up watching the whole thing. Really happy he paid the money back, not sure if there are legal routes to take should he had refused to.

  • @Abyssoft
    @Abyssoft  2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Again, don't contact the person in this video, instead go follow these amazing runners
    www.twitch.tv/carnyjared
    www.twitch.tv/gostforceh
    th-cam.com/channels/71UEB4zpJTXI3DvWLkYGxw.html
    www.twitch.tv/frif
    th-cam.com/users/IanHitsButtons
    th-cam.com/users/lamord1
    th-cam.com/users/NotASavage
    th-cam.com/channels/WLE.html...
    th-cam.com/channels/ZZl.html...

    • @dbeast03
      @dbeast03 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also, if you're interested in the GH community, pick one or two streamers to start with, and you'll find your way around the community from there. We don't bite. Well, usually we don't bite, just be nice. The community is actively going after most of the fc's that Schmooey faked, so if you're around you may see someone *actually* hit most of these songs that Schmooey faked.

    • @suchakreelaokom9494
      @suchakreelaokom9494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yo man. The third link and the last link is broken.

    • @Abyssoft
      @Abyssoft  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@suchakreelaokom9494 thanks, I'll get those fixed

    • @RianQuenlin
      @RianQuenlin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why not? I mean, you're the one that made a callout video in the first place, you can't expect people to not go after him.

    • @fogsaturate
      @fogsaturate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PixelGH pixel i know he was one of ur best friends, but hes a legit sociopath and used his knowledge to claim real money. if he hadnt been caught, worse chaos would probably ensue. saying dont even dare would not really help either because, well, its the internet and you cant really help it.
      i get he still has the good in him, but he really needs therapy to help him reconnect with society, or at least our community

  • @codyrabida1278
    @codyrabida1278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Fantastic video Abyss. An interesting story told in a truly objective and respectful manner.

  • @beast2545
    @beast2545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a perfect recap of the situation.
    It showed parts even I didn’t know about it! Great job

  • @nickdude624
    @nickdude624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was a great video of you covering this whole situation as peacefully as you can! I just wanna say…. thank you ❤️

  • @prizm9515
    @prizm9515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    That's cool that he gave all the bounty money back. I feel like there are people out there that would have just disappeared.

  • @iceyroo
    @iceyroo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It’s important to make these videos, thank you! Wouldn’t mind seeing more if there’s needs to be

  • @xecho19x45
    @xecho19x45 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I dont even play guitar hero, but I just love these mini documentaries that random content creators like you put out, thanks for the great mini-doc! subbed

  • @jeffyanderpson3397
    @jeffyanderpson3397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice job on this video. comprehensive recap on this whole situation. I wasn't expecting a cameo lol

  • @TheStevieP
    @TheStevieP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've been in the Guitar Hero community semi actively for a long time. There have been a lot of cheaters but it's tough when you think you know a guy and he deceives you entirely. Good video. Very informative.

  • @sk4lman
    @sk4lman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The way cheaters will often keep arguing for their authenticity and trustworthiness is cringe beyond cringe

    • @craviel7360
      @craviel7360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All liars are like this sadly

  • @cuterpooter
    @cuterpooter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a well produced video, clearly explaining what happened.
    I say this as someone who's never heard of any of these people, doesn't play music games, and never saw any of your other vids before.
    This one magically popped into my recommendations and it was so well done that I watched the whole thing and enjoyed learning about this community (even if the reason was a bit negative I think the result was overall positive).
    Thanks 👍🏾

  • @oskarallen
    @oskarallen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really appreciate how well you explained everything, as someone that has barely even heard of the games I feel like I can understand everything. Great job!

  • @LukeNolen
    @LukeNolen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome video man, you covered this so well. I've never heard of your channel until but you definitely got a sub from me.

  • @musesesesese
    @musesesesese 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for this, kinda weird bit this whole situation has brought a lot of motivation for those of us that still grind this game

  • @FortPlz
    @FortPlz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done, it's so entertaining to see how these people are found out. Congrats to the players who actually completed these runs.

  • @RobertMcKinnonMainChannel
    @RobertMcKinnonMainChannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    such a great video, on the one hand it's terrible to hear what happened but it's also good to hear that it seems like it's been dealt with very well, and that schmooey returned the bounty money. wishing the guitar/clone hero community all the best!

  • @zackyp
    @zackyp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    9fc2
    honestly, thanks for making this man. Really good, in-depth view of how it all went down.

  • @memoria96_33
    @memoria96_33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    thank you so much for covering this, i’m glad this is being brought up with more attention.

  • @teaz3139
    @teaz3139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Exceptional quality here. Good voice quality, music selection, mixing, information and clarity. Your stuff should be getting more views, I swear.

  • @seanmoran6683
    @seanmoran6683 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! I love your style! You should cover the record progression of Zelda OOT 100% with ZFG. It's a super cool category that has evolved every year since the game came out.

  • @CowMaam
    @CowMaam ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Are you telling me that this guy pretended to pretend to play a guitar

    • @juiceymoojuice
      @juiceymoojuice หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      On a pretend guitar, yes

    • @VITAS874
      @VITAS874 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like south park episode😂

  • @PlutoTheThing
    @PlutoTheThing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Incredible video! You handled it very very well! It's worth noting that speedhacked FCs could be proven fake by playing a real FC or run of the chart, as they were not accurately sped up to 100% speed, instead only about 99.37% speed!

  • @desertedstream
    @desertedstream 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video. As someone who was somewhat but less involved in the whole thing, it's interesting to finally see the exact process that the others went through. Also you explained all the terminology pretty well, if I had to guess, someone who was new to the game could easily understand this video.

    • @reidleblanc3140
      @reidleblanc3140 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah, know nothing about guitar hero, I think I get the gist of it. still don't understand the thing about ascending and descending notes strat

  • @geekinfamous3860
    @geekinfamous3860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey man i truly hope you see this, I watch ALL of your videos. even for the games I dont like/ dont play(this one is one) however watching runs/making my own for myself for skyrim, mario,Zelda soulborne games etc, your v videos keep me "in the loop" of the wrong in the speed running community. GOOD WORK. ON EVERYTHING. the script the edits how you keep your video captivating/ set it up.you deserve to be way further than you are!

  • @ellec7188
    @ellec7188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Having never come in contact with guitar hero at high level gameplay this looks like carpel tunnel the game

  • @Remyria
    @Remyria 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    it's nice when these drama things have a good end of some sort, it's much less depressing

  • @lightyagami3492
    @lightyagami3492 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are so important. Thanks for taking the time to inform the speedrunning community as these videos CORRECT history.

  • @FEARitself100
    @FEARitself100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im fairly new to this community and oof this was very insightful
    Im hoenstly glad we can move forward from this.
    And now that schmooey cant snipe players we can really see natural achievements that can surpass even the cheating and patch up all damage done

  • @kkeithf
    @kkeithf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This dude is well on his way to being the best speedrun content maker

    • @andy4an
      @andy4an ปีที่แล้ว

      After summoning salt retires?

  • @Speckadactyl
    @Speckadactyl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    With as popular as speed running cheater exposé videos are now I’m honestly surprised people are still doing it. I don’t know how to cheat and have only dabbled in a couple speed games myself but I can’t even imagine the shame of ending up on a video

  • @knghtbrd
    @knghtbrd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw this video earlier and was considering watching it… My fiancée wanted to watch a video Karl uploaded AFTER yours went up because she recognized him. I mean of course he was gonna do a video, that's his jam… But definitely wanted to come back and help yours get boosted by the algorithm because yours was up a few hours earlier, I saw it first, and … you had details he didn't (like Cheat Engine in his start menu, wtf, that wasn't what people might call a "clue" at the time?)
    Sucks that a good player would cheat. Likely nobody would ever trust one of his runs again without a metric crap ton of scrutiny, and even then there'll be doubts in their minds.
    I never really watched Guitar Hero runs before. What I've already seen … I can almost FOLLOW, but I sure as hell can't play. You guys are freakin' amazing!

  • @IsoYear
    @IsoYear ปีที่แล้ว

    your video on this is the best i've seen. I enjoy the level of detail and professionalism.

  • @JoeMama._.
    @JoeMama._. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There's so many people who put a lot work doing these charts. I appreciate everyone who actually does this legit. I am working on getting good at clone hero as well.

  • @drshaym6005
    @drshaym6005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's really impressive how keen eyes these people have when it comes to finding something suspicious.

  • @ltsJoeMama
    @ltsJoeMama 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That fact that you only have 30k subs is insane. Your videos are so good!

  • @foamingstuffye3951
    @foamingstuffye3951 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like a young man who got carried away after a moment of frustration and it snowballed into this uncontrollable thing. I normally never watch cheater videos because the drama does not interest me much but, Abyssoft is always such an even tempered, wonderful youtuber (thank you!) to listen to! I do think Schmooey is making amends by paying back and sure, wasn't a nice thing, but we right our wrongs how we can in life. All the best to this really cool community and also to Schmooey.

  • @TheIrisCZ
    @TheIrisCZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    First Riolu in Trackmania community, now Schmooey in Guitar Hero. The saddest thing is that most of the records will eventually get beaten legitimately, but the reputation of these otherwise quite nice people will always be gone and their lives partitialy destroyed. I sort of hope that both will repent and in a while return back playing legit. Cheating, especially for money, is despicable. But I still think we should be able to forgive (not forget) these people eventually. I might be wrong though...

    • @latergator9622
      @latergator9622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was literally only subbed to riolu for 1 month before he was found out. Quite a shame tbh cause I was enjoying his content

    • @Samtehcool
      @Samtehcool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      At least Schmooey apologised and handed back the money. Nobody’s heard a peep out of Riolu at all.

  • @YungNuisance
    @YungNuisance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It seems like any time someone gets caught faking a run they say “this good one that broke a record isn’t fake, but I did a fake run before.”
    It’s not a good strategy, I don’t know why it’s so prevalent.

    • @danlorett2184
      @danlorett2184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a common liar's strategy - admit a small misdeed and then claim that's the only thing you ever did wrong.

    • @JurijFedorov
      @JurijFedorov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To be fair it works for some cheaters. Their records stay up because you can't prove they were faked.

  • @MrGeekman9999
    @MrGeekman9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video, would love to see more like this!

  • @azman1114
    @azman1114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legit, one of the most underrated gaming channels on the platform, keep it up!

  • @iscremintothevoid
    @iscremintothevoid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This video highlights some pretty bad cheating that's honestly pretty shameful to have done, but when Abyssoft talks about Cheat Engine i honestly laughed out loud. The audacity of using something called *Cheat Engine* and claiming not to have done anything is pretty hilarious.

    • @AnimeFanX11
      @AnimeFanX11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      To be fair, Cheat Engine can be good for practice. I run a game where there's no native way to speed up the gameplay, and it can be used to manipulate RNG for tests/routing, which has come in handy for me.
      In this case, it shouldn't have been necessary since there's a native way to slow down and practice as Abyssoft says, but it is actually useful in other games, and legitimate speedrunners do use it too.

    • @RichterVonFuchs
      @RichterVonFuchs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Also to note having cheat engine in itself does not inheritably mean they were cheating. It does in this case of course but for example seeing cheat engine on the desktop of someone who speedruns can appear damming. However they could also be figuring out how the game works so they can create auto splitters or load removers. Or using cheats to theory craft tricks or routes.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@RichterVonFuchs it's also used by modders to find addresses (like in with translation patches for doujin games) and by data hunters to, well, find unused data! Honestly it's gone way farther than "simply" gameshark/action replay for PC

    • @kriogenic1923
      @kriogenic1923 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cheat Engine is a Memory viewing and manipulation tool. It is designed to be a cheat tool that lets you modify things like lives, health, game speed... etc... but since its initial development has grown to be so much more. It uses can range from cheating in a game, data mining for auto splitters, reverse engineering software, Q&A stress testing and much much more. The name has stuck and hence when its heard about or seen due to its name its "instant proof" but that is not the case. Having cheat engine on his PC wouldn't necessarily mean anything without the evidence of slow downs being used to link the two. So in this instance yes its funny that they actually used Cheat Engine to cheat and then try to deny it, but its just not a clear cut case of "Cheat Engine" = Cheater.

    • @danlorett2184
      @danlorett2184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To be fair Cheat Engine has a lot of legitimate uses as well. I used to speedrun DS1 (don't worry, I'm garbage, lmao) and for a while the run I was practicing was all about getting a specific weapon to drop (Black Knight Halberd). It's only like a 15% or so chance to drop from one black knight early-ish in the run, so if you were grinding for WR you would just reset if it didn't drop. However, for practice most speedrunners would just use cheat engine to force spawn it if it didn't drop so they could at least practice the run.

  • @crankletsplay1
    @crankletsplay1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Using cheats in a single player game to have fun only: Superb
    Using cheats in multi-player or competitive single-player games to deceive others or ruin their time with a game: A absolute No-Go

    • @Tocinos
      @Tocinos 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      cheating in single-player doesnt ruin the integrity because you make the rules

    • @CursedSFMS
      @CursedSFMS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      like tf2 like why cheay

    • @theofficialchannelofoffici7962
      @theofficialchannelofoffici7962 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember back when using cheats in goldeneye made you the talk of the town, now if you install cheat engine on ur pc, you have to go door to door and have an awkward conversation with your neighbor and cant be within 20 feet of a gym or shower

  • @BlountForce
    @BlountForce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your content dude. I could watch this stuff for hours (and I have!)

  • @andrewvalenski921
    @andrewvalenski921 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a great video, but the best part was the brooding score abruptly kicking in at the end when you bring up your patreon 😂

    • @Abyssoft
      @Abyssoft  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm glad you like my outro!

    • @andrewvalenski921
      @andrewvalenski921 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Abyssoft hell yeah - the music choices in this were solid. A lot more tension/thematic

  • @whiterottenrabbit
    @whiterottenrabbit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love people like you who continue to expose cheaters!

  • @jpa3974
    @jpa3974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Honestly, if you decide to give someone money for an achievement, you have an obligation to at least have some standard to follow so as not to be unfair and also not to be cheated. The fact that the guy managed to get money with such lazy fraud is pathetic and says more about who is giving money than who is receiving. You can be sure that Schmooey was thinking everytime "cool, I'll make more easy money off these suckers".

    • @testerwulf3357
      @testerwulf3357 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@makingadjustments The cheating was incredibly easy to miss..a few missed hand movements here and there. You'd actually have to go in and analyze it a couple frames at a time just to look for cheating which most aren't gonna do especially for someone they knew didn't cheat (or at least didn't start out cheating). Moderators only really hardcore look into submissions like this if they have reason to believe it's fake which they didn't at the time, if they looked into every submission with a toothpick and a comb they'd take ages just adding submissions to the board..which isn't ideal for the community.
      Don't blame the community for someone else's action..he shouldn't of been cheating, that's his fault., and most of the community isn't acting as moderators thus they aren't looking for proof of cheating..if you wanna blame ANYONE for him cheating so long blame him and the moderators who he FRIENDED to get away with it (you never assume your friends are doing messed up shit like cheating and stealing money).

  • @UmbTheUmbreon
    @UmbTheUmbreon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been waiting for a formal video on the whole Schmooey situation. Thanks for putting this together! This is incredibly helpful for the community

  • @djentleeReacts
    @djentleeReacts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video, and very well explained! You got my sub 🤘🏻

    • @Christopher-dd1ph
      @Christopher-dd1ph 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      holy shit! i cannot believe he actually earned YOUR sub! this is incredible news!!!! djentlee has actually given out a sub OH MY GOD!!!!!!!

    • @djentleeReacts
      @djentleeReacts 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Christopher-dd1ph LOL

  • @FUZIONx
    @FUZIONx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I seen a comment but i've been mentioning it since the start of the whole drama, and is that Schmooey is so genetically talented for Clone Hero, and if he wasnt impatient he couldve easily have gotten every since accomplishment on there, and more probably, with his genetics he'd improve at an even faster rate, playing legitimately.
    I love this video and it really highlights everything that happened, thank you for this
    We're a really small community, and it hurt seeing Schmooey do this tbh

    • @sinastry3684
      @sinastry3684 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude what are you talking he is not even close to being capable of doing any of the stuff he was uploading and will never be he already reached his genetic speed cap he isn't getting any faster and his fastest isn't even that fast definitely no where near fast enough to do any of the things he uploaded

    • @FUZIONx
      @FUZIONx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sinastry3684 I’ve been heavily in the clone hero community for 5 years. People in the community think the same as me. There’s also that this is a 2 month old comment and other stuff has transpired since this comment

    • @FUZIONx
      @FUZIONx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sinastry3684 There was still a large handful of FC's he couldve obtained with patience, but it was ignorance. We've seen him perform live, and even tho he couldve quite do the same stuff off stream, he was still really talented, but in hindsight there's also a lot of FC's that he wouldnt be able to obtain.

  • @conjae
    @conjae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    super dope video, glad the CH community is slamming this guy

  • @badvoodoo2097
    @badvoodoo2097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In some of the runs you showed you can see his shoulders clip from the spliced play
    In conjunction with some minor inconsistencies with the tapping and fretting

  • @Section8dc
    @Section8dc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have ALWAYS hated this game, ever since I was a kid I hated it, but I respect the amount of skill it takes to do it and I find the analysis of the techniques very interesting, the passion of those that play this game at a high level is respectable and the interrogations were the best part of this to me lol. Amazing video man I really enjoyed it!

  • @Nanochemist1
    @Nanochemist1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As a guitar player, I find a dude cheating on a video game about playing a guitar perplexing and hilarious

  • @spaceowl9246
    @spaceowl9246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not gonna lie, I feel like the chances of me becoming a pro football (soccer) player is higher than me becoming a pro GH player. Like. When I see this, I don't get how people pull off those INSANE plays

    • @sinastry3684
      @sinastry3684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah dude the top players have years and years of practice

    • @kameron2k
      @kameron2k 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah it’s one of those things you gotta practice ALOT, you get so familiar with the patterns and techniques that the game literally slows down for you. To have the skill and be consciously aware of the 10 buttons you gotta press in the next 2 seconds takes concentration and patience that I don’t have. I smoke too much weed lmao

  • @ajax3310
    @ajax3310 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I feel like I've heard this tale before but you nail the explanation and storytelling really well dude

  • @stillchill0
    @stillchill0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    great, well researched, well edited, scripted and narrated video. the video is just a clean documentation, no bs. earned a like

  • @BenAck912
    @BenAck912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Billy Mitchell of Clone Hero.

    • @ZenokweiAka
      @ZenokweiAka 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except unlike him, he didn’t sue the people that expose him, and gave all of the stolen bounties back to their rightful owners.

    • @BenAck912
      @BenAck912 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ZenokweiAka Also unlike him, he didn't sue Cartoon Network for making him explode.

  • @yoteslaya7296
    @yoteslaya7296 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    as someone who has played guitar for the better part of 30 years this shit is laughable

    • @daviddavidson7747
      @daviddavidson7747 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "As someone who has shot guns for the better part of 30 years those shooting games are laughable"
      "As someone who has (anything), this movie about (anything) is laughable"
      Low IQ take.

    • @VITAS874
      @VITAS874 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True. Its like south park episode.

  • @vxrzii9705
    @vxrzii9705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know much about guitar hero nor have I watched many videos on it but I found this video extremely interesting. Great video!

  • @GloomysDespair
    @GloomysDespair 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice work. Currently marathoning your vids.

  • @ryanbell3704
    @ryanbell3704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Real talk, this guy is really good at cheating. As opposed to other video game cheaters, he covered most of his bases. And he got away with cheating so many times for so long…
    But, like every serial killer, they eventually get too cocky.

  • @klikkolee
    @klikkolee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I def wouldn't have used the fact that cheat engine was merely installed as evidence. Competitive players still have lives beyond the game they compete in. there are lots of things completely unrelated to guitar hero that it could've been used for.

    • @sumac6910
      @sumac6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I disagree. I think because it's a viable method for cheating the game, it could be used as supporting evidence. it's a nice addition. I was familiar with the story, and had not seen that clip also

    • @killaken2000
      @killaken2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking the same thing however it's mainly to illustrate that there's proof the game was slowed down and cheat engine can do this and that cheat engine was installed.
      It could have been presented better in the video. It kind of made it seem like merely having cheat engine was the problem.
      But If he wasn't cheating in the first place I don't think anyone would have ever learned or cared about him having it installed

  • @Thor_b
    @Thor_b 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video man! subscribed

  • @jobbins008
    @jobbins008 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for standing up for our community. It was an honor to work with you to help expose him.

  • @slumpcat6352
    @slumpcat6352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good on him for giving the money back. He made a mistake but he manned up to it and gave back the prize money

  • @AgentSapphire
    @AgentSapphire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    While this guy is CLEARLY cheating, i'd like to point out that simply having cheat engine doesn't mean a player is cheating in general. There's a lot of games that don't have practice tools that cheat engine can be used to help out with and it can also be used to set up things like challenge runs or just make wacky things happen.
    I just want to point this out since both the name of the program and the way it was presented in the video make it seem like cheating is the ONLY thing its good for. It's always best to look at things case by case.

  • @THEGoDLiKeMIKE
    @THEGoDLiKeMIKE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loving that we got the discord call and everything

  • @kyoobqa
    @kyoobqa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:11
    It happens to me, too! I'm not trying to excuse Schmooey at all but I get the same thing sometimes. I'm not sure why, though; maybe it's 'cause I pause the song and tab out, maybe it's just an effect of tabbing out, but it slows down like, massively before showing the scoreboard. I could record it if need be.

  • @DrumEagle
    @DrumEagle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What happened to your voice, Karl?

    • @TheGaming100
      @TheGaming100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      this, isnt Karl....

    • @DrumEagle
      @DrumEagle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheGaming100 no shit, Sherlock

  • @suchakreelaokom9494
    @suchakreelaokom9494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    9fc2

  • @knicklol
    @knicklol 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video bro, keep up the good work!

  • @nimbusflamel8844
    @nimbusflamel8844 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is actually really awesome 👍! Cheaters don't belong! I'm a retired semi veteran of guitar hero but that's what I mean by retired. I don't play anymore. Haven't in a decade it feels like. But maybe someday when I can support my GH habits I will gladly join this community and give ALL OF YOU a run for your money