he’ll be late as ever, if he does even touch it. the thing with slops is he’ll do things months or years after the fact so that he’s completely clear of all the fallout. his choice, of course, but a bastion of cutting edge, on the nose content he most definitely is not.
He kinda said on his Retro Hour interview that he does the Kickstarter stuff now as a sort of “junk food” between doing the more indepth videos. But then it’s difficult to make entertaining videos on kickstarter without ruffling feathers and getting disputes raised against you.
“junk food”. lol. what an apt description for (ALL OF) his content.
“it’s difficult to make entertaining videos on kickstarter without ruffling feathers and getting disputes raised against you.”
idubbbz would dispute that lol, although he’s now turned his back on all that stuff, sadly, but the “kickstarter crap” videos will remain a real youtube highlight for me, there were some truly great ones (and slops basically copied the idea but did it in a pathetic, toothless manner, thus removing what made it good)
He alluded to toning it down in the interview. Perhaps if Youtube wasn’t such as garbage platform people could be more entertaining. When you’re doing it full-time then losing the channel is pretty much like getting the sack.
slops doesn’t tone anything down. to say so is to bullshit. everything he does is toothless and designed to be as bland as possible. it’s his modus operandi. the notion that there’s an actually interesting person looking to break out but they’re bound by youtube t&c’s is a fucking nonsense. also if any of these people actually had something to say that they’re scared to put on youtube, why not do what i’m doing right here ? with their followings they would do well but no, they want the ad revenue and the diamond play buttons etc. it’s a fucking joke. slops is as edgy as a pea.
His next book is to be sold in Waterstones I noticed. Things were going David’s way, yet he was still grasping for more money, attention, adulation etc.
weird how it’s called from vultures to vampires. i wonder if that’s a reference to he and his peers ? strange title given his current behaviour. just wondering ! also, waterstone’s still exists ? oh, and having a book in anywhere that’s not asda, walmart or tesco these days apparently means zero. unless you’re shifting them by the pallet there’s zero money in it, certainly if you’re not self publishing and selling direct to buyers (which is the sensible thing to do for niche projects)
Yes, ironic given his recent corpse-swooping antics. It was Dave Haynie who gave DP the idea for the title. He made reference to 30 years of copyright chaos being akin to vultures picking at the bones of Commodore’s carcass and David threw vampires into the mix in reference to contemporary hardware advances without intending to be derogatory.
Yes, somehow it does, and not just online as with Woolworths. I walk past the high street store on Deansgate, Manchester every day. Not been in it for years though.
i believe so mate. also people more mathematically savvy than myself have done the maths and, had this gone as planned, there would have been a LOT of money involved.
Gordon Ramsays left eyebrow
11 months ago
“Sadly, it appears I did not deliver the message clearly enough [ yes, you did – the message was dog shit] and my lack of clarity led to a complete misunderstanding of my intentions [ nope, there was NO misunderstanding – trust me ] resulting in two or three days of negative feedback.” [ 2 or 3 days? Was he asleep for the rest of the time? ]
NB: If any one of you would like to take advantage of whichever Bumper Bundle you pledged for, just send me an email ####@####.com and I will make it happen. [ as I have pallette’s of these bloody books in the garage I cant shift ].
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The Furthest Man From Home
11 months ago
Killed and not before time.
You nailed it, this will be how David Pleasance is remembered and it’s not the type of legacy you want to leave behind.
I’m looking forward to DJ Slops making a video about this.
he’ll be late as ever, if he does even touch it. the thing with slops is he’ll do things months or years after the fact so that he’s completely clear of all the fallout. his choice, of course, but a bastion of cutting edge, on the nose content he most definitely is not.
He kinda said on his Retro Hour interview that he does the Kickstarter stuff now as a sort of “junk food” between doing the more indepth videos. But then it’s difficult to make entertaining videos on kickstarter without ruffling feathers and getting disputes raised against you.
“junk food”. lol. what an apt description for (ALL OF) his content.
“it’s difficult to make entertaining videos on kickstarter without ruffling feathers and getting disputes raised against you.”
idubbbz would dispute that lol, although he’s now turned his back on all that stuff, sadly, but the “kickstarter crap” videos will remain a real youtube highlight for me, there were some truly great ones (and slops basically copied the idea but did it in a pathetic, toothless manner, thus removing what made it good)
He alluded to toning it down in the interview. Perhaps if Youtube wasn’t such as garbage platform people could be more entertaining. When you’re doing it full-time then losing the channel is pretty much like getting the sack.
slops doesn’t tone anything down. to say so is to bullshit. everything he does is toothless and designed to be as bland as possible. it’s his modus operandi. the notion that there’s an actually interesting person looking to break out but they’re bound by youtube t&c’s is a fucking nonsense. also if any of these people actually had something to say that they’re scared to put on youtube, why not do what i’m doing right here ? with their followings they would do well but no, they want the ad revenue and the diamond play buttons etc. it’s a fucking joke. slops is as edgy as a pea.
Should be called DJ Sloth.
I’ve put 20,000 hours into the Amiga accelerators. I’ve loved to do it. No money was needed.
that’s the one mate !
I am still not sure what his end goal was with this. Some sort of passive income in his old age ?
I guess you can’t play the guitar all the time and there’s only so many times you can tell the story of the Spirit of the Stones.
His next book is to be sold in Waterstones I noticed. Things were going David’s way, yet he was still grasping for more money, attention, adulation etc.
https://www.waterstones.com/book/from-vultures-to-vampires-volume-two-2005-2021/david-pleasance/trevor-dickinson/9781913491680
weird how it’s called from vultures to vampires. i wonder if that’s a reference to he and his peers ? strange title given his current behaviour. just wondering ! also, waterstone’s still exists ? oh, and having a book in anywhere that’s not asda, walmart or tesco these days apparently means zero. unless you’re shifting them by the pallet there’s zero money in it, certainly if you’re not self publishing and selling direct to buyers (which is the sensible thing to do for niche projects)
I imagine the title is a reference to all the vultures flying over the corpse of Commodore and then the Vampire accelerators released in recent times.
Perhaps the title should be from Kickstart to Kickstarters?
i thought it might be related to the vampire accelerators but really the name has definitely taken on a new meaning of late !
Well, vampires are at least a bit cool. Leeches would be more appropriate.
Yes, ironic given his recent corpse-swooping antics. It was Dave Haynie who gave DP the idea for the title. He made reference to 30 years of copyright chaos being akin to vultures picking at the bones of Commodore’s carcass and David threw vampires into the mix in reference to contemporary hardware advances without intending to be derogatory.
Yes, somehow it does, and not just online as with Woolworths. I walk past the high street store on Deansgate, Manchester every day. Not been in it for years though.
i believe so mate. also people more mathematically savvy than myself have done the maths and, had this gone as planned, there would have been a LOT of money involved.
“Sadly, it appears I did not deliver the message clearly enough [ yes, you did – the message was dog shit] and my lack of clarity led to a complete misunderstanding of my intentions [ nope, there was NO misunderstanding – trust me ] resulting in two or three days of negative feedback.” [ 2 or 3 days? Was he asleep for the rest of the time? ]
NB: If any one of you would like to take advantage of whichever Bumper Bundle you pledged for, just send me an email ####@####.com and I will make it happen. [ as I have pallette’s of these bloody books in the garage I cant shift ].
Killed and not before time.
You nailed it, this will be how David Pleasance is remembered and it’s not the type of legacy you want to leave behind.
He had the cheek to call Petro T a money grubber.
And Mehdi Ali’s bag carrier. That’s his favourite nickname for Petro.