Steve "UrinatingTree" Linkowski was once sponsored by scammers Established Titles.
Once their scam was revealed, he still had one ad obligation left on his contract.
He refused to do it. Thankfully, it doesn't look like he was punished for this.
I say this because of how much it hurt him to learn of the scam. He said that was the most fun he'd ever had in shooting ad spots--walking around with a faux-ermine cape and scepter like he ruled the place. He completely owned how silly it all sounded, but his integrity was more important.
Do you really credit that people thought they could become a genuine Scottish lord by owning a single square meter of forest?
Seriously?
You know, a list of people who were genuinely stupid enough to believe that and paid money to that end would be worth quite a bit. Just think of all of the possibilities.
You (and Jeremy) do have a point that the whole Established Titles controversy is pretty dumb in the end.
It's more the fact that Hambly is so shameless and butthurt about his e-begging and related criticism.
His entire product is him shilling for any sponsor, begging for memberships, trying to sell his dropship overpriced coffee, etc in between milquetoast YT-safe takes and reading news articles to you.
Sorry, had to get that out there, but god damn I love him, even if I don't watch as much American football as I used to and mostly watch soccer and baseball. I heard of that company ages ago but didn't really know what they were until recently, but it seems that this just keeps going along with 2024 being a year of revealing the truth.
Despite what the other guy said, AFL is terrible compared to 20 years ago. Everyone is too fit and there's no restrictions on where players can be on the field. So it means that the entire team just follows the ball all game.
Oh and the rules may as well be made up for how often they're changed and just flat out not called.
Guy, go and watch the best of Australian Rules footy.
Seriously, just get some beverages and watch a whole season of a sport you don't know and try to work out the rules as you pick a team to follow.
Aussie Rules is a dead-set beut game, with lots of the things you like about basketball. There is high mobility with an emphasis on ball handling skills and teamwork.
Pick and choose chronological games from this play list.
For bonus points get a decent aussie meat pie and eat it with tomato sauce. Make yourself some meat pies for the match. You can expand your culinary horizons at the same time you detox from b-ball.
I agree with you, but a lot of sports is about tradition/history. I used to watch American Football with my dad when I was a kid. Aussie Football I'd just be alone in my room.
Steve "UrinatingTree" Linkowski was once sponsored by scammers Established Titles.
Once their scam was revealed, he still had one ad obligation left on his contract.
He refused to do it. Thankfully, it doesn't look like he was punished for this.
I say this because of how much it hurt him to learn of the scam. He said that was the most fun he'd ever had in shooting ad spots--walking around with a faux-ermine cape and scepter like he ruled the place. He completely owned how silly it all sounded, but his integrity was more important.
I know we hate sportsball here, and I get why, but I have a soft spot for the man for this reason. It helps that he agrees with us more often than not.
I heard The Quartering complain on stream last week that people were giving still giving him shit for accepting that sweet, sweet Scottish money.
Which he still isn't apologetic or ashamed in the least. He copes that "people always knew from the beginning that it was a gag gift".
Do you really credit that people thought they could become a genuine Scottish lord by owning a single square meter of forest?
Seriously?
You know, a list of people who were genuinely stupid enough to believe that and paid money to that end would be worth quite a bit. Just think of all of the possibilities.
You (and Jeremy) do have a point that the whole Established Titles controversy is pretty dumb in the end.
It's more the fact that Hambly is so shameless and butthurt about his e-begging and related criticism.
His entire product is him shilling for any sponsor, begging for memberships, trying to sell his dropship overpriced coffee, etc in between milquetoast YT-safe takes and reading news articles to you.
FUCK YOU, SPANOS!
Sorry, had to get that out there, but god damn I love him, even if I don't watch as much American football as I used to and mostly watch soccer and baseball. I heard of that company ages ago but didn't really know what they were until recently, but it seems that this just keeps going along with 2024 being a year of revealing the truth.
Yeah, he's the only way I keep up with "real" sports at all anymore.
I quit watching the NBA after about 25 years once the game had devolved into nothing but threes--and its fans keep claiming it's evolved.
The last straw was when I watched my hometown Houston Rockets have a big lead over the Golden State Warriors...and kept shooting threes.
Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank.
Twenty-seven missed threes in a row.
All because THE ANALYTICS said it was EFFICIENT.
They blew their lead and lost the game. In Game 7. Ending their season.
Here's a great video on that disaster of a game.
The league going woke shortly after, if they weren't already, was just the brown cream on the shit sundae.
By the way, it's only gotten worse since. Have a game where a team's down by two, they have a four-on-one fast break in the final seconds, and...
Despite what the other guy said, AFL is terrible compared to 20 years ago. Everyone is too fit and there's no restrictions on where players can be on the field. So it means that the entire team just follows the ball all game. Oh and the rules may as well be made up for how often they're changed and just flat out not called.
Bring back the biff!
Guy, go and watch the best of Australian Rules footy.
Seriously, just get some beverages and watch a whole season of a sport you don't know and try to work out the rules as you pick a team to follow.
Aussie Rules is a dead-set beut game, with lots of the things you like about basketball. There is high mobility with an emphasis on ball handling skills and teamwork.
Start here.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrSqw-3k7lZke8Ta6f9KjnbJ3zipyCxt0&si=9c4D_CRo-4YdNuxp
Pick and choose chronological games from this play list.
For bonus points get a decent aussie meat pie and eat it with tomato sauce. Make yourself some meat pies for the match. You can expand your culinary horizons at the same time you detox from b-ball.
https://www.recipetineats.com/meat-pie-recipe/
I'll call your Australian football and raise you Finnish baseball.
That's a thing. And it's great.
I'm not wasting hours being a vegetable watching sportsball, even if it's run by a penal colony. I will be stealing that recipe, though.
I agree with you, but a lot of sports is about tradition/history. I used to watch American Football with my dad when I was a kid. Aussie Football I'd just be alone in my room.
I thought everyone already knew that Established Titles is a novelty thing, not a legit claim to land let alone a legit claim to nobility.
You might as well get mad at a fortune-teller for not actually giving you an accurate forecast of your future.