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.
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.