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I used to work for Clovarity as an editor, they offered me 150 bucks for 4 long form videos a month, at first I did it cuz I needed quick money but then I tried to negotiate because that was simply not enough, but Gad was like "when you get better at editing we'll pay more." But when you want high quality videos weekly I need more than 150, so I left, Castle and Gad have no business in Esports

@aysamalmashni572

Ай бұрын

Bro he was rude damn 😂

@ttvmatcha

Ай бұрын

talk yo shit edaw

@Edaw_rl

Ай бұрын

@@ttvmatcha yo wsg twin

@zircron45

Ай бұрын

I used to do montages for clovarity too, I was paid 80 for the first one and told that the maximum they could pay was $10 for weekly montages, i ended up just leaving after finishing 3 edits.

@pringles_xd

Ай бұрын

take your lunch money and keep moving Wade 😂

Gad trying to excuse himself of any responsibility at every turn when he was an owner is hilarious

@hhaste

Ай бұрын

Never trust the broccoli hairs

@ryanbowen4904

Ай бұрын

@@hhastelmaoo bro I’m being attacked

@xIHMx

Ай бұрын

Guys a moron and shouldn’t have done this interview. He needs a pr assistant if he wants to continue. Jesus

I had no idea rapid was so involved, he was over half of the interviews

couple other fun tidbits, i was with clovarity as staff from may-dec 2023. -connected terror with castle -completed tourney paperwork and helped moderate/advertise etc many times -content director after mav -wasn’t paid a dime -let go after i took a mental health break around christmas

@Spacebar24

Ай бұрын

Sorry this happened to you Phyz. Glad you found something better.

@ElijiahCater-xg9dq

Ай бұрын

If you worked for 7 months with no pay, then you deserved it

@plsdontbanmeagainyoulibtards

Ай бұрын

how can you get let go from a job you weren't even paid for

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience, I was aware of your involvement in the org, and crazy u weren’t paid 💀

@IncorrectCasting

Ай бұрын

❤

The modulated voice is too distorted to passively understand and needs subtitles. Other than that this is phenomenal, best doc yet and some really good investigative journalism.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, absolutely a fair criticism, it was very hard to make sure the identities of the ppl weren’t given away, while making sure they can be heard properly. I’ll work on that balance in the future 👍

@S7R0UD

Ай бұрын

@@mouldy_shoe im not sure if this is something you would want to try out, but ive seen people do more TTS voices now for "anonymous" voice overs. (i kinda like it as its still easy to hear and understand while removing any source of the persons voice) it would involve a bit more work to type out the text, but will mean less modulation on sound editing. hope it helps ❤

@johnbutler7567

Ай бұрын

​@mouldy_shoe I really dont think your vioce or reading delivery is bad at all man! Keep at it good quality video on RL

@Jeffstah

Ай бұрын

I agree with you that subtitles should have been included in the video. However, I wanted to say that I turned on the closed captions that are on most KZread videos and it automatically provided subtitles. I thought I'd let you know in case this ever helps in the future. Have a great day/night! :D

Awesome video. I wish you would subtitle the anonymous sources you put a voice modulator on though because i struggle to understand what's even being said.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, yeah it was hard to hide the identity of ppl without making it hard to hear, definitely will take the feedback for future vids 👍

@JP-st9hn

Ай бұрын

I second this. A few times I had no idea what they were saying. A subtitle at those parts would be handy.

@Verition

Ай бұрын

Was about to comment the same; watching on phone speakers atm and I have no clue what that anon guy is saying

@Jeffstah

Ай бұрын

I agree with you that subtitles should have been included in the video. However, I wanted to say that I turned on the closed captions that are on most KZread videos and it automatically provided subtitles. I thought I'd let you know in case this ever helps in the future. Have a great day/night! :D

I've known this doc was coming for some time, but its incredible how much I didnt even know happened. I wasted so much of my time and energy consulting castle, and he did the polar opposite of everything i said. Hopefully, new org owners can learn from this video and make better decisions for the betterment of esports.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Yeah I hope it ultimately ppl in all areas of esports learn from all this, again thank you for helping out with the vid!

Kid named Logan with a broccoli haircut? Instant red flag.

@juxi1718

Ай бұрын

What is it with this "broccoli hate" 😭😂

@krusher181

Ай бұрын

@@juxi1718nba 2k generic create a player looking ass duuuuudes

@hhaste

Ай бұрын

@@juxi1718 Just seems like it's the "tiktok" haircut. Trends that everyone follow are easy to hate on.

@PlatinumGaming67

24 күн бұрын

So haircuts are red flags now?

@user-in2cs1vp6o

21 күн бұрын

​@@PlatinumGaming67The brocoli one yes

This is easily your best video. Great watch and really enjoyable, well done mate.

@Artistic_Flurd

Ай бұрын

I swear every video shoe makes it gets 5x better

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, loads of effort put into this one so I’m glad u noticed 😅

I’m surprised but not surprised of the non mention of the contract of scrzbbles maybe due to the fact that scrzbbles was only signed for a couple weeks cuz he probably saw through castle. But I remember a personal conversation from castle about the signing saying “we signed him to a contract so no one else could snag him and we are going to bank off his social media following” (scrzbbles is 13yrs old)

@oibara2

Ай бұрын

yeah, arguably these vultures are further proof of why the age limit shouldn't have been lowered. not all the kids will have the smarts or the people to pull them out of this stuff.

Very well laid out. As an industry veteran I tried to uh... council Castle near the start of the ridiculousness on Twitter. Pointing out that no, they were not in fact a 'six figure org' because that was how much they were paying their players... That fundamental lack of knowledge of how the financials worked? No idea how anyone could put any stock in anything they did. We need to do better at blacklisting these people.

Very well put together. Great job Mouldy

very well put together ♥

I was in a previous Org that Gad founded as well called Doom Esports that also fell through in 2020-2021. That fell through because a younger girl in high school was made a higher up in the org’s staff. I was also in Spate when the merger happened. Was dropped as a content creator once I joined the Clovarity discord because I “didn’t have the following.” Interesting story and loved hearing this!

@Mynemislev

Ай бұрын

man Doom was a time lol

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Amazing insight, I was aware of doom and pre merge spate, cool to hear from someone who worked there at the time, glad u liked the vid!

It's actually admirable how you took so much time to actually talk about the story of a bunch of no names, both from an org managing perspective and from a pro player perspective too. I follow RLCS very closely, the matches that is, not the useless drama on twitter. And I've never even heard about this org whatsoever. They are probably only known in the veeery deep undergrounds of NA. Anyone who isn't focusing on mid tier teams wouldn't know about them. Nice vid. Liked it.

Been exited for this one!

excellent documentary, one of the most entertaining vids i've seen in a while, i remember seeing all of these incidents but it's great to see all of it put together

Love the editing man, this is high quality stuff ❤

This is incredible mate, been lurking and watching your videos for some time, but this is something else. I'm rooting for you man :D

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you’ve been liking the content!

When i started watching that video i thought you were a really big KZreadr, youre so underrated, keep up the work!

Some of the best rl stuff on yt insane level of depth in research hope you blow up

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I put loads of work into these vids, will keep doing it until that blow up happens 😎

Holy... Great content, was loosely aware of this stuff through a Chalked Cast episode, but had no idea the scale of the situation. Love your content man, keep up the great work 🙌

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thanks man, yeah there’s a lot more to it than is talked about in the general public, maybe now chalked cast might talk about it, shout out them!

Insane video! Editing and research on point. Idc abt the waiting time. You need more subs bro, I'm telling you

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, those subs will come trust 👍

Amazing doc. Glad to see this kind of stuff covered especially in such detail.

Trust me, people like Gad are far worse than the castles of the world. With Gad you will never know what you are going to get… with people like Castle you know what to expect at least, grimy though it may be.

This was an amazing video, super high quality, you deserve much higher numbers.

As someone who used to be in the bubble eSports scene, it's sad to see how this affected my man Thomas. We knew each other from back when I was a corporate staff member at Volt Esports in RLCS X under a different name, and to see how this affected him... it just ain't fair. It's sad how this partly led to his retirement from management, he deserved better for all the effort he put in.

Incredible video that caused me to subscribe, so good work. The only negative feedback I have to give is that the distorted voice is a little hard to hear sometimes, which caused me to rewind to make sure I was understanding. Honestly, though, the fact that I did that shows that you did a great job at making me interested in the content. Also, I understand that because he wants to hide his identity, maybe me not understanding is kind of the point. Still, I think subtitles would have worked there. Other than that, this might be the best documentary I've seen on Rocket League and I hope to see your channel get the recognition it deserves.

I only knew about Knightyuhs tweet because it was recommended to me at the time, I didnt think it was happening THIS. Great documentary, that story is insane

Amazing video! you got great things ahead of you, keep it up.

I was working on a Fortnite team a few years ago, and one of my friends suggested that I work with Castle. He was extremely controlling and it was clear he knew nothing about running a team. We parted ways after only a few days, so I'm not supprised that he played such a huge role in this teams downfall. Great video btw

@mouldy_shoe

6 күн бұрын

Thank you, amazing insight, I wasn’t aware he was involved in the Fortnite side of things too 💀

Good job. We need more quality coverage of the scene

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Absolutely, and thank you again for helping out with this one!

there is a lot of effort and dedication into this video for a smaller channel. Mad respect

Incredible work! Long video, but flew by whilst watching 🤝

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, super glad u liked it!

Dang this was very well done and put together.

Incredible quality and detail

Yo, I just got sent this Video, the short time I spent as a content creator for Clovarity was great, no issues from me as I kind of volunteered and just didn't have the time to continue due to other commitments. I remember everyone being super hyped and it all looked like it was going in the right direction. It's a shame to see now that it went the complete opposite way. Oh well, you live and learn lads!

Great documentary bro. I can tell that you spend hours and hours on end to make this video. Great stuff! You really should have more subs.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Yeah I spend A LOT of time on these, so I’m glad ur liking the content!

The far right hook at the beginning was good. Great video. I've wanted to get into video journalism for awhile, and this is very inspiring.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, definitely give it a go, it’s a lot of work but very rewarding so if you’re willing I’d definitely recommend 👍

@reed6514

Ай бұрын

@@mouldy_shoe I've done some written local journalism and THAT is a lot of work lol. Adding filming and video editing to that is a lot. But I've been making some silly trackmania videos, in part to practice the video editing part with less pressure. Thanks for the encouragement 😊

10/10 video you can tell a lot of work was put into this and i hope it gains the attention it deserves. if you are open to critiques the only thing i recommend is making the anonymous users voice a tiny bit higher pitched. it was a bit hard to understand at some points if i wasn’t putting my entire attention on the video. besides that it is perfect i look forward to what you put out next 🎉.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, yeah I’m always open to feedback, in fact it’s honestly the best thing for the channel. I found it hard making sure the voices weren’t recognisable and balancing that with how easy it was to hear, so I’ll work on that in the future 👍

why is Gad acting innocent 💀

Absolutely fantastic video

Here we go baby

I was a Social Media Manager for Clovarity and Frost Esports with Mav. I never knew any of this, then again. I wasn't promised any pay. I just did it for pure enjoyment. Crazy how things turn out. I know that Akuma is not a great person though either. I worked with an organization who had an APAC team and he would slander us in DMs. Akuma also worked with a group called TK Esports and the main owner who was a horrible person in his own right, and dragged down good people with him.

@mouldy_shoe

26 күн бұрын

Thank you for providing more insight on your time there, yeah things didn’t turn out brilliant 💀

@yuhhrl

26 күн бұрын

@@mouldy_shoe Yeah there was a lot of stuff that you didn't even mention that I know. Stuff is crazy lol

@mouldy_shoe

24 күн бұрын

There’s a lot I could’ve, but I wanted to keep this as concise as possible (even tho it ended up being my longest vid by a mile lol), there’s a lot to clovarity, as u definitely know

Actually an insane video

Great video!

16:39 what's the point of being "Anonymous" when he just outed himself as being the graphic designer 😂

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

They had multiple graphic designers at the time, so it doesn’t expose anything

Amazing video, well done!

@mouldy_shoe

24 күн бұрын

Thank you, super glad u liked it!

rollercoaster incoming

Great video. Thanks for making this.

I had a great time listening to this :D

@gjs9551

Ай бұрын

Coach Curry

W shout at the 30:00 mark. Overall absolute cinema. End of vid is kinda scuffed tho. We really gotta stop letting this other graduate pass as a nice friendly guy when he endorsed the decisions of the other grad. Like not even subtly. Bro was ready to die on the hill for the brand. Also stop slandering akuma like that. That ain’t it. Idk where we got the idea that being a passive investor makes you immature? He’s just been taken advantage of

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I think I should clarify that both Gad being the ‘nice guy’ and Akuma being a ‘child’ are simply common labels the community has put on them, I think in making this video I was getting ppl to rly think about how true that is, in fact what you’ve pointed out, there’s very little to those ideas

that gad guys memory sucks bro can’t even remember shit that happend 6 months ago💀

about to strap myself in for this movie

Go Mouldy!!!!! Commenting for the algorithm frfr

we need more content like this. this was amazing!

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

More coming don’t worry, glad u liked it!

I had some interactions with castle every time we talked he didn’t seem angry or stressed but then idk what happened but smth did and we stopped talking

46 minutes long and far right extreme groups within the first 30 seconds… here we go boys!!

@nonplayablecharacter4815

Ай бұрын

Far right is the only way to go

Me clicking on the video expecting a 10-15 minute story Also me 30 minutes later watching a mastepiece of a ducumentary Great work man!

W vid Mr. Shoe

I was involved with clovarity before it was clovarity when castle and his friend has another org Flamosity. I was also in charge of clovarity tournaments months ago before all this happened.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

There’s even more lore haha…a cool insight, thanks for sharing!

@Spacebar24

Ай бұрын

@@mouldy_shoe no problem.

As a player who has lost to @knightyuh in salt mine, its good to see he isn't afraid to stand ground off the pitch

As the general manager for clovarity. I believe that there was still a lot left out in this video, and I wish I was reached out to about this video being made. I’ve watched a lot happen as a member of the board. An as the general manager that I would have liked to express.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

There has been stuff left out as there is only so much one video can tell for sure, sorry for not reaching out, as you can imagine there r so many ppl involved that I was not aware of everyone initially. If you did ever want to talk about your time there I am always happy to talk 👍

I feel like there isn't enough attention being put on Steven. It's absolutely apparent that Steven knew that the other business was a MLM. He did his best to sell it to others in the org, saw dollar signs and went ahead without thinking of any ramifications. He went about this like someone who goes around to individuals (mainly older folks), does to sell a product. Not realizing that once it gets thrown into a spotlight, the issues compound and multiply. Even in your interview with him he was trying to sell the idea *to you*. I doubt he's even stopped shilling that company to others. This Steven character was not looking for the betterment of anyone in the org but himself. "We didn't see any problems. " You can tell by his hesitation and how he talks that he's lying. The others higher ups might not have know, but he absolutely did. He knew there could be a problem, but he wanted money. As soon as Steven had pushed all of this, he should have been ousted from the company. Gad is just willfully ignorant to everything that takes any amount of time to think clearly about. He's claims innocence through ignorance, and he'd much rather shift blame than take the blame and learn from it. And Castle had no business being in the esports scene. Dude was woefully uninterested in actually building an organization. He just liked making money easily.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Couldn’t have said it better myself, to add to that, notice the amount of times Steven uses the word ‘we’ in the 7kMetals chapter, compared to the amount of times Gad specifically named Steven, gives a real insight in how that deal was done

It's finally out!!

just going to add that we were paid around $20 an edit for on average 5 hours of work between multiple people right before the beginning of the story

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

💀

Wake up, Mouldy shoe has posted.

upper90 also had some controversy, although it happened more or less "behind the scenes" so-to-speak, so id doubt much of it is documented, not to mention it happened earlier in the games life cycle

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

I’ve never heard about upper90, I’m sure there’s hundreds of orgs with issues in RL, I’m merely just scratching the surface…

what a video

yuildy in this video W

W video hate that org

make a doc about allusion esports

YES

Great work! No, not you Clovarity

I'm 18 BRO 😭😭😭😭

@Rayy14

Ай бұрын

Sry about him hes 12 ignore him

@akuma8155

Ай бұрын

@@Rayy14I'm legit played as the fuckn victim here bro like what

@Rayy14

Ай бұрын

@@akuma8155 c’est un blague

@timbelcijan9858

Ай бұрын

Maybe put someone else in charge of spending your "hard earned" money until you get older, since you can't seem to handle that responsibility. Which isn't surprising at all given you're 18 BRO!

@robwestb02

Ай бұрын

Man child

Most orgs in rocket league dont tend to pay their players/employees properly. Ill use myself as an example a while ago i was a freestyler and content creator for an org never got paid a dime in 6 months when i got around like 10-25% of their popularity (around 100 players into their servs) they said theyd pay me around 1.5k based on what i had already done i still havent gotten paid and apparently many other the gfx and vfx designers also werent paid

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s a really common issue with our industry, what org were u with out of curiosity?

i read the title as "exposing rocket league's worst orgy" 💀

Great video, you are easily the best story teller in rocket league rn but can I just say one thing if you use the anonymous voice again, can u use a different one or put subtitles please

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much, and yes I will work on that anonymous voice, it was very hard to balance hiding the voice and making it easy to hear, as many ppl I interviewed have very distinctive voices. Will work on it in future vids like this 👍

I JUST REALISED THAT THESE DUDES SAID 250$ IS EXPENSIVE FOR A 3D VIDEO 💀💀

What you could do is transpose their statement (I.E write down exactly what they said) then have a voice actor or a celebrity A.I read them

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

That is definitely something I’ll explore in future videos 👍

You need subtitles for that pitched down voice. I don't understand anything

holy..

10:40 that's Drake bro

im dead

ts funny asf lmfao

So Loosid looks exactly like Drake?

Mouldy, what motivates you to make videos like this?

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Honestly I’ve always had an interest in mysteries and history, storytelling in general. Rocket league has loads of this, so it’s a natural thing for me

@reed6514

Ай бұрын

@@mouldy_shoe that's cool, thanks for sharing 😊

it wasnt realize ian and guh it was realize scrzbbles and guh

Finally WWWWW.

i honestly like gad to me it seemed like at clovarity the real owner was castle the whole time and gad was kinda a figurehead

Hey there! This is a great video, but any of the anonymous voices that were pitched down to mask their identity are a bit difficult to understand. I think if you pitch them up a bit more, it would be easier to get what they are saying. Understandable if you don’t want to reupload the video to fix this because you already got 18k views, but maybe something to consider in the future if you make more of these type of videos.

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Yeah this was something I grappled without through making the vid, some of the anonymous sources have very distinctive voices, so getting the pitch right without making it hard to understand was a challenge. In future like others have suggested I’ll use subtitles, but thank you for the feedback, it rly helps me and the channel :)

cant forget g1!

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Don’t worry, I’ll touch on them in the future…

Got here early

sounds like a bunch of college gamers pretending to do business with each other to just feel like they’re “entrepreneurs” wow so cool

OH BROTHER. THIS ORG STINKS!

Shit I was getting hit by a tornado every other day in 2022 definitely not even close to a good summer for the US sped!

@mouldy_shoe

Ай бұрын

Damn sry to hear that, that’s fucked 💀💀💀

In the end it’s shitty but everyone in this story are just kids expect 7K hope they learn from all of this

Hey Logan here. Sent you a Twitter DM could you take this down please

these wages are a joke, just a bunch of kids playing adult with fancy job titles