SmashJT and McDizzle: How a “Journalistic Experiment” Backfired
A Tale As Old As Time The internet is full of clout-chasers looking for their 15 minutes of fame, and the gaming industry is no exception.The latest case?YouTuber McDizzle Gaming decided the best way to make a name for himself was to take down a bigger name—SmashJT. And in doing so, he pulled one of the most dishonest tricks in the book: impersonating an Ubisoft employee to manipulate SmashJT into reporting false information, just to...prove a point?The result was a tangled mess of deception, hypocrisy, and a failed attempt at self-promotion. The Setup: A Dishonest "Test" of Integrity? McDizzle, under the guise of an Ubisoft employee, fed SmashJT a fake story about a made up Assasin's Creed: Shadows leak. I have a breaking, super-exclusive leak too: it's going to be bad.SmashJT, a former QA tester for Sony Online Entertainment turned independent […]
