Fixing The Verge PC Build - feat. Stefan Etienne
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro - Věda a technologie
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oh my god i never thought this moment would come
hi dapz
Even god himself is impressed.
We couldn't have dreamt it
you should get the original build and fix it
Hi
That Intel core-i7 hexa-core CPU:
Verge: Yeah, we got one.
Linus: Yeah, we dropped one.
Man that was a hard watch. The second hand embarrassment was too much for me
Underrated comment
Linus drop tips strikes again!
I'm stupid is hexa 8?
@@randomtitanium The Verge probably thinks it's 8 🤣
Hexa is 6 though.
Dude, an insane amount of respect to this man. Coming on and mocking his own glorious mess up with Linus is exactly what being a dude is about.
cringe
yeah only after spending 4+ years doubling down saying he did nothing wrong and calling people who criticized him "racist bigots" lmao. exactly what being a dude is about
After this douchebag played the racism card he lost all respect for me no matter what he does. It's people like him why racism is still a thing because people make it about race instead of about their inexperience or their lack of skill or that they were actually doing something wrong. Some women even play the gender card nowadays too when they get denied for a job or are criticized. It's disgusting.
@@nickhalden374 To be fair, he did likely get a lot of nasty comments regarding his race or giving him death threats. Now that doesn’t excuse his behavior by any means, but if a regular guy gets put in this situation then it’s at least reasonable to expect he started generalizing it with those comments regardless of the intent.
no props to Stefan. He is still blaming everyone else for his mistakes. He took absolutely no responsibility for the many many many things that HE got wrong.
That is actually a really cool move by Linus, to let the man redeem himself and fix the issues in the Verge video
I really appreciated that too. Very cool to see this guy without everyone bashing him. Great content
he never needed to redeem himself. It was the company behind the video. People just flipped their shit over nothing since that's how America is and made him out to be a bad guy when he responded to the haters who were coming after him.
I don't buy it. I don't think he had a clue when he did the video. Best thing he could have done was to say "I had no clue".
"You're not fighting static, you're fighting cancer."
That line still gets a laugh out of me. This guy had quite a few good memes made about him.
Lyle is still gold to this day
Love the sona btw :3
"OMG It's a CPU you're not icing a cake" was another gold one hahaha
"so much censorship, feel like I'm back in China!"
I so read that in Lyle's voice too! 🤣🤣
Props to Stefan, he got back onto camera infront of an audience that has already seen his previous video and were the ones who created the fallout, and he built another computer with none other than the man himself. Linus.
i remember seeing a stream or something where he said something along the lines of "yknow, it doesn't even really matter. a bunch of pc nerds are mad at me for doing my job"
@@kronazmusic5497 While I was mad at that comment back then (I was like 16 tho) I realize he has a point, it really was just a bunch of nerds mad at him for doing what the verge pressured him to do.
@@DsgSleazy that's true
Not to be confused with Linus Torvalds
@@kronazmusic5497 it's understandable from both sides. However, I respected the fact that he got back on camera and made things right. Also, half of the blame goes to the verge writers too, they were on a tight budget and schedule and they comprised quality for getting a video out asap.
I like how Linus is like a wholesome dad teaching his clueless kid. This made me feel good for Stefan and makes me feel people bashed him too much.
Ahem 24:47
People bashed him because he called everyone that criticizes him as trolls or PC elitist.
Yes and yet The Verge themselves gets off easy and is still considered a "tech" channel.
Etienne had plenty of chances in the YEARS since the build video came out to apologize and clear his name. He has NEVER swallowed his pride and offered a sincere apology. He made a bunch of desperate excuses on Twitter 3 years later and still denied responsibility. That's the closest he has ever come. He's an arrogant, dangerous coward.
@@encycl07pedia- It was a situation where he knew he was wrong, but didn’t want to admit it out of embarrassment. Then it became “alr fine I might have done some stuff wrong” but not fully admitting to it. A strong-willed person will always own up to there mistakes, a weak-willed person wont, because their ego is in the way.
I can't stress how happy this made me, like everyone and their mother (including myself) clowned this dude basically to his face and you literally just said "nah yt drama can be wholesome" and single handedly rescued Stefan from years of abuse.
Faith in humanity restored.
"Abuse", Mf blamed everyone but himself." It was the editing team", " its just a bunch of internet nerds getting angry". Very douchy behavior
Exactly my feelings
He did not say “Nah yt drama can be wholesome” he said wow that will bring in a lot of views.
This was awesome! I give Stefan a ton of credit for coming back to this. Loved every second.
Lmao I kept laughing uncontrollably through the whole video
@@ratuldeoun7228 videos been out for 5 minutes so I don’t see how that’s possible
if not for his initial response, i would agree. the guy definitely doesn't deserve to still be harassed for it, though.
@@DemeDemetre because my name is Jonathan.
Here before this blows
Linus was so respectful to Stefan and didn't try at all to try to make him feel like crap over his build from years ago. Good on you, Linus
And Stefan was very open and vulnerable. I respect that. Good video :)
@@Meemzeh yeah if that were me, i would be in a hole somewhere, changed my name and look permanently.... props to Stefan
Linus acted like a decent human being, I guess this is something to be surprised in modern age.
Linus' most adult video yet tbh. Really happy of how he handled the whole video
I give Stefan props man, I don’t know if I would’ve been able to do this
The swiss army knife "hopefully with a screwdriver" thing still cracks me up. Surely more people own regular screwdrivers and knives and/or scissors.
He was nervous but definitely funny
@@LosingTeeth He made a few jokes in between the build, but all the errors caused people to just hate the whole thing. Because then you can't tell what was serious or a joke or a goof
Respect to Linus seeing this as a coaching opportunity, admitting to making similar mistakes in the past, and not doing a reaction to make fun of him when the video came out. This is a very good video to watch and I'm glad to see Stefan here taking this so well. I wish nothing but the best for you Stefan.
Agreed.
There's no redeem for playing the victim card and telling us we were poor and jealous
For Stefan to put himself out there like this again takes a lot and I respect him immensely for it. The fact that he was the one to reach out to LMG makes it even better.
So True Man, I Respect him for having enough balls to come to LTT
If everyone could take criticism like this then this world would be a better place 💓
Umm i think you are forgetting that he called people correcting him "angry nerds" and "toxic gaming community", and having verge lawyers take down the reaction videos, siting copyright laws and racism. If he really was a big man he would have not have harrased people who first corrected him and would have spoken against having the reaction videos taken down. Harassing smaller tech youtubers then coming to LTT years later to kiss his ass seems disingenuous to me.
@@kisong1960 tbh people did leave a bunch of toxic comments on his social media. Unfortunately with twitter good faith criticism gets lost in bigoted and otherwise shitty out by the loud minority of assholes. And now imagine having to deal with blowback alone and being the face of the damn thing when you knew well it was doomed
@@erlandjohansen7195 I get that Vox media did not handle it well for him. Here is the thing though, he is an adult now. He made the decision follow what he was told to do by Verge. It is not an excuse that he was told to do something by his boss and he just blindly followed it. When you are an adult, you have your understanding of what is right and wrong no matter what others may tell you to do.
this is a great example of "he's confused but he's got the spirit"
stefan's redemption arc begins
I hope he has dropped his ego permanently, not just for the cameras.
what the fuk are you talking about do you view life through the lens of anime "cliches" or some shit is that even a saying?
Nnoooob loser
@@xenophon5105 lmao who said redemption arcs were only in anime?
People say that often, it's the fucking internet and anime is bigger than ever.
Go outside.
@@AemondTomahawk yea, really. i think thats why the internet never let up on him -he took it so poorly!
It takes guts to come onto the largest computer media channel on CZcams and admit to the mistakes you had made. Huge props to Stefan. Linus too wasn't afraid to speak his mind and call him out for his mistakes, but Stefan was also understanding and took this criticism constructively.
Not a first 😂😂😂😂
Not gonna lie, when I built my first pc, I forgot one of the motherboard standoffs and cracked the motherboard. Instead of adding the standoff, I just left it. That happened 12 years ago and the computer still actually runs.
I used one of the wrong screws, and got the screw stuck in the standoffs.
Still sold that bih, tho.
@@theycallmemrspades scam moment
wait does it run with the cracked motherboard?? you just bought a new one right?
@@asynchronousongs It does still run.....Some how.
@@toporanger21 I’m surprised you didn’t return it to the manufacture to get it a new one
What the community in tech community is supposed to be about. Great job fellas.
You said it bro
After ya'll trashed this man for years lol righttttt. Humans really are just fake and phony creatures.
@@KINGPHANTOMw85 i don't know i mean most people made fun of the guide not the host in particular (i say most because yes extreme peoples exist i know). also afaik all "reactions" to the guide did not particularly hate on the host. but mostly on mistakes and shit.
@@KINGPHANTOMw85 i trashed him because he didnt own up to it for forever, that said now i know that it wasnt his fault he didnt own up to it, it was the verges fault. so now the verge has earned my eternal ire for throwing stefan under the bus while forcing him to be unable to defend himself until he left the company. if i knew he was being played by his company then i would not have been anywhere near as hard on him. and as far as im concerned he has redeemed himself quite gracefully.
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Fully agree with what Linus said as far as production. There should have been checks and balances at all phases of that video... from scripting, to production day, to editing. Mistakes were made well above Stefan for this video to ever come to light, and then the Verge just let him flounder through the negative PR on his own.
Great video you guys.
Yep.
Wassup checkmark
To be fair, his response to the criticism was absolutely awful and did not help his case at all
Would've also been cool if he didn't call everyone raclsts and gamer nerds over his shltty build. So there's that.
Heeeyyy Jeff! The older, slightly on the bottle, homelab Linus! This is the collab I want!
I’ll be honest when I saw the video of Stefan doing the original video I was shaking my head but seeing him come on camera and acknowledge he screwed up made me respect him way more. Props to him.
Idk how blaming everyone else again is " acknowledging his screw up"
there's the supercut version
I honestly thought the original video was intentionally bad for the laughs. Who knew it was serious lmao.
seems like a good dude. and it seems the Verge did him dirty
@pvic6959 but then he talk shit about the viewers
Leave it to Linus! I have always respected Linus, but I now hold him in even higher regard. Truly amazing! And for Stefan to collaborate with him shows a ton of humility and maturity. Well Done. There is still hope for good in this world. To the journey.
Same. Linus always seemed like a cool mfer. Buy this just proves he is that dude. Good on him.
When correcting the verge’s awful build, Linus still manages to drop the cpu right after he explains that he has 3D printed cpu holders that keep them safe
they keep the cpu safe from linus
Not scripted at all
@@karanbirsinghbhullar clearly not doing the intended job
@@kushagranayyar3960 wouldn't be ltt if a little drop doesn't happen
czcams.com/video/7BG32NkeXy4/video.html
Now we need a redemption arc where Linus admits all his drops.
But he wouldn’t stop dropping, he’ll never learn
he took responsibility for max’s dropped setup
That might be a pretty long video
That would be cool 😎 or to do scrapyard wars again
Hahahaha
23:47 Linus is so on point there. Before building my first system I did quite some research and watched many LTT vids, but watched equally many vids of how it should not be done (and yeah, the verge reaction vids were part of that). In that regard its actually quite awesome that such reaction content did see the light of day. That they removed the original I can fully understand as well.
He finally admitted his mistakes, and that's fine, props to him!
Yea it’s nice the redemption arc!
From duping on P2W Minecraft servers to commenting on Linus videos. You are clearly a person with good taste.
Stop trying to revive your channel by commenting
only took 4 years of trolls harassing his twitter
Durr. He lashed out at and/or blocked anyone who tried to give him constructive criticism or suggested build collabs at the time. No, this is just him wanting to get some sweet, sweet attention.
This couldn’t have been easy for Stefan to do, so I can appreciate that he was willing to go through and accept what was his fault and let go of what wasn’t. Good for Linus for not jumping on the hate wagon, and instead giving him a chance for redemption, while also showing how common (even for Linus) it is to make mistakes in the process.
pretty much the only comment needed
"when we upload something that is clearly problematic we fix it" as long as the fix doesn't cost a couple of hundred bucks
Props for showing up for this! I somehow never saw this! This was incredibly nice of you, LTT to bring Stefan back for a redemption AND Stefan for being brave enough to come on and do it. This is what our community needs. This is a very wholesome video.
LTT corrects the Verge PC build:
"just bend the motherboard a little bit to jank the backplate in"
Wouldn’t be an LTT build without something being done janky.
@@TheCrowAngel or Linus droping some stuff
*drops cpu*
most underrated lmao. this needs 10k likes hahaha
GREATEST Redemption Arc Of All Time!
Oh stop.
@@markvalentine9119 okay no
@@markvalentine9119 eh. wha. huh???
That's like reserved to No man's sky but 2nd best arc works
After No Man's Sky
the problem wasnt the video, it was his response, acting like everyone calling him out for amking a shitty guide just didnt know anything about pcs.
Making mistakes isn't a problem. The problem was that The Verge was putting out a GUIDE for others to follow. That video should have never seen the light of day.
So go make a death threat to the verge, not this guy
this, man. I feel like so many people miss the point. Make mistakes, that's how you learn - but for the love of god, if you don't know what to do, don't give people tutorials...
Mistakes are okay unless they're huge? 😂
@@gladitsnotme You're being extremely dishonest ... no one is defending death threats.
The poor execution inadvertently taught me a lot about the donts of building computers a few months before I finally had enough to buy my first list of PC parts
Mad props for giving him the opportunity to rectify this. I bet he feels like a 10 kg rock was removed from his back.
And his soul
You made Americans confused
He could have done it by his own if he had a brain in the first place, he could have just admitted that had no idea about computers and run to Linus to help him, but he decided to insult the internet for no reason
He deserved what he got
He called everyone racist for criticizing him.
still wont clean his name lmao
It's not the abysmal Verge video that got people fuming.
It was that the Verge decided to strike the videos made by others
It was that Stefan decided to call all these people that criticised the video as nerds and basically decline any attempts at apologizing
It was that the production was intended to teach expert knowledge about how to build a PC but doubled down on its video
The lack of accountability was the problem
We all make mistakes but you have to own those mistakes which Stefan atleast initially did not do
Overall, he brought it on himself and I'm not talking about any racist sort of comments
This is 100% correct, I also made a post stating that his lack of accountability and not owning his mistakes was his biggest mistake. It wasn't even that the verge pressured him to do this video asap. In his spare time streaming he was on video/audio saying the nerds where just out to get him and he was not at all owning to his mistakes which really was the fuel to the fire.
"I upgraded my computer was from Windows 2000 to XP, and that was done on the floor."
This guy is the gift that never stops giving...
Dont forget that he said he upgraded it on a carpet
He is mostly lying in this video about everything but its ok he is a good soul
I upgraded to windows 11 sitting on the toilet, will I get electrocuted?
@@TTTTTe550 Probably. But it's actually pretty common for people to die on the toilet, so I say go for it.
Amazing they managed to update windows without a table or a swiss army knife that hopefully has an ethernet cable
you know what? props to Stefan for having the courage to redeem himself knowing this community was on his back for a couple years about the original video and him doubling down about it after. Remember guys, it's not about the mess-ups, it's about the learning experience.
down, he called everyone who critized him names, claimed them to be racist nerds who are envious of the money he earns and him having a job. The community was on his back cause he was an ass who couldn't own up to his mistake
@@bardbarbarian5313 let's be real here. I can guarantee some of the comments he got about it were racist. if you don't know how NDAs work, he may not have been able to say anything while the Verge themselves were seeking legal action for all of the shit that was getting pointed at him. Plus let it go. what is the point of still bashing him anymore. He took a step in the right direction for this whole thing. Now let him be if you still hate him or whatever. Nobody is forcing you to even give a shit that he is in this video, you are just some troll behind a keyboard to him, me, and anyone else on this website. Nobody gives a shit if you're still mad about something someone did 2 years ago.
@@bardbarbarian5313 you guys always go on over "cAnCel CuLtUrE" but when its clear that the dude has learned from his mistakes.. you suddenly point fingers and say "but he did this, or that back then" isn't the whole critique on cancel culture is that it was "back then".. like come on the dude owned up to a lot of his mistakes here.. even if what he said when the video was released was stupid.. doesn't mean we cant value and appreciate his progress...
It's just sad that it almost took him that long to realized that..
(correction from the decade, thanks!)
Except now he makes it out like he knew the video was crap and he just couldn't fix it in time, when in fact he defended it for quite a while.
Stefan: *makes mistakes*
Linus: Imma save this man's whole career.
by clumsily dropping a perfectly edible i7 11700k
Save? stefan made that that video like 3 years ago lmao
@@RMSLtnick "edible"
@@tsbrothinkstoomuch Everything is food if you're brave enough
@@laden6675 the number of cuts in the video is insane BECAUSE they actually allocated 3 and a half hours for this build instead of the 1 that the verge gave him. geez get the fuck off his back dude
This is really wholesome and thank you Linus and Stefan for doing this. It cleared a lot of our questions and showed us the experience in building pc behind a camera. anything behind camera for the first time is ALWAYS going to give you mistakes. Even for Linus.
There is no shame. A lot of things are really out of Stefan's control. This cleared up.
lol linus comment about "when we mess up" didn't age well did it
Tech Jesus spares no one!
Never expected this, but it's so good to see them revisit the debacle.
Yea
Agreed
@@laden6675 no? He always said it wasn't his fault, they were trying to do it really quick and he is not an experienced pc builder.
@@laden6675 clown
Yeah the debacle Stefane was part of, yet still to this day, he isn't aplogitic at all.
Yeah we all make mistakes. But the best way to go about it is acknowledge the mistake and probably apoligise. Not what stefan did for years on twitter i.e. shifting blame, just like in this video, more proof that he hasn't changed and never will.
But LMG doesn't care about that. They didn't cared when they collabed with Nicehash, knowing that their Founder is a convicted cyber criminal who served 4 years 10 months for it. And was wanted in USA in 2019, Created the malware called Butterfly Botnet used to steal online banking passwords, other sensitive information etc, biggest botnet ever in the history btw. The list goes on - czcams.com/video/oZz-kKED2vI/video.html
So why would they care now?
I found a new level of respect for Linus for doing this. Props to Stefan for being brave to be in front of the camera again and do this! Great video!
Yep. Also shows why Linus is the best in the business: He's the only one who didn't pile in on Stefan when it happened. He's a classy guy and a great human being first, before being a great tech CZcamsr.
A lot of the time, with a lot of these "controversies", all that needs to happen is the person at the center needs to be able to laugh about it.
My thoughts exactly...
I'm really surprised Stefan would even do it. Definitely a good move though because his response to the backlash over the original video didn't look good on him.
he was amazing from the start. go look up sara peachy dietschy interview with linux where he comments on this whole fiasco.
I respect Linus so much for helping a fellow creator this way. This is not just a build guide for a PC, but also for a media brand! 👍🏻
Mad props to Stefan for coming out to do this video.
Linus went like:
"I'm gonna recover this mans whole carreer!"
@HD NightBat ok you can stop being butt hurt over it now.
At least he's trying again, I'll give him credit for that. I don't think I could face the Internet again after starring in a trainwreck of that magnitude.
@@vh9network Stefan you probably shouldn't be making sock puppet accounts to defend yourself in the comment section.
@@needfuldoer4531 Trainwreck ? Maybe so at the time but this guy and the Verge will be remembered for a long time over that video, maybe he was a scapegoat, either way their names are out there, and no matter what he chooses to do people will know who he is, mission accomplished, I'd say.
@HD NightBat this comment is edited because that one toxic guy deleted his comments KEKW
This is probably one of the nices things LTT has ever done, this is why people like the channel so much, the philosophy is about helping people, not just riding up the lader at all costs
I wonder if this is sponsored by S to bring some redemption...
Funny that Stefan is using this to ride up the ladder and ignore his own actions
Edit: by 'his actions' I'm not talking about the process of building the PC/making the original video...
@@startedtech he literally acknowledged his past by doing this video in the first place, what are you talking about
100% - Linus has always had 1 goal, and thats educating and understanding. He wants the passion of computers and truely understanding computers to carry on, he wants people to create not just consume. By doing things like this he shows that anyone can have flaws, but everyone can improve.
@@ForwardBias What do you expect from people behind a keyboard. Since their face isn't out there as Stefan's was they can say anything they want since they can't be connected to outside the computer.
rewatching this after the current LTT drama, linus saying at 08:27 : when we upload something that is clearly problematic we fix it! yeah right :D
That aged poorly. I'm so sorry.
love that Linus has done this vid with Stefan. So many people including pc building youtubers jumped on the bandwagon to roast this guy but none of them helped him like Linus has
The Verge senior staff should still feel really bad for letting this poor guy go through that whole debacle. So glad Linus explicitly criticised the lack of oversight. Long live LTT!
Stefan messed up too for sure though.
@@mikeb.1987 Ya, but that doesn't excuse the backlash he got. Even the Bible, a book thousands of years old, gave the "eye for an eye" rule to keep people from retaliating out of proportion to the offense.
On top of that, considering Phil Esposito's hardware made a cameo in the vid and he himself is in the credits as producer, it's likely they told Stefan to double down because he was still salty over community backlash 1 month prior to the video's release. He didn't get away with accusing GN of steering away from journalism and wanted someone else(stefan) to do the dirty work for him
@@mikeb.1987 Also what's real wild is that, 10:18 they mention that there wasn't an expert available. Phil was an expert. It's hard to imagine a professional photographer who doesn't know his own workstation hardware
Lol, I think you can still afford to give him some shit. I think there's a lot of him misrepresenting himself to his fellow staff and peers (telling them he can build a pc); and then him also simply not using common sense. Like using an anti-static wristband not attached to anything, or making the fan face the wrong way. Even in this video you can tell he still tries to act like he knows more than he does.
He originally doubled down. Glad he managed to swallow a bit of that pride.
Linus helping someone revive his career by showing us that everyone makes mistakes. Love it.
Well, the problem is not making mistakes, the problem, in Etienne's case, is making mistakes, not owning and acting hostile towards those pointing out his mistakes.
@Aufsteigender Abstieg I will, I'm just pointing out that, in Etienne's case, the whole fiasco was not as simple as "everybody makes mistakes"
@@paulocardoso9605 I mean when everyone was making fun of him constantly 💀 youd be okay with apologize to someone who just called you a retard? 2000x
@@paulocardoso9605 he made a mistake then made another mistake in how he handled it, everyone makes mistakes.
@@captianfail1406 yea but most dont jump to the everyone who is criticizing me is a racist defense either he did.
8:20 that aged well
Like milk lol
oh lawd
Mad respect to Stefan, takes some balls to head back into the space that ridiculed him so harshly.
I never expected Stefan to show himself back on camera again, wow.
Hey turns out it wasn't Stefan who was being an idiot, it was The Verge. Whodathunkit
Only cowards would pass up a chance to redeem themselves, and Stefan definitely ain't one. Kudos.
@@kosmikme My conspiracy theory is that Stefan is the fall guy so that The Verge can stay relevant. Remember how no one was talking about them or their site before, and now they're a huge fucking meme. Sure they're being mocked, but just like the controversial-yet-still-relevant Paul brothers, any sort of publicity is good publicity. They did Stefan dirty.
Does he still work with The Verge?
Damn, Linus advising Stefan aged like fine wine.
“Where’s that screw?”
“In a better place”
I’m dead now thank you xD
Are you in a better place?
@@benirabinowitz4850 Are you? In a better place?
This is Stefan's new one liner. #screwwithconfidence2.0
Oh I'm die. Thank you forever.
Respect for Stefan coming on the show, still that does not excuse all of the errors no matter how much you try to explain them away. "I didn't know what I was doing", is all he had to say.
How is this redemption? Linus is explaining everything and he just agrees. He doesn’t even acknowledge all the nonsense he said in the other video and blames the Verge for all the mistakes.
I have a lot of respect for this dude for coming on LTT
I don't
It's actually the best case scenario. The LTT team is very inviting, quite laid back and has a substantial PC building audience.
@@makemyday9366 get over yourself
Still never apologized for calling everyone who was critical of the video a "racist hater". All I heard was a lot of excuses about how The Verge fucked him over. He made the choice to flame everyone not The Verge.
@@brandon10301991 did he? Damn I didn't know that, pretty shitty. But at least he came to correct himself in the end.
I feel really sorry for him now, he looks like he's embarrassed or really nervous about the feedback from this. I hope he realises now that most people are really happy that this video exists, it's a good learning point and it's great that he's taken on the criticism that mattered and has done this, showing he's listened!
Well done mate, good to see this video now
He called everyone racist on Twitter for calling him out.
@@garbygarb31 Yeah, which was stupid and he clearly sees that now. How would any of us react when there's literally thousands of people giving you shit for it? Some of them being unnecessarily personal etc.
Idk man, I'm cutting him some slack here, took some balls to come back on, hold his hands up and just say yep, I fucked it all up
@Henry Fang [Student] yet that is the main reason people were mad at him, everyone is ready to forgive mistakes if you own up to them.
@@garbygarb31 that sure was not cool, but at some point when you got like what feels the whole world against you, you're gonna bite back. Reasonable or not it just happens. I think it's really cool that even after all this time (as he mentioned contracts and stuff) he still came up to set the record straight and own it
@@garbygarb31 He was already getting shredded at the time and there probably were some racist comments in the mix, so can't really blame him for lashing out
I remember when he got backlash and i recall he didn't take accountability for his mistake but instead he made fun of everyone that critiqued his video laughing about it and calling everyone a "fat, gay nerd" i believe while he was playing H1Z1 or some shooter.
Really annoying how he keeps trying to act like it's the editing team's fault
Right? I honestly don't believe most of what he said. There was a lot of blame game happening.
So even though Stefan did make mistakes, the Verge’s overlords did him dirty in multiple levels. Total respect to Stefan for being transparent and coming back on camera.
If you think he's being transparent and not just literally lying yet again just like before, then I have property on the moon you'll be really interested in!
@@River_YT yes he shot, edited, and posted the video all himself. Totally not other people in charge of that correct? Yes he did dumb things, but for the entire situation to fall focus on him is a bit ignorant. Obviously has an ego, obviously messed up. But I think him coming on LTT to address mistakes is a step in the right direction. If people paid attention to the layout of the questions, they'd realize a lot more. And let's be honest, the company threw him under the bus. Of course he will feel spiteful.
@@lilawodjmqaowdawd5787 True yeah let's just all do things we (supposedly) know are the wrong way to do them and will cost people thousands upon thousands of dollars in error, just because "hey it's someone else's fault!" LMAO jesus christ dude
@@River_YT Damn mind if I get what you're on?
@@River_YT dont ever buy no weed from no gas station i guess
My biggest complaint on the Verge build was the way they handled it with legal threats, DMCA takedowns, copyright strikes, and other legal threats...
angery bitwit noises
Yeah, the Verge doing a bad PC build was a minor part of this whole thing. The way they handled the aftermath is what made it blow up and had people dunking on them hard. They could have leaned into it then with a redemption video.
@@cutmeiris483 love don't exist eedeeot
Not to mention the guy himself calling people mocking the video racist nerds who were just jealous of how good the specs were
Also the reaction of Mr. Etienne who insulted everyone and just ranted without making any sense. The whole situation became a mess afterwards.
Thermal paste was delicious, thanks for the awesome recommendation!
What a refreshing video, Linus and Etienne both have a really great attitude about this. Instead of sidelining someone for making a mistake, he got a chance to own up and learn something new, and do a second take to knock it out of the park.
It really sucks that The Verge really gave him the short end of the stick here and had him fend for himself, and adding insult to injury, they taught him the wrong way to defend himself, which was doing nothing at all. It also highlights how most big brand/company owned channels are more into pumping out quantity over quality with how rushed his video was.
Lol, he has been defending himself in Twitter. Like an a**, screaming that Everyone is stupid and cant build computers 😂
This is designed to fool people like you that either don't know the whole story or forgot what happened. He's the one throwing the verge under the bus (even if they suck too).
He literally accused people of being racist because they criticised him.
He did to himself for not knowing what he was doing fuck I have zero knowledge of pc building watched 6hrs of Linus jayz bitwit videos and guess what built my first pc 2015 still running
His attitude at the start kinda did him in (regardless of if it was right or wrong). But nowadays, I'd say he's quite justified in how he responds to ppl. I mean, it's been _years_ now, keep meme-ing The Verge, but let Stefan be.
I think I can say for nearly everyone that it takes a huge amount of courage to go back on your mistakes especially with so much toxicity and attempt to make things right. Huge respect!
@JosefsensDK
Linus: * gives Stefan a chance since he already had more than enough backlash. *
You, literally in the comments under that exact video: No-no-no! Not until he kneels begging for forgiveness for every bad thing he did. Ever.
If you just watched the video, you'd know that the whole situation wasn't even his fault. Mostly.
Should have asked him about his own toxicity.
He kept telling everyone else they were wrong for years after this.
This video wasn't about owning mistakes, it was about throwing the Verge under the bus. Truly, it was largely their fault. He also just had no idea how to build PCs and spent years on twitter insulting people and being the most toxic person in the whole event. This video was as simple as putting it all on the verge so he can curve some of his deserved hatred.
He didn't tho. He dug himself this hole even more after the video talking shit on his stream and on twitter
Well, Linus is right... I built my first PC after the Verge video released and learned a ton from watching people critique his build. So I do owe this guy a lot, and now he's "fixing" what he got wrong and owning up to him.
So Stefan much respect and thank you. 😊
And now The Verge gets to report about LMG's toxic workplace investigation. Brilliant.
Its actually wholesome. Stefan probably recieved a lot of hate for the previous video. It's just so cool Linus gave him the opportunity to correct his mistakes. Love it
Epic redemption - Respect!
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@@coryonthehouse5932 oh hey Cory
I certainly wouldn't want "that" video to be the one everyone remembers me for. Best to correct history before it's too late.
A Redemption that he did not deserve.
Linus, I have the biggest respect for you. Everyone at some point, made the same mistakes, and instead of shitting on them, you showed them the way AND saved the guy's career while turning something negative into something positive.
Yeah!!! I totally agree! This is so awesome. I feel so happy for Linus and Stefan.
Stefan had his chance, didn't do his due diligence, and he ruined it. That's how it goes when you are mediocre. Let's not pretend he deserves a second chance, because he doesn't, I hope Stefan never builds a computer again.
@@The18x18x but he just did. And I hope he keeps building more.
@@ashdoglsu He called everybody racist who said that his video has several misinformation. Stefan was a db first of all.
To be fair, Linus has shit on this guy big time over the years though lol
Stefan. You don’t know me but I was in a tragic accident in 2009. Paralyzed from the neck down. It’s been a hard few years. But today I stood up and walked to turn your build guide off. God bless you.
Linus - "we need the power supply"
Stefan - "so lets get that" -> grabs aio cooler! lol
Love how Stefan gradually gets comfortable and liven up his tone as the build goes.
I'd assume he felt nervous going into the redemption arc, but man he owned it.
Redemption Arc? Is this anime? 😆
Although Stefan's initial reactions to the controversy were terrible, it's easy to forget that he was just a dude that had become the biggest tech joke out there. Glad to see that ha gave up on playing on the defensive and just played along
He was just a under qualified guy who got thrown in front a camera doing something he wasn’t comfortable doing in front of said camera, and got flustered when he realized the video made him look like an ass. I get his reactions weren’t great, but most people criticizing probably would have done the same.
His initial reaction was normal, I'd defend my knowledge and skills against bigoted trolls making death threats and harassing me with slurs on the daily too. The verge is at fault for this and they threw him under the bus. He couldn't even get a decent budget ffs. I will never, EVER tell someone who is under attack by the gaming gate gang to bend over and take it. Bad advice.
@@gladitsnotme Oh yeah, let's just forget the whole controversy about the reaction video from BitWit that got struck down and the fact that he called everyone racist for pointing out that he basically had no idea what he was doing the whole time.
Yeah glad he got off his high horse.
The Verge had the money to hire a qualified tech to build a PC on video for them, instead they used him who probably was an intern and wasn’t paid.
I missed all the debacle of the Verge's build, but this was a good video to watch for any newbie to see whats bad advice and whats good when building and what to not miss (like putting the cpu backplate on if the motherboard tray hole isnt large enough for later ...
PS... I love that LTT highlight for newbies that PC components are more resilient than you think: Linus drops something EVERY episode as far as I can tell!
mad respect to Stefan for actually acknowledging and owning up to his mistakes
He didn't do anything of the sort. When folks called him out for his mistakes back in 2019, he called then all trolls and resorted to a litany of personal attacks. At no point did he admit then that he messed up and he hasn't admitted now that the personal attacks were wrong.
Fuck this guy.
Everyone was breaking him down, you went and built him back up. Respect.
Yup, t's things like this why I have so much respect for Linus and his crew.
That's why we love linus :)
Exactly. Everyone else rid the wave and made fun of him.
to be fair, him calling anyone who critized him nerds, racist and hobbyless idiots who are envious of having work and his money didn't help the case, he should have stayed on the ground where he belonged
@@bardbarbarian5313 true, he could have handled it better for sure. But I think people underestimate how overwhelming hate on the internet can be. And with the amount of coverage that video got there was probably a lot of hate and for sure comments like "this is what happens when a black guy builds a pc" so him lashing out calling people racist etc., while it wasn't the right thing to do, I can understand why it happened
At least he is now admitting some fault, which is some character building. But overall a very wierd situation that that video ever got released like that ...
this is so awesome, im so glad he was willing to do this
Skittle-chan?
8 Minutes ago.
Ok skittle chan I have some respect for you stop commenting in every videos
I just died when i saw him walk on the set 😂
Still upset that he won’t admit they got salty and took the video down. Who tf would sue them for that video? Who would want to claim that trainwreck of a tutorial? 😂
Yea thats a huge factor that I'm still learning is working for the camera not for just your prespective. Props to Stefan for doin this.
This is very wholesome. I like how Stefan owns up to his mistakes. Great video. 👌
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@@AVerySillySausage Damn, dude. Sheesh.
I have so much respect for Linus because of this video. Helped a man who had been dragged through the mud to redeem himself. Getting to redeem your PC build with quite possibly the biggest PC building CZcamsr in the world is a huge blessing for this dude
Props to Stefan for playing along and growing from this mistake
This episode of Marvel’s “What If…?” Is fantastic.
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Yeah, didn't know that they uploaded the full episode here in CZcams
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I already had a bunch of respect for Linus, but it just doubled from what he did here. Mad props to Linus for giving Stefan a chance for redemption here, and mad props to Stefan for being chill about doing this. Already loved LTT, but this is seriously cool of him to do. I'm happy to see that he and Stefan are cool.
Heck yeah
I actually dont respect Linus, I tried watching his videos but i get tired of all the stuff he wants to sell people.And that stuff he wants to sell is overpriced AF, $69.99 plus taxes and shipping for a freaking pillow??? Im just watching this video because of the Verge guy
@@dawicked2k8 You know that you are not obliged to buy anything right? Yet you are still watching free content, in the society that we live in you should be grateful for anything thats free!
@@dawicked2k8 as stated by Vladimir below... you don't have to buy anything, the content you're watching is free. You think its made for free? You think the camera man ans the editiors do it from the kindness of their heart? Linus has staff to pay, people depend on him and the company to pay their bills and feed their families. If it means that I have to see ads in the video and he has to plug items for people who are interested in buying the item then I'm happy for him to continue as at the end of the day, the video is free.
Think about everything the behind the scenes before you get mad about ads Ns plugs for products
@@dawicked2k8 While I will say that Linus has promoted some questionable sponsors (namely Vincero watches, which are well known to be rebranded Alibaba watches that they sell at >100% markup, if you want an actual quality watch without shelling out a bunch, buy from Seiko, Orient, Timex, Casio, etc etc. steer clear from brands like MVMT, Vincero, Filippo Loreti, Daniel Wellington, etc) but I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for simple not knowing because this channel is Linus tech tips, not Linus watch tips. IMO Linus is, in general, an honest & nice dude. Just because someone takes sponsorships so they can afford to keep the lights on doesn’t mean they’ve “sold out” or are untrustworthy.
At first, it was funny when I was the infamous PC Build from The Verge.
Now, I felt bad for this guy. Not just because of the horrible PC build, but because he wanted to actually fix this problem or at least to re-shot the videos again. But yeah, life do be like that.
Big props and credits to Stefan!
🙏🏻
Thanks for doing this :) I've watched the verge PC build video like ten times lol, nice to see Stephan was able to redeem himself and his original stance afterwards:)
I completely agree with Linus. The fact that the video was released with all its mistakes created a trend of other CZcamsrs showing what to avoid doing and that actually helped prevent me from making any big time mistakes on my first build. I think it just shows that making mistakes can always have an outcome of growth in the end. Awesome video!
No, the backlash had very little to do with the actual Verge video. It was Stefan's response to valid criticism. He did nothing but insult people, bad mouthed them during live streams, issue false DMCA takedown notifications, tried to get people suspended on CZcams, etc.
At this point, who cares about how bad the Verge video was, his attitude is the problem, and he never atoned for it.
@@kaosum2 thank you! Jeez.
@@kaosum2 In fairness a lot of the insults he was receiving from specific creators was far from constructive feedback, I'd have probably bad mouthed some of them too...
@@Mezchano In fairness, he didnt limit his insults/false DMCA takedowns/etc to just those specific creators/commenters, he made a blanket statement which applied to pretty much everyone who dared to criticize him.
exactly dude that one good point to poke...
Stefan: you'll still help me, after all this time?
Linus: Always
Underrated
@@chuy27arts I didn't even realise it went over 2 likes 😅
But that's Linus, think of the big three Steve would laugh and say "hey go watch some videos." Jay would put on weird faces and make fart noises but Linus would take the time to show you how to do it right..
; _ ;
Love Stefan, what a nice lad - props to you for fixing/clearing up your mistakes
It's amusing to watch Linus saying 'if we screw up, we immediately get out in front and fix it,' but the reality is different. Despite being called out by fans and peers, Linus didn't own up to his mistakes. Instead, he lashed out against his peers and community, failing to accept responsibility and apologize. I believe he is much better now at accepting reality.
Moral of this years long story: Never underestimate a corporation's power to fuck things up when they'd rather do things quickly than properly.
Cyberpunk 2077 would love to high five you on that one
@@anirudhsubramanian5578 sonic 06 also wants to high five
@@eclipsezone1655 Fallout 76 woud like to high five as well
@@lordofpixels0347 sonic forces
Are you seriously just blaming The Verge? LOL The dude might be even more reasonable to blame because he defended his decisions and was caught back-sassing people who tried to correct him while playing in his free time.
I cant imagine how nervous Stefan must have been for this, especially with how legal everything got. Huge props to him and LTT for this video. Good work!
To him? He literally decided to shit on everyone who criticized his build, he got what he deserved
@@gerhardsmith7892 Okay and? Coming back to the spotlight is not something everybody would be willing to do.
@@AvatarFanUno
He said that "props to him (Stefan)", why does Stefan deserves props exactly?
@@gerhardsmith7892 have you watched the whole vid? He was suggested to say those. Be matured
@@gerhardsmith7892 was it him or the company he worked for? In the video he said he should have handled it different and he got bad advice from the company on how to handle it. He accepts his part of the blame and wanted to do better rather than leave it in the past. It takes courage to stand up, own your mistakes, and show that you have become a better person because of it.
This guy owned up to nothing and pointed his finger at everyone but himself lol
He called items the wrong things too many times in the video for me to buy his story.
I guess Stefan has been pushed over to the edge being a meme for years, that he had to do this to redeem himself...
Well done... Linus.
People say he was on The Verge of a meltdown
his Twitter was no joke, it was savage.
@@scottwpilgrim yup. People used to flame him on literally every singe tweet of his
@@Al-fm8kh
Death threats.
i vividly remember a death threat tweet that called him a "disgrace to the pc masterrace." They said that *unironically.*
Only on twitter
@@heinrichrahm1531 Feels like that's an occupational hazard with Twitter at this point
Stefán knowing and accepting the mistakes the verge made him do is just so wholesome now that he learned and is now an LTT certified pc builder.
and then Linus dropped a CPU.
haha
The verge didn't make him do any mistakes, he made those himself.
@@sebaitor Whatever man it's not like he committed a genocide and went"oops my bad", whatever happend is in the past and he seems like he's a better person now
@@ClumsyHumane I acknowlege that, just saying things as they are.
@@sebaitor verge din publish and write the script though?
Good stuff. I'm glad he "came back" to redeem himself. I have built two computers and watched many, many videos and I know where I've screwed up, but I also knew where he was screwing up.
This is the guy that did the original video ? Man, I hope he has learned a lot since then because that s*** did not go over well.
And I hope no one is saying he was set up. You could tell he didn't know what he was doing and the people who put them on that video didn't either.
Well this is his overdue redemption arc. The fact that he is here is proof that he already admitted his mistakes and is willing to do it right this time. He has earned my respect back.
Not completely though.
@@awesomecomputers7076 it’s a very good start.
Still won't take pc advice from him
lmao like years later. Remember what an unapologetic asshole he was when everyone pointed out the original video was shit? He called people who pointed it out "nerds" and stuff. Nah, his chance for a redemption arc is long over. This guy is, and always will remain, a smug asshole.
Even at the start of this video when he tries to blame his awful computer building on the "Editors" lmao like c'mon.
@@investor.z what a completely ludicrous comment good grief. This guy will always be an asshole because he called people nerds?