Crypto Games Are Beyond Desperate (so we pranked them) 

Thank you again to Quin and the team at Red Eclipse for helping to make this one of the most enjoyable videos I've made thus far. Show them some love; and if you do, tell 'em Jauwn sent you! Download Red Eclipse (100% free, no micro transactions / crypto and 100% open-source) store.steampowered.com/app/967460/Red_Eclipse/ open.spotify.com/track/2ukqgkEYHZhGtxfkWdSev0?si=8bab5ca2f38c48c0 Subscribe: ru-vid.com/show-UC-nIhxjNqjcm8EmpPWBg3wA Buy me a Coffee: ko-fi.com/jauwn Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Jauwnio

The fact that Vag strike didn't even make their own server, so Red Eclipse was able to push an update into their copied game is beyond hilarious.

“They shut their game down because they saw me in their discord” You’ve earned that flex dude lmao, talk to em

"The jokes write themselves." No they don't, first some "developers" had to ask ChatGPT to write the jokes, then they added microtransactions to the jokes.

5:50 um excuse me they don't RECOMMEND the 400 dollar package they RECOMMED it. totally different things.

Jauwn shutting down Vage Strike's website with his mere presence followed by Quin updating the source code to brick the game is such a tag-team power move. Absolutely legendary

That whole "You can transfer a pickaxe from Minecraft to use in Call of Duty" thing will never make economic sense because game companies would much rather sell you 2 NFTs (one for each game) because then they both get a sale, or if they're already under the same umbrella (in this case, Microsoft) and do want to be nice and sell you only 1, *they can already do this without an NFT*, and it'll cost them far less to do so.

It’s funny that crypto bros will spend money on thousands of discord bots but hiring one artist is apparently too much

18:54 I had an aneurysm over this steam locomotive. From what I can see: It's an Atlantic (4 leading wheels, 4 driving wheels, 2 trailing wheels) that looks like it's from the 1930's trying to pass itself off as a Ten-Wheeler (4 leading wheels, 6 driving wheels, no trailing wheels) from the 1880's. The handrails around the smokebox (the front) look like they took it off another locomotive and slapped it onto the design, the pilot at the front looks like a short skirt compared to a cow-catcher pilot that would be there.The smokestack looks like someone squashed an actual shotgun stack from a locomotive from the 1800's. The whole running board looks modern. There's pipes that go to nowhere. The air compressors don't look connected to anything. The headlight looks like an electric one-compared to the oil lamps that would actually be used. The domes look like they took if off a Baldwin-pattern from the early 1900's. The cab looks like it was actually made out of steel in real life but the devs made it look like wood. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE CYLINDERS LOOK ABSOLUTELY WRONG, THEY LOOK LIKE THE MOMENT THERE'S PRESSURE IN THEM, THE CYLINDERS CAPS SHOOT OFF BECAUSE YOU DESIGNED THEM THAT BAD IN THE FIRST PLACE.; WHY IS THERE A TUBE RUNNING FROM ONE CYLINDER TO THE OTHER, YOU DON'T NEED THAT, THE ONLY PLACES THE CYLINDERS ARE CONNECTED TO ARE THE CYLINDER SADDLE AND EXHAUST, AND BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AREN'T THAT. You can slow down the video and count the amount of times the wheels move. I fear what the inside of the cab looks like, because I can only imagine it looks as dogwater as the rest of that crypto game.

The fact that the Vagina Strike "developers" couldn't even be bothered to take screenshots themselves is fucking staggering. They couldn't even be bothered to remove the files that Steam puts there. It would've taken five, maybe ten minutes in total, and even that was too much work for them.

This 95 year old tech bro still makes their crypto the old fashioned way.

"Hash and slack" would actually be a good genre, make the whole game look like a drug-trip and not require much effort.

Welcome to crypto games! We have: -Lyra asset flips -Games missing nearly every basic feature -semi-competant games that literally don't need crypto integration -stolen

Here from Red Eclipse. Thank you for your help and happy to have you with us! Sad and pathetic what scammers are getting up to these days, especially when they aren't even making an actual playable game in the process but are too lazy to bother simulating one playable level just to make it look legit.

'Hash-and-slack' made my fuckin' day

That bit regarding the "Nigerian Entrepreneur" just screams Nigerian Prince scam 😂

While there's a well-deserved focus on Red Eclipse, let's also not forget 0 AD, The House, and Edelweiss. Do give those games a check, they seem fun.

I’ve never heard of Red Eclipse prior to this video, so in a weird roundabout way their game getting stolen by a bunch of grifters might’ve actually been a blessing in disguise.

1:25 jauwn has become the grim reaper of crypto games

16:18 Minor nitpick but Red Eclipse is using a very specific kind of Creative Commons license. CC BY-SA means that if I were to release Vage Strike, I'd have to 1. credit the original dev by linking the original project and 2. distribute Vage Strike under the same CC BY-SA license and since Quin didn't even know, clearly they never got permission to change that.

I always loved Red Eclipse's HUD, it borrows the on-crosshair ammo counter from Goldeneye and the peripheral radar from Tremulous. Everything is engineered to let you lock your eyes firmly onto the center of the screen, without giving up readability of key information mid-combat.

The Vage Strike dev asking the Red Eclipse dev to join "his game" as an advisor truly is a Palpatine like moment. Good work as always Jauwn, hopefully youve got some strong anti virus to get rid of all this malware you keep downloading.

I can’t think of any harder way to assert dominance over one’s own IP than bricking the stolen game and saying “hey check out our game”. Fuck filing a copyright take down, they were so lazy it wasn’t worth the time 😂.

"Hash and Slack" must be a genre exclusive to Crypto Scam games.

I assume that "vage" is supposed to rhyme with "rage", because "vag strike" has a completely different implication

That whole Vage Strike arc... Fooking legend, man.

what a power move to put a update out that bricks a crypto game this just makes me want to buy red eclipse

The scammers deleting their website when the realized the Jauwn has entered their discord was great. The Red Eclipse developers taking control of the server just made it better.

This 97 year old RU-vidr still makes content the old fashioned way

It’s really awful to steal a good game and paint it as your own. That’s just straight plagiarism. I’m glad you told the Dev of Red Eclipse.

That takedown of vage strike is beautiful. It’s also amazing that he gave you credit too. Props to Quin and the red eclipse team!!

5:45 Worst than that, it's more expensive to purchase in bulk. For example, 100 gold is 0.99$, so how much should it be 40,000 gold (400 times the gold)? 400 x $0.99 = $396.00 But the store is charging $399.99 for the bulk purchase (in other words, overcharging $3.99 just for purchasing in bulk). I can't tell if it's intentional or if they are that incompetent at math...

Gideon K. Is also a deposed prince in Nigeria. He told me himself. Once these bank transfers go through you’ll all see. I don’t know why you are ragging on him so hard

Losing it at the whole 'pushing an update to Vage Strike bc they use Red Eclipse Servers' bit, that's so fucking good, and the fact that it bricks the stolen version of the game is even better.

a new nft game video so soon after the last one? jauwn my beloved you are spoiling us EDIT: WOW that Red Eclipse saga was a treat. bricking the ripoff game by updating it was such a chef's kiss. i clapped my hands like a fucking monkey when the SCAM ALERT screen popped up. good for them and good on you for helping out

The genre of person who likes crypto is almost always devoid of any creativity that it's shocking. So they always have to exploit workers, or just steal another game.

pushing an update to the stolen version that permanently bricks the entire thing is an amazing power move.

I love how no crypto game allows you to use other crypto items from another game.

Isn't it interesting that all these crypto bros can't cobble together anything even half-way decent despite millions upon millions of dollars being thrown at them, but a bunch of bedroom devs working on a budget of literally $0 doing it just for fun made a game that's so much better than all of them that they just stole it.

That red eclipse section was so wholesome. I'll give the game a try, they sure deserve it

"Preemptively shut down their whole website just from seeing my face on their Discord" That's how I knew this was going to be a good video

The Red Eclipse theft is the worst thing ive seen, stolen art, stolen game, stolen EVERYTHING. Just wow, I will download Red Ecplipse if not just to spite NFT/Crypto slop """"develpers""". Thank you for shining a light on that game.

We've seen games with no players, ai generated arts, server issues, outrages prices and uninspiring gameplay (or lack thereof). However, never have I a company just stealing an entire game right underneath our noses. I already hate ai generated art, but this is a new low.

"It looks like my clothes finally started rendering, thank god" sent me into a giggle fit. Love the snark, man, so glad I found this channel.

Dislocate: *uses open-source software but doesn’t credit creators (illegal)* Also Dislocate: *uses the exact same servers as the original software (either scummy or illegal, or both)* Red Eclipse: *edits their own software and servers to recognize these altered copies and change them (legal since it is their server and their software)* Dislocate: *crying like babies*

Okay....the Update from Quin was genius... Glad to see that something good came out of this Series.

Refreshed my subscription feed just in time, I see.

Going to a LAN party next month and I’m going to have to get the group to play Red Eclipse.

i love how you realized the game was good and immediately got suspicious

This is a good ad for Red Eclipse disguised as a crypto scam takedown video - and it's great (just like Red Eclipse)

Don't worry crypto developers! At least one person will play your game...

I used to play Red Eclipse back in 2011 on a crappy core 2 duo laptop, I easily have put hundreds of ours in it and can still remember the main theme perfectly. Thanks for making me remember this gem. I'm so glad it's still being supported by the devs.

Scammers: _vibing in the discord_ *Vordt Of The Boreal Valley plays* Scammers: oh no. *Jauwn has joined the server. Prepare thine buttox.**

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear a goofy surrealist cube.

This was a good advertisement for Red Eclipse.

God damn, I did not expect to hear about GRIT, though I shouldn't be surprised. Some of the devs used to work in Uber Entertainment / Star Theory Games, including the president of the company himself. When their first game, Monday Night Combat failed, they reworked it and released Super Monday NIght Combat... which failed as well. At some point, they even partnered with a crypto company and created an optional crypto miner that rewarded players with lootbox keys. They went on to start a Kickstarter campaign for Planetary Annihilation, which met its funding goal... only for them to fail to deliver the game in a satisfactory state. They quickly started a new Kickstarter campaign for Human Resources while Planetary Annihilation was still in need of more development. The campaign was cancelled when it was clear the goal will not be reached. When they announced GRIT, I just knew it would fail, simply because of the competition in the battle royale scene. The fact that they made it into a crypto game is just laughable. My only question is: did they plan this from the beginning or was this yet another desperate attempt at saving yet another failing project?

Blockchain GameBingo completed! 1) Empty Desolate Multiplayer Environments 2) AI generated or stolen Art 3) Asset Store Galore! 4) Incomplete Game! 5) Gameplay has no connection to blockchain! BINGO!

I almost feel bad for the people that support these...Almost.

I LOVE RED ECLIPSE!! ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD GAMES (cuz it was one of 5 games that ran on my dogass linux pc lmao) Recognized the models immediately, so glad you dug deeper into that absolute scam and got it taken down.

The possibilities for "vage strike" and "your mom" jokes are endless.

To cryptobros, you're like what Karl Jobst is to videogame cheaters.

you know, as someone who has done programming, I absolutely hate the idea that "crypto would enable you to port items between games" because its just...no. I don't want to do that and I'm sure _no_ developer wants to. That's probably why even these crypto games are all reliably insular, why _would_ you go to that effort?! You wouldn't and its why basically none of them do.

that red eclipse part was geniunely so wonderful. i would watch that 4 times over on its own holy shit.

Patching a stolen game, because it runs on your server, just so you can warn people about it being a scam has to be the ultimate power move.

Really glad that an actual game reccomendation could come out of you playing all this slop. Not to mention I have so much respect for the lead dev of red eclipse now for the funny solution to the Vage idiots

You & Quin gave the Vage Strike "devs" the equivalent of the "Nuh uh uhhh. You didn't say the magic word" screen from Jurassic Park. Priceless. Keep up the great work Jauwn.

The Vage Strike arc was brutal. Its on the tier of Kitboga destroying all the computers in an Indian scam centre.

As bad a Vage Strike is, that UI element of showing how much ammo is in the clip around the crosshair is genius. If I ever make a shooter game, I'm using that.

I always think it's funny seeing the "wonder how this video will age" comments, cause this account usually posts highly topical videos, riding a trend. Even now I see you slowly moving away from NFTs, which I encourage, it's much more entertaining to me to hear you gush over old games and how, while are definitely flawed, are still made with fun in mind. NFTs are thankfully are slowly dying, but ironically that does mean it'll take NFT hate/review videos with it. So yeah, hopefully your algorithm presence survives the inevitable shift in types of videos. Edit: thanks for doing some detective work and getting me to Red eclipse

That red eclipse part with the dev changing the code is AMAZING, great job on this one!

I love how genuinely pissed off and fed up Jauwn sounds near the end of the video

I really love the attention to detail and effort you put into these investigations. I've never really heard of a RU-vidr going as far as decompiling the source code for something like this.

Jauwn I'm currently sick(it's dengue), and very weak, I can barely walk or smile, but man, I love you you videos, they always make my day better, specially now that's being somewhat hard to go through the pain... thanks.

new marketing strat: steal your own game and shut it down

Vage strike? Nah, it shall now be known as copyright strike

8:14 This looked suspeciously similar to Red Eclipse, which is a decent shooter.... and then I noticed what the chapter in the video was called: "Vage Strike & Red Eclipse" !! Bingo!

The way the Red Eclipse dev managed the whole situation "does chef's kiss motion" it was fantastic!

"Look at those jiggle physics. They sure have their priorities straight." Correct.

Red Eclipse was my jam back in the "Mayan's Doomsday" but the way Red Eclipse handling the cryptoscam is wonderful

learning red eclipse exists was almost worth the pain of even more crypto games seared into my visual cortex

Man, that's crazy. I played Red Eclipse YEARS ago on an old laptop as it was one of the few games that ran on that piece of junk. It took about 10 seconds of "gameplay" to recognize it. Great game, crazy that they just stole the source code and ran with it.

There are very few wins for open source developers, thank you for helping Red Eclipse! I downloaded the game to show my support!

Just finished the "All Jauwn" playlist and I really enjoy the content. Seeing the evolution in terms of editing and style has been really cool. Keep it up!

Dude! As much enjoyable and well made as this video is with montage and all the research -> Im literally so mad at the games and state of the market you show off, I wanted to turn it off just out of frustration at those crypto "devs". That being said, I have to push through my emotions and finish it out of pure respect for your great work. Great job m8!

ITS THE BEAUTIFUL OLD JAUWN INTRO

Man i love that intro theme. If possible, never change. Pls

I was not ready for the Neutral Chao Garden theme. Well played.

You’re GOATed for showing what songs starts playing in your video

Holy fuck! I used to play Red Eclipse like a decade ago and had completely forgotten about it. I found it on the app store thingy on my old Ubuntu 12.04 laptop when I was 10. Good memories

*Jawn appears* "Shut it down.. Shut it down"

The Vague Strike/Red Eclipse surprise was incredible. Great shit.

The Red Eclipse one was GOLD

If anyone buys into NFTs, Web 3.0 games, and Crypto at this point, they deserve to lose their money and time. There are so many examples of things going wrong in so many different ways that there's no excuse. I'm glad that folks like you exist, Jauwn. You show people the truth while still trying to be fair to them and that's awesome. It's Creators like you and Coffeezilla that keeps people willing to think critically from getting screwed over.

21:17 hash and slack is really a perfect description of that game

Thank you for making this video. Me and some friends briefly talked about trying out og Quake today and Red Eclipse looks like a lot of fun. I'm excited for this weekend when we get together and hopefully play it.

"Nice try Vage Strike... But you seem to have missed a crucial detail... *I'm in your walls*"

Funny I was thinking "that looks a lot like Red Eclipse" and then I saw the chapter name. lol.

I just love it with these NFT games taking the Ls. Vague Strike certainly took a huge L today since they copied all of someone’s else work and tried to make it into an NFT game. Red Eclipse certainly handled it very well here, and shame on you Vague Strike. Shame on you.

Yayyyy! My favourite intro

amazing how i find one hell of a hidden gem in steam from this vid, thanks Jauwn. i'll be downloading red eclipse asap.