The Most HATED FNAF YouTuber 

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Ah yes, back when being controversial meant just being lazy and plagiarizing, and not being a criminal.

I remember watching this guy and I *completely* forgot he existed. I didn't even hear about the controversies, he just disappeared from my radar and I didn't even notice.

I remember when Smike released the top ten FNAF videos, I watched every episode, but my biggest impression of him was when Game Theory talked about how much FNAF fans wanted FNAF videos, Matpat used Smike's "The Top Ten Facts About Cupcakes" video as an example.

Controversy now: Roblox RU-vidrs holding shotguns, RU-vidrs going into jail, zoophiles, and pedophiles. Controversy before: milking video games I think we should go back to 2016.

I used to love Smike’s videos back in the early days of FNaF, but I completely forgot about him. Never knew he was considered controversial.

I think the real worst thing he did was fat shaming poor Freddy. Dude has enough to deal with.

I remember how sad I was about his videos being removed! Mostly because a lot of them weren't Top 10's, most of them were theories and some of them were really good! I just feel like we lost such a large portion of pre-Sister Location FNAF history with the loss of these videos. The videos were so limited and not as crazy and convoluted as they are today. I remember him talking about the reflections in the original Marriotte's eyes and who the extra head on Mangle was from. Really great stuff that I deeply miss and think of often

Lots of people can enjoy a franchise and story without actually playing it. I love the first few games but I never liked the jumpscares so I didn't play it personally. So yes, I think you're being overly harsh. You can can follow the games and love their characters and stories without playing it yourself. It's not a big deal

To be fair to him, a lot of the fan base has not played the games.

I don't think there's anything wrong with liking something without having played it. I was into FNAF for years before I actually played it. You don't have to play the game to appreciate the character designs and it's fun to try to figure out the lore.

I don’t even remember this guy being controversial. He was just a genuinely fun channel to watch back when the lore was barren and obscure. Sure he used fan art without credit, but I remembered that he also made reuploads, and deleted the old videos, so his videos were without fanart so artists wouldn’t have their work falsely used again. Again, this was way back when being a youtuber was a new thing for most people; therefore, driving them to push boundaries and get comfortable with the site. There has been countless youtubers who have done such things in the past and delt with it much worse.

idk if it was the case for smike, but i feel like there's a HUGE percentage of the fnaf fan base that hasn't played the games but loves em. a lot of people just got rly into the lore and watch let's plays / theories / fan content. probably the biggest amount of ppl in a fan base ive witnessed who havent partaken in the thing its about. it's kinda cool in a way bc the community is accessible to a lot more ppl. ive played all the games myself besides for help wanted and fnaf 3. i just never got around to em but ive seen my fair share of content about em so I can see how u can be passionate about the games without playing them!

I don't remember Smike being hated or even controversial. Sure, he stretched the ideas in videos. But really all them were harmless and everyone back then was on the fnaf bandwagon. He wasn't much different.

Oh my God, I remember watching all of this guy's FNAF top 10's as soon as he would release them. I'm happy people haven't forgotten about him.

MatPat went a VERY long time making fnaf theory videos before ever playing the game himself.

Oh shit. That’s me at 14:35 with the cross. I clicked on this because I always wondered what happened to Smike since I liked his content back in the day. Seeing that old pic of me was a fun surprise. I still have that shirt in my closet. 😂

I think calling Smike the "most hated FNAF RU-vidr" is a bit harsh. From what I remember, Smike was never really seen as a villain by the FNAF community. Sure there were controversies but it they were never enough to make him notorious and he seemed to be well regarded by other prominent FNAF RU-vidrs. Like when Matpat did a FNAF livestream, he invited Smike (along with other RU-vidrs) and they all had a jolly good time even thought this was after many of the controversies discussed had happened. Smike made a few mistakes, but some of it also comes down to how unmoderated RU-vid used to be. We and most other RU-vidrs did not know about content id and theft to the degree we know about it today and a bunch of RU-vidrs actually took the success and mistakes of Smike and used them to create their own successful channels by repeating what worked for him while avoiding his mistakes.

I get liking the franchise without playing the games. I was like that for like 4 years! But 8 videos of a let's play without even finishing the first game? WHAT THE HELL?!

I feel bad for Smike tbh, he literally got hated for literally showing fan art in his top 10s and he even apologized for it and people still find a way to consider him a bad youtuber Smike didn't deserved what he got, it was just a simple mistake

Honestly the reason I loved this guy’s content not just because of FNaF but because it was hilarious and honestly his voice was just perfect, I don’t know what it is but it just sounds so nice.

This video comes off a bit strong if I’m being honest.. Back then, I wasn’t even aware he was considered controversial. Also, you don’t have to touch the games to be a fan. Hell, the majority of the community hasn’t played a game. That’s the beauty of the internet. If you want a horrible “FNAF” RU-vidr.. take a look at Top 10 Gaming. Now _thats_ bad.

I somewhat remembered his face at first, but when you played his voice it instantly released so many old memories. I also grew up watching his FNAF content when the games were coming out, he completely faded from my memory till watching this video and I respect your effort in bringing this to the light, especially for all of us who were too young to understand the behind the scenes of these kind of controversies Edit: Hey! Thanks for the 1.3k likes, I’m not used to getting many at all 😅 I’m glad many of you share the same thoughts I had~

LETS GO HE ACTUALLY CHANGED IT 💀

8:47 yes and thats completley fine most from the fnaf community never actually played fnaf.Most of us just watch fnaf content on youtube or buy its merch and are still on fnaf discord,s and never played the game and thats kind of a bummer but its true (now i still played fnaf 1,2,3,4,6 and ultimate custom night and even fnaf world)

Smike… now that’s a name I haven’t heard from in a while. Him, 8-bit Gaming, Treesicle, MatPat, Bazzmalam, and Razzbowski were the pinnacle of FNaF theory contents back in 2014-2016

I used to watch Smike all the time and kinda forgot about him. I didn't realize he was so controversial. I don't think it is really fair to hate somebody that made content over a game they have never played. They can like something without playing it but that is my opinion

This name change makes this video 10 times better from an already good video

I love how he changed the title after the theft king drama

Interesting videos, did wonder what happened to this dude. Although "most hated fnaf RU-vidr"... Maybe he is, but there is one other who is just as if not more hated over in the SFM community, I'd be interested in seeing a video done on that guy but the reasons he's hated are a bit different and I don't think it would be a smart play to talk about it

I don’t think he’s extremely controversial. Just someone who made a few mistakes. Let’s not forget Scott himself has also not credited fanart before. The thing with the games too is perfectly understandable. You don’t need to PLAY the games to understand them, plenty let’s plays and walkthroughs out there. Hell there’s even some I still haven’t played and yet it’s one of my favourite things to talk about. Why he left I’m just gonna assume maybe he got bored of RU-vid or something

OH MY GOD THE NAME CHANGE

It's interesting, I was one of the few people actually subscribed to Smike during his Skyrim era. I used his videos for help when I was stuck, and continued watching ones that caught my interest. I also happened to become obsessed with FNAF after watching Yamimash and Mark play it, and watched all his content surrounding this new series as well. I eventually became one of the people who hated his content and channel, despite really supporting his throughout his channels history. The main reason for this is probably similar to everyone else's, I could tell it was all for profit. There was no passion, interest, feeling, any emotion in these videos. It was an attempt to jump on a hot commodity, but that commodity was made hot due to passions, interest, and emotion. It wasn't the latest new thing to cover, it was a small series that exploded based on the passion of fans who wanted more. I think that's why all of this crumbled around Smike. It was a fanbase of pure passion being fed factory-produced content by someone who didn't seem to care at all. This is probably why people like MatPat and Dawko continued to thrive after this explosion, they had a clear interest in the series rather than the profitable fanbase supporting it.

TBH I never heard about any controversies involving Smike, and I never knew he was hated in any way either. Back in the day I actually used to love Smike, mainly because of his FNAF theory videos, which IMO were some of the best ones I've seen back in the day! In the early days of FNAF I used to click on pretty much anything FNAF related, especially theory videos digging deep into the lore and stuff, and Smike's were definitely some of the most interesting and memorable, from what I remember at least. Not to mention he seemed like a chill dude and had sort of an ASMR-ish voice, which I kinda preferred over a lot of the really annoying screaming FNAF RU-vidrs desperately trying to be funny but failing miserably at it.

Not only did I watch smike growing up but i had no idea about the controversy.

upon the name change, i was confused seeing this vid in my recommended again, thought a little, and it finally clicked. he acknowledged the thieving monarch

He wasn't the most hated for a majority of the community, but 100% was for the art community due to theft, lies, and crazy stuff like making contracts that said basically "sign this and I can profit on all of your work; past, present, and future art; for free". It was crazy!

I used to watch him as a kid and when people said he was milking the series I didn't know what it meant so I googled the definition of "milking". And then for the longest time I just thought people didn't like him because he was milking cows or whatever

I don't think he can be considered the most hated FNAF RU-vidr, he just never thought to credit the art he used but his lists were really good. I miss the guy

I'm one of the artists on that list at 11:39 (spyke-the-artist). I didn't watch him a lot so I never actually realized my art was used in any of his videos until he sent out the mass apology on DeviantArt. At that point, all the videos that used fanart were gone. Back when this happened, I just thought it was cool that my art was used at all, given that I didn't really consider my art to be very good. I didn't care about being credited or not, but now that I'm a bit older, I kinda wish I was.

Theft king took this throne

I mean I don't really get the point of not playing FNAF and being a RU-vidr on it, it'd be different if he like never even looked into it all that much or watched it but not everyone plays games. Security Breach is one of my favorite FNAF games to date, yet I only have 1 hour of gameplay, compared to my 42 hours on FNAF 2.

I remembered I didn't exactly dig this guy's voice, but I enjoyed his content because he did something A LOT of FNaF youtubers back in the day didn't: He always made it very clear what was speculation and what were solid facts in his videos. As someone who was into it for the lore (back in 2014-2015, way before books and shit got the lore completely off the rails), I noticed that the info Smike released on his videos was usuallly accurate. Also, he may have goofed big time on the fanart thing, but let's be honest, we've seen a lot of people deal with stuff like that in waaaay worse ways than him. He doesn't come across as especially ill-willed with that contract stuff either, he only seems to be VERY naive (and maybe a bit arrogant) by thinking people would actually be okay with just getting "free publicity" by having their fanarts exposed in his videos. Not a cool move, but props to him for taking down the videos, actually crediting the artists and apologizing to all of them, and for cancelling the contract thing for good.

The FNAF fandom is the first encounter I had with art theft, somebody stole fanart I made and reposted it - I asked them to take it down or credit me if they did want to trace my work for practice, and they were super apologetic and polite. I never took a hostile tone, and I'm glad I didn't, because it turned out they were still a kid and didn't realize it was technically not a great thing to do. I assured them that everything was fine and that I wasn't mad, they posted their own art from then on, it was all good. I definitely wouldn't go straight to a copyright strike. I'm not exactly a part of that fandom, but every time I've encountered and issue in it, people from it have been really cool and chill. Edit: The issue with art contracts is that a lot of non-artists don't understand how to write them, so they either undershoot on rights or overshoot on rights. If you search for advice online about how to write one up, it's really contradictory, so it's really hard to determine what needs to be protected and what's over-protective. To non-artists, I say probably just consult with the artist before sending the contract, and to artists, try to understand that your clients aren't always entirely certain what certain terms and rights actually mean.

does anybody notice how the title is call "Update: Smike is NO LONGER The Most Hated FNAF RU-vidr" now im not sure if it has all ways been like this so but its still interesting.

I REMEMBER THIS LAD! What a guy. Honestly when it comes to blokes like him and people that don't really care and just milk games.. I'm still gonna find joy in them me. The strange nostalgia isn't gonna be hindered by just them just wanting money and what not. But yea this guy wasn't exactly the biggest of the big shots especially now. EDIT: okay so since I'm now in the spotlight if you ever make another video like this.. Remember EthGoesBOOM?

As an artist, its still good to encourage big RU-vidrs to properly credit artists in my opinion. Obviously saying he was stealing art for profit like it was intentional was over doing it, but its still nice to credit artists when you’re using their content. This videos is a fun look back, just thought I’d mention it.

No fucking way did you just change the title because of theft 😂😂

Bro Smike doesn't deserve this kind of hate LMAO, this was alot of people's childhoods and it was all for good fun, he shouldn't have been driven off of the internet like this

Ehh a lot of this is really dumb, I feel like the controversies were a bit moronic and could've easily been solved if someone informed him that he should ask for permission of the art. Idk, just feels a bit pointless, great video covering it tho!!

If Smike wore glasses he would look exactly like Stampy.

I remember watching this guy back when I was a MAJOR fnaf fan. I used to watch his Top 10 videos for months. Then I stopped watching him as I my love for fnaf died down, which I forgot about him completely. It was only when I was this thumbnail did I remember him, so thanks for the trip down memory lane!

6:20 I don’t know why, but uhyeah’s voice fits perfectly for this type of humor

oh my god me and my friends used to call him smilk cause of how he milked fnaf, but i watched his videos anyway. something endearing about him, cause anyone could have made those top ten videos, but he's the one who decided to do it.

Ahhh Smike, I remember that guy, he actually "stole" one of my own artworks back in the day (even my old DA name is in the description of his public apology!), I think I was only 14 years old at the time! I had no idea he gotten into so many controversies, the whole left field moment of being notified of being put into his apology was so crazy to me...

I feel like Smike not playing the games isn't as big a deal as you made it out to be in you're vid. Most of the games (up until, I'd say, FNaF 4) don't offer much in terms of unique experiences. I myself never played a FNaF game until 4 (and never got past night 2, to this day), and I still RPed and did fanart, etc. Other than that, great video, really enjoyed!

i love the tooth occasionally disappearing in the sponsor segment

Everyone makes fun of his top 10 facts about the cupcake video, but nobody talks about how he made that video more interesting then many of his other top ten videos. Honestly, Smike was just a victim of his time. He didn't understand the ethics of using fanart (and to be fair, neither did Scott at the time). And he came out during a time when the internet was just ruthless about anything popular. He made a few silly choices, and stretched out fnaf fairly thin (although, this was just the norm for the top 10 genre on youtube). But overall still tried to add his own unique style and value to it all. I feel bad for smike, honestly, he really didn't deserve to be bullied off the platform. And from his rare tweets, you can really tell that it still bothers him to this day. The guy genuinely loved what he did, and all his "Milking" was at the direct request from his subscriber base. Hoping one day he'll make a comeback of some sort.

He used to be my favorite FNAF RU-vidr as a kid, I remember basing all my old theories after his. It's a shame that cringe culture and all that "smilk" drama made him quit making FNAF videos :(

I'm guessting Theft King is number one now?

Wow! great video quality, I thoroughly enjoyed every single second of this video ^w^

The fact you had to emphasize the worst point in this video is hilarious. You don't have to play FNAF to enjoy FNAF. You don't have to be a cook to enjoy the meal.

I'm from the first FNAF wave in 2014, I can remember being little and binge watching all the 10 fact videos. I'd Always wondered what happened to him and why the other FNAF RU-vidrs didn't talk to him much anymore, It's nice to know he did make amends for what he did wrong and tried to learn from and rectify the mistake (although I don't think even he fully comprehended how bad that one contract actually was when looking at it from the artists perspective) it's nice to know he didn't become a total scumbag like so many other RU-vidrs I use to idolize lmao.

i watched him back in the skyrim days, never even knew he did anything related to fnaf. when you played that clip with his voice in the beginning i recognized it immediately

This video for sure took a lot of work to make. Really good job!

Is that really why people hate this guy? Good lord, people will obsess about anything.

I remember the time when I would sit there and watch every one of his hoax's videos and his secret character finding videos its almost scary how quickly time flies.

I still have my Smile shirt from that October of 2015. It's a bit torn, but I plan on putting it in a frame cuz it was apart of the last bits of my childhood

Sigma grindset in action. 1. See popular game, don't play it anyway 2. Make easy to make videos 3. Be based 4. Profit

This dude used to be my favourite fnaf youtuber back in the day I swear. I totally forgot about him until a few weeks ago when I was watching a stream of a bunch of modern fnaftubers and wondered whatever happened to Smike since a lot of the other old ones are still around. Was surprised to see his channel dead and his content different, and a little disappointed tbh. He definitely wasn’t perfect but he sure entertained younger me - I hope he’s doin alright these days

I used to watch this guy's Skyrim content before he even did FNaF stuff, and was already subscribed by the time he started making FNaF content. I was already into FNaF by the time he started, so to me it was just cool. I never heard about any controversy. The dA post felt familiar, but I saw probably 100 others with the same title during my time there.

As a youtuber starting out its important to credit other youtubers for anything you find and show your respect to everyone on this platform, we all share this platform and lets work hard to make it great ^W^

3:15 yeah i checked that out, there were some flaws, these flaws being very easy to check and fix, but it was fine

the contract thing, did he even know what he was doing? seems a lil too ridiculously corrupt to sign a contract with people allowing you full complete rights to their art. And at the same time the dust is still settling from a controversy surrounding that issue. to me it seems like he tried to salvage the situation and his series in a moral way that he saw possible but he just didnt know what he was even doing.

I dont get the big hype over not playing the game before- Up until sister location, i hadnt ever played the games but i was still a HUGE fan of the story, the aesthetics, etc. I would watch my friends play it, watch Markiplier play them on repeat, be incredibly quick every time a new game theory was out- The games were my obsession and i hadnt even played them till the 5th game

Finally you helped me find out about my forgotten memory I was looking for

Oh my… this brought back so much nostalgia! I used to watch this guy’s Skyrim videos but I was never subscribed.

I used to watch Smike religiously back in 2014/2015. I remember when he had to remake videos to exclude fanart that artists didn't want him using. also congrats on all your recent success

Well not playing it dosnt mean you cant care about the content. I've never played, ever. But i still liked the FNAF games, art, theories, videos based around it. You can still enjoy works without actually playing them. Its like sports, you dont have to go through the Olympics to enjoy it

Man, I remember watching a few of his videos back in the day before I lost interest. Never knew he was hated.

Bruh changed the title to suit Theft LMAO 🤣

Calling him the "most hated" FNAF RU-vidr is way too harsh. Ik what he did was bad, but it's not really that bad enough to have a strong hatred towards him. I genuinely loved smikes videos back then, and I still wish he was here today. I'd love to see his reaction to FNAF SB, unc, VR, AR, and Scott's departure from the franchise. Tbh we can all agree the worst fnaf RU-vidr is Zajcu37

I've never played a FNaF game either, but I still love the series and can get facts from other people's gameplay videos and other theory channels to form my own opinions and theories. I really cannot stand horror games. They aren't for me. I wish I wasn't as anxious around them, because FNaF's lore is what attracts me, but the gameplay, the scares, while most people think they're cheesy, myself included to an extent, I wouldn't be able to stand playing the game myself. My anxiety would make me mess up so much or just make me quit.

that name change is criminal lmfao

I think taking a look at the first few theorist/youtuber that blew up from the first wave of FNaF would be a nice video concept, cause i think most people only knew Matpat for Theory and Markiplier for Gameplay (ones i can definitely remember is Dawko and 8-bit gamer, Ryan and Baz)

Smike was my introduction to FNAF. He kept it creepy for me, because at that time I didn't know much about FNAF so it had a creepier atmosphere. I kinda dropped my interest in FNAF since then but this is so nostalgic

Had no idea about the controversy around him. I remember watching his top 10s from back around the FNaF 2 era. The nostalgia is hitting so hard, those were the cooler days.

I actually use to watch his skyrim vids way back in the day before he got into fnaf. Wild to see him show up in the gt live stream

The title: Update: Smike is NO LONGER The Most Hated FNAF RU-vidr Me: yeah, that title goes to Mandopony.

Used to absolutely LOVE watching this guy back in the day, was my favourite RU-vidr at one point. I remember when the videos got taken down and I always found it sad that he left and no one really cared about it enough to make a video about it. Thank you, uhyeah. Also, if you are looking for a good playthrough of a game to watch, his Fallout 4 playthrough is really, really damn good and I remember having a lot of fun watching it as a kid. Haven't watched it since though so it could be bad who knows XD

I remember people used to call him Smilk back in the day because of how repetitive his content was.

Gotta love the name change

Lmao love the title change

What I find weird is that there’s alot of videos that use possibly stolen fan art, especially old ship videos but nobody seems to talk about those.

I used to watch Smike a lot when I was younger, I literally didn’t care about the stolen art, I just wanted those facts. I stopped watching his videos before any were deleted or the “hey gotta delete old vids” was posted. He was definitely one of my favorites in my FNAF phase.

Love the title change

I can totally relate to not needing to play something to know a lot about it. I can tell you tons of factoids about the Warcraft series, but I've never played a single one of them.

This is the literal example of a clickbait video. Smike is nowhere near the most hated fnaf youtuber what he did was bad but considering most main fnaf youtubers are absolute degenerates Smike stealing fan art is honestly not that bad in comparison

So a couple things. First of all... what exactly was the point of this video? I'm not trying to be rude or hateful or anything, I'm just genuinely confused. I'm in the same boat as the apparent majority of people in the comments. Having watched him at the very start of my FNAF journey, promptly forgot about him, and never knew he was controversial or that most people apparently hated him. Like ok, he did some stupid and toxic stuff, but why bring it up now? Why suddenly make a video on a guy who's barely been online at all for the last six years? Especially by talking about dumb stuff he did or how toxic people found him, only to turn around and say you liked him and want him to come back. If the video is just to bring attention to the fact you want him to return, why talk about the stuff people aren't gonna like about him? I'm just confused, that's all. Second, could you explain the issue with him having never played the game before? I know you replied to another commenter asking the same thing and said it was different, but I'm just curious as to why he needs to physically play the game in order to make content about it. He could just watch let's play videos and whatnot and especially if his content centers around Easter eggs, teasers, news, random facts, and other stuff, knowing how to play the game doesn't seem that important. I'm sure there's some obvious detail I'm missing that makes this sketchy, but it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to me.

I used to adore smike I remember an exchange he had with the Nitroglitch guy, for stealing a song for his intro, and he was very apologetic and humble about it. I remember he was hated, but I never really disliked the dude - most likely because I was 11, and he didn’t seem like a bad guy.