It's disappointing that Shad would take my footage and clip it out of context to make me look bad. It's also sad that he went back through almost a years worth of my progress test cutting, and found my very first video on it, and showed the worst cut from that video. He could have found many videos of me performing Cool cuts that I've posted much more recently. It's also hard to understand how he missed the disclaimer I put at the beginning and the end of the foam greatsword video, or I stated that because of the safety concerns we couldn't fence with steel greatswords, so this wasn't a conclusive experiment. Mostly just for fun. I would love to know why he chose to do this. I hope he accepts the live stream invitation that I sent him in the full video 😁
He won't. If he was as intellectually dishonest to do this, wilfully and knowingly portray you as such when you clearly provide us with the adequate disclaimers? Yeah he will not accept a live setting where he cannot bend the facts to fit his narrative. You and Skallagrim got me into this nartial art and got me to get my first kit (now on its way) do something live with Skall! He is a real one. And if you're ever in Europe come to GEMAC in Porto, Portugal! Ours is a modest school but we have some good fencers and we'd love to go a few bouts (I have to get a lot better first though). Keep up your amazing work!
Shadversity has a knack for completely undermining others hardwork and determination for creating his own "content". Ever since he began dabbling in AI art (and quite frankly, a bit before then) he has shown his envy and disdain for those who work harder than him. I dont know if he still has as big of a fan base, but I think he has lost a lot of his credibility and I hope this brings to attention his loss of credibility.
Shad has let the success he has experienced go to his head and has turned into a toxic personality that lashes out constantly. He used to be a really cool small author who would share historical elements and talk about writing techniques... Now he picks fights and bangs his chest. He went after a video game channel as well called Angry Joes in a very similar way. Bet his next ploy will be to pretend he just wants to have dialogue and understanding. In reality, he's just a bully.
I just want to get it over with. I didn't want to respond, but a much larger channel made a video misquoting me and editing my videos. I felt the need to defend myself.
@SellswordArts don't let him farm you for content, my dude. Shad is borderline Lowcow status in some communities, it seems and I can tell from what how he's presenting things and the language he's using that he wants a response so he can make a response back. "If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools," and all that brother man.
@@sharangcoolskall was kinda only off camera, but Shad's opnion on Skall's spouse is... well... Shad is a mormom and is proud of it, and Skall's spouse is the "GOING TO BURN IN HELL" kinda people under mormom beliefs (non binary)
@@sharangcool He had a meltdown over Princess Peach wearing pants, so you can imagine how it's possible that he has beef with people in the real world.
This doesn’t really surprise me My opinion of Shad has gotten worse and worse over the years Him misrepresenting other creators is basically the norm at this point
I was excited when I found him years ago cus he seemed fun, I liked his content, and he's brothers with another RU-vidr I liked. I stopped watching at some point and a few years later I hear that he's causing drama online a very socially conservative
Over in Twitter some accounts talked to him about inaccuracies about japanese smithing and swordsmanship (Gunsen History was the main account) with primary sources and all. Instead of acknowledging those facts, he doubled down on his “katana tests and factoids” and either ignored them or blocked them.
And his horrible opinions on what people should be payed and stuff like that, and his books just have really weird stuff, like pedophillia and r-word getting overused
Shad did the same thing to an RU-vidr called Jack Saint. In one of his videos Jack had. 2 min segment about him (he was not the focis of the video). Then Shad made a 2 hour video response in which he would constantly clip Jack out of context. As a response Jack then made big exposé on Shad. People should really check out that video to see what kind of person shad is.
He’s intellectually dishonest. He always does things like this. Like the time he tried to rewrite the definition HEMA to include his self-made foam fighting style just so he could call himself a HEMA instructor. He played a semantic game with the acronym saying that anything that might have possibly been done in history counts as HEMA because the H stands for history. Ignoring the fact that HEMA has an accepted and specific definition (practicing from confirmed sources) by the people who do it. That’s like trying to say that sumo wrestling is WWE because it takes place in the world.
@@davidj3841 If you wanna talk about that go ahead. Even if David was dishonest about reverse grip (he wasn't) that wouldn't absolve Shad from lying about what David has said. But on the topic of reverse grip David has been very fair if you actually watch all the content. He does mention those historic examples. The thing is though those are situational uses. When he's criticizing reverse grip he's talking about using it all the time as your main grip and usually in the context of a single sword at dueling range...as it is portrayed in anime.
The dude’s just an unhinged manipulator. He will say or do anything to try to make a point, and then will say every single thing he can when gets called out for doing so
Shad’s too thin skinned and prideful to face the music as it were. He melted down on his brother Jazza over a table top rpg because he wanted 2 points in art because he believes he’s a professional artist like his brother. He takes everything as a slight against him even if it wasn’t directed at him in the first place. Polite recourse and discussion has escaped him for many years now.
@@MCSPARTAN501 Having jumped ship on Shad back when he endorsed a "Great Replacement" theorist, it's relieving to know Jazza isn't going to bat for his brother's nonsense. Obviously, I'm sorry for Jazza that things turned out how they did, but it's good to know at least he's not involved in that stuff.
You have really helped me go from an excessive sword lover to a mildly experienced sword lover. Your vids make me happy when I see them and if shad is going to put you down for your amazing content he shall not have a place in my fy page any longer.
I don't want to influence you to stop watching someone you like. I simply want to set the record straight, and defend myself where I feel my character has been unjustly attacked
@@SellswordArts very kind of you to clarify that you don't want to push anyone away from other channels, even one that misrepresented you! (Not saying the misrepresentation was intentional or not yadda yadda just saying it happened) However if the comment you're responding to is anything like me, I doubt they think you're encouraging them to stop watching. Personally if someone I watch has too many takes I don't agree with or they keep covering a subject I don't want to watch, I'll at least take a short break from them.
Shad did this same thing when he argued that Princess Peach wearing pants personally castrated him, and that another youtuber (im sorry ive blanked on his name) had no arguments whatsoever. The man is not trustworthy or worth dealing with, he does this intentional
@@PhantryxJack Saint is who you're looking for. Not sure what his actual last name is, maybe Saint but I'm not sure. Jack Saint is his channel name though.
I actually don't believe i have had my opinion of someone tank as fast as Shad has made me. Between his hilariously bad AI takes and his recent seemingly random attacks i just can't see him as anything other than an angry little man lashing out.
You should see that interaction with his brother (Jazza) over an Art skill in a TTRPG. "Then your art should also be +1" (or something to that effect) What kind of man puts their brother down like that for the world to see.
My opinion of him fell off a cliff when he lost his shit over a woman wearing pants in a children's movie. But apparently that kind of info on him was out there for a long time, I just never tried to look into it.
It’s interesting that his community is telling people that you’re someone they fencing teachers DISCOURAGE watching. I find that pretty dubious. It’s also pretty hard to believe when the fencing community is so small compared to other martial arts, you’d think ANYONE promoting inclusivity would be lauded. I love your videos, glad to see you defend yourself against someone like Shad (poor poor Jazza)
It's funny that you don't have respect for people that divide the community or inform people that others aren't worth watching when Sellsword art does exactly that in their first video, Shad was only responding to it. Shad at no point says that you should not watch Sellsword Arts or wants to cut fans of Sellsword out of their community. Meanwhile, this guy has said several times that people who experiment with swordplay and use techniques or equipment outside of HEMA are not at all worth listening to. Who is really lobbying for division in the sword community? Because I don't think either of them realize that only .001% of their viewers will ever have the time or money to buy a sword, and their only concern should be whether they want to make informative or entertaining content or both.
@@danielcouturier85 You said that Shad's community is calling Sellsword Arts unreputable. You said that is "dubious". I was telling you that Sellsword Arts did the same thing. You also said that the community is small so inclusivity is important. I'm was telling you that Sellsword Arts is the opposite of inclusive. That is all.
@@caseydia3957 Nope, sellsword arts basically pointed out that due to flaws in methodology some channels may skew opinions and should be viewed more as entertainment than as information. You just reguiterate what Shad said by spouting this "not at all worth listening to" BS. It was more a statement about methodology and limitations - which is a topic worth discussing - and while I don´t completly agree with some of the things he said you again just repeat a misrepresentation hinting at you not even watching the original video.
did sellsword NOT make a backhanded video directed at him to begin with? idk how you guys are defending the manchildish behavior EITHER of these dudes are showing. anything to cheerlead for a parasocial relationship right?
Tbh, it's not really surprising, in my opinion, Shad has usually been more or so controversial , even back then, with the beef with skallagrim that they had it started with stupid reasons and it ended with how it should have ended. The fact you calmly spoke factually in a relatively short video shows how that is how to deal with situations, and it's not a thing you see often in communities such as the sword community.
@@robinrehlinghaus1944I don't know, people keep saying they had drama but the only thing I found when looking it up was Shad's "Skallagrim called me out!" video that was years ago and was just a clickbait title when Skall made a comment about Shad doing something wrong or another, no actual drama. Nothing I can find is recent.
"oh but he responded in such a nice way and your words were really unclear" Mf he does doesnt need to be turning red and screaming like when he saw princess peach wearing pants and not being a damsel in distress to be responding in a bad way trying to discredit you and making things up. He had no reason to assume he was being targeted unless hes instinctively thinking everything is about him due to his ego. He went out of his way looking through a bunch of videos just to find out of context clips to attack you with, that's not responding in a respectful manner
Used to watch Shad a long time ago for medieval realistic combat, I practically stopped once I discovered this channel. Thank you for validating I made the right choice.
This guy doesn’t even know how to use a pole arm and make a fool of himself trying to point out the weakness of a pole arm style weapon. Leave it to a sword fencer to claim a pole arm is ineffective when he knows nothing about pole arm combat
@stormlord1984 Shad gave the exact context he's saying wasn't given. He's taking advantage of the fact there isn't overlap and that Shad made a long response video
I don't think Shad has any respect for art or hard-work. He's fanning the flames of drama, just as he's done on this platform for years. I've been hooked on learning swordsmanship since your videos opened my eyes; I hope you're proud of the content you create, because I'm proud to say I'm a huge fan of yours. Keep up the good work and, personally, I hope you put Shad's face in the dirt in a spar.
@@Zathaghilpretty accurate. I honestly started to enjoy his videos last summer, but then went to his second channel and saw him calling the Barbie movie a "piece of woke trash" or something like that. It's safe to say I don't watch his channel any more lol.
@@appletree13 I thought the common view of the Barbie movie was that it was so woke it kinda looped back around itself kind of ironically? Or something to that effect? Either way, I enjoyed it
To be honest it doesn't surprise me Shad is quite a "mess" , he always twists things in his favor and doesn't know how to take any form of criticism like whit is book and all the backlash he received after the video he made on AI art , I honestly don't know how Shad is Jazza's brother..
@@borjaslamicyou mean the actual professional artist that went to art school Jazza? Or the weird little fat man that thinks AI tits are better than real tits
It's not a bad plan per se. Sell sword has shot up in popularity out of nowhere (I mean the time frame of the channel not existing, to being heavily promoted. Not implying anything about the content) and shad has been stagnant for a while. Drama is actually an unfortunately effective promotion method.
And to think that some years ago Shad even had videos of him apologizing and correcting himself for things that he got wrong… I am not angry at him. I am sad about how he has fallen.
@@sentientmustache8360 exactly. Sometimes I play the devils advocate in my mind and think that Shad can still return to the light side and even in its current state he may still drop a reasonably good video, but as of now it is doubtful.
Yeah, i remember shad being a less egotistical guy talking about castles and fun stuff, damn, he introduced me to the sword side of yt, its like seen a old friend fall for a piramidal scheme dude
@@yenyendehyper exactly. Even when For Honor was just released an that crappy Theory Guy attempted to make a video about which one was stronger, knights, vikings or samurais, and butchered the topic, Shad, Skallagrim and Metatron made response videos debunking that nonsense, each focusing more or less on a faction and in the HISTORICAL CONTEXT of each one. It was awesome how the three of them reacted and that brought me joy.
Just try to ignore Shad, that dude is a lost cause since he started defending AI art and taking EVERYTHING as an attack on himself, it's not worth the energy to interact with him
Not only is shad very misinformed about swords, but hes kinda a known biggot. I try to ignore him amd his fans cause they arent at any tournaments anyway, but some times his drama pops up its just kinda sad at this point.
Bigotry? I've seen some hit takes. I've never seen him say he hates any group to the point of true hatred and intolerance. Did he just disagree politically? I'm curious as to what he actually said that was bigoted
I'm not going to call him a bigot, but I've heard some of the ways he talks about the LGBTQ+ community and some of his other videos, and it made me uncomfortable.
@@xenosayain1506 drawing the line for whats bigotry at a blatant and unmistakable statement just means people can go right next to the line but not quite cross it but what they're saying could still have the same or more impact than what crossing that line would do, people are usually smart enough to walk the line and not cross it and that goes double for public figures since they have more potential for reputational harm but also more potential for their bigotry to have impact since it can be overlooked by people who don't know what to watch out for. I've seen some of his second channel content and it does have a bit of veiled bigotry iirc.
I’m disappointed in shads recent behavior wasn’t his last bed about someone not putting his video in context? It’s saddening to see his fall Edit: don’t turn this political This is a sword discussion and nothing else
He 100% does this regularly now. He just lashes out and picks fights and then pretends to be some kind of intellectual that just wants debate... He did the same to Angry Joe a bit ago as well. Either way, he's really turned into a toxic asshole.
@@Kili_1701 I don't think people are really pissed at his political/religious views. If anything, I think it's his need for internet beef, sowing discord needlessly. I get why he'd jump to the conclusion he had, but deciding to make a video to dig at another youtuber just seems like attention seeking. It's likely just another attempt at internet drama, par for the course at this point. (I take back what I said about his video being needless and solely for views, avoidable yes, but without reason, no. He had reason enough, now that I've gone over things more.)
@@Cam-opener his political/religious beliefs and his second channel as a sort of extension/manifestation of that can be a good reason to be skeptical of how he goes about making content in general. From what I've seen a good chunk of the videos on his second channel are generally dishonest and attention seeking/stirring up petty bs for views which isn't uncommon for the style of video, personally that made me more skeptical of how he makes content in general and now seeing what he's been doing lately it looks like I was right.
Ultracrepidarian: one who is presumptuous and offers advice or opinions beyond one's sphere of knowledge. It's a great word! Someone who doesn't fence or study fencing, but tells people how swords are used, could be described as "an ultracrepidarian" or "being ultracrepidarian", for instance.
You don't need to fence or study fencing to talk about proper sword usage. I don't fence or study fencing, so if I tell someone about something from Sell Swords or Shadiversity my opinion is wrong? I wouldn't even say opinions are affected by knowledge because opinions are not the same as fact and are only ones personal view on something.
Yes, you do. Of course you do. "You don't need to be a driver or studied cars to know how to drive". Do you see how silly that is? If someone who doesn't know how to drive and hadn't studied cars started giving a professional driver tips on driving, they would be rightly laughed at. You don't need to have opinions on everything. There's a bunch of stuff that I have no opinion on because I know nothing about it. That's the sensible way to be!
@@lyooyiylklykyokyklky You need to know how to drive, but how far do you need to study a car to drive? Do you need to know every bit that makes up a car or just how to drive? You also never answered half the questions in my last comment, you only reconfirmed your own views instead.
The point is, if someone doesn't know what they are talking about, they don't know what they are talking about. Shad doesn't fence. He doesn't do HEMA, or any other sword based martial arts. He doesn't study historical accounts of people fencing. Thus, he can't give advice on how swords work. This is not complicated, and you don't need to defend the indefensible.
@@lyooyiylklykyokyklky We've seen him sword fighting with other members of his team before though. Just because he isn't showing himself fighting in a gym like this guy doesn't mean he doesn't sword fight. You don't have to defend obvious hypocrites who purposefully hide comments who talk about his mistakes and speak out about him and also supports comments being distasteful towards people he says he doesn't hate.
Duel him and in the fight throw your pommel at him Then use that to start a video colab with "skallagrim" and hopefully have a better conversation with a sword dude Maybe you can start your own "cinematic universe" like that. The Sword-Cinematic-Universe 😀 I dunno dude, I'm just throwing out ideas cause in your comments you say you don't want drama, just to clarify what you said.
Actually, with a cinematic universe, I'd absolutely love a collab between Sellsword, Akademia Szermierzy, and Adorea Olomouc. They're all professional filmmakers AND fencing veterans. Imagine the movies they could make! 🤩
Shad’s known for being disingenuous, misinformed, dismissive at best of women, incredibly disrespectful (again, at best) to LGBT+ folks, and just plain arrogant. The fact he’s starting to stoop to this level isn’t surprising sadly.
Not to mention his bad AI art that he claims "makes him an artist" which has to be a spit in the face to his own brother Jazza who is actually a talented artists
I've mucked around with AI chatbots myself but I'm by no means naive enough to think that makes me a writer. Shad gets on like a literal 10 year old, and he talks like one too. "... chronic diarrhea pretending to be a film...polished turd but still a turd" it's like he lets his kids write titles for him.@@spikeblack5755
This isn't even Shad's first pointless rodeo. He attacked NuSensei years ago over archery, for which he bought a longbow a short time after to basically prove what NuSensei has been saying the entire time. He also tried to stir shit with ScholaGladiatoria over HEMA, which is laughable when Shad does very little HEMA and actively avoids the Australian HEMA communities around him. I'm waiting til he tries to stir shit with ModernHistoryTV over cavalry stuff.
@@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlightoh, the Scholagladiatoria stuff is way worse, Shad went on a tour of britian's castles about 8 months ago, and while in the country he and Scholagladiatoria (and a few others) did a collab video together, but before it was released someone explained to Schola what shad puts on his second channel, and so the collab video was never released, and Shad took great offence to this and wrote a community post about the importance of tolerance and how he's not being shown any. I think it's safe to say that's the Start of That Beef.
@@SymbioteMullet I don't blame Matt. The Knights Watch channel is abhorrent and juvenile. All Shad does in that channel is angrily rant about how modern media is "making men less manly and women less womanly." Clearly he lacks tolerance for anyone who doesn't live behind a white picket fence, if you get my drift. And I've seen his apology videos; they were thinly veiled non-apologies that turned around and shifted blame back at the people he was allegedly apologizing to.
@@Adam-th7qtThere is nothing based about Matt. Did you see his now deleted Facebook post about appearing in a pic with Shad? The dude's a craven, cue ball cunt.
@@dylansylvester4719Grifting is for all, this one in particular just happens to fall into the right wing subcategory. Grifter is the wider blanket group with small subcategories within, one being right wing.
I like Shad's content and the topics he covers with his own perspectives. But him being so fucking petty is so annoying my god, grow up and actually talk it out if you feel attacked bro. I hope this stupid drama gets over with.
I'm disappointed that I have to make this kind of content. We have never done a response video before, or a drama video before. It's not the kind of stuff I like making. The only reason I'm doing this is because I feel that my character has been attacked in an unfair way.
@@SellswordArts Yea i would hope that this drama ends as soon as possible. I think you both should just try and talk it out in a live stream so we can learn a lot more on who we should geneiunley avoid watching and who we can rely more in information. I just feel shad was way too petty here, and its annoying.
Worth considering that his pettiness and the like *probably* works it's way into parts of his videos that you're unlikely to notice. The way he is, you should really require verification of *everything* he says. And at that point, it's better to just watch the trusted sources you'd get that verification from in the first place. He has shown himself to be unreliable. His videos should only be considered for whatever entertainment value you can get out of them at this point.
Im not surprised at all by this. I used to love Shad's content, but now ive seen that he's kinda just a bully, and a pretty bad person, sadly. His podcast and gaming channel where he and his lackeys make bad takes and doubles down on them opened my eyes to his real personality. Its quote sad honestly.
I was never huge on his content, because it always seemed.... shallow? Kind of a style over substance kind of thing. I dunno, he always seemed like a decent dude though from what little I saw of him. Sounds like that judgment was way off.
Having gotten a fair few videos of yours in my recommended ive seen you do nothing but make honest content about this topic its not right for shad to attack you like he has.
If you watched shad's video you'd see that shad wasn't attacking him. The whole point of the video was him basically saying anyone with a passion for swordplay or lore should be able to have a platform
@@elijahlee3610i have watched the video and while I would agree that Shad doesn't attack him directly, he misunderstands the point of Sellsword's original video and then broadcasts that misunderstanding to his sizeable audience. On top of that, he attempts to frame Sellsword as a hypocrite by playing certain clips of his without their necessary contextual intros/summaries. Whether he meant to or not, Shad has disingenuously characterised Sellsword as someone his audience shouldn't trust and that will compel some of them to attack him. Although Sellsword could've worded his points better, at the end of the day he, too, thinks anyone for a passion for swordplay and lore should have a platform. He simply wants people in the community to be aware of the differences between those branches in the community and how those differences can potentially affect the information being given by any one instructor.
Keep up the great content. You always make sure your videos have enough context and you go through all the pros and cons of certain moves and techniques. Your videos, along with my other martial arts training, has made me better with a sword and I really appreciate all your content.
I can’t believe that no one has asked this question (that I’ve seen), but why are foam swords not a good approximation of steel weapons? I own two steel swords and some foam swords of very similar (if not equal) size, weight, and balance. Why are they not equivalent for sparring?
More of an armchair warrior here with very occasional "training" so I merely have some suggestions/questions: Do they "flex" in a similiar way? Is the impact blade/blade or blade/target the same as they are specifically build to soften the impact? Do they bind in a similiar way foam/foam vs. metal/metal? I mean even with steel weapons it is kind of hard to get a 1:1 representation as we usually don´t try to kill each other and the more one deviates from the sources the more variables, uncertainties and inaccuracies will be introduced. And I somehow doubt they are really similiar in proportions and weight as this just boils down to difference in material: the higher density of one material in comparision to the other.
weight aside, as you say yours are the same; air resistance, flex, reverberation, and shock. The short version of all of that is that it will swing differently; foam is less air resistant than steel, and has different ways of moving through it. it will flex differently when colliding with a different blade. The edge wouldn't "clang" it will squish. Good for safety, not good for realistic clashes metal transfers energy better than foam, so it's a different feel when the blade collides with anything and shock follows that; if you've ever used a metal bat without a grip for baseball, your hands go numb fast. A wooden bat with a grip feels better for a bit, but has other drawbacks (and breaks easier) There's more, but that's just what I can express.
@@KodyackCasual surely there are plenty of things that carry over right? I can imagine that practicing a certain move that is meant to abuse an opening would work fine with a foam sword as you're only testing if you can get a hit in.
Oh of course! But it's like saying that a proper flight simulator (even one on a gyroscope) is a good enough substitute for flight hour practice for a training pilot. It can be close, or even near perfect, but *actually* using the proper equipment before being put in the real situation will always be better, because there are differences that matter in reality. @@suckieduckie
This. *This* is how you conduct an argument on the internet. Point- Counterpoint. Point- Counterpoint. Do it respectfully and without ad hominem accusatory crap. I saw his video, watched about five minutes of what I knew would be a two hour rant, and saw clipped and cut video. Right then I knew something was off. I wonder how long his next rant will be. Well done. You did in less than one minute what he took two hours to bitch about.
Shad usually do that so he can farm view time, I will give my best info on Shad. I've done my investigation, turns out this isn't Shad first rodeo. He legit picked so many fights, from the archery dude or NuSensei, after that, he bought a longbow and literally just proving NuSensei point. Then he picked a fight with a nun chucks guy. After that he scolded ScholaGladitoria in his community post because they don't want to collab with him. And don't forget Skalligrim, they stop contacting each other because Shad's political views is different and Shad insulted Skall's mistress because she is non binary ig? He also avoids AustraliaHEMA Community which is also weird. Overall, it's just weird that he picked many fights.
I stopped watching shad when i learned that he used ai to claim he had good art skills. When i found out that his brother is a real artist i realized that he was just a big baby who couldn't take living in the shadow of his brother's success.
You know, a long time ago i watched _another_ RU-vidr in a weapons community make a video like this. His reasonings for his "rebuttal" was very similar to yours, that he didn't want things he said taken out of context, or being misrepresented and painted in a certain way through hearsay etc etc The reasoning he gave for his video made perfect sense then, as yours do now. I just wanted to mention that to you. Dunno why. Figured it might give you some form of comfort knowing that you're not alone in being misrepresented. Sorry you have to make these videos "defending" yourself and all that. But it's better this way, despite the potential drama. Hopefully you can squash this "beef" quickly and move on to better things Good luck man 😀
What if you made the sword out of a very rigid core like carbon fiber or even steel, but then the outside is chosen specifically to be slightly softer than human skin, making it unlikely to cut the person when practicing?
We have the same foam swords you used in our club, they have a solid core which gives them a bit more rigidness. You can see shads larp foam sword flop all over the place, I can imagine bind work would be almost impossible with that. EDIT: also comparing him cutting a pool noodle verses you cutting what appeares to be rolled up cardboard and tape(?) is incredibly dishonest
The difference is that one of both points out the limitations of a test and also how it is not applicable to a "real world" scenario and the other one often doesnt. That is why I have watched Shad´s videos less and less the past few years. And that really is the main problem: Shad builds an aura of authority around himself he doesn´t really deserve - which becomes blatantly obvious the deeper one dives into the topic - and he does this by using heavily flawed methodology while also knowing that many people and newcomers will take it seriously. Or he really means it seriously...which just may be even wose.
Damn, i'm just now seeing all the petty stuff Shad gets into after casually watching him for years. At first I didn't even know what the drama was about but i'm glad I watched your side as well because it instantly made me open my eyes more. Sucks you had to be the catalyst but I hope well for you. Not that it's about ''winning'' or anything - just that it's a sucky situation that had happened.
Sadly I am not surprised shad would take videos out of context to try to prove his point don’t know how to explain it but it just seems like something he would do
Good ol' Shad. Complains that Elden Ring never tells him anything, makes a terrible fantasy novel with creepy rape apologia in its ending, and a simp for AI generated art because it lets him pretend he's actually talented. More I find out about him the worse he gets, and this is just another nail in a coffin that is already nothing but nails.
Yeesh even this genre isn't safe from drama. I hope things end better and less headache inducing for you and your team. Thanks for the fun sword content👍🏾. On a fun side note your duel teachings ironically made me a better at Blade and Sorcery VR gamer
When I first started doing reserch for my books, Shad was one of the people I followed. That all stopped when I caught him lieing to support his world views on something contemporary. If i couldn't trust him to be honest about something a google serch could debunk on the first page, how could i trust him not to lie about history?
I personally don't think either side is in the right when it comes to the shad vs sellsword drama. Personally I think both sides misunderstood each other, took things out of context, and created unnecessary drama. But hey, that's just my opinion.
Id say you're right.. its unfortunate that shad seems to have common themes with drama though. I watch both and just think both aren't going about this correctly
I agree. However, Shad tends to challenge authoritative statements, and Sellsword doesn't usually do that. So, of course Shad will be in more drama. It's like saying "man, Einstein sure caused a lot of drama in the physics community, it's weird how that happens a lot". Well, of course, because Einstein was right on relativity and literally all of the authoritative physicists were wrong. Einstein later ended up being wrong on a lot of things too. It's a cycle. Just because Shad challenges a lot of things, doesn't preclude him from being right. And the nature of his content means drama is to be expected. And OP is right, both parties here made a boo-boo and didn't handle it correctly, just in different ways. @@sterbensrevenge5846
It's always sad when one of the content creators you watched for years show their true face, Im glad you responded this politely and hope you won't take any hate to heart
Thing is, he could either be like you said, showing his true face, or fame got into his head that it turned him into a bad person. Either way, it's sad to see this happen.
The way Shad has been acting since he grew into a collaborative corporation, rather than a solo act historian, really shows he let the power get to his head, and has been burning bridges ever since. It's shad. I mean sad.
That's easy to understand why. Shad isn't really historically accurate nor good in HEMA or general swordfighting. He got called out indirectly several times and now he's going mad at people around, like you as an example.
What a nonsensical attitude on his side. While I value other skills than pure combat too, like different forms of cutting, light cutting, tatami, or even paper, that you showed yourself using, stationary cuts, and even "kata" style to learn positioning and coordination... In the end, combat, duel, fighting a real person is the ultimate form of learning the way of the sword and without it there's no base. You proved to train every skill necessary for the job. I used to watch his channel as many other, even if I didn't like the content much because usually felt missinformed, but where most of the people kept a nice vibe and just sharing this passion, he began being toxic, trollish and imposing religious and lifestyle views. Just don't listen to him, keep the good work.
I liked him, but seeing that video of his on how Disney is grooming kids... Yeesh! I really respected the guy, watched some videos and especially took his writing advice to heart, even reading his novel when it came out. He seemed like a guy with grand medieval-swordsmanship-themed aspirations. This f*cking sucks.
The tragicomic part of all this is that Shad wasn't even named. He just heard about it and then went all "I resemble that remark!" in front of everyone. Thanks for reporting yourself as an unreliable source, shad!
You're a good man. I'm just making fun of the culture we live, and how people love to say conflict over happy discord. I look forward to the both of you having a rational conversation on what happened.
Shad has got so bad that it almost seems like the guys he has doing videos for him almost like it better when he isn't around. Kinda sad to see how much things went to his head.
I don’t know who to trust. He recently uploaded a video saying that *you* were lying, and I don’t know what to think right now. He does make the good point that you said that shad was not good at swordsmanship, which is kind of a dick move.
Why is it a dick move? If somebody doesn't train and swordsmanship, of course they're not going to be proficient at it. I'm not a good guitarist, cuz I don't practice enough. I didn't say anything about any content creators in my video, but people came asking and I gave my opinion. I never told anybody to stop watching anybody else. Shad said I lied, But you can see clearly in this video that he altered my footage to make me look bad. I never tampered with any of his footage, made claims about him, or attacked his character. I started to get pretty upset with him in the comments section, because his people keep coming and blasting me with hate, because he keeps making videos twisting the truth, taking me out of context, and trolling through hundreds and hundreds of comments to find things that he can use against me. So I ask you, am I liar? Am I the untrustworthy one? Or am I somebody who's just defending my own character, and becoming annoyed at the increasing ridiculousness I have to deal with
@@SellswordArts Like I said, I don’t know how to feel about this. As someone who watches both of you just for fun, I have no clue what makes a good swordsman. I just watch you for memes. I said it was a dick move because if some said to me “Oh, you are a WW2 buff but you didn’t actually fight in the war? Then that means your opinion is wrong, because you never lived it.” I would be very frustrated. Just because they don’t train as well and as much as you, that doesn’t mean their opinion on a particular subject is any less important/valid as yours. In hindsight, I should not have use the word “dick move,” because that makes me look like the dick. Sorry 😅
Also just want to say, no matter what ends up actually happening, I’m still a fan of both you and Shad. I’ve got huge respect for the both of y’all. Keep on doing what you love and make more great content 👍🏻
In fairness they did offer to face time in order to clear up misconceptions. I think you should take their offer because I dont think they want drama anymore than you do
I already talked with Nate privately. However the video is still up on Shad's page, And he hasn't made any statements backing off of his original claims. That's why I invited him to a public live stream.
Yaknow life just became different after i found out what kind of person shad is. Mf looked at what the far left called right wingers and decided "hold on lemme prove them right"
Shadversity is the equivalent of a Redditor "expert" who also holds some... interesting views outside of weapons that many redditors would also hold. He's almost always wrong in his observations and I doubt he actually fights nearly as much as the other creators he criticizes.
I really dont understand how some people keep on arguing with you, all of them are just random nerds that think they know something more. When you are an actual fencer.
I would say to not even bother getting into it with Shad. He's clearly decided to go down the petulant "anti-woke" grift route, probably after it became clear his writing career was not going to pan out.
Dude, shad is a right wing incel anyway. He has a side channel where he whines daily about how woke mavel is and how its destroying society. Point being his opinion is not worth caring about.
Wow...hold it there. Don´t let us lump his opinions on swords and his thoughtful ellaborations on "wOkISm" together. Both are so dumb they deserve seperate consideration ;-) And sadly he isn´t a incel. He managed to procrate and now whines about Princess Peach wearing trousers being the wrong rolemodel for his daughter...or something of similiar stupidity - guy has said so much dumb things past few month it is hard to keep track XD
@@suckieduckie Also: He is mormon - so he would be a voluntary celibate. But tbh. he really gives off the usual incel-vibes raging about e.g. the Mario movie.
@@suckieduckie nonono, that's what it meant back when words meant meaningful things. Now it's just the term for people who gay people hate. (Obvious Sarcasm. Words still have meaningful definitions. Mostly. For now)
