CS:GO streamer threatens to sue reddit moderators - Over a post alleging that he is "scamming" people with a new VGO skins site.

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Accused of 'scamming' in a Reddit thread, CS:GO streamer Phantoml0rd threatens to sue moderators
By Andy Chalk 05 July 2018

Varga threatened to sue the moderators over a post alleging that he is "scamming" people with a new VGO skins site.

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James "Phantoml0rd" Varga, who earlier this year sued Twitch over a suspension of his account in 2016 and was then counter-sued in turn, is now threatening legal action against the moderators of the LivestreamFail subreddit. The cause of his consternation is a thread alleging that he and Victoria "Dinglederper" Weeks, his former girlfriend, are "back to scamming" people with something called VGO skins.

Varga was suspended from Twitch in 2016 over his association with skin gambling site CSGOShuffle, which he heavily promoted on his channel without disclosing the fact that he allegedly owned it. Shortly thereafter, Valve issued a cease-and-desist order against more than 20 CS:GO skin gambling sites; more recently it imposed new cooldown rules on trading to help reduce the incidence of fraud.

From those chaotic fires, VGO skins were born as a kind of workaround: "Blockchain-based items, designed for collecting and trading, that are not subject to any trade restrictions or bans," as skins marketplace OPSkins described them. "VGO items are designed to mimic the trading experience of popular games, but without onerous trading restrictions or fear of bannings."

They accomplish that feat by looking like, but not actually being, skins at all. As one esports journalist explained, they're akin to a photograph of a rare baseball card: The picture is the same, but the items themselves are very different and only one of them is actually worth anything.

Nonetheless, there is a push to give them value through online markets like VGOUnbox. Varga enthusiastically promotes the site on Twitter and on livestreams.

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That could be excused as a slip of the tongue, but VGO skins were recently added to the OPSkins marketplace, another site Varga is allegedly connected to, and which gambling sites have used in the past to cash out skins. It has a dodgy history of its own through its connection to former CSGO Lotto co-owners Trevor "Tmartn" Martin and Thomas "Syndicate" Cassell, who were censured by the FTC last year after promoting the skin gambling site without disclosing that they owned it.

That relationship was referenced in a separate video by Varga's former partner Weeks:

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That's what led to the post on Reddit, entitled, "Dinglederper back to scamming with phantoml0rd," which sparked Varga's legal threat. "This message is to inform you and your moderation staff to Cease and Desist any further allowance of harassment," it says, citing the "do not threaten, harass, or bully" policy in Reddit's terms of service. "Any further allowance of this point or posts like this will result in legal action that will involve your moderation team and reddit staff for allowing this post to exist."

The moderators responded with an "open letter" stating that one post about Varga's new gambling site does not qualify as "systemic or continued actions," and that it's unlikely to put him in fear for his life because no real-life information is included. It invited him to reach out if he does see any personally identifiable information posted or experiences threats against his person as a result, but added that Reddit adminstrators would be the proper people to contact if he has "actual, legitimate concerns" about the legality of the post.

"The /r/LivestreamFail mods would suggest to you, PhantomL0rd, that if you wish to pursue your business ventures free of judgement from the greater reddit community, or the community of /r/LivestreamFail specifically, that you don’t stream yourself interacting with your gambling site directly," the mods wrote.

Varga hasn't yet indicated whether he will actually follow through on his threat, but the moderators clearly aren't too concerned about it: They even gave him a little bit of sideways legal advice by indirectly suggesting that he could cite the post as libel, as FSLabs has apparently done in response to posts about its A320-X expansion for Flight Simulator X. "Perhaps you don’t think the claim that you’re creating another site meant to scam users is a false one," they wrote.

I've reached out to Varga for more information, and will update if I receive a reply.

https://www.pcgamer.com/accused-of-scamming-in-a-reddit-thread-csgo-streamer-phantoml0rd-threatens-to-sue-moderators (http://archive.is/jJ8s4)
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Isn’t this the same dumb-fuck faggot that ran a scam betting site for CS:GO, or something like that?
Yes it's him, if I read the article right, he was part of a trio of streamers that was behind that site (IIRC, it's name was CS Lotto or something like that).
 
Another victim of the Streisand effect. But then again, if you're operating a dubious scamming ring and someone calls you out, you probably have no choice but to bark back. Just a shame some people don't seem to realize the legal system's censorship capabilities are only capable of being utilized by hollywood.
 
Varga hasn't yet indicated whether he will actually follow through on his threat, but the moderators clearly aren't too concerned about it: They even gave him a little bit of sideways legal advice by indirectly suggesting that he could cite the post as libel, as FSLabs has apparently done in response to posts about its A320-X expansion for Flight Simulator X. "Perhaps you don’t think the claim that you’re creating another site meant to scam users is a false one," they wrote.
This is easily the most hilarious part to me, even he couldn't say that what they're doing is libel. :story:
 
>Reddit

Seriously though, why do people waste money gambling on perks in a video game? That sounds dumb as fuck.

His co-hort may certainly be a "thot", but he seems like a cocksucking faggot. Though that seems to be a compliment in gaming circles, what with all the dick chasing troons and traps not being gay.

Gaming, Reddit, suing people for hurt feelings and running scams.... if this guy was in an iron lung, I could understand. But he's an able bodied man. This article reads like a slapfight between a bunch of tween girls. Thot would be the perfect term for this flaccid faggot.
 
His co-hort may certainly be a "thot", but he seems like a cocksucking faggot. Though that seems to be a compliment in gaming circles, what with all the dick chasing troons and traps not being gay.

Gaming, Reddit, suing people for hurt feelings and running scams.... if this guy was in an iron lung, I could understand. But he's an able bodied man. This article reads like a slapfight between a bunch of tween girls. Thot would be the perfect term for this flaccid faggot.
To be entirely fair, r/Livestreamfails is basically a version of us that focuses on Livestreamers and adheres to reddit rules.

I think Phantoml0rd is a complete idiot to go back after getting censured by the fucking FTC. Not to mention that he didn't even do the invitation correctly!

If someone wants to get context on this issue, I advise you to watch this video (18 mins):

 
This guy. is suing an entire website because someone basiacally said, "u suck lol"

No, he's just being a threatening Edgelord. No Lawyer would bother with him at this point, especially after his history with getting nailed by the FTC as an actual CSGo scammer. Also didn't Valve ban this idiot years ago from any and all of their products?
 
To be entirely fair, r/Livestreamfails is basically a version of us that focuses on Livestreamers and adheres to reddit rules.

I think Phantoml0rd is a complete idiot to go back after getting censured by the fucking FTC. Not to mention that he didn't even do the invitation correctly!

If someone wants to get context on this issue, I advise you to watch this video (18 mins):


Yeah, I assumed as much. I don't care about gaming or these reddit people, but - and this isn't directed at @Tiberius Claudius Nero - but the whole thot meme stuff is strange, considering what faggots these guys actually are, when you take in consideration their limp dicked squabbling, crying about hurt feelings, their "No you, bitch!" tactics and lack of masculine energy towards things. Never mind the fact that a lot of these gaming faggots troon out and teehee over Traps not being gay. Yet their hot take is always focused on "THOTS" - when just to an outsider and a female who likes actual men - they're acting like the "thots".

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That's a face ready for a cock if ever I saw one. I just find looking at his face rather repulsive.

Never the less, I guess what I'm saying here is this whole malarkey created by this low energy grifting faggot is the literal epitome of the stick-in-the-spokes bicycle meme. It just reminds me of the same kind of infighting you see on places like Guru Gossip or something.
 
Isn’t this the same dumb-fuck faggot that ran a scam betting site for CS:GO, or something like that?

Edit to add: yup it’s the same dumb-fuck faggot. Lol what a whiny bitch.

The CSGO community consists of a bunch of dumb edgy retarded teenagers, they deserve to have their money exploited for helping create this norm.

Is it true that he licked some dog's butthole?

EDIT: nvm it is

... wouldn't that be considered animal rape?
 
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