WinD/Kenneth Joseph Spaziani - delusional, pathological, fraudulent, "professional gamer", and "Atlantic records artist"

[everything is nothing]

A few months ago this person was brought to my attention. Within moments, I knew this was a ruse, but I was amazed at how deep it went. I'm not sure where to begin. I was introduced to him through his music.

Here is is most notable music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vBiDT-xbVU

"Music Video brought to you by Atlantic Records 2009 Galexia album The Maze"

All the digging I could find only lead to information saying that all of his music was self released. I didn't see any connection to a major record label at all. He claimed it was on a subsidiary of Atlantic, called Roadrunner, however I couldn't find any link to him there either. Amazon, spotify ect. all list it as self released.

Then I discovered that he claims to be a professional gamer. These claims are the easiest to discredit.

Here are some notable threads-
http://www.esreality.com/post/2795063/question-about-a-possible-fake-pro/

https://www.reddit.com/r/QuakeLive/comments/423oe6/question_about_wind_the_selfproclaimed_quake_and/

Here is an excerpt from another reddit thread, (https://www.reddit.com/r/csgobetting/comments/3eeu1h/ae_vs_wnx_bo1_240715_0530_cest/), where someone who admits to being in a professional relationship with Wind offers some information

"A little background on Wind - He is a former member of Warrior Nation and has been problematic for us since day one. He has a long history of lying, cheating and claiming to be something that he isn't. He has scammed other members by claiming to be sponsored by nVidia and sending them free gear in exchange for personal information. He has also gone as far as stealing credit card information from another former member... I can go ahead and tell you that Wind is not sponsored by any of the companies that he claims to be sponsored by. Warrior Nation has investigated his claims extensively in the past and they have all proven to be false. We have some professional contacts at some of these places that he claims to have a sponsorship with and they have all denied his existence/partnership with their organization."

Wind claims to have sponsors that include, but are not limited to, Mountain Dew, Nvidia, all kinds of gaming equipment and whatnot.

He streams on twitch regularly, and digging through the ES reality thread above, you can find blatant evidence that he pays for bot services to boost his stream: http://i.imgur.com/6zMNS57.png

His twitter also shows obvious signs of using services to boost his follower number.

These are just some of the insane claims, and doings.

Everything is a very poorly constructed smokescreen, hiding what appears to be a person completely out of touch, perpetually creating new things to keep the ruse up. To what end? I know he has a discord, that he participates regularly in, however I'm not a member, but my point is he continues this ruse on a daily basis. He streams regularly, he is active within whatever community he has. He has been called out on his lies and actions, and either flat out denies the claims, says they're just trolling, or ignores it all in the face of clear evidence.

Other useful links:
Defunct webforum https://www.accelerated-e.com/
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-spaziani-7b945b42
Steam profile (showing bans) http://steamcommunity.com/id/WindNvidia3D
esports earnings tip, possibly the best evidence of how delusional he is https://www.esportsearnings.com/tips/14182

 

[Green Knight]

That was rather brief, and I'm not sure that's good. First of all, the whole OP feels like an introduction. Alright, he's a scammer and a liar, and? There's a lot of people that do that, i'm not sure why he stands from others just by reading this (Even if he uses known brands or whatnot).

The OP needs to be cleared up, since it feels like a rather long introduction, which should have finished either on the first 1 to 3 sentences. There's not a single image, some information you expose you are not even SURE, which doesn't make sense to even say it in the first place. And there's a rather big lack of common social media, and the few links you have aren't archived. Unless you start to pour more info and proofread a lot, i'm failing to see the appeal for this one to be a lolcow.