I'm Being Shunned!?

Cary Hardy·video·13m 48s·analyzed·Jul 7, 2020

Analysis

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TL;DR

Cary Hardy alleges being blocked from filming pinball content due to perceived Stern influence over locations and media.

Summary

Cary Hardy reports being denied permission to film content at a location for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball, citing a message claiming Stern Pinball requested no taping. Hardy expresses frustration about perceived industry censorship and notes his content stopped being promoted on a major pinball media website in June, speculating about potential bias from manufacturers or their influence over media coverage.

Key Claims

A location owner told Hardy that Stern Pinball requested no taping at their place
high confidence · Hardy received a message stating 'I have spoken with Stern and based off your previous videos they as well as us request no taping at our place'
Hardy's content stopped being promoted on a pinball media website after June 1st
high confidence · Hardy checked a website and found the last promotion of his content was June 1st, with no promotions since
Hardy ordered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball and expects delivery by end of month
high confidence · Stated directly: 'I've ordered one. It will be here hopefully by the end of the month because they are on back order.'
Hardy was previously given permission to film Hot Wheels pinball about a week before the Turtles incident
high confidence · Hardy stated: 'merely a week or so ago i was given basically the all green to come in and record me playing hot wheels'
Hardy does not accept sponsorships to maintain review independence
high confidence · 'I'm never going to have sponsors and stuff like that because I'm not going to talk all lollipops and gumdrops about things'

Notable Quotes

“it's a conflict of interest you making a review video at our place i'm going to have to request that no pics or video be recorded”
Location owner (anonymous)@ 2:52 — The core complaint: location claimed Stern requested no filming due to conflict of interest
“but i just think it's a little messed up that you have your fingers deep into all these other places to keep certain individuals from doing i guess filming or showing off your product”
Cary Hardy@ 5:31 — Hardy's main grievance: perception of Stern using influence to prevent content creators from filming
“What was it that did it? And what I'm saying is that there's a website that has all the different kind of content, and they used to post my new videos on there”
Cary Hardy@ 7:01 — Introduces second layer of alleged censorship: media website stopped promoting his content
“if it gets to the point to where I do become the new Kaneda, which I don't want to be a new Kaneda... definitely no one's going to want to put my content out there”
Cary Hardy@ 11:32 — Hardy compares himself to Kaneda and expresses concern about being labeled as negative/critical
“the fact remains is that I can only be shunned and silenced to an extent. There are so many other ways I could go about getting a hold of a machine”
Cary Hardy@ 12:43 — Hardy's resolve despite perceived restrictions; indicates he will find alternative methods

Entities

Cary HardypersonStern PinballcompanyTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesgame Kanedaperson Hot Wheelsgame Jurassic Parkgame Heavy Metalgame

Signals

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business_signal: Stern Pinball appears to be exerting control over third-party locations regarding content creator filming permissions, suggesting a broader policy restricting media capture
medium · Location owner's message: 'I have spoken with Stern and based off your previous videos they as well as us request no taping at our place'
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community_signal: Cary Hardy alleges systematic suppression of his content creation through location restrictions and media platform de-promotion, suggesting broader industry tensions with critical content creators
medium · Location owner cited Stern Pinball directive; media site stopped promoting Hardy's content June 1st without explanation; Hardy speculates about manufacturer influence
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market_signal: TMNT pinball is on backorder; Hardy expects delivery by end of month, indicating strong demand or supply constraints
high · 'I've ordered one. It will be here hopefully by the end of the month because they are on back order.'
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community_signal: Hardy references Kaneda as a cautionary example of a critical creator becoming persona non grata in the industry, suggesting potential reputation management or shunning of outspoken voices
medium · 'if it gets to the point to where I do become the new Kaneda... definitely no one's going to want to put my content out there'
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sentiment_shift: Hardy expresses growing concern about industry censorship and the viability of independent critical content creation in pinball media
high · Throughout video Hardy discusses accumulating frustrations about restrictions, media silence, and being treated as untrustworthy by manufacturers

Transcript

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I honestly don't know how to start this video because something happened today and it's like a part of me doesn't want to take it personally, but the other part of me reads this and goes, well, I kind of have to take it personally. so I was really excited to be able to go somewhere and get a chance at playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I could have waited another week or so and played an LE which I still will I will still go to that particular location and play the LE once it arrives which should be like I said any next next week maybe even this week so but aside from that I felt like I need to talk about this And I almost think I should sleep on this before I start just talking about it. But I'm like, you know what? Fuck it.

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This needs to be mentioned because it's a concerning thing to me, honestly. And so when it comes to me bringing my camera and being able to get footage of me playing the game, that was what the plan was and the funny thing is is that merely a week or so ago i was given basically the all green to come in and record me playing hot wheels and doing a little video about it and that was all good but evidently that attitude or plans changed today whenever i was on my way to play Turtles, I was then notified, and I'm going to keep this anonymous, because certain individuals don't need to be called out on this, but it's a little bit concerning to me, because I don't know if it is just the individual, and they're just trying to protect their business, which is by all means, you have every right to do so. So that's why I am abiding by your request. So, but whenever I was telling this person that I'm going to bring, you know, up there to do a video and everything, and I was planning on promoting and all that stuff and junk to help this business, uh, no matter what my feelings were on turtles i was still going to promote this business because they allowed me to come in and experiment this machine you know test it out and play it but then i get this message it's a conflict of interest you making a review video at our place i'm going to have to request that no pics or video be recorded if you want to come and play it that's fine but i have spoken was stern and based off of your previous videos they as well as us request no taping at our place so with that being said and like I said the initial my initial response is like understandable but then minutes turned into hours and I was on the road driving this started to fester a little bit with me and I was like wait a minute that kind of messed up as if I guess the it's just the assumption that whatever content I put out especially I guess in regards to Stern it's gonna be negative I do not agree with that. I will say that I will speak my mind about products from any manufacturer or anything. I'm not going to play a game and if I don't like it, talk it up. I'm not going to do that, which is probably why, like I said, I'm never going to have sponsors and stuff like that because I'm not going to talk all lollipops and gumdrops about things. But if I do enjoy something or I like the product, by all means, I will promote it. So with the previous video that I've already put out now. I promoted Turtles. I've ordered one. It will be here hopefully by the end of the month because they are on back order. But what does that say, Stern, that I just don't like anything you put out and will never buy anything you make? No, what it says is that when you build and make good things, I'll buy it. The odds of me buying a product that is good are very high compared to you giving out a product that is okay. I got Turtles because it had a great art package. It has cooperative mode, which is a big selling point. The gameplay is great the animations are but it had more more of a complete package than even your Jurassic Park game Jurassic Park by all means was great game I praise it highly and still would like to have it in my collection but due to the fact that Turtles has the ability to do cooperative mode and the art package is much more pleasing to the eye than Jurassic Park I pulled the trigger on TMNT per my own preference i just think it's a little messed up that you have your fingers deep into all these other places to keep certain individuals from doing i guess filming or showing off your product that shows me that you have ill faith in your own product right there but aside from possibility like i said this is a lot of this is speculation guys none of this is hardcore facts But aside from Stern supposedly trying to silence me or censor me, whatever, I have to look at something else here because I'm curious. Because there's also a particular website that I'm sure a great deal of you guys visit. Let me refresh it just to make sure that nothing's been updated in the last so many minutes or hours or whatever. so yeah there's a particular website that posts everything and anything pinball creator wise for everyone to see and it's run by i mean i don't want to call them out i should message them out of curiosity but the reason why i not is because i also just like like okay that fine if you don want to put my stuff on there it your choice I not going to make you do something that you don want to do But I mainly just curious like what happened What was it that did it? And what I'm saying is that there's a website that has all the different kind of content, and they used to post my new videos on there. Like, hey, this is Kerry's new video. This is Kerry's new video. And then all of a sudden, as of what was the last time that any of my content was shared, was, man, I'm scrolling down a great deal. The last thing that was shared was on June 1st, over a month ago now, was the last time that this website promoted any of my content. So what has happened by that time? What videos could have came out that it could have made it to where all of a sudden this site's no longer promoting my content? Let's see here. The next video I posted after June 1st was the Jurassic Park topper. Hmm. What was the next video after that?