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[Draugoth]

He announced on insider-gaming in an interview

I sat down with The Snitch earlier today to talk about why he's quitting, why he leaked video games in the first place, and what's next for him.

Why are you leaving the scene?

If you paid attention, I have never leaked anything related to small studios. I am fully aware of the damage that even a small and simple leak can do to the work of people that have spent many months or years on a game. In fact, we can say that I have dedicated myself to giving clues for users to speculate, rather than just direct leaking.

It's going to sound narcissistic and pushy, but I'm sure I even helped some events get more visibility. It's been quite an exciting year and 2023 is looking amazing, with a number of amazing games, but let's face it, it's not so much fun [for me] leaking new announcements anymore.
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Link: to rest of interview

Said he's focusing on his discord community now. He was one of the most accurate leakers around.

 

[Drizzlehell]

 

[Valedix]

Was sick of his cryptic shit anyway

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

 

[Kilau]

Good riddance to the self-absorbed ass hat.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Dude does sound like he huffs his own farts.

 

[mortal]

Oh well.

These leaker/insider types are a dime a dozen anyway. One quits or gets exposed, another comes to fill the vacuum.

 

[Valedix]

Also want to point out either the game companies figured out he worked for youtube and stopped uploading videos before announcements, or he got moved to a different team at Youtube or fired entirely.

Not to mention dude was asking for BTC donations for "exclusive leaks" which is why I left his discord.

 

[Thief1987]

He basically leaked trailers uploaded on youtube, so maximum a week before official announcement. This kind of leaks are absolutely worthless, no one will die waiting for a few more days

 

[Iced Arcade]

 

[envyzeal]

I hope this sets a trend

 

[BennyBlanco]

if you want to know the game i see, answer me these riddles three....

so sick of these attention whores. just leak shit or don't.

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

q predicted this

 

[Cert.in.Death]

FBI witness protection program is bursting at the seams nowadays.

 

[nikos]

Retiring from what, exactly? Posting on the internet?

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Hopefully Serano retires next.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Said he's focusing on his discord community now. He was one of the most accurate leakers

How long before he's shown to be a groomer?

 

[fermcr]

Guess he got tired of making crap up...

 

[Northeastmonk]

He'll be a lurker until his next big Tweet. These things don't last long.

 

[TheUndeadGamer]

Guess he got tired of making crap up...

Making crap up? He seems to have been pretty accurate with his leaks. At least judging online.

 

[nial]

Said he's focusing on his discord community now.

lmao absolutely no one would care about him if it wasn't for leaking stuff 2 days before.

 

[Barakov]

 

[Yoboman]

Kojima retiring now that his game is revealed

 

[bender]

It's going to sound narcissistic and pushy, but I'm sure I even helped some events get more visibility.

 

[Gamerguy84]

 

[Umbasaborne]

He will be back, once he needs another dose of clout.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Retiring from what, exactly? Posting on the internet?

Yep, the size of these leakers ego's are outstanding

 

[AJUMP23]

No real loss.

 

[remember_spinal]

glad he's gone, he just spoiled shit a few days before an actual trailer dropped

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Dude does sound like he huffs his own farts.

Don't we all?

 

[Handel]

Translation : Continuing to leak will lose me my job at Youtube, or has already lost me my job at Youtube.

 

[Thebonehead]

Probably got bounced from his job and no longer has any access in, hence the discord server in an attempt to hang onto his 5 minutes of fame.

 

[Shubh_C63]

I am fully aware of the damage that even a small and simple leak can do to the work of people that have spent many months or years on a game.

I am interested to know how.
Does marketing campaign's planned release works better than the hype and attention leaks generate ?
If the Elden Ring leak is a poor quality video, even then I am sure 80% of the people the marketing is aimed to have not seen it or care for it. The Official release trailer will always be the one that grabs all the eyeballs.

Its free publicity because the special ingredient was crime.

Leaking source code and shit is the only thing that really hurts the developers.

 

[Moses85]

Hopefully Serano retires next.

 

[Bartski]

good, get fucked. I hope he got fired. The audacity tho

I am fully aware of the damage that even a small and simple leak can do to the work of people that have spent many months or years on a game.
(...)
It's going to sound narcissistic and pushy, but I'm sure I even helped some events get more visibility.

 

[UnNamed]

I wonder how many of his leaks were true and not just speculations or bullshit.

 

[hemo memo]

Video game leakers= lucky guessers

 

[KWAB]

Said he's focusing on his discord community now.

Good luck with that. I had his Discord muted and only checked the snitch-leaks channel once a day. Now I left and unfollowed him on Twitter too.

 

[MudoSkills]

Another thread title and OP copied 100% from Reset. I'm on to you, you strange little fella.

 

[supernova8]

"retired"

 

[Draugoth]

Another thread title and OP copied 100% from Reset. I'm on to you, you strange little fella.

hehehe

 

[MMaRsu]

"famous"

 

[Dick Jones]

So moved out of their position before the noose tightened. Better this than YouTube getting sued.

 

[deriks]

 

[Umbasaborne]

glad he's gone, he just spoiled shit a few days before an actual trailer dropped

Yep, and he acts like hes doing some great public service

 

[Kuranghi]

*trumpets playing*

I'm announcing today that I'm going to retire from talking complete shite. Thank you.

 

[Ronin_7]

Short Career he had.

 

[Davevil]

famous ? retire from what?

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I likes The Snitch. I mean, I guess I still do, dude didn't die or anything. For all the owls in the thread, dude was basically the best of the leakers, in so far as a good ratio of accuracy versus shit he got wrong, and less of his own "personality," in the mix as others. Dude was basically playing a character, and all these other assmunchers want to be treated like celebrities for deep cuts like "my insider says next God of War will have violence,"

Either way, I prefer expos and festivals and award ceremonies for reveals. Call me old fashioned.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

*trumpets playing*

I'm announcing today that I'm going to retire from talking complete shite. Thank you.