Gamer Girls

JOHN RIGGS has been making A LOT of videos about electric bicycles and scooters of late. They’re 100% advertisements. “Use my promo code”. “Use my affiliate link” “They sent me a bike to review.”

NOBODY is watching these videos.

It all started with this video that I reviewed here:

This Heybike Tyson Ebike is the Best way to Ride – John Riggs

It was an ad, I knew it was an ad, but I appreciated that it was something different. Because I’m not really interested in listening to people talking about video games.

In the video, John Riggs says that he’s never ridden a bicycle before and he basically says that his opinion is worthless. It’s true.

So what did these bicycle companies do when they saw that video? Flooded him with bicycles for him to “review”. “Who better to review our bicycles than a fat, middle aged man who never rode a bicycle in his life? And his audience is all obese, middle aged, unmarried men with no children who live in their mothers’ basements and would have heart attacks if they ever attempted any form of exercise.”

John Riggs accepted all of these free bicycles because he has no integrity whatsoever. He will shill for absolutely anything. He shilled for things that were CLEARLY scams, such as that company that offered you “shares” in somebody’s smelly old pair of sneakers, and openly admitted in the comments that they were scams and it’s for the viewer to do their own research.

But the best thing is that nobody is watching these videos.

Here’s the second one he did. It got 5,000 views. Not too bad for an advertisement.

It’s basically a mobility scooter. Actually, this might be a suitable product for John Riggs to shill for. He’s a big fat guy who could probably use a mobility scooter as are most of his audience. He posted that on 28 September.

20 October he posts another bicycle review. 2,500 views, 17 comments. Things aren’t looking good, John. People seem to be catching on that these are ads and they don’t like it. Not one bit.

He leaves a comment:

• “I’m still doing videos on video games, too, I promise, but I really got into these electric bikes and electric scooters recently.”

Somebody calls him out on this, “Is that why you link to buy with a code? Because you’re super into them?”

It’s bullshit. John Riggs is a lying fuck who will shill for ANYTHING.

Here’s the next one. 30 October, so ten days after the last video. 2,300 views.

The comments are full of vitriol.

• “Your content is getting dull”
• “Boring, your channel is becoming to heavy with promos….”
• “Another sponsorship video that has nothing to do with games….channel is getting stale”
• “Do you really need money this badly bro?”

John Riggs replies, “Nope, I didn’t get paid for this.”

The original poster comes back with, “you have an affiliate link if people buy it. ‘I didn’t get paid up front for it’* Fixed it for you”

Somebody else says, “he likely got it for free”

Of course that’s the case. He’s getting all of this shit for free in exchange for an “honest review”. An “honest review” as long as it’s positive or else that’s the last bike you’re getting.

• “John, love you and love your content but, too many promo vids in such a short space of time? I’m not gonna be nasty like some people have been but, could these not be spaced out more? Also, please bring back open cart surgery!”

John Riggs replies, “OCS tomorrow 🙂 And I love ebikes and escooters.”

Which is obviously bullshit. He’s just doing this because they’re sending him this shit for free.

So somebody else replies, “$1700 ebikes don’t pay for themselves!”

Another person says, “To be fair, I think we’d all be less critical if it was a Ferrari. What do you think John? Maybe give them a call?”

John Riggs, ever the shameless shill, says, “I know, I review one bike, then other companies reach out asking to send theirs. It happened when I reviews projectors and monitors and recently those mini pcs. I should review a rolex and see what happens.”

Hey, if somebody sends me an expensive product, I have to make a video on it. It’s just common sense. What do you want me to say? “No”? Don’t be ridiculous.

• “Only commenting out of respect for the channel — the e-bike content feels like just taking advantage of us, the passionate retro video game and nostalgia audience, to get some unrelated expensive stuff for free. You could always start a new e-bike channel but that wouldn’t have enough followers to get the free bike for review. It’s not that deep but, it does feel like we’re being used”

Some lunatic replies, “what a weird take”

How? That guy was dead on. That’s exactly what’s happening here. What the fuck do electric bicycles have to do with video games? He’s only doing this because, inexplicably, these companies are sending him the bicycles for free in return for an “honest” (positive) “review”. From a guy who’s never ridden a bicycle before.

So John Riggs replies, “I plan on starting a new channel just for ebike and escooter stuff. But I’ve also done other non-gaming reviews on this channel in the past, too. A little for everyone. I appreciate the concern, though. Many share your sentiment.”

He plans on creating a channel consisting of nothing but advertisements. Let’s see how that works out.

Why can he not admit that these are advertisements? Everybody knows it. This is not a little side project passion of his. We can see the affiliate links. We can see the promo codes. We can see that you were given these bikes in exchange for an ad. Don’t try to portray it as some innocent hobby of yours that you want to share. It’s insulting to our intelligence.

• “A few to many sponsored videoes off and on topic these days, just my two cents”
• “Yeah but I get it. Imagine you could get your kids a free bike by just reviewing one for ten minutes”

Do they need ten bicycles?

So the guy comes back, “my worry would be that my subscribers grew tired and started to unsubcribe”

John Riggs says, “Ialso do cereal reviews and travel videos. I don’t always do video game stuff (though it’s what I mostly do) I have a new passion for these electric bikes and scooters.”

This fat fuck could not be honest if his life depended on it. Fortunately, he gets called out yet again.

• “you’ve never one time mentioned it before the sponsorship.”
• “of course you would ‘gain a passion’ if you are being given bikes for sponsorship”

John Riggs says, “Sorry for the confusion. This was not a paid promo, I do love ebikes and scooters, just like I like old video games, just like I like breakfast cereal, just like I like to fix broken games, just like I like new indie titles on Switch and other modern consoles. If you happen to see a thumbnail or headline for one of my videos talking about something that doesn’t interest you, it’s okay to skip it as there are always more Open Cart Surgery videos coming up.”

These are ads, you lying piece of shit. Stop claiming otherwise.

He posted this THE NEXT DAY.

• “Please quote reviewing scooters and bikes….you a game channel…. unsubscribe may be in order.”

John Riggs says, “You have the luxury to unsubscribe anytime, and I’ll always be around if you get curious enough to check out my channel again when it pops up talking about cereal or travel or video games or indie games or VR or whatever else I do on my channel.”

Doesn’t care that his subscribers are livid over this barrage of ads, he’s going to stay the course.

Next day, another ad for bicycles. 442 views at this point.

Only two comments. One is John Riggs giving an affiliate link. The other is, “This isnt appearing in anyones subscriptions for some reason”.

Maybe Youtube flags ad videos and won’t put them in the subscription feed. That would be useful.

Another day, another bike ad.

• “How long have you been talking about PEVs? I have a few myself and let me tell you, I thought collecting video games would be my most expensive hobby”

John Riggs replies, “only recently. I got into them. I’m doing a few on this channel but putting them all in an ebike/escooter channel soon.”

He flat out refuses to admit that these are ads. He insists on pretending that this is his new hobby. It just happens to coincide with the sudden surge of free bikes that he’s been getting in exchange for doing these ads.

Next day, we get yet another delightful ad for bicycles. Or scooters or whatever you want to send to John Riggs in exchange for an ad. Jes-Extender should get in touch.

• “How many motorized scooters or bikes do you have now?”

John Riggs replies, “haha, about 10, but plan on donating some for charity and Christmas coming up in December.”

He’s not donating shit. Why would he? These are all going on Ebay.

So that’s the latest ad. He posted it today. As long as companies keep sending him bikes, we can expect more of this “content” every day.

Just admit that these are ads. Can you at least do that? The people who leave comments on his channel are typically not retarded. It’s a welcome change from the genuine retards who Erin and the like seem to attract. We all know that they’re ads. It’s preposterous to say otherwise. You look like a fucking idiot by denying it and it’s insulting that you think we’re going to believe such blatant lies.