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Mern is not in fact a giant booby dommy mommy irl? My life is shattered and my heart is broken. How could you Mern?

Its just a list? Ive been doing it wrong...

Mern looking like a true Musician

I thought this video was gonna be slandering Belethor or something

The fact that 90% of his comments are clowning on him is very satisfying.

Let's gooo, I finally made it out Umbrael's basement! 💪

Imagine paying for a mod list lol

Come for the drama, stay for the hot face reveal 🤣🔥

Bad guy scammer. Handsome man warning the community. Was not expecting the face reveal but was not disappointed

I remember seeing this guys videos and laughing when i saw his modlists were locked behind a paywall.

Holy shit new MxR just dropped

"I'm an expert at schlongs what can I say?" Has got me cackling

At the risk of sounding like a boomer modder, this is exactly what I imagined when I first heard about wabbajack and mod packs and the various efforts to streamline mod installations. For the most part I've been pleasantly surprised, it's been great to see modding becoming less time consuming and more approachable, but it sucks to see someone taking advantage of the confusion to scam people. Also, cool glasses!

Mern: "You have got to be the *worst* scammer I've ever heard of..." Derek: "But you *have* heard of me!"

Skyrim modding community has a lot of personality and drama. This was a fun watch.

Truly the ultimate successor to MxR in body and spirit

I audibly gasped. The drama! Thanks for the extensive investigation Mern, I hope people are now more informed about this guy and steer away from his "modpack" lol

I find trial and error installations of mods more fun. It makes it feel more personal and gives you a sense of pride to have 1k mods that was individually installed and tweaked and not crash every 20 minutes. I've looked over all these various 'packs' and it just seems like a nightmare waiting to happen.. but one thing that has remained the same in the past 10+ years is the MODDERS DRAMA! 🤣

I find it so weird that people will pay for a paywalled list of mods but don't consider donating to the actual artists making the mods in the first place lol Besides that this dudes mod lists look like crap, you want a good game just download a decent texture pack, lux lighting, and picho, rudy or cabbage enb. Easy modernized skyrim gaming.

Derek looked at all of sinitar's controversies and said hold my beer.

Wait Skyrim drama and a face reveal? I am sold out.

Bro yeah i did not see anything on reddit, but i was getting all his video recomended to me, bro was using an AI voice and plugin his patron non stop for "his" modlists, first video i saw i was like: "ok this dude is just straight up charging for other peoples work on the laziest way as possible"

Thanks for making a video on this scammer. Derek named Omen ENB after me for whatever reason. It caused a lot of drama in my community because people thought it was my preset.

I litteraly saw him on a discord server 5 days ago, he was whining because people said his modlists are shitty lmao

what do you mean you're not a dunmer drag queen?

This kinda thing is why I am very hesitant to blindly support modders on patreon. Stuff like this is very, VERY, common with GTA modding

I was expecting a scam behind these candy videos, but I wasn't aware of this absolute rabbit hole - nor the amount of people giving them MONEY! 💀 Informative and professional as always, Mern! Way to put the Skyrim community on the map 👁️👄👁️

The ENB fiasco from a couple of weeks ago was so hilarious. Hey man...always enjoy your content!

Damn this is such scummy behaviour. As someone who is fairly new to the skyrim modding community, thank u for raising awareness on this as its easy to fall for traps when youre new to this. Especially considering that i saw Derek commenting on my videos not too long ago Great video, great face 😘

Oh and there I thought you were talking about the snake oil salesman of Skyrim modding, Sinitar. Or that mod thief, MrSkyrimGTX.

Nice to finally put a face to the voice Mern. Also nice that you took the time to investigate and report on this. Keep up the good work, and mod it till it crashes.....Then mod it some more. > ; ) Nico

Thank you for the report. Showed me a lot that I didnt know about this Derek guy..whew.

Oh, i thought we were talking about sinistar gaming?

8:24 hey thats me :) when i was trying to pull evidence on the guy when the chaos was going on about this derek person at the time.yea i totally knew this dude was a scammer,the hatred and all.then wants to justify on his omen enb that was a pirated cabbage enb claiming it was free shaders.and seeing this modlist he had there i knew was a legit scam too.

Never heard of the guy before, but this is excellent. Thank you so much for producing this very informative video.

This is why its better to just make your own mod pack the old fashioned way….you know install them yourselves. Anyone who paywalls streamlining a modlist that isnt your mods, is an ahole. Mod manager is free and vortex is free.

Not only does it give us a bad name, it’s also incredibly disheartening. I’ve been doing this for about four years now, publicly and freely sharing everything I can and doing support for about eight hours a day, and it’s incredibly hard. Seeing someone swoop in, do less than the bare minimum, and make over a thousand bucks a month selling other people’s work…it makes me want to stop. It makes me think that the general public does not value time or effort or honesty. And given the fact that support is…well, to support bugs and fix them, it’s hard to only see negative comments for so many years. Anyway, sorry for the rant. Thank you for the video. Derek has been on my radar for a while but I’ve been too physically and emotionally drained to do anything about it. You did a good job and earned a new subscriber out of me, and I’ll go ahead and pop a link to this in my discord as well.

Great video, as always. Thank you for bringing this to your attention. I have to say I've been watching you for a while, and it's nice to see how your channel has grown.🙂

Ooooooh, Skyrim drama. Love it. The author of the Phoenix Flavor Wabbajack list did a full Google doc expose of Derek Diablo a while back. It's worth a read if you have the time.

I love the new video format! You could use it when you do this kind of video talking about the community or some people in it, and stick with the old one for the mod showcases.

This reminds me of SkyrimGTX, an old mod-scammer who'd steal character presets, tweak them slightly, then sell them. And out of curiosity I checked his prices in an email and it was like 20 bucks, it was ridiculous.

Mern spilling the tea was not what I was expecting to see today. My Guy, I appreciate you doing your homework, citing your references, clarifying what is an allegation or fact. Things like this can cause drama waves, for sure, but in essence, it's an attempt to protect the community. Sometimes you just have to use your platform to call someone out. Thanks for managing to keep your humor and voice authentic whilst still maintaining the serious message of Derek's schemes. On another note, I use Manta sleep masks and will never go back! Mine is ready for replacement, I'll be sure to (very gratefully) use your discount code. You didn't even mention that the eyepads are thickened to keep the light out, whilst keeping the pads themselves away from the eyelids (great for girls who wear makeup while they sleep), and that you can adjust the pads because they velcro to the mask. It's THE BEST eye mask.

In all my time modding skyrim, I never thought there would so much drama lol

My first time subscribing to a patreon account which is derek diablo and he never did once help me fix any of the mod list problems, his "24 hour assistance" complete bull and his AIO installer is fake as he advertised it when it was not even ready. Thank you for shedding light on this Mern you the best.

YES! Finally someone prominent in the community is openly exposing this guy. Lets goo!!

Surprised you mentioned PureDark for monetizing DLSS, but not Pascal Gilcher for monetizing a Reshade shader that was promised to be free, yet it's still behind a 5$ paywall, even after almost 2 years.

Great you addressed this subject Mern. There's a new bunch of litters in the Skyrim modding scene doing this. Hyping their "modlists" (which are mostly taken from Nolvus) with some incompatible, not tested mods added and then selling the "mod guides" on Patreon. Then you realize you actually paid for a mod list and not an actual mod guide with a step by step installation and troubleshooting support. EDIT: Can't anyone send all this proof to Patreon so they ban him there too?

Last week only I was thinking about Derek diablo that he's a scammer you find a good mod list nowadays anywhere on reddit or some truly next gen ones like NOLVUS

This was an unexpected video, and I thank you for it. Also, thanks for all of your videos. They got me back into modding.

Thanks for the update, and your videos .

dunno if you gonna read this mate, but I love your content, and you have an awesome voice. you should definitely do podcasts or elder scrolls audiobooks. (how about a mod where you'd read all the books of skyrim as soon as you opened them ingame (there's already a mod like that, but I don't like the guy's voice to be fair) your voice on the other hand is really easy on the ears. also I love your videos and the way you edit them. you put a lot of work and love in them, that's obvious. I actually thought you were older based on your voice. you sound very calm composed and mature. keep doin what ya do best. cheers mate.

I've heard of other people do the same I believe. I forget what this guys name was but he locks his modpack or whatever behind patreon for 1 dollar, I even found out they do not have permission from some mod authors. I'd have to go digging to find this person again.

Most surprising thing was realizing that's just your normal voice.

Way too expressive to hide behind Umbrael. Born for this shit my man

This is a really well-made video. I would love to see you cover other things unrelated to Skyrim.

I saw some of the trailers, but I've never really tried whole mod packs before, legitimate or otherwise, so it just passed me by. Glad to know what to watch out for now

Hey Brother, I've been a Skooma Runner on your Patreon for a while. My one-year anniversary date will be September 4th. Just wanted to say two things. First love all the content you have published. Following your videos and suggestions has made my Skyrim addiction incredibly fun. Your Merch Rocks and every penny I have spent in support of your site has been worth it. Second, I joined the Patreon you were discussing in this video a few months back, and Quit the following month for the very reasons you detailed. Thanks for the great content you as always are Awesome!

STOP MAKING ME WANT TO MOD SKYRIM IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BG3 PLAYTHROUGH!!

lol, I came across this guy's videos last year actaully. At the moment I thought it was somekind of big overhaul mod project but then I saw the words "modlist" and "patreon" together and just laughed for a solid minute.

Gopher taught me everything I know about modding, crazy to see folk following guides this wild.

This was very entertaining to watch ! Also, do you plan to stream skyrim modding along with Starfield ?

I've tested his buggy setup for myself and...you're absolutely right! His "Golden Crapp-List" is what it is. Thank's for your perfect reserch. Love your content!

Thank you so much for posting this !! I thought something was off with this guy !! I’ll post in Patreon before I cancel my membership. Thank you again!

Face reveal. Always awesome!!! Have to say I missed the Skyrim depicted ads though. Your a master at that and I’m always looking forward to it with a new video release!

Honestly I did not expect mern to come out looking like vanoss 2.0

i laughed out loud after hearing "paywalling modlists and guides"

Derek reminds me alot of Arjarim lmao. He paywalls his mod settings and mod lists as well.

So a sociopath was caught. I'm glad for your work, Mern! :D🎉

Thanks for taking the time to make this Mern. it's a shame it's on a sour topic but it is useful information for indaviduals looking into modding for the first time (myself included.)

So busy struggling with my Ostim on why the Hud control sometime disappearing, never knew that Skyrim Modding got a lot of drama happening in the background. Lol And thanks for the video and the face reveals. Its nice to see someone talking sensitive topic like this but not hiding behind something. You could know the news is legit.

When I saw the title of this video I immediately thought "What's Daymarr done now?"

It is sad that there are people like this in the Skyrim Modding community i am not surprised thanks for the report Mern :)

Thanks for the video man been seeing his vids in my feed good to know

Welcome to the Schlong Experts Circle, my dear friend =D

Finally someone with a sizeable following talks about this guy.

The only one click installed aside wabbajack is the NOLVUS list which as its own installer and also provide options straight from the installer without any steps after install (contrary to wj list where you have to do some work if you are using 21/9 settings for example)

Thanks for made this video, i'm not youtuber but when i saw his first video i thought somebody must reveal this scammer.

Great exposé, Mern! Glad to see that DerekDiablo is getting some public coverage on his extremely predatory behavior. Have you contacted PureDark yet to tell him that he's knowingly providing his paid content without permission? I think PureDark could actually seek legal action against him due to his license.

And here I thought this was a reference to a merchant in game

Should do a video on SkyrimGTX as well. That guy was a huge scammer too.

I remember watching one of his modlist videos which had motivated me to go back to Skyrim and mod again (You too Mern). Never bothered to click his links though, I’m not surprised since this been a age of scamming people so it was only a matter a time before it reached to the Skyrim community just sucks to see it did already.

This is why Nolvus is the GOAT

Woah this character preset that Umbrael is using rn is so realistic it even has Mern's voice in it. What's your modlist for this?

Derek gone fucked up with cabbage. Messed with the wrong vegetable.

A lot of his mod lists don't even work and mods listed aren't even showcased.

I would love to hear your input on the nolvus modpack/modlist!

What???? Are you saying that you aren't a sexy succubus dark elf? I feel betrayed

I don't even know how to use synthesis 😭. It looks super confusing and the only thing i need it for is immersive equipment displaysfor the left side sheaths. Also I stayed for the drama but subscribed because you're funny and pretty hot! Also the drama is so fun sometimes.

Umbrael: What a man, my god✨‼️

Gotta admit I've let myself lure in to subscribe to his patreon by his false promises and flashy presentation of his modlists. Thank you Mern for making this video and clearing thinks up for other people, especially for those new to the modding community.

the face behind the smooth voice.

Wow you look exactly as I imagined you would lol. Thanks Mern for all the fantastic content over the years, I'm going to get a new PC and get back into modding again soon.

I like your channel here and the stuff over at the guild

There are a lot more concerning issues with Derek, to be honest. Like the fact that he included SexLab and full nudity mods in "I Remastered Skyrim's First Person Combat | 2023 Overhaul" and the video isn't even age restricted. And the fact that he spent 4 minutes showing off the "Skyrim - Director's Edition Character Creation | 2023 Showcase [4K]" which is just him throwing in RaceMenu by expired6978 and clicking through the menu for a bit with a *fake* thumbnail, and then just running around for the rest of the video casting spells at the floor and walking menacingly through Rorikstead (at which point his game crashes, better leave that take in!). Also, the performance in several of his videos is *terrible* despite him claiming to have a 3090 - in some cases I saw framerates *in his recordings* as low as 6 fps. I think he's mad about being banned from Wabbajack, as well, as in the Golden Wind trailer he has an arrow pointing at Uthgerd the Unbroken labeling her as "Halgari" and then immediately showing his character beating the shit out of her. Very hinged fellow. The sheer number of broken mods and the shit "installation instructions" are just icing on the cake. Download something better and save your money, there are plenty of FREE lists on Wabbajack that will give you better performance, stability, and gameplay experience.

Incredible journalism Mern! Pls more!!!

Honestly this entire scenario is abysmal. The moment I went to his Patreon and saw that the modlist had to be paid for, I turned back. I’m glad I didn’t subscribe to him. Congrats on getting out of Umbrael’s basement bro!

I do not believe in so-called intellectual property. Once you publish something, it is, by nature, part of the public domain. However, that fact still does not allow a person to take credit for someone else's work. Derek sounds like a complete scam artist trying to make money while doing nothing to add any value to his "work."

it seems so scummy to Paywall a list of mods that are public, and they're not even his to begin with. It also is embarrassing that he wasn't able to get a Wabbajack list made lol

Damn funny coming from a discord that banned me because I dared to tell someone that there was a site reuploading all banned mods, without any warning message or request to discuss it.