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Waaaaaay too generous at the end there.

I'm glad someone is still talking about this. The guy is literally just trying to wait it out.

Hey, I'm PantheonRadiance, one of the primary editors of the Wikipedia article for The Completionist. At 4:58, you mentioned that you made the mistake that Jirard left in 2019 and said it was because of the "poor wording" of the Wikipedia article. However, I feel I need to correct you on this misunderstanding. The source to that claim stated that he was a member of Normal Boots at one point, but it never explicitly stated the time period of when he was in the group. That was an issue with the secondary source rather than an error of poor wording. Wikipedia is based on verifiable info. It typically goes by what reliable secondary sources say about a topic - as in, reputable news sites as opposed to blogs, Fandom wikis or UA-cam videos - and avoids adding information that isn't found in any sources, which is called original research. The reason why the article didn't mention when he left is because we were unable to find a good source that states it correctly. Searching Jirard online, the issue is that there doesn't exist a secondary reliable source that directly stated when he left Normal Boots. If there were, we would have included said info in the first place. Sometimes even the best reliable sources can make mistakes or omit info. In those instances, the onus should be on sources to correct such mistakes first rather than Wikipedia. So many people often comment on Wikipedia's reliability without realizing that the articles on the site are only as good as the sources used to build them. You have to treat Wikipedia as a reflection of knowledge. If the mirror itself is broken, then Wikipedia will reflect that. Whenever you see an issue with false information on Wikipedia, ask yourself if it's an issue with the source first. If yes, then direct your concerns towards the author who wrote the source first. They will often respond and correct it accordingly. P.S. If you're going to cite Wikipedia as a source for your videos, the least you could do is share your appreciation for making it easier for you to conduct research in the first place. Thanks dor the video anyways.

PBG is proof that it isnt hard to just be a normal, non controversial guy

Remember guys, you have to pick a side and can’t think for yourself. Don’t be a fence sitter! Be a craven ideologue instead!

As lazy feminist, I never liked her

He still hasn't given any satisfactory answers as to why he did it. How could the money be held for years without him knowing? And if he was 'looking for the right charity' why did he mention names of ones he claimed he donated to?

The only people acting badly is him & his family. Also if people want to donate they can do it ditrct to the charity there is no need to give it to some random UA-cam guy who 'holds' it in a non charity registered account (strange) for a DECADE & only says or does anything when publicly called out.

Money DID go missing. There is so much deliberately obscured & vague statements from him its clear he isnt & wasn't telling the truth. He did whatever he could to hide the truth & keep as much money as possible whilst sweeping it all under the carpet.

That part about Alpharad is pretty yikes

Mickey Mouse.

Never meet your heroes man. This really disappointed me and unless Jirard gets his act together, I can't bring myself to watch his content ever again.

the omission of jontron's blatant racism in his section of the video is kinda crazy

Fraud is fraud. He is using his dead mother's name to scam people out of their money, disgusting....

He plays a great victim

Blah blah blah. Long story short: he really didn’t do anything bad. Everything here is absolutely blown out of proportion. Alternate title: Average twitter thread

He never really completed persona 5 royal.

Loved your video! Also, my first name is Alberto. We are kindred spirits!

Jilard the Conpletionist is such a sack. Using people to further himself before throwing them off the deep end if any controversy surrounded them I.e ProJared and Jontron but he’s of definitely kept that money if he hadn’t of been caught, just like his brother keeping 60k in charity donations for some T shirts. His golf tournament is definitely a money scheme which benefits his Daddy Charles and by default him and his sibling Such a scummy sleaze ball

His downfall is completely his own doing. He benefitted off of other peoples' charity and goodwill and used it for clout and image. Then when he got busted he didn't even donate all of the money that was donated (just a round number) and none of what was donated was even his money. Strangers donated more than him to combat the disease that he harped on about for years. Then when he finally got caught, he threatens the ones who pointed out the wrongdoing with legal action (even though he was practically begging them to not go public with it, veiled bribe and all, and pretty much admitted it was wrong). They didn't even donate all the money, just a round number to get people off his back. Amazing how you can be a "main funding support partner" of a university without any funding, support, or partnership whatsoever... I fail to see how he's trying to make any of his wrongs into right. He pretty much just went back to content, of a lesser quality, and nothing more. Sorry, that's not fixing anything, but just head-in-sand hoping it goes away eventually and he can come back. And before anyone says "he wasn't in charge of the foundation" or some other such nonsense, he was on the board and was a spokesperson. Apparently he had time to find 900 korok seeds, but couldn't make sure money was actually donated to combat the disease that killed his own mother. (and yes, I know he pays people to play the game for him).

greg rightfully wanted his pay

I disagree with JonTron but people need to let it go and should've not cared all that time ago. It blows my mind that JonTron is still far more controversial than someone like ProJared who recklessly encouraged sharing nudes (on whatever website he had), which is disgusting already but aside from that, his content is the stuff that only teenagers at best would be into.

The guy lied at every freaking turn. The recordings where he is begging them to leave him alone are such an obvious attempt of manipulation... hear his voice, how carefully he tries to be heard as someone about to cry, and as soon as they say they are not gonna go away, his sadness disappear, he remains calmed and thoughtful, much more careful, like he understands finally that manipulating them is not gonna work. And contradicts himself ALL THE TIME. Every time he speaks he looks like a liar. People are too soft, they allow him to keem manipulating their emotions. There's nothing authentic about that guy. I also feel sad for him, I can't prevent it, but I need to remember how he lied and how openly he manipulated his audience. If he is done in youtube, good ridance. I bet there's some charity with too much money that can use his "help". The main problem is that he never took it really, he just deflected the main acusations. He never admitted that he lied, instead he attacked the guys who uncovered everything. If he at least admitted his real mistakes, but will never be able to do it.

Jirard dyes his beard, can't trust him.

18:49 - Thank you for covering this as there needs to be more videos about this, but I have to let you know, at that minute mark, you are wrong. The money is missing. Jirard did not donate all of the money: bits, subs, super chats, merch sales-including the golf money. So money did go missing.

having completed sea of stars it's weird to hear how his cameo is gone. he had a sidequest in the village he's in too from what i remember.

He did not donate all of the money lol , look it up

18:37 THAT'S A STUPID REASON TO BE KICKED OUT & CANCEL CULTURE IS STUPID

His last completion video has him mostly off screen, alot of generalization and summarization compared to most of his other vids, like trying to rush through as fast as possible and that's been one of 2 vids with a dead period for about 3 weeks. Whole channel is just way off now.

Jontron wins at the end lol

hamburger interest

Nice intro.

Great video!

Damn I feel for Greg a little bit

Please do a more careful analysis of the crucial details. You state multiple times that the money were donated, which proves they weren't stolen. That is very obviously inaccurate. At the time of the donation, they should have had over 700k on their balance, yet they donated only 600k. Why the rest of the money wasn't donated? And 700k does not include the money they spent on their own expenses (despite claiming everything goes to a charity). And that amount does not include the missing golf tournament money. So with that included, there'd potentially be hundreds of thousands of dollars still missing. And also, regarding Jirard welcoming an audit and threatening a legal action - you claim it is confidence, what makes you say confidence and not a bluff? He has no control over the audit, and there are still no lawsuits (despite Karl and Muta making even more videos on the topic after the threat). So far it's nothing but a bluff.

He has not donated the money and he did pocket some money. He donated a rounded down number that did not include the year 2023 donations. He also said on every indie land stream "all subs and merchandise bought from me during this time frame is going to charity, i am not touching any of it" yet those sells are not reported or donated anywhere. He kept it. He gave the literal lowest amount he could to get the public off his back.

I really don’t like how you talked about jontrons opinions in this video. Like the things he said in that festivity debate were genuinely insane and really racist. It’s not just that ohhh the left don’t like his opinions he’s just kinda very arrogant and racist

Very well done and focused video. As someone who hasn't followed any of the Normal Boots people aside from the insane controversies that pop up Gerald has probably handled this the worst among the whole bunch. JonTron just made a non-apology and disappeared for awhile, ProJared kept quiet until he could show he might be a pervert but did nothing illegal (weirdly tried to start an OnlyFans, thinking people actually wanted to see him in a sexual context...), meanwhile Gerald mostly did things that only brought himself and his family under more scrutiny. Not even going into all the weird lies he's told about his personal life (the Best Buy stuff being laughable, acting like he was prompting up their entire game selling department) this has really made me think the worst of his family and that he was just kind of dragged along by them. Just way too much baggage in the background when it comes to his father, how they've a history running businesses in a shady manner, and how Gerald has expressed complex feelings of being afraid/wanting to make his dad proud makes me feel he felt forced to comply with whatever was suggested. I've heard some interesting theories that the charity money was being used as collateral for some sort of loan, apparently there some sort of legal loopholes to do so, and given how well it matches up with the odd gap between confronted about why it hasn't been donated for it to actually be done I can definitely see it being possible. But yeah end of the day the guy burned down his legacy pretty badly. I feel somewhat bad for him but given over the last few years he's also expressed his disdain for his "passion" I'm going to say it's for the best at this point. His groveling/bribery attempts were pathetic and following up with an "apology" which was more a series of threats put the last nail in the coffin.

Really great video

2:54 JonTron is BASED

I don't think Gerard handled any of this well, but I do believe it wasn't a malicious intent on his end, but him not properly paying attention and handling things and just leaving them for later on until it got this bad.

Now is the time for PBG to get a voice acting role in a video game. He wouldn't do anything to get it removed like his other normalboots brothers

After Greg left the show went to s**t

U never called u stepbrother, Daddy?

U ever call ur stepbrother, Daddy?

I'm still gonna call him a fraudster like he continues to call Jon a racist to this day. He gets what he gives and getting donations under a false premise is still technically fraud.

I grew up watching guys like The Completionist and everyone in Normal Boots and all the Hidden Block crew and Game Grumps and Two Best Friends play and sadly most of not all of those ended over "friendships ending" but it seems as time progresses there is more to them than just friends no longer being friends.

When i saw PBG i got scared for a minute, thank god there was nothing

He wants to regain his credibility? Fine, we'll see what he produces The main beef stems from his approach on accumulation to avoid paying a charity a cut, ensuring everything goes to the cause. It's fine on paper, as much as 35% can be taken if you do so. The part where it becomes a major issue is in health expenditures year by year and inflation. Since 2014 to 2022 the NIH saw research nearly double from 53 billion to 100 billion. Meanwhile inflation going from 2014-2020 is anywhere from 28.6% to 20% in lost value. I'm not going to pretend to know what the total loss of value actually is, but it's definitely higher than 35%, which mind you is among the highest deductions, for all we know it could be closer to 20-25 I'm willing to wait and see if only because this reeks more of overthinking how to beat the system and not accounting for the economy beating them back harder. However as someone whose Grandmother endured Alzheimer's Disease and helped raise around 15K dollars over six years it will always be a bit more personal for me on this blunder

I always found Greg to be annoying in the completionist l videos, his style of humor felt unfunny but I am glad he left and hope is he well