Editing Smasher:MagicScrumpy

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = MagicScrumpy
| mainssbm      = Peach
| 2ndmainssbm   = Young Link
| skillssbm     = Low level {{retired}}
| realname      = Jeremiah Joslin
| alias         = scrumpy
| birthday      = 4
| birthmonth    = 9
| birthyear     = 1997
| location      = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| country       = United States
}}

'''MagicScrumpy''', or simply '''scrumpy''', was a smasher from [[Michigan]] that was very popular for his content creation, where he specialized in creating [[mod]]s and [[TAS]]es for ''[[Melee]]'' on [[YouTube]]. By 2017, his main YouTube channel, which focuses on ''Melee'', exceeded over 100,000 subscribers; his second channel titled "redfuzzydice" had over 40,000 subscribers; his [[Twitch]] channel had nearly 9,000 followers (and non-public amount of subscribers); and his [[Twitter]] account had over 12,000 followers.

==Series==
MagicScrumpy produced a number of different video series centered around ''Melee'', though most of the videos are no longer available online:

*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHq_9wgaCklRVZUo2PN1h6_cgKx_jfRo What If?]: A series focused on changing an aspect of a character and then featuring a [[TAS]] [[montage]] that shows off what it would look like if the character had that changed trait, typically taken from another character. These videos could range from tame concepts like "''What If {{SSBM|Fox}} Had {{SSBM|Falco}}'s {{b|Shine|Falco}}?''", to concepts that were entirely absurd like "''What If Fox's Lasers Were [[Falcon Punch]]es?''". This series was the bread and butter of scrumpy's channel, making up the majority of his content.
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHq_9wgaCkkU6JNfTL0J568Z8fpmT2Eo Rebalancing Melee]: Also known as the "Viable" series, scrumpy rebalanced characters to make them better or worse, and occasionally overpowered. This series would prove controversial however, as aside from frequent criticism scrumpy received for his balancing decisions in these videos, it would become subjected to a [[Smasher:MagicScrumpy#SD Remix Plagiarism|plagiarism scandal]].
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHq_9wgaCklrI04LqZJtCv7-Zmj8UgLF Turbo Mode]: These videos were montages where scrumpy mods [[Turbo Mode]] into ''Melee'' and produced flashy tool-assisted combos utilizing it.
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHq_9wgaCkmN2isbXa_e78VzH4SnrDRC WarioWare: Smash Bros Edition]: A short-lived series that featured parodies of the ''WarioWare'' games if they were ''Melee''-themed.
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHq_9wgaCkk2gX6rlJulTFbDIkm8IZ6U Shitty E-Sports Commentary]: A short-lived series where scrumpy voiced famous ''Smash'' moments in the most monotone voice possible.
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHq_9wgaCklEkhbKKTyiR_sMvmDkjxfe Miscellaneous Melee Videos]: This playlist that contained ''Melee'' videos with no main theme.

==Controversy==
===600 Hours & TAS===
Uploaded on June of 2015 was one of MagicScrumpy's most notable videos, a supposedly non-[[TAS]] {{SSBM|Young Link}} [[combo video]] titled ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZbvh4hfx6o 600 Hours]'', titled such because scrumpy claimed to have gotten the footage for the video over the course of playing 600 hours of [[Netplay]]. The video got a lot of attention on his channel and in community spaces<ref>https://xx.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/39y2ie/600_hours_a_combo_video_by_magicscrumpy/</ref>, for being a very impressive combo video full of elaborate [[advanced technique]] usage that featured a character seldom-seen in competitive play. The community largely believed the video was legitimate at the time despite scrumpy never demonstrating any exceptional skill at the game before or after the video, with scrumpy himself claiming that "3 minutes of highlights over 600 hrs of gameplay can make anyone look good",<ref>https://xx.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/39ygbf/600_hours_a_young_link_combo_video_by_magicscrumpy/cs7ofgi/?context=1</ref> but it came under greater scrutiny in late 2016 when multiple community members started accusing the video of being tool-assisted, albeit with mostly circumstantial evidence.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/5cxyga/ddt_magicscrumpys_ylink_combo_video_titled_600/</ref> However, prominent community statistician {{Sm|PracticalTAS}} took note of a [[reddit]] comment bringing up a much more decisive point as to the nature of ''600 Hours''<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/5d5lqo/i_think_i_have_nearly_conclusive_proof_that_600/da3zfik/</ref>, with the comment pointing out how scrumpy recorded his footage using the [[20XX Melee Training Hack Pack]], which features a "rainbow" modification of {{SSBM|Final Destination}} that periodically cycles through stage colors. The Final Destination colors that appeared in ''600 Hours'' were greatly inconsistent with the [[time]]r values they appeared at (assuming the standard Netplay match setting of 8 minutes), prompting PracticalTAS to investigate the video further.

On November 25th, 2016, PracticalTAS posted his full study of ''600 Hours'' on r/SSBM.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/5ekzfe/my_last_words_on_magicscrumpys_young_link_the/?st=j2xx97ps&sh=12084834</ref> Alongside the inconsistencies in the Final Destination colors, PracticalTAS observed an unnatural, greatly lopsided distribution in the tens digit of the starting timer values on each clip, with 12 out of 19 combos starting at timer values of ...:5X, and 4 out of the remaining combos starting at ...:3X to ...:4X. Using a [[wikipedia:chi-squared test|chi-squared statistical test]] and comparing ''600 Hours'' to other well-known combo videos, he concluded that this deviation was statistically significant by "several orders of magnitude," which could not be explained by random chance. PracticalTAS concluded that ''600 Hours'' was TAS, arguing that MagicScrumpy had changed the starting timer and [[stock]] count to lower values to hide that his combos were not done in the middle of real games, but rather immediately as each game started, using tool assistance to execute each one.

MagicScrumpy did not publicly address this issue for months; however, members of his public [[Discord]] posted screenshots of him reacting inappropriately to the situation while it unfolded.<ref>https://imgur.com/a/y4Ax2</ref> Notably, he admitted to putting unskippable advertisements on ''600 Hours'' to gain revenue from those looking to scrutinize the video, and harshly attacked the community, while dismissing the accusations as "drama" that he would disprove once the initial outrage had settled. Around this time, community members remembered that he had submitted ''600 Hours'' to a combo video competition hosted by [[MIOM]] with a cash prize of $100 USD for 1st place, although he did not win.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/3c2dba/congratulations_to_the_miom_2015_combo_video/</ref> This further fueled the outrage, with many denouncing him for submitting a tool-assisted video, viewing said action as dishonest and fraudulent, which would irreparably damage his reputation in the ''Melee'' community.

Months later, on March 2nd, 2017, MagicScrumpy posted a Pastebin link on his [[Twitter]] account responding to the situation, which he has since deleted. He admitted that parts of ''600 Hours'' were tool-assisted or staged, but maintained that some clips were real; however, he did not indicate which of the combos fell into which category. He claimed that the song he wanted to use for the video was too long, and that he did not have enough real clips to fill out its length, leading him to fake some of the combos to fill the empty space. scrumpy also claimed that he was unaware that the combo video competition had a cash prize. The community largely deemed his apology somewhat insincere before it was removed.

===SD Remix Plagiarism===
On November 29th, 2016, {{Sm|Ripple}} posted a reddit thread on r/SSBM showing that MagicScrumpy had copied exact data values from ''[[Melee: SD Remix]]'' for his ''Rebalancing Melee'' series and claimed them as his own.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/5fkeg7/magic_scrumpy_has_been_copying_values_from_sd/?st=j2xx94qj&sh=31f24153</ref> Ripple claimed that he had plagiarized from ''SD Remix''{{'}}s {{SSBM|Zelda}}, {{SSBM|Link}}, {{SSBM|Donkey Kong}}, {{SSBM|Ness}}, {{SSBM|Mr. Game & Watch}}, and {{SSBM|Bowser}}; of particular note was his plagiarism of a mistake that the ''SD Remix'' team had made involving an attempt to make Link's {{mvsub|Link|SSBM|up smash}} connect properly. This would only further damage his reputation in the competitive ''Melee'' community, particularly because he had previously criticized ''SD Remix'' at the outset of his series for making characters too powerful.

Following these accusations, MagicScrumpy removed the download links for each of the plagiarized "Rebalanced" characters, but did not make a statement addressing the controversy. The majority of his videos were hidden from the channel in early April 2022 after the issue was brought to light again that year, and the channel remains abandoned, while scrumpy himself has not been involved in the ''Smash'' community in any known capacity since.

==Trivia==
*MagicScrumpy was  known for speedrunning other games such as ''Super Mario Sunshine'', which his channel featured some videos of. He also became a subject of controversy in the speedrunning community however, when a ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' speedrun he uploaded to his channel and submitted to the [https://www.speedrun.com/smb1/run/9mrkwq8y speedrun.com leaderboard] was later found to be TASed.<ref>https://np.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/5cxyga/ddt_magicscrumpys_ylink_combo_video_titled_600/da1b86u/?context=2</ref>

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/MagicScrumpy Twitter account]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ-GmmYFkLbxvpyDR7fU__Q YouTube channel]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLignB5Xr1L18PluS0_-Lcw Second YouTube channel]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/magicscrumpy Twitch channel] {{Dead link}}

==References==
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