When a trader says buy he's trying to offload his product/shares. If a trader says sell then he's trying to increase his position in the product/shares.
When I started watching Rudy like five years ago, he was legit. The second he started becoming a market maker he started doing what was in the best interest of his family. Ethics went out the window
No you didn't. Lol. Rudy is a scammer and gives almost zero info on how finance works other than how to set up his viewers to be scammed or become scammers themselves.
I watched the video that was taken down. Rudy's issue with LSS was that they reprimanded him for undercutting the cost of Flesh & Blood on his Patreon. He said that now that they were bigger he was expecting them to pull him up on the behaviour. He then said that he would stop buying and selling FaB because he couldn't under-cost them to his Patreons. It was a really gross admission of taking advantage off smaller companies.
I dont get Rudy. On one hand he mentions that Amazon dumps MTG undercutting LGS yet he does the same with a monthly subscription model similar to Amazon (?)
He's a grifter...that's what you have to understand. He makes like several hundred thousand from his Patreon followers every month on top of his RUclips channel. He doesn't care about LGS, he doesn't care about the health of the game. He says what he says to get people interested in his channel, he says what he says to get people interested in 'investing' in cardboard so they'll pay for his Patreon chasing this dream of making money off of cards. It's all a lie.
I've been watching Rudy since 2017 and a patron since 2019. I think some people take him too seriously. His channel is primarily an entertainment channel slanted toward the world of cardboard, so don't believe you're going to become a cardboard millionaire like him. As for his Patreon, I haven't bought anything in awhile, since I prefer set boosters to the draft boosters he offers. It's worth it for me purely for the entertainment value and his behind-the-scenes commentary. His stance on grading isn't as cut and dry as you make it sound. Especially in the early days he was heavily into BGS and PSA cards, but he's always said it's not worth the grading premium if you think you'll grade less than a 9. For rougher cards, the only real benefit is authenticity confirmation, and even that's debatable. My only real beef with Rudy is his channel inadvertently (or maybe intentionally!) encourages a substantial number of content creators to either credulously parrot his talking points (often without mentioning their sole source is Rudy) or make endless negative videos about him in a desperate attempt for views. I think this video is a mostly balanced take, however😉
Appreciate the comments. Yeah I try to have my own perspectives on things but I’m certain that I have been influenced by many other content creators. I know a lot of MTGGF’s stuff makes it to my channel. But part of that is also they are discussing hot topics that are hot for everyone.
His channel is for investment advice when he gets an occasional win, but his channel is only for entertainment purposes when he sells crap bundles for absurd prices. It sounds like you believe Rudy wins no matter what he says or does. You sound like an obsequious follower of a multi-faced con artist. If he wasn't ripping people off I am sure the amount of negative feedback wouldn't exist. Rudy purposes that anyone on RUclips faces this type of criticism, but he knows that people hate him because he is constantly ripping people off. I am sure a lot of people would love to see Rudy get in their face with his I ripped you off so what are you going to do about it attitude without him hiding behind the digital veil. Rudy is scum and the sooner that people figure it out the better off they will be.
To each his own. Sorry that you have decided to pay a monthly fee to enrich an individual like Rudy. Lets add up 5 years of Patron expense to Rudy and look at what true benefit you have gotten financially.
I don't think he changed his opinion on grading. I believe this deals with perspective. From the perspective as a grading company, he would want to join as people would be grading to mark up the cards as they are now in slabs. It would be a solid source of revenue for Rudy. From the perspective of a single buyer, he definitely still stands on preferring to not buy graded cards due to the mark up. Contradictory due to wearing multiple hats, but that's the fact as he's a collector and a business owner.
Thanks for your thoughts. I'm a long time Rudy Patreon. I like his videos (where he makes his real money). Rudy has been open about who he is. He tells you in the video he's a scumbag investor, but people think it's a joke. It's not. When people tell you who they are, BELIEVE THEM! I know what I get with him and I'm okay with that. If you don't like it don't buy from him. It truly is that easy.
I agree with you but he's not an 'investor'. Unless by "investing" you mean grifting his Patreon followers and some viewers. People throw that term around way too much and it's lost all its meaning.
Agreed. It's a little annoying how quickly he flipped on card grading ever since he bought majority of PCG. Most of his videos have some sort of plug for the company and it reeks of CEO founder hype talk
He hasn't flipped on card grading. If you ask him now, he will still tell you that grading cards is generally not a sound investment, and isn't worth it unless you're specifically doing it for aesthetic or protective purposes. He literally said the other day that anything graded lower than an 8 isn't worth having in a slab at all. I'd agree with you if he were saying your card would inherently be worth more if graded; he has not. He's just said that the slabs look great, and have metal engraved labels as opposed to standard printed ones. Just consider him shilling PMG to be a paid advertising sponsorship, with the caveat that he's essentially sponsoring himself by giving PCG a free 30-60 second ad.
@@CGoody564 Yep, I don't think he ever said grading is entirely a bad idea. Just that for the vast majority of situations, it is terrible. He has cards worth more than most people earn in a year. So of course grading and preserving those cards is a good thing.
@@blastingoff that can't be true; that would mean Rudy isn't hosing anyone. Clearly he is. I don't know how, but he is. Oh, he's also a scalper AND undercutting stores somehow. I think he might be a wizard
I used to like listening to rudy's longer videos, because he genuinely seemed like he wanted to teach people things. But then he totally boned all his patrons with his BS 700 dollar mystery boxes, and my affection totally died. To be clear, I have never been a patron, never bought a box, and never supported him financially. But watching people open those boxes was depressing. Rudy had a real opportunity to do something special for his loyal supporters and he gave them worthless garbage and his own promos that only have value because he manipulates the promos this way. This made it clear to me that he has zero care for his followers, and he truly is just a business trying to make money. His followers truly are timmys, and he literally calls them this to their face. And they give him theur money. It blows my mind how naive and unintelligent people are. Putting someone on a pedestal that sees them as piles of money.
I could not have said it better. People don't understand that Rudy being a stock/bond broker (salesman) is little better than being a used car salesman. Basically, Rudy is a dirtbag with no desire to enrich anyone but himself.
He just wanted to hurt LSS and Metazoo so he can pump one piece and sorcery and soon lorcona even though he talked so much s**t about it and was to cowardly to keep it up like a man instead hide behind a paywall 😂😂
I liked Rudy for the first 2 years of his channel but eventually the content got pretty repetitive. He is also why I never touched FaB… he was in so early with the financial side of things that it made people speculate more than a brand new game should have. I’m sure that speculation paid off for folks. But it didn’t pay off for the people that wanted to play the game.
What exactly is preventing people from playing the game? People here in Brazil are playing it just fine. And our income is much lower than the american / european.
@@davironanbelo7956 I haven’t looked at the game since it came out and it was all people speculating on boxes/singles. The launch of the game turned me off.
It did actually pay off for people playing the game. You can buy any set or card, they’re all out there. It helped increase popularity and helped the game overall! 👍
I don't think Rudy is a scammer, but he certainly is not talking or creating content for the benefit of the audience. This is proven by how he hyped and pumped stupid products like Metazoo. Apart from his old video about "financial perspective" most of his videos are about clowning around and hyping products. When I watched a content creator talk about a product, I want them to be in it because they truly believe in the product. Not just because they have some insider benefits. That is why I like you talking about GA, or guys like Red zone rogue talked about FAB. You guys seems to really like and appreciate the products.
When rudy complains about print runs, he doesn't actually want to sell less boxes, he wants no one else to get product so he can be the sole gatekeeper and charge what he wants.
Wait so the OP states he learned a lot from Rudy with respect to investing in MTG? Yet I see comments below from Rudy defenders that he is primarily an entertainment channel so all his investment advice in modern sealed was for entertainment purposes only? This argument reminds me of the cigarette manufacturers who slap a warning label on their product thinking it absolves them from advertising how cool smoking was. Yes, Rudy has always said his goal is to make money, but only recently has he finally come forward to say he is not here to help your community. That was his non-apology apology. Per the bankruptcy video of a former Rudy patron, Rudy burned a lot of patrons for his enrichment. The fact that his channel churns through patrons should be a red flag. The guy is rich enough.
The worshippers always contradict themselves just like their daddy. Wrong/lie = entertainment. Right = financial genius. Box go down = entertainment. Box go up = investment genius.
Great take on ol uncle Rudy. Ive always taken his opinion with a grain of salt but now its a cup of salt. Dont think hes a scammer but he, as you pointed out, is less independent than ever before.
How can you sit there and say he didn’t scam people when he sold metazoo boxes for $700 when they are now under $50? All of 2021 Rudy complained about scalpers ruining the hobby and here he is doing the exact same thing. He hurts the game when he sells boxes, undercuts stores, then provides no place for players to play the game. If I was a store, why would I carry product when it will just sit on shelves until the Amazon dump or the Rudy dump. Make it makes sense
Fab is struggling but it moving to a player base which is healthier for the game as a whole. metazoo is dying (argent saga 2.0, exodus 3.0) argents saga is dead sorcery has partnered with rudy so he will undercut and bleed the game dry (alt art alpha promos to sell his bundles is giving me metazoo red flags) but honestly mtg has saved my ass yugioh is hit or miss for me I have some stuff that is doing very very well and others that I have been contemplating just opening for singles. In short do your own research and don't listen to anyone who has promos made around a game since they are catering to their bank account over accuracy.
I just got called a Rudy Simp yesterday! Very cool. I think Rudy is very obviously in it for himself, which makes him come across more genuine to . He often says that he's not in it for the "community", but to make money for himself. If he wasn't as up front about that I wouldn't like him as much. There are often times though he's partial with the truth though. You can't say you're losing money on boxes when you're receiving monthly memberships to gain access to them. How often is he getting a subscription but not actually selling the boxes to people!?..and I know this for a fact cause I'm one of them! I love Rudy for the entertainment. If you take him any further than that, that's on you. I think people think I'm simping for taking his side over LSS with the recent drama. It just seems like LSS is a little sensitive when it comes to criticism. Great video, love your stuff too....oh god am I simping for SolarGames now!? Dammit.
You just contradicted yourself just like Rudy. You love him because he “tells the truth”. Yet you admit he’s lying when he says he’s losing money. Which is true. The man supposedly who is in it for the money, for some reason is always losing money lol. The best is when he says he is selling at a loss “to give back” lmao. The worshippers just eat it up.
Im a fan of rudy. The metazoo pump and dumps are pretty gross to me, but other than that i find him entertaining. It is kind of mind blowing that he has managed to gather such a large following of people willing to invest so heavily.
his metazoo actions were just standard business practice for him. He buried thousands of people in MTG as well. Consider his best investment, which was pokemon, he deemed crap and put in his bathroom. Got tha one COMPLETELY WRONG. His second best return on investment, was the Metazoo sales to his victims. FaB another winner for Rudy and his patreons got buried again.
@@theboringchannel2027 it’s hilarious the Timmy’s think his money comes from “investing” when it all comes from selling them “investments” and collecting his monthly Timmy fees
It's hard to trust someone that makes a video about how lgs DONT want your graded cards just to buy pgc. It seems like he burned alot of people so this is his out for now until the hate over metazoo pump dies down but hey it not like this hasent happened with exidos and argent saga before hand and now sorcery is his golden child seems like a cycle at this point.
I cant trust Rudy; whenever he opens packs or wholesales, he lies about what he opens. I saw him open "Circle of Protection: Green" and he said it was "Circle of Protection: Rudy" The dude straight up lied. Totally disappointed.
Rudy will do whatever is in Rudy's best interest just like all of us. The difference is people like to listen when he says they should buy something but they won't listen when he clearly tells them he's going to make money off of them. I don't agree with 90% of what Rudy says but if you're responsible enough to watch his videos without your hand on your wallet, you'll get a ton of entertainment value out of him.
You're misunderstanding the situation if you think Rudy doesn't make a ton of money from Patreon. No...he doesn't make money off the boxes. He doesn't care about making a margin off of the boxes as much as he is interested in keeping his subscription model going. Why would he need to profit 5% or 10% off a box of Magic when he gets an up front $15-$20 per month from all these suckers thinking they'll be able to flip the cards? Even 3-4 years ago he was making upwards of $250K a month from his Patreon subs alone. Any margin on top of the cards would be an ancillary benefit. He's just gotten greedier as time has gone on. Why do you think Netflix and Audible gives you 1 month free up front? They're not making any money off of that, they are losing money by using their streaming bandwidth and content fees...but long term as a subscriber you're just paying them every month whether you watch the content or not, that's how they make their money.
You do know shipping is about $10-15 right? For a case of 6 boosters. But I also think if you enjoy the content of a RUclipsr you can consider supporting them by paying them monthly. That isn’t a bad thing. They are giving you content.
Regarding the grading stance flip: I don’t think that’s all true Mark, he was against, and still is against grading vintage mtg. He never really was against grading in general or grading other games. He was just saying as a vintage collectors he stopped buying graded cards since they don’t even grade well anyway
I find it most telling that he now pushes sub grades as a selling feature of his grading company, when be used to dog on them all the time and say they were meaningless.
Rudy has been entertainment to me since Day 1. Having his cheap mtg options available was just a bonus, if willing to take the risk. Always will be a fun chapter for me, and love to flex the t-shirts at the LGS.
He started selling out of print overstock and pushing 90 days post release sales ... until he caught up with printing and built his relationships with distributors ... now he sells at release day ... miss the old days hahahahahahahahha
Rudy completely changed the culture of MTG collecting. I got into magic on a whim in 2017, but wasn't really digging the ultra nerdy culture and such. Then I found Rudy and knew guys like me had a place in this game/hobby.
at boxing day my lgs got rid of its stock of metazoo 1$/booster so I bought 1 to see the quality of the cards. I found that it was quite close to the chaotic game cards released in 2006-2007
I think your assessment of Rudy on his approach to grading card is a bit unfair. There is no reason a person who dislike a certain thing cannot also like a business selling that thing. Much like even if Warren Buffet does not think Gold is a good investment, he will have no issue buying a gold mining company if he thinks it's a profitable business. If Warren Buffet thinks torys are a waste of money doesn't mean he cannot also like a toy company who sells toys for a profit. A personal opinion and a business assessment is not mutually exclusive. Rudy dislikes graded cards as a product and he likes grading company for its business model has absolutely nothing wrong with it. He also goes out of his way to say how he really have no passion for Pokemon and yet he can respect its market. This is much the same thing.
He still sells draft boxes at $89, which to my understanding, is probably some of the best pricing? Perhaps not for all of the sets if they tank on release or something. But in any case they're not $100+ as I believe you mentioned. I do agree that the collector box prices are kind of underwhelming some times. Especially with the first LOTR set - I think he sold them for like 395 when they were initially going crazy, and I have to imagine that it cost him far less than that to acquire. I don't have an issue with him trying to make money and sell into hype - I get it - but then why would I buy those from you when I could probably find that price elsewhere? Sometimes he does give pretty good prices but it seems you have to buy like 2 cases or something. I'm still a patron, but I do think a lot rides on how he is able to price the new Play boosters. I would guess that's going to be more expensive for everyone and I don't know what distribution pricing will be like, but I guess most stores will sell for like 150-160? So yea if he can get them closer to 120 or whatever distribution winds up being, I'd be okay with that. I think consolodating draft and set boosters might make the Play booster subject to more preorder hype and price spikes, so if he can offer them at a consistant price without upcharging due to hype, I'm good with that. But if he just does like, TCG Player price - 5% I don't think it's worth it anymore.
@@fatmakesyoufat I...don't think that's true at all. Not saying that certain things can't dip down on Amazon during sales or something, but for example, Wilds of Eldraine Draft is $111 on Amazon right now vs $89 (tax and shipping) with Rudy.
@@ullrich Well I automatically know you are a timmy based on bringing up tax. If you are still paying sales tax when buying an "investment" you are a timmy. second, I'm not saying amazon has cheaper prices 100% of the time. What I am saying is at some point in the products life it will be cheaper on amazon than rudy. Getting the best price when "investing" is important.
@@fatmakesyoufat I'm saying that his price is $89 flat - tax and shipping are included in that. So that makes his price even better than the $111 on Amazon because you'll still pay taxes on top of that Amazon price. The same kind of thing is true for TCG Player - you might find something listed at like, $80 or $85, but you have to pay tax and shipping on top of that. I'm not sure how you purchase a product from a vendor without paying sales tax - if they don't charge tax after a purchase that just means it's been factored into the price already (unless they're taking a loss or a hit to their margins for you). Of course getting the best price is important, whether investing or not. That's why I don't ALWAYS buy from Rudy - but his draft boxes are typically the best price I'm able to find. Not saying that makes him the 100% absolute best deal, just saying it's cheaper than a lot of alternatives available to me. But look, I'm not claiming to be Gordon Gekko, nor did I originally say anything about "investing." Also, why are you trying to be condescending? You said "LITERALLY everything" he sells can be bought cheaper on Amazon - I'm just replying saying that is LITERALLY not the case by providing an example. I even acknowledged that prices on Amazon might dip below his prices from time to time (although they haven't really lately). If you meant something different, you could have just clarified rather than pouring on the snark. Just try to have a normal human conversation and don't try to dunk on people on the internet, man. I'm not trying to call you out or argue.
I just looked up to see what happened to Alpha Investments, but what I see in the Chat is a bunch of angry Timmies. I think, Like wizards of the coast, Rudy is making money hand over fist over the game everyone loves/hates and he did warn people about certain investment schemes early on or why this pull is worst than that pull. In the grand scheme of things people get upset over making a poor choice and having someone to blame. That's like buying a lottery ticket and getting made about not winning and when you are not winning you are losing and guess what losers do, blame someone else for their poor choices. So what are you commenters? Losers? I don't buy cases or boxes because the MSRP of cards is wild already with random reprints and the only thing that really holds value is the restriction list. Knowing that I buy singles, because I play the game and don't collect the game so maybe try to do that more instead or understand the idea of getting hosed. I don't get on hype trains, but I see sore losers who take a risk and blame someone else for it often enough.
You are right. But for him to market it as 1. The value should be at or above the price 2. A celebration of ALL the games he supports. 3. Something that he wanted to give back to the “community” made it worse.
@@SolarGamesllc the kit looked terrible to be before it was even revealed. I had no interest in it . I did feel bad for people especially after watching the openings
I would also say that the Arabian nights mat was extremely well done . I love mine I wish. I would have bought2. That and the the sorcery kits are what I’m liking.
Hehe, indeed. That PCG deal shifted some perspective to him advertising their service. Is it bad? Dunno, I still don't bother much with grading. As Rudy often said, anything below a 9/10 is not worth the bonus in most cases (pun intended). One correction I gotta do: The draft boxes are still sold at $89 shipped to the US for several draft and one set box as well.
Let me first say I like Rudy in the space, he is fun to watch and does have some good info if you can parse it from the BS. However, Rudy's Grading company is worthless, we have had PCG here in australia for a while now, I saw an Underground Sea graded PCG 9.5 sell for less than an ungraded one, and that happened this week!
@@SolarGamesllc Well the price is roughly the same + 10% EU tax on UK import and vat is 21% thats why mtg sellers here can undercut stores they do not pay VAT. We also can not subtract inventory from profits we can only do that when we actually sell an item so if I buy a bbox for 100 I can not book 100 as a loss on my profits until i sell the box for lets say 110, after the sale I can book -100 loss for the box and 110 gain eg 10 profit. and then I need to pay 33-48% tax on my profit and that is what a company earns here. In short if you buy 10k worth of inventory and you dont sell it you just lost 10k of your funds with no tax benefits except vat return. the 10% Euro tax can be booked as costs.
I respect your content. However, Rudy has LIED to his customers and he has a lot of deception. I don't support his Pump and Dump, I respect he is taking care of his family. I also take care of my family, I don't lie to my customers to maximize my profits. Him speculating something will do well, I don't hold it against when he speculates something will go high in value when it doesn't. But his showing fake values is absolutely disgusting.
So your sensitive about every single thing rudy says and then you say “im not gaining anything from this video”, thats bullshit, your using his name and brand in your title to get clicks…? You have everything in the world to talk about whatever you want and get clicks but you’re using his brand.😂
I could be wrong because I've only been a Rudy Patron for like, a year and half and following his videos for maybe 2, but I've watched a lot of his backlog of videos and I don't know that I ever got the impression that he felt like card grading was 100% a scam without exception. What I can remember of his stance was that basically anything under a 9 wasn't worth being in a slab because the raw card might be more valuable. For example, if you have a card that looks really great (no blemishes, good centering, corners, etc etc), then it might be worth grading, or if you got a pack fresh vintage card with good centering...I feel like he wouldn't have an issue with that. But if it has any centering issues or blemishes, it's probably better to keep it raw. Now, I'm not sure but I think that's in relation to vintage MTG more specifically but I could be wrong - I'm not sure that he commented much on grading other games or even newer MTG. I also think that he often directed most of his ire at the wave of small grading companies that seemed to pop up in the 2020/2021 boom, probably because they didn't have the same credentials and brand trust as Becket or PSA. So I'm not sure that he unilaterally disliked grading companies. As far as him buying a controlling interest in one of those smaller companies, my understanding is that he was going to be fairly involved in guiding the quality of the service. So if you have issues with the way cards are graded and you have the ability to buy into one and apply your standards to it, that doesn't seem that hypocritical to me. Again, I could be wrong about all this but that's just the impression I got from what I remeber seeing.
Rudy is disliked because he and his exclusive group of whales manipulate the markets for personal gain, not to actually advance the playability of the game for the entire community.
FOLKS! People just hate on Rudy. he is no better or worse than your average business man. You seize opportunities when you see them. You take advantage of situations when you can. He doesn't do anything malicious to anyone. People are free to make their own decisions at the end of the day. People hate on Rudy for the same reason anyone would hate on anybody....He's got it going on, and you don't...plain and simple. Human nature to hate on success.
You don't think those overpriced garbage bundles were sold without malicious intent. That's an interesting take on selling an investment that has almost no chance of appreciating.
Typical Rudy defender with all the old, tired tropes. I "hate" so therefore I am not successful. Personal accountability blah blah blah. Taking advantage of someone's hopes may not seem malicious but sure does sound callous.
Looking out for your best interest is one thing and selling expensive bundles that you know aren't worth it is another. Fab bundles, Metazoo, bundles, and anniversary bundles were all absurdly overpriced garbage that he marketed to people that were upset with WOTC and people that know next to nothing about investing. You can look out for your own interest without preying on weak and feeble minded people especially when you are already a millionaire. Rudy can't be trusted.
Why is the jealousy argument being used to defend a guy who ripped people off and then went on RUclips to throw it in their faces? It's absurd to think people are jealous of the big scum bag that rips people off and brags about it.
Lmfao classic Timmy. Everyone is jealous of Rudy. No not of musk, gates, Buffett, bezos we’re all jealous of the guy hoarding boxes trying to pump metapoo lmfao
@@chasingchases6678 What's wrong with hating a guy that rips everybody off all the time. Nobody is watching videos on how they made money with Rudy because these people don't exist. People hate what Rudy is doing, but Rudy hates most people so he feels no guilt in ripping them off.
@@scotthelgert6473 who is "everybody", when did this mass "rip off" happen and what "product" was not sold under msrp? Iam really curious been watching since like theros haven't seen or heard about this.
Alpha investments is just that. Content creator who got some notoriety now pumps and dumps products. Isn't RUclips social media all about maintaining viewers and sponsorships. His popularity got tons of sellers offering him collections at bottom basement prices. He has tens of millions $$$ in singles and box he has accumulated over the years. Lets be honest he is a businessman and a opportunist. Don't get me wrong Rudy offer some good content but as of recent its "all" business.
If you dig back into the Ruby archives you will see that his view on grading evolved. The basis of A.I was to have a full graded set of Alpha 10s. His perspective changed based on repeated examples questionable outcomes. So he buys into a company to leverage a market shortfall.
When a trader says buy he's trying to offload his product/shares. If a trader says sell then he's trying to increase his position in the product/shares.
When I started watching Rudy like five years ago, he was legit. The second he started becoming a market maker he started doing what was in the best interest of his family. Ethics went out the window
I have learned more about how finance works from Rudy than from anywhere else. Can’t complain about that.
No you didn't. Lol. Rudy is a scammer and gives almost zero info on how finance works other than how to set up his viewers to be scammed or become scammers themselves.
@@t.yop9 You got me. I lied about learning.
@@t.yop9at least he is not a troll 💯
I watched the video that was taken down. Rudy's issue with LSS was that they reprimanded him for undercutting the cost of Flesh & Blood on his Patreon. He said that now that they were bigger he was expecting them to pull him up on the behaviour. He then said that he would stop buying and selling FaB because he couldn't under-cost them to his Patreons. It was a really gross admission of taking advantage off smaller companies.
I dont get Rudy. On one hand he mentions that Amazon dumps MTG undercutting LGS yet he does the same with a monthly subscription model similar to Amazon (?)
He's a grifter...that's what you have to understand. He makes like several hundred thousand from his Patreon followers every month on top of his RUclips channel. He doesn't care about LGS, he doesn't care about the health of the game. He says what he says to get people interested in his channel, he says what he says to get people interested in 'investing' in cardboard so they'll pay for his Patreon chasing this dream of making money off of cards. It's all a lie.
I've been watching Rudy since 2017 and a patron since 2019. I think some people take him too seriously. His channel is primarily an entertainment channel slanted toward the world of cardboard, so don't believe you're going to become a cardboard millionaire like him. As for his Patreon, I haven't bought anything in awhile, since I prefer set boosters to the draft boosters he offers. It's worth it for me purely for the entertainment value and his behind-the-scenes commentary. His stance on grading isn't as cut and dry as you make it sound. Especially in the early days he was heavily into BGS and PSA cards, but he's always said it's not worth the grading premium if you think you'll grade less than a 9. For rougher cards, the only real benefit is authenticity confirmation, and even that's debatable. My only real beef with Rudy is his channel inadvertently (or maybe intentionally!) encourages a substantial number of content creators to either credulously parrot his talking points (often without mentioning their sole source is Rudy) or make endless negative videos about him in a desperate attempt for views. I think this video is a mostly balanced take, however😉
Appreciate the comments. Yeah I try to have my own perspectives on things but I’m certain that I have been influenced by many other content creators. I know a lot of MTGGF’s stuff makes it to my channel. But part of that is also they are discussing hot topics that are hot for everyone.
Why does it bother worshippers so much when they talk about their daddy?
His channel is for investment advice when he gets an occasional win, but his channel is only for entertainment purposes when he sells crap bundles for absurd prices. It sounds like you believe Rudy wins no matter what he says or does. You sound like an obsequious follower of a multi-faced con artist. If he wasn't ripping people off I am sure the amount of negative feedback wouldn't exist. Rudy purposes that anyone on RUclips faces this type of criticism, but he knows that people hate him because he is constantly ripping people off. I am sure a lot of people would love to see Rudy get in their face with his I ripped you off so what are you going to do about it attitude without him hiding behind the digital veil. Rudy is scum and the sooner that people figure it out the better off they will be.
To each his own. Sorry that you have decided to pay a monthly fee to enrich an individual like Rudy. Lets add up 5 years of Patron expense to Rudy and look at what true benefit you have gotten financially.
I don't think he changed his opinion on grading. I believe this deals with perspective. From the perspective as a grading company, he would want to join as people would be grading to mark up the cards as they are now in slabs. It would be a solid source of revenue for Rudy. From the perspective of a single buyer, he definitely still stands on preferring to not buy graded cards due to the mark up. Contradictory due to wearing multiple hats, but that's the fact as he's a collector and a business owner.
Thanks for your thoughts. I'm a long time Rudy Patreon. I like his videos (where he makes his real money). Rudy has been open about who he is. He tells you in the video he's a scumbag investor, but people think it's a joke. It's not. When people tell you who they are, BELIEVE THEM!
I know what I get with him and I'm okay with that. If you don't like it don't buy from him. It truly is that easy.
I agree with you but he's not an 'investor'. Unless by "investing" you mean grifting his Patreon followers and some viewers. People throw that term around way too much and it's lost all its meaning.
Agreed. It's a little annoying how quickly he flipped on card grading ever since he bought majority of PCG. Most of his videos have some sort of plug for the company and it reeks of CEO founder hype talk
He hasn't flipped on card grading. If you ask him now, he will still tell you that grading cards is generally not a sound investment, and isn't worth it unless you're specifically doing it for aesthetic or protective purposes. He literally said the other day that anything graded lower than an 8 isn't worth having in a slab at all.
I'd agree with you if he were saying your card would inherently be worth more if graded; he has not. He's just said that the slabs look great, and have metal engraved labels as opposed to standard printed ones.
Just consider him shilling PMG to be a paid advertising sponsorship, with the caveat that he's essentially sponsoring himself by giving PCG a free 30-60 second ad.
@@CGoody564 Yep, I don't think he ever said grading is entirely a bad idea.
Just that for the vast majority of situations, it is terrible.
He has cards worth more than most people earn in a year. So of course grading and preserving those cards is a good thing.
@@blastingoff that can't be true; that would mean Rudy isn't hosing anyone. Clearly he is. I don't know how, but he is. Oh, he's also a scalper AND undercutting stores somehow. I think he might be a wizard
The Ryan Reynolds effect .... build your position on many things, and always push it out every chance you get! Money makes money!
I used to like listening to rudy's longer videos, because he genuinely seemed like he wanted to teach people things. But then he totally boned all his patrons with his BS 700 dollar mystery boxes, and my affection totally died. To be clear, I have never been a patron, never bought a box, and never supported him financially. But watching people open those boxes was depressing. Rudy had a real opportunity to do something special for his loyal supporters and he gave them worthless garbage and his own promos that only have value because he manipulates the promos this way. This made it clear to me that he has zero care for his followers, and he truly is just a business trying to make money. His followers truly are timmys, and he literally calls them this to their face. And they give him theur money. It blows my mind how naive and unintelligent people are. Putting someone on a pedestal that sees them as piles of money.
I could not have said it better. People don't understand that Rudy being a stock/bond broker (salesman) is little better than being a used car salesman. Basically, Rudy is a dirtbag with no desire to enrich anyone but himself.
if you buy any "mystery" box, you're getting what you deserve.
He just wanted to hurt LSS and Metazoo so he can pump one piece and sorcery and soon lorcona even though he talked so much s**t about it and was to cowardly to keep it up like a man instead hide behind a paywall 😂😂
Clearly ya didn't see the video
@@Freebird462 sure did 3 times it’s not everyday u get to see Rudy just about cry
@@andrewlopez9697 finally someone else acknowledges it. He literally was an the verge of crying lol
I liked Rudy for the first 2 years of his channel but eventually the content got pretty repetitive. He is also why I never touched FaB… he was in so early with the financial side of things that it made people speculate more than a brand new game should have. I’m sure that speculation paid off for folks. But it didn’t pay off for the people that wanted to play the game.
What exactly is preventing people from playing the game? People here in Brazil are playing it just fine. And our income is much lower than the american / european.
@@davironanbelo7956 I haven’t looked at the game since it came out and it was all people speculating on boxes/singles. The launch of the game turned me off.
@@davironanbelo7956 they want it like yugioh where every card is 5 cents
It did actually pay off for people playing the game. You can buy any set or card, they’re all out there. It helped increase popularity and helped the game overall! 👍
Rudy and You are my 2 main people I watch for info and opinions.
Many Magic the Gathering Players are asking the Question: What is your third most watched MtG channel? 😄
Well played 😂 @@stefanpaetrow6355
I don't think Rudy is a scammer, but he certainly is not talking or creating content for the benefit of the audience.
This is proven by how he hyped and pumped stupid products like Metazoo.
Apart from his old video about "financial perspective" most of his videos are about clowning around and hyping products.
When I watched a content creator talk about a product, I want them to be in it because they truly believe in the product. Not just because they have some insider benefits.
That is why I like you talking about GA, or guys like Red zone rogue talked about FAB. You guys seems to really like and appreciate the products.
When rudy complains about print runs, he doesn't actually want to sell less boxes, he wants no one else to get product so he can be the sole gatekeeper and charge what he wants.
Wait so the OP states he learned a lot from Rudy with respect to investing in MTG? Yet I see comments below from Rudy defenders that he is primarily an entertainment channel so all his investment advice in modern sealed was for entertainment purposes only? This argument reminds me of the cigarette manufacturers who slap a warning label on their product thinking it absolves them from advertising how cool smoking was. Yes, Rudy has always said his goal is to make money, but only recently has he finally come forward to say he is not here to help your community. That was his non-apology apology. Per the bankruptcy video of a former Rudy patron, Rudy burned a lot of patrons for his enrichment. The fact that his channel churns through patrons should be a red flag. The guy is rich enough.
The worshippers always contradict themselves just like their daddy. Wrong/lie = entertainment. Right = financial genius. Box go down = entertainment. Box go up = investment genius.
Great take on ol uncle Rudy. Ive always taken his opinion with a grain of salt but now its a cup of salt. Dont think hes a scammer but he, as you pointed out, is less independent than ever before.
How can you sit there and say he didn’t scam people when he sold metazoo boxes for $700 when they are now under $50? All of 2021 Rudy complained about scalpers ruining the hobby and here he is doing the exact same thing. He hurts the game when he sells boxes, undercuts stores, then provides no place for players to play the game. If I was a store, why would I carry product when it will just sit on shelves until the Amazon dump or the Rudy dump. Make it makes sense
To be fair I was standing the whole time.
Don’t forget monarch to 1k lol 500 to 75.
Fab is struggling but it moving to a player base which is healthier for the game as a whole. metazoo is dying (argent saga 2.0, exodus 3.0) argents saga is dead sorcery has partnered with rudy so he will undercut and bleed the game dry (alt art alpha promos to sell his bundles is giving me metazoo red flags) but honestly mtg has saved my ass yugioh is hit or miss for me I have some stuff that is doing very very well and others that I have been contemplating just opening for singles. In short do your own research and don't listen to anyone who has promos made around a game since they are catering to their bank account over accuracy.
@@SolarGamesllc HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SHIT CONTENT CREATOR IS FUNNY AND IRONIC. Dudes doing tricks on it to defend another shit creator. lmao 2024.
Rudy Bezos
will you do One piece in your patreon?
Hard to get my hands on OP. I'm still trying. If I could I will yes.
If you are able too you'll earn my sub for sure@@SolarGamesllc
I just got called a Rudy Simp yesterday! Very cool. I think Rudy is very obviously in it for himself, which makes him come across more genuine to . He often says that he's not in it for the "community", but to make money for himself. If he wasn't as up front about that I wouldn't like him as much. There are often times though he's partial with the truth though. You can't say you're losing money on boxes when you're receiving monthly memberships to gain access to them. How often is he getting a subscription but not actually selling the boxes to people!?..and I know this for a fact cause I'm one of them! I love Rudy for the entertainment. If you take him any further than that, that's on you. I think people think I'm simping for taking his side over LSS with the recent drama. It just seems like LSS is a little sensitive when it comes to criticism. Great video, love your stuff too....oh god am I simping for SolarGames now!? Dammit.
Calling anyone a simp isn't an argument, so it's easy to dismiss.
Rudy is just fun entertainment to me. i am not a buyer of cases and cases of product. i do like to listen to Rudy's take on launches and print runs.
I don’t care what they call you. I just care that you…. STAY CLASSY
You just contradicted yourself just like Rudy. You love him because he “tells the truth”. Yet you admit he’s lying when he says he’s losing money. Which is true. The man supposedly who is in it for the money, for some reason is always losing money lol. The best is when he says he is selling at a loss “to give back” lmao. The worshippers just eat it up.
Im a fan of rudy. The metazoo pump and dumps are pretty gross to me, but other than that i find him entertaining. It is kind of mind blowing that he has managed to gather such a large following of people willing to invest so heavily.
his metazoo actions were just standard business practice for him.
He buried thousands of people in MTG as well.
Consider his best investment, which was pokemon,
he deemed crap and put in his bathroom.
Got tha one COMPLETELY WRONG.
His second best return on investment,
was the Metazoo sales to his victims.
FaB another winner for Rudy
and his patreons got buried again.
@@theboringchannel2027 it’s hilarious the Timmy’s think his money comes from “investing” when it all comes from selling them “investments” and collecting his monthly Timmy fees
You are a seer in the trading card game space. What else do you foresee for 2024?
It's hard to trust someone that makes a video about how lgs DONT want your graded cards just to buy pgc. It seems like he burned alot of people so this is his out for now until the hate over metazoo pump dies down but hey it not like this hasent happened with exidos and argent saga before hand and now sorcery is his golden child seems like a cycle at this point.
Rudy hasn’t changed, he is genuinely an evil floppy taco investor and that’s what makes him unique
The statement about One Piece was a big one on reprints I hope Bandai considers his input.🎉❤
Couldn't agree more with damn near everything you said in this video.
Corner a market and create scarcity seems like the play here imho.
It's easy too scampi someone but it's hard to convince someone they are being scammed!
He is a PRO scammer. Weak people believed his lies and got hosed.
I cant trust Rudy; whenever he opens packs or wholesales, he lies about what he opens.
I saw him open "Circle of Protection: Green" and he said it was "Circle of Protection: Rudy"
The dude straight up lied. Totally disappointed.
Rudy will do whatever is in Rudy's best interest just like all of us. The difference is people like to listen when he says they should buy something but they won't listen when he clearly tells them he's going to make money off of them.
I don't agree with 90% of what Rudy says but if you're responsible enough to watch his videos without your hand on your wallet, you'll get a ton of entertainment value out of him.
You're misunderstanding the situation if you think Rudy doesn't make a ton of money from Patreon. No...he doesn't make money off the boxes. He doesn't care about making a margin off of the boxes as much as he is interested in keeping his subscription model going. Why would he need to profit 5% or 10% off a box of Magic when he gets an up front $15-$20 per month from all these suckers thinking they'll be able to flip the cards? Even 3-4 years ago he was making upwards of $250K a month from his Patreon subs alone. Any margin on top of the cards would be an ancillary benefit. He's just gotten greedier as time has gone on.
Why do you think Netflix and Audible gives you 1 month free up front? They're not making any money off of that, they are losing money by using their streaming bandwidth and content fees...but long term as a subscriber you're just paying them every month whether you watch the content or not, that's how they make their money.
You do know shipping is about $10-15 right? For a case of 6 boosters. But I also think if you enjoy the content of a RUclipsr you can consider supporting them by paying them monthly. That isn’t a bad thing. They are giving you content.
Lets go! I still love his content. He has his pros and cons.
Regarding the grading stance flip: I don’t think that’s all true Mark, he was against, and still is against grading vintage mtg. He never really was against grading in general or grading other games. He was just saying as a vintage collectors he stopped buying graded cards since they don’t even grade well anyway
he said numerous time he doesn't understand grading modern cards as far as I remember
I find it most telling that he now pushes sub grades as a selling feature of his grading company, when be used to dog on them all the time and say they were meaningless.
He’s a business man of course he’s going to change his mind based on the amount of money grading is making him.
Rudy has been entertainment to me since Day 1.
Having his cheap mtg options available was just a bonus, if willing to take the risk.
Always will be a fun chapter for me, and love to flex the t-shirts at the LGS.
He started selling out of print overstock and pushing 90 days post release sales ... until he caught up with printing and built his relationships with distributors ... now he sells at release day ... miss the old days hahahahahahahahha
I do too
To be fair, nothing is the same price it was a few years ago. So him raising prices makes sense. Great video!
Thanks for this
Everything LSS offers… I need less of in my life. Great video
Guns you play magic lol? Nice 👍🏻
Rudy does stuff like this for a reason. They reasons may suck, but can't blame a youtuber for youtubing
Rudy completely changed the culture of MTG collecting. I got into magic on a whim in 2017, but wasn't really digging the ultra nerdy culture and such. Then I found Rudy and knew guys like me had a place in this game/hobby.
at boxing day my lgs got rid of its stock of metazoo 1$/booster so I bought 1 to see the quality of the cards. I found that it was quite close to the chaotic game cards released in 2006-2007
bro predicted metazoo shutting down
So Rudy should only charge what he pays for things... No profit at all. This is a very naive (at best) view.
Been watching Rudy recently and I like the guy he's funny. But definitely get sleazy card salesman vibes
I think your assessment of Rudy on his approach to grading card is a bit unfair. There is no reason a person who dislike a certain thing cannot also like a business selling that thing. Much like even if Warren Buffet does not think Gold is a good investment, he will have no issue buying a gold mining company if he thinks it's a profitable business. If Warren Buffet thinks torys are a waste of money doesn't mean he cannot also like a toy company who sells toys for a profit. A personal opinion and a business assessment is not mutually exclusive. Rudy dislikes graded cards as a product and he likes grading company for its business model has absolutely nothing wrong with it. He also goes out of his way to say how he really have no passion for Pokemon and yet he can respect its market. This is much the same thing.
He still sells draft boxes at $89, which to my understanding, is probably some of the best pricing? Perhaps not for all of the sets if they tank on release or something. But in any case they're not $100+ as I believe you mentioned. I do agree that the collector box prices are kind of underwhelming some times. Especially with the first LOTR set - I think he sold them for like 395 when they were initially going crazy, and I have to imagine that it cost him far less than that to acquire. I don't have an issue with him trying to make money and sell into hype - I get it - but then why would I buy those from you when I could probably find that price elsewhere? Sometimes he does give pretty good prices but it seems you have to buy like 2 cases or something.
I'm still a patron, but I do think a lot rides on how he is able to price the new Play boosters. I would guess that's going to be more expensive for everyone and I don't know what distribution pricing will be like, but I guess most stores will sell for like 150-160? So yea if he can get them closer to 120 or whatever distribution winds up being, I'd be okay with that. I think consolodating draft and set boosters might make the Play booster subject to more preorder hype and price spikes, so if he can offer them at a consistant price without upcharging due to hype, I'm good with that. But if he just does like, TCG Player price - 5% I don't think it's worth it anymore.
Literally everything he sells can be bought cheaper on amazon
@@fatmakesyoufat I...don't think that's true at all. Not saying that certain things can't dip down on Amazon during sales or something, but for example, Wilds of Eldraine Draft is $111 on Amazon right now vs $89 (tax and shipping) with Rudy.
@@ullrich Well I automatically know you are a timmy based on bringing up tax. If you are still paying sales tax when buying an "investment" you are a timmy. second, I'm not saying amazon has cheaper prices 100% of the time. What I am saying is at some point in the products life it will be cheaper on amazon than rudy. Getting the best price when "investing" is important.
@@fatmakesyoufat I'm saying that his price is $89 flat - tax and shipping are included in that. So that makes his price even better than the $111 on Amazon because you'll still pay taxes on top of that Amazon price. The same kind of thing is true for TCG Player - you might find something listed at like, $80 or $85, but you have to pay tax and shipping on top of that.
I'm not sure how you purchase a product from a vendor without paying sales tax - if they don't charge tax after a purchase that just means it's been factored into the price already (unless they're taking a loss or a hit to their margins for you). Of course getting the best price is important, whether investing or not. That's why I don't ALWAYS buy from Rudy - but his draft boxes are typically the best price I'm able to find. Not saying that makes him the 100% absolute best deal, just saying it's cheaper than a lot of alternatives available to me. But look, I'm not claiming to be Gordon Gekko, nor did I originally say anything about "investing."
Also, why are you trying to be condescending? You said "LITERALLY everything" he sells can be bought cheaper on Amazon - I'm just replying saying that is LITERALLY not the case by providing an example. I even acknowledged that prices on Amazon might dip below his prices from time to time (although they haven't really lately). If you meant something different, you could have just clarified rather than pouring on the snark.
Just try to have a normal human conversation and don't try to dunk on people on the internet, man. I'm not trying to call you out or argue.
Ooooh 👀 let's hear it Mark
I just looked up to see what happened to Alpha Investments, but what I see in the Chat is a bunch of angry Timmies. I think, Like wizards of the coast, Rudy is making money hand over fist over the game everyone loves/hates and he did warn people about certain investment schemes early on or why this pull is worst than that pull. In the grand scheme of things people get upset over making a poor choice and having someone to blame. That's like buying a lottery ticket and getting made about not winning and when you are not winning you are losing and guess what losers do, blame someone else for their poor choices. So what are you commenters? Losers?
I don't buy cases or boxes because the MSRP of cards is wild already with random reprints and the only thing that really holds value is the restriction list. Knowing that I buy singles, because I play the game and don't collect the game so maybe try to do that more instead or understand the idea of getting hosed. I don't get on hype trains, but I see sore losers who take a risk and blame someone else for it often enough.
I just watch Rudy for Rudy. He is just a salesman. 😂
nobody had to buy the 6.9 kits I didn't
Nobody had to sell them either, but old scummy Rudy knew he could scam some people so that's what he did.
You are right. But for him to market it as 1. The value should be at or above the price 2. A celebration of ALL the games he supports. 3. Something that he wanted to give back to the “community” made it worse.
@@SolarGamesllc the kit looked terrible to be before it was even revealed. I had no interest in it . I did feel bad for people especially after watching the openings
I would also say that the Arabian nights mat was extremely well done . I love mine I wish. I would have bought2. That and the the sorcery kits are what I’m liking.
But... what of the tendies?
Huh? His draft boosters are 89 9:23
Hehe, indeed. That PCG deal shifted some perspective to him advertising their service. Is it bad? Dunno, I still don't bother much with grading. As Rudy often said, anything below a 9/10 is not worth the bonus in most cases (pun intended).
One correction I gotta do: The draft boxes are still sold at $89 shipped to the US for several draft and one set box as well.
What set boxes is he selling for 89?
@@ChrisBcards Baldur's gate
Good ol corporations being butt-hurt at people saying anything they don't like.
It doest cost $2 to make a candy bar either. Rudy is for making money. Hes said this a thousand times. This is a big nothing burger.
🤑
rudy pump and dump scam guy who rips people off on there collections
Pcg not s c g
"Pokemon for adults..... who like fart jokes" WOOOOT, I'm in, I'll take two cases
Big Rudy fan myself. I finally after 4 years got in on the $15 Patrion ❤ it's always been full!
tiiiiimmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyy
Make sure you pay your monthly Timmy fee. Wouldn’t want your daddy to go hungry lol
You ever rolled a blunt Mark?
Rudy made that video private for patrons only. So if you want to see it, become a patron.
Let me first say I like Rudy in the space, he is fun to watch and does have some good info if you can parse it from the BS. However, Rudy's Grading company is worthless, we have had PCG here in australia for a while now, I saw an Underground Sea graded PCG 9.5 sell for less than an ungraded one, and that happened this week!
too many adds
10% tax :) be happy you dont live in Europe I get 21% +10% for non EU products
WTF? Okay so you don’t get cheap warhammer stuff?
@@SolarGamesllc Well the price is roughly the same + 10% EU tax on UK import and vat is 21% thats why mtg sellers here can undercut stores they do not pay VAT. We also can not subtract inventory from profits we can only do that when we actually sell an item so if I buy a bbox for 100 I can not book 100 as a loss on my profits until i sell the box for lets say 110, after the sale I can book -100 loss for the box and 110 gain eg 10 profit. and then I need to pay 33-48% tax on my profit and that is what a company earns here.
In short if you buy 10k worth of inventory and you dont sell it you just lost 10k of your funds with no tax benefits except vat return. the 10% Euro tax can be booked as costs.
@@SolarGamesllc In short if i would buy warhammer from a local distributor that 10% eu tax is in the price since UK is not EU or Europe
I respect your content. However, Rudy has LIED to his customers and he has a lot of deception. I don't support his Pump and Dump, I respect he is taking care of his family. I also take care of my family, I don't lie to my customers to maximize my profits. Him speculating something will do well, I don't hold it against when he speculates something will go high in value when it doesn't. But his showing fake values is absolutely disgusting.
Exactly. It’s crazy how the worshippers can’t see the obvious lies, deceptions, contradictions, manipulation etc.
rudy bought lower then your lgs. thats a bad idea for a game you should play.
So your sensitive about every single thing rudy says and then you say “im not gaining anything from this video”, thats bullshit, your using his name and brand in your title to get clicks…? You have everything in the world to talk about whatever you want and get clicks but you’re using his brand.😂
Wth are you running a game store? With your analyses you can make $250k a year easely!
Game store? 😂 no thanks.
@@SolarGamesllc lol sorry I thought you ran a store or online business lol
@@ricardoblikman2676 Oh yes, online only. Actual brick and mortar is very tough in 2024
« I live in california.. i pay 10% taxe.. its pretty insane » .. LOOOL … try canada.. were getting buttfocked with a small 15% taxes
Meh
I could be wrong because I've only been a Rudy Patron for like, a year and half and following his videos for maybe 2, but I've watched a lot of his backlog of videos and I don't know that I ever got the impression that he felt like card grading was 100% a scam without exception. What I can remember of his stance was that basically anything under a 9 wasn't worth being in a slab because the raw card might be more valuable. For example, if you have a card that looks really great (no blemishes, good centering, corners, etc etc), then it might be worth grading, or if you got a pack fresh vintage card with good centering...I feel like he wouldn't have an issue with that. But if it has any centering issues or blemishes, it's probably better to keep it raw. Now, I'm not sure but I think that's in relation to vintage MTG more specifically but I could be wrong - I'm not sure that he commented much on grading other games or even newer MTG.
I also think that he often directed most of his ire at the wave of small grading companies that seemed to pop up in the 2020/2021 boom, probably because they didn't have the same credentials and brand trust as Becket or PSA. So I'm not sure that he unilaterally disliked grading companies. As far as him buying a controlling interest in one of those smaller companies, my understanding is that he was going to be fairly involved in guiding the quality of the service. So if you have issues with the way cards are graded and you have the ability to buy into one and apply your standards to it, that doesn't seem that hypocritical to me. Again, I could be wrong about all this but that's just the impression I got from what I remeber seeing.
Rudy is disliked because he and his exclusive group of whales manipulate the markets for personal gain, not to actually advance the playability of the game for the entire community.
This is a meme from 2017. Lol I can't believe people still believe this. It's not true.
I’ve been a patreon of rudy for 5 years… I pay for the entertainment … I buy stuff every once in a while…but his channel and patreon is way fun
Rudy is a heehaw magnet
Rudy doesn't make videos about other creators...just saying
He will if you paid him for it 😂
FOLKS! People just hate on Rudy. he is no better or worse than your average business man. You seize opportunities when you see them. You take advantage of situations when you can. He doesn't do anything malicious to anyone. People are free to make their own decisions at the end of the day. People hate on Rudy for the same reason anyone would hate on anybody....He's got it going on, and you don't...plain and simple. Human nature to hate on success.
You don't think those overpriced garbage bundles were sold without malicious intent. That's an interesting take on selling an investment that has almost no chance of appreciating.
Typical Rudy defender with all the old, tired tropes. I "hate" so therefore I am not successful. Personal accountability blah blah blah. Taking advantage of someone's hopes may not seem malicious but sure does sound callous.
Say you are a timmy without saying you are a timmy.
Shocking a guy who has skin in the game is looking out for his best interest.
There's being smart then there's being a ✡️
@@Dre2Dee2 what do you mean by that?
Looking out for your best interest is one thing and selling expensive bundles that you know aren't worth it is another. Fab bundles, Metazoo, bundles, and anniversary bundles were all absurdly overpriced garbage that he marketed to people that were upset with WOTC and people that know next to nothing about investing. You can look out for your own interest without preying on weak and feeble minded people especially when you are already a millionaire. Rudy can't be trusted.
@@scotthelgert6473it’s hilarious how the worshippers ignore the metazoo kits, 6.9 box, monarch kits.
Rudy is hated because he actually did what we all dreamed of doing one day going to our LGS as kids. Jealousy is sin folks
Why is the jealousy argument being used to defend a guy who ripped people off and then went on RUclips to throw it in their faces? It's absurd to think people are jealous of the big scum bag that rips people off and brags about it.
Lmfao classic Timmy. Everyone is jealous of Rudy. No not of musk, gates, Buffett, bezos we’re all jealous of the guy hoarding boxes trying to pump metapoo lmfao
@eRyanator spoken like a true hater, lol...love musk BTW...own more tesla shares then booster box cases...for now
@@chasingchases6678 What's wrong with hating a guy that rips everybody off all the time. Nobody is watching videos on how they made money with Rudy because these people don't exist. People hate what Rudy is doing, but Rudy hates most people so he feels no guilt in ripping them off.
@@scotthelgert6473 who is "everybody", when did this mass "rip off" happen and what "product" was not sold under msrp? Iam really curious been watching since like theros haven't seen or heard about this.
Too many plebs, normies and Timmies that don't understand economics 101! Get rekt! Oh, buy Bitcoin!
I just want cheap cardboard sealed boxes at the end of the day because its a game... and it's just cardboard with ink on it. Not precious metals.
Idk, but this reeks of you just being out for views, interpreting stuff into what he says and does. Leaves a bad taste.
RUDY FOR PRESIDENT!
This video was NOT...Classy
Alpha investments is just that. Content creator who got some notoriety now pumps and dumps products. Isn't RUclips social media all about maintaining viewers and sponsorships. His popularity got tons of sellers offering him collections at bottom basement prices. He has tens of millions $$$ in singles and box he has accumulated over the years. Lets be honest he is a businessman and a opportunist. Don't get me wrong Rudy offer some good content but as of recent its "all" business.
If you dig back into the Ruby archives you will see that his view on grading evolved. The basis of A.I was to have a full graded set of Alpha 10s. His perspective changed based on repeated examples questionable outcomes. So he buys into a company to leverage a market shortfall.
GA Card Quality
Didn't he bent the knee he was talking about the fab product hes selling