Narrative Warfare: You Can't Abort The Retort

If they're shooting at you, you're going in the right direction, and this past week or so they've been hammering the Ralph Retort with fire. Cowardly cunts have gone after the Retort on YouTube, using the Flagging system to shut down first the main channel and then each backup in turn- with the most recent being Scratch Point's channel. This has required Ethan Ralph to execute a running battle from channel to channel to keep the Retort going, which is why this Tweet matters today:

THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED.
SOYTUBE CAN'T STOP THE SIGNAL.

The #Killstream will be live here: https://t.co/i6gtsBtQOU

Check out https://t.co/stpdGXG6jD to always be up to date on where we move when nerds have a cry. pic.twitter.com/Ypf143XaBn

— The Gator Gamer (@TheGatorGamer) August 17, 2018

While Ethan's made more than a few enemies, the most likely culprit is the man he recently exposed as a double-talking liar, fraud, and Gamma Male so bad he makes Scalzi and Wheaton look manly: "Mundane" Matt Jarbo (a.k.a. Garbo Jarbo) In brief, Jarbo got outed as flagging every last video that went negative in the slightest against him, and several of those he flagged had their income damaged or destroyed as a consequence. The worse part is that he lied about it and covered it up for over a year, including bald-faced lying to Ethan and his co-hosts for an hour straight before he got cornered on-stream and exposed as aforementioned. Thanks to one of those present at the time, Mister Metokur, we have a concise summary of it all in under an hour.

And you too may find it hard to not laugh with Ethan yells "Matt, NO!" (Note: Skip to 30:00 if you want to get to the killshot.)

The shit kept coming on the Retort after this, and this past week's had some killer guests (Lana Lokteff of Red Ice being just this past afternoon.) and I expect that anyone not Matt who would dislike the guest(s) would want to flag the Retort to attack those guests. But none of that changes what is increasingly clear to observers: Ethan Ralph is a rising independent media player, owning his own site and running a very successful livestream (The #Killstream) on weeknights. If you don't mind a rough-and-tumble crowd, you'll enjoy the show and will want to keep up with it as it moves from place to place.

And in the interest of full disclosure, I did a brief appearance a few weeks ago to promote #StarKnight, as my peer Brian Niemeier documented over at his blog Kairos. (See that, shit journos? Being ethical isn't that hard.)

Speaking of #StarKnight, we hit 159% as of this post and we've got about a week left in the campaign. My illustrator is at work finishing the line art for the cover, which I will share as soon as I get it, and I'm already putting in work on Book Two. Tomorrow I will post another manuscript excerpt over the the Study (which backers will get notified about), so if you're still on the fence now is a good time to come on down and join the party. This is the Space Opera you've been waiting for.