MissJbird78

This was a difficult decision for me to make but here’s my story…..

I’ve been a fan of Jacks since 2014, got to meet him for the first time in 2015 and it went from there. He was always so down to Earth and his charm and charisma was so natural that it was impossible for me to not root for the Irish Youtuber. His message was always to spread positivity and it reflected widely in his community. Jack always felt like one of those friends you could rely on to make you smile when you felt your worst.

I really got into the community in 2015 when I suffered a heat attack. I was way too young to be going through this but here I was, depressed, laying in a hospital bed away from my son and not able to even push myself enough to do therapy. But there was Jack with a warm welcoming smile on his face everyday urging us to make ourselves better, push for the things you want out of life and I felt myself believing in him…. believing in myself. I got through therapy while watching his videos and made a mostly full recovery. I used his channel as a tool to help me and whether he knew it or not he sort of saved me.

I’ve spent numerous amounts of time, money, efforts in donating, buying merch, going to conventions and seeing his shows to help support him and his efforts. Which I’ve always been proud to do. I noticed something was off with him a bit before he went to California for a few months but figured he could work through whatever it was. I was relieved when he said he was seeing a therapist because when you go through drastic life changes like he has over the past few years, of course you’re going to need help working through issues.

Come to current day, I’ve stopped watching Jack all together for several reasons. I know I’ll get hate thrown at me from the community because I already have several times. Jack used to see that and put a stop to it but not any longer. In my experience, if you say something against popular belief or opinion, there’s a part of the community (albeit a small part) that will attack. I’ve been told to leave the community, I wasn’t wanted, I was an idiot…etc. now, in my opinion I don’t agree with the direction jack has gone with his channel or his personal life. Who am I to form an opinion about his personal life… well, I’m a nobody, but as I said before I felt like Jack had become such an influence in my life and felt almost like a friend that I couldn’t help but show care and concern.

I’m going to come out and say this once and then leave it. I do not like or trust Jacks girlfriend for many reasons that will remain my own. Trust me that there are lot of us who feel the same and if you wanted to look up opinions they are readily available out there. It mostly seems to come from older long time viewers of Jacks and I’m assuming it’s because of the recent drastic changes he’s made. End of subject. Sorry to be so blunt.

The changes on his channel, to me, is what’s killing his channel. Subscriber and viewer growth are quickly diminishing. Jack seems to thrive off of recycled memes, catch phrases and carbon copies of others. It used to be refreshing to hear his feedback at the end of a game, good or bad, because it was always insightful and honest. Now he just screams memes at the screen and rolls the outro. He seems disinterested in the content he puts out and more interested in the advertising he does. It’s sad really and the current lifestyle looks like it’s taking a toll on his physical appearance as well.

ATTENTION! This Saturday, April 13th, I will be doing a 12 hour charity stream for Crisis Textline!

We’re setting the goal higher than ever this time at a big $25,000! Be there and help destroy this goal and raise money for an awesome cause!

Starts at 9am PST over on http://www.YouTube.com/CrankGameplays :)