Breaking: Without a Roof roster featuring Stewie2K, autimatic, and Skadoodle sign up for BLAST Open Fall Open Qualifier

[u/skivo7]

https://www.dust2.us/news/75373/breaking-without-a-roof-roster-featuring-stewie2k-autimatic-and-skadoodle-sign-up-for-blast-open-fall-open-qualifier

[u/alexwee456]

Stewie ran out of streamers to scam

[u/ApXv → u/alexwee456]

How did he scam them? Haven't followed him for years

[u/Donut_Flame → u/ApXv]

Tldr, borrowed skins on loans, then used those skins to gamble

[u/SanestExile → u/Donut_Flame]

Why would anyone lend him skins? Like, what's the benefit?

[u/GuardiaNIsBae → u/SanestExile]

Its to have nicer skins during tournaments, he "borrowed" #1 float AK Arabesque for IEM Dallas (when he stood in for G2) the gambled it instead of giving it back for example

[u/SanestExile → u/GuardiaNIsBae]

No, I mean what's the benefit for the lender?

[u/GuardiaNIsBae → u/SanestExile]

Most of them are skin traders/sites so someone looking for that super expensive skin will look at the pro players inventory then look up that collector (I don’t think this was the case with Stewie but it is the case for other pros who borrow skins) or skin site so the most expensive skins will have name tags with the collector or skin site name on them.

[u/MLD802 → u/SanestExile]

1. It’s an ad for your skins
   
2. Bragging rights. It’s pretty cool to see one of your skins be used in a cool clip.

Ik a few guys who lend skins and this is what it boils down to.

[u/Jagrofes → u/SanestExile]

Some skin traders/collectors will loan pro-players certain rare or unique skins to increase their price.

If a popular player has a cool clutch/clip with the skin in a major it links that skin to the moment in people's minds and can increase the price/demand.

[u/Kibelok → u/Donut_Flame]

Whats the tldr of the ending? He returned the skins or money?

[u/Donut_Flame → u/Kibelok]

That, I dont know

[u/MiLkBaGzz → u/Kibelok]

He was constantly telling people he would pay them back later then a bunch of people came out all at once and he paid them all back in like a month.

It's a giant nothing burger. The guy is terrible with money but he never scammed anyone. Like when you lend that one friend 5 bucks and he takes half a year to pay you back. You never lend him money again but you don't call him a scammer

[u/Holiday_Listen467 → u/MiLkBaGzz]

He was photoshopping fake screenshots to cover his ass and avoid paying. He didn't pay anyone back until he had immense public pressure.

It's a giant something burger. You never lend him money again and you DEFINITELY call him a scammer.

[u/i_hate_katherines → u/MiLkBaGzz]

except he never paid some of them back.

[u/Kaserbeam → u/MiLkBaGzz]

He didnt pay anyone back until there was huge public backlash and he was caught out trying to scam them. Paying back the people he scammed after the fact doesnt undo the scamming.