Pewdipie fans vandalize NYC WW2 memorial

[Cobra Arbok]

"Subscribe to PewDiePie" - an online movement, a viral meme of sorts was kick-started by the Swedish gamer PewDiePie's fans worldwide ever since the news of Noida-based music label company T-Series set to dethrone the most-subscribed channel on YouTube hit the Internet.

Fans have since rallied in support of Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg aka PewDiePie by buying billboard ads, distributing pamphlets in a bid to keep the gamer at top spot.



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Mr Beast, another popular content creator even showed up at Super Bowl game - all with the same message - "Subscribe to PewDiePie."


Recently, when Bhushan Kumar, the super boss at T-Series made a plea to Indian audiences to subscribe to his music company's channel on YouTube, Pewds' fans responded to his video-tweet with the same message over and over again.


While it has been all fun and games for the community until now, the viral movement hit an ugly roadblock when photos of vandalism of a World War II memorial in Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza surfaced on Reddit.

Chalked with the message "Subscribe to PewDiePie," the act of defacing the war memorial was condemned by the locals, reported Independent.

Originally posted by user Jahoe, the vandalism was instantly met with a thumbs down from the Reddit community.




"No better way to help your favorite celebrity than by being a spoiled, disrespectful imbecile in his name, I guess," wrote one user.

"Isn’t his fan base mostly children/teens? It makes more sense to think that a kid did something like this," wrote another.

"Any time I've heard anyone spout the whole "Subscribe to pewdiepie" thing they've been a total and complete f***wit. I'm going to assume based on how sh**ty this is and how awful the writing looks that it's a legitimate fan," said another.

"I get that if you're defacing a WWII memorial you probably don't have the best judgement in the first place but like....why this? Is 'Subscribe to PewDiePie' literally the most interesting thing you can think of? This must be some middle schooler's dumbass prank," responded another in another Reddit thread.

Previously, PewDiePie fans hacked a section on Wall Street Journal's website to post messages in support of the Swedish YouTuber.

The 29-year-old celebrity's supporters had also hacked printers that spat out a message encouraging people to subscribe to the Internet star and unsubscribe from T-Series.

PewDiePie and T-Series have been embroiled in a months-long subscriber battle on the video-sharing platform.

The gamer, who has been #1 on YouTube since December 2013, is barely ahead of the music company and may lose this battle soon.



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[Cobra Arbok]

This is ridiculous that some people would take this stupid "war" this far. The funny thing is neither Pewdipie nor Bhushan Kumar really care aabout this. Whether or not they make it to the most subscribed channel, a title that really means nothing, both are making billions from this.

 

[Aryan0395]

I followed this so called battle last month, im not a subscriber to either of them. Honestly i have never seen any community that is more toxic than pewdiepie's fanbase.

 

[Maarkhoor]

Indian propaganda and r@ndi rona nothing else

 

[war&peace]

I subscribed to PewdiePie...what a great guy ...fun to watch and the important thing is he is original being an individual beating a dishonest copycat corporation is simply great..

 

[Cobra Arbok]

Indian propaganda and r@ndi rona nothing else

no this really happened. It was also reported by the local news station. will post the video later

 

[Skull and Bones]

Nobody cares, subscribed to neither, as all of them are just noise in my home screen. Only few channels are worth subscription, Veritasium, VSauce, Business Insider and Kurzgesagt are worth mentioning.

 

[Samlee]

I subscribed to PewdiePie...what a great guy ...fun to watch and the important thing is he is original being an individual beating a dishonest copycat corporation is simply great..

After T Series Took Down Atif Aslam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan I Subscribed To Him.

Eversince Our Spat With India He Has Become A Great Ally Online

 

[waz]

God I honestly hate the vast majority of these silly 'YouTube' stars. Talentless, not witty, lowering IQ's worldwide, terrible role models, fame hungry, narcissists etc.

Just look at this moron;

 

[Fledgingwings]

Whats the actual deal about Tseries and this guy? indian members??

 

[Cobra Arbok]

Whats the actual deal about Tseries and this guy? indian members??

Nothing really. T series is about to overtake Pewdipie as the most-subscribed channel on youtube. Pewdipie started this "war" as a joke and to give himself more publicity, and it simply spiraled from there.

 

[HttpError]

One fact, which most people overlook is that T-series like an organization which promotes music on behalf of the Bollywood. Whereas, Pewdiepie is just an individual. Nonetheless, only both of them are getting the benefits out of this so-called media stunt.

 

[Cobra Arbok]

One fact, which most people overlook is that T-series like an organization which promotes music on behalf of the Bollywood. Whereas, Pewdiepie is just an individual. Nonetheless, only both of them are getting the benefits out of this so-called media stunt.

Bollywood isn't actually a company or organization though, it's just a label for all Hindi-language movies. Like how Hollywood is a label for American movies. T Series is just a music company that produces songs for movies(not just Bollywood, they also produce songs in other Indian languages such as Marathi and Punjabi). T series actually has competitors such as zee music and Sony India. But you are right how this whole battle is mainly a publicity stunt for the two of them.

Now to be fair, Pewdipie did openly condemn this action. But I doubt anyone was surprised this happened, given the lengths some of his fans went to help him remain "number 1." The other big winner of this was Mr. Beast, for exactly this reason.

 

[Fledgingwings]

Nothing really. T series is about to overtake Pewdipie as the most-subscribed channel on youtube. Pewdipie started this "war" as a joke and to give himself more publicity, and it simply spiraled from there.

as Joke? wow ! no wonder people get famous in no time

 

[HttpError]

Bollywood isn't actually a company or organization though, it's just a label for all Hindi-language movies. Like how Hollywood is a label for American movies. T Series is just a music company that produces songs for movies(not just Bollywood, they also produce songs in other Indian languages such as Marathi and Punjabi). T series actually has competitors such as zee music and Sony India. But you are right how this whole battle is mainly a publicity stunt for the two of them.

Now to be fair, Pewdipie did openly condemn this action. But I doubt anyone was surprised this happened, given the lengths some of his fans went to help him remain "number 1." The other big winner of this was Mr. Beast, for exactly this reason.

I don't know from where that guy Mr.Beast gets his money from. I am gonna launch my Youtube channel this month.