Sonic Paradox YouTube Channel Hacked
Unfortunately, my first Sonic Paradox related article since joining the TSSZ team isn’t a good one. Considering I’m also Sonic Paradox’s ambassador this, naturally, left me angered after this whole affair unfolded. We figured it was time to make this public. I guess it was only fitting I’d be the one to do so.
It’s been something we have been trying to sort out for well over a month or two now. A user had hacked into two emails of our higher-ups that are connected to many things such as YouTube, gaming accounts, et cetera. They changed the email and passwords associated with them to their own account. We’ve been able to recover everything except one. Our YouTube channel.
Nothing was messed with on the channel for a long time. There’s one reason and one reason alone why we haven’t been able to recover the account. Google just won’t help us. They hung up on us, kept us waiting for long periods of time, and offered little to no advice on what to do. Then in the past few days the avatar was tinkered with. That was the final straw that provoked us into making this public. It was hoped that, since no videos or content was messed with, we could sort this out behind the scenes with little trouble and the affair would blow over. Unfortunately that isn’t the case.
So what does this mean for us? We have no other choice but to make a new YouTube channel and re-upload everything on there. Our partners have said they’ll stick with us. When we do make the channel we’ll let you know and you can spread the word as much as possible. As for our original channel who knows? Maybe we’ll get it back somehow. Maybe we won’t. That’s still up in the air.
Now I don’t normally do this. I feel it’s against my news reporting standards here. But there’s some words I need to get off my chest. I’d like to say this to the person who hacked our channel:
Many people have told us our content helped cheered them up from a bad day, from depression even. Sometimes even more severe cases. Some have told us that it inspired them. That channel has brought five to six years of content that made multitudes of people laugh. Many of them. Our content took months, sometimes even years to develop. All those laughs, those happy faces, those inspirations, that hard work. You have robbed all of this from people. And for what? A laugh? For money? For attention? Well one thing is for sure. You got attention. And let me tell you this right now it’s not good attention. But you know what? You will not stop us from bringing people the entertainment, the laughs, the inspiration. We’ll keep working hard because we have fun doing it and our fans love what we do. You may have thrown away the YouTube channel of Sonic Paradox but you haven’t thrown away the faces behind it. We’ll be back and better than ever whether you want it or not. We will not let the selfish desires of a kid ruin the entertainment, laughter, and hard work that has been brought to people’s computers for so many years. You hacked a channel that did nothing more than provide parodies of a speedy blue hedgehog made from a video game company. Nothing more. It’s not like we were political or religious in our content. We parodied video game content. But what saddens me most of all: we let our fans down. And it’s going to take a while to recover. We’re not in it for the money, we’re in it for the fans. And as long as you keep our channel hostage you are not one of them. We’re coming back not for you but our fans. Because I’m sure they would want us to come back. We’re not going anywhere. We’re just going to be stronger than ever. And, hopefully, our fans will join us for the ride whether you like it or not.
This post was originally written by the author for TSSZ News.
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That’s just too sad. I loved Sonic Paradox’s videos. As long as none of the content is lost though, the hacker didn’t really achieve much, which is good. Let’s hope the new channel is up and running soon, and that it still manages to get the kind of views the old channel had.
Even if he did delete the videos we already have them backed up. Reason being because we were going to remake them so they were in high definition.
Jeez you were lucky that you were going to reupload in hd!
Well that sucks man,I can only imagine how frustrating it must have been.I gotta say though,massive thank you though for not deciding to give up.I’ll be looking forward to that second youtube channel and wish you people the best of good luck.I’ll do my best to support you from the sidelines and just know,you will always have fans…well at least me.
What a sad, pathetic person it must take to do something like this. And really, for what? What does this taking of a youtube channel for parodies of a blue hedgehog really accomplish except to prove how pathetic a life this person must lead. To hack some emails just to exercise control over someone else. How sad, pathetic, and out of control their life must be.
I hope you and the rest of Sonic Paradox get things sorted out, but unfortunately, your struggles with Google are not uncommon. Many people from ALL fandoms have had issues with Google’s lack of compassion. Only those with influence with the company or an incredible number of people have actually gotten them to restore videos, channels, etc. A recent event, with a certain Brony by the name of Dr. Wolf had his channel lost due to the compassionless reporting system of Google applied to Youtube. It was only his deep connection to the Bronies that got Google to do something about it, and restore the channel to him. To this day he doesn’t know who put the report in, or why. And his case is not unique, others who have videos taken down that were completely ok, like a guy who does Poke’mon analysis videos, had a video about Lavender Town taken down, even though it was well within the rules of the site itself. He managed to get in touch with someone who had some connections with Google, and the video was restored. But he has no idea why it was taken down, aside from what he was told, even though he explained in another video about it, why the reason he was given doesn’t make sense. I don’t know how much of a connection Sonic Paradox has with the fandom, but I think it a good idea you rally the fandom to it. Granted, the Bronies are far friendlier and accepting than the Sonic Fan Base, but you might be surprised with how supportive we can be. This could be the chance we Sonic fans have to show we’re better than our reputation, to come along side the fans who run Sonic Paradox, to spread the word, and put pressure on Google to help you. Let’s not let the person who took that youtube channel from you get away with it.
Just had it happen again where a comment I made isn’t showing up.
Comment was in spam folder. It should be showing up now. =)
Well surprisingly the videos are still there. Also does this affect only the main sonic paradox channel or are there others I should unsubscribe until further notice?
Just the main channel.
Crap, that’s terrible. Real sorry to hear that happen 🙁 That channel was truly something special, and I hope you guys will be able to successfully bring it back. Should I unsubscribe from the original channel?
Keep your eyes on it. Maybe, just maybe, something will happen.
Ugh, I don’t know what disgusts me more: That this happened, or that Google are being jerks about it.
Ah Google, always a
class act. I had been wondering what the sudden dearth of content was about, sorry to see that this was the cause. Can’t wait for you guys to start up again, but I won’t call it a comeback… ♪you’ve been here for years♪… I’m sorry.Welp, time to post about this on the Sonic Paradox News before you do.
Bet the hacker calls his/her self the#1realsonicfan (that hacker on the sonic game leaderboards).
Foh real screw dat guy.
Just tried to post a Paragraph of a comment and it isn’t showing up.
WHAT?!
…Dammit Google -_- Anyway, I wish the best of luck to the Paradox team. I wish there was something one could do…
“Tails! Get in here, we need your help with something!” Oh man, I wish it was as simple as that. 🙁
Tails could kick this hacker’s rear-end right off the internet. Speaking of which, can’t somebody hack the hacker in order to get the channel back?
Would Tails go kick-ass on the guy, or would he cajole Boom ‘Meathead’ Knuckles into kicking ass on his behalf? 🙂
Yes. 😀
Well technechally yes they could but it wont happen anytime soon.
Right on! We need Tails to do some stealth hacking into the hacker’s account and turn the tables on these antics.
Some people are just plain sick and perverted and are nothing but a bunch of trouble for the rest of us. Someday, the justice will catch up with the perpetrator once and for all and, all of a sudden, he or she won’t be secretly laughing to himself or herself about all this because, this time, the joke will be on them. (Yes, I hope you’re reading this, you poor excuse of a vile, egotistical sack of human refuse.)
Well that sucks. Why is it that it’s always Google and Youtube that are the most incompetent when it comes to these matters?
Well anyway, I have no doubt that team Paradox will come back stronger and better than ever. I really liked that speech at the end SSF, it’s really inspirational. I look forward to seeing Paradox back in action. 🙂
I left a comment and it got filtered again, can any one of you helpful mods get it back for me please? ^_^”
Found it in the spam folder. It should display properly now. =)
Google really sucks when it comes to this kind of stuff. One of my friends actually had a Youtube channel with a relatively decent amount of subs that basement dwell was able to crack into. He couldn’t get it back because he no longer had access to his over eight years old email account.
inb4 it was the Sonic Stadium
what bitch would do this to people that are talented and are able to make videos like this.
Just found this out today. When i went to their Youtube channel and saw the Tails avatar from the ova, I was like WTF? Later, I came here as I hadn’t for awhile, scan through the articles I missed and found this out. 🙁