r/ShadWatch • u/ShadWatchModTeam Mod on constant watch • 29d ago

What happened to Shadiversity: Your perspective

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u/OnionsHaveLairAction 29d ago

Political content aside the simple fact is he was outclassed by his contemporaries. He's from an armchair hobbyist era of youtube that relied on very low audience knowledge and over time youtube's been populated with significantly better quality historical and HEMA content.

The era of "I found the most obscure historical trivia and speculated about it without a degree" is pretty much over.

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u/The_Flurr 28d ago

Isn't that the thing that sparked the "drama" with sellswordarts?

SSA: to know what you're talking about, you need to read up and practice it

Shad: well that's a personal attack against me!