FootballFan
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The Wiki page "He also claims he has 500 million fans" Hahaha
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PaRappa the Rapper told me to drop dead.
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"We didn't really want to pay $100, so we came up with $30 each and decided to see if that would be enough for the 7-8 lines we wanted him to do:"
Source: http://parappathescammer.blogspot.ca/
More like "you dont have to send the full 100$ today, but if you can send it 50-75$ today, then we can discuss payment for the rest of the balance"
No, that's wrong.
To which OP responded with:
There was no low balling. Dred was the one who brought up the possibility of lowering the price, and both parties agreed to it.
EDIT:
Fucking irony.
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The guy also said that 50 to 75 dollars is also ok with him if they can't pay 100.
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Someone can't read.
stufte
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So negotiation is bad? What in the actual fuck.
Immaculate
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jesus christ why are you acting like such an ass
dred brought up the 50-75 price, they said 60 but his agent said 100 to which they paid anyway
ugh
Shuri's a contrarian poster for the sake of being contrarian.
Sorry to hear that this asshole scammed you. Some people are just insane and Dredd seems like one of them. To not only Scam you guys, but ask for more money from you and other fans, and then he has to do name calling with you over facebook? What's up with his 500 million fans? This guy is crazy and the blind fans that follow him are insane.
That being said it was a very entertaining read. I hope the story gets spread as much as it can and that this guy won't get another VA job for Parappa.
As for people saying you should have had a contract, it was just 10 lines for a film and the guy asked for some money. I doubt he even has an agent or a lawyer. There was nothing to show that he would have been incapable of doing the job. You put your trust in him and he failed you, by no means are you at fault.
I'm surprised you didn't post to the fan page or Neogaf back in 2012 to be honest.
That being said it was a very entertaining read. I hope the story gets spread as much as it can and that this guy won't get another VA job for Parappa.
As for people saying you should have had a contract, it was just 10 lines for a film and the guy asked for some money. I doubt he even has an agent or a lawyer. There was nothing to show that he would have been incapable of doing the job. You put your trust in him and he failed you, by no means are you at fault.
I'm surprised you didn't post to the fan page or Neogaf back in 2012 to be honest.
qualitydisc
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Well this thread just took an unexpected turn. I need another shot of bourbon.
TheFurizzlyBear
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"We didn't really want to pay $100, so we came up with $30 each and decided to see if that would be enough for the 7-8 lines we wanted him to do:"
Source: http://parappathescammer.blogspot.ca/
More like "you dont have to send the full 100$ today, but if you can send it 50-75$ today, then we can discuss payment for the rest of the balance"
You can not just quote him properly in the process of making yourself seem foolish?
Also if the other dude was so professional why not just tell OP to contact his agent right off the bat? My guess is he does not actually have one
TL;DR Shuri's being incredibly unreasonable/vitriolic for reasons unknown to everyone.
qualitydisc
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Given that he has exactly 1 IMDB entry for the last 10 years, I'd be inclined to agree.
TheFurizzlyBear
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It feels more like trolling when they start insulting instead of just arguing/debating for the sake of it.
Yep. Don't know why it's allowed, but hey, not my place to call.
Uncle Rupee
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That's kind of not cool. Guy may be a bit of a douche, but still...
Fuck 'em, he's a thief and a liar. Who steals $100 from their 'fans'?
FootballFan
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Dude, he has 500 million fans. If each fan gave him $100, just imagine.
Welp, now I know why Sony charges $15 for a PSP port of a PS1 game instead of $6 like all the other PS1 games: They're secretly supporting this welfare rapper and his 11 year old daughter.
Heh.
snoopeasystreet
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That MAGFest video seemed more like a joke promotional thing for John Saint John speaking at the convention or whatever he actually did there and I doubt money changed hands at any point during that sketch but maybe it did, I dunno.
Anyway, I'm trying not to sound rude but, you had to think there might be something funky up about paying a voice actor to play a character he's known for without any legal rights for you to hire him to play that character.
I'm still fully on your side and the dude shouldn't have taken your money in the first place if he had no intention of fulfilling what he promised and especially going on and being a dick about it, but you have to admit you were a bit shortsighted with getting him to play parappa rather than a satirical version of the character.
edit Shuri's being a bit confrontational in his statement, I'm just trying to say that you should think about the legitimacy of paying a guy for something that you probably can't pay for in the first place.
qualitydisc
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If they even just gave $5, like he asked! wow!
TheFurizzlyBear
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I don't think its too farfetched for this to have actually happened properly had the dude actually intended on doing the voice for the OP.
I remember a while back when a fan asked Jonathan Coulton for the proper audio tracks so he could make a Guitar Hero 2 custom song for himself and JoCo obliged.
This. 100% agree.
Anyone who begs for $5 from his fans is not a professional. Just a washed up clown.
OJdaKiller
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Wow...how far has Parappa fallen...This Dred Foxx is a bum..
Dimestore antics..scamming for 60-100 bucks...Probably doesn't even have the money to give back you....what a loser!!!
I'm glad you made the blog though...People need to know about this.
Dimestore antics..scamming for 60-100 bucks...Probably doesn't even have the money to give back you....what a loser!!!
I'm glad you made the blog though...People need to know about this.
I took the liberty of paying dred $100 dollars for early access to said diss track
it goes a little something like this.
Yo perry yo perry, you want a hundred dollar?
i stand on your feet, and uppercut you, make you taller.
Thats all he had atm, but for another $250 I can get the intro sample, he will be taking from scarface.
it goes a little something like this.
Yo perry yo perry, you want a hundred dollar?
i stand on your feet, and uppercut you, make you taller.
Thats all he had atm, but for another $250 I can get the intro sample, he will be taking from scarface.
There's no need for this, really. Dred is in the wrong here, no doubt, but I don't get the sense his heart is completely in the wrong place. There weren't any concrete rules surrounding the transaction, the circumstances surrounding all of this seem somewhat conflicted, and I can imagine the OP's way of handling the situation seeming overly aggressive in his eyes. It all seems to relate more to his clumsiness than any actual intent to steal from a fan.
OP and his friend deserve their money back, but I certainly hope it doesn't take this story reaching Kotaku or wherever for that to happen. It seems to me the absolute last thing this man needs is that sort of publicity.
I read the whole thing. What. The. Fuck.
OP, I was initially going to say that you shouldn't threaten to take legal action on a fan page since it sounded like Dred is just financially stupid and flaky, but he sounded like a man of his word. No need to tarnish his public appearance by saying you'll take legal action. I will say that in Dred's defense, it sounds like he really needs the money and made an effort to keep you updated on Facebook to avoid paying you back and even offered a "freebie" project. But he missed the deadline for your project plain and simple. Everything after that is some crazy delusional Kanye West ego-trip. I'm curious what he "offered" your Good Cop friend Jacob though. I doubt it was your money back. He sounded financially incompetent.
Lesson learned: PaRappa the Rapper fans are quite vocal in things nobody else on planet Earth cares about. I'm sorry you're part of the fandom, OP, but I'm also sorry about this weird situation.
OP, I was initially going to say that you shouldn't threaten to take legal action on a fan page since it sounded like Dred is just financially stupid and flaky, but he sounded like a man of his word. No need to tarnish his public appearance by saying you'll take legal action. I will say that in Dred's defense, it sounds like he really needs the money and made an effort to keep you updated on Facebook to avoid paying you back and even offered a "freebie" project. But he missed the deadline for your project plain and simple. Everything after that is some crazy delusional Kanye West ego-trip. I'm curious what he "offered" your Good Cop friend Jacob though. I doubt it was your money back. He sounded financially incompetent.
Lesson learned: PaRappa the Rapper fans are quite vocal in things nobody else on planet Earth cares about. I'm sorry you're part of the fandom, OP, but I'm also sorry about this weird situation.
snoopeasystreet
Member
The guitar hero thing gets into the whole "who actually owns the rights to Still Alive (or whatever the song was) " and whether it was for personal use or not.
This whole situation seems like a voice actor trying to make a quick buck, an unfortunate fan going along with it and then the voice actor refusing to fulfil his part of the deal. It really sucks for the OP but he probably should have considered the deal fishy in the first place.
Hopefully now that the OP shone a light on the issue, Dred will give the money back and we can call it a day.
The current Mortal Kombat announcer as of MK9 is Jamieson Price.
TheFurizzlyBear
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I agree that there is no need for harshness but to say that Dred was gonna give the money back and OP overreacted seems reaching. If Dred was in constant contact explaining why I would understand but he was not. He could of just sent the money back instead of begging for money for a new iPad but that did not happen either. OP got scamed for being wide-eyed which sucks but I can't see why Dred deserves any defending.
Yeah. My wife is a doc and during the winter people come in with colds looking for antibiotics. It drives her crazy. She loves the batman meme though.
qualitydisc
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The only thing better than not getting your money back are frequent reminders that you're not getting your money back.
TransTrender
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Gaf is the universe's gift to humanity.
Without NeoGaf we would not have threads like this.
This thread is extremely meta and is proof to the levels of dedication in the medium.
All hail EviLore!
Finkel is Einhorne!
Without NeoGaf we would not have threads like this.
This thread is extremely meta and is proof to the levels of dedication in the medium.
All hail EviLore!
Finkel is Einhorne!
I don't who the MK announcer is, but he would make a perfect match with PaRappa.
Original one was Steve Ritchie, famous pinball designer
PS. Nice av BTW. Crime Wave FTW.
qualitydisc
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Oh no, the wikipedia page took a turn for the worse. C'mon guys, the facts are hilarious enough.
I posted this on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1zydny/parappa_the_rapper_voice_actor_scams_fan/
it's not half-life 3 so it probably won't take down gaf
edit: someone posted it before me http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1zy1w8/dread_foxx_aka_voice_of_parappa_the_rapper/
it's not half-life 3 so it probably won't take down gaf
edit: someone posted it before me http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1zy1w8/dread_foxx_aka_voice_of_parappa_the_rapper/
aspiegamer
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Who has 500 million fans in their FANily and wouldn't have an agent?! Duh. OP lacked some common sense and totally fucked this up; No one but himself to blame. Even Beiber can only boast a tenth of that and think of how hard it would be to get a hold of him! Naturally there are going to be problems in Facebook messaging between the random insults and paypal donations from millions of people per day.
Yeah, um, not really sure how else the OP could or should have gone about doing this.
Oh, god, this is just too easy. I even feel like a jerk for laughing this much at this point, but hey, not my problem if people are jackasses and bring this stuff upon themselves.
Real question: Do you think we could get him to buy some antibiotics to clear up a bird flu we could convince him he had at a highly marked-up rate? No doctor would prescribe that life-saving drug! Can't imagine why. Conspiracy, I say!
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