Taking Over Subreddits

Scott Wozniak's fanbase has had a reputation of taking over subreddits on the popular social media website and app, Reddit, mostly subreddits of Internet personalities (mainly YouTubers) after they received some kind of controversy.

r/jontron
When popular YouTube personality Jonathan Jafari (whose better known online as JonTron) was on a 9-month hiatus a Reddit user with the name of Darthmemer1234 suggested that if he wouldn't upload until the end of November the subreddit should be taken over by Scott The Woz.

Eventually, it succeeded and the subreddit was taken over by Scott The Woz, and in response to the takeover, Jafari said that Scott The Woz sounded like a terminal illness.

r/etikaredditnetwork
On January 30, 2019, a Reddit user with the name of Mattab29 posted on r/etikaredditnetwork that if the late streamer and center of the subreddit, Desmond Daniel Amofah, wouldn't stream until February the r/etikaredditnetwork subreddit would be taken over by Scott The Woz. The subreddit later was taken over again following the streamer's mental breakdown on April 29, 2019. The subreddit got taken over a third time as the streamer replied to a tweet by Multide1 on Twitter that said "Where's Scott The Woz when you need him?" the streamer responded to this by saying "In hell".

Stopping the r/etikaredditnetwork Takeovers
Scott Wozniak later on Twitter made a statement about his Fan-base taking over Subreddits, the statement reads: "Hey Guys, thanks for all the memes surrounding me, I get a kick out of them whenever I see em, but if we could ease up on posts about me on Etika's subreddit/responses to his tweets of memes surrounding me or any of that I'd appreciate it. I don't think this is a situation I want to be associated/involved with, I've never talked to him or commented on any of this until now, all I want is for him to be healthy and in a right state of mind. Thank you.".

r/ProJared
r/ProJared is the first subreddit of popular YouTuber ProJared (real name Jared Knabenbauer). In 2019, Knabenbauer received accusations of sending nudes to underaged fans and cheating on his then recently divorced wife, Heidi O'Ferrall. In response to this, the subreddit was taken over by Scott The Woz, similarly to the r/etikaredditnetwork takeover. The subreddit has since been locked and users needed to grant access from admins. It’s been replaced by a new one, titled "r/ProJared2".

r/pyrocynical
r/pyrocynical is the subreddit of popular commentary YouTuber Pyrocynical, while the subreddit has never truly been taken over, many brigades for taking over it were made near the end of the subreddit takeover joke's lifespan, with some even creating brigades in the comments of the post ending the subreddit takeovers.

r/Madden08
The Madden 08 subreddit has heavily been affected by Scott The Woz, with most posts relating to Scott Wozniak's fandom. On April 2, 2019, moderator of the community, patlouvar posted a post titled "Attention r/scottthewoz'nians..." reclaiming the subreddit.

r/madden09
r/Madden09 is a subreddit created by Scott The Woz viewer ChatotAbby, while the subreddit is fairly small, most posts on the subreddit are related to Scott The Woz. The pinned post is titled "Madden 08 good" and was published by StrangeGermanBoi on October 5, 2019.

ChatotAbby Interview
On February 19, 2020, an interview was performed on Discord by Reddit user IanTEB with the creator of r/madden09, ChatotAbby.

IanTEB: ''Question 1: What made you want to create the subreddit? (yeah I know great and original question)''

ChatotAbby: I first wanted to make a satire Madden 09 subreddit that calls it the best Madden.

IanTEB: I expected that answer to be honest

ChatotAbby: Well, I don't remember much when I made it.

IanTEB: Anyways, ''Question 2: Are you happy with the subreddit? Do you feel like it was worth the time creating?''

ChatotAbby: ''After turning it into a Madden 08 subreddit, yes I am happy. It was all worth it.''

IanTEB: Everything is worth it if it's for Madden 08 (edited)

ChatotAbby: So no one can make a Madden 09 subreddit unless they snag r/Madden10. Which I think I will snag if Scott ever memes it.

IanTEB: ''Yeah, I can see that. Question 2: When and how did you find out about Scott The Woz and are you still watching him?'' Question 3 sorry

ChatotAbby: ''I don't remember how I discovered him. Just that he was a gaming YouTuber. I still watch him in 2020 but not as much.''

IanTEB: He did say that his videos were kinda low quality near the end of 2019, so that's understandable I don't remember the tweet exactly but I think he said they were a bit rushed

ChatotAbby: Maybe I will watch his 2020 videos and see for myself.

IanTEB: Question 4: What is your favorite Scott The Woz episode or original?

ChatotAbby: ''The Dick Vitale one. I like the part where Dick Vitale took over everything.''

IanTEB: Episode 100 then?

ChatotAbby: Yes.

IanTEB: Question 5: Have you actually played Madden 09 or any other games in the series?

ChatotAbby: Only a DS Madden which I downloaded the ROM and put on my modded 3DS. ''I didn't even play Dick Vitale nor Chibi Robo: Zip Lash. I played Wii Play and Wii Music.''

IanTEB: Everybody played Wii Play So that's understandable Question 6: Have you read every post on the subreddit and which one is your favorite (if any).

ChatotAbby: Yes, and the pinned one is probably my favorite.

IanTEB: The one saying "Madden 08 is good" right?

ChatotAbby: Yes.

IanTEB: Question 7: Do you watch any of Scott's collab partners/people he has collabed with?

ChatotAbby: ''Nathaniel Bandy, DYKG, and Spawn Wave. Beta 64.''

IanTEB: Question 8: Do you still check the subreddit?

ChatotAbby: It is an inactive subreddit so not a lot.

IanTEB: Yeah, I get that. Question 9: Have you had any other Scott The Woz related subreddits or projects?

ChatotAbby: ''I once made Scott sing We Are Number One by sentence mixing. I don't have another Scott subreddit.''

IanTEB: Question 10 (final question): Do you plan on making anything in the future with the subreddit or maybe make a new one?

ChatotAbby: ''I could nab r/Madden10 if Scott makes a video of it. I would enter r/Madden09 more often if there was more activity.''

r/dickvitale
The Dick Vitale subreddit has the most recent posts relating to Scott The Woz. The bio for the subreddit is "Subreddit dedicated to Dick Vitale and Dick Vitale's Awesome Baby! College Hoops for the Sega Genesis.", heavily implying that the subreddit creator (RPG_Ivan (who has since deleted his Reddit account)) was a Scott The Woz viewer or fan.

r/FlingSmash
r/FlingSmash, while not having any posts related to the Scott The Woz series, has presumably been taken over by fans of Scott The Woz as most posts are made in an ironic way and seeing as FlingSmash gained more public notice due to the Scott The Woz series, however, admin of the server, TheAmazingRaspberry, has stated that he doesn't watch Scott The Woz.

Ending the Takeovers
On May 11, 2019 the Scott The Woz Reddit account posted a post on r/scottthewoz titled "Two Statements in One Week?! (From Scott)" saying that after the r/ProJared takeover he saw himself in an article about ProJared's recent controversies, seeing this made him believe that he wanted to stop taking over subreddits. The post received a total of 5 Awards (Awards is a reward system that allows users to reward posts with awards that are worth coins, the "currency" used on Reddit), 3 Silver Awards, 1 Elf Train Award, and 1 Gold Award.