History Trivia / KSI

* ArtistDisillusionment: He underwent a form of one in 2017 for four months, figuratively and literally "going dark" online -- blacking out all of his profile pictures and banners across social media, also taking down some of his videos -- alongside uploading a series of tweets where he explained that he had become disillusioned with his status as a "celebrity". This mindset would inform the tone of his next release, the ''Space'' EP, led by the single "Creature", which talks explicitly about how he felt his celebrity had led to him being treated like an animal instead of a human being.

* CreatorBacklash: With some bits of info to go off of, he now holds a less than favorable opinion of his song "Friends with Benefits".
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: One of his "Try Not to Laugh" challenge videos on his second channel, "I CAN'T BREATHE", posted in 2019, was retitled to "I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING" in 2020 following the killing of George Floyd, as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_can%27t_breathe "I can't breathe"]] is a phrase tied to the Black Lives Matter movement following its use by several black victims of police brutality, including Floyd himself.
* OldShame:

*** There's also his reaction about his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RAJWd8T3s Eurogamer Expo 2012]] experience. His NoJustNoReaction just says it all really.[[labelnote:Backstory]]At the 2012 Eurogamer Expo (now known as EGX), KSI interviewed several female fans for a video, asking them some questions that the organisers found inappropriate. Eurogamer (today Gamer Network, with Eurogamer now being the company's flagship brand) thus banned KSI from all their future events for life, and Creator/{{Microsoft}}, who KSI was a promotional partner of at the time, also cut all ties with him. The incident ultimately ended up being a minor setback and black mark to his overall career, what with his co-founding of the Sidemen, his rapping career, his boxing matches, and so forth.[[/labelnote]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The video for "Creature" would have had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSnV2fMcZdo a building on fire and a fireman putting it out]], but in light of the Grenfell Tower fire, its release was delayed so the scene would be edited, as it would have been in poor taste.

* {{Blooper}}: A long-standing one that has been going on for his screencapped videos for some time now is that he has an "Activate [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]]" watermark[[note]]indicating that a user is not using a "genuine" non-pirated version of Windows[[/note]] on the bottom-right corner of his computer screen. This isn't KSI's fault, though; there was a bug in Windows 10 that caused a number of Windows machines to be misidentified as non-genuine. The bug has since been fixed, but apparently, JJ has never learned about this or doesn't use Windows Update on his PC.

*** There's also his reaction about his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RAJWd8T3s Eurogamer Expo 2012]] experience. His NoJustNoReaction just says it all really.[[labelnote:Backstory]]At the 2012 Eurogamer Expo (now known as EGX), KSI interviewed several female fans for a video, asking them some questions that the organisers found inappropriate. Eurogamer (and, by extension, Gamer Network) thus banned KSI from all their future events for life, and Creator/{{Microsoft}}, who KSI was a promotional partner of at the time, also cut all ties with him. The incident ultimately ended up being a minor setback and black mark to his overall career, what with his co-founding of the Sidemen, his rapping career, his boxing matches, and so forth.[[/labelnote]]

*** There's also his reaction about his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RAJWd8T3s Eurogamer Expo 2012]] experience. His NoJustNoReaction just says it all really.[[labelnote:Backstory]]At the 2012 Eurogamer Expo (now known as EGX), KSI interviewed several female fans for a video, asking them some questions that the organisers found inappropriate. Eurogamer thus banned KSI from all their future events for life, and Creator/{{Microsoft}}, who KSI was a promotional partner of at the time, also cut all ties with him. The incident ultimately ended up being a minor setback and black mark to his overall career, what with his co-founding of the Sidemen, his rapping career, his boxing matches, and so forth.[[/labelnote]]

*** There's also his reaction about his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RAJWd8T3s Eurogamer Expo 2012]] experience. His NoJustNoReaction just says it all really.[[labelnote:Backstory]]At the 2012 Eurogamer Expo (now known as EGX), KSI interviewed several female fans for a video, asking them some questions that the organisers found inappropriate. Eurogamer thus banned KSI from all their future events for life, and Creator/{{Microsoft}}, who KSI was a promotional partner of at the time, also cut all ties with him. While it seemed that the incident would become a RoleEndingMisdemeanour, it ultimately ended up being a minor setback and black mark to his overall career, what with his co-founding of the Sidemen, his rapping career, his boxing matches, and so forth.[[/labelnote]]

** Part of it was because of the ''Wall Street Journal'' scandal LetsPlay/PewDiePie experienced that year, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqABj4mtdJg as he revealed]] on ''Homegrown'', a podcast hosted by fellow Sideman Josh (Zerkaa).

*** There's also his reaction about his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RAJWd8T3s Eurogamer Expo 2012]] experience. His NoJustNoReaction just says it all really.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: KSI was permanently banned from all events organised by Eurogamer after the 2012 Eurogamer Expo (now known as EGX) for behaviour towards female fans that the organisers found inappropriate. [[Creator/XboxGameStudios Microsoft]], who KSI was a promotional partner of, also cut all ties with him. Unlike most Web Original examples of this trivia trope, however, KSI has remained increasingly popular online, proving the incident to be a minor black mark on his career overall.

* {{Blooper}}: A long-standing one that has been going on for his screencapped videos for some time now is that he has an "Activate [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]]" watermark[[note]]indicting that a user is not using a "genuine" non-pirated version of Windows[[/note]] on the bottom-right corner of his computer screen. This isn't KSI's fault, though; there was a bug in Windows 10 that caused a number of Windows machines to be misidentified as non-genuine. The bug has since been fixed, but apparently JJ has never learned about this or doesn't use Windows Update on his PC.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: KSI was permanently banned from all events organised by Eurogamer after the 2012 Eurogamer Expo (now known as EGX) for behaviour towards female fans that the organisers found inappropriate. Creator/{{Microsoft|Studios}}, who KSI was a promotional partner of, also cut all ties with him. Unlike most Web Original examples of this trivia trope, however, KSI has remained increasingly popular online, proving the incident to be a minor black mark on his career overall.

* ArtistDisillusionment: He underwent a form of one in 2017, blacking out all of his profile pictures and banners across social media, taking down some of his videos, and uploading a series of tweets where he explained that he had become disillusioned with his status as a "celebrity".
** Part of it also was because of ''The Wall Street Journal'' scandal LetsPlay/PewDiePie experienced, as he revealed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqABj4mtdJg at Josh's new podcast.]]
* {{Blooper}}: A really long-standing one that been going on for his screencapped videos for some time now is that he has an "Activate [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]]" watermark[[note]]indicting that a user is not using a "genuine" non-pirated version of Windows[[/note]] on the bottom-right corner of his computer screen. This isn't KSI's fault, though; there was a bug in Windows 10 that caused a number of Windows machines to be misidentified as non-genuine. The bug has since been fixed, but apparently JJ has never learned about this or doesn't use Windows Update on his PC.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: One of his "Try Not to Laugh" challenge videos title on the second channel, "I CAN'T BREATHE", posted in 2019, was changed to "I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING" in 2020, because in the latter year, George Floyd, an African-American, was killed by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, who knelt on his neck, lying face down on the street calling out "I can't breathe", which caused worldwide protests against police brutality and racism.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: One of his "Try Not to Laugh" challenge videos title on the second channel, "I CAN'T BREATHE", posted in 2019, was changed to "I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING" in 2020, because in the latter year, George Floyd, an African-American, was killed by a white police officer who knelt on his neck, lying face down on the street calling out "I can't breathe", which caused worldwide protests.

** Part of it also was because of the Wall Street Journal scandal LetsPlay/PewDiePie experienced, as he revealed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqABj4mtdJg at Josh's new podcast.]]

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: One of his "Try Not to Laugh" challenge videos title, "I CAN'T BREATHE", posted in 2019, was changed to "I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING" in 2020, because in the latter year, George Floyd, an African-American, was killed by a white police officer who knelt on his neck, lying face down on the street calling out "I can't breathe", which caused worldwide protests.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: One of his "Try Not to Laugh" challenge videos title, "I CAN'T BREATHE", posted in 2019, was changed to "I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING" in 2020, because in the latter year, George Floyd, an African-American, was killed by a white police officer who knelt on his neck, lying face down on the street calling out "I can't breathe", which cause worldwide protests.

* {{Blooper}}: A really long-standing one that been going on for his screencapped videos for some time now is that he has an "Activate [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]]" watermark[[note]]indicting that a user is not using a "genuine" non-pirated version of Windows[[/note]] on the bottom-right corner of his computer screen. This isn't KSI's fault, though; there was a bug in Windows 10 update that caused a number of Windows machines to be misidentified as non-genuine. The bug has since been fixed, but apparently JJ has never learned about this or doesn't use Windows Update on his PC.

* {{Blooper}}: A really long-standing one that been going on for his screencapped videos for some time now is that he has an "Active [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]]" watermark[[note]]indicting that a user is not using a "genuine" non-pirated version of Windows[[/note]] on the bottom-right corner of his computer screen. This isn't KSI's fault, though; there was a bug in Windows 10 update that caused a number of Windows machines to be misidentified as non-genuine. The bug has since been fixed, but apparently JJ has never learned about this or doesn't use Windows Update on his PC.

* ArtistDisillusionment: He seemingly underwent one in 2017. He blacked out all of his profile pictures and banners across both [=YouTube=] and social media, took down some of his videos, and uploaded a series of tweets where he explained that he had become disillusioned with his status as a "celebrity" and the extra privileges he got as a result, even though everyone is created equal.
** Part of it also was because of the scandal LetsPlay/PewDiePie experienced as he revealed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqABj4mtdJg at Josh's new podcast.]]

** He doesn't really like his first-ever Machinima video. He tweeted that he'd upload it if said tweet got 2,000 favorites, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor a goal that was accomplished in less than TEN MINUTES.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_L3Apg-NMk Thus...]]
** Has become disillusioned with his "rape face" due to its serious connotations.
** There's also his reaction about his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RAJWd8T3s Eurogamer Expo 2012]] experience. His NoJustNoReaction just says it all really.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP989-PbCcY Seeing his old self]] saying the things he wouldn't say in the future has him face palming and questioning why he would say such things.
* PromotedFanboy: Despite making a lot of hilarious videos about Heskey back in the day, he claims that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpqFp0dInB8 Heskey is one of his biggest idols]] and he finally gets to play a game with him.

* TrollingCreator: As he admitted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNI8IckD29A this video]], he singled out Ethan in a half joke, half serious way when he mentions why he "left the Sidemen" which ultimately snowballed into a series of diss tracks between him, Ethan, and Harry. Fortunately enough, [[TrueCompanions they all became friends again]] after the entire thing.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Creature" would have had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSnV2fMcZdo a building on fire and a fireman would put it out]] but thanks to the Manchester Arena bombing, the song was delayed and he and the production team had to change that scene as it would have been in poor taste.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: KSI was banned from Eurogamer Expo (now known as EGX) in 2012 for behaviour towards fans that the organisers found inappropriate. While still popular online, the organisers of said event have confirmed that the ban is a lifetime one.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Creature" would have had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSnV2fMcZdo a building on fire and a fireman would put it out]] but thanks to the "Ariana Grande concert incident", the song was delayed and he and the production team had to change that scene as it would have been in poor taste.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: KSI was banned from Eurogamer Expo (now known as EGX) in 2012 for behaviour towards fans that the organisers found inappropriate. While still popular online, the organisers of said event have confirmed that the ban is a lifetime one.

** There's also his reaction about his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RAJWd8T3s Eurogamer Expo 2012]] experience. His NoJustNo reaction just says it all really.

* OldShame: He doesn't really like his first-ever Machinima video. He tweeted that he'd upload it if said tweet got 2,000 favorites, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor a goal that was accomplished in less than TEN MINUTES.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_L3Apg-NMk Thus...]]