Artesian Builds called out by Twitch streamers after refusing to honor PC giveaway Twitch: KiaPiaaTwitch streamers \u2018kiapiaa,\u2019 \u2018protezee,\u2019 and \u2018strwbrrymoogle\u2019 have called out prebuilt-PC company Artesian Builds after the CEO Noah Katz allegedly changed the rules of a PC giveaway after \u201cbelittling\u201d their stream stats. Due to a global supply crisis, computer parts like graphics cards have become harder to come across and prebuilt PC companies have risen in popularity with content creators as they have the ability to receive products straight from the manufacturer. One of those companies is Artesian Builds, which offers an ambassador program that allows creators to share a link or discount code with their community to earn a percentage back from each sale that uses their code. Now, three Twitch streamers \u2014 kiapiaa, protezee, and strwbrrymoogle \u2014 have accused the company\u2019s CEO of \u201cslander\u201d in regards to comments he made after they each won a giveaway. Streamer calls out Artesian Builds on Twitter In a multi-tweet thread on her Twitter account, kiapiaa posted clips of the Artesian Builds live stream after her name was chosen to win a completely built PC. Starting off, her first tweet read: \u201cThey have monthly PC giveaways for their ambassadors, great, right? Except they don\u2019t care for small streamers. I got chosen and they changed their rules last minute.\u201d After reading her Twitch stats and naming off what parts are above his \u201cthreshold,\u201d Katz said: \u201cLet\u2019s see if you have any redeeming qualities.\u201d If you haven’t heard @ArtesianBuilds do not care about their small streamer ambassadors. They have monthly PC giveaways for their ambassadors, great, right? Expect they don’t care for small streamers. I got chosen and they changed their rules last minute (cont.) pic.twitter.com\/CzDiq7VTZP \u2014 kia (@kiapiaa_) March 1, 2022 Kia\u2019s second tweet shows a clip of the CEO reading off her stats: \u201cAll followers combined, still under 5k even across all socials. I was trying to be generous.\u201d Her tweet said: \u201cYou hear this man\u2019s voice? He\u2019s belittling me. It\u2019s slander and defamation of my stream and me as a person. I won that PC fair and square. The rules say that you need the Artesian panel in your twitch About, and I do have it. So what\u2019s the issue @ArtesianBuilds?\u201d You hear this mans voice? He\u2019s belittling me. It\u2019s slander and defamation of my stream and me as a person. I won that PC fair and square. The rules say that you need the Artesian panel in your twitch About, and I do have it. So what\u2019s the issue @ArtesianBuilds? (cont.) pic.twitter.com\/3xSOIpUKRA \u2014 kia (@kiapiaa_) March 1, 2022 In a third post, showing the aftermath of her name being drawn, Noah said: \u201cAnd here\u2019s the reroll. Here\u2019s the reason. This person has been an ambassador for three months and hasn\u2019t had a single click [on her link].\u201d She said: \u201cSorry not everyone has money for a PC. It\u2019s expensive! So condescending. Artesian Builds do better. I earned that PC.\u201d The reason.. LIKE WHAT? Sorry not everyone has money for a PC. ITS EXPENSIVE! So condescending. @ArtesianBuilds do better. I earned that PC. This makes me feel like I\u2019m not a good streamer. (cont.) pic.twitter.com\/pc8EDycP6B \u2014 kia (@kiapiaa_) March 1, 2022 However, Kia isn\u2019t the only person to call out the company. Twitch streamer \u2018SonicMega\u2019 claimed that they would have had to buy part of their own product just to be sponsored by Artesian Builds. They said: \u201c*I* would have had to buy in with my own money for THEIR sponsorship. What a joke.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/sonicmega\/status\/1498624748195958786?s=20&t=m2UU_AZNc1W3vdUYRhdc6A More streamers have come out in regards to the Artesian Builds giveaway, totaling three creators who were allegedly denied their prize after Noah realized their stream stats were \u201cnot high enough.\u201d Twitch streamer strwberrymoogle called the company\u2019s CEO \u201cscum\u201d and that his comments made her feel like all of her work with her stream \u201chad meant nothing.\u201d Wow. @ArtesianBuilds Noah you are the definition of scum. Noah Katz, not only did you essentially just look at all my hard work and go \u201cmmm not enough\u201d, you straight up lie to people. You made me and so may of us feel like all of our work means nothing. How dare you. (1\/?) https:\/\/t.co\/rIKsAwQCkm \u2014 \u2601\ufe0f \u208a\u02daMoogie \ud83e\udd0d (@MoogieVT) March 1, 2022 Another Twitch streamer, Protezee, took to his Twitter account to mention that although he doesn\u2019t need the PC \u2014 he\u2019s appalled at Noah\u2019s comments and actions. I’m not surprised that this is how @ArtesianBuilds operates themselves at all. But I am appalled that you felt the need to try to put me down on your stream for the imaginary criteria you made up on the fly. That’s a no from me, daaaaawwwg. That’s lame as hell. Mind you, I don’t https:\/\/t.co\/u8qv6BgZ5W \u2014 Prote\u017eee (@Protezee) March 1, 2022 Artesian Builds apologizes Shortly after Kia posted her multi-tweet thread on Twitter, the company released a four-tweet apology. The company\u2019s CEO said: \u201cHey Twittersphere I\u2019m really sorry for the way we did parts of the giveaway today. We\u2019ve given a lot of people a lot of awesome free tech and that\u2019s not going to stop. If you want to talk, I\u2019m here- that\u2019s kind of the point of being live so much.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtesianBuilds\/status\/1498556078665048064?s=20&t=KL4TYtFUuVKA0K2sc2hPXQ The company went on to talk about how they have always given away computer parts to ambassadors on stream and will continue to do so. They added: \u201cThe easy way is to not be there for you. But I\u2019ve been there for years. I haven\u2019t done much of anything else. I love interacting with you all. And I feel terrible that anyone didn\u2019t enjoy that process today. Please feel free to share ideas on how to improve.\u201d 4. The easy way is to not be there for you. But I\u2019ve been there for years. I haven\u2019t done much of anything else. I love interacting with you all. And I feel terrible that anyone didn\u2019t enjoy that process today. Please feel free to share ideas on how to improve. -Noah \u2014 Artesian Builds (@ArtesianBuilds) March 1, 2022 However, many followers feel the apology was not enough, calling for the company to \u201cdo better,\u201d and \u201cdon\u2019t treat ambassadors like bugs under your shoe.\u201d Later in the day, the company released another statement regarding the ongoing situation. In the statement, Noah Katz says that he \u201ctakes full accountability\u201d and that \u201cdue to updated giveaway guidelines\u201d that were allegedly \u201cin alignment\u201d for the giveaway, he \u201cmade the wrong decision\u201d to not provide kiapiaa with the PC. https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtesianBuilds\/status\/1498812513948864514?s=20&t=Y_pkZ3-08oaYZX2xHo9zeQ After Katz released his statement on the company Twitter account, Kia revealed that Artesian Builds had reached out to her to offer her the PC she initially won on stream. She said: \u201cMy email back to them was a simple two-sentence reply. No thank you. Take me off your ambassador list.\u201d Okay just to clarify: They emailed me offering a PC. I denied it. I am not supporting a company that doesn\u2019t support small streamers AKA THE backbone of their company. My email back to them was a simple two sentence reply. No ty. Take me off your ambassador list \ud83d\ude42 heh ok gn\u2014 kia (@kiapiaa_) March 2, 2022 Dexerto has reached out to Artesian Builds for further comment and will update if we hear anything back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Artesian Builds called out by Twitch streamers after refusing to honor PC giveaway Twitch: KiaPiaaTwitch streamers \u2018kiapiaa,\u2019 \u2018protezee,\u2019 and \u2018strwbrrymoogle\u2019 have called out prebuilt-PC company Artesian Builds after the CEO Noah Katz allegedly changed the rules of a PC giveaway after \u201cbelittling\u201d their stream stats. Due to a global supply crisis, computer parts like graphics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}