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Founder of #FreeStellarBlade Movement Doxxed, Calls for Ban on Second Wind's Nick Calandra
Mark Kern, aka Grummz, the founder of the #FreeStellarBlade movement, has been doxxed. Grummz is calling for Second Wind co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Nick Calandra to be banned from X, YouTube, Discord, and Patreon for his involvement in the doxxing.

In a post on X, Grummz wrote, “I just got doxxed. My family has been doxxed. Second Wind and former EIC of Escapist, Nick Calandra @jnickjcal, has weaponized his Discord server and is encouraging his thousands of Patreon supporters to dox me. They did.”

He continued, “And unlike certain other journalists who don’t post receipts, I will. My addresses were posted, among other details about people they assume are me. Instead of banning the user who did so (and who later edited his post to ‘Nick’s Secret’ to obscure my address, but only after it was seen by thousands), Nick encouraged them to do more, and to avoid further TOS violations, asked that the information be sent to him in secret to avoid Discord disciplinary action. These users go unpunished by his moderation team. Instead, they are praised.”

Grummz also accused Calandra of stalking him, tweeting about him non-stop for nearly two months, and being so eager to "get him" that he was fooled by a supporter of Grummz into publishing a fake story. He stated, “There have been multiple, documented threats on my life, including cash bounties, and Nick is happy to enable these violent people and arm them with the information that could lead to violence against myself, my wife, and my children.”

Grummz called for X, YouTube, Patreon, and Discord to ban Calandra, stating, “I am calling on Discord, YouTube, Patreon, and X to permanently ban Nick Calandra and his weaponized Patreon and Discord server, as well as the users who have engaged in this violation of TOS. This has to stop.”

Kern's accusations highlight the seriousness of the situation, noting that thousands of users in Calandra's Discord now have his personal information and are attempting to dox members of his community as well. He also called out Calandra's hypocrisy, stating, “He calls me a grifter, but earns over $54,000 dollars a MONTH attacking me and enabling violence against me by egging on his community.”

Kern's campaign to get Stellar Blade uncensored has made him a target. Bounties have been placed on his head, with Twitch streamer Denims even raising the bounty to $30,000 while reacting to a video about Toneman’s death threat against Kern. Kern has called for a permanent suspension for Denims on Twitch and X, and an FBI investigation.

Calandra admitted to being fooled by a sting operation orchestrated by GigaBear, who sent him a fabricated story that Calandra published without verification. After being exposed, Calandra posted, “Welp fair enough. He seems to have got me on this. I’ll happily retract. The constant manipulation, and lying is hard to verify, and he faked an identity to get me. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, hoping to help get his money back and he used that.”

What do you make of Grummz’s accusations against Calandra and his call to have Calandra banned?

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