People of SMPLive vs. Schlattcoin

**People of SMPLive vs. Schlattcoin** was a court case that occurred on April 9, 2019, conducted in the Church of Etho. The case is against Jschlatt for his Schlattcoin exit scam, filed by plaintiff ConnorEatsPants, with Ted Nivison serving as judge.

## Background

Connor is one of the first server members to fall victim to the Schlattcoin scam. Upon discovering he had "been boofed", in Schlatt's words, he became upset. He would stumble upon Schlatt's "scam chest" under his base, where all of the diamonds he had made through the scam were stored. Connor took the diamonds and set down lava on himself, infuriating Schlatt. The two take the matter to court to settle the dispute.

## Case

Schlatt and Sneegsnag mess around a bit before the court case begins, jumping into a small hole filled with water and letting Schlatt drown as ItsAsaii blocks them in with bricks. Sneeg claims this was a murder and Schlatt immediately pins the blame on Connor.

Ted asks Schlatt to present his case, and he proceeds to go on a sob story about being pushed around and walked over his whole life, complete with fake crying. He exclaims that the world is "gonna know who Jebediah Schlatt is", saying that he created Schlattcoin to make a name for himself despite the bullying. He uses Asaii as a witness, as Asaii had been the first person before Connor to get roped into Schlattcoin. Schlatt asks if he can take the group for a walk, and Ted agrees, so he leads them all to the makeshift Schlattcoin setup at Spawn City, reading out the signs posted on the wall. He asks if anything about his business plan is unclear, to which Ted responds that it's straightforward. Schlatt uses Sneeg as another witness as he continues on to say that Connor had stolen his diamonds from him and burned them. Ted interrupts him, asking him to establish what his claim is. Schlatt insists that he would like to receive compensation from Connor.

Ted then asks Connor to present his counterargument. Connor says that he was initially excited by the prospect of Schlattcoin and wanted to invest in the budding cryptocurrency, saying that a brand new currency was "what the server needs". He and Schlatt are briefly distracted by the humorous sight of Sneeg, Asaii and Pokay sliding around on land in boats slowly before Connor continues. Connor says that he took the law into his own hands out of a desire to fight for what's right, starting an investigation into Schlattcoin - going into Schlatt's basement to discover the scam chest. Ted asks where he heard that scams are illegal on SMPLive, to which Connor only responds by citing the server being a theocracy. He continues on, explaining how he took the diamonds.

Connor then claims that he was murdered by Schlatt suddenly, which is not entirely true - while Schlatt does hit him with his sword and delivers the finishing blow, it is important to note that Connor was on fire due to placing lava down on himself. He claims that Schlatt killed him twice, but focuses on the first time where he had set himself on fire. Connor says that he placed lava below him right as he was killed - which is, again, not entirely true, as he had set it down after the first hit and was already on fire before Schlatt hit him a final time - with the intent of making sure that Schlatt would not get away with his scam.

Ted interrogates him about if the lava was placed on Schlatt's property, and Connor weasels his way out of his by saying it was a community chest, which Schlatt objects to by saying it was when he thought he liked Connor. Connor is suddenly launched into the air by Asaii hooking him with a fishing rod and killed, which Schlatt uses to say that the case was over. Connor tries to play the "we're both in the wrong" card to Schlatt.

Ted announces his decision, that Schlatt is guilty of the claims made against him, but that he can challenge this through trial of strength. Schlatt immediately lunges at Connor and kills him, ending the case.

## References

2. ↑ ConnorEatsPants (April 13, 2019). "The People of SMP Live vs. Schlatt Coin - ConnorEatsPants Stream Highlights" at 6:35 (Video).