#Willy Wonka Experience disaster

[ktempestbradford]

I have been on a Willy Wonkified journey today and I need y'all to come with me

It started so innocently. Scrolling Google News I come across this article on Ars Technica:

At first glance I thought what happened was parents saw AI-generated images of an event their kids were at and became concerned, then realized it was fake. The reality? Oh so much better.

On Saturday, event organizers shut down a Glasgow-based "Willy's Chocolate Experience" after customers complained that the unofficial Wonka-inspired event, which took place in a sparsely decorated venue, did not match the lush AI-generated images listed on its official website.... According to Sky News, police were called to the event, and "advice was given."

Thing is, the people who paid to go were obviously not expecting exactly this:

But I can see how they'd be a bit pissed upon arriving to this:

It gets worse.

"Tempest, how could it possibly--"

source of this video that also includes this charming description:

Made up a villain called The Unknown — 'an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls'

There is already a meme.

Oh yes, the Wish.com Oompa Loompa:

Who has already done an interview!

As bad (and hilarious) as this all is, I got curious about the company that put on this event. Did they somehow overreach? Did the actors they hired back out at the last minute? (Or after they saw the script...) Oddly enough, it doesn't seem so!

Given what I found when poking around I'm legit surprised there was an event at all. Cuz this outfit seems to be 100% a scam.

The website for this specific event is here and it has many AI generated images on it, as stated. I don't think anyone who bought tickets looked very closely at these images, otherwise they might have been concerned about how much Catgacating their children would be exposed to.

Yes, Catgacating. You know, CATgacating!

I personally don't think anyone should serve exarserdray flavored lollipops in public spaces given how many people are allergic to it. And the sweet teats might not have been age appropriate.

Though the Twilight Tunnel looks pretty cool:

I'm not sure that Dim Tight Twdrding is safe. I've also been warned that Vivue Sounds are in that weird frequency range that makes you poop your pants upon hearing them.

Yes, Virginia, these folks used an AI image generator for everything on the website and used Chat GPT for some of the text! From the FAQ:

Q: I cannot go on the available days. Will you have more dates in the future? A: Should there be capacity when you arrive, then you will be able to enter without any problems. In the event that this is not the case, we may ask you to wait a bit.

Fear not, for this question is asked again a few lines down and the answer makes more sense.

Curious about the events company behind this disaster, I took myself over to the homepage of House of Illuminati and I was not disappointed.

I would 100% trust these people to plan my wedding.

This abomination of a website is a badly edited WordPress blog filled with AI art and just enough blog posts to make the casual viewer think that it's a legit business for about 0.0004 seconds.

Their attention to detail is stunning, from how they left up the default first post every WP blog gets to how they didn't bother changing the name on several images, thus revealing where they came from. Like this one:

With the lovely and compact filename "DALL·E-2024-01-30-09.50.54-Imagine-a-scene-where-fantasy-and-reality-merge-seamlessly.-In-the-foreground-a-grand-interactive-gala-is-taking-place-filled-with-elegant-guests-i.png"

"Concept.png" came from the same AI generator that gets text almost, but not quiiiiiite right:

There are a suspicious number of .webp images in the uploads, which makes me think they either stole them from other sites where AI "art" was uploaded or they didn't want to pay for the hi-res versions of some and just grabbed the preview image.

The real fun came when I noticed this filename: Before-and-After-Eventologists-Transformation-Edgbaston-Cricket-Ground-1024x1024-1.jpg and decided to do a Google image search. Friends, you will be shocked to hear that the image in question, found on this post touting how they can transform a boring warehouse into a fun event space, was stolen from this actual event planner.

Even better, this weirdly grainy image?

From a post that claims to be about the preparations for a "Willy Wonka" experience (we'll get to this in a minute), is not only NOT an actual image of anyone preparing anything for Illuminati's event, it is stolen from a YouTube thumbnail that's been chopped to remove the name of the company that actually made this. Here's the video.

If you actually read the blog posts they're all copypasta or some AI generated crap. To the point where this seems like not a real business at all. There's very specific business information at the bottom, but nothing else seems real.

As I said, I'm kinda surprised they put on an event at all. This has, "And then they ran off with all our money!" written all over it. I'm perplexed.

And also wondering when the copyright lawyers are gonna start calling, because...

This post explicitly says they're putting together a "Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory Experience" complete with golden tickets.

Somewhere along the line someone must have wised up, because the actual event was called "Willys Chocolate Experience" (note the lack of apostrophe) and the script they handed to the actors about 10 minutes before they were supposed to "perform" was about a "Willy McDuff" and his chocolate factory.

As I was going through this madness with friends in a chat, one pointed out that it took very little prompting to get the free Chat GPT to spit out an event description and such very similar to all this while avoiding copyrighted phrases. But he couldn't figure out where the McDuff came from since it wasn't the type of thing GPT would usually spit out...

Until he altered the prompt to include it would be happening in Glasgow, Scotland.

You cannot make this stuff up.

But truly, honestly, I do not even understand why they didn't take the money and run. Clearly this was all set up to be a scam. A lazy, AI generated scam.

Everything from the website to the event images to the copy to the "script" to the names of things was either stolen or AI generated (aka stolen). Hell, I'd be looking for some poor Japanese visitor wandering the streets of Glasgow, confused, after being jacked for his mascot costume.

HE LIVES IN THE WALLS, Y'ALL.

#long post #Willy Wonka #Wonka #Willy Wonka Experience #Willy Wonka Experience disaster #Willy's Chocolate Experience #Willys Chocolate Experience #THE UNKNOWN #Wish.com Oompa Loompa #House of Illuminati #AI #ai generated

[baderpfulu]

Sooo... I made the Willy Wonka Experience guys in acnh

i imagine they'd give you two acnh apples instead of jellybeans :p

#i know i'm a little late to this but i just watched a video about it lol #willy wonka experience #willy wonka experience disaster #willy wonka experience mess #willy wonka #the unknown #oompa loompa #willy wonka glasgow #willy wonka experience glasgow #sad oompa loompa girl #the unknown who lives in the walls #glasgow willy wonka experience #shitpost #acnh #animal crossing #animal crossing new horizons

[bemorenerdy]

NO.

#willy wonka experience #OH MY GOD?????? #HOLY SHIT. #NO FUCKING WAY #willy wonka #glasgow #Willy wonka experience disaster #willy wonka glasgow

[blue-dissolve]

Friend suggested I draw ���Digital Circus Experience” and I had to before the meme died

#doodle #the amazing digital circus #tadc #tadc pomni #wonka’s chocolate experience #if ur wondering why I haven’t drawn recently its been bc of looking into this wonderful disaster #willy wonka

[truly-morgan]

Mob Psycho 100 x Willy Wonka Experience AU

featuring

Mob - Wonkidoodle

Ekubo - Willy McDuff

Serizawa - The Unknown

Reigen going into a shady business venture, trying to make some money out of the new movie everyone is talking about featuring the candy maker.

please also enjoy some bonus:

Mob: Shisho, why do I get a dress? Don't the… oompa loompa? Have male outfits?

Reigen: Well, Tome decided she couldn't help anymore and I couldn't find any male version in your size. You two are similarly sized! So it's perfect!

Mob: 😐💢

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Ekubo: what the fuck even is this script? We could have you disappear with powers, but it still makes no sense?!?

Serizawa: please don't make me disappear inside a vacuum

Eekubo: go back behind the mirror

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Ekubo: Shigeo, I think the idiot said only one jelly bean per child, we kind of really don't have many of them

Mob: Shisho will just need to buy more 😐

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The one who calls the cops on the whole event is Ritsu, who volunteered (aka took pity on nii-san and accepted to work at the sad candy table). He decided he had enough of seeing the three other espers working their ass off to make it as fun as possible despite how disappointed the children are or angry the parents are.

The second employee (volunteer! There's no pay for volunteer!) is Sho, who received live updates from Ritsu's POV and decided this was hilarious and he needed to be there.

I think Reigen would somehow manage to worm his way out of the mess he created for himself. It causes problems for his S&S office because people associate it with the failed event, but his face is never shown so he lies about it all.

He swears to never try something like this again though.

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Just thought about some more actually:

Mob's green hair is him being forced to use some green spray dye for them. He will definitely get in trouble with teachers because Reigen got the wrong kind of spray and this one doesn't wash off easily.

#my art #fanart #mp100 #mob psycho 100 #willy wonka experience #shigeo kageyama #ekubo #serizawa katsuya #I swear I could see reigen pulling some kind of shady ass events like this #hell maybe he's not just trying to scam people #(even if he's definitly in it for the money mostly) #but the disaster happens because he just suck at organising events #not because he didn't try #he just didn't have the proper money and staff

[louisthiccsexyglitteryass]

the unknown my beloved

#the unknown #glasgow willy wonka experience #willy wonka experience #glasgow willy wonka disaster

[morzowo]

just encountered ai generated 'art' with over 4k notes with great ratio of more reblogs than likes and with disclaimer about it being ai generated under original post being removed many reblogs back

i hate it here

#all while listening to video about willy wonka experience disaster and ai in general #why people hate art and artists so fucking much #this shit will get thousands of notes meanwhile actually talented people will get like 15 or 20 notes on their work #i'm getting so fucking tired of everything #kurwa ja pierdole

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

honestly it's fucking poetic how the site that had the most notorious failed convention/venue-going disasters of recent history has looked at the glasgow willy wonka experience and fucking embraced it. like. if anyone's going to talk about a horrifically cosmically bad flop convention it would be the Horrifically Cosmically Bad Flop Convention Website

#mine #willy wonka #glasgow willy wonka experience

[misscryptidart]

Glascow Willy Wonka Experience scam disaster AI piece of garbage lmao moment I love you

#mtg #mtg proxy #magic the gathering #forbbiden alchemy #Glascow Willy Wonka Experience #Willy Wonka Experience #glascow #willy wonka #absolutly 0 disrespect to the actress i hope she got her fucking bag #anti ai

[dongcroncher]

Apparently a company in England tried to create an unofficial "Willy Wonka Chocolate Experience". This was supposed to be an interactive event that would take you through a replica of Willy's Factory with themed rooms.

However the website had a number of red flags, such as the fact that it was entirely AI generated, with no proofreading being done.

The actual event was a disaster. It was so bad police were called when refunds weren't issued

In the spirit of Dashcon, they also had a ballpit! Apparently kids were given candy, but it ended up being only two jellybeans per child and a cup of lemonade.

#willy wonka

[gabessquishytum]

Willy Wonka but Dreamling.

Dream Endless has become a complete recluse in the years following people attempting to steal his candy recipes.

When Dream sends out the silver tickets (because gold isn't really his color) Robyn gets the final ticket.

Hob, Robyn's SINGLE father, accompanies Robyn to the factory. He's very surprised that the recluse candy maker is so HOT.

Meanwhile, Dream is delighted by Robyn, especially compared to the other kids, and his father certainly isn't bad either. They are very much alike, even, for though Hob may be grown, he is still very much a child at heart.

Maybe instead of giving away his factory... he can simply invite them to live with him? Surely, they'll both provide wonderful ideas.

Besides, Dream definitely wants to break some health and safety codes with Hob, everywhere 😉👀

- 🐺

So we did have a Wonka/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory au a little while back BUT since the Glasgow Wonka Experience went viral, I think we just have to do something with that 🤣

Here's Dream, who was hired to play Wonka at this fun immersive experience for kids! Unfortunately, its not going very well. The experience definitely isn't what was advertised, kids are crying, parents are fuming! Poor Dream, it's not his fault - he was just hired to be the entertainment.

Fortunately he finds an ally in single father Hob Gadling, who is extremely amused by the shenanigans. His kid, Robyn, is on the borderlines of being too old for this experience anyway, and he finds it pretty funny too. Hob joins in with Dream’s attempts at storytelling and Robyn laughs at his (awful) jokes, so that the mob of other angry parents calm down a tiny bit and don't come for Dream with their pitchforks. It's still a disaster, though. Dream is pretty sure that he'll never get another job after this - he'll be forever known as the Terrible Wonka Guy.

Hob gives him a friendly pat on the back and hands him a business card. He runs a small family pub and he's been looking for new entertainment for birthday parties and that kind of thing. He'll be happy to give Dream the gig if he wants it. Dream is so grateful, he kisses Hob on the cheek - and of course someone gets a picture. Gay Wonka Experience goes horribly viral, but Dream doesn't care. He's got a potential job, AND a date!

#🐺 anon #the sandman #dreamling

[suspencerrrr]

Glasgow Willy Wonka AI experience was a disaster but at least the nice Oompa Loompa lady let me have an extra five minutes in the ball pit

#willy wonka #dashcon

[thoughtportal]

The viral Glasgow Willy Wonka experience disaster has captured the hearts of the internet, and it feels like new, insane details have been emerging every five minute. So we at Scroll Deep have put together this ultimate guide to one of the funniest and most baffling things that has ever happened, featuring depressed Oompa Loompas, fibreglass lollipops and... what's that? ... It's The Unknown!!

#willy wonka #the unknown #AI #chocolate #glasgow #scroll deep #scotland #oompa loompa #youtube #Youtube

[spidermartini]

THEY ARE MAKING A "THE UNKNOWN" FILM.

#the unknown #wonka #willy wonka #glasgow #glasgow willy wonka experience #the unknown movie

[ifwebefriends]

A conspiracy theory that I don’t believe but really really want to is that the Glasgow Willy Wonka experience scam was made terribly with AI on purpose to prove to the world and CEOs that AI can’t replace human creativity and when you use it for everything, it will end in a horrible disaster

#willy wonka #wonka Glasgow #glasgow #wonka glasgow scam #ai #anti ai

[midnightcowboy1969]

At this point it’s like of course the Willy Wonka actor from the AI Wonka Experience disaster is a groomer