Friday, November 12, 2010

It's On, Like Donkey Kong. (Now Trademarked by Nintendo)

Stream timez all around for everyone. Streaming for donations has become a hot topic around these parts. So let's start with a more.... interesting topic. Click "Read More" for all the good stuff.



This one goes out to a certain someone who I will not name. I have friends in high places and often times. I think it needs to be said that if there is something said, I will hear it. Often times this comes in the form of morons who mouth off in others streams over my "priorities".

Because apparently, my HD Capture card is horribly over the line that I'm clearly doing something wrong.

I've seen this argument before, yet allow me to tell you some things you probably don't know and refuse to look at:

What benefit to me, as a person in every day life. Do I have to gain from such a thing as to say, fixing a PS3? Getting a new computer? or wasting it all on FFXI?

You, the people can make up your mind there. However, I do not see a problem and still don't with it. I've spent over 1000$ on LPing alone, it's a quite addicting hobby. I spent 1000$+ on a new computer all out of my own money just for LPing. That was the main reason. Not to mention the little costs such as microphones which break easily and need to be replaced.

I have the bills and receipts to prove it. Meanwhile, your friends are using your donation money to pay for Final Fantasy XI ("Bills") and other concerns not related to LPs or streaming in general. However, mine is more akin to a website you love asking to help donate for new servers to better sustain guests.

This whole bullshit of righteous notions is quite stupid. I do not gain anything out of it, meanwhile people like Serenia need it just as much. However, paying for "moving" and "bills" is a clear sign that you have spent way too much time doing other things. When you should have been out working for what you needed or at least trying.

I do not see why I, a person who works hard in real life, pays the bills, goes to work. Has to deal with this mockery. I'm not asking for your approval but I am asking you to open your eyes to the truth. I'm not the one who is wasting money. I have things that prove it, however they do not. see chatlog here.

Does anything think I can actually post on this blog that isn't a total bash? Maybe I can start writing about things I love. Like my fondness for felt, my strong love for Betty White and the constant need for sunglasses.

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Ok, we need to talk.

I have been bothered, bugged and annoyed by rabid fans of certain Let's Players. There have been comments made on both sides and it seems to be spreading. So, simply put. We need to talk. If you wish to stay out of the drama zone, please stop reading right this instant.



Let me begin by saying that first off, this is not to bash or intrude but rather to give my side of the story. You can judge however which way you want. However, you should hear me out before you even start to bash me over this and so we need to start from the beginning. Remember, this is through an objective eye. If you think I'm being bias, think again.


A BRIEF HISTORY
I started Youtube back in August of 08. My friend, WhitemageSerenia had been doing so for quite some time. He managed to talk me into and this began my channel. I started out with virtually no knowledge of youtube or anyone on it. After a short time I met many others who love and do exactly what I do. It was fun, it was worthwhile and most of all. It was a good way to meet others while playing games.

For the longest time it was a passion, something I loved to do. I played co-ops with friends and got to enjoy each others company. However, 2009 and towards 2010. Me and several friends would realize that all was not happy in youtubia.



THE MAJOR PLAYERS

WhitemageSerenia: Lovable friend, always nice and courteous. We have our differences but at the end of the day we always stay friends.

ViktorHark: A Sweedish Meatball, I met him and we've been pretty good friends ever sense. We also really fucking love Monster Hunter.

ToraTatsu: An up and coming LPer who I met via my streams and general fanbase. He's a nice guy and usually around when I need him.

Cevian: A wacky and lovable LPer who tends to be known for what he does best: Chaos.

TheTigersAreHere: The Lovable asshole with a heart of gold.(Riiiiiiiight) He has a strong disliking for Kira's group naturally.

Dreamer7g: A former friend, who prides himself on his knowledge of computers and logic. Briefly dated Kira. More on this later.

KiraDragonTamer: A former friend who is prone to her iconic laugh and bouts of craziness.Briefly dated Dreamer. More on this later

OdinoftheVault: A person who I will never really know, aside from the story below. He has proven himself in certain aspects. More on this later

SuperSane101: An Lper I met who was doing the same LP as I was. Tales of Symphonia 2, we met and talked quite a bit and quickly became friends.

CHAPTER 1: The Beginning
Now that we've gone over my history of starting LPing. Let's go over what exactly happened in the events leading up to what I now call the "Kirapocalypse". To do so, we'll need to go back to November of 2009. For those who didn't know. This was when Dreamer and Kira were dating.

Back during this time, we were all pretty fine and dandy. We all enjoyed each others company, side from a few of us and we got along well. However, some non-issues presented themselves. This was about the time Odin began to come into our circle. I didn't know him much as I never got the chance to really talk to him. We were into playing Monopoly on Pogo, we played it often when we were bored. It was a simpler time.

To further show you how the circle worked. I've made a line graph to represent.


You'll notice Odin's hatred for Supersane. I have coined a phrase known as linking. This is something in common with Kira, Dreamer and Odin's group as a whole. You see, when Odin/Kira/Dreamer hate someone. The others often follow it. It doesn't matter who initiated it. They will simply hate whoever they see as being mean to their friend. Those who actually have a rational thought process are not swayed by this.

This brings us back full circle to what is known as the "Kirapocalypse".


Chapter II: THE KIRAPOCALYPSE

One day in November, Dreamer decided to drop a bomb. He was breaking up with Kira. Kira of course, took this not so well. This lead to an onslaught of what has come to be known as the "Kirapocalypse".

Kira, didn't take it well as most people on their first real relationship would have. However, during some calls we discussed what Dreamer had done in the past to someone who I will not name. As I don't want them to be dragged into this. The logic was moreso as type of "You're better off without him" then "LOOK WHAT HE DID OMG". However, Kira took it much more harshly then anyone ever could have.

Kira started a huge campaign against Dreamer. Infact, she spread so much venom around that the circle was spinning and heading straight for a cliff. I tried my best to help her get her mind off it. However, I was soon dragged into it and forced on her side. I tried to make her feel better, I played games with her and so did Viktor and several other LPers. Simply put: It didn't work. She went so far as to get him physically kicked from our Linkshell (It's like a Guild in FFXI) just out of pure bitterness. She even went as far as wishing he had lost his character when he was hacked during ballista.(See below for a link to the chatlogs)

The bitterness continued for almost 2 weeks. It got on the nerves of everyone, turned friends against friends and caused problems LP wise for many as well. That was, until it ended.

Yeah... it ended.

No sign of resolution in sight and suddenly, it ended. As swiftly as it had came it ended. How you may ask? This is another part of the problem. You see, no matter the drama or hatred for one another. They were able to reconcile with just a voice chat. All the bitterness, all the hatred, lies, slander, and threatened violence was forgotten in an instance. The problem? Everyone around them still felt the impact of it for quite some time.

Well then, you may ask. Did this cause the problem for this whole post? No. Not even close. For that, we'll need to go closer to the new year to get to that.

Chapter III: The New Year
Spring forward to December 2009. Where, I took a break off of Youtube to visit with family. This of course was a normal thing for me as it was a holiday. However, word quickly spread that Dreamer said I was being "distant" and wasn't "answering his calls or messages". The validity of these claims are still up in the air but of course I didn't really approve of it. I stopped talking to Dreamer for a bit.


What did this mean for them however? Well to them it meant I hated him. It quickly grew like wildfire and soon enough. I just stopped giving a damn. "They'll sort it out themselves" I told myself however, that was further from the truth.

Around this time, Odin decided to start wild speculations over me. He claimed I was the cause of everything that was wrong in their group. Everything that went wrong was somehow tied to me and I was accused of causing, along with other things. The Kirapocalypse. Behind my back they planned many things, they planned to force me into a voice chat with Dreamer and them or even pretend to be in a game of scrabble and invite me into it. Then force me into a call with Dreamer as well.

Now a brief moment to go over Odin for a second if I may. Odin is an interesting case as he is the most vile of the three. Often times I would find myself playing games with him and Tora such as Multi-Theft Auto. The problem being however, he would pretend to go AFK and listen to me and Tora talk. If I said anything remotely about Dreamer he would report it back to them in some grand scheme to "get me". He'd also jump into call at that point and say how I was being "mean". He would later go on to tell them that if he met me in real life that he would "snap my neck". Nice guy eh?


Alright back to the story.
All the while, I had no need to clarify anything in my mind. Then they started getting rather dirty in their attempts. During the New Years stream on my channel. Odin took it upon himself to intrude in on it. He brought Dreamer and joined the match I was in on Multitheft Auto which I was playing with Tora. Of course, I didn't really enjoy that attempt to troll.

Tora was another subject of debate, since we are on this topic as well. Tora is a good friend of mine. He's also not exactly tech savvy (Sorry, Tora!) He also has a slight autism. The problem with this being however is Dreamer and his relationship. Tora thought highly of Dreamer, he asked for advice on his computer and needed help with it. Problems I later solved for him. Dreamer has this way about him to which he seems to be giving advice then doesn't bother to finish it. He half-asses it and often times leaves you out in the cold. An example would be the time I asked for help in making a custom computer. He picked out parts that were pretty much incompatible. I had to do the research myself.


Alright, so back to the story. I of course didn't take the trolling well. I pretty much hated Odin at that point and I've pretty sure he hated me from the get go. So it was mutual. Eventually after some long chats on skype, things are cleared up and everything is back to normal. However, this is when a rift between the circle starts to form. Here's the new updated graph.




Problem solved, everything is done fine and dandy. However, I was not much for trusting them after this. You can obviously see why I would have such a reaction.


Chapter IV: THE RIFT GROWS BIGGER
As I wasn't much for trusting them at that time. I took a break from talking to them. Of course, I did exchange pleasantries with them here and there and was generally a nice guy. The rift began to grow. We eventually stopped talking entirely for months on end. I still did Promyvion(XI) for them however, the rift was there and it grew larger by the second. The circle we once had was now gone. Instead it fractured into miniature circles. All being held together by a very thin wire that would snap at any second.

Tigers, a good friend of mine eventually started doing reviews of LPers. He would grade them on several things and an ending judgment would be pass or fail. This is where it starts to turn out for the worse, you see the next person to be reviewed?

Kira.



Chapter V: THE WIRE SNAPS
I was asked by Tigers to be a co-star in one of his reviews and of course that ended up being Kira's. Now, before people start shouting "You were just mean to her" or "you were trolling". No, we were not. We were bringing valid points to the table and presenting it as a way for her to examine her work and see if there were any problems. She of course, didn't see it as such and instead promptly got angry over it. Thus the linking began.




The next subject matter however, became something worse. A youtube poop showed up on SuperSane101's channel. It was of Kira, Dreamer and Odin doing... well certain acts that would be a sin to everything in anyone's mind. It was meant jokingly and of course should be seen as such. Odin, however didn't seem so much. He absolutely hated it. I have heard reports it took him 7 hours to calm down after seeing the video.



Seriously? 7 hours? If this is true. I don't think it's something to worry that much over. I have a similar youtube poop on youtube too. When I first saw it, I was confused, but it was funny at the end of the day. It's not something hateful, but the video got taken down. Then several clone accounts popped up and posted the video again.

Dreamer, took it well seemingly. Infact, he laughed about it and for the most part seemed to see it as what it was to most of us. A joke. This is where linking comes into play. Not shortly after I played the soundbite on my stream did things start to get hectic. Apparently Kira did not take kindly to it, why? No idea. Soon, Dreamer was sooner calling me a prick. Viktor was shafted from his "friends" just for finding the video funny and then favoriting it. Really? He just liked the video guys.

Sooner then you could ever guess. They were gone and still pretty much talking about us behind our backs. They even went so far as to tell Zack that he hoped 2/3s of our new Gaming podcast GAME POCKET would fail basically. Because we are a "bunch of pricks". I don't think he realized what he said there.



Chapter VI: THE AFTERMATH
The ending of this friendship has still been causing problems. However to what is yet to be determined. I have been literally cursed out by people over it. However I have not spoken a word to anyone outside of this aside from the select few who were involved. Sure there has been an off sight joke on stream here and there. It seems that they have told all their closest friends what an asshole I am. Despite the fact they have no underlying proof of anything.

I was later told in a chat by someone with quotes of why they had blocked me and Viktor. I was told it was because I was "holding it against them what I did back during New Years" and that I had "quite the anger problems". Let me clear here, never once have I EVER done such a thing. I never held it against them. I didn't trust them for a bit but as the chatlogs I have prove it. I did try to be friendly with them. The anger issue? That's nothing compared to what I've seen come from Kira. The venom that spreads from her lips is often the most vile and yet creative things I've heard.

They also went on to claim that Viktor was often times "irrelevant". The problem with this being that they do it all the time. They held several irrelevant things against me in this case. Things from months ago to now. To me, it was just an excuse to oust Viktor because he found it funny. The linking began and soon enough, he was out.

She later that since I was not trusting her, she wouldn't trust me. The problem here being that the idea was it was her fault in the first place. She had to make it up to me for causing the problems and growing things way out of proportion. I had every right to be untrusting of them afterwords. Mirroring it is just an excuse to stay angry and keep the venom spewing.

I did however, write them a particularly nasty letter. Just so they don't try and use it against me as a way of showing how mean I am. I will post it here for all to read.

Dear Dreamer7g, The snorlax and that kid with mental issues.

I've had it with all of you. You abused a friend and used him as a vocal point to attack me. So now, the gloves are off.

Hey there you guys. You know, looking back I have to wonder, and yes it's pretty apparent. I must have been high or something. Seriously, who likes you people? One believes he's the shit and kisses ass so hard, it could almost be considering rimming. Another is plain white trash who is more run down then Whitney Huston. The last one, well what isn't there to say? He has a brain leakage and I'm fairly sure that sums it all up.


If there is one thing I've learned about you, you're all a bunch of idiots. Quite frankly, One of you is going to off him/herself at any moment. I'm sure of it.

Dreamer: You're never going to be a white hat. I'm sorry, but next time consider a legal degree in actual crime justice. Maybe you'll get there some day.


Kira: ... Just wow.

Odin: I'd consider a new brain, probably one that isn't leaking. Just a protip there.



Enjoy the rest of your sad, pathetic lives!

P.S. Kira, Stop eating the cat. You don't live in China for fuck sakes.

Now was this letter mean? Yes of course it was. Do I stand by it? Absolutely. This letter was written after they used Serenia to get at me in FFXI. I was angry and not happy with their little cliche. Simple enough, I find it justified as I have never spoken a vile word to them ever, yet they do it behind my back.


This was to the point where we are now. I have heard rumors of them saying things and encouraging their fanbase to generally be biased towards me. So much so that during one of dreamer's streams one of his members would go on to say "Oh Sages is streaming, glad we don't care anymore."

The problem I have with this is it is hatred in the purest form. Vile and unnecessary. I have not once spoken out against them in bad terms. Again, side from a off joke that no one will get. Yet they still proceed to make me out to be the bad guy. Hatred breeds hatred and I will not stand for it. If you dislike me fine, but basing it off of their words and judgments? You are as biased as they are.


This is the final graph and how things were then.



ADDENDUM
Now is the time for the FAQ, so before people ask me the obvious questions. Let's get these done as well.


Q. Do you hate Kira, Dreamer and Odin.
A. I don't much care for Odin, the others are as they always were.

Q. Do you stand by Tiger's review on Kira?
A. Absolutely. Why wouldn't I? Every word spoken in that video is true.

Q. Do you regret writing that letter?
A. No.

Q. Do you see them ever talking to you again?
A. They've made it a point to block me out and attack me from the shadows. I don't see this changing much. Personally, I think Kira has gotten everything wrong and just decided to blame someone for it.

Q. Why should we listen to you?
A. Who said you have to? I said you could exit before you pressed on now didn't I? If you don't believe me, that's fine. However, I did bring proof.

Q. Where is said proof?
A. I have the chatlogs hosted off site for all to read. You can view Kira's Here and Here. as well as Odin's Here Just be aware that there is random chitchat and bitching too. From both sides. So yeah.

Edit#1: Fixed some typos here and there also fixed several grammatical errors caused by said typos. There may still be a few here and there.


If you have taken the time to read this. I do hope you understand this issue a bit better. In the end, it's up to you on what you want to do about it.


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Friday, July 16, 2010

And Thus it is! Resident Evil 5!

For all those who guessed right! Congrats! We'll see you guys sometime in August for our newest Let's Fail! Click "Read More" to see the results!


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The Final Clue

Pretty self explanatory. I NEED YOUR YOUTUBE NAMES WHEN YOU COMMENT ON THIS BLOG GUYS. JESUS. Look at the people who are awesome at the bottom. If you see yourself but not on your youtube name, tell me.





HOW DOES IT WORK?
Simple enough, Thursday and Friday, every hour past noon(PST) I will be posting a photo hint and a riddle. Figure out the clues, find the answers and contact me on Youtube with the answer. All will be revealed on my Stream come Friday 3:30 PM PST. First 5 will be mentioned in said Let's Fail. You'll be insulted and mocked but hey, it's all in good fun! Names will be listed on said clue sheet to those who got it right.

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The Fifth Clue

Oh dear. Looks like it's raining again. Here, use this. *points towards Read More*






HOW DOES IT WORK?
Simple enough, Thursday and Friday, every hour past noon(PST) I will be posting a photo hint and a riddle. Figure out the clues, find the answers and contact me on Youtube with the answer. All will be revealed on my Stream come Friday 3:30 PM PST. First 5 will be mentioned in said Let's Fail. You'll be insulted and mocked but hey, it's all in good fun! Names will be listed on said clue sheet to those who got it right.

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The Fourth Clue

Valentines day is a great name... unless well, you'll see! Click Read More to see the next clue.




HOW DOES IT WORK?
Simple enough, Thursday and Friday, every hour past noon(PST) I will be posting a photo hint and a riddle. Figure out the clues, find the answers and contact me on Youtube with the answer. All will be revealed on my Stream come Friday 3:30 PM PST. First 5 will be mentioned in said Let's Fail. You'll be insulted and mocked but hey, it's all in good fun! Names will be listed on said clue sheet to those who got it right.

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Stay Tuned Tomorrow!

Recap of Today's Clues:

High Definition

Guns?

What's in a name?


I know the clues are very cryptic, but you can figure it out. Tomorrow's will be less so. However, think upon the third clue a bit and you might get it. The picture relates to the words in the riddle. Look for words that describe the picture and then look closer! It's a hard one, but I don't want you guys figuring it out on the first clue.

Anyways, tune in tomorrow at 12, 1 and 2 then finally at 3:30 for the reveal of the newest Let's Fail!

Until then guys, I'll see ya laters!

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