No need for an apology.
Hi, but he was talking to *me.* I still remember you as the person who told people to actually go die. Please don't speak for me or put words in my mouth. Thank you.
Colticide:
I just feel bad that you and I got into it when there was no need for us to to have been hostile, I am very sorry about my behavior during all of it towards you.
No harm done at all!
You were definitely interesting to talk to/debate with, and I have no hard feelings. I hope you don't, either -- I apologize if I got intense sometimes and didn't keep my diplomacy face on.
Jeez I forgot the other reason I had posted again. So, I did have a few questions that maybe people could clarify for me that were brought up in the video. I apologize profusely if some of these are totally dumb; I *am* running on five hours of sleep and sometimes stuff goes over my head regardless. Even so, my ramblings, both questions and general statements:
Questions:
1) Was all of Ruw's information publicly accessible? Not that throwing it all out there is a good thing at all, but were they being crass or actually illicit?
2) So just for logistics' sake...ZUN is the same as Team Shanghai Alice, a one-man group, *but* there is a company called Kourindou that has more members than *just* TSA/ZUN, including the person FSS claims to have spoken to during this whole debacle and who generally monitors ZUN's copyright issues etc? Did I get this right? Is this claim legit? Just curious; no conspiracy theory involved.
3) *Were* there many changes to the threads made by MotK admins? I thought I noticed some of ShinesBright's posts vanishing, and if I recall from my old days of wanting to delete my art thread, members *can't* delete their own stuff. If there were changes/deletions, why? I didn't look at FSS's "original posts" file, because I have no idea if that is what the original threads looked like or whatever, but are those correct?
4) The part about ZUN's Japanese guidelines having a section that says they don't answer individual groups or circles concerns me, because doesn't ZUN say in another area to contact him with concerns about the guidelines? Why direct people to a blatantly stated dead end?
5) What *is* going on with that Chinese crowdfunded thing?
Ramblings:
1) I do think the moderators swearing at Saijee kinda gave a bad impression in general. Professionalism is nice. Although now it's kind of moot since shit has gone *bonkers* since last time I really tried to pay attention. Not that it didn't go bonkers a bit earlier. The fact that someone can post a screencap of an admin calling someone "shitheel" is...er...kinda poor form I think. >< If this forum is going to try to be a core of western fandom, some amount of professionalism under serious situations seems in order.
2) Posting a conversation from PMs after the other party tells you not to is bullshit and seriously lame. Choir preaching etc I know.
3) Man this video gets really UFO conspiracy theorist at about the halfway point. WTF.
4) People do in general get a bit trigger-happy when it comes to folks questioning ZUN. I'll agree with that one. Though that's more...random internet than here.
5) I winced every fucking time those folks showed people's usernames. Oy. Not that we don't know they have no shame, but man, they have no shame. ><
6) There *were* a bunch of contradictions in people's advice here. "Make a demo NOW." "YOU LOSER YOU MADE A DEMO INSTEAD OF DOING X, Y, AND Z." "Take a break, you're super stressed and losing it." "WHY HAVEN'T YOU ANSWERED US IN A DAY?!" Though that waned into "good lord he really *isn't* listening" later, but earlier I honestly was...confused what anyone wanted.
7) They clearly don't understand even now that the "doujin guidelines" are not a rules document. No committee determines them. They're a cultural phenomenon. Jeez, we said this like a zillion times to them, I don't even.
Done. There we go. I need real sleep. XD