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?
1) It really doesn't matter. You'll get people who claim that gathering publicly-accessible information isn't doxxing "because it's public", but I can't take such responses seriously at all. Even if this was all commonly-known information, the fact that it's being brought up as though it was "uncovered" makes it what it is. It makes me think of siblings that try to stir up as much shit as possible and try to get away with it by saying they didn't
actually do anything "wrong" so they can't be punished. "Don't touch me." "I'm not touching you!". This is the attitude of internet edgemeister shitlords.
2) ZUN is the sole member of the doujin circle Team Shanghai Alice. Kourindou would be a company surrounding TSA for formal purposes, but in any release of published Touhou works it's still labeled as works by Team Shanghai Alice. Kourindou is just the bridge to the business world. Oyamada-san deals with various business matters regarding Team Shanghai Alice, and likely has a "position" at Kourindou but it's mostly irrelevant since a business rep doesn't really have to be a part of the company itself. The whole matter is largely unimportant in the context we're talking about.
3) Some of ShinesBright's posts, along with mine, were moved from the MyACG thread to the FSS thread due to it not really being about MyACG's game; requested by me (there are notes where the posts were moved). This was to not fill up said thread. I wanted to take a break and try to relax (i.e. do my other y'know
actual work) before replying since it
seemed as though there was a lull waiting until people were refunded, but then FSS had to go on to release another video that only reinforced the notion that they were still working under a bunch of misconceptions and that if they still were willing to keep making a Touhou game they were okay. They then moved forward too quickly
again and sent more emails in haste, whereas if we had calmed down and put something together this could have worked out better. Anyways the point is that if they're upset that ShinesBright's questions were forgotten, they only have FSS themselves to blame for rushing ahead and creating more urgent matters to respond to.
4) Part of the issue here is that they were using the contact form for companies who are trying to secure a business relationship, or something of similar nature. It isn't really meant for doujin circles, which is generally why you wouldn't get a reply when using it. The whole section in the guidelines titled "Applications for commercial goods", "you need my permission, so here's a point of contact if necessary" should make it clear that it's for businesses trying to sell Touhou merchandise.
That being said, Moogs and Carrot used said form for questions regarding Danmaku!! and they were fine. Maybe their reply was due to a more properly-formed message, but this isn't inconsistent with the guidelines, just FSS' expectations.
5) If you check the relevant thread the summary is that they took their original actions in ignorance, nobody (including them) thinks it was ok, but that it isn't a big deal all things considered. They still can't make their game for the PS4 but they might still win the dev kit for other games, and this is likely to happen unless contest officials DQ them, which is itself unlikely for a variety of reasons.
I sort of wish ShinesBright wasn't banned because I'm still fully willing to answer her questions. If you're reading this, please understand that I've been spending inordinately huge amounts of time trying to help FSS here. I spent two weeks largely focused on this case and have given up a lot of my valuable time to try and make this thing not a total mess. Throwing you into the equation was another variable I could not timely deal with when FSS was storming ahead with their actions and decisions, which you should realize was much more urgent. I never intended to ignore you whatsoever, and given I had already spent quite a bit of time sitting down and answering you, I would hope that you didn't assume I was ignoring you. Your questions were fairly pertinent for someone new to the fanbase, but as said previously, they mostly would have been answered if you had read and understood the posts made in the FSS thread. Additionally, while you
seemed sincere in your attempts to understand the situation, your decision to post the same things everywhere, all the time, and asking things that frankly you wouldn't be asking if you really understood what your responders have said: these are all problems. Especially when you essentially repeat yourself after someone answers a question. It all makes you look insincere and suggests that you don't want to come to an understanding, but simply bury people in mountains of questions, claim they weren't answered and stick to whatever preconceived notions you have. Again though, if you actually willing to have a discussion at this point, hopefully without the biases you've been working under so far, I'm still available.