Internet never stops amusing me. Very common scenario, the owner of the site calls every silent downloader lurker or leecher, while urging this people to be more involved, I explain why I'm silent and say silence does not mean leeching... now I'm banned. Like many others, soon I discovered.
I'm not upset or pissed off, but I'm perplexed. It's not the first time I stumble with a histeric person on internet, but seeing this guy, nickname Dizzy (with the quote, "I don't want to hurt anybody"), I'm actually amused about how he is steadily self-destroying.
For those who are unaware, I'll describe briefly here for posterity.
Mugen Archive is a site where you can download content for Mugen (a game engine, where you can make a custom fighting game). Since mugen stays on a gray area, let me just acknowledge the site is monetized. Dizzy hate who he call leechers, even attributing the status "lurker" for all begginers and inactive members... on the other hand, he wants to make MA a thriving community.
Things start going south, when you try to get involved and notice only generic comments, people sharing other people content without permission (like my chun-li edit) and an abundance of deleted comments and banned members. And finally, I was banned while trying to get involved, with no reason (their words) and permanently.
So, you have a download site, leeching all it's content, who wants to be a community anti-leechers, who bans everyone with no reason. Recipe for disaster.
There's an abundance of posts talking about Dizzy's misbehavior, so skipping to the next part. He had been doing it for years, people get pissed and retaliate, and he claims cyber-bullying and other weak excuses for all the mess. Basically this Dizzy guy is a mentally ill person, with power over a small bubble of leeched content.
How it ends? For Dizzy, not well, internet is ruthless... for me, still a casual mugen hobbist, still working on my chun-li edit. For anyone who still is a member there, will keep downloading don't asking questions... silent! Internet never ceases to amuse me!
Happy birthday to me... sigh...
The art of-more of the same
I guess the overall media has reach a threshold similar to movies, an standardization of digital art, full of objective requirements to draw a nice art... Ok, this is why it's called mainstream, I know. My rant however is the praise and support to the same style... and when a say same style I mean almost plain copy.
I'll conclude with my sayings when I see a student copying me:
"I'm flattered, but try to put yourself on your work, because to draw like me, we already have myself"
No thank you...
"Dont thank me for faves, you're welcome!" - You probably saw or will see a sign like this on people's profiles.
Interesting how cold or, to be sincere, stupid they can be. By doing so, the person is just cutting the most basic connection with an artist he/she just faved. The most fantastic feature on DA and internet as a hole, is the ability to interact to your favorite artist... and some people throw it away... maybe because they don't care about the artist, maybe I didn't receive the memo... I don't know.
What I know is I'm gratefull for all fave, comment and +watch, even from those guys mentioned above, but I'm having a hard time keeping up... so sorry if I could not thank you!
To late to say thanks?
At the time I was on a very bad mood, had some rejections, professional and personal, my mother was on a hospital and even here on DA I had some issues... Its not an excuse but I really not in the mood to birthday parties, chats or whatever. Then the time passes by... and forgot to answer... What should I do?
Well, reapearing from nowhere saying "thank you" sound awkward so, instead I write this journal, to say thanks and sorry for not thanking earlier!
Nobody ; Nobody ; Nobody Nobody !