Sac****e Swap Meet event controversy

Who would think that another division is bound to happen in the west over the controversy regarding the upcoming animation event organized by SacA***e that will take place tomorrow at The Grounds in Northern California? Will this article be an angry rant type because of the fact that many people around the globe who discovered this controversy were outraged?

Of all places the organizers could choose to organize the event at, they made a SELFISH DECISION to organize one at the place that currently acts as a vaccination center. The ones behind that place were aware of what the event organizers were planning that the organizers wrote the official news article saying that they were "saddened". Why would the organizers get "saddened" by this? Won't that be better for the event to take place elsewhere? For selfish actions like these, the clinic there is said to be closed for the days of the event.

Like, who is that event for at this time? The most selfish and grossest nerds out there? It's a good time to imagine whatever unusual cartoon franchises that will fit them and that event, like the one with wild animals represented in human form, the one with horse girls, the one with navy ship girls or the most ridiculous of all, the one with house appliances or racing cars represented in girl forms. Other things that can be there according to our imagination involve some weird music genre that can make Cool & Create and IOSYS proud or something and rhythm games that can be playable there but with Game Music and J-Pop songs taken out.

It's basically an obstruction of emergency activities in my opinion from the way the event organizers did that causes the clinic to be closed for the days of the event. Also, it's like they have more regards for the business than the on-going pandemic situation and needless to say, it will be a challenge to contain any misbehavior detected at the venue over the safety rules.

The last time I discovered the in-person event on social media was an IT-related event where people could go out to certain places involved in the event and the organizers made the right choice to make it both an online and in-person event. Also, those places used for the event were said to be the correct locations.

Lastly, I already the Doraemon franchise to be a total mistake to begin with because of the character who scores 0 in tests. There will be no support for it whatsoever like I should avoid it and the other cartoon show, Idiot-Girl, like a plague. You know what else should fit this upcoming event? Anything related to Dried-Fish Umaru franchise. It's a proof of display of the event organizers' selfishness.

Rangok Skies/Operation Dracula Controversy Part Two

So, the game was recently released on Steam despite the large amount of plagiarized assets including some sound effects and when it comes to stolen sound effects used in an indie game, that's where the players who have cleared the game can sense that something isn't right with the Sound Effect portion of the credits. Like exactly where those stolen sound effects come from other than the sound effects taken from freesound.org? Prior to the release, there were some improvements done to the gameplay and visuals but the problem of plagiarism is still serious and present, putting other controversial professional indie games I discovered in the past to shame.

In addition, there's the official website of Rangok Skies which looks fine although the news part may seem slightly unprofessional and even then, the successful release of the game on Steam ever since its mobile release 6 years ago had already upon doors to legal investigation. Will the investigation really happen? I don't know if it will really happen or not since the game is an arcade-style 2D shooter although the incident regarding Dangen Entertainment and other indie game developers was bigger enough than this that Dangen Entertainment's actions were mentioned by Sentinels of the Store Steam Curator Page. I first discovered that Steam Curator Page and community group thanks to Sidalpha who highlights the dirty game developers' shady actions. Speaking of that page, Rangok Skies may deserve to end up in it under Theft List over stolen assets.

If Rangok Skies is to end up in that Theft List from Sentinels of the Store Steam Curator Page, it will look like an important lesson for indie game developers. But then, that important lesson has been there ever since the page was established and the lists have been growing larger with newer games added in them.

Windows 12 Lite Controversy Part 4

Well, it seems that we get one more update regarding the Windows 12 Lite scam. Last month, Michael MJD managed to get a modified copy of Linux Lite 4.8 rebranded as Windows 12 Lite. The previous video by him involved the unmodified form of Linux Lite 4.8 and suffice to say, the modified form he got for the latest video isn't that much modified when compared to many other Linux derivatives with UI differences, complete branding differences in which all traces of the original names are replaced when it comes to making your own Linux derivative as well as other things that make it different than say, Debian or Ubuntu.

The Windows 12 Lite website is still ugly looking like it's done by a teen in the 90s and the online store where you can buy that OS is still shady as ever. It seems that a certain someone has been behind all this shadiness starting from Windows 12 Lite OS, its own site to the online store. The same store sells other stuffs like some smartphone that contained the previous owner's personal data or something. The description in that Windows 12 Lite website has never been professional looking to say the least like it has been false-advertising.

Even the optical discs as seen in that online store are not spared from poor decoration and the smartphones listed in it, STILL HAVE the ITCHIEST GUTS TO BRING UP something political in the item name. I won't mention those item names here but you do get the point from the latest video from Michael MJD.

Windows 12 Is Still Around and Is Wackier Than Ever by Michael MJD

Why can't Microsoft or the authors of Linux Lite and/or Ubuntu do something to the ones behind Windows 12 Lite like it's beyond me? Oh, about the individual behind that Windows 12 Lite, he was spoilt enough to call the users idiot for not using Windows 12 Lite which was something he thought to be more secure than Windows 10. Also, when he was called out, he lashed out at the others in such every immature way possible, telling them to grow up, research and other things. So, the more you call him out, the more he lashes at you so it's best that Microsoft and/or the Linux Lite authors take legal actions against him instead because his actions are trademark infringement and violation of GPL since there's no source code repository of this OS you can find on the web.

You know, I'm already more interested in Librem 5's PureOS, Mobian, Ubuntu Web Remix, eXternOS and even other Linux OSes that use Phosh shell, the GNOME UI for Linux mobile phones, than this scummy and illegal Linux derivative passed off as a new Windows OS.

Beat Arena VR

Beat Arena is the VR spinoff entry by Konami that is part of the Bemani franchise and the first in the franchise to be released in VR for both Oculus Quest 1 and 2 which require Facebook account authentication if you want to play it. Sure, the reputation of Facebook isn't that great nowadays when it comes to privacy and especially for the past controversies they had caused upon the users. One thing you should not worry is the fact that Beat Games, the developers of Beat Saber were acquired by Facebook via Oculus Studios as there will still be new content on multiple VR headsets including Oculus Quest series of headsets. For PS VR version, there's seems to be some technical limitation but that's not what we're here for.

What we're here for is the news regarding Beat Arena. It was recently released and contains tons of songs to choose from and play with other in-game band members in front of the crowd no matter which game mode you choose. There's also other instrument to choose, something Rock Band VR lacks. And what's a rhythm game without the playfield with notes coming at you? Both Beat Arena and Rock Band VR have that but Rock Band VR seems to be going steps backwards with Freestyle type gameplay for Story Mode while retaining the actual playfield in Classic Mode although the Classic Mode looks more like a practice mode since you're not playing in front of the in-game crowd.

For comparison below:

Rock Band VR

• Classic Mode: Traditional playfield present with blank background and there are tons of songs to play.
• Story Mode: Free-style gameplay with the band and crowd. Features several venues.
• Lack of other instruments and online multiplayers.

Beat Arena

• Multiple instruments to choose from.
• Tons of songs to play with other band members in front of the crowd.
• You get to wave your hand or something as a way of making a gratitude to other members before you start the song. I don't know if this is the case for real-life band performances or not as I'm no musician.
  
• You also get to do some feedback to other band members at the end of the song.
• Regardless of the game mode, you get to play in front of the crowd and the playfield is present on top of the live scene in the background.
  

It's basically Konami's answer to Rock Band VR and what Rock Band VR should have been. I'm glad that there's a display of sufficient competence from Konami but there's still no guarantee that this alone can restore Konami's reputation. There's even a Yu-Gi-Oh VR game but I have no interest in blogging about it whatsoever.

OK, it seems that I made a close comparison of Beat Arena to Rock Band VR as Rock Band VR came out a few years earlier which is the opposite of many Bemani rhythm game franchises coming out earlier like DDR, Beatmania, Guitarfreaks/Drummania and Pop'n Music coming out in the 90s for instance. Beat Arena seems new and is not part of whatever game series whatsoever. It's similar to other Bemani games that came out in the 2010s as standalones starting from Future Tom Tom, Beatstream, Dance Evolution, Dance Rush Stardom, Nostalgia and Museca although Museca had its own controversy for a lack of originality in which it had the layout similar to the one from Neon.FM arcade cabinet. Nostalgia series seems like an answer to Deemo and the same gameplay elements are in Beat Arena as well in addition to the gameplay from Guitarfreaks and Drummania series.

Region-wise, Beat Arena was recently released in Japan and Asia so the players in the western regions are out of luck as of this time.

Return of Soulja Boy's shady console saga

Man, as if Soulja Boy didn't learn his lessons after all the shady stuff he did two years ago, he had the audacity to return to selling knockoff consoles again this year. At the same time, there are STILL idiots out there defending the hell out of him and saying such defensive things to the content creators who made videos about this saga, telling them not to hate on him or diss him or telling them that the idiots trusted what he does.

About a few years ago, the content creators who bought the consoles from Soulja Boy were still not receiving any copy from him so it might seem like more than a scam. It's either similar to or different than what the scalpers will do if you buy anything from them. You may end up not getting something you want in return or even something else. Another audacity from him was that he claimed that he "researched on everything" and the games were "licensed" when in fact, the games were ILLEGALLY PRE-BUNDLED. How were they illegally pre-bundled? When it comes to clones of Famicom or Megadrive consoles that have hundreds-of-games-in-1 in the cartridge or in the consoles themselves internally, you can realize that something isn't quite right. They contain modified and duplicate copies of various NES/Genesis games as well as the games in the original form. Another problem is the emulation machines that contain hundreds of ROMS pre-bundled as well. In theory, you don't own those games whatsoever like that. Not to mention that the overall quality of those consoles sold by Soulja Boy. Certain of them have incompetent quality on both the hardware and software sides.

The recent return caught the attention of other content creators like Yongyea and Angry Joe and the C&D given to Soulja Boy didn't mean something to him that he did this shady shit again. Sure, it's the legal issues we've been concerned of ever since a few years ago, not the other types of issues the defensive idiots brought up when it comes to Soulja Boy consoles. We imagined the "Ninjas" from whatever game company being ready to take actions against him with a C&D order like he actually was sometime ago. It's like they got assigned and deployed to take down this shadiness.

Lastly, what other bad thing Soulja Boy did besides selling those knockoff consoles? It's taking the copyrighted illustration from some Disney animation for one of his song/album jackets and passing it off as his.