The backlash was probably too big to ignore without taking a clear political stance, and since it’s a very debated topic (not even the EU itself can actually decide whether it’s a “terrorist organization” or not) they probably decided it was better to remove the photo.
The post by Zero’s publisher is still up so it’s not like he wants it scrubbed, it’s probably just to avoid a PR nightmare. Could’ve been more brave but I don’t blame him tbh.
“I one-sidedly tried to close the gap between me and my favorite streamer,”
Wait… am I reading this correctly? She was sending threats to her oshi? That’s clearly someone with a very warped sense of reality and I doubt it’s related to the thought processes of the average harassing prick…
That takes a ginormous amount of money, I think Hololive is the only company that could have enough to pull that off and they're probably not interested, at least at the moment.
...BUT I think they have enough money to fund at least a different convention, they could focus on that. No need to bring more people to the mess that is (and probably will keep being) TwitchCon.
Whew, that was more wholesome than I expected. It’s also one of the rare articles I see that focuses on smaller VTubers (even male ones!), and more about the medium as a whole rather than an individual’s successful career, that’s interesting (and hopefully informative for those who don’t know much about the subject?)
Umm, ackshually, Ami Yamato would technically be the first VTuber as she debuted 5 years earlier.
…but yeah, Kizuna Ai was the first one to popularize the term and approach a sort-of-mainstream popularity, I’m not blaming the article on a technicality. She has been “the first VTuber” for many, myself included, and for good reason.
That being said, she’s had a TON of issues around her brand, both before and during her hiatus, but it’s likely that none was directly her fault so I hope this time around the management team can avoid screwing up like they used to. We owe her what Vtubing is like today, and even beyond that, she’s always been a great entertainer. She deserves a good team and fans who support her.
their COO has begun to push a narrative on 4chan (yes im serious lmfao) and other social media that i am leaving because i plan to join OTK and that both me and silvervale are troublemakers, so they were "letting" us go. later i found out that nyanners wanted to leave around the same time due to also being unhappy with the contract, but was told that she couldn't because it did not fit their narrative that they were pushing internally AND externally.
So he actually "owned up" to it, in a sense. That's little (if any) consolation, but still.
Reading the replies is a whole rollercoaster. There's a lot of talents venting, Kson being very concise but asking exactly the questions that need to be asked (I love that woman), and Henya's tweet is just heartbreaking.
Glad that we can somehow get a closure on this, and hopefully every talent can move on to a happy career/life.
(On a side note... isn't witholding money meant for a charity and not paying your employees for months kind of a criminal offense? I appreciate the communication but he's not gonna get off scot free just by apologizing, right...?)
Are the "receipts" the screenshots? Because it's still nothing that couldn't have been fabricated. And even if they were legitimate, I just find it so weird to me that she could sue him for all those sexual crimes PLUS online harassment and defamation and she... just hasn't. If the harassment has gotten to this point don't think there's any other reason not to do that except A) your claims aren't true or B) your claims are true but you know his ones are too.
And the most damning thing about the charity is that, to my knowledge, she never addressed it ever since. If the charity wasn't trustworthy, just say it. If it turned out to be way too much money, just say it. Not saying anything just means you wanted to look good without actually following through.
I don't think she deserves all the hate that she's getting, but I can understand why people would be turned off by her.
The company made no statement on its social media account or official website, and CEO Justin “Gunrun” Ignacio hasn’t made any statement online.
At this point I wonder if we’ll ever hear back from him or he’ll just disappear. Almost two days of silence after a bombshell like that means you have no idea of how to address it and are planning your new life on a deserted island.
Nobody will ever know, probably. They both claim things that I’m pretty sure could be legal ground for a lawsuit, but neither has filed one. To me, the situation smells like they both have a lot of shit on each other and would have much more to lose than to gain if everything came to light.
But then again, it’s just an opinion and we know nothing for sure about the whole situation. The charity thing is much more damning.
The backlash was probably too big to ignore without taking a clear political stance, and since it’s a very debated topic (not even the EU itself can actually decide whether it’s a “terrorist organization” or not) they probably decided it was better to remove the photo.
The post by Zero’s publisher is still up so it’s not like he wants it scrubbed, it’s probably just to avoid a PR nightmare. Could’ve been more brave but I don’t blame him tbh.