Just thought i might let people know that The ORG recently commissioned a poll on MEPs about their policy on Internet related issues. It involved four yes or no questions and you can read about it here:

[link]
[link]

Keep in mind, some MEPs may be withholding some of their hand to avoid their rivals from getting the upper hand via donations. But with a lack of trust between the people and the state, this is questionable.

(And in DA related things, I only had one vote in my mini vote at, [link] . It was about what to do with my now obsolete "Where the blame goes" rant, it will be kept but i was wondering what else i could do)

NOT SYNDICATED

I have just recently considered doing a follow up to my now obsolete "Where the blame goes" rant (Available at [link]), since there has been many changes to my opinions.

I was wondering, would you prefer:

1. A remake of the old rant
2. A follow up chapter to the rant detailing what i think about the points mentioned.
3. Small rants on the points mentioned (If so which ones)
4. Just bury it and move on.

Let me know as soon as you can, and i will take it on board.

I really can't get over the stupidity multimedia has done recently. *sigh* Lets go though it shall we before we get to the other stuff. (As i publish this it seems more has occurred)

NOW YOU TOO JAPAN TIMES, HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD

(Paraphrasing a line from Neverwinter Nights)

Related article: [link]

Another paper considering joining the EB movement by submitting piece a anon EB propaganda. Is the old media really losing their heads? To be honest though, ringtones are nothing really, but still, it was biased towards one side. I thought this was a newspaper site.

For the record i do read different countries news sites.

Fortunately there has also been these articles from the British Guardian:  [link]
[link] (a cryptic message saying "Wise up companies" Perhaps?)

NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Related article: [link]
[link]

Oh dear, while you finally realise insulting the customer is not big nor clever, it seems between the lines you are still willing to make jabs at them, let alone refuse to adapt.

Forgive me for being cynical, but i am not convinced. Not just at films but at all multimedia. It difficult to get and use stuff because if its not one thing its another. If its not poor distribution, its super draconian copy protection. And that practice has been going on for many years. It causes disillusion and cynicism, and that doubles the customer's disgust at the industry.

So when will you learn, oh and the industry is partly the reason why the econamy hit the fan. Heck you still haven't apologised as well industry for all the damage you have done in 9 years.

Somebody parody the adverts when they come out and get them to realise that we are not easily fooled. I mean yes, they are finally not insulting us in public but they are still willing to pull a fast one elsewhere.

MEANWHILE THE EBs TAKE AIM AT SCRIBD.COM

Related article: [link]

Which is odd since PCGuard already blocks it.

And so, the Society of Authors has fallen to the dark side of the internet. Because to the Society of Authors "THE INTERNET IS SERIOUS FUSSING BUSINESS!". Oh and just like the BPI, they fib in terms of saying they are a union since they are not listed on the TUC's register (Which most British unions are members of).

And since Scribd is based in the US, doesn't some of the rumoured adaptations fall under, i don't know, FAIR USE. And if not GREY AREA.

Though on a slightly serious note,it also shows we need to expand and develop alternatives to mainstream fiction and non-fiction.

AND JUST TO TOP IT UP

Related article: [link]

Comparing digital piracy it to Somila? EPIC FAIL!
I see the distortion machine is at it again, it must be on overtime.

We have never, ever thought these companies were optional, but if the companies refuse to take on board the new technology, let alone give us products that we can buy with confidence, then what do you expect.

Plus realise that it was piracy that partly helped grow the internet to what it is today, it helped give us the broadband we all enjoy, why, because of DEMAND. If it wasn't for that demand, we would be mostly still on dial up.

And do you honestly think, that we consider those who create it secondary, not really, but if you continue to cheese us off by dissing us in any way, we will just respond in kind, boycotting your products and protesting is one of the many ways, sadly you consider that as "piracy". So what do you expect us to do?

How we can enjoy our products in confidence if you keep attacking us? The reason why some turn to piracy is because of the companies actions. It hasn't appeared out of the blue.

And with all this, i think a EPIC Facepalm is in order.

NO WAIT, I THINK THEY CAN GO LOWER

Related article: [link]

I don't think i need to say anything on that.

LATEST WORKS

Youtube and PRS quickie - [link] (A now old quick reaction to the PRS's action on Youtube)

YOUTUBE - SERIOUS BUSINESS - [link] (A parody on some common behaviours on Youtube)

POSSIBLE UPCOMING WORKS ON DA

(Let me know what you think, so i can get some ideas on it)

Big rant - Anime

HateKill artists rant

"There is a difference between physical and digital" rant

Lighten up internet, no point in being extreme (AKA The internet is not serious busniess) (In response to recent events on YT and DA)

Self-regulated internet? (Does the internet already regulate it self and does not require or disallows the interference of some? Plus does it face growing pains now and then due to fanwars and major dissings?)

There is also the possibility of one or two poems

MY FAVOURITE QUOTES

"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all" - Noam Chomsky

Something users in the EU should know: [link]

It might be overexgavation (like before) and it might be not, but forearmed is forewarned.

Just a quick entry today, as we know this is the day where something freaky could happen. And today, its PCGuard (AKA Radialpoint) specifically blocking a page on... Kidjustu.

Granted it might be a technical error but seriously, Kidjustu,  a site for general level e-comics, gets one page blocked!? That's a face palm for sure!

So that could be the Friday 13th moment of March.

SYNDICATED ON DA ONLY

I am going to try and clear the air after the incident earlier today. I am still annoyed at the user in question and his fanboys at this.

But hopefully, the incident will have brought into light the current problems users face at the moment when even just expressing themselves.

I will still keep a eye on this incident despite this. I just will try to redouble my efforts on not trying to lash out like this (again!).

Still, how YT and DA has handled both incidents has annoyed me, to the point i had cussed and i don't really like to cuss. I stand by the need for reforms in Copyright. For if this continues in the present state, more people will get dissed for the pettiest of reasons.

NOT SYNDICATED ON CCR

STRONG LANGUAGE AND IMPUSE AHEAD

(Amendments have been made...man i am really cheesed off)

It seems i may have been censored by DA or Spax3, please stand by, normal service will resume if possible...

P.S: Fuck you Spax3 and DA.

UPDATE: It seems my Journal either malfunctioned and did not get posted OR DA censored it,possibly on behalf of Spax3 or because i posted a YT link, which if thats the case it was from other users, not so called "pirated" material.

I will say this in a nutshell,I was going to bury this but i can't, You suck Spax3 for censoring users and now dissing YT user Boomstick545, he's back so fuss you. I know boomstick is sometimes erratic but he means well. You stink YT and DA for assisting with the dissing and censoring. Reforms in copyright are needed AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. End of story.

And if anyone had my original entry, they are free to repost it.

Who are the real threats to the econamy? The EBs and their astroturfer friends.

(UPDATE: Well that may have been wishful thinking, according to this video: [link])

SYNDICATED ON DA ONLY

I'm pulling the open letter and moving on. I put my foot so much in my mouth that i forgot myself. Maybe i am just cheesed off that a small group can bring harm to many. I must remember the bigger problems in life and the fact that i must be myself. Something i forgot a few days ago.

I will still comment about it where needed be, and i will redouble my efforts in staying true to my word. That i will not hang dirty laundry.

Apologies to those affected, i was going to release the contributions, but there is no point.

Its been mentioned before, parody falls under fair use, fandom is good but don't abuse it.

Finally, i must warn him this, if he does something so foolish, so absurd, i will sound him out. Heed my warning Spax3, for you will not get another.

You have created a dangerous reputation that you really don't want. All you have to do is ignore what you don't like and not speak about it. All you have to do is admit your wrongdoings and apologize for them. All you have to do is be loyal and professional. All you have to do, like what i am doing now, is be responsible for your own actions and not blame it on others or your mental disability. At the end of the day, good or bad, you are what you are.

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With apologies and hopes of redeeming himself,
Dynamo_ace

A user who messed up.

(UPDATE: Corrections have been made to ensure this is done professionally

FURTHER UPDATE: Concerning the Linkbanning, GuardianEarth has a update on his journal: [link]

EVEN FURTHER UPDATE: There is also another entry of intrest from Twarrior at: [link]

Its amazing how two absurd things (YT e-drama and Linkbanning)can intertwine with one another. What DA has done still stinks, its linkbanning, its censorship, and it is open to a heavy amount of abuse due obsolete legislation.)

SYNDICATED ON DA ONLY

Reference: [link]

I know i shouldn't hang dirty laundry out, but with what has happened in the last few days, i feel i need to say this (after all i don't believe in absolutes)

This is surrounding some of the YT community's calls for punishment on DA (and former YT user) Spax3, which i do call for but with careful moderation.

If you want to know my take on him from last time, its linked to this entry.

So it seems I have lost a lot of faith in the Youtube community in the past few days. It feels like you can't be neutral or constructive on the issues.

I myself tried to be neutral in this by talking to both sides of the argument, the ones who want him punished to the fullist extent, and the ones who want to wait and see if any new evidence comes up. The latter got dissed for being a "Spax3 fanboy", and then everything imploded with the latter later on apologizing for it.

The whole thing really took my toll as well, i even accidentally violated my code a few times just because i wanted both sides to stop fighting, until i realise i was causing a additional problem by attacking a certain user's opinion without considering the fact it that users have the right to say who they like or dislike (so long as they don't resort to petty things, like user name flaming and forcing opinions.), so i apologised and made up. However despite the problem being more or less resolved there is still some username flaming going on

Someone has to deal with this, and so i have decided to take it up with Spax3 with a open letter asking him to cease his censoring, apologize and generally wise up. Because this has gone far enough.

And if he doesn't accept that, then i can no longer guarantee his safety (I.e i can no longer protect him). So if anyone wants to pitch in with what should be in the open letter, let me know. Any  constructive criticism to the plan will also be appreciated.

And if he flames or disses me in anyway because i what i may do, then that would annoy me significantly. So i say to Spax3, don't try my patience, i am giving you a chance to reclaim some of your dignity in a sense of mercy.

As for me, i apologise for getting my foot in my mouth on this. I just ask users who have sadly caused this problem to get their head out of the sand or you will fall into your own trap that you don't know about. Because your acting like unruly children here, complaining because its not all your way.

So we are back to normal now. Hopefully this year will be much better than last year. Thanks for the comments on my last editorial (Not so Kudos, Not so Independent). It was my most blunt rant on the matter.

Now for the matters in hand

KAISERWEBB PASSED AWAY

Although i never talked to him, i have heard about him, and we will miss him. Godspeed

Read a poem partly in dedication to him here: [link]

CONCERNING DRAMA ON YOUTUBE AND DEVIANTART

Apart from the comments on my page about it and elsewhere on DA and YT, i will not hang any dirty laundry about it, that way it is kept to a reasonable level and it fullfills my promise last year that in future i will maintain a hint of proffesionsim in my work. Plus it means i can keep in contact with DA Users who are not involved in this.

Though i have to say this, when RandomDCE had his account suspended, he opened a new one, that one got suspended, possibly because of ban evasion. Now that is standard practice but if you add a standard practice to a presumbly highly flawed website, does that equal tomfoolery?

CONCERNING ANOTHER PIECE OF DRAMA

You might say this is out of the frying pan and into the fire. But sadly there has been a flare up in e-drama surronding the AMG fanbase. It involves the fansite, Belldandy's Angel Feathers, which i was a member of but i was inactive for sometime due to other issues.

I don't want to really get involved in this, since it bears similar things to the Sonic Fanwar last year and all the drama that caused. So i will say this now, i will not take sides, i won't hang up dirty laundry, and i not being a member of either incarnation of the site.Users of the site can still contact me though if they are on DA as well, but i want nothing to do with the drama surronding the site.

Its nothing personal, its just what happened last year surronding the Sonic fanwar and what happened after has really bothered me. I already mention above about keeping dirty laundry down to a minimum, and i stand by that. So i am sorry, but don't get me involved. I have bigger fish to fry.

MOMENTS OF ACE

"Its not that some people are bad, they are just misguided"

"If the mudwar was started by the Propirates, it was because of high prices, poor distribution and incriminating technology. If it was started by the EBs, it was because they are afraid of the future."

Just a quick message to say, Merry Christmas to all. I hope you have a good time.

Previous Journal entry: [link]

SYNDICATED, BUT WHO IS TAGGED IS DIFFERENT.

My very own Tag post, all on the analysis of this year.

RULES

1. You may tag 1-4 people
2. Give at most 5 good things about this year, 5 bad things about this year, and 5 strange or ugly things about this year. Give reasons for all. (If you want, you can a list of others that could have gone on the list)
3. They can be anything, but please try to refrain from ultra sensitive issues and dirty laundry (I.e personal attacks and e-drama)

The Good
1. Successful Olympic and ParaOlympic campaign for the UK. Even better, most politics were left at the door as well.

2. Nine inch nails new distribution plans, hopefully others will adopt similar methods, it will surely help in distribution of products.

3. Nasdreks new style and works, despite some sacrifices her work has improved a lot. Keep it up. Same with The DCE, i am enjoying some of his recent satirical work.

4. The OTW has become more well known this year (I discovered them this year), its a Digital human rights group (Like the EFF and ORG) that advocates rights for transformative works (Like Fandom, Review and Satire)

5. Jack Thompson's disbarment. Enough said, though its far from over concerning the attacks of video games.

The Bad
1.Extremely bad year for anime, ADV spits on their consumers by pulling distribution of certain titles in the UK two months after they began distributing them (Despite a secondary distributor and the fact that their past tomfoolery bit them in the preverbal.). 4Kids censors like crazy again and fusses up another Sega franchise. Shoehen Jump continues not to learn from past mistakes. And generally there hasn't been many good anime titles this year, although Naruto, Lucky Star, and The Mecloncoly of Haizui Sygmieh (Or however you spell it!) look allright at best, they have a big fanboi hater problem. Add a economic recession into the mix, and its a black year for anime.

2. Astroturfers, those who support the EBs attacks and their tomfoolery and oppose anything that does not come from them. They have grown sadly to such a size that they may be bigger than the EBs themselves. Worse, they use a lot of flawed research and bad opinions, and leech on sites like Screwattack and The Escapist. They think they have the "legal" right to flame people (Much like AVGN fanboi think they have the "legal" right)

3. US Political fanatics (This is going to be a big one, so bear with me), basically fanboi-like political supports of either the Democrats or Republicans. Both groups practically made the US Election a joke. The Democrat fanatics preached "Support Obama or your a racist" while the Republican fanatics (Along with Christian Extremists and Half baked conspiracy theorists) preached "Obama will destroy America","Obama is the Dark Lord" and even "Obama is controlling people to vote for him".

There were three bad things about it, firstly Youtube partners were becoming fanatics like Drinking with Bob; secondly, some were doing it under the guises of independent media; Finally, the fanatics on Youtube spread their tomfoolery to other sites like DeviantArt and WikiHow.

For the record, if i could have voted, i would not have voted or would have voted for a independent candidate.

Fortunately, The fanaticism has died down now, the conspiracy theories who don't put substance into their theroy are still there but can be ignored. Sadly, The Christian Extremists are continuing to preach the same things they did in the US election, worst, it has spread to the UK. This is bad because some of them have ties to the Tories and worst the BNP.

Remember kids, idiots don't say "Attack this person so i can gain power over the state, industry or faith body", they usually use a charade to cover their actions. Another reason why dirty laundry should not be hanged in public.

4. Its been mostly a bad year for music as well, despite the achievements by NIN and Apple. BPI and Web Sheriff are now trying to seduce some Indie artists to the dark side alongside their dissings. They are also trying to destroy the internet with censorship as well.Meanwhile in the mainstream, U2 and Griff Simmons have also completely fallen to the dark side on the same things.

5. The UK film council, for saying that £1.2 Million pounds is not enough. I said it before and i will say it again, YOU HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH YOU GREEDY PIGS!

(There was many others i could list, but lets stick to the rules)

The Ugly
1. More Youtube tomfoolery, from Updates that we don't need to possible censorship to e-drama to outstanding problems. The fact that this is not new is the only reason why its not in the "The Bad" section.

2.Apple who i like to call "The Digital Fox" humms along despite the pressure from EBs and the criticism from some consumers. Your points are valid but keep in mind Apple's tradition has been Premium easy to use products, they don't like to use DRM but parties who do use it have left them with little choice but to implement such things, lest they violate their tradition and possibly their business. In short, Apple is caught between a rock and a hard place.

3. "SERIOUS BUSINESS", be it Opinions, Overrated, Piracy or some other thing. The fact that some of the most trivial or not to be entirely worried about type of things have been taken as serious business, and that's just sad.

4. I was unable to get any form of Self-employment up this year, which annoys me. I apologize to all who were expecting something from, but i will support your work one way or another if i can.

NOW FOR THE TAGGING

Another entry while the world feels strange it seems. Man, all the tomfoolery surrounding the US election really annoyed me, if seems that if if you voted for either party the fanatics on the other side dropped on you like a ton of bricks, also the tactics used by the fanatics smelt like astroturfers too. Worse, Youtube partners were taking sides, putting another question mark on Youtube's integrity. They must have a collection! When will Google learn!

FOUND ANOTHER REASON WHY FIREFOX WAS DRAGGING

It seems i may have too many RSS feeds on Firefox, which may have also added to the previous problem or just generated a new problem. It became apparent when i had to delete them (after backing them up so i could transfer them to Thunderbird, which i am now using for RSS feeds as well), it took so long for all of them to be got rid off. My own foolishness came and whacked me it seems.

Its still having problems loading Youtube for some unknown reason. But the fact their were loads of RSS feeds wasn't helping

ASTROTURFERS HAVE NO LOGIC?

So i have heard on GameCentral Inbox a few weeks back that someone doesn't want to buy budget games because that will make him no better than a pirate. And that he will look around for a used copy instead to buy.

I don't know if i want to laugh or be angry about this. But i have to say that is the most retarded thing i have ever heard. Does it prove that Astroturfers have no logic? Who knows?

HYPNOTIST'S REVENGE

October's contest is closed now with 2 CCR contenters and no DA contenders. The CCR winner is LeeSplash but Graveblade (I don't know of their DA names) was close.

November's contest is now open and will close on 5th December.

VOTE HERE

The Ah! My Halloween! contest has begun voting on its winner. The poll is avalible here:
[link]

It ends on November 14th BTW

MOMENTS OF ACE

"Its not that some people are bad, they are just misguided"

SYSTEM PAGES

Contests:
[link]

(LATEST: Hypnotist's revenge FPTP - September contest has now ended. 1 CCR entry and 0 DA entries)

I've decided to do what some people do on DA a create a entry which gets updated depending on developments in that area. In this case all contests i have running at the moment.

HYPNOTIST'S REVENGE - FPTP CONTEST

To try and get some entries into the Hypnotist's revenge group (Though i am not begging ) I have set up this contest, which i may use elsewhere.

This is a First past the post contest, i.e the first to submit a good entry wins the contest. There will be a second and third place as well. Don't worry though, no certificate will be on offer here, this will be like some of the word games done on CCR where the prize is mealy the achievement or honour.

The contest is simple, submit a entry for the Hypnotist's revenge group. Either on CCR, on DA (Send me a note so i know where to find it) or via email (ask if needed). Please comply with the rules of the group, which are:

*No HENTAI, Ecchi and excessive violence will be tolerated up to a degree.
*You may submit stories, comics, imagemanips, animations and general art.
*You can either upload your work here or link it to where it is hosted.
*It is recommended to include either a fandom andor satire clause if you are using fandom based works. Otherwise you may use any licence.
*It is very important to know what kinds of hypnosis andor mind control is allowed on this group

What is allowed:
Classic hypnosis (Usage of methods done in film and tv. These include but not limited to, swinging of items, mesmerizing with item, eye contact,hypnotic wheel)
Arcane hypnosis
Realistic hypnosis

What may be okay:
Mechanical hypnosis to a extent

What is not allowed:
Subliminal messaging to user
Gorehentai based hypnosis
These can be talked about if needed.

You can submit a incomplete entry so long as it contains one scene of hypnosis BUT should a complete entry also be submitted for the month that entry is technically the winning entry.

The October contest has ended, 2 CCR and 0 DA entries were submitted. Obviously, there are no DA winners. The CCR winners will be judged soon.

November contest has begun and ends on the 5th December.

Ask for help if needed.

Not much ranting at the moment, but i do have two things to say.
IT LOOKS LIKE ITS WORKING NOW

The Internet is more or less working now on Firefox, turns out a plugin or two was causing it to slowdown and cause script errors because of its settings. After fiddling and faffing around (Including upgrading Firefox), it was a plug in! Oh well, Firefox needed to be updated anyway, its works much better too and it helped identify the plugin problems as well.

So i can officially declare that i am back on Firefox now.

A TRUCE... HUARRAH!

Related article: [link]

Word is that DA Users GuardianEarth and Spax3 have made up, both have more or less aplogized as well.

I won't be removing the blog entry about Spax3, i don't like censorship and i prefer to keep whatever i have said on record (Hence why the blog entry about me leaving DA, which is now no longer the case, is still there), but what's past is past now and may serve as a reminder to some.

It doesn't mean i am offering anything to Spax3, but i myself have made a truce with him. He is no longer severed from me, but at the same time he has got a lot to make up for in my eyes, either redemption andor atonement.

I hope everything learns something from the incidents here, we can't afford petty arguments, especially at times like this.

SYSTEM PAGES

Contests:
[link]

(UPDATE: September's FPTP Contest has now ended. There was one CCR entry and no DA entries. October's FPTP Contest is now started and ends on the 7th November)

Sorry for the absence,As many have known i have had big problems with PCGuard. Well, it really got to the point where i couldn't take it, that and my brother was complaining on how much time the computer was inactive because of me having these problems.

Its a long story for those don't know but aside from the parental control foolishness, it also holds the connection for 1-3 hours each boot up, doing nothing during that time.  

After researching the problem with my brother we found that this only happens when Firefox is run. So as a result i will have to move browsers temporary. Fortuantly, Safari is my second favorative (In fact i like some of Apple's products,Despite my concerns about Apple's policy), so i will choose that. I am not sure if i will stay on Safari, i have asked if i can try Firefox 3 (I am on Firefox 2 and i am wondering if the problems will go away with the new version, at the expense of not being able to use all the add-ons i have) and Opera.Thunderbird will stay as well.

I know, its not much of a excuse really, and i aplogize for that. Then again, i was thinking of taking breaks from the internet anyway, so maybe that would be a better way of saying it.

If the problem was unintentiol, then its because PCGuard is crude. And if it was intental, it is because Virgin media has a axe to grind, but at Mozilla or at the whole open source community?

TOONAMI'S GONE BUT I AM NOT SUPRISED

WARNING: SOME POSSIBLE IMPULSE

This is a quick rant about Toonami's demise.But fair warning, this could be considered a unusual and very critical response. I might have said some of this in the "Where the blames goes" editirol as well.

My thoughts on Toonami being scrapped is like this, the idea was good in theroy but bad in practice because Warner was in the helm. And they used Toonami as a excuse to dis and restrict certian anime. The biggest victims of their dissing was of cause CC, Astro Boy and Pokemon. Who CCS fanboi (Partically American i'm afraid) to this day still accuse Nelvana of the problem rather than Warner. Warner was at the end of the development chain and since their is too much power at the end of the chain, they could decied its fate, and legally get away with it.

Over here in the UK, Toonami was a standalone channel which broadcasted a mixture of Anime and AnimeClones (I.e American andor European animation which used the Anime style or engines). However, you had to subscribe to Sky (£150 at month for a effective viewing experierence) or Virgin Media (I think thats £50-100, but you have to buy Toonami on top of that). It wasn't on Freeview and Top up TV only had a limited showing of the channel for a while. Now i was able to watch Toonami four times, three times when i was at one of my cousions while on holiday in Wales (since they live there), and once at a family friend's house. I liked the idea of the channel, what i didn't like is the fact more emphsise was based on AnimeClones (Including yes you guessed it, Warner's) than on Anime, which in about 2005-2006 that was all what it was more or less i think; the fact that more recent anime at the time was not getting aired; and the fact that you had to pay a lot to see it in the first place annoys me.

Fortunatly, it didn't have some of the dissing that happened in the USA (For instance, CC was first aired here on CITV and Nickoliden; and Astroboy was aired on the BBC, both were distibated more or less propley), however as we all know Disney's taking over of ITV's Children output and the BBC's degrading in Children's output changed all that. And Warner is also more or less responable as well.

However, American anime fanboi consider their distibation as the only one that happened and plagued the internet with their distorted version, beliving what Warner said and not the facts.

The only anime i think which wasn't affected by poor distibation on Warner's channels was anything from Shoen Jump (E.g Yugioh, Narato, One Piece and Dragonball)

So its no suprise to me that it is scrapped now, it has fullfilled Warner's plans. Shame too, because the orginal branding was good as well.

Anime Central is another example, only this time it was ADV's distibations. Such channels don't work because it means it is centralised to only their products. And the way ADV has been treating their customers in the past few years, i am not suprised about that closing either.

Sadly, i suspect the astroturfers (and regretfully some true fans i think) will blame it all on "piracy" again, rather than looking at the facts and seeing that it is not piracy that it is the problem, for various reasaons.

I think we may see a "Credit Crunch" style scenrio concerning anime anyway (as well as multimedia industries as well), too many animes are tied up to distibatiors who have ill ideas for them.

So the bottom line is, the idea of Toonami was a good idea wasted because of Warner's incomptance to compete fairly, how restriced it was to access it, Warner's reputation elsewhere, and continued repetition of the programs (I don't mind watching a rerun once or twice and then having to wait for it to come on again, but constantly doing it is lame).Its a Eleven year channel. Alarm bells started ringing in 2000-2001 and then it went downhill in 2004-2006.

I wonder what would have happened if Turner did Toonami (I.e if Turner was not brought by Warner?), or even if the channel would exist if Turner still owned Cartoon Network (Lets not forget Turner stuck mostly to Hanna Barabara, Ruby Spears and MGM classics mostly; with only Loony Tunes as the only Warner product)

MOMENTS OF ACE

"Fact is people will still be unoffically acquiring ADV and Funation distibatied anime even if companies like 4Kids were not in charge. Why? Because of ADV and Funation's Poor distibation and fandom witchunting. You see, they are no knight in shining armour. Lets hope some don't go overboard and actually buy bootlegs, because that is true piracy"

CONCERNING THE CONTEST

The FPTP contest only received one entry again on CCR sadly. I will close it soon so if there are any last minute entries please get them in before i start the contest again.

With all the drama on DA and YT now out of the way , its more or less business as usual. Sadly i stalled on a few opinions in the past few weeks that i wanted to blog about so here are what i was going to say:

1. I was going to make a list of silly things that Astrotufers have said. Now i may consider putting that in as a scrap or editorial or a part of a bigger rant. I'm not sure at the moment.
2. I may do a list of certain opioions to clarify a few things.
3. I actually think Koei's take over of Tecmo (if it ever happened) is a good thing. While i don't approve takeovers, Koei has had some playable games, sure their games are not brilliant and they have been bland. But they may have realised that and picked up their game (As well as properly distributing some products now). With Tecmo being a attention seeking, fanservice ridden plonker; someone really needs to knock some common sense into them. Will it be Koei? Or should it have been Square Enix? Or maybe someone else? Who knows, but Tecmo needs to wise up anyway, this might be the answer.

"BAD BOBA FETT" RUMOURED TO HAVE APPEARED ON YOUTUBE.

WARNING: IMPULSE RANT

Sounds like a newspaper headline, i know. As if 4Kids (amongst other idiotic companies) presence on Youtube is not bad enough there is now fears that the "Web Sheriff" has appeared. For those who don't know, the Web Sheriff is a EB mercenary presumably British or American who disses people on the behalf on those who pay him. He claims to use "friendly" methods but in actual fact he is just dissing in the same way as the EBs do. In fact, he also supports the censorship and internet backbreaking the EBs do as well. He has also seduced The Arctic Monkeys, MIA, The Village People and possibly even ABBA (Who he even wants them to be a "Ambassador of Sweden", accusing The Pirate Bay of being a "Ambassador of Sweden").

He is nothing more that the EB's Boba Fett, only without the badass of the character namesake.

Of course, the Youtube presence may be fake, as unlike 4Kids its not fully descriptive, or it may be someone thinking that the Web Sheriff is the best thing since sliced bread (Which would be foolish), or maybe its a troll or fake troll like Yoklistin1.

Be that as it may, it concerns me that the EB mercenary make be thinking about stepping up his attacks for his own gain.

RECOMMENDED VIEWING

Removed due to foolishness, direct all complants to DA for their new rules about YT.

DYNAMO'S FAVOURITE QUOTES

"And still he attacks, Rhinelander, can't you see? Today you will die!" Von Classun, Freelancer

There is no Moment of Ace this time around.

NOT SYNDICATED ON CCR

WARNING: MAY CONTAIN IMPULSE RANTING

After what has recently happened on Youtube and DA, it is with deep regret and a heavy heart that i have now cut myself off from Spax3. Any work that he did that i faved will still be up. And none of his friends and webmates will be affected by my decision. He mostly has himself to blame for this action, he just refuses to accept responsibility, Let alone criticism.

Throughout this "E-drama" that was mostly caused by Spax3 he has been distorting the viewpoints, refusing to let go of past problems, refusing to accept responsibility, he has been a hypocrite, and now no longer has the guts to defend himself, resorting to dissing and becoming the very thing he was against. Though in defence some ACTUAL trolls on YT who had a axe to grind at Spax3 also cause problems for everyone.As i said ACTUAL TROLLS (Which does not include BigAl2k6, GuardianEarth, HendryHedgehog (AKA Yamatobushi, for which i apologise for any misconceptions i made towards you) or any other well know users on YT)

Now to prevent any misconceptions from me and to keep this as civil as possible i will just link to some blog entries and YT videos explaining it from the victims side. If you want to check out Spax3's blog entries on this , be my guest, just don't be surprised if you voice a negative opinion about his actions that you get flamed by him.

Links to entries:
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(Text version here: [link] , and yes it runs in similar veins to a rant YT user Armake21 made about the Irate Gamer.)
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(Youtube versions have been sadly censored due to DA's sillyness about YT, and if not, it might be better if it was cut down a little.

Bottom line, Spax3 used to be a promisng Reviewer and ranter, but his pettiness over voice actors for Sonic combined with the foolishness that followed that made him fall -added 21/01/09)


What i will say is the following:
1. I warned him 3 times to cool off concerning all the E-drama he has got, he seems to have ignored my advice.
2. Spax3 retconned GuardianEarth, saying he was never his friend. Though a year ago, he said he was "The greatest Sonic fan ever"
3. Spax3's recent satire witching and censorship is very hypocritical considering that he uses the  Cartoon Network branding under a fandom clause in my opinion. So if it was under the fandom clause the next question is why, why support Cartoon Network. Other than a few stamps showing his dislike for the current form of Cartoon Network (which i dislike myself), it seems he glorifies the CN name elsewhere. I would like to ask him this, has he seen how much damage CN and its parent company Warner has done to the entire multimedia platform? There would be so many to list, but i think some will know by past blog entries, if not i can elaborate. (In his defence, he used the name CNASN during high school, but i ask why continue to use it if it is going down the drainpipe, unless you want to partly protest on the current state of the channel, like what i did to Totally Spies and Dead or Alive.)
4. Demonising a voice actor (Jason Griffth, who is actually getting better these days) is a very bad thing. And sadly, i was herded into it as well. I should have known better, especially considering the fact i am a fan of Cardcaptors, who was dissed up royally by Warner and Disney, and the fanboi practically herded everyone into hating it and those who made it, including the voice actors. I'm not perfect, and i never try to be.
5. Wishing death upon someone (In this case Spax3 has wished death on Bigal2k6) is a very grave offence in my book. Its just as bad as the dissing.
6. Lying is like cigarettes Spax3, they will kill you eventuality. And thats what you did to many people. From YT users to even some close to you. Like that girl that you made a "Emergency Skype Discussion", blaming GuardianEarth for her suicidal state when in actual fact, she actually blamed both you and GuardianEarth.
7. Mass flaming (Flaming a entire group) and dissing is also a grave offence in my book. I tried to show some leniently on this, but it seems my patience is exhausted.
8. GuardianEarth did apologize once to clean any dirty air that had aroused from you, Spax3. Not once did you do the same to anyone.
9. Claiming you have a bad temper is no excuse, i sometimes have a short fuse myself. But i am trying to control it.
10. Just because you claim to be a anti-hero or neutral, you still have to be responsible.
11. It was not clever to attack HendryHedgehog and BigAl2k6 before and after you left Youtube. (He forced a suspension of HendryHedgehog's account, i don't know exactly how, and he forced DA to remove BigAl's rant about him)

What you have done Spax3 is unspeakably disgusting and dishonourable, and you should be ashamed of yourself. There are much bigger problems in the world right now, problems which are more major that a blue hedgehog!

So with that, Spax3 is severed from me, he is no longer a webmate or a friend. I apologize to the people about this, but i will not stand  fools, especially ones who can't accept responsibility. Also, i will try not to do this kind of performance again, it was harsh but i feel i had to sound him out so people knew and if i didn't, i would be kidding myself. And if i have offended people, please forgive me.