That Tobias f--k went after Xak III and SO II as pressed CD-ROM releases!

[esteban]

FATIGUE: I am glad Prof posted because I was too exhausted to post anything here after the last thread.

I was going to copy and paste from the other thread, but why bother?

Prof said it.

YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

(sorry if this hurts your feelings)

You bought from Tobias/Fudoh, knowing his only motive was profit. Knowing that it frustrated our small band of indie developers/hackers/coder and threatened current/future hacking/translation projects.

You are literally providing Tobias/Fudoh his lifeblood. He will continue as long as it is profitable.

A Poem (As subtle as a punch in the face)

it looks nice
so very, very nice
on the shelf

gimmee superficial packaging (now)
instead of PCE hacks/translations/subs/dubs (in the future)

short-sighted,
but it looks nice
so very, very nice
on the shelf

suck my left one


GENUINE PROBLEM: When Tobias/Fudoh receives "mainstream" coverage from "retro gamers" who have a large audience...

YOU KNOW THAT ANY MAINSTREAM ATTENTION FROM, say, HAPPYSHITEGAMER and other "YubeTube personalities" must have increased sales. We are small community here, but Happyshitegamer has a huge audience. Even if only a fraction of folks in his audience have a passing interest in PCE/TG-16 and have a few $$$ to spare, it is a much bigger pool of potential customers than the handful of folks here.


I HAVE SURVIVED WITHOUT PLAYING MANY GAMES, EVER:

For the folks who "JUST GOTTA HAVE IT"...well, I can't convince you otherwise.

There are games I haven't played since launch...and somehow I have managed to survive.

One day, if I really become infatuated with a title, I'll burn a CD-R...otherwise, I have plenty of other games to enjoy.

Yes this is the same guy that does all that scanline and video processor stuff.

Also I love how on the page's upcoming list Bonk 3 CD is going to be 49 Euros, while Godzilla will be 29 Euros. Why the hell would Bonk be more expensive to produce?  ROLF, he just knows Bonk will sell more, hence may as well charge more.   Never bought anything from him myself either.

I know   There is no subtletity to it...

His motive is profit, and it punches you in the face.

[synbiosfan]

He doesn't even know wtf that is. I'm fairly positive he is referring to the worthless f*cking Neo forums. You know, the one that's basking in the $30,000 Aero Fighters 3 scam and whatever other garbage they have going on on any given Thursday.

LOL

You forgot to mention Waseem Daker in your whining about the place

Its not whining, its stating the f*cking obvious. The place is a shit hole. Always has been, always will be.

No.

You may not like a few members there but to say the whole forums is a shit hole makes you look childish. It would be like saying because Evil EvoIX posts here the whole forum is full of dicks.

Grow up.

[Sadler]

I'm somewhat hesistant to post this, but I emailed him too.

Tobias,

You know I'm a big fan of your work. I've been an unapologetic defender of SFZ, Sapphire and your box sets. Having said that, this set of disks is unforgivable. I'm pretty pissed you'd do this again. It was wrong when you appropriated Bonknuts' work, and it's just as wrong to steal Nightwolve's work. There are very few people that both care enough about the system and have the skillset necessary to provide translations. Why wouldn't you at least contact the guys that made these possible? You are alienating a lot of people with this and I won't be buying. If you honestly give a shit about "PCE memories" I hope you take a step back and reach out to fix this situation.

Sadler

He wrote back:

Hi Sadler,

thanks for your email (honestly!) and your concerns.

Eventually it's a balancing act. We're talking to NightWolve already.

In the meantime we're offering the translated discs for free to everybody.

Best
Tobias

Nightwolve, can you confirm he's spoken to you and is trying to make things right?

[bob]

He doesn't even know wtf that is. I'm fairly positive he is referring to the worthless f*cking Neo forums. You know, the one that's basking in the $30,000 Aero Fighters 3 scam and whatever other garbage they have going on on any given Thursday.

LOL

You forgot to mention Waseem Daker in your whining about the place

Its not whining, its stating the f*cking obvious. The place is a shit hole.

+100

[synbiosfan]

Since there are a number of people here who have contributed to the site (not me, I haven't been here long enough ) and are members there, what's that say about this place.

If you want to post individuals who are a$$holes, fine but to say the site is a shit hole is laughable.

[richc]

Saw this posted in a PC engine group on FB.  Reading back I've got to say this is eye opening.  I always thought he translated and made those games himself.  I can totally see how that guy would have a huge chilling effect on the people/teams that put the effort into translating /patching/ect on them.

I think it was said before, but if this guy doesn't know much about coding, best thing to do is to put some kind of disclaimer in the rom. 

[Bonknuts]

I think it was said before, but if this guy doesn't know much about coding, best thing to do is to put some kind of disclaimer in the rom. 

 He'd just probably hire someone to hack it out. I mean, he hires someone to do the cover art and such.

[esteban]

I think it was said before, but if this guy doesn't know much about coding, best thing to do is to put some kind of disclaimer in the rom. 

 He'd just probably hire someone to hack it out. I mean, he hires someone to do the cover art and such.

Wait, he doesn't even do the art/layout design himself?

I thought he at least did that.

Damn.

[technozombie]

(C) Tobias "Fudoh" Reich, 2006~2013

Does anyone find that that little copyright C to be extremely hilarious?

[Gentlegamer]

Since Xak III and Startling Odyssey II have been available as fan translations for some while, we want to give everybody the chance to obtain these discs for free. You can get a set with the two CD-Rom² discs (no packaging, no manuals). The discs will get packaged in sturdy carboard envelopes to ensure safe travel around the globe. While stock lasts (100 bundles available).

So now he's going to give the discs away?

[ProfessorProfessorson]

Since there are a number of people here who have contributed to the site (not me, I haven't been here long enough ) and are members there, what's that say about this place.

If you want to post individuals who are a$$holes, fine but to say the site is a shit hole is laughable.

No.

You may not like a few members there but to say the whole forums is a shit hole makes you look childish. It would be like saying because Evil EvoIX posts here the whole forum is full of dicks.

Grow up.

You like it so much, keep those blinders on and get the f*ck out of here and go hang out there full time. The place is a shit hole. It has a bad rep for a reason. It spent like what, 14 years earning it? The few good members there have been far outweighed by the bad ones and their actions on a consistent basis. Most of the admins there over the years have been involved in scams or in one particular case, open about their drug dealing at one time or another.

And then there are the normal scammers lurking the sales threads. Then you have all the infighting, far worse then it is here. I have been on that forum before. I have known others there who left and went over to Klov/Vaps, or are still there but mainly lurk now because the place has gotten so shitty. I also know most of the long timers here who post there. They are solid guys, and a credit to this forum.

[bartre]

so.....................
why get our own printed?
I figure you can get these printed and shipped for 11 euro with a buck or two in your pocket.

NightWolve -
You want to make this happen?
I just need your ok and I'll make it happen.

[ClodBuster]

According to Denic.de, Hazard-city.de is registered to:

Domaininhaber:   Tobias William Reich
Adresse:   Ysenburgstrasse 3
PLZ:   80634
Ort:   München
Land:   DE

You can report complaints about the website to the host:

Name:   Hostmaster Domainfactory
Adresse:   Domainfactory GmbH
Oskar-Messter-Strasse 33
PLZ:   85737
Ort:   Ismaning
Land:   DE
Telefon:   +49 89 55266 0
Telefax:   +49 89 55266 222
E-Mail:   hostmaster@domainfactory.de

However, since PCE Works/Memories is hosted on a wordpress.com subdomain, the host in question would be wordpress.com or automattic.com for copyright complaints, etc.

[SkyeWelse]

Tobias also wrote back to my email as well. It's not much different from the one that was posted earlier by Sadler:

Hi Thomas,

thanks for your email and your concerns.

It's a balancing act. We're talking to NightWolve already.

In the meantime we're offering the translated discs for free to everybody.

Best
Tobias

At least he claims to be working to try and make this right... I think? But I guess we'll find out when Nightwolve fills us in on the details.

-Thomas

[Black Tiger]

Tobias also wrote back to my email as well. It's not much different from the one that was posted earlier by Sadler:

Hi Thomas,

thanks for your email and your concerns.

It's a balancing act. We're talking to NightWolve already.

In the meantime we're offering the translated discs for free to everybody.

Best
Tobias

At least he claims to be working to try and make this right... I think? But I guess we'll find out when Nightwolve fills us in on the details.

-Thomas

He has claimed all kinds of random things over the years.

Did you know that the copies of Sapphire he has for sale are actually the second official pressing done by Hudson Soft themselves? He confirmed this true fact himself by walking into Hudson HQ in Japan and asking their 2006 PC Engine publishing team.