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

[sirhcman]

if you can't beat em, join em! Lets translate the entire library, repro it, and get rich! I've always wanted to already snort(ed) cocain(e) off a hooker's ass, this might be the only way I'll ever realize this dream. Now I want to snort cocaine off two hookers' asses! At the same time!!!

seriously.

let's start with lady phantom and move on to the dragon knight games after that.

$$$$$$$!

Fixed.

I love you.

Hold me.

You two, get a room.. oh here ya GO!

[HailingTheThings]

True! The good lord gave us two nostrils for a reason, no?

and fuxk off with the spelling. You try typing on a phone woth massive sausage fingers and a liter of rum kamikazeing your liver. (You complete me.)

Fuxking off is my middle midriff name. While I have tried typing on a phone "woth" massive sausage fingers*, never have I done so whilst allowing rum to kamikaze my liver. (You complicate me.)

*not mine - *giggle*

You two, get a room.. oh here ya GO!

Someday, my friend, someday...

*faps*

[esteban]

Great sales pitch

DISCLAIMER: I don't have energy to hate on Tobias right now. If anyone reading this is unaware, suffice it to say that Tobias = a selfish parasite (a louse, in every sense of the term).



"On Carlson's Video"

(1) I agree with Gredler, this video will help Tobias sell more units than he would have, otherwise. It's the best sort of promotion.

(2) OCD is NOT the basis for a valid CRITIQUE: I watched the whole video. I can't believe Carlson's major criticism of the cardboard packaging was that it didn't match the size of a jewel case, thus ruining his row of PCE games from being perfectly uniform.

If there is one thing you can say about Tobias, he has a skilled designer working for him...the aesthetic details of the disc/packaging are always excellent.

LITTLE DETAILS: I couldn't help but smile at the "PROMO" stickers on the items in the video...that sticker is such a nice little detail, even the text/layout of the damn sticker was well done. Tobias has OCD. I can't fault him for that.





Back to important things: at least Carlson briefly discussed the actual games. My opinion of the video changed significantly when I realized it wasn't going to be 10+ minutes analyzing the packaging alone.

I don't have the energy to hate on the reviewer. Overall, it was a nicely-produced video. I would never expect this goofball Carslon to openly attack profiteering, so the fact he addressed the "controversy" at all was refreshing (Carlson narrowly framed the debate as "asking permission of translators", but I understand why he framed it this way...Carlson himself probably has no problem with profiteering/Tobias's history....nor does he care).

BOTTM LINE: I gotta give Carlson credit for making a solid video (I don't have to agree with his editorial to acknowledge production values and informative content).

QUESTION: Is Carlson the goofball who was banning people from his Facebook PCE group? Not that it matters. Just curious.

[Otaking]

A saw a video the other day that reviewed this set.

[NightWolve]

Hah, that's funny, he highlighted my old RIGG forum plug and political joke...

It's funny, there's really maybe only one donation I can associate with the Xak III project. Most of them are due to Felghana for obvious reasons. Then Tobias comes along showing all you had to do was make a pretty piece of plastic and those wallets would open right up... Granted, I didn't have a Paypal Donate icon when I started Xak III, I didn't care or ever consider some kind of monetization those early years when I started the fan translation gig, let alone unlicensed bootlegs, but yeah, it does grind you that a f*cker who had nothing to do with the projects just snuck around the way that he did and made out like a bandit so many years later, especially when I felt mostly nobody gave a shit about something like Xak III... Ys IV, sure... :/

[Black Tiger]

A saw a video the other day that reviewed this set.

Wow, the guy didn't even own a PC Engine and he went asking for "review copies".

It's sad that these voluntarily ignorant generic youtube stars inform more people than those who have any idea of the background of these bootlegs and now have several times as many people cheering on the heroic "group of fans" that formed PCE Works, than there are people who have any idea of the scams that Tobias has pulled, or even anything about the PCE published homebrew scene.

I saw another video suggested by youtube of yet another sell-out reviewer that I don't want to link to. It's amazing how these professional youtubers literally do zero research on the games or publisher of bootlegs before gushing over their latest freebees... and then have the balls to ask for cash donations or sell lame merchandise.

[NightWolve]

I did a little informing for him.

[esteban]

A saw a video the other day that reviewed this set.

Wow, the guy didn't even own a PC Engine and he went asking for "review copies".

It's sad that these voluntarily ignorant generic youtube stars inform more people than those who have any idea of the background of these bootlegs and now have several times as many people cheering on the heroic "group of fans" that formed PCE Works, than there are people who have any idea of the scams that Tobias has pulled, or even anything about the PCE published homebrew scene.

I saw another video suggested by youtube of yet another sell-out reviewer that I don't want to link to. It's amazing how these professional youtubers literally do zero research on the games or publisher of bootlegs before gushing over their latest freebees... and then have the balls to ask for cash donations or sell lame merchandise.

Agreed 1000%.

The uninformed are educating the clueless.

As you said, ALL IT TOOK WAS A PROMO...and did you notice? To satisfy the collectard lust/ego of the reviewer, a PERSONALIZED + numbered PROMO STICKER for the "review copies!

Tobias, truly, is a brilliant motherf@cker.

What better way to win over YouTube sluts than providing them with a collectard's wet dream of an exclusive numbered edition!

[NightWolve]

As you said, ALL IT TOOK WAS A PROMO...and did you notice? To satisfy the collectard lust/ego of the reviewer, a PERSONALIZED + numbered PROMO STICKER for the "review copies!

Tobias, truly, is a brilliant motherf@cker.

Yeah, I noticed that tailored-made sticker too... He sure is something, gotta give 'im that...

[Raizen1984]

Game Sack and Happy Console Gamer released videos today advertising these bootlegs as well.  HCG didn't even acknowledge the controversy.  Very disappointing.

[MrBroadway]

Game Sack and Happy Console Gamer released videos today advertising these bootlegs as well.  HCG didn't even acknowledge the controversy.  Very disappointing.

I wish Joe and Dave were a little more against it, but at least they did acknowledge this thread, so that's a plus.

[Black Tiger]

A saw a video the other day that reviewed this set.

Wow, the guy didn't even own a PC Engine and he went asking for "review copies".

It's sad that these voluntarily ignorant generic youtube stars inform more people than those who have any idea of the background of these bootlegs and now have several times as many people cheering on the heroic "group of fans" that formed PCE Works, than there are people who have any idea of the scams that Tobias has pulled, or even anything about the PCE published homebrew scene.

I saw another video suggested by youtube of yet another sell-out reviewer that I don't want to link to. It's amazing how these professional youtubers literally do zero research on the games or publisher of bootlegs before gushing over their latest freebees... and then have the balls to ask for cash donations or sell lame merchandise.

Agreed 1000%.

The uninformed are educating the clueless.

As you said, ALL IT TOOK WAS A PROMO...and did you notice? To satisfy the collectard lust/ego of the reviewer, a PERSONALIZED + numbered PROMO STICKER for the "review copies!

Tobias, truly, is a brilliant motherf@cker.

What better way to win over YouTube sluts than providing them with a collectard's wet dream of an exclusive numbered edition!

His story to NightWolve, about how he is just doing it at a loss for the fans and if he is lucky enough to makes a few dollars, then he might toss a few his way... is further discredited by his aggressive marketing which includes giving away complete sets to anyone with a youtube channel. If he was barely making any profit, then those "promo" copies would put him in the red by thousands of dollars. But common sense shows that all of the promo copies and marketing really means that he is continuing not only to make a large profit off of each copy, but that the "limited edition" runs are also b.s.

[Punch]

Nightwolve gets screwed (again) out of his translation rights and the only thing he gets is a brief mention in an episode that is 50% of the time a showcase for Tobias' repros about what happened. "But whatever because the original developers don't get any money from it and every other repro maker does the same thing am I right?"

Come on Joe, regardless of your opinion on the matter is sending the disks back to Tobias and not "reviewing" anything so hard? That video must have been like a punch in the gut for Nightwolve...

[VenomMacbeth]

I think the views expressed in that episode I think echo the views of an average

[Joe Redifer]

Punch, it wasn't like a punch in the gut to Nightwolve and he was made very aware that we were making the video and what we were saying about it well before it was released. Please don't jump to conclusions.

Also Johnny (Happy Console Gamer) was informed about all of this several weeks ago by me and he was upset. He had already made his video and he said he was going to "cut that part out". I'm not sure what part he was referring to exactly.