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Mircea / 35 / Romania, Bucharest

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Patreon is using interface tricks to keep me from leaving

I tried to shut down my Patreon page today and was attacked with vile trickery in a desperate attempt to lock me up into staying on the platform: At first I was successful and managed to unpublish it. Then I made the mistake of looking around to see what changed instead of leaving immediately: I wa…

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Leaving Patreon

The time has come for my predicted announcement: I will be shutting down my Patreon creator page sometime in the next hours. Existing members should be automatically unsubscribed when I unpublish the page so there's no need to do anything. I'll likely continue creating content for free in some form…

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⚠️ My Patreon may be shutting down in the coming months

Wanted to post about this earlier but frankly I didn't have the energy or will to bother. This is an important announcement so if you're a Patreon supporter please read the first half. Since the beginning of the year, Patreon has been harassing NSFW creators with a new policy requiring them to hand…

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Furaffinity strikes again in glorious stupidity

Just when I thought Furaffinity could not possibly get any stupider, it managed to strike again in full glory of pure facepalm worthy idiocy. I just got a message from FA stuff informing me that one of my old submissions was removed because it is "AI art"... which it absolutely was not, and was cre…

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🎵 Give this lovely music a listen

Normally I don't post journals for music boosts. But since they were so generous as to make the whole album public on Youtube for anyone to listen to, why the heck not it's the least I can do! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpSW6gVRk77GuNqJWnSwjF2ZbL1m0VCgB One of my two favorite bands of all t…

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Furaffinity has become a dead joke

https://furaffinity.net/journal/10552819 Don't wanna say too much as even a word out of place is reason to be banned from this shithole. Will mainly state I've never used a website with as much disgust as I do FA: Patreon is coming in close, but Furaffinity beats all in this modern inquisition bull…

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This film deserves the Iron Balls award

As an animator myself, one that knows how difficult it is to make and publish what you truly feel when it's not what others like or expect, I can't not give a shout out to one of the best animated short films on Youtube I've had the pleasure of watching. Not to be taken as an actual documentary in…

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Tales from a spirit that could not be broken

For the most part I've stopped making journals like this. Something happened a few days ago that has been stuck in my mind and kept pushing me to write those thoughts down. Even when I know it addresses an audience alien to myself and beings that are fundamentally different... 99% of people reading…

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PSA: Help needed to save a dog from being killed

https://furaffinity.net/journal/10516779 https://gofund.me/0589ed66 I wish to clarify I don't personally know this person or saw them until now. Their journal was shared by a common friend, she trusts him and donated so I decided to do so as well. Normally I don't share donation campaigns as there…

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Best American offer: 20 years in prison for using a VPN

https://vice.com/en/article/4a3ddb/restrict-act-insanely-broad-ban-tiktok-vpns https://reason.com/2023/03/29/could-the-restrict-act-criminalize-the-use-of-vpns https://slashgear.com/1243085/new-restrict-act-could-mean-20-years-in-prison-for-using-a-vpn-to-access-banned-apps https://youtube.com/watc…

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⚠️ EU is going after Linux & FOSS, wants ID checks to install software

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/2/1/eu-chat-control-law-will-ban-open-source-operating-systems Remember a few years ago when I was a crazy raving lunatic for saying "governments will eventually attack Linux and Firefox and all open-source software under the pretense of stopping terrorism or protec…

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Banned from Furaffinity for drawing jokes / caricature / satire 7 years ago

Furaffinity always had serious issues and strange behavior toward its community. What happened over the past two days however is beyond what I think any of us would have ever imagined seeing someday. I'm not really sure how I can even translate the situation without people thinking I'm biased and e…

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A view of my gaming streams

For anyone who is interested, I've indeed started doing casual game streams every couple of days or weeks at most. I got a feel of the experience with some Red Eclipse streams, have now moved on to The Dark Mod which is even more fun to do live, and I plan on doing 0 A.D. at some point though not q…

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I do NOT justify what I think, feel, or create to anyone

I want to make something clear in very direct words for today's cult of a society: I do NOT justify myself for what I think what I feel or what I create, especially not under pressure or under threat. I need no thought passport from and for anyone: I owe no information or explanation to any individ…

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The AI hoax may be the latest attack on artists

Since this has been popping up on our art sites it needs to be spoken of. Humanity's latest coping mechanism and attack on reality, known as AI, has been hoaxed into the world of artists and in the process of being infiltrated into our communities. I'm officially warning everyone to beware of eithe…

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I'm now doing gaming streams

I'm going to be doing casual gaming streams from here on. My setup is a bit messy at the moment but it works... mainly inconvenienced as I have a single monitor setup (which I'm not looking to change) which makes reading chat a bit cumbersome, plus some Linux related OBS bugs with window capture th…

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Seeking a Peertube server for animation, question about streaming

I recently returned from my trip to the seaside and have been thinking of what to do from here on. I've been fighting demotivation in getting new work done even if I'm still on it, which has been going for a variety of reasons. One is that I'm legitimately unsure where I can safely post my work any…

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Escape from Nibbles - Screenshots and gameplay video

I recently announced the release of my latest peckish game, Escape from Nibbles. You can find the announcement post here: https://www.weasyl.com/~mircea/submissions/2135684/escape-from-nibbles-early-beta-now-available-to-patrons I figured I'd also share a few screenshots of the beta for those who w…

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How trolls and stalkers on Kiwifarms influence communities

You know that feeling in creepypasta stories, where the protagonists lives in a house their whole life then one day by sheer accident they discover a creepy guy lived in their vent and was looking at them through a crack in the wall? Cops come in, take fat smelly guy with slimy hair in handcuffs as…

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Happy new year 2022

Happy new year! A few days late now but still. Between a more hopeful upcoming year and the same bad things from the past, I'm taking it easy with simpler projects I feel I can work on just a little every day. Presently I'm playing with simple scenes in Blender. Also improving the models and assets…

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SJW attacks moving to Xonotic forum, VT presently abandoned

The madness lives on: As of sometime during the last days, I no longer have access to the Xonotic forum either. The reason is identical to what went on in Darkplaces: SJW's gone mad over something they believe I supported long ago elsewhere... once more without asking for any clarification on my en…

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I'll no longer be discussing society / politics here

I'm letting everyone know that from this point on, I no longer plan to discuss politics and sensitive social topics on art sites and other unrelated communities. This comes after multiple platforms made it clear that inconvenient opinions and discussions are explicitly forbidden: Important issues c…

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Aryion (Eka's Portal) is now purging users over COVID discussion

Some important clarification before we begin: I wanted this journal to be less of a mad rant and more of a much needed discussion, thus I'll be more calm and rational unlike my previous rants. I wasn't sure if I was going to talk about this but I felt I needed to, both to get it off my chest and to…

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My apology, for how I am and what I do

Over the past years and especially the last months, I've been saying and doing things I am not proud nor happy of. I never have been but now I'm becoming increasingly concerned, I feel sorry for it and it's starting to affect me more and more, I increasingly hate even myself. My journal from last n…

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To those who think they have enslaved me today

Congratulations humanity: Today (20 January 2021) the American circus known as the inauguration of tooootally legit president Joe Biden took place. Behind tanks and military walls, Biden committed the political equivalent of masturbation by inaugurating himself to himself... with a little help from…

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Trump and the events that transpired today

It's AM as I start writing this journal, likely past 5 AM once I finish it. I'm tired after today and don't know to what extent I can be fully coherent, politically and socially correct, or whatever else I'm supposed to about what happened. But after the events that took place today I need to speak…

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Thank you 2020, I look forward to 2021

Everywhere I look I see people saying 2020 has been a horrible year, everyone's glad that it's finally over. This may come as a surprise or it might not, but in my end of 2020 journal I'm going to state the exact opposite: For me 2020 has been the best year in a long time! And I look forward to a 2…

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RIP PornHub: #SorryNotSorry

As I'm not into human porn and evolution in this timeline cursed us with just humans reaching sapience, I never used websites like PornHub except rarely to watch some animations. Yesterday's incident was big enough for the news to reach all our ears however. It follows a trend that's been going on…

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US 2020 election: What we've won and what we've lost

At long last, one source of tension is out of the way: The 2020 US presidential election. It was clear that one of two hideous figures was bound to win; Senile old fart Joe Biden, or Victorian age arrogant asshole Donald Trump. Just as it was clear months ago that I'd be both happy and disappointed…

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My first TheDarkMod mission has been released!

Today I just released my first fan mission for The Dark Mod. Very excited as I love this project a lot and have been playing various FM's for years! If you don't know what TDM is, please give it a try: This is one of the most AAA games in the open-source world and fun as heck to play. https://theda…

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Cuties: Humanity's next descend down the ladder of madness

The day The Joker came out almost feels like yesterday; I still remember theaters being secured by police as people were yelling the movie will cause mass shootings and spawn a murder spree. I'm sure that like me, most of you probably made the mistake of thinking that was the last time a movie was…

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Slowly distancing from all human life

Time to cross-post another big vent. Every day it's like the little good that was left in this world gets more and more corrupted by some form extremism, while communities I thought I knew find new ways to backstab me for making the mistake of believing in them. The good part is that there's less a…

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Tales from COVID-19 concentration camp Romania

A few weeks ago when I wrote about refusing to wear a mask when entering the store, I was accused of not caring for other's safety and questioned why I don't trust the official narrative on COVID19 or want to spite and disobey the government for it. I figured I'd give everyone a glimpse of what's b…

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Trying to understand you, hoping you can understand me

I was originally going to write a PM and send it to a few friends who offered me harsh critique... since there's nothing I need to hide in this, I'll post it as a continuation to my previous journal. Will start off by saying this isn't an attempt to make an excuse for the wrong the majority believe…

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Adventure to the COVIDience store, EP 1

Not sure if I should make a series from this sort of thing for the sake of it, since at this point it's gotten funny enough to share such episodes. So I just managed to piss off 3 shopkeepers and 2 security guards earlier today, simply by walking into a convenience store without having one of those…

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One of the best comics I've seen (Rescue Rangers)

I don't usually make a journal to share stuff I find but this one's gonna be an exception. So I don't remember exactly how I found this, figure I clicked a link on Discord or elsewhere. Given the website I expected it was going to be a cute NSFW comic... was in for a much better treat instead. http…

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My thoughts on the George Floyd protests

As several people made a journal about this I figured I'd jump in this bandwagon and do my own. Especially since this time I seem to share the opinion of the majority, which means that for once I can talk about a social issue without fearing something's going to explode once I open my mouth. So her…

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Why authority needs to be brought under control

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NcFoi1q9Cf4 Not to imply all police is like that or the law is always evil, but definitely gonna forward this as a textbook example of what happens when you give authority and those enforcing it too much power by design. Enjoy your "perfect" society America, the happy fi…

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Seeking the cure to a deep wound

I wasn't sure whether to do this or not, but in the end I decided I'm going to. I want to try speaking sincerely about certain things, beyond the momentary rage of a vent journal caused by some event sending me down a mental spiral. I'm aware it's been increasingly obvious over the past years that…

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Trying to explain myself...

This is a followup to my previous journal from last night. Holy shit it was crazy day yesterday! I wanted to start off by mentioning it was a vent journal written under the influence of panic and some degree of stress that bottled up since the Coronavirus story started... not like it was hard to fe…

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We stand united against the confiscation of life!

Today I was offered the chance to uphold my honor in the fight for freedom. I decided to put my money where my mouth is and attended my first (also last as far as I plan) anti-lockdown protest in Bucharest: Two hours of chanting in Victoriei Square along follow slaves who were also locked in their…

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The most cursed 3D animation on the planet

I normally don't post random stuff in journals, but this one just had to be shared (especially being a 3D animator myself). Apparently nearly 20 years ago, someone made a full feature animated film called Joshua and the Promised Land... which managed to achieve the holy grail of painfully uncanny m…

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April 2020 status update

I'm definitely overdue for a general status update. Things have been even more hectic lately, for reasons both related and not to the Corona Virus situation. I'm aware that a lovely community of followers expects new content from me, which yes I'm still working on but not as rapidly. For this reaso…

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I simply cannot understand...

Although this is a rare position to find myself in, I'm at the point where I'm legitimately confused and don't know what to think any more. At first I thought everyone's telling me I'm wrong because they're naive and don't realize the true agenda of those in power or how they go about fulfilling it…

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Back safely, description of the lockdown

I have safely returned from my trip to the doctor! It all went very well. For once I had a pleasant surprise: The brutal martial law painted by the media was nowhere to be seen... not a single soldier and I barely noticed a few police officers doing their thing. Ironically it ended up being more re…

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About my last journal

Just wanted to say that I'm sorry if I might have overreacted a bit in my last journal, even if in how I worded it. The situation is of course real: They're still showing the army patrolling the city center in tanks while wearing rifles. Many people are revolted by this... at least those with a bra…

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The most important message I might ever post...

I'm cross-posting this journal to multiple websites. I'm writing it primarily so my watchers know what happened in case I disappear without a trace and stop posting content without explanation. I have a lot going on right now so if you can please: Don't yell at me too if this accidentally broke any…

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Isolation

Not gonna dive in specifics, both because there's no need to and there's too much happening at once to go through. I mainly wanted to speak one thought out loud, thinking of it from my own perspective as well as generally: What it means to reach the limits of distrust and isolation. To truly cut ti…

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Broken SSD

Wanted to post a little heads up mixed with a warning. I've been slightly delayed by a hardware failure two days ago which required reinstalling my OS. The warning is about what caused the failure: SSD drives. I've been using an AData SSD as my root partition for slightly over an year. It's worked…

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Furry bed sheets

I need to buy a new set of bed sheets; The ones I had are years old and coming apart from all the washing. Obviously I can get a standard set from any nearby store, but I've reaaaally wanted some customized furry ones for ages! I already looked this up but unfortunately, I haven't seen anyone still…

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Motherboard upgrade

Thanks to a lucky financial break, I managed to finally upgrade my computer with a modern motherboard. In just a few months from now, it would have been a full 10 years since I got my previous one. Shocking as it may sound, it was such a durable and high-end board that it lasted me a whole decade..…

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Freed of Twitter, addressing depression, VR content

There are some interesting and relevant updates to post about this month. To start off, I'm finally free! Free of Twitter that is: After two years of using the platform on a daily basis, I managed to say something that got their team to be rid of me. What it was I do not know, as they didn't bother…

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It's time for everyone to know this (WARNING: Suicide)

After careful consideration, now that almost 3 weeks have passed since the event, I decided it would be fairest to post about this publicly and let my followers know what had happened. Up until now I only told 3 people, with the exception of a forum where I spoke about it in detail but anonymously.…

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Looking for furry artists on ActivityPub (Mastodon / Pleroma)

I would like to know if anyone is or knows of any furry artists who use the social media platforms Mastodon, Pleroma, or anything else that's compatible with the ActivityPub standard. I'm especially looking for NSFW ones but can of course make exceptions for quality SFW art. This isn't limited to o…

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Alternate sources

I'm almost done posting the demos for my OHRRPGCE games. As I don't want to rely on Patreon alone to store and distribute content, I decided I'm going to work on setting up some mirrors and alternative sources as a backup. Those links should be noted down in case people have trouble downloading stu…

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Upcoming OHRRPGCE game demos

Last month I mentioned an additional surprise planned for August, coming after the release of the new Vore Tournament game. I've taken the decision to post the latest versions of all important games I have in progress for OHRRPGCE, from the most ancient to the newest projects I've been working on o…

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Vore Tournament 2.0.1 announcement now live on Patreon!

As of today Vore Tournament 2.0.1 is officially out! The announcement is available on Patreon, containing more information as well as instructions for running the new release. You can get access for only 1$ or more at: https://patreon.com/posts/28478306 For those who can't or don't wish to pledge,…

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Final preparations underway

I've been undergoing the final preparations for Vore Tournament 2.0.1 and managed to cram a few more goodies in. Did a little more work on the bots, including the ability to recognize each other as pred / prey based on bot skills rather than just momentary in-game experiences (layered on top of the…

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Vore Tournament 2.0.1 scheduled for this July

A lot of work has gone into the Vore Tournament project during the past months. From implementing fun new features to fixing many essential bugs, the latest development version is the most stable and refined version of the game as of yet. I decided the project has reached the maturity needed for it…

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My furrylife account

Once upon a time (meaning last week) I began noticing journals speaking of a certain furrylife.online. Since many furries mentioned getting an account there, I asked myself "what is this new furry site everyone speaks of". And so I decided to embark on a 5 minute quest to check it out for myself. O…

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Update to my Patreon goals

A heads up to all my patrons: Considering the average patronage I've had for the past few months, I decided to bump my ongoing goals by -200$ to bring them at more realistic values. This means that source files for artwork will be released while over 200$, whereas early demos for small games (not a…

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Slideshow Player: SoFurry support and mixed searches

I've still been putting a lot of work into the Slideshow Player, bringing many new and important changes to the latest version. Here are some of the latest highlights: The most important addition is support for SoFurry as an image source. I've had its script half-finished for a long time, but the s…

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Updates: Easter render, Slideshow Player, Vore Tournament

The image for this Easter has just finished rendering. Since the Romanian Easter falls on 28 April, expect it in a few days from now. The Slideshow Player received a much needed modification: Previously, all settings were persisted in a browser cookie, so whenever you opened the page it reverted to…

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April status update

To start off, I'm feeling a little better for the time being... at least slightly better than when I wrote my last journal. I don't know for how long it will last, given the situation here in Europe is developing rapidly and unpredictably by the day, and the overall fate of the free world and open…

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The plague of morality (VENT WARNING)

For the past few months / weeks, I have been watching humanity's efforts to put an end to the free and modern society that was created during the past 30 years. I'm sure people who aren't following either the news or the drama on social media might not even be aware that it's happening, nor how fas…

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In financial trouble once more

I may be running into quite a bit of financial trouble next month. Due to reasons I'd prefer to keep private and which are partly due to my own failures, I'm now down to only 200$ per month. Things were already bad when I was at 300$, now I'm not sure how I will manage. It's fair to mention that I…

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Slideshow Player: Pagination support and new music source

One day after my previous update, I have a new set of relevant changes to announce for the Slideshow Player. Yesterday's discussion can be found here: https://weasyl.com/journal/137917/slideshow-player-quality-filter-and-realtime-settings I've implemented pagination support for all image and music…

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Slideshow Player: Quality filter and realtime settings

I made several major improvements to the slideshow player last week. The most significant change is the ability to filter submissions based on quality for both artwork and music; The player will now pick posts with the highest rating within the count specified by the user. Note that this relies on…

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January status update

My god the time has passed; I wanted to post a status update right after the new year, but found myself getting around to it halfway through the month. It's so late to say happy new year but I guess it will have to do. I should first apologize for the lack of activity this month and potentially the…

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Point of no Return sources now available on Patreon

Just a PSA to inform everyone that the sources for the Point of no Return series are now available on Patreon. They will only be accessible to the designated 10$ tier for some time, but the post will become public later on so feel free to note down the link if you can't get this tier at the moment.…

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Status update for October

There are quite a few things I need to catch up on. Last month was both a busy and uncertain month, so I didn't have the time and energy to post another status update. To start from the beginning: The presentation for my 3 RPG games currently in development has just completed. In case you missed it…

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Status update for August

I once more find myself in a problematic situation, which continues to reoccur every few months now. Due to personal issues, a good friend who's also an important patron can no longer keep supporting me and will have to remove their pledge by the end of this month. This comes after Patreon's pledge…

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How you can help distribute my DTube videos

As some of you probably know from my previous discussion about the platform, DTube uses IPFS for video storage. IPFS is a file system that essentially works like a torrent: You upload files to it using the command "ipfs add" in a console... whenever another IPFS node then accesses that file, it wil…

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⚠ URGENT: Stop internet censorship in Europe! (Article 11 / 13)

I haven't been as active on those subjects recently, both due to how sick I am of them and being very busy. However it's extremely urgent that we spread the word about this one immediately. For those who don't know, the European Union has been working on an internet censorship scheme unlike anythin…

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mega.nz directory for my animations

Recently I announced that my videos are back up on the decentralized video platform DTube. If you haven't seen that post, please check out the following submission first: https://www.weasyl.com/~mircea/submissions/1652640 I wanted to let everyone know that on top of this, I've now uploaded my anima…

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Surprise Project - Final announcement available on Patreon

Just a heads up to let everyone know that the final announcement for my new game / mod has just been published. Go to the following link for more information and installation instructions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/19484785 The post is available to the $1 tier until the end of the month, after…

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Struggling in between Youtube and hardware issues

May and June have seen a series of unforeseen circumstances, which have unfortunately affected my workflow and continue to have a major impact today. Although I'm moving forward, I've been much slower last month as most of you could probably tell from my lack of updates... unfortunately this month…

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Animations taken down in wake of Youtube persecution

I don't want to dive into too much detail right now, since I'm honestly feeling too sick to even discuss the subject. As this affects my watchers as well I felt at least a notification is in order. As of the last few weeks, Youtube has began a new rampage against content creators on its platform, r…

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RED ALERT for Net Neutrality

In only two days from now, the Senate is expected to vote on the CRA to block the FCC's repeal and restore Net Neutrality for everyone. EFF & friends are undergoing another massive effort to spread the word and mobilize the web. If you believe an uncensored internet matters, please call your consti…

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Updated download link for Vore Tournament 2.0.0

An important PSA for everyone trying to run Vore Tournament 2.0.0. Due to changes to how GitLab works, the download link mentioned in the announcement post is no longer valid: It will now download the latest Master version rather than the 2.0.0 tag, which is no longer compatible with Xonotic 0.8.2…

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⚠ PSA - Decentralized & uncensored video platform for animators

I wanted to take a moment to share something that might be very important to a lot of artists here... namely 2D / 3D artists who create NSFW video clips and films. If you are or know of any animators in the fandom, please spread the news to them: This may help make their lives a whole lot easier! A…

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April status update

Since a few things are happening at once this month, here is a status update on what there is to look forward to this April. First off, I will be sharing the promised art source pack during the upcoming weeks. Special thanks go to one of my patrons, who adapted their pledge to help me meet the 400$…

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My initiative for a decentralized web

I'm still trying to take my mind off the shit that went down those past couple of days, which just now seems to be dying down at last. I'm not yet in the mood to work on anything honestly, but I should have a few good things before the end of the month so don't worry. Till then I figured I'd put up…

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Taking a few days to recover after new incident

First of all, I have to inform everyone of a potential delay in new content. It shouldn't be too long so don't worry: Hopefully only a few days or at most two weeks. I had some things planned for the next couple of days, however I'm currently not in a state to work on them and present them. I apolo…

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The state of open-source hardware

I am a great fan of open-source software and have been for over a decade now. Recently I've been asking myself a few questions, regarding the state of FOSS and how much of it we truly get to rely on in our everyday lives. Note that this post will be a bit long, and might require a good understandin…

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A worldwide movement to undermine the open internet?

I've recently been pondering a pretty scary theory, yet one that's looking more likely by the day. If my belief is correct, I couldn't stress the urgency of sounding the alarm as quickly as possible and asking everyone to spread the word about this. I know I'm going to sound like a conspiracy theor…

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Rent debt fully payed, huge thank you

So here is some positive news for a change. Over the past few months and years, I've dealt with enough disappointment to stop believing that anything good could ever be possible for me again... yet something amazing and unexpected recently happened, that I really wouldn't have anticipated and didn'…

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New Patreon goals: Art / render sources & game demos

I've finished the last major Patreon change I had planned for the month. I was going to work on better descriptions as well, but found myself too busy to have the time for that one. Next month I should have new sneak peak screenshots of yet more projects, as well as a status update on my situation…

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European Union goes to war against the open internet

As the world descends further and further into tyranny and madness, I continue asking myself what I can and should do to end this insanity. Germany and with it the European Union are coming after the internet: Germany just passed a law known as NetzDG, by which the state can fine social media into…

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Patreon situation update, plans for January

I'll start with a quick situation update: For reasons still unknown to me, I continue losing more and more patrons each month. I'm down from $400 to almost $200 at this point. Part of me wants to say "fuck it" at this stage and stop even trying, as it seems nothing I do matters to anyone. This hasn…

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Artificial Intelligence: The baddest hoax in modern history

Over the years I've dealt with a good amount of crazy. I've seen more shit in nearly 3 decades than I imagined I could in 10 lifetimes, as far as sheer human madness is concerned. In the last few years it has rapidly gotten worse, and recently it seems to have reached new unprecedented heights. In…

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This is why I love Patreon

https://blog.patreon.com/not-rolling-out-fees-change/ I'm not referring just to the fact that they decided to delay the service fee changes, which is in and of itself a wonderful thing! The reason I've always been and continue to be a huge fan of Patreon is their attitude toward the user... who isn…

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PayPal account fixed, planning Patreon changes

To start off: The issue with PayPal was FINALLY resolved today, after nearly 3 months of struggling with the verification process. It's definitely a relief to see all warnings and limitation lists erased, and have just been able to withdraw the money frozen in my account to pay some of my overdue r…

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My take on the new Patreon service fee

Last night Patreon announced changes to how their service fees are going to be processed, informing us that as of 18 December patrons will pay a fee of 2.9% + 0.35$ of each pledge they make. The idea is to transfer a bit of the burden to supporters, so that in exchange creators can take home more o…

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PayPal continues its mockery, rejects any ID for no reason

Several more weeks have passed. During this time, PayPal has been silently rejecting every document I was submitting... neither the account interface nor any email notifications informing me that it was happening and PP wanted me to submit yet more documents. Even at this very moment, I don't know…

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The empathy police: A reality brought to you by Facebook

A quick heads-up to everyone here who uses Facebook: When you make a comment or reply to other posts, be careful what sort of feelings or emotions you betray toward other people or sensitive social issues. You are not allowed to show any hint of empathy or understanding toward folks who are pushed…

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Rethinking my approach to Patreon

I am going to be honest: I have been dealing with a lot of stress and depression over Patreon lately, which has only added to turmoil already caused by other issues. Not only is my PayPal account due to become restricted in 3 weeks unless the staff verifies my information, which doesn't happen beca…

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Update on PayPal identity verification

This is a repost from: https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/About-Settings/Identity-verification/m-p/1350183 I'm also putting it here so others can know what to expect if they ever run into this issue. It's been over a month now. I'm pretty disappointed with the way PayPal has been handling the issu…

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Clarification on new Patreon policy

This is a followup to my previous journal on the matter, which can be found here: https://www.weasyl.com/journal/121034/new-patreon-policy-that-may-harm-many-artists I'm mostly posting about this to help inform other artists who have similar concerns about the new Patreon policy. I emailed the Patr…

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New Patreon policy that may harm many artists

As has been the case during the past few years especially the course of year 2017, the fight against openness and freedom continues to spread throughout society, with folks standing to lose more rights every day due to angry people with their previous century models and mentalities. Such may now be…

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Animation setback & Paypal issues

Firstly the most relevant subject: There may be a minor setback on the upcoming animation, due to an unknown bug in Blender which I seem to have encountered. In essence, most frames render just fine and take somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes to produce, however a few specific frames cause Blender…

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New animation underway

A heads up: I've began rendering my next animation today. Can't believe how long this one took me to finish, and even now I'm not perfectly happy with it... however it will be my best short camera track to this day. Expect to see it up around the end of October or the beginning of November, roughly…

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Squirrel and Hedgehog - A call to arms for pr0n artists

A few weeks ago I was watching my nightly Youtube videos as usual. As is always the case on that site I ended up noticing a related video, discussing a new cartoon. I decide to click on it and see what that's all about. It's called Hedgehog and Squirrel, and seems like a pretty nice toon with furry…

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A message to the fanatics harassing artists

Grab your popcorn, grab your soda: It's time for another very angry rant from your (usually) friendly neighborhood vixen, MirceaKitsune. Disclaimer: My intent is not to actively attack any specific person and group. If by chance this journal breaks any site rules, I'm not aware of that at the time…

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Upcoming exclusive content of secret games & animations

As I explained in a recent journal, my Patreon was greatly affected by the sudden departure of an important supporter. This has left me under my targets once more, and in desperate need of new patrons. Meanwhile I'm going to be away for two weeks this month, and won't be able to work on some projec…

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What is this awesomeness?! (Bloody Bunny)

About a month ago, I was randomly looking through some furry groups on Facebook. Someone posted an animation that looked interesting, so I decided to click and watch it. That's how I discovered one of the most rad animated series on the internet, Bloody Bunny: A violently adorable anime, centered a…

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Facing demotivation after significant Patreon defunding

While I generally prefer not diving too much into this sort of thing, I felt the need to put down my thoughts right now. Long story short, an important supporter on my Patreon decided to suddenly pull out yesterday... after which I'm left with both major life problems as well as a few personal ques…

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Vore Tournament 2.0.1 bugfix release plan

Wow: The release of Vore Tournament 2.0.0 has been a blast! I could barely reply to all of the feedback and questions you guys had, which even now continue to flow. Thank you all for showing so much interest in this project! It really helps to know that it was a success. Unfortunately a lot of comm…

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Vore Tournament 2.0.0 & Net Neutrality day

First of all, I will begin with an unrelated but never the less essential reminder: As many of you likely know, today (12 July 2017) is Net Neutrality day. If you enjoy the games and animations I make, you likely enjoy the free and open internet I use to offer them to you... and if you enjoy that,…

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Working on VT video & Dealing with Linux crashes

Since I thought people might be interested in an update on the Vore Tournament release, I thought I'd offer one while I'm at it. I've been spending the last few days working on a release video for VT. It's almost done and hopefully going to be pretty fun once it's ready! Expect to see it on my Yout…

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Vore Tournament 2.0.0 - Target passes, release this July!

Just letting everyone know the target has passed nice and clear. Vore Tournament 2.0.0 happens this month! Thank you again for your support in making this happen... be it financially on Patreon, or in other ways. I'm still taking the first 1 - 2 weeks to do the final tests and preparations; Unfortu…

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Vore Tournament 2.0.0 Alpha - Huge thanks & hosting strategy

First of all, wow... you are all amazing: After my previous post, I went from $350 to $500 in only 3 days! A few of the big pledges are temporary mind you, so I might be going back a bit within the coming months... never the less I am truly grateful for this. Onto the important news: Granted none o…

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Vore Tournament 2.0.0 Alpha - One week left to meet our goal for July!

As we enter the last week of June, I once again call upon fans of VT for their help: The $400 Patreon goal is only $50 away from being met. If 5 people were to pledge $10 each, Vore Tournament 2.0.0 Alpha could be released next month! Help make this happen: Support the project if you can, and sprea…

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A sad day for civilization

Usually I try to keep my quota of political journals to a minimum. However the unfortunate events of today prompt what is perhaps one of the harshest journals I've written in this regard. I imagine I'll face quite a bit of criticism for it... both because many will see it as an exaggeration, and be…

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Vore Tournament 2.0.0 Alpha - Retrying for next month

Yeah... it seems the Vore Tournament release won't be happening this month. The target didn't pass by a long shot: I have less than 350$ out of $400 apparently, now that the payment info checks have revealed the real numbers. Granted no other patrons pull out, I'm about 50$ short. In consequence, I…

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Zootopia 2.0 is now a thing!

Oh my gosh... oh my gosh... oh my gosh... https://www.opptrends.com/zootopia-2-is-confirmed-disney-will-be-working-on-the-sequel I'm like, considerably hyped for this right now.

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Vore Tournament 2.0.0 Alpha - Potential delay

Since I posted my reminder images for the Vore Tournament 2.0.0 release, it seemed fair to mention this here as well: It's possible that the release might not be happening next month and will be seeing a delay. One of my biggest patrons had to pull out for the time being. As such, the $400 goal is…

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Happy bunny worship day!

Today is an important day for Christians and furries alike: Christians because they celebrate worshiping a man named Jesus, furries because they celebrate worshiping various bunny goddesses... who knew we had so much in common? While I'm not a member of the first fandom, I decided to do my part in…

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VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING MY ART, PLEASE READ!

Alright... this is a journal I'll be writing with a very heavy heart. It's a decision which I know will disappoint a lot of people, as it goes against the things I've promised to do toward the community, not to mention those who are watching and have been supporting me thus far. However I believe i…

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Why big websites don't handle copyright like art sites

Three journals in three days... that's a new record for me! Apparently I have to rant about yet another thing, happening in the always restless and never too complex world we have today. There's been some drama circulating around the fandom recently, regarding a few Youtubers who make music slidesh…

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Biggest internet censorship scheme ever attempted (Digital Economy Bill)

I believe at this very hour, I'm finally able to gather my thoughts on certain matters enough to write a coherent journal about them. Something I wouldn't have been able to do during the rest of the day, after having come across the shit I was about to witness. As usual I will be cross-posting this…

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Vore Tournament 2.0 pool: Stomach Board vs Grabber

I decided to announce this in a separate post: I've now published the first Vore Tournament pool, which will be open for about two weeks from now! In it I'm asking the community which of the remaining components you would like me to port first: The Stomach Board HUD panel, or the Grabber gun. More…

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Happy new year 2017

Despite wishes and doubts of various natures, 2017 is a number I'll be seeing in my calendar an hour from now. While I know it's just a number, it is that time of year when we all delude ourselves the future is going to be brighter than the past somehow. In my case, I hope that 2017 brings no more…

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My take on the 2016 elections

Since everyone else made a journal about this, why the heck wouldn't I do the same? It should first of all be clarified that I'm European, so of course I didn't vote and even if I could have I most likely wouldn't have (except for some third party candidate). That said I'm taking this as personally…

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Pokémon Go: God... please purge it from this existence

Alright folks: I'm usually not one to publicly hate on something that I'm not personally into, even if I tend to get easily annoyed by things that are hyped very suddenly. For the first time in years however, something managed to create an exception to this rule: Pokémon Go. A thing I not only have…

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Why I find Zootopia revolutionary

It's rare for me to post about specific games or films... especially commercial ones, and especially when those are made by the big corporations. I mostly went with the MLP-FiM hype when I became a brony in 2011, Minecraft when it brought us the voxel revolution, or poking my nose into recent intri…

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Posting art on the internet could soon become a crime

With 2016 just one day away, I would have liked to post a nice journal wishing everyone a happy new year and stuff. Unfortunately, this will be another entry prompted by the workings of human dementia, which I think will be of interest to fellow artists on here. This time we'll be talking about a w…

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#VATMOSS & taxes - Government gone wild

I might have posted a similar journal several months ago. Now that I've discovered more information on the issue, I will be posting a newer and longer update. Although I've calmed down after the initial shock, this might still be written in a personal tone so bare with me on that. I'll be cross pos…

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Important Patreon pool - Charging for images

After a bit of thinking, I decided to address this question to my watchers and especially to everyone who has pledged or plans to pledge on my Patreon, since it's something I found it fair to consult you on. Please post your opinion and vote in a comment, all replies will be read and analyzed. As y…

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The many fragile minds of Vimeo

Human stupidity: It's something everyone over a few years of age has come across in their life, in its glorious many shapes and forms. We see it in real life, we see it even more on the internet, and sometimes we might even see it when it comes to large services and websites... where common sense w…

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Life update - Things getting worse

I decided to post another life update journal, in case anyone who is still interested exists. Things have, as expected, only went from bad to worse. My physical father seems to have completely stopped sending me money. In part because his situation isn't the best either (although not as bad as mine…

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Have the rules on Furaffinity gotten out of control?

To be clear from the start: I don't wish to either start drama, nor get myself in trouble on Furaffinity. I'm simply going to mention and discuss things I've been seeing or hearing from a lot of users recently, and wish to know what other people know and think on the matter. I'm posting this becaus…