Thread:Journalistic/@comment-679780-20170512113915/@comment-4608608-20170512234438



Well oh well, of course there's going to be miscommunication. I want my design guidelines off the wiki, and because of that you think I'm an ass for defending my works. So let me get this clear to you, since you can't comprehend the messages I've left prior to my departure:

I do not want my designs, and my design language, on the wiki. This pertains to anything that to do with the now-former look of the Sonic News Network, and the current look of my Sonic News Channel project. The design elements in question, such as my usage of graphics (SNC logo), icongraphy (simple, flat, clean aesthetic), typography (fonts, i.e. Gotham, Proxmia Nova, DIN FF, Helvetica) and colour palette (striking blue and whites) are protected via automatic copyright and does not belong to you or the wiki. Additionally, certain elements that were added on the wiki that are not protected under my copyright but was intended to create synergy between both properties (i.e. font family code on common.css) should not be present on the wiki as it would cause unintended confusion for visitors of both platforms. As the original creator of the design language, I do not want you or anyone in the wiki to replicate any of the mentioned, as it would imply an ongoing partnership between the wiki and my properties and a ongoing relationship between my likeness and the wiki. Both of which are false. Accordingly, let me start things off by saying.

Fuck you.

I saw the various replies on the forum and let me just say - it was absolutely distasteful. The sheer dumbassery from the SNN admins were in full force. Consider the following, how dare you rightfully proclaim that my social media channels belong to you? They don't belong to you or the wiki in the slightest. The social media channels were created and operated by me since their day of conception - day 1. I've poured countless hours trying to perfect those projects and now it has a following of nearly 100,000 users from various platforms around the web. The recent Sonic Forces news got me 2 million impressions on Twitter alone. Go create your own feeds and maybe you'll get a slice of what I'm getting. This is all assuming you have the connections to jumpstart your venture - which you guys obviously don't. Fuck off.

It doesn't end here - how dare you attempt to downplay my design language? When you created your objectively disgusting Monobook icon, you straight up plagiarized - and admitted that you copied - my design language. What I'm referring in particular is the colour palette and design aesthetic. You said "The colour blue is the fact Sonic is blue, which is perhaps the same reason why the previous icon was blue before." To compare with what I've said from the 24th of May 2015 regarding the SNN10 project, "This [design language project] is aiming for a strong blue colour because you know, Sonic is blue." The "Sonic is blue" quote is literally verbatim to my reasoning towards my design language. As a result, it was clear you were definitely influenced by my design language to create your Monobook icon and it was your absolute intention to create something similar to my designs, despite being told not to. That is not acceptable from an user in your position. Continuing to play with the narrative that the SNN admin team are complete condescending asshats, your best friend Luma was up in arms with these wonderful quotes such as "if we choose the same colors or not that does not matter. Mystic may have used the same colors, but these designs are his." and "Colours are colours and he has no right on limiting the colours we pick." Limiting colours? What a fucking argument. Lol. If you guys think I'm limiting what *was* your colour palette, why don't you choose a different fucking colour then? There's more than 200 shades of blue and the incompetent group of people on earth called the SNN administrators decided to choose the one colour that replicates my design language and aesthetic in its complete form AND admitted it was your intention to mimic my work. Added with the fact you were saying the logo colour "Doesn't matter" and then persisting the wiki should progress to get a different shade of blue is extremely asinine and contradictory! What kind of backwards dumbassery is that? Adding pain to injury, "Also, Sonic is blue, Sega is blue, the whole website is known for being blue long before he came along and changed it for SNN10" is precise. Before the 10th anniversary it was a different shade of blue. A human with normal intelligence would choose another shade of blue if that's the case. However, in a spectacular twist, after stating my shade of blue was added on SNN10, you then claim afterwards that the mentioned shade of blue that *I chose* for SNN10 was actually part of the wiki the entire time! What the actual fuck are you taking about, Mystic? Don't try to call me butthurt if you are willing to openly act like a retard in site discussion threads. You were too busy trying to infringe on my shit and trivializing the subject instead of trying to use another colour and design aesthetic. It's like you guys couldn't leave my works alone. Fuck off.

Speaking of design aesthetic, how dare you try to undermine my design aesthetic? Luma attempted to readd the fontfamily code to common.css, claiming "the font Journalistic had used was not a property of him - So he holds no right on the method used to import the font on our wiki, just the original author; the one who has uploaded the fonts on the said wiki's space." Here's what smartass Luma doesn't understand: I was intending the SNN and my SNC properties to use the same proprietary typefaces, Promixa Nova and Gotham. Due to browser restrictions, I could not upload my own fontfamily typeface. I was left with no other option but to slave away hours trying to find a wiki that has already uploaded the mentioned typefaces. Fortunately, I was able to accomplish this. Consequently, I added the fontfamily typefaces and made necessary changes. This made sense because at the time both SNC and the wiki used one universal font. Now, do I have copyright over them? Of course fucking not, no. In under no circumstance do I own the code. However, if you look back to what I said earlier, the design language and aesthetic also includes the typefaces that I'm using for my properties. I added the fontfamily so it could coincide with both properties. That's not the case anymore, so it doesn't make sense that the wiki uses a font that visually echos something you guys do not own - which is my properties. That's why I wanted it removed. Not only because of copyright, but the font is literally a key element of my works and it should not be present on the wiki. But in usual fashion, Luma attempted to trivialize the subject in order to justify his decision. "Anyone can use any font they like." Again with this fucking argument. If anyone can use any font they like, why can't you, the admins, upload your own fucking typeface? You expect me to be rational with you guys while you say this half baked shit? "Just because he has used it before first, does not mean that we have to remove it. He has no rights on the font or the method it is used in because he hasn't set that up from the start." Again, it was used with the design language I manufactured prior. What makes you think that you can use the fontfamily despite not having control over the design language? It was added in correspondence with the design language. Tough luck for you guys, you do not have the right to use my design language. Anything that reflects my works should not be used - that includes the typography. That's not a hard concept. Fuck off.

I've already made myself clear what shouldn't be on the wiki, therefore, this is not a problem of communication, this is a problem with your (and the admins') condescending attitude over my works. I'm not preventing you from moving on with shit, it is with you guys and it is only YOU who is at fault for being lazy asses and trying to find loopholes to mimic my designs, instead of attempting to create something original. Is that too much to ask from you guys? Is that too much of a concept for you guys to understand? It's ridiculous that the highest users on the wiki are persisting they have some sort of rights over my design language. You don't own shit. What the fuck is wrong with you? Fuck off.

To wrap things up, if you think I'm an ass, good. All the more reason why I left the wiki in the first place. I fucking hate your guts for disrespecting me now and throughout the 3 years when I was contributing to that cesspool.

And SNN matters?



Ha, throw that bullshit to someone else, bud. You and your manipulative lying shills do not deserve a single bit of respect from me.

Fuck off.