Feedback The Wii community has taken a toll on my life

[Sir Tortoise]

I was completely unaware of any of this, and I'm inclined to sympathise with you - it's easy for things to get blown out of proportion as news spreads from person to person. And regardless of what actually happened, that doesn't make harassment okay, people often seem to enjoy taking shots at those they consider to be worse than themselves.

That said, you also say you've done things that are very bad. I don't know what those are. If that is the case, it's not that surprising that people might still hold that against you. You want the drama to be over, but you can't change the past.

Basically, it sounds to me like you're highlighting two seperate issues. If people are making mountains out of molehills, then avoiding talking about what actually happened isn't going to help. Setting the record straight isn't guaranteed either, but it's worth a try.

But the actual mountains? They won't go away. All you can do is clear up the half that's exaggerated, and hope that apologising for the half that isn't eventually regains you trust. You can't tell anyone to trust you, but it's sure as hell not going to happen while the waters are muddied.

 

[BG2CNT]

Huh? But your profile says that you're 23...

sorry (i used to put in a fake age lol but it's fairly common knowledge my real age)

 

[Mondooooo]

we should switch to Wii U

 

[wurstpistole]

Wii hacking community was also such a shitshow?
I've only been part of Switch hacking discords and thought it couldn't get any worse, hbg was the darkest timeline and MiST the biggest idiot

 

[Larsenv]

I forgot to mention there was an individual that did everything in their path to try to harass me over the span of a couple year

• they are some bigender weirdo in germany that started harassing me when they were 15
• they created a twitter under my name with pictures of me as a kid, saying some very inappropriate things, and twitter is so shit that they will not take it down and google wont take it down either
• they sent me porn and registered me for porn sites under my email
• they made a wojak meme out of my face
• they called my phone number over 100 times
• they told me to kill myself
• they sent me verification codes for google, apple, etc to my phone
• they impersonated me on tiktok, following my account under a different name, liking stuff, etc
• they made me try to look like a pedophile or had made me look like I am a criminal
• they made an inappropriate song under my name that I got taken down which had some very inappropriate lyric

while you can say they were trying to get a reaction out of me, this is not ok under any circumstance and I think the person in question is legitimately mentally ill

 

[BG2CNT]

I forgot to mention there was an individual that did everything in their path to try to harass me over the span of a couple year

• they are some bigender weirdo in germany that started harassing me when they were 15
• they created a twitter under my name with pictures of me as a kid, saying some very inappropriate things, and twitter is so shit that they will not take it down and google wont take it down either
• they sent me porn and registered me for porn sites under my email
• they made a wojak meme out of my face
• they called my phone number over 100 times
• they told me to kill myself
• they sent me verification codes for google, apple, etc to my phone
• they impersonated me on tiktok, following my account under a different name, liking stuff, etc
• they made me try to look like a pedophile or had made me look like I am a criminal
• they made an inappropriate song under my name that I got taken down which had some very inappropriate lyric

while you can say they were trying to get a reaction out of me, this is not ok under any circumstance and I think the person in question is legitimately mentally ill

what the hell went on there. this is sadistic or smth, i hope nothing happened to you regarding this...

 

[KokiKitsune]

we should switch to Wii U

I already did lol

 

[Larsenv]

Im considering not working on the wii house anymore, its bringing attention. Just forget I exist. Im happy to give it to someone else, but I think that the wii community is not deserving of more of my effort. Believe it or not, I'm a person which has feelings, and words people say do indeed feel very real. If I never was part of the community, RiiConnect24 and things you dont even know I worked on wouldnt be where it is today.

Its sad that people cant see the positive of what I worked on. While I think that my prevalence via discord is a big part of it, keep in mind that most of the time my intentions werent bad. They were either exhibited because I was impulsive, hurt, or trying to make some joke. Yet you do one thing bad and as much as you regret it, other people will talk about it. Do you realize that bullying people is a real thing and people kill themselves over getting harassed?

People that choose to hate on people are not actually mature enough because they are likely quite young and dont learn the way social media affects them

 

[AndorfRequissa]

in todays day and age if you havent been banned you arent really doing anything creative or different. we live in a world where people love to hate and everyone wants to push a group think mentality. if you can do stuff on a gaming environment you enjoy screw everyone else. if you can help preserve and add mods to games even better.

i take my bans and drama with a little badge of honor sometimes.

 

[BG2CNT]

Im considering not working on the wii house anymore, its bringing attention. Just forget I exist. Im happy to give it to someone else, but I think that the wii community is not deserving of more of my effort. Believe it or not, I'm a person which has feelings, and words people say do indeed feel very real. If I never was part of the community, RiiConnect24 and things you dont even know I worked on wouldnt be where it is today.

Its sad that people cant see the positive of what I worked on. While I think that my prevalence via discord is a big part of it, keep in mind that most of the time my intentions werent bad. They were either exhibited because I was impulsive, hurt, or trying to make some joke. Yet you do one thing bad and as much as you regret it, other people will talk about it. Do you realize that bullying people is a real thing and people kill themselves over getting harassed?

People that choose to hate on people are not actually mature enough because they are likely quite young and dont learn the way social media affects them

so... you are retiring?

 

[KokiKitsune]

Im considering not working on the wii house anymore, its bringing attention. Just forget I exist. Im happy to give it to someone else, but I think that the wii community is not deserving of more of my effort. Believe it or not, I'm a person which has feelings, and words people say do indeed feel very real. If I never was part of the community, RiiConnect24 and things you dont even know I worked on wouldnt be where it is today.

Its sad that people cant see the positive of what I worked on. While I think that my prevalence via discord is a big part of it, keep in mind that most of the time my intentions werent bad. They were either exhibited because I was impulsive, hurt, or trying to make some joke. Yet you do one thing bad and as much as you regret it, other people will talk about it. Do you realize that bullying people is a real thing and people kill themselves over getting harassed?

People that choose to hate on people are not actually mature enough because they are likely quite young and dont learn the way social media affects them

Unfortunately, that's how the internet works nowadays. Heck, you can get cancelled for saying one word!

 

[BG2CNT]

Unfortunately, that's how the internet works nowadays. Heck, you can get cancelled for saying one word!

uhhh, like, the n word?

 

[KokiKitsune]

uhhh, like, the n word?

Not just that

 

[XFlak]

Man, plenty of ppl have shown their support for you. If you truly want to move on or feel that's what's best for you, then go for it. But if you want to stay then don't let the haters dictate what you do. There will be those that appreciate it, and don't pay any mind to anything else.

 

[KokiKitsune]

Man, plenty of ppl have shown their support for you. If you truly want to move on or feel that's what's best for you, then go for it. But if you want to stay then don't let the haters dictate what you do. There will be those that appreciate it, and don't pay any mind to anything else.

Honestly, it's sad to see how the internet is now. But yeah, you got a point. Just ignore the haters as much as you can.

 

[signer-ink-beast]

It's a problem that has always existed, even before the Internet. Haters are always going to find something, anything, to use as fuel for the fire. On the Internet, people are more emboldened under usernames and pen names, both for better and for worse.

That harassment you went through is absolutely horrible.

You are not responsible for how others react to you. People grow and change over time. You've done so, and that is what is important here. The people who cling to it have nothing better to do with their time. Their actions reflect much more poorly on them than they do you.

Yeah, the past cannot be changed. There's only the present and the future. You're doing the best you can, and that is enough. That's all anyone can actually do in these situations at the end of the day. Some people will stay in unhealthy ruts. Some people will never be pleased no matter what you do. Don't make that your problem. That is theirs, and theirs alone, to deal with.

Keep your head up, @Larsenv. Try to take solace in the fact that your contributions here are a net positive. There are likely more people than you know of that appreciate everything you've done, and can take the good with the bad.

I've lurked here for at least a decade before making an account here for the first time. I still remember when USB loaders were in their infancy, and Neogamma was the hot shit. I still have those DVD-Rs in my closet... So not very early days, but early enough.

I have a knack for missing Internet drama. I think the only drama I've been present for wrt the Wii homebrew community was some drama related to WinterMute, details are fuzzy. Only other one was the early days Devolution debuted. What was often called impossible here on the Temp became possible, and the anti-piracy feature (I think).

Best of luck to you. Do whatever is best for you.

 

[KokiKitsune]

It's a problem that has always existed, even before the Internet. Haters are always going to find something, anything, to use as fuel for the fire. On the Internet, people are more emboldened under usernames and pen names, both for better and for worse.

That harassment you went through is absolutely horrible.

You are not responsible for how others react to you. People grow and change over time. You've done so, and that is what is important here. The people who cling to it have nothing better to do with their time. Their actions reflect much more poorly on them than they do you.

Yeah, the past cannot be changed. There's only the present and the future. You're doing the best you can, and that is enough. That's all anyone can actually do in these situations at the end of the day. Some people will stay in unhealthy ruts. Some people will never be pleased no matter what you do. Don't make that your problem. That is theirs, and theirs alone, to deal with.

Keep your head up, @Larsenv. Try to take solace in the fact that your contributions here are a net positive. There are likely more people than you know of that appreciate everything you've done, and can take the good with the bad.

I've lurked here for at least a decade before making an account here for the first time. I still remember when USB loaders were in their infancy, and Neogamma was the hot shit. I still have those DVD-Rs in my closet... So not very early days, but early enough.

I have a knack for missing Internet drama. I think the only drama I've been present for wrt the Wii homebrew community was some drama related to WinterMute, details are fuzzy. Only other one was the early days Devolution debuted. What was often called impossible here on the Temp became possible, and the anti-piracy feature (I think).

Best of luck to you. Do whatever is best for you.

Really good advice! Thank you for sharing this!