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I swear that whenever you think the news would just stop it just keeps getting better. I don't really have much of an update but there are a couple things that came up: Fear the Beard: Monica Rial's husband (or is it boyfriend as I haven't kept track), Ron Toye was talking smack about Vic and the lawyers and one of the funniest things happened. Ty Beard, the head of Vic's law firm, responded to the tweet with "We will be in touch." That tweet blew up like crazy. Ron Toye tried to counter this saying he called him showing a phone number and how he didn't answer. Of course he called during their off hours. I think people are trying to fire Ty Beard over that single post for "Intimidation." I wish I was making this stuff up. Lawyer vs "Lawyer": Nick Rekieta is a lawyer that if you're an ass to him then he'll be an ass to you which he's done a number of times. He's gaining so much out of this whole situation because people are attacking him. I love how the narrative of him has changed from a Blackface lawyer to leaking information on his case to only pretending to be a lawyer. He's shown his credentials online and does a show talking about court cases. People are seriously trying to fire him for basically being a bit of an ass. Ron Toye began posting stuff to fight back against Nick which he pretty much said it was wrong or misinterpreted (which one of the things was a mistake most people make). Nick isn't the only person who got attacked or under fire as there's been plenty of blocks, bans, and account suspensions. Some of it was people asking for it and some people literally got blocked for asking a question. There's literally news hourly if we go with fans vs fans. Don't get into an argument with either side. Just...don't. That's just my advice. And if you're wondering if people are still mad at Funimation: People still are. I haven't located the actual comments section so I can't verify but on non Funimation sites people do seem excited over this. I also glanced over on other sites such as their twitter and it doesn't seem like too many people are hung up on it on Reddit or their Twitter. I don't think firing Vic really hurt Funimation. This whole situation is hurting them to some degree. Hard to say or speculate because Funimation isn't going to announce that their net gains have a sign...wait let's look at something. Nope they don't have a stock. Yeah...there's not a lot of reliable sources of information who don't swing too far left or right. I mean I look like I'm sided one way but I'm more against letting people speak and treat others with just disrespect or straight up harassing them. The best source of information on Vic is from Kiwi Farms. That's basically tame 4chan but one of their first posts cover it nicely. And sometimes you get information like this: People have managed to get his criminal record. I'm pretty sure if there was proof of these allegations, someone would have found it by now. Somebody. Please let private emails from Funimation be leaked early. Let's just see how far this train will roll. Also if you are interested Nick Rekieta is going to have Vic's attorney Ty Beard will be on his livestream for the first hour starting out 11pm CT (pretty much an hour after this post). Update: So the Rekieta stream gave us a small bit of news. Ty Beard is a big nerd. -Nothing so far has been filed on the Vic case -The papers have been filed for the case (I misheard this) -Ty Beard's lawfirm is also representing Todd Haberkorn as well So about the Todd Haberkorn actually I believe was someone who got their career wrecked before the Vic situation but there wasn't a big deal and kind of got swept under the rug. I'll obviously relay the ruling on that one as well given the two are similar. Btw for those who like numbers, roughly 62% of sexual assault allegations were either false, inconclusive, or dismissed. This does not mean only 38% of allegations were true, but over half of sexual assault allegations could not be proven to be true. I hope both of these guys receive a fair and just trial in which the truth triumphs all. Update 2: The GoFundMe Goal for the VicKicksBack has been reached. That's probably just enough to take Funimation, Rooster Teeth, and ANN into a court room. We'll have to sit back and wait until any of this info goes public.

Believe me, I can handle awful combat as seen from Xenosaga II which most people who play that game play it wrong and it is awful if you play it that way. When I figured that out, I actually ended up really, really liking the game but I probably won't replay since it's so draining. I don't mind a predictable story either. I just am bothered by people throwing Xenoblade as the pillar of the best game with none of the others coming close when the others are still actually really good, but different. I'd still recommend playing Xenoblade if you have the time despite my issues as the game is fantastic. I've played Final Fantasy I & II Dawn of Souls on the GBA which imo is the best version to play. I think I is the superior game on everything, but just all these little things made me end up liking II considering how dated and old this game was. It was really experimental and I kind of really liked the emperor. I absolutely understand why people think it's awful and even put it as the worst game, but I just kind of liked the ideas behind it and the risks it took. I enjoyed it for what it was and it's really hard to explain for people who hated it. Leveling up magic was godawful and let's never bring that mechanic ever again. Just because I liked something doesn't mean it's superior or inferior to another. This ties into why FFVII is lower as well but it really grinds down to how the game works. The story is alright and didn't really leave much of an impact other than Shadow's story. There's really no singular focused character and Locke ends up being optional. I just couldn't really get into it and while Kefka is good, the ending is just kind of Kefka is dead so let's live out the rest of our lives in this crappy world. My issue with the game kind of grinds down to how magic is learned. Everyone can pretty much learn every spell so the only difference is their other skill and weapon choice. It's why so many of the characters are more or less just bad. I like Setzer's design and he's my favorite from FFVI but I just could not really get into the game and didn't really wow me like the others. Why do I put FFVII above FFVI even if I think the materia system is worse? It's the cast. Sephiroth I think is a terrible villain but I ended up really liking the FFVII player cast. It's a really, really weird game and while I don't think it's the best FF game there's a lot of good in this one. Disc 1 imo is super solid and I'd even argue the peak of FF. I had a lot of fun there and then the experience kind of just kept getting worse and worse XD. Most people who have VI and VII as their favorite it usually was the first game they played. It's understandable. Though you'd be surprised how many people put FFIX as their favorite FF nowadays. FFVI being in the middle of people's list shouldn't come off as so much a surprise.

Let me just talk a bit more since I played all of these. I'll start with FF8. If you get past the bullshit, it's actually a really fun game. There's a couple scenes that are just so stupid you'll want to chuck the game across the universe on top of some horrible design mechanics but it's got a lot of my favorite things in that game. I can't say it's good, but it is worth playing for the highs. I accidentally skipped the most important part of the game since it's optional which is the crazy thing. I finally learned what it was years later. Xenogears oh boy Xenogears. That's a really, really old RPG which actually doesn't look too bad compared to some of the other PS1 era games like Legend of Dragoon and FFVII. If you like Mechs and a story that goes a little out there with the psychological stuff then give it a try. Chrono Trigger if it was rated M and a budget cut is the best way to describe it. You will get lost at some point and have no idea what's going on. I still really enjoyed it, but I'm not a fan of the non-mech combat (which is not all that common). Xenosaga is easily my favorite in the Xeno series. It's one of my favorite casts despite how annoying the main character can get. The three games (plus the Missing Year and Pied Piper) add up to about the same length as Xenogears so be perparred for a long journey that'll make you go through all the emotions. It's like riding on a train that's diving straight into a trainwreck and somehow comes out just fine. Read the Pied Piper if nothing else as imo it's the best part of the series going into the backstory of primarily two characters and a bit of a couple others. The order is XS1, XS2, Pied Piper, the Missing Year, XS3. Jumping from 2 to 3 will make you a bit confused and have to read up on it with some really, really condensed summaries. I don't recommend diving into this series unless you know what you know what you're getting into. I loved it though. Xenoblade I..............don't think it's as good as the others. The combat is leagues above the previous entries as it's actually fun, but the story is really, really dumbed down and predictable. It really is pretty much an inferior Xenosaga story with much, much better combat. That's not so much bias but it reuses a lot of the story elements from Xenosaga but simplifies them. I guess you could call it the best one since it does everything good and has super solid combat as the other entries have very heavy flaws. It really only wins that title due to best gameplay with really no flaw holding it back. Music is a debate as I'd give it to Xenoblade but Xenosaga 3 challenges that one. It's a great RPG worth play, but it's a Xeno game in name only. Which is funny as it was supposed to be called Monado but was changed to a Xeno game to attract people into buying it. Xenoblade X is the first time I have to admit that the story was bad. It's like a WTF happened moment. The gameplay is actually really solid and superior to Xenoblade but the story and characters are just not as good. I had a lot of fun playing it but I just have to admit the original was better due to the story. I'd say pick it up and try it if you've been a Xeno fan for a while to pick up all the small subtle references to the series but don't expect too much otherwise you might be slightly disappointed. It's a good game, but doesn't live up to the Xeno name. I'm hoping for a sequel to this one. I haven't played Xenoblade 2 so idk about that one. But if you want me to rank them from favorite to least XS3 > XB > XBX > XG > XS2 > XS1 As for me with Final Fantasy: IX > V > X > IV > VIII > VII > VI > II > I >>>>>>>>>> III

Are you implying Meltan isn't qualified for that?

Freebies: The Grey Garden - Haven't played but definitely have seen enough to say try it Sunset Over Imdahl - Another RPGmaker game that I know Ame covered in a playthrough Ib - This one I have played and it's a short horror adventure. I absolutely recommend plaything this gem and I hate horror stuff. Then google the Mary song on youtube. Doki Doki Literature Club - Most of you have played it, but for those who haven't give it a try Fan-translated: Mother 3 - I got through most of this but I kind of got busy then forgot about finishing it. Fantastic game with a story that will really, really surprise you. Kumatora is in Smash Bros for Lucas's final smash and that alone was my favorite piece of news from Smash Ultimate. The fan translation is great and you will probably understand why Mother fans have been begging for a localization of Mother 3 for all these years and still continue asking for it. Zero No Kiseki - I'm a Kiseki fan, but this one is kind of special. There's a new team working on a better localization as the current one is a bit of a hit or miss, but damn is the game good. I've only played up to chapter 2 and it is probably going to become my favorite in the series. You can jump into this one first, but I would recommend at least trying to beat the Sky series first to get all the needed info or you'll get slightly lost. It's a tad bit different from the other games as over half the game takes place in a single city as you play a detective and beat up the mafia and monsters. It might end up in my favorite game...even with a rough around the edges translation. Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War - If you're new to the series, this odd duck game might be one of the best to get into the FE franchise. PoR is what hooked me in but good luck getting your hands on that or an emulator for it working. The game does have only 10 chapters all consisting of huge maps, but you can save at any point in time on any map. I really need to play and beat this one. Fate/Stay Night - Yes, there's the anime, but the VN is surprisingly really good and worth diving into if you have the time. I'm not gonna tell you how to do that as it takes a few steps. But yes, it's worth it. Re;write - Don't know much about this VN but it's somewhere on my PC I should really get to playing. Steam: Tales of Vesperia - If you hear the words best tales game you'll usually end up hearing one of the three: Vesperia, Abyss, and Destiny. Tales of Vesperia is probably the game right in the middle of the newer styled combat and the old styled 2-d focused combat. Imagine your protagonist being a little bit of a jackass and you're in for a fun ride. It's such a good game and I've played about 30% of the way through and had very, very little gripes or issues. The cast is fun the combat is easy to learn, but hard to master, and the graphics really work. Also the definitive edition gives you a ton of costumes which is always fun to see some of their ridiculous outfits in cutscenes such as Karol in a dress. Graces is my favorite, but Vesperia is a close second. Final Fantasy IX - I recommend it more on the Playstation but easily my favorite FF game in the series. Let me tell you something: I went into this game thinking I would absolutely hate it because of how the characters looked. It's the story. I don't know how they pulled it off, but they did and it kind of got buried between FFVII and FFX which is kind of sad. The Longest Journey - This is not to be mistaken with Dreamfall: The longest journey that is the sequel. This point and click adventure is very charming and honestly had me stumped a couple times as you had to do some ridiculous stuff to get past a certain segment. You may have a few little hiccups since the game was made in the 90s but it really wraps everything up pretty well. Atelier Rorona - Oh my god if you have not at least tried an Atelier game what are you doing with yourself. Atelier is a very strange series where you collect ingredients to make stuff to save your shop. No literally, that's the entire plot of Rorona. Alchemy is actually really fun and you kind of have to balance everything out on a time management system. It's not all that bad but you will have a hard time doing everything. Just...play one of them. It'd be easier than me trying to explain it to you. Also, BARRREL! I could continue but I don't know what y'all are interested in. Tried to put a mix of well known games and some gems.

I'm going to answer this with a definite answer: Ame and the Reborn dev team have no plans if implementing another generation at this time. There is a near 0 percent chance of this happening. I can't say what happens but if Gen 8 gets implemented into Reborn I'm just gonna delete redux entirely because I'm not gonna deal with that. And if you are thinking about asking if Reborn will implement Gen 8, it might be better to save your breath because it will be asked 100s of times dare I say. I don't even want to go back and think about all the times this was asked. It's going to get asked 100s of times and it will be the same answer every time. There were initially no plans to implement Gen VII until pretty much the episode 17 quite a number of months after Gen VII was released. But pay attention as this is the only time I'm going to answer the question: I think you know the answer better than any of us. No, I'm being serious. I know as much of an answer to this question as I know about Gen 8. Of course Ame isnt going to promise Gen 8 content as that'd be stupid. Why would you promise something you don't know anything about? You aren't going to get an answer you are looking for probably until February of next year possibly. Ame can correct me on this but the goal most likely is to finish all the planned content for the game before even looking at adding additional content. February 2020 IS NOT the time Reborn will be finished but let's say it is. And let's say Ame wants to add Gen 8 as one last surprise. More people likely wou...no almost would have to be added to the dev group. Ame probably is going to have more of a priority on her other projects while this group focuses on adding Gen 8 on top of QAing it a second time. Let's just assume it's really easy and it gets implemented throughout the game. It's smooth sailing that adds 4 to 6 months. We will have to add an additional month for the content the remake added. We are talking about September of 2021 before the public release of Reborn. That's being theoretical as this could go straight into the middle of 2022 when Gen 9 is announced and confirmed. Do you think people want to wait three years for this? That's the problem with asking now. There's just way too many unknown variables. People just don't understand this and why it takes so long. That's why I'll probably just answer that there are no plans for now on.

I'm just going to clear something up: transgender and trap are two entirely different things. Transgender is (do not crucify me on this) identifying themselves as the opposite gender from their born sex. A trap (or at least in the context it's now getting banned from) is a fictional character that identifies as the opposite gender they give the appearance of, usually male appearing as a female. Reverse Trap is the female counterpart of this. Calling a trans person a trap is incorrect and flat out wrong. You have never been allowed to call anyone on here a trap as in that context it's a slur unless it falls under a niche condition. I mean calling me a trap for using female animu girls as profile pics I guess would be correct as it's easy to presume I'm female while I'm actually male. I identify as a male. Don't do that though. I mean I wouldn't be bothered, but someone else might be. Trans people are called traps many times as their definitions are quite similar and it is a means to call them out in a negative way as a slur. If you think you were allowed to do this in the first place, then you may want to reread the OP. You weren't. Even if this change gets revoked you wouldn't be allowed to. I just want to clear that one up since that's what a lot of the discussion is. We jump back to fiction now. Is calling something fictional a trap derogatory language? You can interpret this both ways. Most traps in fiction don't fit the definition of deceiving someone as it's not their intention, but some actually do. Honestly it's just the best word to describe the characters which there have been debates what else they can be called. Like full on debates. You can't use transgender as they identify as their sex. I guess you could use transvestite but that doesn't quite encompass what the character was written out as. Gonna stop there as you probably get the idea. Though using these terms even correctly could be insulting towards people who are called traps as a slur. Again, the N-word is the best example. Just imagine someone as a black business male going up to a black business partner and greeting them with "My ninja!" Just think about how the other professionals nearby would feel about this exchange. I don't know if I would get a warning point for saying it in a hypothetical situation otherwise I would. That's kind of why it's getting banned in a situation it wouldn't be under derogatory language. Better to avoid the situation altogether then risk people feeling very uncomfortable, I suppose. Do I agree with it? No. Do I understand it? Yes. I'm not going to be fighting for it to be removed. If you want to change my opinion on it, explain the negative effects of people calling fictional characters traps to you and not people calling you that word. I'm not saying that as a means to ridicule either. There's nothing wrong with being uncomfortable or hating people calling fiction characters traps. I'm merely saying that saying things I agree upon isn't going to change my stance. Though my stance doesn't really matter since I merely disagree and not invoking it be removed.

So the one time Caz logs in we get news on Gen 8. Caz confirmed for making Pokemon Sword and Shield. It explains everything.

I'm both relieved and a bit saddened by the direct. The game looks gorgeous but I think this is the first time I dislike all the starters. I would get over it though. From the look if it I think it's going to end up with a very barebones plot as we've seen nothing. Everything gave me the impression of very basic and very safe. London was a very, very good choice for a Pokemon game. I just have not really been all that appealed by the last two games so I'll probably pass. Hopefully they didn't expend their budget on graphics at the cost of no Post game.

If a word has negative connotation it's usually better to outright ban the word than allow for the few instances where it can be used and keep track of that. The N word is probably the best kind of example. I mean it's much easier to say "You can't say retarded" then to deal with giving warning points when one person uses the word one way and another uses it a different way. On the flip side, it does pretty much completely remove all discussion the word was used for. It just ain't worth the effort worrying about getting a warning point or writing out something much longer so other people understand what you're talking about.

Okay guys, calm down on this. It's not uncommon for old users to pop on randomly for a day then disappear again. I don't want you guys jumping at him or anything for doing so because it's certainly not going to make anyone want to log back in if they're going to be bombarded. I'm happy that Caz is alive and probably doing well but let's not start anything. All I ask is that you don't bring up Desolation to the guy unless he brings it up first (I'm talking statuses and PMs). If he has anything to say on it, we will see a post here most likely. If he doesn't, he doesn't. I just want you guys to be kind and respectful. I just ask you all keep Desolation discussion in the Desolation thread. And don't bombard me with Desolation questions either thinking on it. I know just as much as any other guy. I get it. I'm not telling you guys to shut up. I'm simply telling you to be respectful. But please don't assume anything from a guy logging in.

You'd think things would quiet down, but they manage to somehow get worse (or better from an entertainment standpoint). Vic's Lawyer Firm has revealed themselves as Beard Harris Bullock Hughes. You can look them up in the link if you want and I shouldn't need to say this but don't message these guys please: https://www.beardandharris.com/index.html If it would have been named Grimwood Law, I would have lost my shit being a Kiseki fan and how one of the attorneys looks like a certain character. The best event that happened is with Nick Rikieta which this guy is getting attacked for blackface (which has been proven false) and the fact that he's Vic's lawyer (this is clearly true as proven by the news above). Vic kind of called it that anyone who stood up for him would be attacked. So then this dude named Sean said Nick invited him on his Youtube show and he rejected which Nick said he was never welcomed. Basically Sean calls Nick a coward and then Nick basically says to come onto a stream with him. Sean has second thoughts but it happens and spoiler alert: he gets slaughtered. Nick, not Sean. Because Sean totally is the expert in the law using them Google searches. In other news the GoFundMe page has hit 74k and is now turned over to the law firm who'll use that money for charges (you could still donate if you wanted to...I haven't...) Oh yeah, DC Douglas basically confessed to recording girls while hiding in the bathroom. Somehow it's tied to blaming Vic. Interpret that however you want. There's probably a restraining order coming to that guy. And for none any of you who are wanted to unsubscribe who were subscribed to Funimation's whatever it's called subscription, their unsubscribe button should be working. And here's some old fun memes: -Marzgirl did XXX: This is from how so many people blame Marzgirl from all the actions in this "war?" so she's basically responsible for every evil thing in the world. (#KickVic meme) -"This is harassment. I've screencapped this and sent it to my attorney": I think it was Monica who made the original post but basically someone asked a question and she claimed it was harassment and would send it to an attorney -"Nick, our fearless leader" - Basically since #KickVic keep assuming Nick is Vic's attorney it's a joke that he's the main person behind the whole movement. -"Hugging is now illegal" - Many allegations were Vic hugging people that made them uncomfortable. People tease the silly logic behind that -"I'm calling homeland security" - Another Monica post in which she threatened to call homeland security on a Vic fan -"Dude, just take the L" - Not a meme but Ahkos Productions (might have spelled it wrong) made false claims that Nick was a fraud and other things which were clearly false. Almost everyone is telling him to just admit he was wrong with take the L posts. -"We do not condone harassment" - Not exactly a meme but this was a tweet by Funimation and by VAs which users pointed out how hypocritical they are. Jamie's "Head and Balls" Tweet is the most infamous of these. And in other news, Youtube may have been supporting a Pedo. That's for a different thread for a different time. But yeah, if you guys want me to post the funny or silly stuff going on I'm more than happy. I'm only really going to do post updates when something big happens or when something really interesting pops up (aka someone does something really stupid. And while I'm done arguing I will leave this for a certain person since they asked and set it to the five seconds you need to see They just randomly found pictures and used them in an article about some Vic Mignonia heat. At least one confessed about them using a picture of hers without permission and explains that she asked for him to hug her. I don't know copyright laws on facebook posts, but I'm pretty sure that's illegal. I haven't seen the edited photos one but I trust that it's there because that's not something you lie about. I've seen the leaked private messages though. Not something I'm going to bank on being the truth as like the allegations that could be faked. Edit: News update! MarzGirl was caught lying The one who posted most of those allegations as heshe said falsified evidence. I don't know how they could even win at this point. Every one of them has been proven a liar or contradicted themselves. How? How? Just how? Yeah, yeah the person calling them out could be lying, but I highly doubt that because I'm sure their father would be willing to testify. How, how are they going to win? Seriously, someone tell me how Vic will be proven guilty when the most reliable allegations were from liars.

@Josef I don't quite think that's right. Calling someone a trap was already against policy it seems which is the whole respect thing. It's calling fictional characters like Astolfo from Fate a trap that was added to this category. Basically you aren't allowed to use this word with the given context for anything from what I'm understanding. Like if I wasn't explaining what it means I would be violating the rules. And as for what Gaunt said there's no rule or policy against calling these things by a synonym since it does not violate any rules or policy. At least that's my understanding unless there's some clarification or the policy gets changed.

Oh I miss the old days where I'd be was more aggressive and more into this stuff. I'm just going to advise you to save your breath with responding since you really don't agree with how I'm doing stuff. You wouldn't be the first and you certainly won't be the last. I've learned to stop trying to argue since every time there is one it's just a circle. But here's the neutral stance of the Vic Mignonia situation: I have no idea if this man did these acts or not. These could be true. These could be false. There is nothing on the table to confirm any of these are true. We have enough on the table to speculate and create judgement. We cannot say these allegations are false. We do, however, have evidence of Anime News Network performing slander on Vic Mignonia. These cons and companies acted on allegations that are not concrete. This is not illegal to do under normal circumstances, however, we do not know the contracts behind this. We do know Vic Mignonia was fired from Funimation due to sexual harassment. We can hold Funimation accountable to that and they'd need to prove it to be true. These are the facts. We can throw everything at each other as their is possible evidence put on both sides, but the only thing we have proof of is evidence of actions of illegal action against Vic Mignonia in a Civil Court Case. Evidence is not facts. Evidence is a trail that leads to truths.

I'll at least give you some relief that many of the allegations used tactics in which in a public mass work in favor of people, but are complete garbage and useless in court. We actually just recieved some nice sweet additional evidence for Funimation performing wrongful termination very recently. And if I heard right, Sony had involvement meaning they'll have to be involved in the lawsuit. Take this with a grain of salt, but Funimation conveniently had a site update which conveniently added a change where canceling subscriptions was broken. If you want to feel pity for someone, I would probably say Marxgirl (I think that's the right spelling). These VAs are absolutely going to throw her under the bus to try and save their own tails and she probably won't have much afterwards. I can't tell you how it will all turn out, but I will tell you it ain't going to be like "Oh these women said that he conducted sexual harassment therefore I charge you with sexual harassment." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- @Lyumia You're a liar. Yep, I know what you are all about to say and that's where the problem is and why I am the way I am. Do I believe that? No, but they are a liar. Why are they a liar? It's because I said so. Because I am a bigger more well known user my word is more credible and has more worth and that there are only two outcomes for this statement, mind is true. I'm going to put it out there now: a vast majority of you think "Lyumia is not a liar." This is a very understandable mindset and a very human nature thing to think. Guess what, you're wrong. You're also thinking logically which is the other problem. Replace "you're a liar" with "This is an apple". Based on what you see the only logical thing to think is that "This is an apple" as there's nothing to disprove that it's not. I intentionally wrote it in this confusing very hard to like way with the intent you don't believe me. It's honestly rather jarring and very hard to really like what I said to agree with a negative perspective of someone. I hold no ill will against Lyumia nor do I have any right to challenge there character, but that is one of a number of people I think we're on a boat of misunderstanding where the stances are. I'm at fault here so please do not really think too much of it. I'm sure there are many people here who first heard about Vic Mignogna through these controversies. Of course based on the information you know you'd jump to the victims' side because they are the people hurt in this situation. I did it. I'm not going to hide the fact I thought Vic was a bad person. What if I told you that images of proof were photoshopped to work worse than they were? What if I told you that there are leaked DMs (and a Facebook page) that people of these allegations should alter these images to make Vic look worse? What if I told you that all of these allegations have eerily similar stories with vague information that cannot be proven or disproved? What if I told you that every single allegation was from a left wing activists or what most people refer to as an SJW? What if I told you that one of the members of the Funimation investigation faked a swatting and blamed Vic fans for it? What if I told you that none of that probably matters to you? Your view of Vic was more than likely skewed. If you had an opinion before and it remained unchanged, good for you. What was done are acts against the law. This is what the court cases are about. They are using evidence to prove that people did what they did to make you view Vic a certain way. It'd be near impossible for me to even try to persuade your mindset toward anything else. Just know that it could have been anybody in that seat. It would not have stopped there. One name that was dropped was Johnny Young Bosch (I probably misspelled that horribly) in a discussion video I listened to. He could very well have been in this seat if #StandUpForVic did nothing. Vic's career is permanently damaged and there's no full recovery from that. This court case prevents anyone else from being in that position because trust me, someone would have been. Someone would have. It doesn't matter if Vic is innocent or not. Now let's see on things I do need to respond to on your post. First off, I was saying Vic cheating on his wife would be a ridiculous way to go, not the reason he was fired from Funimation. Funimation's first investigation on the matter was inconclusive. Same issue and same situation except this has now blown up. So funimation let him go. We don't know why. There's the theory people threatened to walk away if he wasn't fired but rumor mills are rumor mills. Personally, I think the fact that a lot of the people in the investigation hate the guy and wanted him gone on top of PR was the reason. How much do you want to bank on that Tweet? I simple used it for the hypocrisy of Funimation with it. Look, I know you and others have thrown sexual misconduct into this and that Vic is going to be labeled for this, but law isn't simply there's a law and therefore somebody is going to be punishable for it. It's been a long time since I studied the basics of law and if you want to pull out your defense attorney credentials (or that you're studying law) by all means I'm all ears. One of the youtubers in the vids I've posted is a lawyer. He's covered the persecution side of the matter. The window of opportunity to act on these is out the window as he put it. It's a lot of spoken very hard to credit word vs cold hard evidence and facts taken. Though I suppose that is a bit of an ignorant statement as I don't know what these defense attorneys who nobody can really afford to pay have to use to defend themselves. Except Sony. Sony will be fine. Unhappy, but fine. ---------------------------------------------------- So something I could do is make a full recap of everything that transpired up until the court case in something like a COGA. I say that not for attention because this thing is long and fact check hell. (I do need to make sure to account for valid #KickVic information that at least can still be uphold as at least accountable...don't even get me started on that io9 article). Let's just say it'd probably take a week to get done kind of thing. But for those who want the tl;dr version: An ANN article gets posted which the girl calls out about her pic getting used without her permission in a situation that happened entirely different. This got people starting to question the truth after RT and Funimation fired Vic. Monica mentioned she was on the investigation team and then came the storm of questions people wanting evidence to these claims that suddenly came out of nowhere. More evidence pops up that images were edited to look bad, leaked PMs, and then anyone who supported #StandUpForVic getting their twitter banned. Also lots of blocking but just assume they blocked basically everyone who didn't share their opinion. Some harassing and some who weren't. More evidence pops up, Pensacon threatens to arrest any #StandUpForVic supporters who visit the con, a fake swatting post from someone on the Funimation investigation, VAs saying stupid things they'll regret later, and then a lawyer/youtuber creates a GoFundMe to set Vic up for a lawsuit. It's doing very well and the prosecution is taking action.

I must really be out of the loop as my brain is not wrapping my head around this. Not really on the decision, but kind of how it wasn't considered a slur to begin with. Then again I've only seen the term be used with the Star Wars line just for a funny meme reaction to stuff and the archtype. Can't say I really agree with this change, but I'm not going to raise hell over it.

I'm going to put this bluntly. People have performed civil law offenses on Vic. There is undeniable proof on that matter due to certain people saying certain things. People said some really stupid things and like most companies in the world you should be accountable for those things. I'm going to turn this in another way. Do you actually believe everything said about the allegations is true? Do you think this is the first time that it's happened? Plenty of innocent people have had their careers destroyed simply by people lying. Do you want me to pull up court cases and new articles about those people? I think the pure irony and why I side with Vic is that he was removed due to harassment yet other VAs are harassing fans of Vic. I mean try to throw the blame all around but those VAs did say what they said which is unacceptable behavior. Why are they not fired? That's my real question. This is just one big ugly mess which both sides do kind of blow things off of no evidence. All I was going off of was tweets which was just beating a dead horse further into the ground and building drama when you shouldn't. On one hand, we have a guy who has performed multiple actions of sexual misconduct. Only thing I really found was inappropriate kissing...without consent. We do have some odd evidence that did come up against Vic if the evidence holds true: Take it with a grain of salt because there's a bunch of conditions that have to be met for this to be true, but it would mean Vic was lying. Really not a smart move on Vic's part if this whole io9 thing is true. If that's true then we dive into if corrective action was taken and if that was Vic is pretty much going to brutally lose this court case for lying. The great irony in Vic being his own worst enemy. He did a number of questionable things but I'm not sure how much holds merit since we don't really have physical proof. Does that really matter? Not really. This became a publicity stunt as a means to fire the guy. Whatever method they did before didn't work it was then turned to this. What is the right thing to do? Heck if I know, but with reception comes backlash. Pieces of info began to surface which questioned the credibility of said actions. This just became a bigger and bigger topic and everybody wanted a slice of that sweet, sweet controversy pie. This became quite the web which could have been halted or at least slowly fumed out but oh no the VAs wanted more of this and began speaking out and saying things they probably shouldn't have. Now people are in the same quicksand they put Vic in all because they just couldn't shut up and avoid that sweet, sweet attention and gain. I stayed out of this for a very, very long time and am kind of glad I did. It's ugly. If that one piece of evidence is true, this is how things are going to go. Vic will be proven as a sexual harasser. Funimation will be paying legal fees, but they should be fine since they didn't exactly saying anything wrong (still should fire whoever made the funimation tweets). No idea if ANN is even going to exist due to the fees they'll pay. Those VAs involved in the Vic talks will go through the ringer. I'm not even sure Monica will even have a job to go back to even if she was sexually harassed. Rooster Teeth should be perfectly safe with 0 issues. I really hope people involved with this trying to make an olive branch are legit sorry they screwed up over this idea they got caught. If this scenario was true, it does make me wonder if the olive branch would be a wise move to make. It'd have the least amount of damages. Vic really has little to lose and much to gain at this point so we'll likely be seeing a court case. But to end things on a more humorous note, just imagine a judge spending so many trials reading thousands of tweets and what is going through his mind. Even better if you imagine the Ace Attorney Judge. "Mr. Wright, would you care to explain to me what this 'Twitter' is?"

@LeoYT Watch how careers and companies can ruin businesses in my previous post. He nails everything perfectly. It's a very long video where he just nails perfectly. One of the points he makes is that Sony could just walk up and just shut down Funimation because they don't want to deal with this. I'll just say this bluntly: people are getting fired for these actions. The guy who made the funimation tweet is getting fired and whoever approved of it is definitely getting fired. The exec who made the investigation is probably getting fired. Monica is getting fired because she set herself up for her own demise. The Goku voice is in hot water due to the tweet deletion but they could be fine even though they shouldn't. Marachi should be fired for harassment but who knows what happens. I did learn something about faking a swatting. It actually isn't illegal to do something like that...but you do lose all credibility which a number of these people managed to do.

@Monochrome_Complex You really do need to do your own research to take a fair side as both do have ground and make sense and I was pretty neutral until I saw this come up: And then the storm does keep coming: Do I think Vic should not have been fired from Funimation and Rooster Teeth? That's not my call to make, but Vic made the wise choice and kept silent only speaking really safe responses. Something I think should be noted is that this happened right after the Broly movie was super successful. So an old story of mine is that my grandpa was on the road and didn't see a dead motorcyclist and ran over the gas tank. He was not responsible for the accident and even the police officer at the scene acknowledged that. The family of the deceased member waited years later right until the deadline to take action to sue my grandfather and get some money out of him for running over the guy. It happened so long ago there was now no proof he didn't do it so he lost. It's the prisoner's dilemma and I'd put money down that at least someone in this mess is down for ruining Vic's career for their own personal gain. I'm not one to promote said actions, but the reality is that it's a smart logical thing to do since it profits you with no drawbacks. That's just a cruel reality best learned sooner than later not to put your trust in others lightly. If this were a normal situation, this would've been swept under the rug but because people have been saying and doing actions on twitter. Because this controversy prolonged more facts and pieces come up which twitter posts are hard concrete proof of someone saying something. I can't deny that I wrote the topic or post but if I told my friend he was a jackass then they'd have a hard time proving that. The legal team is going to have quite a bit of work to figure out what pieces to work with and what to throw out and not use. Pensacon for example while what they did was probably illegal isn't much to work with as those threats were more at fans than Vic himself and not very relevant to the case. At the end of the day, this guy really nails what's going to happen and what straight up is really going on The tl;dr version of this is that the most likely scenario is that Monica (voice of Bulma) and Jamie (voice of Goku) are going to be fired from Funimation. It'd take a miracle to save those two. Funimation is going to be hit hard, Anime News Network is going to be hit really hard. Rooster Teeth is probably going to get hit the least hard so they should remain standing. Those sexual harassment allegations are going to be thrown out the window. Pensacon better pray they don't have enough money to go after them or they're going to get destroyed. This is IF the accusations are true. This is if these situations happened exactly like the women described (we do know that these events did happen since Vic confirmed many of them) and if there is proof in all of them not giving consent. I don't think there's a single police report on his actions and since they were so long ago you'd have a hard time really proving it. The moral of the story is what Vic said "Be kind to one another" because if people remained professional and didn't stretch it to the extent it was, Vic might not have even had a case to begin with as companies can fire people for any reason. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @Aikofox Is a man cheating on his girlfriend with a girl who has a boyfriend considered a good person? Probably not. I do think there is truth that a lot of people hated the guy due to his attitude and how he acted. I can't say I really blame them but this is just getting ridiculous at this point. He admitted to hugging some people without consent which made them uncomfortable, tickling someone without permission making them uncomfortable, and the instances where he said that person went to the room with them. I wish I could find the video on that but we can confirm the guy did questionable actions to make people feel uncomfortable. Possibly some sexual misconducts. I want to ask you and people questions which is will make sense why I stand with Vic even doing these things. Did Vic interact and talk to these people afterwards like if they were on good terms? Why did the other person act the way they did for so long? Were any of the following happened for any of the victims: groping (or ass grabbing), touching of privates, sexual intercourse without consent, physical injuries? That's the thing the court is most likely going to be looking for at this point. But we have two different recounts in a few of these accusations. I have one possible way to tell who the liar is by asking this question: What movie were you watching? One of the testimonies talked about actions that happened, but Vic accounted them differently and additionally added that alcohol was involved. Vic is the one that admitted that. Wouldn't it make more sense if the allegations mentioned this detail as it would make more sense why he did what he did. Found it: I have to ask you something: why the hell would a liar admit to things that could easily be traced and proven like the tickling thing. He gave additional details on the matter and I feel his story matches more closely to the truth. I guess you could say he's playing his cards a bit too carefully saying the right things but...this is the guy who randomly hugged fans without thinking about the consequences. I don't think he's the crafty kind of person to plan this all out in his favor using lies that look so much like truths. ------------------------------------------------------------ I don't think that's a bad mindset as I myself at the start of this just figured this was just another sexual harasser into the pile. I don't care if he's innocent or not, but I have to give him mad respect on how he handled this compared to most others mainly involved in the matter. Perhaps he sought out counseling and guidance on what actions to take before speaking and and saying something that'd only condemn him more. Rooster Teeth and Funimation said very little on the matter like a company should. They are simply part of the crossfire. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sexual harassment is a very loose term and quite honestly he probably would've gotten what he deserved if people shut up. If two men shoot and kill each other at the same time, does that make neither of them a murderer? They're both criminals in the end. Vic isn't randomly going to bounce back and have his career back to normal. Far, far from it actually as he'll have to work to recover from this even if it were all false and lies...which it doesn't seem likely the case. I'm not here to condemn anyone who sides against Vic. He is no saint. Am I simply to believe what is told to me to be true though? I have seen the actions of the opposite side which my neutral stance was pushed towards Vic's. I will say that cheating on your wife isn't something you should be fired for. If factual evidence is indeed brought into the court of law that Vic is sexually harassing someone in the terms of the court, then I will accept that with no question. --------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you do if you're backed into a corner? I cannot speak on the matter of RT as I don't know whether or not they will be involved. While their impact probably would be the least effected, it could be detrimental to them as you said. They are the safest of everyone because they were smart on it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I am curious how this case will unfold so I'll probably be posting updates on who is going to be involved and the results of the case.

Original Post for those wondering (I don't like deleting stuff: The Vic Mignogna Lawsuit Chronicles Note: This is going to be a LOOOOONG updated post to get everything critical to the story. Prepare for one of the most ridiculous and interesting things you will see in a while. Notable #IStandWithVic Members/Supporters Notable Neutrals/Unknown Notable #KickVic Members/Supporters Short Version to catch up What is AnimeGate? AnimeGate is the term used for the belief that Social Justice Warriors are using their powers to influence media to cater to minorities and neo-feminist beliefs. Gonna be honest, this really isn't an AnimeGate, but we are quite possibly seeing something rather interesting. The term comes from ComicsGate which comes from GamerGate which comes from Water Gate. The more common belief is that people behind the scenes who aren't in management are controlling the English Dub industry. The people in charge of this group (such as Iago who we will get to) have built up so many connections that they believe they hold all the power and can drive anyone out of the industry by getting them blacklisted. These dates back for a couple years if you're interested. How does this work...ironically Vic puts it best: It often, but not always, starts with social media where someone says something which is either a perverted truth or a lie. From that more people spread it until everyone is aware. This bad publicity is leverage to help the leaders behind this all drive someone they don't like out of the industry. Certain key members have strong ties with the corporations so in which if they threaten to leave the companies may have a bit of financial struggle or meeting their deadlines due to using the discounted recording studio (we'll talk about that guy later). These also are people who aren't professional businessmen which are more likely to be persuaded to make not as let's just say smart actions. Once a person is removed from roles, it is pretty easy as the community is quick to label him a sexual predator ON ALLEGATIONS. The scary part is that these guys almost got away. So Comicsgate was wrapped up after the famed Meyer v Waid case but many of its notable key members joined Anime Outsiders to help cover this information. These members managed to set up a playing field to give Vic a fighting chance to prove his innocence to the community who was too quick to judge. They have been covering all of this information even at the rapid pace it's been coming out but even they can't always keep up with all this news. As the battle continues, many true colors of many members of the community began to show and the connections and evidence quickly began to build. And the number of names involved in this conspiracy and witch hunt have begun to grow. Who is Vic Mignonia? To put it simply: Vic Mignonia is a well loved and known member of the VA industry performing many iconic roles such as Junpei from Persona 3, Edwin Elrich from Full Metal Alchemist, Qrow from RWBY, Junpei from Persona 3 just to name a few. He is a talented man and a bit of a jack-of-all trades performing many roles including writing Christian Songs. I actually barely knew a thing before going into this and I was surprised what kind of person I met. I wanted to believe he did these things. No really, I was as skeptical and giving in as all the others but the more I learned the more doubts. What I found would probably blow you away. He is one of the nicest and most sincere people I've ever seen which some of it is acting but for every negative thing I found, there were 100 positive things people said from all groups and ages. Girls, boys, men, women, parents, victims, lawyers, fans, nonfans. If I had to describe him with one sentence, it would be this: he loves his fans. If you don't believe me, see and judge for yourself: He's not doing all these appearances for himself as they have more chances than not to backfire on him. He's doing them because the fans really want him to be there and to interact with him. Yes, thousands and thousands of people want to be around this "sexual predator" and will keep fighting until they know for certain he's dangerous and most would gladly embrace in his sexual assaulting hugs. He's struggling through this but still manages to be professional. He's willing to go to a con where someone very vocal about her hatred of him would be at (she dropped). The saddest part is that he was willing to let this all go and still hold Ty's law firm back from destroying these people. If you are going to twist my words or try to say this is all an act and he's a terrible person, just leave. If you had a bad experience or don't like him, fine, you can say that or share it. But if you're going to believe some random women on the internet because of numbers, just look at the mirror and ask yourself what the hell you're doing. Wouldn't a better outlook on life be looking at a man who didn't do these things until there is believable proof they did such things. I don't want to tell you not to believe women, but I've seen so many dishonest people when accusing someone of something I have a hard time believing anything anymore which is really sad. Looking at it through this lens, you're not saying the people are lying, but more importantly you aren't condemning anyone for their actions which both movements are slowly getting fogged up on. You don't have to be a bias man, like myself, willing to make some usually extreme claims to believe in a man's innocence. When more concrete evidence pops up, then believe he's guilty of the crimes. I gave Cosby and Weinstein a chance and when the truth looked very apparent, of course I assumed they were guilty of it afterwards. And yes, he's done sinful things like cheating on his wife and maybe getting a bit too flirty with his coworkers at most that we can prove, but you can't simply assume someone's character by the worst thing they've done. If you hate the guy, fine. There's plenty of plenty of people in the industries I'm interested in I don't like. Doesn't mean I want them fired for being asses or crappy (well...more like I wouldn't pursue trying to cause that action). Why was Vic Mignonia most likely targeted? I can't actually say why Vic and Todd but I do have a theory. I feel like there was a gossip circle in which these people talked trash about everyone who wasn't in the circle. Jessie Pridemore most likely was in this circle which talked about there drama. Vic and Rial had some type of relationship which maybe was a one off but more likely was deeper. We can't assume anything but when they broke off (maybe Rial broke it off with him) and Rial really threw flames into this circle. They hate the guy and now they had something to act on. I don't know. They tried something but Funimation said "No, we're keeping Vic." Then when all these allegations popped up they just dropped him suddenly because of PR. Then we have the mob. It's easy. Han Leia was still PO'd about the whole not signing her Fanart. This started the mob as people began fighting for attention or bragging rights which caught the attention of ANN who made an article to direct heat off of them. It's hard to say if Marzgurl had a group tamper with pictures she found to have ANN post or ANN themselves did it but they just grabbed random pics where girls looked uncomfortable, blurred out their face and made a claim despite the pics being from fans who had an enjoyable experience. It worked and everyone hated Vic. People just wanted to be hateful on something on the internet (this is pretty common). Basically, this isn't about driving a sexual predator or bad employee out of the industry but more like they hate the guy. Hatred is a very dangerous tool as it warps your idea of what someone is really like. A lot of the stories people said "I didn't think it was wrong at the time" which should raise eyebrows. I'll save that for my theory of what happened. This hatred makes them believe a man is something that he may be not. Trust me, gossip groups warp your mind which is where a lot of these allegations come from. There's some truth into this, but right now, all it looks like is a hate mob who really just want to see Vic burn. I'm keeping this not to censor my thoughts but I no longer agree with this stance. There's a lot of complicated factors into this. Yes, he was targeted, but no, it's not what you think. Going Way Too Far While IStandWithVic is an overall righteous movement the butting heads has made people start being more spiteful and going and talking about the side characters more. The goal of IStandWithVic is ultimately to prove Vic's innocence and get him properly back into the industry. It is NOT to remove all these corrupted and messed up people from the world. If I had the money I would go for that, but stopping these people comes secondary. It's a bit sad that a major win for Kameha Con happened yet people aren't really covering Kameha Con news digging deeper into the drama that happens. It should've been an overall celebration for all sides but certain VAs had to act like children causing more drama which became the main focus. There's so many good pieces of news during all of this but they end up focusing sometimes on randos like Renfamous. Some of it is good intentions but sometimes it's just to bring up drama instead of perspectives. I listed a lot of the Youtubers for good reason. StandWithVic is losing its focus and becoming just as bad as many movements before but there are people who are helping it be kept in check such as Vic, Rekieta, TUG, Emoji, and Ty Beard. But if someone is going to throw shit at you or Vic, sometimes it's good to poke fun at how silly they are being. Just my advice is when you go after someone, don't bother speaking if you are going to speak Vic's name. It just makes everyone look bad. But if you challenge the validity of what someone is saying or point out their flawed logic, they often have a hard time retorting or just look foolish. I don't think you should, but if you don't mind these people be mean to you, I'm not going to say don't interact with them at all. It's better they attack a cool headed person than someone more likely to go off and spam. Don't talk to the randoms though. Most of them are just there to cause trouble even on both sides. Then there's KickVic and oh dear lord they are looking desperate. They use every underhanded tactic to try and ruin people from doxxing to death threats. I would not be surprised if members of it had alternate accounts to make the threats of Kameha Con look real and scare people. Nothing most likely is going to happen. They are using every dirty trick in the book so honestly, it's pretty much not worth giving these people any attention. PULL is probably the worst culprits of this. Dear god they were storm you for even stating Nick Rekieta is a lawyer who knows how to do his job. I don't want to pin this on either side but the worst thing I saw was a story trying to pin Shane performing RP with underaged girls and had a jerk-off to one of the PULL members. And then there was the big fiasco of a Kiwi might have CP on their computer. They concluded it was a goose chase and not relevant at all even if it was true. Just imagine trying to ruin someone on your own side's marriage just to discredit people. I do not believe Shane did these acts nor should we assume so. And don't worry, it's believed she is of age. I wish some of these people would end up in jail for what they're doing. I can understand not wanting to be under the IStandWithVic banner, but I can't understand people wanting to side with KickVic. It's not so much the cause but the shit they are willing to go to for who knows what. I don't know if it's finding the moles or what. Whether Vic is innocent or not, this is one messed up industry that really needs some cleanup, but that isn't what the people in this job's are. It's a bonus at best to have some people exposed and possibly removed. I feel no sympathy for anyone still putting up that battle. Ty knows these people can't prove anything, they know they can't prove anything, we know they can't prove anything. The best option is for people to settle and Vic get some roles in RT and Funimation and the companies move on. Nothing much happens to anyone and we move on. That's honestly what we should all be striving for. Many of these VAs could just pop in, turn in their messages and emails, make some apologies and retractions, and be done with it never having any of their dirt exposed. Some of them might not even know they did it. No 20k dumped into a lawsuit to lose 300-400k for VAs, no drunken lawyer reading everything you said over the Internet, and no bloody storm of Twitter users storming you with questions about evidence to see how real this is. Many of these are basically apologize and get on with your life scenarios. And don't worry, they'll all be turning on each other very soon. I don't doubt they won't turn and ruin someone else to save their own butt. Ty and Rekieta warned them numerous times. The Story So Far Start here if you want to get the more neutral stance for the start of this. https://thedaoofdragonball.com/blog/news/fixing-the-staircase-vic-mignogna-sexual-assault-allegations/ I'm going to try and make this as brief as possible. Hanleia made a Tweet complaining about how Vic hates Gays for not signing her Yaoi fanart which blew up and people started talking. This set off a mob mentality which people talked about how creepy he was. Then ANN set off a hit piece about how Vic sexually assaulted underaged girls using pictures of fans who had and enjoyable experience which we find out later that some really bad harassment stuff could be going on behind those pictures. Then Vic is fired from a bunch of cons and Funimation and RT all very quickly to one another. That's the condensed version of the Vic being fired part. So the Risemboom Rangers were the ones who started spreading the belief Vic was innocent but most people brushed that off. Some of the ComicsGate people covered news on it but it didn't take off. A lot of people in the Anime community started taking notice when someone (it might've been Sean Schemmel) said they knew people on Twitter and anyone talking about Vic would be banned. This on top of the discovery of a girl coming out and saying a pic in the ANN article was used without her permission and that she had a great experience started to have people questioning. Then the VAs did the dumbest thing possible: they talked about it on the Internet. And the moment anyone even questioned or asked (not demanded) those people were declared to be harassing and blocked. We also got the whole fake SWATing and the Pensacon Bomb threat raising even more suspicion. While this was going on, Vic kind of was a broken man. Remember how ComicsGate got involved? The infamous Youtube Lawyer who covered the Meyer v Waid case managed to get a hold of Vic and told him about his mentor, Ty Beard in which he also managed to get a GoFundMe to help pay for this expensive lawsuit. This made people absolutely livid and many went into hiding or wanted to make a truce not to get sued. Normally, people go into silence and don't say anything, but this system is slow and these people figured this whole thing was a stunt and went back to this whole war. Even after Ty Beard appeared on Nick Rekieta's stream. And even after knowing there are 100s of people watching and archiving every move these people make to send as evidence to the lawsuit (saving 1000s of bucks) I'll try to keep these events as brief as possible. Basically, this pic of Nick Rekieta dressed up as his friend (which his friend even talked about before) got Nick called a Black Face Lawyer and they just kept riding that train after they couldn't prove he wasn't a lawyer. These guys hate the Youtubers and especially Rekieta which I think he has 4 bar complaints from this whole thing when he even said they wouldn't do any good. There's just so much idiotic grave digging I could write a report on what not to do in a lawsuit and use their Tweets as prime examples. Just picture the KickVic side doing every possible dirty thing they can do over the Internet and that's all you need to know about these idiots. Just log onto Twitter and type KickVic and you'll be amazed what you see. Now the next important thing was the annoucement Todd Haberkorn is in a lawsuit against Jessie Pridemore accusing him of rape. Todd claims it was just really drunken sex and even has text messages the day afterwards showing they were on good terms. It's really cut and dry that if you want to look at it you can but there's a plothole in Pridemore's allegation which is explained in Todd's story. It's a complicated mess and somehow pinned on Vic originally. I think Todd is suing simply due to her spreading this around and it affecting his work ethic (which he also had a false allegation with hair pulling earlier). No news on a court date for this case yet. It's mostly Twitter bickering with harassment on any con that kept him such as Hawaii con and especially Anime Matsuri. There was some pedophile allegation or something with the con owner. I can't keep up with all this information. Some random user turned their entire life trying to take this con down. It was expected to be a really dark year when suddenly Kameha Con changed its mind and added Vic back. This was due to the con being lied into breaching a contract in which the owner had second thoughts and 2 Youtubers remained silent on the matter all while the con owner was being harassed by the same VAs who tried to talk him out of adding Vic back. They also contacted Ty more likely to pass the text and any messaging to him over anything. Then Vic gets announced and everyone is excited. Except Monica Rial who is not happy. She pulled out of Kameha Con with 4 other people. They get replaced pretty much instantly so nobody cares. Then she got Todd Haberkorn kicked out of a panel at a panel they'd be at for "Safety" reasons. She's doing a con 30 minutes away from Kameha Con which I guess Kameha Con worked a deal with her or something. Sorry for people who wanted to see a lawsuit. It's pretty much been good news since then as a number of cons have added Vic (not so much big Anime cons) and his schedule is starting to look kind of booked. He's actually doing fantastic given he's a dead man, but still has VA roles and a number of cons who invited him. On April 18th, the lawsuits have been filed which are against the following parties: Funimation, Monica Rial, Jamie Marchi, and Ron Toye. Ty Beard, John Bullock, Amazon Prime, and Kristina Ross seem to be who will represent him in the trails. As it stands, Rial and Toye have no plans to settle. Ty Beard said Iago and Igor (and also Renfield) lawsuits will be coming soon. Stay tuned for more details. What My Digging Has Gotten Me to Conclude So let's just grind these allegations down. Everything people claim happened many years ago and all in the past. It also happened to underaged girls or girls that looked underaged. The only other people (besides Pridemore but she's a special snowflake) were coworkers of his. He also seems to be an ass towards con volunteers. It's a pretty cut and dry pedophile belief, right? Let's just jump to the underaged girls. Why would he act differently towards them and in a way that it'd come off creepy when they grew older? Vic has a fan club that he's a part of called the Risembool Rangers. He interacted the most with these kinds of people. This also happened years ago probably when his ego was the highest so perhaps he had a warped mindset. "I'm Vic Mignogna, I can do whatever I want." I think it's because of how his fan club acted he made the assumption all girls that age range wanted that. This is not sexual assault stuff or grouping but more of the crazy over the top things. His personality at that time could make people uncomfortable. Now him being an ass to con staff is more or less true. It's actually a common trait for a lot of VAs. I've found more people talking about him being an ass over the sexual assault stuff. I don't know if he mellowed out afterwards but we don't know just like all these allegations. They happened long ago just like many of these allegations so maybe he changed or maybe he didn't. He'll definitely change how he handles stuff after this. Then we've got VAs which really kind of helps clear something up with weird allegations on them. The guy looks good but when he comes to flirting he's terrible and really awkward. I think for the Jamie Marchi he was just doing a reenactment of a line or scene. Maybe it was flirting. I think Rial and Vic had something going on that was more than kissing, but that's not something we'll probably ever find out. Doesn't matter if it's true or not but these people didn't report it as most enjoyed whatever he did at the time. Not all, but it doesn't matter. Now if you want me to be honest, I hate people using online or news to speak out. I know it brings some good, but I guarantee it brings more bad. The problem with this is that it skips due process as a means to permanently damage someone EVEN if it's false. Your career can be wrecked even if someone flat out lies about an allegation and HR. Some people do it for attention. Anyways, I can't tell you if it's true or not. Nobody has any proof because nobody thought about it at the time. We don't even have any con names to say which place these happened and the year in which we could contact and ask the con about. We've got nothing. Is this stuff true or not? Do we have anything to believe it's true? So yeah no matter what this doesn't matter. Now we have to separate Funimation's firing with the KickVic. The ANN article was posted one day before Funimation hired Vic. If Twitter holds any power in business especially random teens screaming about something, then that industry is doomed. I'm sorry. Anyways, it's more likely Funimation is hearing all these VAs complain again and again and was finally going "Fine, we'll fire him" over this stuff. Nobody liked him and the Broly movie was done and over so they had no reason to keep him on if people all hated him. Do you honestly think they have a bunch of files with sexual assault complaints on him and studied that when making the decision? Most likely not considering the first investigation was inconclusive. Funimation clearly doesn't pay attention to their Tweets either or they would have shut those VAs up especially Rial. I think it was just a bunch of whining until these KickVic VAs had their way. RT may have given in and fired over the Twitter stuff, but who knows. Maybe there was some dirty play in there. That should've been the end of the story that "they fired the guy for being an ass." Very important. This is where things get interesting. We have "Iago" (who more or less seems to be Chris Sabat) who has been messaging these cons along with some other VAs including "Iago" in which they tell these cons claiming him to be a sexual predator and that having him at the con would damage their con if not straight up ruin them. This news was hot and things were looking bad so cons panicked a bit and dropped him off without even thinking or looking at it. That's why when they looked at over everything Kameha Con changed their mind knowing they made a mistake and invited him back. We even have Bubba Fest, someone who invited Vic after all this began, mention how someone was emailing guests to drop due to Vic being on. There are people out there sabotaging Vic's career. So what does all this nonsense mean? It's really simple. Let's take this in a normal situation if Vic sexually assaulted people: Vic would be fired from these companies and maybe a con or two would drop him but nobody would be communicating with each other about it. There's no proof or hard evidence so you'd want to keep this under wraps. We've got nothing which is surprising. These guys begged him not to sue as well. Remember that. So either way, somebody sabotaged his career which ultimately not only will undo all this damage but most likely turn this into Vic's highest point in his career. And here's the real killer. If there was evidence, they should've brought it to the public 2 weeks ago instead of waving it in front of people's faces then saying they don't have to show it. Everything you could've done to put a dent in this lawsuit you fucked up. You guys should have been getting a lawyer to prep a case for this. Now all BHBH has to do is prove people sabotaged Vic's business which a certain special snowflake has been sending emails telling people to drop out. You don't think Bubba Fest or Kameha Con is not going to send those? The game plan was brilliant on paper, but it kind of backfired because Comic Cons don't function the same way the anime industry does and was dealing with this shit already. Then these VAs were harassing and lashing out at fans and skeptics which got people really involved and raised that GoFundMe like crazy. So why on earth are people acting this irrational? You can place your bets they are saving their best cards (one of them is expecting anti-slap to be their legal defense), but what's more likely is that these people are quite guilty. Let's just say the farms have been very busy and found some interesting public stuff that's either a public criminal charge or just absolute embarrassing. Shane did say "We did stuff that was not okay then, and certainly not okay now" which is to be taken with a grain of salt but it does make you wonder about the "we." Trust me, I'm dying to know the dark secrets of these people because if that's Vic, I can only imagine the people who kept him around for 15 years is like. I can't even make predictions or theories on that. What can I do to support or help? The easiest thing to do is donate to the GoFundMe, but if you can't expend it, please don't as there's plenty of money for the case already. You can donate using the GoFundMe down below: https://www.gofundme.com/vic-kicks-back The next best thing is to send emails to cons saying you want to see Vic back at the con and you will fully support it. You can find a list of the cancelled cons here: https://animecons.com/guests/bio/517/vic-mignogna Even if you don't believe it, these allegations so far have been not provably true so he really shouldn't have been removed from all these cons. Not a video or photograph or police report or complaint form has surfaced to my knowledge. You should not be terminated from anything under those conditions. Another thing you can do is DM or email Ty Beard or Nick Rekieta (who passes info to the firm) whenever any of the KickVic side starts harassing people anywhere you see. I know this site isn't dumb enough to start a war or hate mob so I hope to god I don't have to send and archive anything from here. Most lawfirms have like 10 guys at most looking and finding this info but IStandWithVic is at least a thousand strong hunting this info down. If you want to help, that's good, but if you don't there's more help on it than anyone could've imagined. The last thing you can do is for the people wondering is helping me make this monster of an article either writing passages or fact checking what I say. There's thousands of pieces of info to dig through so it's very easy to miss something or even accidentally skip important events or missed any important names. It's easier to have it all in one place instead of having conversations in the status bar or separate topics. If you write a passage I will read then credit you right after where you stop.

@!!yxnT No, it's still the mega ring

Yep just replace the files in it.

There's nothing really major with this update so I pretty much just am uploading the data file here 18.4 Patch Notes For anyone who wants to do the tougher glass gauntlet you'll need to do the following and it's spoilers

Sigh...here we go again. I get that you guys really want more Desolation but this isn't the way to really act. It'd be nice for Cazto give a status on it but he doesn't have to nor should you really anticipate something. Moat people doing big projects like this often go dark but it's entirely up to you whether or not you believe this game is still being worked on or cancelled. It is what it is and not much can be done about it.