BULLETIN:
GAME VIXEN ZONE OPENLY
STEALS MODS FROM TESSERA
Many of you have written to me, asking me why I suddenly retired and whether I would reconsider my decision. I sincerely appreciate your concern.
I want all of you to know that I did not make that decision simply to be vindictive.
I was tired and hurt, after seeing too many examples of my work being stolen and abused. I was sickened to see people who openly admitted to enjoying my mods, and yet they would trash and bash me left and right on other websites. There is only so much of that type of leeching and abuse that any artist can handle, and I am certainly no exception. And now, in a disgusting turn of events, the administrator ("Trent") of Game Vixen Zone has vowed to steal my work and use it to promote his own commercial website. IF YOU ARE A MODDER AND IF YOU ARE READING THIS, THEN I WANT YOU TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE PRECEDENT THAT GAME VIXEN ZONE IS SETTING HERE TODAY. All of us want to feel as if our work is appreciated and that our desires will be respected. Unscrupulous thieves like Game Vixen Zone could very well pull the same shit on you as they are pulling on me. Just think about that, as you read a transcript of my expression of outrage to GVZ. Shortly after it was posted, Trent deleted my post. He continues to inists that because he does not like me personally, he can do whatever he feels like doing with MY WORK. Not only that... Game Vixen Zone is a semi-commercial website. By using my mods to draw more users to their site, they will effectively be MAKING MORE MONEY AT MY EXPENSE AND AGAINST MY WISHES. MODDERS... BEWARE OF GVZ..!!!
Read the following transcript... all of you:
http://www.gamevixenzone.com/gvz/viewto ... 9409#p9329
Re: Hellgate nude by Tessmage
by Trent on Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:31 pm
Yes we can upload files here.
Speaking of which since Tessmage keeps going down because the author isn't happy with the lack of public attention (boo hoo?) I am going to allow you guys to upload mods from there to here despite approval or not because you guys deserve to enjoy these mods and noone owns the rights to releasing them anyway.
Trent
Posts: 511
Joined: Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:14 pm
And my protest against what GVZ was doing by stealing my work... which was censored very quickly by Trent:
Re: Hellgate nude by Tessmage
by Rasterburn on Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:59 pm
My my, Trent... I already knew that you were the kind of talentless putz who would whore out his supposed "adult" site to Google (and whomever else is preventing you from providing any TRULY uncensored adult content at GVZ, whilst you collect nickels and dimes from them).
What I did not expect, however, was that you are also an amoral, thieving little prick.
So it is your intention now to effectively steal my work, totally without my permission, and thus gain users for your miserably dull website at my expense..? And this seems RIGHT to you, Trent..?
Now shall I tell you and everyone else EXACTLY why it was that I shut tessmage.com down to the general public..? It was not because of "fame" or "hissy fits" or anything else of such a petty nature, Trent. It was because people like you were leeching my work from my site, and giving absolutely nothing back in return. Unlike this repressive little roach motel of yours, we do not accept advertising of any kind. My site was always a 100% free website, that I have generously paid for out of my own pocket. It is akin to the grassroots fansites of old... from a time that you are probably too young to even remember, Trent. And on such member-driven fansites, it is expected that everyone contributes towards keeping the place active and enriched. Well, I did not feel that most of our "members" were holding up their end... thus, I closed the doors on nearly all of them. A very select few remain, and they are all veterans who have been strong contributors to our community.
Considering the high quality of the artwork in my mods, I am not surprised that thieves like Trent would rush at the chance to feature MY WORK on his floundering and UNAUTHORIZED website.
You had better think very carefully about the precedent that you are setting here today, Trent. I can not stop you, but I can give you a warning on behalf of every single top modder in the business: if we feel that our work will not be respected by people like you, then eventually, modders will shy away from your leeching, parasitic website altogether. I will also place a transcript of this thread on the entry and main pages of my own site -- a site which receives several thousand visitors per week -- complete with your comments, and your admission that you plan to steal my work without my permission. I will warn other modders against contributing ANYTHING to Game Vixen Zone, because the admin of GVZ is a shockingly larcenous sleazebag, who feels that he is somehow entitled to the creative output of others.
I demand that you remove any and all of my work from your website immediately. If you fail to do the right thing, then consider yourself henceforth to be firmly at the top of my shit list. Only a total prick would steal work from other modders, and then deviously use it to help "sell" his piece of shit quasi-commercial borefest. In fact, since my stolen mods will be bringing extra visitors to your site, and since your site piggishly accepts advertising dollars, then I think that I will get in touch with your sponsors... and see what they think about your shameless thievery.
Think it over, Trent. If you alienate the modding community by setting a nasty precedent like this, then your already dull website could very well end up being a pitifully boring, dried-up dustbowl within six months. If you are actually willing to openly steal from one of the finest texture modders on the web, then I have no doubt that other modders will wonder just how long it will be before you pull the exact same shit on THEM, too.
I would like to thank you, however... for providing an excellent example to everyone of exactly why I decided to retire. You have illustrated my reasons beautifully. You are no better than a goddamned leech, Trent. How anyone could possibly have any respect for you at this point is beyond my ability to fathom. I may be lots of things, Trent... but the one thing that I have never been is a shameless parasite. What I have... I created MYSELF. How about you, Sparky..?
- Tessera -
NOW YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELVES WHY TESSERA HAS RETIRED FROM THE MODDING SCENE. I DO NOT LOSE ANYTHING FROM THIS DECISION... IT IS ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE LOST ANY CHANCE OF OBTAINING ANY FUTURE MODS FROM ME. THAT WILL INCLUDE MY NEW HI-RES HELLGATE MOD THAT I HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED.
ASK YOURSELVES IF IT WAS WORTH THE PRICE.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU.
TO THOSE FEW WHO ACTIVELY SUPPORTED WHAT IT WAS THAT I HAD BEEN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, I THANK YOU AND I WISH YOU WELL.
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