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[heyidof932]

byuu would never lie

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[NoonmanR]

Somewhat unrelated to the faked suicide, but part of byuu's SNES hoarded preservation project mentioned in the OP was finally leaked, though it's just an incomplete sheet of US box scans at only about half the quality they were originally.

https://twitter.com/snescentral/status/1446709108736806917

SNES Central on Twitter: "One of Near's big projects was to make scan…

archived 9 Oct 2021 10:07:38 UTC

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Near Snes Scans Jpg : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Famed game preservationist, Near, best known as the author off the emulators bsnes and Higan, led a huge effort to create box, cart and PCB scans of every...

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As an aside, I fucking hate how these people operate, these "preservationist" assholes like him and Frank Cidafi. They swindle donations and rare game stuff from developers and collectors, only to squirrel it all away and call it preserved. This whole (fake) suicide event only goes to show that this shit is just nerdy bragging rights to these people, and they will absolutely take this shit to the grave if they're allowed to.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

As an aside, I fucking hate how these people operate, these "preservationist" assholes like him and Frank Cidafi. They swindle donations and rare game stuff from developers and collectors, only to squirrel it all away and call it preserved. This whole (fake) suicide event only goes to show that this shit is just nerdy bragging rights to these people, and they will absolutely take this shit to the grave if they're allowed to.

I've seen the same thing with other autistic collections, especially vintage & classic cars. The collectors will be on death's doorstep with a rotting barn full of rare models and still not let anything go. So whenever I hear someone talking about conservation or preservation of their collection, all it really means is they're taking their hoard to the grave.

 

[Least Concern]

Somewhat unrelated to the faked suicide, but part of byuu's SNES hoarded preservation project mentioned in the OP was finally leaked, though it's just an incomplete sheet of US box scans at only about half the quality they were originally.

Here's a browsable list of the files.

Mildly interesting. I'm not really an SNES person so I'm not really sure which if any of these scans are particularly rare or interesting.

 

[Spoonomancer]

Near could have been much smarter about this thread if he had only continued to pretend this thread didn't exist at all after the interview with him, and anyone who further bumped the thread after a certain time would have been called an absolute fucking retard for bumping a dead thread.

Here's a browsable list of the files.

Mildly interesting. I'm not really an SNES person so I'm not really sure which if any of these scans are particularly rare or interesting.

while these pictures have merit, literally anyone could have gotten this photos. Not sure why Near was so proud of this collection, however, as he wasn't the only one who collected SNES games.

Speaking of, I might be late to this one but Hector Martin posted a thread back in September asking why we didn't go after some random Ukrainian embassy because an american had faked their death in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1436570513057349633 / https://archive.ph/IWEKQ archive

I'd like to point out two things:
1. Nice try on wanting us to go after the US gov't when it's unneeded in the Byuu conversation.
2. This American Woman didn't try bribing Null and then tried to fake his suicide because of a thirteen page Kiwifarms thread. The fact that most of these Byuu ass-kissers refuse to acknowledge that Byuu was actively trying to pay the owner of this oh-so-evil website over a hundred thousand dollars should raise red flags to their end as I don't think anyone has ever tried bribery to remove a thread lmao

 

[heyidof932]

that @marcan42 is a joke
if his story was true he would just provide the phone number of the office he got a confirmation from, so that everyone can get a confirmation directly from the authorities

why does he hoard the phone number? why does he expect us to trust him blindly?
because it's a lie, period

byuu's agenda is so damn obvious, after failing to bribe kiwifarm owner into removing this thread, he pulled out this fake suicide stunt hoping it would damage the site reputation enough to get it shut down

but his plan has failed, all he has accomplished is get 4 shit bloggers to report his death without verifying the info with third party sources (the blogs clearly state that their only source is @marcan42 tweet)

ultimately he gave this thread more publicity than it could ever hope for, and now people who had never heard of this site before (including myself) know how batshit insane he is, no doubt byuu's reading this thread right now and going completely apeshit over it

 

[Uncle Warren]

...hey this is kinda autistic to think about, and I just woke up but...

What if Hector Martin's actually Byuu?

 

[What the shit]

...hey this is kinda autistic to think about, and I just woke up but...

What if Hector Martin's actually Byuu?

We put it on the featured contents and wait for the absolute shitshow on Twitter.

 

[Uncle Warren]

We put it on the featured contents and wait for the absolute shitshow on Twitter.

One can't ever be too optimistic.

 

[Least Concern]

...hey this is kinda autistic to think about, and I just woke up but...

What if Hector Martin's actually Byuu?

Martin and Ginder both have photos out there in circulation and they are very different. Perhaps Martin is in charge of the Byuu identity, but then whoever's pictures he's using for Ginder is going to be very surprised when he discovers the photos from his Japanese vacation were printed in an edition of USA Today.

 

[heyidof932]

Help Center - USA TODAY

archived 9 Oct 2021 21:55:14 UTC

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USA today has a phone number there : 1-800-872-0001
Maybe someone in the US could call them, let them know there are doubts about this news, and ask them to disclose their sources regarding byuu's (fake) suicide. Please record the entire conversation. If they claim they got a confirmation from the authorities, ask them to provide the phone number of the office. Remember that we can't trust anyone's word blindly and that we need direct confirmation from the authorities.

 

[ScooterL]

Martin and Ginder both have photos out there in circulation and they are very different. Perhaps Martin is in charge of the Byuu identity, but then whoever's pictures he's using for Ginder is going to be very surprised when he discovers the photos from his Japanese vacation were printed in an edition of USA Today.

Wouldn't be the first time an internet weirdo made a fake identity with photos of an innocent bystander.

 

[Niggernerd]

that @marcan42 is a joke
if his story was true he would just provide the phone number of the office he got a confirmation from, so that everyone can get a confirmation directly from the authorities

why does he hoard the phone number? why does he expect us to trust him blindly?
because it's a lie, period

byuu's agenda is so damn obvious, after failing to bribe kiwifarm owner into removing this thread, he pulled out this fake suicide stunt hoping it would damage the site reputation enough to get it shut down

but his plan has failed, all he has accomplished is get 4 shit bloggers to report his death without verifying the info with third party sources (the blogs clearly state that their only source is @marcan42 tweet)

ultimately he gave this thread more publicity than it could ever hope for, and now people who had never heard of this site before (including myself) know how batshit insane he is, no doubt byuu's reading this thread right now and going completely apeshit over it

What an idiot. Can't ruin a reputation of a site thats reputation is already shit in the normie sphere

 

[AnOminous]

Speaking of, I might be late to this one but Hector Martin posted a thread back in September asking why we didn't go after some random Ukrainian embassy because an american had faked their death in Ukraine.

Yes, we talked about this earlier, and had talked about it before Hector even proved he is an absolutely autistic idiot by posting it. None of those people he cites would EVER have been listed in these reports. One was a service member, one was diplomatic personnel, I forget the others. But every single one of them were people who would not show up in one of these reports.

Hector Martin is an absolute retard.

 

[No. 7 cat]

I've seen the same thing with other autistic collections, especially vintage & classic cars. The collectors will be on death's doorstep with a rotting barn full of rare models and still not let anything go. So whenever I hear someone talking about conservation or preservation of their collection, all it really means is they're taking their hoard to the grave.

Very much so with old cars, motorbikes. They collect way beyond their capacity to conserve, or won't sell if their economic situation and / or mental capacity deteriorates. If the vehicle is at least stored well, there's nothing more than recommissioning it, but oftentimes the storage is terrible. It's just hoarding for hoardings sake, obviously also to boast of owning them. A good portion of collectors will trade in the things they collect to support their hobby, but many won't, cannot. Unless the rusting car is a Bugatti or similar, the collection just becomes rusty, near worthless junk.

 

[D.Va]

Help Center - USA TODAY

archived 9 Oct 2021 21:55:14 UTC

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USA today has a phone number there : 1-800-872-0001
Maybe someone in the US could call them, let them know there are doubts about this news, and ask them to disclose their sources regarding byuu's (fake) suicide. Please record the entire conversation. If they claim they got a confirmation from the authorities, ask them to provide the phone number of the office. Remember that we can't trust anyone's word blindly and that we need direct confirmation from the authorities.

No matter what kind of plan you have here they’re just going to hang up and block your number because it’s an entertainment magazine and they don‘t have to speak to you or owe you anything. Answering someone’s fact check digs into time that could be spent writing premature obituary pieces.

 

[heyidof932]

No matter what kind of plan you have here they’re just going to hang up and block your number because it’s an entertainment magazine and they don‘t have to speak to you or owe you anything. Answering someone’s fact check digs into time that could be spent writing premature obituary pieces.

it doesn't matter just record the call or the chat, and we have the proof they have zero source and are nothing more than toilet paper.

 

[Spoonomancer]

Nintendo going after emulators is incredibly rare but it'd be absolutely hilarious if Nintendo DMCA'd higan only for Byuu to break his silence and complain about Nintendo DMCAing his emulator.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

Nintendo going after emulators is incredibly rare but it'd be absolutely hilarious if Nintendo DMCA'd higan only for Byuu to break his silence and complain about Nintendo DMCAing his emulator.

The patents on the SNES hardware are long expired; I don't think they could even if they felt so inclined. That is why there are perfectly legal NES/SNES clone systems sold (of varying degrees of quality); the rub is when you have the roms, but they all have their own individual copyright holders, so if you use some abandonware dead company you could probably get away with it.

 

[Coolio55]

The patents on the SNES hardware are long expired; I don't think they could even if they felt so inclined. That is why there are perfectly legal NES/SNES clone systems sold (of varying degrees of quality); the rub is when you have the roms, but they all have their own individual copyright holders, so if you use some abandonware dead company you could probably get away with it.

It's also worth noting that (like a lot of 8-bit computers) the NES itself used an unlicenced clone of the MOS 6502 with all the patented features omitted.