Inactive Byuu / byuu_nyan / setsunakun0 / Near / David Ginder - "Non-binary" furry programmer who wrote a Super Nintendo emulator, tried to blackmail Null into removing his thread, and is probably actually dead lol

[nym]

Oh, so he is?
When the only "proof" he was still alive was that the State Dept records (or w/e the source was) of the Americans who died overseas didn't show his death...

I pointed out how when you go through their whole archive, Japan always averaged 12 American deaths per year, 1 a month (remarkably consistently like they have a quota or something), and they were exactly on course that year and then it suddenly stopped after the first half of the year, as if they simply hadn't uploaded any reports for the second half of the year --
people told me I was silly and he was obviously still alive. I FEEL VINDICATED, YAY.

Oh well. Kinda still wish he didn't off himself onlybecause I loved that fan translation of Tales of Phantasia he worked on loooong ago (literally 25 years ago jfc). I remembered his name from that (other than from Bahamut Lagoon as well ofc, Byuu is a character in that) and it was weird to see it again.

Well, I guess you finally got away from the attention like you wanted, Byuu. RIP (and LOL).

 

[Robotic Richard Simmons]

He should have made a save state of his life before he offed himself.

 

[GET!]

millions of people use reddit and the majority of them are regular people passing time at their wfh or office jobs.

They're a representative sample of "mature, sane people"

they have jobs and families and non-insane minds

hahahahahahahahahaha
*breathes in*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Terfmaster9000]

It's been 5 days, I am on page 157 and I still have no fucking idea if this faggot is alive or dead. This is torture. Look what you fucking did, Byuu.

 

[David Kirk Ginder]

Oh well. Kinda still wish he didn't off himself onlybecause I loved that fan translation of Tales of Phantasia he worked on loooong ago (literally 25 years ago jfc). I remembered his name from that (other than from Bahamut Lagoon as well ofc, Byuu is a character in that) and it was weird to see it again.

I don't remember byuu being involved in Tales of Phantasia projects, which one was it?

Also, as I was looking for information about Tales of Phantasia translations, guess which named popped up?

https://www.romhacking.net/translations/474/

Readme file: https://s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/romhacking-hacks/translations/snes/patches/474readme.txt

Thank Yous:

Byuu (email NA) - As much trouble as my "relationship" with him has caused, I admit he was a source of encouragement. Thanks for encouraging me.

- some guy called gingo17

VII. ~Contact Information~
----------------------------
AIM: Gingo17*
Yahoo: Gingo17
IRC: Gingo17 (newnet*, dalnet, efnet)
MSN: Gingo17@hotmail.com
Email:gingo17@zophar.net*
Message Boards: Gingo17* (mainly mine)

*s denote frequently on or frequent checks

Weird thing to mention in some random readme.txt file from 2002. What is this "relationship" and what trouble did it cause? Just further proof that whether Byuu goes, drama follows.

 

[Brenda Holiday]

It's been 5 days, I am on page 157 and I still have no fucking idea if this faggot is alive or dead. This is torture. Look what you fucking did, Byuu.

He would have saved us a lot of trouble if he just livestreamed it on facebook live like a real man

 

[Not Yet Implemented]

whether Byuu goes, drama follows.

Drama is how I learned about him. Long ago, I was in a niche community where he was a sometimes-recurring subject, and I eventually learned he makes some emulator, and they hated him over the rare game hoarding and maybe his thin skin in general. Ironically that community itself was full of drama and trannies.

 

[David Kirk Ginder]

Some byuu name-dropping on the zsnes boards. Some insight into byuu's character in the early days and this stuff has been brewing for a long time, long before Kiwi Farm's existence.

Apparently even as early as 2010, he already alienated the SNES/emu community or got alienated. There are also claims that byuu doxxed someone's IP address? The emulation scene is very autistic and the zsnes community are self-described "acidic" so take their words with a grain of salt.

 

[Prokhor Zakharov]

Aren't ADHD and autism officially considered the same mental illness now,

No, not even close. That's like saying a dog is a cat.

 

[DavidS877]

No, not even close. That's like saying a dog is a cat.

They're probably thinking of when assburgers was merged into autism as an "ASD" Autism Spectrum Disorder.

 

[Emperor Yakub]

Some byuu name-dropping on the zsnes boards. Some insight into byuu's character in the early days and this stuff has been brewing for a long time, long before Kiwi Farm's existence. The emulation scene is very autistic and the zsnes community are self-described "acidic" so take their words with a grain of salt.

byuu's work on SNES emulation is genuinely great but he misses the point that for most people, as long as the game works as it did on original hardware. No one really cares if an emulator is cycle accurate or not (see how most people play say Doom on GZDoom a launcher that adds a lot of features not found in the original Doom game instead of the more faithful to the original Chocolate Doom) not to mention for a lot of emulators of even ancient consoles like the N64 cycle accuracy is just not viable given how resource demanding such a design approach is.

 

[Harvey Danger]

He should have made a save state of his life before he offed himself.

He did. It's this thread.

 

[AnOminous]

The emulation scene is very autistic and the zsnes community are self-described "acidic" so take their words with a grain of salt.

I miss this kind of community. These threads almost read like modern day Farms. This used to be the whole Internet before it got fagged up with special snowflakes.

 

[nym]

I don't remember byuu being involved in Tales of Phantasia projects, which one was it?

He did some work on (all?) the DeJap translations, which definitely is the best translation of that game. He was one of their team of 5-7 or w/e it was.

They probably did the fan translation of Bahamut Lagoon as well that I played. Not sure. Wasn't like I followed them. That was a great game, too. ... and yeah, now that I think of the humor I remember from it, I bet that was a DeJap translation as well.
The names I remember from that team were... Tomato and... DarkSoul maybe? one of them I had emailed back-and-forth once upon a time, can't remember who. I think just to thank them for how good it was. Might've been Byuu. Decades ago, lul.

 

[Velanna]

It's been 5 days, I am on page 157 and I still have no fucking idea if this faggot is alive or dead. This is torture. Look what you fucking did, Byuu.

Worst cliffhanger ever

 

[The Lawgiver]

I miss this kind of community. These threads almost read like modern day Farms. This used to be the whole Internet before it got fagged up with special snowflakes.

I had a similar experience looking at the old screengrabs of arguments unearthed from like 200x-2010-ish internet forums the last few months. Back then even the trannies weren't thin skinned bitches ranting constantly about the same tired ass fake identity politics shit. which is something I almost forgot with how droning and obnoxious the constant troonshit has been for a little over the last decade now.

This current increasingly fake and theatrical world we're in now should never have been allowed to form.

 

[RodgerDodger]

He should have made a save state of his life before he offed himself.

I'm pretty sure that's the plot to any number of 80's horror movies. Although with less lolcows.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Back then even the trannies weren't thin skinned bitches

On a related note to that, something I've noticed is people becoming incredibly timid and uncertain about basic, personal beliefs that they used to be able to state with confidence. Really simple things, like whether it's ok to have an emotional response to music lyrics that speak to aspects of your own life, or if it's acceptable to enjoy things that your friends aren't so interested in. Or worse, to dislike things they like. Childishly, stupidly simple concepts have become so controversial that they have to be broached carefully and couched in terms so mealy-mouthed and abstract that normal conversation is almost impossible.

 

[Cascade]

byuu's work on SNES emulation is genuinely great but he misses the point that for most people, as long as the game works as it did on original hardware. No one really cares if an emulator is cycle accurate or not

Very much this. His efforts are good for educational or preservation purposes, but the practical value is close to zero. It's the digital equivalent of how a person would recreate a favourite dish from childhood in a lab from individual molecules instead of buying groceries and reproducing the recipe.

 

[Prokhor Zakharov]

He did some work on (all?) the DeJap translations, which definitely is the best translation of that game. He was one of their team of 5-7 or w/e it was.

They probably did the fan translation of Bahamut Lagoon as well that I played. Not sure. Wasn't like I followed them. That was a great game, too. ... and yeah, now that I think of the humor I remember from it, I bet that was a DeJap translation as well.
The names I remember from that team were... Tomato and... DarkSoul maybe? one of them I had emailed back-and-forth once upon a time, can't remember who. I think just to thank them for how good it was. Might've been Byuu. Decades ago, lul.

He wasn't involved in the Tales of Phantasia translation. He isn't even mentioned in the acknowledgements

https://s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/romhacking-hacks/translations/snes/patches/470readme.txt