Jason Thor Hall / PirateSoftware / Maldavius Figtree / DarkSphere Creations / Maldavius / Thorwich / Witness X / @PotatoSec - Incompetent Furry Programmer, Blizzard Nepo Baby, Lies about almost every thing in his life, Industry Shill, Carried by his father, Hate boner against Ross Scott of Accursed Farms, False Flagger

[CaptainGarbage]

This is an absolute nothing burger and absolutely does not warrant a video, but its an opertunity to gloat about his 133t programing sk1llz I suppose.
But It does raise the question of why he is even trying to deal dammage to somthing that has allready been removed from the scene? Does he have a hard coded variable for an enemy that just becomes null when it dies insted of a death state? Is it as the enemy is deloaded when moved away from? I dont know that much about the game but I got the impression that the only dammageable thing was that alien boss which you cant just walk away from right?
Im not familiar with gamemaker but in somthing like Godot the easy fix is to just enclose the method call to that enemy, within a conditional statment that evaluates as true if the object is in a state whete calling that method wont crash your game. e.g.
if myObj != null:
myObj.damage(myObj.getDamage())

Personaly I wouldnt store data for how much dammage an enemy should take inside that class, I would just pass in a value based on weapon.dmg × skillModifier , for example, and in the enemy class I would handle any adjustments to that value there.
Even if you do chose to store that value within the enemy, it is completly redundant to pass it in, you may as well just access it from within the class and avoid the getDamage() call.
So really it should look like this:
if myObj != null: myObj.damage(weapon.dmg × skillModifier)

But what do I know ive only made 2 shit games and never worked for blizzard.

Spoiler

Ok sperging over. I will humbly accept your autistic stickers now.

The only real problem with an existence check, is if it's a lifetime problem, which is what that bug was was. The problem was that a variable was supposed to exist but at some point it got destroyed, causing the crash to happen. If you add that check there, the variable in question is not going to magically exist in order to do the check and therefore your code within the if statement will never execute. Yes it stops the crash, but it's not the right fix.

The funny thing is, from what I seen, Maldy boy didn't even solve the lifetime problem either. He just kicked the problem down the road by moving the calculation to a part of the code where it exists and uses the cached value. There's still obviously a problem somewhere else, where it's killing off something that should exist. Instead of actually fixing it, he just moves the problem around. IDK how the rest of the game is setup, but it could have actually killed the problem, like maybe he destroys everything after that mini-game anyway, and it's lifetime doesn't matter. I somehow doubt this, but it's possible.

 

[Hweeks]

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"A word of advice farmers, drop the ferret investigation. Your digging has drawn the attention of very powerful elements within the game dev community. This goes far deeper than mere ferret trafficking. If you insist on taking this further, I will no longer be able to protect your World of Warcraft accounts."

Gotta add this to the game as a sub-plot.

 

[Nabeshin]

Sure Twitch might also pay the same price as everyone else, but this at best scratching the surface.
He either doesn't understand how this works at all, or he is trying to suck off Twitch to. To be in good standing, I guess?

Twitch doesn't pay the same price on IVS as everyone else.

All IVS tech is based on twitch https://aws.amazon.com/pt/blogs/med...ive-streaming-network-that-powers-amazon-ivs/

In no reality a person/company would "leave" their all their tech behind just to use their tech through someone else at 10x the price.

Twitch may say that to please consumers or people using IVS but in reality I really doubt that they use. This is the same of Spotify saying that they don't make profit, Google saying that youtube isn't profitable and more. This is just BS and people eats it

 

[fukkit]

Here's a random clip where Mald explains how he's going to "build the largest rescue for ferrets in the United States":
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Him bringing ads into this is a bit sus, but it's probably just Mald being the Master Social Engineer that he is. This is from last year, so the "scaling up" didn't happen for some reason though (did Mald include the ferrets in "The Machine"?). Aside from that, not being sure on the number of ferrets he'd "rescue" seems a bit short-sighted (there's a big fucking difference between 100 and 200, Mald), but whatever.

There's an interesting tidbit at the end of the clip, where Mald confirms that he's "managed" by something called "Sidequest Media", which seems like yet another "talent" agency, and he's listed (A) among the "clients". The page is utter garbage, so archive might a bit broken. Maybe someone has some lore on them, although I doubt there's anything relevant (no Asmongoloid among their "clients").

Along with the largest ferret cemetery in the united states

 

[Rockzo]

I just remembered today the first short I've seen of him that made me think "This guy has either no idea what hes talking about or he is intentionally misleading people". It's this one about how much it costs Twitch for his stream alone:
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Sure Twitch might also pay the same price as everyone else, but this at best scratching the surface.
He either doesn't understand how this works at all, or he is trying to suck off Twitch to. To be in good standing, I guess?

I found a thread on Asmon's reddit where they say this is stupid. Twitch would not pay retail prices for things like Bandwidth. Even if they did, Amazon would allow them to run at a loss on using AWS as it helps promote the Twitch brand and that's something a company like Amazon can eat the same way Google does with Youtube. I found a comment saying that Linus Tech made a video on this and also mentioned the bulk discount on services, while Mald did not.

Assuming he's not lying, that means the Humane Society is aware of the rescue and willing to work with them

This is my biggest issue with the whole Ferret thing. It's the combination of the fetish, the sketchy financials and not registering as a 501. Since Mald lives in Tacoma Washington, that places him in Pierce County for Animal Control, I think. Would someone be willing to call them or file a complaint to see if this is true and that he isn't lying?
If someone does file a complaint, be aware it will be publicly disclosed.

and now I am in Cerame v. Slack.

If anyone wants to read his legal example.

Spoiler: Summary

Two Connecticut attorneys, Mario Cerame and Timothy Moynahan, challenged Connecticut Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(7), which prohibits harassment or discrimination by lawyers based on fifteen protected categories. They argued that the rule violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments by imposing content-based and viewpoint-based restrictions on speech and being unconstitutionally vague. They claimed that the rule's broad language could potentially sanction their speech on controversial topics, thus chilling their First Amendment rights.

The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut dismissed their complaint, ruling that Cerame and Moynahan lacked standing to bring a pre-enforcement challenge. The court found that they did not demonstrate a "real and imminent fear" of enforcement under Rule 8.4(7).

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reviewed the case and concluded that Cerame and Moynahan have standing to seek pre-enforcement relief. The court held that they had sufficiently alleged an intention to engage in conduct arguably proscribed by Rule 8.4(7) and faced a credible threat of enforcement. The court noted that the rule's broad language and the lack of clear guidelines for enforcement created a substantial risk of disciplinary action, which was sufficient to establish an injury in fact. Consequently, the Second Circuit vacated the district court's judgment and remanded the case for further proceedings to consider whether the Eleventh Amendment bars the plaintiffs' claims.

 

[Kheapathic]

Doesn’t he live in Washington State, where the age of consent is 16?

He grew up and lived in California, him being 19-21 or whatever age they want to claim would mean he's in California at this time; and California's age of consent has been 18 since at least the 1970's or so; same with the girl, who only lived 2 hours away. Half of his fucking lore is 10 years at Blizzard; Blizzard is in Irvine California, his dad worked at early Blizzard, he worked at Blizzard. But okay, he lives in Washington, so I'm totally fucking wrong.

 

[my penis is on fire]

snip

 

[potato sack]

Looks like he's just gonna update the main branch to get around the Steam warning on his unfinished game.

Spoiler

inb4 it's literally nothing

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ayo finally were gonna have some fresh content when news articles and vods talk about how he did a fake update on his game to lose the tag

 

[Slamerella]

I just remembered today the first short I've seen of him that made me think "This guy has either no idea what hes talking about or he is intentionally misleading people".

For me it was a video on a steam game that he worked on called Champions of Breakfast, boasting that he "Smartly implemented anti piracy" by using the steam achievements as the "Saves" so if you ever had to stop on a pirated copy you would never save. This was somehow innovative and clever but to me it just reeked of an inability to make a proper save, and also just made me think: "What about other platforms?"

Well apparently, you don't get it on other platforms including itch.io which prides itself in anti drm features. Instead you buy a steam key.


It would be very funny if somehow managed to crack it.

 

[Dr. Ricearoni]

PreserveTube
Pvt. Parts has hired Dan Saltman (a vaguely familiar name, I think he gets involved in twitch drama often or something) to voice the roach in his game
Wonder if Maldy's got anything smart to say now?

 

[TrainWreckWatcher]

he is *not* a non-profit.

Yes. I've brought this up before in the thread. Its shady shit, its not registered as a non-profit. He is pocketing 99% of it and doing minimal for these animals. I'd wager he is buying the ferrets from a furry breeder friend or something too. Maybe these are the ferrets they breed that they know they can't sell so he buys them cheap and puts them on display for entertainment knowing he can profit off it.

He has claimed to be a sanctuary / charity on stream I'm pretty sure.

at least half of his ferrets appear to be legitimately attained

At this point I need more than a shitty MSPaint Pie chart.

 

[potato sack]

For me it was a video on a steam game that he worked on called Champions of Breakfast, boasting that he "Smartly implemented anti piracy" by using the steam achievements as the "Saves" so if you ever had to stop on a pirated copy you would never save.

oh hey this was exactly the moment i knew maldy was full of shit

he claimed it was inpirateable, as in IMPOSSIBLE TO PIRATE. you cnat pirate it period

game has 120 reviews on steam.. this is not much, loads of games under the radar arent pirated cos theres not really anyone playing them

yet this moron's game was pirated not a year after release (released in 2016, pirated in 2017) through an emulator for steam achievements that allow the player to save their game on a pirated copy. pretty sure he claimed that bakc then and someone took it as a challenge

this was i had my moment of clarity this guy is a fraud

 

[Seasoned News Reporter]

I found a thread on Asmon's reddit where they say this is stupid. Twitch would not pay retail prices for things like Bandwidth. Even if they did, Amazon would allow them to run at a loss on using AWS as it helps promote the Twitch brand and that's something a company like Amazon can eat the same way Google does with Youtube. I found a comment saying that Linus Tech made a video on this and also mentioned the bulk discount on services, while Mald did not.

We sure they care about promoting twitch? I doubt it but feel free to prove me wrong. I feel they either don't give much of a fuck about twitch or more likely they use twitch as a vehicle to promote amazon. If you haven't you should take a look at the AWS certs amazon has and what it takes to get those. The Solutions Architect for example is one of their higher certs and takes like 2 recommendations from 2 separate people before you can
even take the test. A start difference to their entry level CCP cert which I've seen some people say it's one of the harder IT certs to get when fresh to IT stuff but idk about that. I highly doubt amazon would rather push twitch versus aws given how much fucking money they rake in from the services to the amount they charge for the tests. The funny part is the cert costs are still less bullshit than CompTia.

 

[UNIXLover]

I just remembered today the first short I've seen of him that made me think "This guy has either no idea what hes talking about or he is intentionally misleading people". It's this one about how much it costs Twitch for his stream alone:
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Sure Twitch might also pay the same price as everyone else, but this at best scratching the surface.
He either doesn't understand how this works at all, or he is trying to suck off Twitch to. To be in good standing, I guess?

1. Get most bandwidth for free via peering agreements
2. Charge yourself thousands of dollars for that bandwidth for a stream
3. Claim you lose money on streaming
4. Use that to justify paying streamers less, running more ads, laying off people, reduce taxes or anything else you want
5. ?????
6. PROFIT

 

[BLTAnnihilator]

For me it was a video on a steam game that he worked on called Champions of Breakfast, boasting that he "Smartly implemented anti piracy" by using the steam achievements as the "Saves" so if you ever had to stop on a pirated copy you would never save. This was somehow innovative and clever but to me it just reeked of an inability to make a proper save, and also just made me think: "What about other platforms?"

Well apparently, you don't get it on other platforms including itch.io which prides itself in anti drm features. Instead you buy a steam key.
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It would be very funny if somehow managed to crack it.

Goldberg Steam Emulator exists, it literally just emulates the steam API calls that games will make to steam for things like achievements, DLC checking and so on, it's almost plug-and-play (you're just making folders, it's all detailed in the file titled readme_release.txt with clear step-by-step instructions.
It was made for developers to easily divorce their game from the steam api.

His DRM is fucking dogshit and he wasted his time making it instead of, I don't know, making his game better by adding more content to it and trying to make it more than a painfully-average top-down shooter. Jason "Maldavius" Hall, instead of making a game that's just as good as possible, he'd rather make a game as a front to pump himself up and feed his painfully brittle ego. A literal layperson can invalidate his amazing DRM.

People like him are completely revolting to me, the idea of ever getting close enough to shake hands with the man one day is almost enough to make me gag.

 

[The I Scream Man]

If you are a legitimate rescue, you don't want to get attached to every animal you take in, because a lot of them won't make it

I agree with everything else you said but as a fellow rescue person I hate how true this sentence is

 

[hand holding faggot]

Most languages call their template a class and when you create instances of the class they're called objects. Gamemaker calls the template the object and calls created instances "instances". It's very firmly in "who cares" territory unless you have formal training.

I get it, but this distinction really does not help when trying to understand what he said. I guess he was trying to dumb down the terminology for uninitiated, but most of them wouldn't care anyway, and the explanation like "I was trying to access the value that did not exist so I cached it" doesn't really help, because it's basic level programming thinking. It may be an architectural problem, but he will never share anything about his code except for short snippets of the global flag array and conditional statements. The man that basically created "software and game development" cathegory btw.

It probably my fav. I don't get the people on here saying how his code doesn't matter or isn't that bad. I seriously don't understand how anyone can defend this shit. This is a game dev of over 20 years.

People who say that are taking about a customer not caring about code quality of the game. The only problem is Jason streaming the coding process to a wide audience while talking about his gorillion years of expirience, so their argument does not cover the problem in full. Celeste has a huge method dedicated to movement, but you don't see its developers streaming the development process while talking about how great they are.

 

[412-L]

I really enjoy her "I wasn't 16, I was 17." Look, I get Mald isn't as super-l33t hacker as he wants others to believe, and I get you're an "artist." But you idiots know how numbers work right? You understand what 18 is and what it means right? You are aware, that 16 and 17 are both before and thus under/less than 18. You know this, don't you?

You’ll have to express that as a switch statement for Maldy to comprehend it.

Spoiler: switch statement

switch (age) { case 0: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 1: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 2: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 3: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 4: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 5: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 6: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 7: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 8: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 9: legally_fuckable = false; //unless you're mohammed pbuh break; case 10: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 11: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 12: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 13: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 14: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 15: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 16: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 17: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 18: legally_fuckable = true; break; default: legally_fuckable = true; }

 

[reactionary]

You’ll have to express that as a switch statement for Maldy to comprehend it.

Spoiler: switch statement

switch (age) { case 0: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 1: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 2: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 3: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 4: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 5: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 6: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 7: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 8: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 9: legally_fuckable = false; //unless you're mohammed pbuh break; case 10: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 11: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 12: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 13: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 14: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 15: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 16: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 17: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 18: legally_fuckable = true; break; default: legally_fuckable = true; }

age = -1/6

 

[Forklift Certified]

You’ll have to express that as a switch statement for Maldy to comprehend it.

Spoiler: switch statement

switch (age) { case 0: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 1: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 2: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 3: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 4: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 5: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 6: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 7: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 8: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 9: legally_fuckable = false; //unless you're mohammed pbuh break; case 10: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 11: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 12: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 13: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 14: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 15: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 16: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 17: legally_fuckable = false; break; case 18: legally_fuckable = true; break; default: legally_fuckable = true; }

Remind me of Joker's most devious plan...
>Name a stat Bat, ANY state.
>Pffff Mississippi
>16 with parental consent... MMMmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7M24KrqhBw