For those who have been either following or supporting me here on Patreon since September 2020, you know very well that I am and have been exceedingly acting with transparency about the content that I post and or share with you. There are three (3) kinds of content in which I made sure that I explained them all very well, and about how everything works.
Let us go through this together,
1 – Public Modpacks: those are mods that I got from free sources (Nexus and 3DM mods), and I upload them all here in a backup folder which serves for both me and you. Sometimes those free websites will eventually remove one mod or another due to virus, DMCA claims, Nudity or any other issue. This backup is the way that I found in which I uploaded all the content that I liked and left them there for you and me, in case we need to download something that is no longer available on another website.
- Do I get any credits from that? NO
- Do I get any money from that? NO, I actually spend money monthly by paying cloud serves to keep them there. (this money spent comes from supporters)
- Do I remove the credits from those who made or created them? NO, it is, and it has always been listed here on Patreon since September 2020.
I do not gain or receive anything in exchange for that, and I do not want anything from something that I did not work, but it only serve it as a backup for all of us.
2 – Patreon’s Modpacks: those are mods from paid sources that I bought with my hard-earned money from my actual work. Since I bought the game and the mods, I can do with them whatever I desire. At the moment my desire is to share those mods with all my monthly supporters as an appreciation for their continuing support. That is why I call it as bonus mods.
3 – My actual modding work (Public & Paid):
Those are the modifications that I make here on Patreon in which you will not find anywhere else. I get the sources that I have (free and / or paid) and create something new, or improve its quality. After that, I decide whether publish it for all the public or restrict it to supporters only. Very often I post it for both, or one for each.
I do not make everything public for two (2) reasons, the 1st is because Patreon does not allow nudity to be posted open to public, but rather for paid supporters only. I have tested that multiple times, twice I got emails from Patreon itself requesting me remove a content from public access because it cannot contain nudity for free. The 2nd is because there are mods that I spend a lot of time working on them by adding lots of patches and / or fixing glitches.
All my work that is paid is extremely accessible, with $3.50 you can have access to everything except paid commissions and backups from years ago.
Why I decided to make this post in form of statement and transparency.
There are Modders in which they claim that ' their work is being stolen ' by other people such as accusing me for that. It is interesting seeing this kind of accusation coming from people who (are like myself), make profit from digital assets that do not belong to them and without any rights to do so.
Let me explain that,
CAPCOM does not allow Modders to make any profit from their original products and services. We (Modders) can create content for free, but we are not allowed to make profit from it. Nevertheless, people still create content and put them behind paywalls to make profit from it. The reason is because nobody wants to create stuff for free.
Let us make a final reflection,
1 – Is it right that a person who is not allowed to make profit from digital assets that depends on products from other company (CAPCOM) even though the company says, “do not make profit from them”, but they do not care and continue to do so? What do you think?
2 – Is it right to claim that a content is “being stolen” but in fact, they cannot be stolen since the creator still have access to their content and they can continually to sell them to their customers?
For as far as we know once things are stolen from someone, it means that the person lost it completely and no longer have access to it.
I cannot get my car stolen by someone and continually to drive it. How is that even possible? Am I driving an invisible car? I suppose that, maybe the thief stole my car, but they left its shadow, so I can continually drive it.
Lastly,
- Do Modders own the game characters? NO
- Can we play games without mods? YES
- Can we play with the mods without the game? NO
In other words, all these mods have no true value since they cannot be used without the original product from its true creator, in this case CAPCOM’s Properties.
If CAPCOM ever decide to block them all, every single mod will no longer be useful. We are lucky that CAPCOM is not like NINTENDO or any other super restrict company that sue every one who plays with their properties.
About Credits to Authors:
Since I started my Patreon, I have, and I will always give credits to the Modder creators who made the main mods and / or the sources that I used. I made it very clear on all my posts and I have added an extra file with all the information about the modifications that made without compromising the original work.
How can I be a thief if its all listed there?
- Is it because I bought all my mods with my hard-earned money and decide to share it as a bonus to my supporters due to they support my actual modding work?
- OR is it because I did not ask any Modder’s “permission” to either modify their mods or share them with who I want?
If not asking permission is wrong, then why do Modders still sell their shit without asking permission from CAPCOM?
To whoever calls me a thief, GO FUCK YOURSELF.
I will continue to give credits to all the Modder's when using or modifying their work. Whether they like me or hate me. I do not care.
And finally,
Thank you all who have supported me either by only following or financially. You have my eternal gratitude!