Discussion in 'News and Info' started by Cellsai, May 26, 2013.
Some of you may have read the recent thread in General Skullgirls Discussion announcing Juju finally finding her way out of legal hell. This was great news for her fans, but unfortunately and rather ironically, this thread itself has had rather dire consequences for the character.
Peter 'Ravidrath' Bartholow responded to the thread and explained that Ceemcneil, responsible for the inspiration for Juju, had breached a confidentiality agreement about that character and she was now officially being put to rest.
You can read Ravidrath's full statement along with a brief explanation of Juju's history below.
Hey, everyone.
There was a confidentiality agreement in the contract Mr. McNeil signed, so I'm extremely disappointed that after working for a few months to get this resolved, the creation of this thread has ended any possibility of using Juju in the future.
We tried to get this resolved favorably despite continued disruptive and unprofessional conduct on Mr. McNeil's part, often against our own better judgment. His behavior in the Skullgirls community has made Juju an extremely divisive topic within Lab Zero and I soldiered ahead because I felt it was the right thing to do. But with this breach of confidence, none of that matters now.
To say that I am disappointed in this outcome would be an understatement.
This decision is final - sorry to all of Juju's fans, but I can't afford to waste any more of Lab Zero's time and money pursuing this.
The Life and Times of Number 13
After Parasoul was initially announced, Ceemcneil suggested on SG's Facebook that her Sniper should be named Juju, be a chinese assassin and have a talking sniper rifle. This was the full extent of his input into the design.
Later Reverge Labs did a Whiteboard Wednesday where they drew several fan characters, including Juju. As a nod to the character, a line of dialogue was added so that during her Silent Scope super Parasoul will sometimes say "Take the shot, Juju!".
The matter was dropped, but Alex apparently kept working on Juju in the background and turned her into a fully fledged character. As a surprise to everyone she was included as one of the characters lined up for possible inclusion in the DLC character vote during the IndieGoGo campaign.
Ceemcneil then posted on Facebook saying he'd like to be compensated for the design, though this may have been in jest. LabZero entered talks with him to get the rights to the character entirely just before the 1st Mystery Character DLC vote started. Legally getting the rights to a character is a decently lengthy process and so she was removed from the first vote. She was eventually removed from the second vote too.
The "Take the shot, Juju!" line of disalogue was removed from the game in the weekly Salty Cupcakes experimental builds of Skullgirls while Juju remained in legal limbo.
Finally, the legal issues seemed to have been cleared when Ceemcneil posted the thread yesterday, but of course that turned out to be the death knell for the character.
I know this situation is very disappointing for some, but please try to remain civil in the comments.
Also, I would remind you that harassing other members of this forum is not tolerated so please refrain from Private Messages and profile comments.
Thanks to Chrono_Tata for digging up the original Facebook message.
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And thus, Juju took her final shot, while we all weeped.
RIP Juju, AKA #13...
Snipers are meant to stay in the shadows, biding their time and not drawing attention to themselves. Juju was killed in action because someone couldn't keep their mouth shut.
Rest in peace Soldier.
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All the more reason for tomorrow's holiday.
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Can Lab Zero still use this character design if they rename it to something else besides "Juju" and give her a normal sniper rifle or something? Seems like a waste to lose all that hard work over this.
Juju was the victim of a projectile reflecting move gone horribly, horribly wrong. Someone ratted her out, and what should have been her victory shot backfired and did her in.
view619 said: ↑
Can Lab Zero still use this character design if they rename it to something else besides "Juju" and give her a normal sniper rifle or something? Seems like a waste to lose all that hard work over this.
I'd rather Alex just create a new character who draws inspiration from the concept. I really loved Juju's outfit and silhouette, and there's quite a bit of creative freedom when dealing with military gear and whatnot. The gameplay concept sounded immensely fun and I'd like for it to perhaps make it into the game some day.
Okay honestly, I really just liked the boots and the kneepads :p
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Irony. hm.
I don't feel a big loss over this. I don't think is a very necessary character. So, oh well.
Does this count as a Parasoul nerf? <:3
Smarty pants antics aside, thanks for taking the time to also explain the complications surrounding this character and just how much involvement her "creator" had.
A shame that something Lab Zero embraced in the good spirit of connecting to it's fan base ended so sourly and likely taught them a life long lesson about working with fan suggestions.
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Ausdrake said: ↑
I'd rather Alex just create a new character who draws inspiration from the concept. I really loved Juju's outfit and silhouette, and there's quite a bit of creative freedom when dealing with military gear and whatnot. The gameplay concept sounded immensely fun and I'd like for it to perhaps make it into the game some day.
Okay honestly, I really just liked the boots and the kneepads :p
It should be fine if they use what they already have, since the original guy did nothing but suggest the name, race and talking weapon. Just use the exact same model, only a different name and a normal sniper rifle. There's nothing the dude can really do about that, right? Not really fair that Alex does all of that work then has to scrap it, it would probably be better to tweak it and move on. How about instead of a talking weapon, Character x gets a transforming weapon or something?
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Balder said: ↑
Does this count as a Parasoul nerf? <:3
Smarty pants antics aside, thanks for taking the time to also explain the complications surrounding this character and just how much involvement her "creator" had.
A shame that something Lab Zero embraced in the good spirit of connecting to it's fan base ended so sourly and likely taught them a life long lesson about working with fan suggestions.
Which is a shame, because really, it's the fan more than it is the concept of fan suggestions. I can't even imagine what possessed him to go around loudly taking credit and calling himself a co-creator even after the contract; I'd have been overjoyed just to have any contribution I made to something like that liked. :p I imagine most would be the same. It's bad fortune Juju had to be involved with one guy who has no concept of legal consequences.
It's a real shame that Lab Zero had to go through any of that process over such a tenuous claim - Cee contributed basically nothing to the character, so it's really Lab Zero's creation being lost, not his.
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RIP Juju
Good night, sweet princess. You will be missed.
I hope that we do get a sniper eventually. Lulu, Number 14 (or 31 just 'cause it'd be funny). It'd be great.
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Ausdrake said: ↑
The gameplay concept sounded immensely fun and I'd like for it to perhaps make it into the game some day.
This, we need a sniper.
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Redblaze27 said: ↑
This, we need a sniper.
Needs more TvC Saki. Great character.
that really lame
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I still can't believe that Juju's legend just ended like that.
RIP, you'll always have the shot in our hearts (figuratively and literally).
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Little_Goten said: ↑
I still can't believe that Juju's legend just ended like that.
War is hell, it only takes one bullet.
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never cared for Juju anyways but to the Juju fans I'm sorry that had to happen.
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Juju
??? 2012 - May 2013
Black Egret #13 Sniper
May we remember sister Juju as "She who was to be playable", for her contributions in Skullgirls have always been to our hearts.
She may have not been playable but her mere existence provided us with some of the most amusing legal battles in the gaming community.
Many people wanted her, many have interesting ideas about her, and many want to see her in action.
And just as the hope of seeing her in the game seems to come into fruition...
Death suddenly visited her without warning.
Now, she lay peacefully resting....in the corners of the Recycle Bin folder.
For that let us bow down our heads and pray that her soul will forever be at peace.
(Now let us enjoy ourselves with the company of the other characters.)
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Parasoul without having Juju "Take the shot!", is like Cookies without milk. RIP Juju
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Oh well, ashes to ashes and all that. Seems kind of ironic that Cee McNeil's announcement that Juju was freed from her legal limbo was the thing that ended up killing her for good.
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Professor Icepick said: ↑
Oh well, ashes to ashes and all that. Seems kind of ironic that Cee McNeil's announcement that Juju was freed from her legal limbo was the thing that ended up killing her for good.
Still makes no sense how, this ordeal was publicly known and very far from a secret.
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Maybe it was because he still referred to himself as "co-creator" in the OP. That or the legal terms of whatever deal he and Lab Zero hashed out had some kind of non-disclosure agreement with regards to the whole "creation process" in general. That's all I can really think of.
Either way, I'd like to see some of those gameplay ideas reworked for a totally original character. JooJoo, mayhaps? ;)
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If they do make a new sniper, they should either have a totally normal sniper and just be totally awesome with it, or the sniper should be a parasite that turns the hosts arm into the rifle. And they should make references to their "mentor" or "predecessor".
Then again, it might be too soon to speculate. The loss did just happen after all.
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This news is surprisingly depressing. What a damn shame.
Does anyone here not see the problem of fans suggesting character replacements for a character that was a complete legal nightmare because she was a fan suggested creation?
For history's sake, this is the original post where Juju was "created". Now I'll just go and pretend this whole episode never happened.![]()
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Lmao too cute but i can care less.like i said.ill still support da game in any way i can by buying it over for the PC and all that good jazz.juju is/was just my concept and if i did anything wrong as far as spilled not even that much information bout her,thats okay with me.
And they were just about to ceel the deal...
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Cellsai said: ↑
Does anyone here not see the problem of fans suggesting character replacements for a character that was a complete legal nightmare because she was a fan suggested creation?
When you put it like that, it is a kind of silly thing to do. lol.
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Cellsai said: ↑
Does anyone here not see the problem of fans suggesting character replacements for a character that was a complete legal nightmare because she was a fan suggested creation?
It was only a problem because the character suggestion was unwittingly acknowledged, and the one who ended up being involved is a jackass. Lab Zero can just pretend they've never read this thread and there would be no way to prove otherwise.
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SunnyRei said: ↑
Which is a shame, because really, it's the fan more than it is the concept of fan suggestions. I can't even imagine what possessed him to go around loudly taking credit and calling himself a co-creator even after the contract; I'd have been overjoyed just to have any contribution I made to something like that liked. :p I imagine most would be the same. It's bad fortune Juju had to be involved with one guy who has no concept of legal consequences.
And there lies the ludicrousness of this affair. All this fuss over one FB post suggesting a manga/anime/whatever reference. Imagine if they were working with someone that created a concept from scratch.
And judging from Ravidrath's post, seems the good folks at Lab Zero had their fair share of arguments over this matter. You are absolutely right in saying that " it's the fan more than it is the concept of fan suggestions" but we can't blame them for being weary from here on out. Heck! They're probably trembling at the thought of drama over the fan made background NPCs right now!
Cellsai said: ↑
Does anyone here not see the problem of fans suggesting character replacements for a character that was a complete legal nightmare because she was a fan suggested creation?
.....no?
cerebella's hair alive
Riiiiiiiight.
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I think people are suggesting themselves because they wouldn't want compensation or whatever, not that L0 is going to change their minds about anything.
Redblaze27 said: ↑
Still makes no sense how, this ordeal was publicly known and very far from a secret.
it doesn't matter how public the ordeal was, the final deal had the terms of silence, which were broken.
Ceemcneil said: ↑
Lmao too cute but i can care less.like i said.ill still support da game in any way i can by buying it over for the PC and all that good jazz.juju is/was just my concept and if i did anything wrong as far as spilled not even that much information bout her,thats okay with me.
I'm going to stay civil here, and just say that the amount of money and time wasted on this whole affair is anything but "too cute".
What's even less cute is that it's OK with you.
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Redblaze27 said: ↑
Still makes no sense how, this ordeal was publicly known and very far from a secret.
Decent post on the subject here. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=59469245&postcount=11168
Armchair lawyers, grain of salt and all that.
How much will they have to change #13 anyway? I imagine not that much, but I would like to see something new for the sniper's design. Asian Assassin Ladies are kinda played out. She's cool though, so it's whatever to me.
Now the question: what are the penalties for breach of contract? Should Lab Zero go for legal recourse to try to recover the time and money spent on this?
It'd be interesting to see if Cee still thinks it's cute when he has to pay a couple of grand to compensate for the legal fees and time wasted.
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Psycho Power J said: ↑
It was only a problem because the character suggestion was unwittingly acknowledged, and the one who ended up being involved is a jackass. Lab Zero can just pretend they've never read this thread and there would be no way to prove otherwise.
They could definitely do that. But I like to think that Lab Zero actually likes their fanbase and likes to do nice things for them instead of just taking our money and occasionally an idea/suggestion or two. Letting Juju be a fan-created character was cool, but unfortunately the "creator" just happened to be someone uncooperative. I admire the fact that they tried so hard, even though it would have been easier to just have made a sniper character based on their own ideas. I wouldn't be surprised if they already had one planned before the suggestion.
But in any case, this sucks for everyone (though Cee doesn't seem too bothered by it). I just hope that this doesn't create something of a barrier between Lab Zero and their fans.
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Psycho Power J said: ↑
Now the question: what are the penalties for breach of contract? Should Lab Zero go for legal recourse to try to recover the time and money spent on this?
It'd be interesting to see if Cee still thinks it's cute when he has to pay a couple of grand to compensate for the legal fees and time wasted.
That sounds like overkill.
Just forgive and forget. Obviously it's a pretty big upset to lose Juju, but it's not a big enough deal to go this far.
I wonder why they made it a confidential agreement to begin with. I'm not trying to say they should not have, obviously it's Cee's silly mistake that caused this entire mess, but I'm just wondering why they called it confidential when we all knew of the plans to get Juju signed over to begin with.
Anyone with legal knowledge have an explanation? Obviously I know very little on this kind of thing.
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For some reason, I just picture the entire process of forming the NDA going something like this:
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Professor Icepick said: ↑
For some reason, I just picture the entire process of forming the NDA going something like this:
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LMAO. Seriously, based on his posts and behavior, they shouldn't have tried to form any contract with him to begin with. Easy to say now in hindsight I know...but c'mon, the guy doesn't even give a crap!
Ceemcneil said: ↑
Lmao too cute but i can care less.like i said.ill still support da game in any way i can by buying it over for the PC and all that good jazz.juju is/was just my concept and if i did anything wrong as far as spilled not even that much information bout her,thats okay with me.
All due respect, I'm not disappointed for your sake.
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Razzle Dazzle said: ↑
That sounds like overkill.
Just forgive and forget. Obviously it's a pretty big upset to lose Juju, but it's not a big enough deal to go this far.
I wonder why they made it a confidential agreement to begin with. I'm not trying to say they should not have, obviously it's Cee's silly mistake that caused this entire mess, but I'm just wondering why they called it confidential when we all knew of the plans to get Juju signed over to begin with.
Anyone with legal knowledge have an explanation? Obviously I know very little on this kind of thing.
it's IP material.
My take on it is that Juju doesn't actually belong to Cee, but the FB post is enough for Cee to make a claim at ownership of the character and sue. Even an attempted lawsuit mucks things up for a really long time and costs the defending party a lot of money--see the Def Jam Rapstar incident.
If Lab Zero wants to invest time and effort on Juju, they I assume that they want that IP to be theirs beyond any possible doubt or claim, so that's why the agreement exists.
Confidentiality exists probably because of PR, and because there may be other sensitive terms of the agreement that are not intended to go public. We know the agreement exists, but not the terms, and Cee in signing a legal agreement is indicating that they are an individual that can abide by the terms of that agreement.
Sure, Lab Zero could just whip up another contract since this one was broken on a technicality. But if Cee is willing to break sensitive legal agreements for some flippant thing like breaking the news early, why even bother trying?
Legal is serious business. It has and will continue to destroy perfectly good ideas, good companies, friendships, what-have-you. And I don't think Juju is going to come back, because Lab Zero doesn't have the patience to deal with someone who treats a legal agreement like wet tissue paper.
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Fucked up thing is that as ar as jujus creation is concerned, I totally feel where both parties were coming from.
Cee fucked up on the nda... Seems as if he was to ignorant to understand that he was in breach just by making that thread... He stated once or twice in there that he couldn't go into specifics about things cause he was under contract.. I can only assume that he didn't read the fine print enough to realize what a breach was or he was just being... "Himself" and figured that that little breach would go unnoticed.
But to those that are villifying him for want of compensation.. I think that is wrong... His idea. he should have some form of compensation if they were to have ended up using it.
Not much IMHO.. But something more than a pat on the back and a "good job"
All i know is that he definitely dropped the ball and gave labzero all the ammo they needed to publicly drop juju... Without becoming the villains to juju fans themselves.
I say well played whether it was planned this way or not.
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Was never too big a fan of Juju, but it's sad to see an interesting design go to waste. A normally stationary combatant taking part in fast paced hand-to-hand combat, along with ricocheting bullets sounds cool in concept. For her fan's sake, I hope Lab Zero can come up with some sort of replacement or revision in the future, though it's perfectly understandable if they want to stay as far away from this issue for a long time.
On a slightly unrelated note, did anyone see the concepts that guy on the GAF thread thought up about a parasitic sniper rifle that possesses people, and uses them so it can assassinate people? Sounds like a sweet idea for a suspense/thriller story. Shame that fan suggestions can't/shouldn't be used, that'd make for a cool villian.
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Razzle Dazzle said: ↑
That sounds like overkill.
Just forgive and forget. Obviously it's a pretty big upset to lose Juju, but it's not a big enough deal to go this far.
I wonder why they made it a confidential agreement to begin with. I'm not trying to say they should not have, obviously it's Cee's silly mistake that caused this entire mess, but I'm just wondering why they called it confidential when we all knew of the plans to get Juju signed over to begin with.
Anyone with legal knowledge have an explanation? Obviously I know very little on this kind of thing.
Maybe going for a large amount of money is not really something anyone would want. But since this is still a breach of a legal contract, it's a good idea for Lab Zero to file it in a small claims court. At least they'll be able to get some money for their trouble.
Going to say this here and now: Saxploitation was not inspired by my idea for a Blaxsploitation BigBand and was instead created entirely independently without my input. No compensation or acknowledgement of my part is needed as the idea was developed entirely within LabZero. Any similarities to concepts submitted by me are purely coincidental and have no bearing upon the final product.
-- Khalid "Eternal" Nigh
I hope that in the future fan input doesn't lead to litigious situations. I hate that this even happened in the first place![]()
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Dime_x said: ↑
But to those that are villifying him for want of compensation.. I think that is wrong... His idea. he should have some form of compensation if they were to have ended up using it.
Not much IMHO.. But something more than a pat on the back and a "good job"
I hardly see how suggesting a race, a gender and a weapon warrants co-creator status, though. Like if he had submitted a drawing or a more detailed description regarding her gameplay then maybe I'd be a little more sympathetic to Cee's side of things, but that isn't the case.
I don't know any of the specifics of what he asked for out of this agreement, but if it were me, I'd take the pat on the back and enjoy something I partially helped inspire become an actual part of the game. Maybe I'm just modest, idk.
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And everyone learned something about N(on)D(isclosure)A(greement)s today!
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halcyonharlot said: ↑
I hardly see how suggesting a race, a gender and a weapon warrants co-creator status, though.
Ahad referred to him in the drawing or something of that nature, sealing him to be legally associated with it.
In his defense, I recently became a participant for a closed game beta with a NDA, and they don't mind if you go telling you are playing the beta for that game.
Obvious contract type differences aside, it all comes down to if "complete and total silence" was made clear in his contract or not.
The NDA will come with its own terms. The only things universal about them is "The punishment is immediate termination of the contract" and "it means not talking about X"
halcyonharlot said: ↑
I hardly see how suggesting a race, a gender and a weapon warrants co-creator status, though. Like if he had submitted a drawing or a more detailed description regarding her gameplay then maybe I'd be a little more sympathetic to Cee's side of things, but that isn't the case.
I don't know any of the specifics of what he asked for out of this agreement, but if it were me, I'd take the pat on the back and enjoy something I partially helped inspire become an actual part of the game. Maybe I'm just modest, idk.
In other words, people shouldn't be paid for intellectual property...I'm not even going to bother arguing with you.
Redblaze27 said: ↑
In his defense, I recent became a participant for a closed game beta with a NDA, and they don't mind if you go telling you are playing the beta for that game.
Obvious contract type differences aside, it all comes down to if "complete and total silence" was made clear in his contract or not.
It probably was. I can't see why Lab Zero would go through all the trouble of a legally binding agreement just to throw all that time and money away for no reason. Cee probably just done goofed and misread something.
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Dime_x said: ↑
In other words, people shouldn't be paid for intellectual property...I'm not even going to bother arguing with you.
If by "in other words" you mean "words that I didn't actually say at all" then sure!
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Redblaze27 said: ↑
In his defense, I recent became a participant for a closed game beta with a NDA, and they don't mind if you go telling you are playing the beta for that game.
Obvious contract type differences aside, it all comes down to if "complete and total silence" was made clear in his contract or not.
That's no defense. The situations are barely alike(this is clearly a private 1-on-1 agreement), and in all likelihood in your example the company could easily fly down your throat and make your life hell if you breach NDA, they know of it, and they think there is value in exercising their right to make you pay for that breach.
In a large enough closed beta, the last two conditions may not occur all that often. In a private agreement, #2 is very likely and #3 is almost definite. Bottom line, don't play with #1.
Dime_x said: ↑
In other words, people shouldn't be paid for intellectual property...I'm not even going to bother arguing with you.
Yeah, it would be way better if the Angel+ Tier donators all got paid for submitting their intellectual property - the OC background characters. These people actually gave away money instead! They must be dumb![]()
Redblaze27 said: ↑
In his defense, I recent became a participant for a closed game beta with a NDA, and they don't mind if you go telling you are playing the beta for that game.
Obvious contract type differences aside, it all comes down to if "complete and total silence" was made clear in his contract or not.
I don't think they would have rendered months of legal work null and void based on something that wasn't made clear. If you sign a contract, it's your responsibility to know what's in it.
Say... is it too wrong if i get mad at cee now?
i mean... depending on how you see it, he gave a small idea and Alex did all the REAL hard stuff to make it work and the guy joked about taking cash from a project made basically out of love and hard effort (and a team having a tough time finnancially back in the day and not 100% comfortable even now). EVEN WITH SUCH A STUPID MOVE, lab zero tried to settle it, spent money doing it AAND the kid blew it.
y'know, i don't tkink his efforts aren't worth the costs, but his mistakes are well worth some disappointment and anger from me.
i mean, even i can give some ideas for the sniper: Let's say our hypothetical sniper, is called LorrAIMe, and her "rifle" is actually a living weapon called tredecim, which hosts lorraime's husband soul (which was the previous top sniper from black egrets). The rifle, however has to draw energy to create the shot directly from the sniper, and is killing her little by little, but no one else can bond with the rifle as well as the sniper.
See? small custom background made. i could add a few more words about appearance, and that's NOT WORTH A COIN! all a man could ever ask LZ for such a small contribuition would be a "thanks for #13 duke" in a small line in the credits.
DAMN! there's a lot of wrong things in this whole situation
*NOTE: yeah, i wanted to play withe the "new #13" idea, now's a good time as any
Future advice for Lab Zero: take suggestions from people with better grammar!
And that's why if you want your fan character to appear in a game...
You do it your ****ing self (Aka make your own game) : )
RIP Juju, you'll be forever missed. She is in a better place now.
Cee is no longer in the pages of SG history, it was better if he was completely erased from it forever.
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Well, this sucks.
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dukemagus said: ↑
Say... is it too wrong if i get mad at cee now?
You can be as mad as you want here, as long as you keep your expressions of that anger civil.
I'm pretty disappointed, but I'm also happy that Lab Zero has nothing else to do with Cee now.
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darkblade77 said: ↑
I'm pretty disappointed, but I'm also happy that Lab Zero has nothing else to do with Cee now.
Nothing to Cee here.![]()
I'm just glad this is finally over.
Nice job Cee.
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IsaVulpes said: ↑
Yeah, it would be way better if the Angel+ Tier donators all got paid for submitting their intellectual property - the OC background characters. These people actually gave away money instead! They must be dumb
... Strawman.
They were paid as per contract. The payout was the npc's and was discussed before anyone mad any donations. also they are all being made to sign contracts giving labzero rights there npc's ... So your point is quite moot... Cause they are getting compensated as per contract and they are all signing waiver rights to there npc's
Everyone who got their background characters in skullgirls is still keeping their character rights though, right? Juju was supposed to be signed over to Lab Zero fully and now that can't happen.
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I've come to the startling realization that Juju's infrequency during Parasoul's super was a result of her preference for feet as targets.
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I punched a wall.
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Haha this is so sad that I need to laugh to prevent myself from getting sad.
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Dime_x said: ↑
... Strawman.
They were paid as per contract. The payout was the npc's and was discussed before anyone mad any donations. also they are all being made to sign contracts giving labzero rights there npc's ... So your point is quite moot... Cause they are getting compensated as per contract and they are all signing waiver rights to there npc's
Cee would get paid with the possibility of an entire character, at minimum a reference and appearances in Parasoul's story mode. Also they had him sign a contract giving Labzero right to his OC.. so my point is not moot.. ?
I don't really see how you can be so blind?
OC Character:
Send a picture of your complete, thought-out character design to LabZero + Pay 1000$ = Get a background NPC in a single stage (and possibly only sometimes, as they're looking into having different chars on it each time you select the stage)
Juju:
Write a one line char description on Facebook + Get lucky = Get a possibly playable character, but at least a voiceline reference + story mode appearances + a place on future artwork
.. Yeah, Cee is totally in a place to ask for more!
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Not taking sides here, but it seems unfair for a group of grown up people to harass/pick on a fellow forum user and game supporter because of his choices, as silly as they may seem. Just keep it calm people, I don't want to call the admin over this.
I've been a big fan of Juju since day one, I hyped for her countless times, I took a dislike of MikeZ over his constant teasing (this is actually a huge understatement), I suggested delaying the second poll for her and I almost cried when I read that thread this morning. To tell the truth, I have no ill feelings towards Cee or LabZero, and sincerely I just don't see the point.
I only hope LabZero doesn't discard the playstyle and we get to see our Black Egret sniper in some way or the other.
"Hey LZG, you should make a character, either male or female, whom may be of a ethnicity that relates to one here on earth, with a parasite, living weapon, or regular weapon that may give him or her powers humans normally would not have! Also, consider making his or her body size larger or smaller than expected, with a few extra or missing features that will distinguish him or her from regular humans."
There. Now LZG must have my permission to do any character creation remotely related to the above comment.
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In all seriousness, and IANAL, but I highly doubt LZG would have ran into legal trouble if they merely added Juju in, ignoring the original facebook comment. Sure, they acknowledged at some point that the original comment prompted the character. However, IP law is not nearly that strict given the ridiculously simple and broad suggestion that was originally made, otherwise all works of art and IP that was even remotely based off of a suggestion or prompt anywhere would face insurmountable legal challenges. I firmly believe LZG made it far more complicated than they had to.
If a comment was "I think a character should have a sniper rifle", and LZG acknowledged the comment, would they have to get permission to make a character with a sniper rifle? Ludicrous. The original comment was hardly more complex than that, with a simple ethnicity suggestion.
I am saddened by this piece of news as Juju was a character I was eagerly looking forward too. The fact they are going to remove "Juju" (of any incarnation) from the game completely is simply, IMO, a overreaction.
They need a better legal advice.
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You Cee, this is why we can't have nice things.![]()
SomeKinda said: ↑
Everyone who got their background characters in skullgirls is still keeping their character rights though, right? Juju was supposed to be signed over to Lab Zero fully and now that can't happen.
From what i've gathered that's supposed to be the case. The whole Juju thing was just meant as a legal waver because she was based on a fan concept expanding upon a otherwise nameless & facelss sniper.
Also for the record Lab Zero, while on this sorta subject matter:
Any sort of suggestions or idea's I have already given or will give in the future in regards to Skullgirls or any other future Lab Zero Games Intellectual Property are given with the intent of Lab Zero Games able to retain full and complete control without any type compensation or recognition. My personal consent is fully given at the time I mention it. ~ Redblaze27
I know you guys said no more fan characters, but I give that declaration with alternate colors, character attack/skill/balancing concepts or possible future game modes specifically in mind.
She would have been an awesome character for the Skullgirls community. I am deeply saddened by the fact she is gone. It really breaks my heart. I hope she rests in peace.
The person who gave the concept for her must have been on Cloud 9. I would have died if I knew the SG team used a quirky idea I had to create a character. That be the bee’s knees, I tell you what. If I ever get to create a character for SG all I would want is my name in the credits or something. I’d give the rights to any character I make to SG for free.
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I just... wow. Make it to the end of the marathon just to slip on a banana peel.
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"Take the shot" should be renamed "lost soldier"
That or just have a new character that may or may not resemble or be related to said lost soldier (whomever it may be) take the shot instead
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NegativeRainbow said: ↑
I only hope LabZero doesn't discard the playstyle and we get to see our Black Egret sniper in some way or the other.
Sorry, but I have to disagree on that...If they are going to get rid of the character, then they have to get rid of the "play-style" and "redesign look of Juju and name" all for good. If they do decide to keep the play style and etc, it's just going to add more insult into injury.
thecrecarc said: ↑
In all seriousness, and IANAL
You may want to rethink that acronym.
This suggestion may seem a little "out there" but I think it'd be cool if LZ made a character with limbs. They could use them to fight or something and it'd be awesome.
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While I understand your point
Master_Mind said: ↑
You may want to rethink that acronym.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IANAL
Hawk said: ↑
Sorry, but I have to disagree on that...If they are going to get rid of the character, then they have to get rid of the "play-style" and "redesign look of Juju and name" all for good. If they do decide to keep the play style and etc, it's just going to add more insult into injury.
There are many characters across different IP's that have similar moves. I dont think keeping her move set intact will be problematic.
I say they create a zombie sniper or something to represent a fallen solider who has returned from the grave to finish her unknown mission.
R. D. Covenant said: ↑
There are many characters across different IP's that have similar moves. I dont think keeping her move set intact will be problematic.
Looking at your avatar sparks the question: Does LZ have to contact everyone who was in the stream chat when we as a community decided to "co-create" Robo-Fortune with Kimlihn?
Eternal said: ↑
Looking at your avatar sparks the question: Does LZ have to contact everyone who was in the stream chat when we as a community decided to "co-create" Robo-Fortune with Kimlihn?
If there's no record of the stream chat happening, I can imagine that it's entirely pointless.
This, people, is why you don't have hopes and dreams.
I suppose it is better that we learn this lesson now before it is too late. I'm kind of glad this happened with a character that is not playable in the game just yet. God forbid something like this happens to the gals and guys we already have.
Eternal said: ↑
Looking at your avatar sparks the question: Does LZ have to contact everyone who was in the stream chat when we as a community decided to "co-create" Robo-Fortune with Kimlihn?
If anyone tries to claim Robo-Fortune I will personally find and @#$ ^%$# them. LZ is going through too much bs
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R. D. Covenant said: ↑
If anyone tries to claim Robo-Fortune I will personally find and @#$ ^%$# them. LZ is going through too much bs
I'd hate to be At Pound Sign Dollar Sign space Caret Percentage Dollar Sign Pound Signed. It sounds painful... and hard to write.
R. D. Covenant said: ↑
If anyone tries to claim Robo-Fortune I will personally find and @#$ ^%$# them. LZ is going through too much bs
Are you kidding me? Don't tell me Robo-Fortune is in the same boat as #13. I'm dying over here to get my hands on Robo-Fortune, damn it! They better not let her die off like #13!
Laying things out there:
Cee has repeatedly been rude to other members of the Skullgirls community and importantly to Mike Z himself.
In a company as small as Lab Zero, all devs likely have influence on the administrative decisions.
Cee was shown to be unreliable, from the contract breach.
From what I can guess:
Mike Z does not want to collaborate with anyone who is rude (and I don't blame him).
Alex's insistence kept JuJu in the running.
Cee breaking contract gave Mike Z the high ground.
Think of it this way: A guy yells "pig" to a cop then gets taken to prison for jaywalking. Unrelated events?
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Robo-Fortune is so internet meme at this point, she's basically public domain aside from the whole "based on a pre-existing Skullgirls character" part.
WritingGlasses said: ↑
Are you kidding me? Don't tell me Robo-Fortune is in the same boat as #13. I'm dying over here to get my hands on Robo-Fortune, damn it! They better not let her die off like #13!
I doubt it. Robo-Fortune is based on Ms. Fortune who LZ already owns. It's kinda like if I made a robotic version of Mario and called it Robo-Mario and then expected Nintendo to ask my permission if they ever wanted to make a robotic version of Mario. That wouldn't work.
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Bucky Barkley said: ↑
I doubt it. Robo-Fortune is based on Ms. Fortune who LZ already owns. It's kinda like if I made a robotic version of Mario and called it Robo-Mario. Then expected Nintendo to ask my permission if they ever wanted to make a robotic version of Mario.
That is good to know. I'm just on edge with the whole #13 death thing.
Regularjoe said: ↑
Laying things out there:
Cee has repeatedly been rude to other members of the Skullgirls community and importantly to Mike Z himself.
In a company as small as Lab Zero, all devs likely have influence on the administrative decisions.
Cee was shown to be unreliable, from the contract breach.
From what I can guess:
Mike Z does not want to collaborate with anyone who is rude (and I don't blame him).
Alex's insistence kept JuJu in the running.
Cee breaking contract gave Mike Z the high ground.
Think of it this way: A guy yells "pig" to a cop then gets taken to prison for jaywalking. Unrelated events?
Regularjoe said: ↑
Laying things out there:
Cee has repeatedly been rude to other members of the Skullgirls community and importantly to Mike Z himself.
In a company as small as Lab Zero, all devs likely have influence on the administrative decisions.
Cee was shown to be unreliable, from the contract breach.
From what I can guess:
Mike Z does not want to collaborate with anyone who is rude (and I don't blame him).
Alex's insistence kept JuJu in the running.
Cee breaking contract gave Mike Z the high ground.
Think of it this way: A guy yells "pig" to a cop then gets taken to prison for jaywalking. Unrelated events?
I guess it is for the better in the end. I mean if what you are saying is true then there is no reason for Lab Zero to deal with it.
R. D. Covenant said: ↑
If anyone tries to claim Robo-Fortune I will personally find and @#$ ^%$# them. LZ is going through too much bs
WritingGlasses said: ↑
Are you kidding me? Don't tell me Robo-Fortune is in the same boat as #13. I'm dying over here to get my hands on Robo-Fortune, damn it! They better not let her die off like #13!
Robo-Fortune was thought up by Fortune's voice actor, Kimlinh Tran. I'm sure she doesn't want a contract for it, and even if she did, she's much more competent than Cee.
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This situation reminds me of the King of the Hill episode: Order of the Straight Arrow.
"24 hours silence starting now."
"Right now?"
"Bobby, son, you just talked. Now I'll let that pass, but don't talk again."
"Thanks dad."
*sigh* "Son, gimme that Slim Jim."
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SpaceCadetKeon said: ↑
This situation reminds me of the King of the Hill episode: Order of the Straight Arrow.
"24 hours silence starting now."
"Right now?"
"Bobby, son, you just talked. Now I'll let that pass, but don't talk again."
"Thanks dad."
*sigh* "Son, gimme that Slim Jim."
I love that episode. I'm in the mood for King of the Hill now. I wonder what it would be like to see Hank Hill in a fighting game. Or Bobby Hill!
"That my purse! I don't know you!" *epic kick to the crotch*
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Psychotic Beverage said: ↑
Robo-Fortune was thought up by Fortune's voice actor, Kimlinh Tran. I'm sure she doesn't want a contract for it, and even if she did, she's much more competent than Cee.
Odds are any sort of legality issues with that are more easily handled with her being on the payroll and already having agreed previously on the voice pack.
Did we ban Cee yet?
Can we?
Pleaseeeeeeee?
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Master Chibi said: ↑
Did we ban Cee yet?
Did he really do anything to be banned at Skullheart?
I mean, I know Lab Zero probably isnt on good terms with him but he hasn't done anything forum banning worthy from what I saw.
... The lessons and facts about History of Juju in gaming world and legal world is timeless.
Please sticky this so that other can learn from this.
I feel sorry for LZ time & money being wasted.....but
This is just too funny; Cee's involvement, mind you. I mean just the sheer amount of irony on Cee's part is just too fucking much for me to handle.
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You could just put Cee on ignore.
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Redblaze27 said: ↑
Did he really do anything to be banned at Skullheart?
I mean, I know Lab Zero probably isnt on good terms with him but he hasn't done anything forum banning worthy from what I saw.
Oh I know, I wasn't going to ban him or anything of the sort
Maybe some alternate universe is lucky enough to have had that happened though..
D:
Ironboy89 said: ↑
... The lessons and facts about History of Juju in gaming world and legal world is timeless.
Nothing really has been learned, only enforced.
If you want to do anything of possibly legal-iffy levels with fan idea's, have disclaimers signed first before they submit them.
Look at the Project Megaman Legends 3 Work Bench as a prime example of that, aside from the Capcom decided to hate Megaman and give-up part.
Silverharp said: ↑
I feel sorry for LZ time & money being wasted.....but
This is just too funny; Cee's involvement, mind you. I mean just the sheer amount of irony on Cee's part is just too fucking much for me to handle.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds this hilarious.
Sorry about all the time and money wasted, Lab Zero, but this is sitcom levels of shit right here.
Regularjoe said: ↑
Think of it this way: A guy yells "pig" to a cop then gets taken to prison for jaywalking. Unrelated events?
In this case, I'd say they're pretty unrelated. Contracts are pretty set in stone. If either party had of spoken out, the contract would have been voided. Cee doing it himself kinda kills the analogy.
To be honest, I'm glad the entire thing is over even if it does make people upset.
Everything that's been going on with the entire Juju situation since the IndieGogo started has just left a bad feeling in in the pit of my stomach.
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IsaVulpes said: ↑
Cee would get paid with the possibility of an entire character, at minimum a reference and appearances in Parasoul's story mode. Also they had him sign a contract giving Labzero right to his OC.. so my point is not moot.. ?
I don't really see how you can be so blind?
OC Character:
Send a picture of your complete, thought-out character design to LabZero + Pay 1000$ = Get a background NPC in a single stage (and possibly only sometimes, as they're looking into having different chars on it each time you select the stage)
Juju:
Write a one line char description on Facebook + Get lucky = Get a possibly playable character, but at least a voiceline reference + story mode appearances + a place on future artwork
.. Yeah, Cee is totally in a place to ask for more!
... How can I be so blind?
Funny when I think the same of you.
Anyways you do realize with your first paragraph you become judge jury and executioner of how cee gets paid don't you? And you do see how that creates a problem for the person contracting/ using the intellectual property to just say " this is what we are giving you, be happy with that"
That's not how things work. There and I'm going capitilize this so you really think about it and understand:
THERE HAS TO BE AN AGREED UPON PAYMENT. If cee would have accepted his character idea in game as payment in full and signed a contract stating that... Fine. But he didn't.
Obviously he wasn't happy with the terms, whatever they were. By compensation I'm pretty sure that he meant monetary compensation.
And if he and labzero were able to come TO AN AGREEMENT... Then it doesn't matter what that monetary/non monetary compensation is as long as both parties agree and can fulfill contractual promises. Part of cees contractual promises were an nda and he violated it..,so no juju.
But the whole "he should have done this or that" is wrong, you are not him, you are not in his situation... Whatever it is.
The only thing he "should have done" is kept his mouth shut.
You hate to see this kind of thing happen.
/SMH
Redblaze27 said: ↑
Nothing really has been learned, only enforced.
If you want to do anything of possibly legal-iffy levels with fan idea's, have disclaimers signed first before they submit them.
Look at the Project Megaman Legends 3 Work Bench as a prime example of that, aside from the Capcom decided to hate Megaman and give-up part.
There is plenty of learn about this, it really explains why it's so rare for companies to use fan-ideas.
I had a bad feeling with Juju the moment she was on voting poll, I'm just glad this shit is done and over.
Lol@ the amount of people reading this thread, the traffic Skullheart gets around here.
Master Chibi said: ↑
Did we ban Cee yet?
Can we?
Pleaseeeeeeee?
I'm not here to tell you how to do your job, but be rational. Yesterday you called him a selfish individual and went on a rant about he ruined the thread for everyone while using very harsh language. Even if this IS the case, you're a mod and you have to behave like such.
NegativeRainbow said: ↑
I'm not here to tell you how to do your job, but be rational. Yesterday you called him a selfish individual and went on a rant about he ruined the thread for everyone while using very harsh language. Even if this IS the case, you're a mod and you have to behave like such.
I'm a human being. I'm allowed to express my dislike of the situation and what I think of certain individuals. That's the literal extent of what I've done, and I deleted my comment from yesterday as well (it was a bit much). I'll never act upon such things but in certain situations (I'm as much of a fan as I am mod) I want to express what I think of the situation.
You are right mind you, but in both cases I'm just just annoyed. Lab 0 and crew have gone through enough already, none of this Juju nonsense was necessary.
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Master Chibi said: ↑
I'm a human being. I'm allowed to express my dislike of the situation and what I think of certain individuals. That's the literal extent of what I've done, and I deleted my comment from yesterday as well. I'll never act upon such things but in certain situations (I'm as much of a fan as I am mod) I want to express what I think of the situation.
You are right mind you, but in both cases I'm just just annoyed. Lab 0 and crew have gone through enough already, none of this Juju nonsense was necessary.
I'm sure everyone else (even vadsamoht him/herself) is just as dissapointed. Bashing, harrasing or threatening to ban someone for no actual reason just gives the community a bad image.
I am, however, very glad and proud you took my words to heart. Just try to remain civil.
There's something that I don't understand.
Cee said "Juju belongs to Lab0 now", and I understand that this is somehow some kind of breach of a confidentiality agreement, but why would that statement cause Lab0 to drop Juju? It seems like a relatively harmless statement by itself. We already knew that Lab0 and Cee were trying to get the matter legally resolved, right? So what's so bad about announcing that the matter was resolved?
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Regularjoe said: ↑
Mike Z does not want to collaborate with anyone who is rude (and I don't blame him).
Except myself, of course.![]()
Telvanni said: ↑
In this case, I'd say they're pretty unrelated. Contracts are pretty set in stone. If either party had of spoken out, the contract would have been voided. Cee doing it himself kinda kills the analogy.
Nope. An NDA usually specifically states something like "Party A is agreeing to give Party B some confidential info. Party B can't make any of this info public without Party A's consent, unless the info is already public, or that action will constitute a violation of this contract." Under an agreement like that Party A can say whatever they want, it's their info.
Also don't be jerks to Cee, please. Cathartic or not, it doesn't accomplish anything and it just makes the community look worse. It especially makes the community look worse when mods do it. ::ahem::
Radnar said: ↑
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I just... wow. Make it to the end of the marathon just to slip on a banana peel.
More like accidentally firing your blue shell when you just take the lead.
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Damn, I really liked the idea of Juju. I hope they just like... keep her playstyle and just change her race/hair or something, I loved playing as Saki in TvC :c
I wanna say SO many bad words and stuff to the "concept provider".
But I cannot and will not because Mike Z would be disappointed in me![]()
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Mike_Z said: ↑
It especially makes the community look worse when mods do it. ::ahem::
Great power, great responsibility and all that
Anyway, the true irony of this situation is Juju's original whiteboard sketch was a bit of a satire of the original idea, cuz it was kinda dumb. In the end it came full circle and bit LZ in the butt.
Also, cripes this thread has alot of traffic! That drama pageview count, somebody call Kotaku!
Ausdrake said: ↑
Great power, great responsibility and all that
Anyway, the true irony of this situation is Juju's original whiteboard sketch was a bit of a satire of the original idea, cuz it was kinda dumb. In the end it came full circle and bit LZ in the butt.
Also, cripes this thread has alot of traffic! That drama pageview count, somebody call Kotaku!
Actually, the irony is that what was supposed to be a happy announcement wound up becoming Juju's death call.
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I am here
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Acoltus said: ↑
Increasing orders of saltiness:
You forgot to put some McDonald's French Fries at the end.
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TAG said: ↑
Actually, the irony is that what was supposed to be a happy announcement wound up becoming Juju's death call.
That's the irony everyone notices. There was a subtler one, which I pointed out.
KaboomKid said: ↑
You forgot to put some McDonald's French Fries at the end.
I hear that their hamburgers actually have more salt in them than their fries.
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After reading all this and the related topics, I just wanna say:
Scumbag Cee is scumbag.![]()
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TAG said: ↑
I hear that their hamburgers actually have more salt in them than their fries.
Yo, it's the McNuggets you really gotta watch out for! Those things are basically fried chicken tears.
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really though I'm someone who's not exactly the biggest fan of your game however this sux.
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I can't believe that guy... as only profanities are on my mind right now I better say nothing...
Oh man this thread just turned into a trainwreck after page two. Thanks for coming in here to say a few good words, Mike. I fear people would start burning effigies in a few more hours if higher ups don't try to defuse the situation.
Don't open your pie-hole when business people make you sign NDAs. It is common sense, guys. Not that anyone will ever need to worry about this when L0 has been supremely soured on fan input for anything past a DLC color.
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I can CEE clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can CEE all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
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facepalm so hard over all of this, just..
seriously. that thread.
blugh.
oh well, nevermind.
(not an attack meant maliciously, but I can't.. understand that dude. like literally. to the point where I don't really get what exchanges happened even reading the logs, so I guess never mind.)
It's disheartening to see Juju go out like this, but at least we'll be free of the drama that ensued from this. I wish Lab Zero the best going forward from this situation, as I'm sure this was trying for everyone involved. Just seemed to be too much of a hassle than for what it was worth.
I would have loved to see her have her chance personally, but at least we have other characters to focus on now, right?
RIP juju
thankfully she wasn't an integral part of the skullgirls canon (a nameless sniper works just as well, really), so all we're losing is a good character design. which is a shame, but it's not like we lost Filia or something.
Aw man :[
Oh well, sometimes things just don't work out.
Pointing fingers and negativity isn't going to change what's done.
Doesn't change the fact that we're still playing an amazing game, and hopefully we'll see the project grow even larger than what it is now. ;]
I propose we change the text that appears after a 13 hit combo from "Unfortunate" to "In Memoriam" or something like that.
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KaboomKid said: ↑
You forgot to putsome McDonald's French FriesChrisG at the end.
All the Kappas
GiZmOtmk said: ↑
I propose we change the text that appears after a 13 hit combo from "Unfortunate" to "In Memoriam" or something like that.
I think that 13 should be changed to "nope"
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Eternal said: ↑
I think that 13 should be changed to "nope"
If they changed it to "No.", I'd reset after 13 hits every time
So pls don't do that :[
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It was the last thing on my mind at first, but the idea of making a new Black Egret Sniper is starting to seem more appealing to me. The ideas behind Juju's fighting style seemed pretty awesome, so giving them to another character, when an opportunity to do so comes about after the higher priority creations, like the five first DLC characters and the more story important DLC character after them, it may be worth trying to build her/him/it.
As for Juju, I will miss her, as I feel that there was much potential in her, only to so suddenly end like this. I can only hope that at least some of that potential can still shine in Skullgirls, one way or another.
Thank you, Lab Zero, for your efforts to settle the difficulties surrounding this character.
Skullgirls will go on, even without Juju, and will still be an amazing game, with amazing characters, amazing music, amazing VAs, and amazing developers.
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Well, so much for the fan art I was working on. Thanks for the early heads up though.
This sadly shows how tricky can it be when a company wants to please some fans with the "poisoned git" syndrome.
What if Alex didn't decide to name here "Juju"? Only the fact she's Chinese would have been kept from Cee's ideas... It's not like if he described her from her feet to the head, gameplay style, etc.
I guess he kept the name as a little homage for the fan, but shouldn't have.
I'm upset to see a fan proposing a character idea and then starting to say "hey, what are you doing? Are you going to start using MY character?!"
Usually, when fans start giving character or gameplay ideas, they just want to contribute, they don't think about rights and money. Maybe some would like to have their name credited or get a little gift from the team, making them feeling like a VIP, but that's all because they're just glad to think that they contributed to a game they like and say "hey, I told them about that" to their friends and they're happy enough, everything else is a plus.
The thing is, if you don't want to have a company using your ideas, you just have to not pronounce or write a single word. Period. Plus, we're not talking about a company that would make millions and millions of $$$ by using Juju...
Ravidrath's said:
disruptive and unprofessional conduct on Mr. McNeil's part
This is self-explanatory
This got really ridiculous. Let's start to think about something else.
If I were Alex Ahad (and I'm most certainly not) here's what I would do:
DISCLAIMER: The following idea is public domain! I do not claim ownership in any way nor do I want credit if it is used! Lab Zero, you did not read what was under the spoiler tag!
(Did I do that right?)
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I would just make a character who wields a custom sniper rifle, is female, wears a mask and a custom Black Egret uniform, and has a vaguely similar body type to Juju. Her real name would never be mentioned, her past would be a mystery, and she would never ever take off her mask.
This way we fans can have the collective headcanon that Number 13 is Juju and Lab Zero can avoid any legal troubles by officially saying that she's just a mysterious female sniper that has no connection to anything fanmade. The people who wanted her solely for gameplay reasons get their sniper character and the people who wanted her for other reasons get Juju by proxy.
And TBH, they could just drop the sniper character entirely. It's not like they have a shortage of characters to include. Also, maybe Alex can come up with an even better idea than this. He and the rest of the team are some really creative people; maybe they could come up with something even better than Juju.
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YoYoCheese said: ↑
If I were Alex Ahad (and I'm certainly not) here's what I would do:
DISCLAIMER: The following idea is public domain! I do not claim ownership in any way nor do I want credit if it is used! Lab Zero, you did not read what was under the spoiler tag!
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I would just make a character who wields a custom sniper rifle, is female, wears a mask and a custom Black Egret uniform, and has a vaguely similar body type to Juju. Her real name would never be mentioned, her past would be a mystery, and she would never ever take off her mask.
This way we fans can have the collective headcanon that Number 13 is Juju and Lab Zero can avoid any legal troubles by officially saying that she's just a mysterious female sniper that has no connection to anything fanmade. The people who wanted her solely for gameplay reasons get their sniper character and the people who wanted her for other reasons get Juju by proxy.
I guess he just need to change the name, maybe changing her ethnicity and that's all folks, problem solved!
I know that a theme with all this is that LZ is perma-soured on fan input, but...
The CEO, developers, artists and other team members interact with the community every day in many different ways via multiple avenues. The open development process is an amazing union of fans and developers and I've never seen anything like it. Even though one guy screwed up one thing, we still have so much interaction and we're working together to help shape future content simply by having the conversations, joining the streams, talking on the forums and going to Salty Cupcakes.
That's why I'm disappointed but not sad. I liked Juju, but screw it. We've still got such a long way to go that this is just a speed bump. Vaya con dios, Cee, welcome to the footnotes.
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For all the NALs out there: if you ever find yourself having typed a post that contains "IANAL", do yourself and the rest of us a favor and just hit the back button on your browser. It's for the best.
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Zidiane said: ↑
You Cee, this is why we can't have nice things.
I Cee what you did there.
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so can combo #666 be turned into Ceevil? On second thought....I'd rather not give him any more publicity.
RIP Juju. You're in a better place now.
Maybe Adam could be the sniper now instead of Juju.
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There is plenty of learn about this, it really explains why it's so rare for companies to use fan-ideas.
I had a bad feeling with Juju the moment she was on voting poll, I'm just glad this shit is done and over.
Lol@ the amount of people reading this thread, the traffic Skullheart gets around here.
Actually a few indie games do use a lot of fan suggestions from their forums or testers.
"However the thing is, when you go to any official game forum (if it has a suggestions section) it will have a sticky at the top. This sticky is generally a disclaimer stating that any ideas you post in this section is no longer yours. The developers can alter, copy, or use anything here with out having to compensate you. "
Stuff like that.
Of course that is smaller companies. Bigger companies tend to just ignore fan ideas because they already have a set vision for the game (which at times they should totally not ignore fan ideas... I seen some big games crashed because the developers ignored issues the fans pointed out). Another reason why bigger companies ignore fan ideas is since while most fans will be happy just to get their idea in the game, a few will go after for legal issues for money sadly.
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Not really a huge loss (in terms of potential characters, not the time/money spent on this whole ordeal). Just my opinion obviously, but I always thought Juju was one of the dullest designs.
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I think that 13 should be changed to "nope"
YES. YES. YES. DO IT.
Let's have a moment of peace for this young(?) sniper.
The appealing factor to Juju was the fact that she was a female sniper with an over sized sniper rifle. Beyond that, the physical design of Juju wasn't anything particularly special. The fact that Cee felt so entitled to the character when he only spatted a few lines on FB is purely astounding.
Personally, I hope they can reuse the sniper concept with out any legal issues in the future but they may just avoid the character concept altogether. I'm sure a lawyer could find some loop hole to draw similarities of Juju's original concept with the next character and find some grounds for a legal battle. Whether Cee would do that is another thing altogether but with the threat of that possibility, it wouldn't surprise if Lab Zero decides to avoid the situation altogether.
Panzerfausts little sister Scharfschutzenmadchen (From what google tells me it's the word sniper + girl) joins the fight!
Name just roles off the tongue! Lab Zero if you want the idea you gotta go through months of painful attempts to try to get me to agree. This means you must deal with me saying rude things in IRC, on the forums, and most importantly about your mothers. Also you have to agree to my unreasonable requests for example: give me a limited edition skullgirls arcade stick. Better yet give me one of those fancy arcade machines!
Also if at the end I screw up and you don't get Panzerfausts sister due to my lack of reading skills, you still have to treat me nicely despite how pissed off I made you!![]()
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Can't believe the guy bitched out. That guy is the reason why companies and individuals are hesitant on taking fan ideas.
Well.
The concept was lovely. Could be...
can anything be...?
How, just, deflating.
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Discussion in 'News and Info' started by Cellsai, May 26, 2013.
Unfortunate that now, other than the chance to vote the character in the first place, there's nothing left to be salvaged from the outcome of the fan selection for me. Maybe the official move sketches for Beowulf will change things but right now, he's...I'm freezing cold on him. But, make no mistake. There's no complaint with how things as far as the vote went, from me. Things turned out as they did.
Mustn't forget Eliza! :0
(not my first choice by any measure, but there was a draw from first time of seeing the character that I'm glad she will be fleshed out (more!) in future. I'm really looking forward to seeing her "built" by the LZ team in the coming months!)![]()
Oh /vg/![]()
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I feel like watching the development of Skull Girls has given us all insight into what a gauntlet of stupidity one must go through when developing a game.
Put out a game that sells decently, is overflowing with smart design decisions, and has a slated schedule for DLC. : Get laid off when publisher is sued over a completely unrelated game.
Get approval for crowd funding to continue work on the game whilst taking a pay cut and utilizing a workflow that makes characters cost a fraction of what other companies pay. : A chorus of people complaining because it's more expensive than the imaginary number they had in their head for how much games should cost to make.
Work away to publish a patch on Microsoft's service. : publisher sends the incorrect build.
Try to further connect with fanbase by including a character based on a fan's facebook post. : Have that same fan turn around and want compensation for "their" character. Spend all
the time and money necessary to get the rights to the character only to have that same idiot blow it all by breaking NDA.
If Mike Z hadn't shaved his hair he'd likely have pulled it out by now.
Razzle Dazzle said: ↑
Panzerfausts little sister Scharfschutzenmadchen (From what google tells me it's the word sniper + girl) joins the fight!
Name just roles off the tongue! Lab Zero if you want the idea you gotta go through months of painful attempts to try to get me to agree. This means you must deal with me saying rude things in IRC, on the forums, and most importantly about your mothers. Also you have to agree to my unreasonable requests for example: give me a limited edition skullgirls arcade stick. Better yet give me one of those fancy arcade machines!
Also if at the end I screw up and you don't get Panzerfausts sister due to my lack of reading skills, you still have to treat me nicely despite how pissed off I made you!
Scharfschütze(n) would be the male version; Scharfschützin would be the female. The "-mädchen" part would be unnecessary.
Plus the joke with Panzerfaust was that his "Faust" (fist) was a "Panzer" (tank); I can't think of any other equivalent compound name for a weapon that would work.
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As far as I know, copyright laws in the US assign the rights of derivative works (i.e., fanfics, fan-characters) to the IP's owner (i.e., Skullgirls'). There's some provisions allowing for fair use/parody, but that's it.
If so, Lab Zero/Autumn/Alex Ahad/whoever could have simply just used Juju anyway, with no compensation. Instead they tried to do the right thing, as it were, and make everything square, an effort which was met with hostility. Which is a damn shame.
Should I ever comment about SG character ideas and anyone at Lab Zero/Autumn/etc. wants to use said comments for inspiration, you have my full permission to do exactly that.
specs said: ↑
As far as I know, copyright laws in the US assign the rights of derivative works (i.e., fanfics, fan-characters) to the IP's owner (i.e., Skullgirls'). There's some provisions allowing for fair use/parody, but that's it.
If so, Lab Zero/Autumn/Alex Ahad/whoever could have simply just used Juju anyway, with no compensation. Instead they tried to do the right thing, as it were, and make everything square, an effort which was met with hostility. Which is a damn shame.
Should I ever comment about SG character ideas and anyone at Lab Zero/Autumn/etc. wants to use said comments for inspiration, you have my full permission to do exactly that.
It's a little more complex than that. To be a derivative work it has to contain the protected elements of the original which are there when you have a fan fic about rainbow dash and rarity chariot races, but aren't necessarily there in Juju.
Both sides made some mistakes. Juju dude's are pretty obvious. But, in retrospect: LZ + Reverge said some unfortunate things about "fan created, co-creation, etc." in the whiteboard wednesday and facebook posts . Alex shouldn't have spent all the time developing anew character before making sure everything was clear. The character shouldn't have been included in the votable characters during the IGG before making sure everything was clear. They might have spent more time explaining to Juju dude what he could and couldn't do under the agreement. But even with a time machine to avoid all this, we'd probably still not have gotten her.
Hood57 said: ↑
Both sides made some mistakes. Juju dude's are pretty obvious. But, in retrospect: LZ + Reverge said some unfortunate things about "fan created, co-creation, etc." in the whiteboard wednesday and facebook posts . Alex shouldn't have spent all the time developing anew character before making sure everything was clear. The character shouldn't have been included in the votable characters during the IGG before making sure everything was clear. They might have spent more time explaining to Juju dude what he could and couldn't do under the agreement. But even with a time machine to avoid all this, we'd probably still not have gotten her.
The only part that's true there is the part about what they said on whiteboard Wednesday and the Facebook posts. Amount of effort developing Juju basically amounts to just a sketch on a whiteboard. She was not included in the votable characters. I'm pretty sure they've done all they can to talk the legalities with Cee. Lab Zero's only real mistake is being nice people when dealing with somebody like Cee.
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They might have spent more time explaining to Juju dude what he could and couldn't do under the agreement.
Hey now, Cee is allegedly 26 years old. He is a grown man and Lab Zero shouldn't have to baby him on a legal document that he signed his name to. Him not understanding (or possibly just not even caring about) the terms is not their fault.
You do raise some good points aside from that, but I think in this situation a clear cut "everyone is equally at fault" attitude just isn't fair.
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Oh /vg/
I laughed a lil too hard when I saw that. It's sad....but so funny to me.
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I feel like watching the development of Skull Girls has given us all insight into what a gauntlet of stupidity one must go through when developing a game.
Put out a game that sells decently, is overflowing with smart design decisions, and has a slated schedule for DLC. : Get laid off when publisher is sued over a completely unrelated game.
Get approval for crowd funding to continue work on the game whilst taking a pay cut and utilizing a workflow that makes characters cost a fraction of what other companies pay. : A chorus of people complaining because it's more expensive than the imaginary number they had in their head for how much games should cost to make.
Work away to publish a patch on Microsoft's service. : publisher sends the incorrect build.
Try to further connect with fanbase by including a character based on a fan's facebook post. : Have that same fan turn around and want compensation for "their" character. Spend all
the time and money necessary to get the rights to the character only to have that same idiot blow it all by breaking NDA.
If Mike Z hadn't shaved his hair he'd likely have pulled it out by now.
Incorrect build?
What now?
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Incorrect build?
What now?
Already happened. It is why the 360 Patch took so long after it was already finished. There was the finished version, and the unfinished version from right before it, and Konami sent the unfinished version to Microsoft.
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Already happened. It is why the 360 Patch took so long after it was already finished. There was the finished version, and the unfinished version from right before it, and Konami sent the unfinished version to Microsoft.
Jesus, the SG's team just can't catch a break,
I know the patch took a while, but I didn't know that was the reason.
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Konami sent the unfinished version to Microsoft.
Three times in a row.
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Psycho Power J said: ↑
She was not included in the votable characters.
A lot of people originally found out about her because she was on the list for a while. She was taken down before the actual voting started but she was originally included in there.
Ragnorok64 said: ↑
I feel like watching the development of Skull Girls has given us all insight into what a gauntlet of stupidity one must go through when developing a game.
Put out a game that sells decently, is overflowing with smart design decisions, and has a slated schedule for DLC. : Get laid off when publisher is sued over a completely unrelated game.
Get approval for crowd funding to continue work on the game whilst taking a pay cut and utilizing a workflow that makes characters cost a fraction of what other companies pay. : A chorus of people complaining because it's more expensive than the imaginary number they had in their head for how much games should cost to make.
Work away to publish a patch on Microsoft's service. : publisher sends the incorrect build.
Try to further connect with fanbase by including a character based on a fan's facebook post. : Have that same fan turn around and want compensation for "their" character. Spend all
the time and money necessary to get the rights to the character only to have that same idiot blow it all by breaking NDA.
If Mike Z hadn't shaved his hair he'd likely have pulled it out by now.
Let's not forget about all the people who withdrew their donation because their favorite character didn't win fan vote 1, which froze up Lab Zero's funds further delaying the project and causing much unnecessary stress.
I'm surprised Lab Zero hasn't just said fuck you guys, here's your money back I'm done with this bull shit and moved on.
Seriously, I hope this Cee guy feels incredibly stupid and bad for what he's done. I'm not torn over this but I'm incredibly angry at how idiotic this person is. He's completely ruined this character for everyone else, and wasted the time and money of the developers. All of this because he couldn't keep his mouth shut and follow a simple NDA.
He was probably getting a sweat enough deal considering all he did was write a few descriptions in Facebook. :/
It should be mandatory for people to get educated on how to use the internet and social media when you're suppose to act professional. Way too many cases of people losing their jobs over this but in the gaming community it's caused players to lose their sponsorships.
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Let's not forget about all the people who withdrew their donation because their favorite character didn't win fan vote 1, which froze up Lab Zero's funds further delaying the project and causing much unnecessary stress.
I'm surprised Lab Zero hasn't just said fuck you guys, here's your money back I'm done with this bull shit and moved on.
It is the determination that Lab Zero has had through all of this that has made me such a fan... not that Valentine being my best fighting game character, the soundtrack for the game being amazing, and all of the characters being fantastically creative didn't help.![]()
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i thought she sucks and the guy that created was an ass. no love and respect for that. He was being a jerk for a bland and boring character. So sorry for all the people that loved her. But she was so not needed.
What a sad ending to this whole story. I can't believe this guy, and I'm sorry this is how it all turned out. My condolences to Lab Zero.
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Three times in a row.
Wait, really???Good gosh, it is one thing to make that kind of mistake once... but THREE TIMES?!?
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juju_for_president said: ↑
Wait, really???Good gosh, it is one thing to make that kind of mistake once... but THREE TIMES?!?
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They didn't do the same thing three times in a row. A few times they just missed things they should have caught causing the patch to get bounced by Microsoft.
The first time, they missed something they should've caught. The other two times they kept trying to send that same broken patch instead of the fixed one.
So would it be be bad form to propose the Juju Memorial Bounty; wherein whoever knocks Cee out of a tournament gets 13 donut holes and a box of Juju candies?
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They didn't do the same thing three times in a row. A few times they just missed things they should have caught causing the patch to get bounced by Microsoft.
Ah, that is what I originally thought. I thought that DDB meant that they sent the old copy of the patch three times in a row. Silly me.Still, Konami's mistakes were still facepalm worthy.
Ragnorok64 said: ↑
So would it be be bad form to propose the Juju Memorial Bounty; wherein whoever knocks Cee out of a tournament gets 13 donut holes and a box of Juju candies?
Make the reward the sniper cane that I gave Juju in my picture, and I may have to consider...
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How... bizarrely fitting. I don't really wish to seek out any form of justice on Cee... I just really want my freaking cane sniper.![]()
While not entirely in good taste, I read someone observe earlier how weird it is...
That Juju was KIA on Memorial Day weekend.
(Never forget. ;.; )
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While not entirely in good taste, I read someone observe earlier how weird it is...
That Juju was KIA on Memorial Day weekend.
(Never forget. ;.; )
Me: I'll never forget the friend I lost in the war.
Dude: Woah, man. You had someone close to you die in a war? Who?
Me: Yeah. My friend Juju was a high ranking sniper. Killed In Action just about a day or two ago.
Dude: That early?!?!? Man, I'm sorry for your loss.
Me: It's okay. Chances are Lab Zero can release a new character who's similar as DLC.
Dude: ???
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Hey now, Cee is allegedly 26 years old. He is a grown man and Lab Zero shouldn't have to baby him on a legal document that he signed his name to. Him not understanding (or possibly just not even caring about) the terms is not their fault.
You do raise some good points aside from that, but I think in this situation a clear cut "everyone is equally at fault" attitude just isn't fair.
26? His posts look like they were made by a dyslexic 13 year old!
...Y'know, I'm probably more mad about his bad grammar than Juju being exiled from canon.
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26? His posts look like they were made by a dyslexic 13 year old!
...Y'know, I'm probably more mad about his bad grammar than Juju being exiled from canon.
I've met otherwise upstanding and well-adjusted people who, incidentally, typed like 12-year-old girls using Facebook. It still grinds my gears, but it's just a small chink in the armor these days.
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Funny thing, now I just can't stop imagining stories and plots with her.
The sniper is dead! Long live the sniper!
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...Many kittens had to die to subdue my rage when I read this news...
The first time I read about Juju's "origin" this came to mind:
https://twitter.com/noobde/status/300317697340764160
Wow that's some sad news. It's a shame with a company accepts fan input and it all gets ruined cause of a blunder.
This thread has gotten entirely too mean. Bad stuff happened, move along. No need to be insulting about this.
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