Fluxraw retweeted
Holy fuck guys we’re not "pushing hard" for or replacing concept artists with AI.
We have a team of 72 artists of which 23 are concept artists and we are hiring more. The art they create is original and I’m very proud of what they do.
I was asked explicitly about concept art and our use of Gen AI. I answered that we use it to explore things. I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art. The artists do that. And they are indeed world class artists.
We use AI tools to explore references, just like we use google and art books. At the very early ideation stages we use it as a rough outline for composition which we replace with original concept art. There is no comparison.
I talked about how we use ML here if you would like to know more:
gamespot.com/articles/baldur…
We've hired creatives for their talent, not for their ability to do what a machine suggests, but they can experiment with these tools to make their lives easier.
Fluxraw retweeted
hello everyone, I am okay and thank you for all of the kind messages, sorry I cannot respond to them all 🩷
Yesterday, the man who assaulted me was allowed to cross multiple barriers at twitchcon and even in front of another creators meet and greet to grab me and my face and try to kiss me. Fortunately he wasn't able to, but a lot of people have pointed out it could have been a lot worse!
I'm obviously shaken up by what happened and it's not the first time I've dealt with something like this, but to tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact.
Like I said, I don't understand how he was allowed to make it to me in the first place. The security in the clip who reacts is my own security (it's true my favorite and usual security guard was banned for holding a stalkers arm to bring him to police, at a past Twitchcon)
However, there were at least 3 or 4 other Twitchcon security staff in the area who did not react and let the guy walk away, as you can see in the clip since they don't even appear in the frame LOL
The woman who is walking me away is my own personal manager, and behind the booth, the only two people who were checking on me and comforting me were her and my friend. None of the Twitchcon staff came to ask what happened or if I was okay.
My friend who was present told me Twitch security were also behind the booth afterwards joking about how they didn't even see what happened and immediately laughing and moving on to talking about something else.
So if no one was checking if I was okay or if I needed anything and they let the guy run away initially, I have no idea what anyone hired to keep the event safe was doing LOL
In Twitch's statement they said that the guy was immediately caught and detained, I'm sorry but that is a blatant lie. He was allowed to walk away from my meet and greet and I didn't hear he was caught until hours after he attacked me, and it felt like this only happened because of my manager pressing for it, not because Twitchcon staff present thought it was a big deal.
I have a lot more I want to say but I will say it on stream later today instead of writing a book on here.
Thank you guys again, sorry you all had to see that. This is definitely my last Twitchcon, and it saddens me to say as a 10 year off and on attendee of Twitchcon, I think other creators should seriously consider not attending in the future. I did not feel cared for or protected, even bringing my own security and staff. I can't imagine how creators without those options would feel.
Stay safe y'all, everything is going to be okay
Fluxraw retweeted
This might be a bit longer post, sorry
To expand on this statement, the reason I said this actually had nothing to do with Charlie Kirk or any other civil unrest this year. While of course, it's an agitating variable, it wasn't the reason
Last year, at Twitchcon, Nmplol and Wakewilder were sexually assaulted live and on camera, twitch made no statement and pretended like this didn't happen.
That type of behavior is disgusting, wrong, and has no place in civilized society. Anyone with a brain knew that if this had happened to a female creator at the time, Twitch's response would have been completely different. Anyone without a brain had that proven last night.
To me, this proved an undeniable cynical reality: Twitch doesn't care about sexual assault, they care about the optics of sexual assault. If they had cared, they would have approached it with men in the same way. This proves their motives are driven by optics rather than principle.
Under that reasoning, it could be assumed that Twitch would allow the same thing to occur again this year. Why wouldn't they? They got away with it last year.
This is what my true reasoning was behind what I said.
Even now, Twitch refuses to apologize to Emiru or even name her. Innocuous to the uninitiated but obvious to the informed.
They are refusing to apologize because it could be used against them in a lawsuit. They are refusing to name her to avoid boosting SEO (search engine optimization) connecting the company to this event and to not further spread her name in the hopes that it will minimize the controversy.
In front of everyone, they put optics over principle and insult your intelligence by assuming you're too stupid to see it.
Actions speak louder than words and what people avoid saying often reveals their true intent.
I apologize that sometimes when I speak on issues that I do so in such a brash and offensive tone that it polarizes people against me. When things like this happens it makes me think about that a lot. Could I have made a bigger difference if I was less of an asshole? Maybe.
Stay safe, trust your instincts, and believe what you see and not what you hear.
Fluxraw retweeted
Guys I never ask for this but due to Hasans defenders falsely reporting my account and abusing the DMCA system
I have been shadow banned
If you could please just comment RT and like this and follow my account
It will help boost my account
Otherwise I have to take a 72 hour break and I really want to keep the pressure on
God bless 🙏
Fluxraw retweeted
I just monetized my Twitter
Every dollar this tweet makes whenever payout is
I’m gonna give to one of yall who likes retweets and follows my page
Update whenever I get paid
Fluxraw retweeted
I think Fromsoft deserves credit for making a primarily online multiplayer game without microtransactions or a battlepass. It's fun, so I keep playing it. It's that simple. Sure, I did want to unlock skins, but even then, they are easily earned with the murk currency you earn just by...playing the game. And the special dark souls ones are actually cheaper than the first batch you unlock. I dunno, it's just refreshing that it doesn't have a carrot on the stick mechanism, other than just being really fucking fun.
Fluxraw retweeted
Nightreign has some peculiar aspects to its game design and is different from our recent titles in various ways.
Nonetheless, many of you have bravely jumped into this world, and for that we're immensely grateful.
Darkness fell over Limveld, and two million Nightfarers rose up against it.
Thank you for your support. #ELDENRING #NIGHTREIGN
