Mr Random

Thanks to everyone in the Warlock Imperium for helping me find out who was behind the account. So basically this is how the past few hours went:

[Incident 1]
I go to Google to search up my username, a technique I’ve used before to find old posts on here, as scrolling takes way too long. I then go to “Images” and find a post of IG wearing a black shirt with a caption above it saying “Write a headcannon for this OC” or something like that, and I know I’ve never posted anything like that, so I click on the link, and it sends me to a group on Imgflip. I scroll down to see many similar posts, using different OC images, but having the same caption. I thought it was weird and posted it to the server just because.

[Incident 2]
I get curious and clicked on the user profile of the dude who posted the images, and then I saw the description:

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I am a bit intrigued and scroll down a bit (for like 30 minutes) and I find a LOT of posts containing old versions of my figures, and a bunch of other work from others users, such as K-Zilla and Sultanthederp, as well animations from others, and possibly stolen memes that aren’t all that funny; couldn’t fit everything but you can check the account for yourself.

Messy image showing a plethora of screenshots of reposts and stolen work from the account

[Incident 3] ㅤ
After informing this to the server, my dear friend Guest789 figured out it was @bensupergamer4221 upon comparing the names of both accounts, I also found a post from the Imgflip account, which is a SCREENSHOT of a comment section on the site. And after going to the Sticknodes.com account and clicking on “Favorites”, the same exact post is there.

TLDR; He posted a screenshot of the comments on his sticknodes.com post to Imgflip, showing that he liked the comments, revealing that he is the same person.

Left: IMGFLIP post of screenshot/ Right: Original Sticknodes.com Post

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So what am I trying to say? I politely ask that YOU, @bensupergamer4221 cease claiming and using other people’s work without permission, and delete every post that contains stolen artwork or figures, which you claim are yours, but are in fact, not.

I do not wish to start a problem, so do not harass this user, I am just coming forth to explain the situation, and how this guy, who’s been stealing work from others for almost a year (or more, I didn’t look all the way through), is still active.

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Mildly Important Update

So uhh, HIII! time for me to rant about something for a few paragraphs; a little late to be posting but whatever-

First off, the new Bootlegged episode is nearing completion, and I have now learned to make a script before doing anything because just drawing out stuff and making a “storyboard” (hideous stickfigure sketches of scenes) isn’t gonna work well anymore wisguzhwbsj.

I will be MUCH more productive with the next episode, aiming to make a bit longer since this one looks like its gonna be around 7 or so minutes long. Of course, after I finish, I’m gonna take a break from animating and sticknodes all together cause man these past three months have been a bit stressful, though not anything that I can’t handle, as I’ve recently learned how to manage my time. I don’t know when it’ll come out, but I REALLY want to get it out in the first 10 days of October, as my birthday is coming up and I kinda don’t want to do anything during that time lol. My only problem is all the little details that probably nobody cares about in the project set me back, but since I just wanna finish at this point, I’m worrying about just making it.. not underwhelming-
Because a 7 minute (or so) animation that took 3 months to make kinda sounds like I didn’t do anything a lot of those days, especially me learning how to animate with easier methods to avoid having to spend so much time on scenes that aren’t that important, but are still as good quality as the rest of the video.

ANYWAYS, I think I’ve said enough, I’m happy with the work I’ve done so far, and just want to experiment more with my animating abilities, and also brining life to my characters. All I’m hoping is that it turns out well, and is at least enjoyable to watch, even then, I’ll still be glad to just finish it, since I’m constantly improving, so not everything will be the same so, yeah.

OK UHHHHH, I’ve been so impatient, and want to show you everything I’ve done so far but then that would ruin the whole thing so, here’s a little zoomed-in snippet of the fourth export for reading the whole way through; Thank you all for your support, I wouldn’t have aimed to finish it without it. See you soon!