Is this Even Accurate? Asalieri Targets the Repro-Makers

[Gatucaman]

Now, i am not sure if this may be the right board for talking about this, but i really want to share my intrigue.

Eric "Asalieri" Gaede, the man who become infamous for committing slandering and defamation towards James Rolfe with the AVGN Movie Fundraiser & The Cheetahman 2 Kickstarter, the gusy who is known to be a complete sneaky guy with an agenda, the guy who attempted to sabotage Channel Awesome in 2011, has now targeted the main 3 Repro Makers on the Internet.

TimeWalk Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBlsF8uXB8U

NES Reproductions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDLjGG0kTU

Game Reprouctions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOVEGgCDEIc

I Have seen his 3 videos and honestly they all seem very sneaky and cherrypicky, what also raise my eyebrow is that he actually recommended the people from NintendoAge, which i know they arent popular around here.

My question is, if you allow this to get into discussion, how much accurate his claims are?, specially if some of you have been using the services of these 3 well known groups?

[wiggyx]

So let me get this straight. These guys make repros and promote other "small" operations, but hate on the "big" sites that make repros because they're able to make nice things such as boxes, manuals, etc?

Sounds like a classic case of ujelly to me. Mad because someone else is capable of making a premium product while their plain old cart with a cheap-o label is just the same crap that anyone with zero talent and a few bucks to spend on cheap hardware can produce.

Sorry if I'm missing something, but I really can't be bothered to listen to these two hypocrites ramble on for more than a few minutes, let alone an hour or more.

edit: watched a few more minutes of the time walk video while taking a shit. These guys are useless. Cry babies at best, and totally not worth anyone's time in my opinion. You'd be better off spending your time reading an article about the merits of pumpkin catapults.

[StoneAgeGamer]

So let me get this straight. These guys make repros and promote other "small" operations, but hate on the "big" sites that make repros because they're able to make nice things such as boxes, manuals, etc?

Sounds like a classic case of ujelly to me. Mad because someone else is capable of making a premium product while their plain old cart with a cheap-o label is just the same crap that anyone with zero talent and a few bucks to spend on cheap hardware can produce.

Sorry if I'm missing something, but I really can't be bothered to listen to these two hypocrites ramble on for more than a few minutes, let alone an hour or more.

I only watched first video, but I didn't understand their complaints either. The only possible valid complaint they possibly had was legality, but then the one guy says he makes repros so I am not sure how he could even complain about that. As far as the site's business practices, as long as they aren't ripping people off I don't see the problem. It seems their policies are pretty clear. If the customers don't like them then they shouldn't be buying from them. Also the idea that they should just hire more people is easier said than done. I am in a similar position with EverDrives at the moment and I have contracted out work and am working on getting more people to help, but there is a lot involved in this.

[Metalwario64]

Yeah, I'm usually okay with Asa, but he has his moments where he seems to rant for the sake of ranting. I thought he was pretty accurate with his criticism of James' support of the Cheetahmen 2 fundraiser, but on the other hand I think he was in the wrong for complaining about donations for his movie.

Unfortunately, here he seems to be ranting for the sake of propping up his repro making buddy.

[Gatucaman]

Yeah, I'm usually okay with Asa, but he has his moments where he seems to rant for the sake of ranting. I thought he was pretty accurate with his criticism of James' support of the Cheetahmen 2 fundraiser, but on the other hand I think he was in the wrong for complaining about donations for his movie.

Unfortunately, here he seems to be ranting for the sake of propping up his repro making buddy.

Dude, you don't even know how much Wrong and misinformation Asa was spewing regarding James, you are invited to do some research over certain blogs and find out the truth, that honestly does not put Asalieri in a good light, Trust me when i say that his criticisms aren't really criticism, as much as it was slander, distorting evidence and information, and forcing people to believe what he says and attack and shun other people who disagrees.

Heck, you can read some of the stuff (in the comment section) on Irate Gamer Sucks articles from August 4 & 11 from 2012

That terrible mouth taste flavor shouldn't be discussed here if you ask me, but i just brought it up, because, if you look closely, you will find out, Asalieri doesn't really have that much of a trustworthiest reputation and should ALWAYS be taken into consideration, and quite frankly, this is no exception, because it comes down to, Who is he in position to Rant like this?.

And Even tough Asa and most of his companions are known to be trolls, the Issue is that unfortunately and sadly, They have Way too much influence on people, specially their fanbases, and my fear is that his views might create a huge damage in people like us or others who have purchased stuff from those guys, and trust me, I know what i am talking about when i say, that, you REALLY SHOULDN'T trust anything that comes from the mouth of this "person".

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

You'd be better off spending your time reading an article about the merits of pumpkin catapults.[/i]

Oh, I'm sure these guys would do a three-part series on how the medieval style trebuchets are FAR superior to the compressed air cannons that they use in the Punkin Chunkin championship and how those things are ruining the sport.

I'm officially at the point in my life where most YouTube "exposes" of this nature make me want to hurl myself out a third story window on to a rusty Victorian gate spike.

[MyTurnToPlay]

The two guys in the those videos are dick shits and deserve to choke on Shaq Fu carts.

Nothing to see here folks. Move along.

thank you.

[wiggyx]

I only watched first video, but I didn't understand their complaints either. The only possible valid complaint they possibly had was legality, but then the one guy says he makes repros so I am not sure how he could even complain about that. As far as the site's business practices, as long as they aren't ripping people off I don't see the problem. It seems their policies are pretty clear. If the customers don't like them then they shouldn't be buying from them. Also the idea that they should just hire more people is easier said than done. I am in a similar position with EverDrives at the moment and I have contracted out work and am working on getting more people to help, but there is a lot involved in this.

Man, I hear ya. I can produce up to 2 Earthbound Zero shells a day with the 3D printer and that's if I have absolutely no issues along the way, which is a pipe dream. One per day is about all I can realistically expect.

Oh, I'm sure these guys would do a three-part series on how the medieval style trebuchets are FAR superior to the compressed air cannons that they use in the Punkin Chunkin championship and how those things are ruining the sport.

I'm officially at the point in my life where most YouTube "exposes" of this nature make me want to hurl myself out a third story window on to a rusty Victorian gate spike.

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I'm officially too old to watch hours of nerds ranting about who cares what. Not to mention how ignorant and plain old incorrect they are so much of the time. They really should spend more than 2 minutes researching what they plan to rant about and drop the old "I know everything about copyright law" game that so many folks on the web play.

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

I watched half of the first video, and couldn't take anymore. Maybe these guys get around to making some valid points, but their presentation is unbearable.

I have no real issues with repro game businesses. It does bother me a little bit to think about them selling hacks and translations that the creators have explicitly said they do not want to be sold.

However, these hack and translation authors are already infringing on the copyrights of the original publishers when they load their ROMs up in an emulator, or play them on homebrewed repro carts.

They want to cherry pick their notions of what's right and wrong. And maybe they should. But to me, there's no honor among thieves. If you hack a game, don't complain when somebody steals it from you and does whatever they want with it.

And then there's the whole notion of destroying working games to make repros. I don't support that, but I can see the other side. It's easy enough to create PCBs and cases from scratch, it's just more expensive.

EDIT: The guy on the left has a much better video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v9aL...zy1U_2&index=1

Talking about how he thinks it's hypocritical for some repro makers to come down on people reselling the games they buy from them. I'm in agreement.

[Kiddo]

However, these hack and translation authors are already infringing on the copyrights of the original publishers when they load their ROMs up in an emulator, or play them on homebrewed repro carts.

They want to cherry pick their notions of what's right and wrong. And maybe they should. But to me, there's no honor among thieves. If you hack a game, don't complain when somebody steals it from you and does whatever they want with it.

The difference, obviously, being that the hacks and translations are (in most cases, at least) created as hobbyist works distributed as ROMs/patches for free, and in most cases were originally privately distributed among small communities. Calling that thievery is something I'd consider warped and insulting, especially when compared to people selling repro carts of someone else's work on eBay for triple-digit prices, ripping off both the ROM hacker and the purchaser. You'd essentially be calling anyone who used a Game Genie or Action Replay a "thief", since the entire point of those devices were to hack games.

[bb_hood]

TimeWalk Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBlsF8uXB8U

NES Reproductions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDLjGG0kTU

Game Reprouctions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOVEGgCDEIc

Easily 3 of the worst internet reviews I have ever seen.