I used to do shit for SS14, mostly DeltaV before I sought well needed therapy. I was fucked up a while ago, but have since gotten considerably better. I have the relatively complete timeline of what EE (Einstein Engines) was born from, the other reason PJB is so bitter towards them, and my own personal experience with the project and her denizens.
(I stumbled across this thread and website not too long ago, and thought I’d share my own side of things. Sorry if this all sounds retarded but I just wanted to get this out of my head.)
I’m not proud of the shit I used to say and do or the company I kept, but I’ve moved past that part of myself. Life was difficult (as difficult as a post-rona world can be), and I drifted into whatever community would take me. I found some sort of fulfillment making things for SS14, but ultimately after hitting the gym and getting therapy, I look back with disdain at the things I used to say and believe in. Curious how that works, isn’t it? But enough autofellatio, this isn’t a post about me. When I remove the rose tinted glasses I see just how hostile everything really was. Here’s something interesting that puts a mirror to the current situation;
Did you know that the fork of nyano Delta-V had their entire database in a stranglehold by one dev? (Nice security.) The
entire codebase, the repo, all at risk by a single person. They were the only one that knew how to manage the server’s shit, and had the keys to the castle, in essence.
To put it bluntly, not a single member of staff nor community member had any sort of respect for “dev” (Reason for pseudonym near the bottom of this post). They were just an unpleasant person to even be in the same galaxy as. This is where the other staff (mods, jannies, etc etc.) came back with an ultimatum after taking the shit dev kept spraying for ages. They were sick of how much of a burden it was to deal with dev, and essentially said: “We are tired of having to deal with this fuck berating us and acting superior, fire him or we quit.”
You’re probably wondering, though, why hold the code at a strangle? Is it just standard bathtub estrogen psychosis again?
Nah, dev just didn’t like that people disliked unpopular changes
pushed by force and couldn’t handle the heat. People complained a fuckload, to clarify, but what do you expect when you shove a change through the door? Although they were also a troon, so take of that what you will. (Shitty behavior + Troon seems to be a pattern, doesn’t it?)
Here’s the kicker, though; the owner, BasedPugilist, didn’t fire them due to the fact they were close friends in real life. Besides being incompetent at any actual logistics related to owning the server (moreso being a passive observer when he bothered to do so), BP admits himself that his own inaction was the reason for everything that happened.
Ultimately, half the staff left, and BP finally fired dev. (dev moreso crashed out publicly and then told everyone to go fuck themselves while saying there would be no more updates and the project could die with his absence.) Considering the repeated struggles of DetaV, it’s not very surprising that nobody wants to touch it. That, and all the weird shit from a while back with the borderline pedophilic atrocity.
If you
really think about it, that sounds sorta similar to what’s happening now, no? Albeit not at the same level, but still eerily similar in the core aspects. Inactive owner, asshole in high position, staff resignation, and the fallout.
This all happened a while ago, and with delta’s staff exodus (including artists, coders… etc.) a guy named VMsolidus- who you might’ve seen PJB scratching at the asylum walls to talk to -joined together with some others to found EE. VM was a major contributor to DeltaV, doing actual cooode work.
This new branch was more than likely due to him getting sick of being treated like shit by dev, and was most definitely sparked by a big argument dev and him had. What happened in this argument is something only God knows, but it must’ve been something awful to cause VM to hop ship.
VM quit the same day, from what I remember. Interestingly, around 9 months after the staff exodus of deltav, we get the more recent news;
Developing sitution: PJB has sent this message to all EE-based servers, which accounts for maybe half of the English population and a secure majority of non-Wizden English pop.
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I personally think that this isn’t
just because of the pedo shit, this is personal for PJB. After experiencing verbatim the same troubles as Delta, he wants someone to blame for his own inaction (Noticing the similarities yet?). So of course, target the ones who don’t bend over and suck you off.
BP had decency to admit he had fucked up, albeit too little too late given the circumstances and aftermath. However, PJB saw the warning signs and didn’t bother to even try and take any sort of responsibility. “I’m the victim here!” “This is all your fault!” It shows with lashing out at anyone who could even possibly be associated with EE, even servers they’re friendly with or completely unrelated people that are just not ran by wizden:
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The tranny pitbull is lashing out at its most loyal followers for being passively associated with its latest target due to said target filing CSAM complaints against wizdens host.
Frontier is one of the more popular public servers and has done nothing but walk the party line since its inception. SS14 is entering late stage trannyism,
if it explodes it presents a chance for people who don't require mental help and heroic medical care to take the reigns of the project.
If memory serves right EE was a direct reaction to the shit that already was happening (post nyano blues) with a touch of other grievances here and there with wizden. The final straw was most likely the ultimatum and realization of how fucked this project continues to be. Many of those who quit Delta, among others, ended up in EE and as such, PJB is bringing the hammer down on them.
To me, I feel the crackdown is a result of multiple things coming to a head. A worn out team (who wanted to avoid the politics associated with the codebase by being “the better upstream” and ironically enough finding even more drama) receives blanket punishment (mass dehubbing) because, who would’ve guessed, wizden don’t seem to treat pedo freaks with the same urgency as banning those who actually try to do something about it or god forbid break rules about characters in a video game.
To add a bitter footnote to this, you’ve likely noticed the “dev” in particular I keep mentioning is unnamed here. They were the host, or head maintainer of DeltaV. This anonymity is due to the fact that soon after all of this took place earlier last year, they killed themselves. It’s an open secret amongst the staff, but scarcely talked about. Those who seek it will know who they are, but I can’t in good conscience share more direct info unless people really want to see it. That’s why this whole thing has been pretty light on images, most of the context involves dev, and for whatever reason I can’t bring myself to post them. Maybe it’s just some lingering tension, or maybe I’m just a pussy. Either way…
As far as I’m aware, this is the first SS14 dev that has actively ended their own life over the project. I can confirm that being removed from DeltaV was what ultimately caused them to do this.
Ultimately, it’s up to you whether you think I’m full of horseshit or not. A brand new account coming in and suddenly spewing all this shit I know is strange, but I couldn’t figure another way to get all of it off my mind. People deserve to know just how we got to where SS14 lies after such a short period, and I’m sick of not saying anything anymore. You’ve all said what I was thinking for ages, I just wish I could’ve found this sooner.
If anyone has corrections or additional info feel free to let me know. There’s a lot of stories I have yet to tell, but this post is long enough already.