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Sorry I don't really visit this thread often since I dont really care about Roblox but I heard about this case on the bird app. Sorry to be that person but is/was this guy a big deal or is it only big because of the action allegedly taken?
 
Sorry I don't really visit this thread often since I dont really care about Roblox but I heard about this case on the bird app. Sorry to be that person but is/was this guy a big deal or is it only big because of the action allegedly taken?
YourFriendZeal is (was) the project lead and owner of a game that was promoted considerably in its beta, instantly popular upon its full release, and up to this point has been featured repeatedly in official Roblox content and has (had) its fingers in the pies of virtually every other Roblox game him or his close friends enjoy through cross-collaborations and heavy references. Immediately before this (as in literally days ago), the game he leads and owns released a portion of a major update to the tune of 100,000+ concurrent players.

Roblox games and the happenings tied to them often stay within their bubbles just from the lack of eyes on them, but this is not the case with Zeal and Pressure.
 
Sorry I don't really visit this thread often since I dont really care about Roblox but I heard about this case on the bird app. Sorry to be that person but is/was this guy a big deal or is it only big because of the action allegedly taken?
He was the developer for one of the largest games on Roblox. It just reached it's all time highest player count of 112k, and had 450m visits.
https://www.rolimons.com/game/12411473842
 
The reason it's such a rare crime to see successfully prosecuted is because the criminal act described by the relevant statutes rarely ever actually happens. The crime is hard to prove because it's hard to commit. I know it's flippant and crass to just say "you can't rape the willing," but one of the most successful defenses people mount against sex crime allegations comes when they can prove the alleged "victim" continued to spend time with the alleged rapist after the event happened, and continued to seek sexual encounters with them. You know what a rape victim never does? Begs for more in private with no witnesses. "What you are in the dark" and all that...
No one begs for their "abuser" to stay and fuck them harder. Any ethical seasoned prosecutor who's job is to secure winnable convictions and prove any crime beyond a reasonable doubt goes ahead and tries to make a point that this abuser allegedly did what they did they would be chewed out by a defense lawyer in minutes by the evidence that supports the defendant.

"If my Client is a such a horrible person, then why did Plantiff proceed to send them text messages for more sexual activity?"

Case dismissed, charges dropped. Not a crime.

Most ethical DA's that view the case with any evidence that is shown to them will come to the conclusion that "This is no longer a rape case. The "victim" had a rough night with her "boyfriend" and now shes pressing charges because she explicitly expressed affirmative consent and now she has regrets? Decline to Prosecute."
 
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How do you expect me to take this document seriously?
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Considering how well-put together the evidence is in the accusatory document I'm skeptical of the allegations against Zeal but at the same time he is not doing very well at defending himself and if recent clips are anything to go by, he is unintentionally making himself into a joke.
 
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It's amazing how mentally ill and full of shit zoomers are. Everyone involved is pathetic and completely unable to function. The two hit piece documents are ridiculous.

BPD whores genuinely believe that:
- Regretting consensual sex = assault/rape.
- Failing to communicate what they do or do not want is the guys fault, because he is supposed to read their mind or something.
- Getting drunk and initiating/forcing themselves on the guy makes the GUY the rapist.

The fucking mental gymnastics to blame others instead of taking responsibility are amazing.
 
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Watching everyone turncoat right away makes me think either zoomers blindly believe everything or everyone is just a money hungry cunt who will do anything for power and thus will only make the "socially right choice". Even with that neutered wop Matragrano backing out proves this. They are all incapable of daring to read between the lines or even have some form of questioning people.

Considering how well-put together the evidence is in the accusatory document I'm skeptical of the allegations against Zeal but at the same time he is not doing very well at defending himself and if recent clips are anything to go by, he is unintentionally making himself into a joke.
Like most things, it is somewhere in the middle. I suspect everyone leaving is, as ren put it, being completely power hungry retards. However with him grovelling, it is possible he has just been conditioned that way because of how these allegations are and his world crumbling around him more than anything. Using AI to write your initial statement and not taking the time or care to make a better response seems to be either laziness or operating purely out of emotions. Also California is more lenient to prosecuting these cases and she still ran off and went to twitter, with likely her friend group being like her and not proofreading it properly. Who looks at this and goes "wow you sound extremely fucking weird in this people may not believe you". But roblox zoomers cannot read between the lines.
 
Watching everyone turncoat right away makes me think either zoomers blindly believe everything or everyone is just a money hungry cunt who will do anything for power and thus will only make the "socially right choice". Even with that neutered wop Matragrano backing out proves this. They are all incapable of daring to read between the lines or even have some form of questioning people.


Like most things, it is somewhere in the middle. I suspect everyone leaving is, as ren put it, being completely power hungry retards. However with him grovelling, it is possible he has just been conditioned that way because of how these allegations are and his world crumbling around him more than anything. Using AI to write your initial statement and not taking the time or care to make a better response seems to be either laziness or operating purely out of emotions. Also California is more lenient to prosecuting these cases and she still ran off and went to twitter, with likely her friend group being like her and not proofreading it properly. Who looks at this and goes "wow you sound extremely fucking weird in this people may not believe you". But roblox zoomers cannot read between the lines.
I’d say they are quick to jump ship because of emotions over logic
 
trying to catch up on whatever is going on is crazy, has there ever been a drama on roblox that ever reached to the point of having a game creator to allegedly kill themselves
I am trying to recall a moment like this but can't think of one. We have seen game developers faking it for attention recently, with Zeal coming close to death by slitting his wrists. (Should've gotten a rope) Once the day comes where a Roblox dev has committed suicide then that is the day history is made.

I do want to point out that Ren has caused Zeal millions of dollars of damages. An offer was made for 2 million dollars to purchase ownership of Pressure at some point. Zeal could sue Ren for a lot of money including the emotional damage that was him crying on stream. I question if he'll carry out that lawsuit despite losing all of his reputation to sticking it in BPD women.

As for Gianni Matragrano, he could've wanted an easy way out of Roblox's hell hole and he might've used this situation as his Magnum Opus to GTFO from his role. I remember this game being controversial because Zeal made it canon that his OC was married to Sebastian Solace who is voiced by Gianni. Zeal did so to deter anyone making romantic art of Sebastian Solace. Gianni already had issues with this game at some point and he used this to quit without pushback from fans.
 
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Once the day comes where a Roblox dev has committed suicide then that is the day history is made.
It's happened before, albeit not over drama. Nimblz comes to mind as a significant example.

Also, sue her and claw back Pressure for what? His compatriots have fled the game to the tune of almost universal derision and laughter, all the star talent dipped within hours of day one of this, there's dozens of contributing and non-contributing artists nursing their wounds and swearing off of (fan)work indefinitely if not permanently, and even if he wasn't too retarded to navigate the legal system for this (I wonder how much him being Danish would affect that, anyhow) he'll be returning to nothing. The goodwill's gone and the ones who would've stuck with him without it are gone. Pressure is effectively an empire of shit.

Zeal made it canon that his OC was married to Sebastian Solace
Zerum. Also it turns out that Sebastian is even less of "her OC" than I thought, as per REN's claims she would strongarm her way into taking credit for his existence, even with it being publicly known that he's an amalgamate of several different people's ideas.
 
Yeah, the Pressure Fandom isn't taking this well at all lmfao. So a good barometer of a fandom is how much is going on in it's most popular "x reader" or self-shipping tags (this kind of flies for any fandom, really.) A ton of updates were going on in the Sebastian Solace x Reader tag on the 8th and 9th (haven't tallied today's yet) and almost every single one was a cancellation. If not a cancellation, a quick wrap-up or announcement of a hiatus. People even within that fandom don't want anything to do with it.
 
It's happened before, albeit not over drama. Nimblz comes to mind as a significant example.
I completely forgot about Nimblz. Reading into it, he committed suicide because he was a tranny. It wasn't Roblox he committed suicide over. Good example though.
Zerum. Also it turns out that Sebastian is even less of "her OC" than I thought, as per REN's claims she would strongarm her way into taking credit for his existence, even with it being publicly known that he's an amalgamate of several different people's ideas.
I am not fully aware of this game's autism or its history but it is moments like these that points to Gianni wanting to disassociate with the autism and infighting.
The goodwill's gone and the ones who would've stuck with him without it are gone. Pressure is effectively an empire of shit.
Even with the whole circus workers leaving the circus, I think a defamation lawsuit would be the next step. Now I do not know how this would work since Zeal is Danish and Ren is from Jordan. A potential lawsuit will not go anywhere.
Sebastian Solace x Reader tag
What tags are you talking about?
 
What tags are you talking about?
This one. It's common for popular fandoms to have tags where it's a reader-insert paired with whatever popular character has the attention of the fandom. They're a pretty good indicator of a fandom's health. In this case, the tag was thriving with steady updates, and now there is a multitude of cancellations.
 
Ren has responded, stating that she will not be looking at the video recorded by Zeal for "mental health reasons". Despite this, she responds to certain responses from the video.
(Nitter) (Archive)
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In this case, the tag was thriving with steady updates, and now there is a multitude of cancellations.
I am not familiar with this concept. What do you mean cancellations?

Oh wait the fanfics are no longer being worked on. Got it.
 
I am not familiar with this concept. What do you mean cancellations?
Many of these fics are not one-offs, meaning they have overarching plot and story threads that are worked on over a period of time, sometimes even years. Many users have decided to announce that they are cancelling their fics in the tag. It seriously is that simple.

Ren's response is stupid and wishy-washy. She really does sound like someone who wanted a relationship while Zeal wanted a quick fuck. Zeal is stupid as shit too. They're both retarded for different reasons.
 
She has posted on her Discord server too.
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This sounds like a cult.

Edit: Zeal's own mother stepped in to talk about this. This was posted in the official Discord server for the game
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We were preparing to release a statement, but due to recent events that will not be happening.

We want to make it extremely clear that what Zeal is being accused of is false.
While they did have relations Ren has removed important information that paints what happened as something it was not. There was verbal mutual consent.
Ren showed and expressed continued interest in Zeal, from his POV there was no way of reading what Ren now claims are lies as such. We and Zeal accept that Ren views what happened extremely negatively, but at the time Zeal could not have known this.
Their relationship was not perfect and Zeal is not a perfect person, but what this has been labeled as is vile and untrue.

The video was not bait, fake or a ploy for sympathy. We took down the video as soon as we knew about it. This is not a thing that belongs on the internet, if you have reuploaded or shared it we ask you to take it down. Zeal was very clearly not in the right state of mind and if you have reuploaded it, you are taken advantage of a person at their lowest, exactly what you accuse Zeal of.
Zeal's state, health and details of the situation will be kept completely private.

We will be taking legal action as what Ren has done has caused irreversible damage mentally, physically and monetarily, not only to Zeal, but everyone around him.
But first we are prioritizing Zeal's condition at this time.

We are still endlessly confused why Ren has chosen to accuse Zeal of something this serious and horrible.

We will be going offline, do not contact us please. We will try and handle everything from now on legally.
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Username: mezmarianne
User Id: 692468749034586192

This looks like a personal account.
 
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