![]() ![]() Mistakes have been made in this scene by all of us, but that doesn't mean we can't learn from it and strive to do better from here on out. There is a certain air of competitiveness, distrust and bitterness that has taken hold in emulation that quite frankly is further exasperating the situation we find ourselves in today. The tremendous loss in losing Near should serve as a catalyst for us as a scene and community to reflect on our own behaviour, our own inaction and strive to do better. They were - are - a legend in the scene, and will be remembered.- Mate Sršen June 28, 2021ĭaniel De Matteis, project lead on the Libretro ( which now carries its own obituary to Near) and Retroarch, has supplied Nintendo Life with the following statement: I knew only a little about what had been happening with Near recently, and this is just terrible, heartbreaking news. JBack when I first got seriously interested in emulation, 'byuu' was the first name I learned. Their incredible work and huge contributions to the emulation scene must never be forgotten. The world would be so much better.Īt the very least, stay out of their way.- Artemio JAfter this sad weekend, it is worth re-reading this piece that Near/Byuu wrote a few years ago. Please be kind to others, try to empathize and care. I'll never understand people that gather to be mean to others. What a tremendous loss.- Rami Ismail (رامي) JI feel terrible about Near/Byuu. You'll have to file abuse complaints with Cloudflare, ARIN (they allocate IPs) and if you can, the datacenter 1776Hosting uses.Just read the heartbreaking news about BSNES developer Near's passing and the infuriating circumstances thereof. There's no way to deplatform them from that angle. It's by 1776Hosting, which is run by Joshua Moon, the Kiwifarms admin. This is why the world needs better mental health treatment.įor those trying to "deplatform" kiwifarms, it's not ran by Dreamhost. For a vulnerable person like Byuu/Near, having a thread exposing everything about you and your hobbies and relentlessly targeting you absolutely is a terrible thing. The internet has become a place where people who are socially isolated are emotionally dependent on the approval of others. ![]() I believe you can and should consider KF illegal under harassment statutes.) this is a consequence of, well, what basically constitutes harassment. It's tragic, and while I'm an advocate for free speech ( FYI, don't take this out of context. It appears Byuu/Near was targeted for being a furry (it's in their Animal Control subforum) and for identifying as NB. It grew out of the community that surrounds "Chris Chan" (Christine Weston Chandler, the creator of Sonichu) and it just spiraled out from there. is a website that basically centers around documenting eccentric, crazy, creepy or predatorial individuals. BSNES was always viewed as "great emulator, but the author is a bit of a weirdo." Their actions were never really that egregious, the offenses taken by other were always overblown and inflated. The big takeaway is that most of Byuu/Near's "crimes" are just your everyday internet drama that takes place in every online community. There are couple of self-reflecting posts they made in this time talking about their change in perspective and trying to be more of a team player. Collaboration with others became common, and they were now open to the suggestions from the community. In the last few years, they opened up and become a much more pleasant person. A classic case of the grumpy rock-star programmer that people tolerate because they're good at what they do.Īll this being said, this was the "old" Byuu/Near. Instead he offered file hashes that others could compare to. One last side incident was that he ran a project to dump properly formatted ROM's, but didn't release copies of them to the emulation community. Of course, another hardware hacker was able to solve this "impossible" problem. They went on a rant how a certain chip would never be successfully emulated, because if they couldn't do it, no one could. Byuu/Near was very hostile towards people who requested that his emulators be updated to be more user friendly. NOTE: What is written below is not criticism of Byuu/Near, but trying to explain the source of vitriol against them.Ī little context that is being glossed over is that Byuu/Near in years past was viewed as a bit of an elitist / asshole. ![]()
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