EP26 Part 2 Update - TTS under threat (Patreon)

AYAnother 10 days. Ever since I started doing this 10 day update interval, I've noticed that 10 days go by very fast. Not a fan of this.When another 10 days have passed, TTS may or may not have effectively been killed off by some crusty old men who, in their complete out-of-touchness, are trying to force through a legislation that will, in theory, effectively force social medias to filter all their content for copyrighted material, removing it before it has even gotten the chance to be uploaded.I'll be writing a bit more about this down below, and what this means for me, this Patreon, EP26, and the future of the series.But first, updates on EP26. EP26 Update: To be quite honest, I am not too happy with my progress. I've mostly just rerendered scenes and worked on audio, only making about 2 minutes of progress on the visuals themselves.However, I do have some funnews to go along with that.

Remember when I said the episode would be 50 minutes? Haha lol just kidding, more like 60 minutes. When I started putting together the audio more properly, I suddenly realised that it had passed 50 minutes by quite the margin. So, uh, yeah, it'll be quite long. This, unfortunately, will also mean I will not be able to finish it up this month, like I thought. I'm sorry, I definitely miscalculated.

Remember the update from 20 days ago? The one where I talked about my longing for a second editor? My plans to go public with it after EP26? WELL, TURNS OUT I DON'T HAVE TO.A beautiful man going by Zojammerweer who followed me here on Patreon got in contact with me and straight up told me that it is he who I am looking for. And, indeed, he did fit most all of my ridiculous criteria. It was absolutely glorious.We've now went and signed a contract and he shall now provide me with his services as an editor. I've already thrown a chunk of EP26 at him to work with, and I cannot wait to see what he will produce.

For now, I'm going to try and continue working on EP26 as well as I can. I must admit that the internet in general has gotten me quite tired as of late, and that might partly be why I haven't done as well as I should have. That and I started playing Vanilla WoW along with some other people in the TTS project. I feel like I've played it a bit more than neccesary...Now, for some even more serious stuff.Article 13 and the potential murder of TTS: So, as I mentioned earlier, some sickly old farts, no doubt the distant forefathers of the High Lords of Terra in the 41st Millennium, have thrown in a proposal to the EU, one that will impose mandatory copyright upload filters on all web hosting services, including YouTube.I'm not going to start preaching about why they might be doing this. You could probably project whatver political belief you may have onto this article and its backers and find it horrid and against what you stand for no matter where you are on the political spectrum. That's why I like calling it a non-partisan issue. Because it's awful for pretty much everyone, except an extreme minority.If you want to read more about it however, I definitely recommend this deconstruction of it:https://edri.org/files/copyright/copyright_proposal_article13.pdfNow, I am personally not too worried to be quite honest with you.Looking at the deconstruction of the article, the masses of people firmly against this legislation and the mere fact that what these decrepit wrinklespawns are demanding, mandatory scanning of 300 hours worth of YouTube videos every minute, is quite simply impossible with today's technology. YouTube can't even get a bot to demonetize nazi propaganda properly, how in the fuck would they ever be able to do anything like this? It is, quite simply, unenforcable.But what if it happened anyway?What if, against all odds, this absolutely alien legislation was not only voted in, but properly enforced? What would happen?Well, it would definitely mean no more TTS.Probably no more YouTube in general 'cause, let's be honest, pretty much everything on YouTube has some kind of copyrighted thing in it.However, if this was to happen, if TTS was to be killed, I would, first off, desperately try to deliver EP26 and the rest of the episodes to you, the people who have helped me create it, be it through DVD in the mail or whatever else could work.Second off, I would not give up on content creation.  If I am no longer allowed to use Warhammer 40,000 as the basis for my ridiculous internet fanfic--then I will make my own fucking grimdark, oppressive sci-fi fantasy universe with space marines, greenskins, space elves, skeleton robots, so on so forth, something I will own all rights to, for the mere purpose of continuing to create. I need to create, it is my calling, and I don't want to stop just because some shitty sentient potato sacks want to kill memes or whatever.In response to this, --I will, unironically, make Battlemace 42 Million a reality.Battlemace 42 Million would be a super original universe, property of James Workshop and Alfabus Incorperated, and would be what you probably expect. Here's a garbage elevator pitch I wrote up in 10 minutes:In the ghastly gloom of the 42nd Mega-annum, there sure is a lot of war.In a few million years, you shall find one Kitten, an immortal being, tending to the ever-dozing body of a Dad; the Emperor of a Mega-Imperium, one spanning many galaxies. Everything. Is trash. Cosmological oddities plague the universe. None remembers what gold looks like. Aliens persist, a worse threat than ever. Solar systems brimful.And they must all fight the inevitable heat-death of the universe.If Article 13 happens, I'm not be legally allowed to tell you that this would be a sequel and that it would take place in the same 'universe' as TTS, albeit many years into the future. But I might be heavily implying that is the case. Okay, thank you very much for reading.I really do think, and hope, Article 13 won't happen. But, if it does, expect me to make another massive post about it.Until next time, have a good one!!