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Sorry for the update email- most of you can disregard this message!

But this is yet another desperate plea for people to stop posting my Patreon updates elsewhere.

If you're excited and you like my work, why are you sabotaging my business?

I see you've posted to this group anonymously. You know what you're doing is wrong, so why?

Do you think I wont notice or care? Do you even see me as a person?

Look, I'm gonna break the customer service mask for a second and talk personally.

It is relentlessly terrifying to be an indie content creator. Failure is scary but success can be so much worse. Once people start to see you as successful, they start becoming really okay with harming you. 

Maybe I'm wasting my breath, but I am begging you to remember that I am still a person. I am a human being and I am sacrificing everything else to walk this uncharted path alone.

Please take down the posts. Please let me work in peace and maintain my business. Maybe you don't give a shit about me but if you want this game to come out then please stop sabotaging me. There is no one else working on it.

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vinumsabbathi

im so sorry for you everytime i see a leaked content on instagram i report it so maybe instagram will take it down :(

Maxine

Wow this person is a pos and should be ashamed of themself

Charunia ❤️‍🔥🔨

meh... i hug you really tight, dear Gato 🦊♥️ it's terrible that people can't understand the difference between average and patreon content 🙄 i wish them to receive some brains

BloodRose_lb

Ya, I saw it and it was quite sad Ó⁠╭⁠╮⁠Ò

Schadenfreude

So frustrating I'm sorry you have to deal with this

Betty

it genuinely upsets me seeing this happen to you, i hate seeing this happen to talented people such as yourself. hopefully it stops. have a great week gatobob -toxin

Emily Lemur

Side note: Every TikTok I comment on asking to remove your content has been met positively. They delete it the day I tell them, if it helps any!

Frankie

SHAME ON THEM! DISRESPECTFUL!

Cait

I'm so sorry about this Gato, you deserve so much more respect than this

Nat

I believe there’s a way you can stop them from downloading your content, like a “no download” feature by patreon!

₍ᐢ.  ̫.ᐢ₎

why do people even do this D: your lowest patreon tier is dirt cheap there really is no excuse !! wtf

Sunny!! ^_^

This is awful :( I'm so sorry this is happening to you them people are so pathetic!!!

FarShootingStar

This bites. I hate that people can't just let indie creators be.

Dasha

Honestly this is so infuriating holy shit

korilakkumya

every time i see someone doing this i immediately assume they're a minor, i cant think of any other reason as to why someone would refuse to pay for a 1 dollar subscription why would you intentionally try to ruin the efforts of someone who made a thing you supposedly love so much and are looking forward to? everyday i see people treating creators with less and less respect and its so infuriating to see im so sorry this is happening gato

Punished Kaz

Man, this sucks! I wish there was more we could do to help ☹️

Mochibclm

It piss me off seeing your work leak, you are putting a lot of effort in this project and is so awful that people are leaking the advances. I report the publication because I was in this group and I recognize it, but after seeing they were leaking I get off. You deserve better gato ;(

pleatedfocus

this is so disheartening to see. I don’t know how people can consider themselves a fan of a project, especially an INDIE project when they can’t even abide by the creator’s wishes? so frustrating.

Pia‘s Arts and Crafts

I‘m so sorry you have to deal with idiots like this :/ I hope they grow up soon…

Tutebag

I really think you shouldn't have censored the group name so we could go and mass bomb the post, it's unacceptable. Big companies that won't be harmed by leaks? Maybe. Indie creators? Absolutely not! I love you and I really hope this stops.

Gatobob

I don't really want to start a harassment campaign or harm anyone, I just want the person doing it to stop. If I could have spoken to them directly, I would have done that instead [ I can't post on Facebook without doxxing myself because my facebook account is personal and has pics of me and my family ]

Tutebag

Yeah, I get that too, it's a double-edge blade, I just hope your message gets to all the people who does that, at least if I get to see that type of content, as everyone else here, I'll report it, but I really wish it doesn't affect you that bad, because you must know we love your work and will continue to support you no matter what! 💖

Saltycucumbers

that's so disrespectful and frustrating I'm so sorry

Bebby

THIS IS INFURIATING. I'm so sorry Gato that there are "fans" in here purposely sabotaging you. 🫂

Charlie Estrada

The page is in Spanish and I will tell you that the community is small but problematic in not respecting content. My native language is Spanish and I live more with them, the majority of people there, because the content is in English, do not take on the task of investigating the limits or do not even use common sense. It is not an insult to them but at the same time it is a call for attention. What can be done is try to address them, if I can and if you allow me to make announcements about where they are [facebook] I mean making a post in another language could help. I'm so sorry Gatobob 🫂

Gatobob

I don't want anyone to make announcements or direct a mob of angry people to them, that's why I blurred the name of the group. I don't think that a pile of angry negative comments is really the best option here. It may just make them feel victimized and angry and push them further away from understanding my feelings. I just hope they see this post and understand me and make their own decision to stop.

Charlie Estrada

Sure, understand! Neither do I want this to turn into an angry mob. I also didn't know how to express my idea but it wasn't anything about going directly to the group ^^' You are right to let them see the post and let them do it on their own. I hadn't seen it that way

Sm1l3-d3m0n

The admins of that group shouldn't even be allowing that. Facebook group admins can see the names of whoever makes Anon posts and ban them, so honestly I feel like they're equally at fault for not taking the content down.

Mori Covington

Do you think it would help if you started putting big, annoying watermarks on your WIPs? Not that I want that, but I would tolerate it if it cut down on content getting leaked. I honestly wouldn't blame you if you stopped posting images at this point.

Nuh Uh

So sorry this is happening :( People are so disrespectful, not to mention this is kind of illegal!

mimi

i’m so sorry this happened Gato, you seriously don’t deserve this after how hard you have been working, istg if people have time to be reposting stuff they shouldn’t be, they should go find something better to do or just straight up pay for your lowest tier on here if they are willing to go to such lengths and endorse it by joining some face book group instead of paying, i will seriously not understand the thought process behind such people smh :( hope that gets taken down soon and reported asap, wishing you the best as always :( <3

Rebecca

I’m sorry to hear that. That it definitely heartbreaking. I wish there is anything I can do. We really appreciate your effort and beautiful works. It is natural to feel upset or even overwhelming, but please remember we are here with you.

PrincessCthulhu

That’s really frustrating.. I’m so sorry. Maybe if we see this we can try reporting it? I know that’s not the best option but we could try something

mmajee

So sorry to hear this :(

ジェイ

That’s so messed up and disrespectful I’m so sorry that happened to u that’s real annoying😕😕

ShinanaEvangelian

Whoever is doing this needs to stop and be respectful if they are your fans or otherwise, leave. This is your work and what they're doing is infuriating. I'm sorry someone did this to you. They may be a fan, but they're not being respectful nor considerate to your wishes.

Leo ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✨

Sorry to hear this is happening to you, Gato. ☹️ I personally wouldn't mind if there were big "annoying" watermarks; or, you even uploading purposefully smaller file sizes/lower quality-resolutions until the real product gets released since fans already know how artistically talented you are from other released works. (Maybe add even some "creative" censor bars over characters' faces like eggplant emojis??? Uh...) I am sure there are other known creative/intellectual-property protection methods. A pro-artist got to do what they got to do, to make a living!!! 💪 🔥 Granted, I am not a professional artist so perhaps other Patreons here can reply of other ways to strike a balance between promotion and protection? I am sure you aren't the only artist facing this alone, especially in today's modern information age. If you have any fellow artist-accquaintances or related-communities/servers, maybe they can also give you further tips/advice to better address this? 🤔

Leo ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✨

P.S: Sorry if I am just stating the obvious or these are all things you already do, but I wanted to share these two articles that give practical actions for better protecting your art from theft/reposting: (https://blog.academyart.edu/art-school-tips-protect-work-online/) and (https://sketchdesignrepeat.com/5-tips-to-promote-amp-protect-your-art-online/). The second link has a "TL;DR" section if you rather skim. Hope it somewhat helps you Gato, or anybody else who is an artist on here. 🥺

Curseyou()

You shouldn’t stress yourself over those people, your mental health well being is much more important. Stay strong you got this. 🙌😼

Phoenix Astra's Art Patreon

You're probably stressed and being bombarded about this and I'm so sorry but it just really fucking sucks that people don't know the obvious or are doing this. I don't understand like, they know it's wrong your clearly upset like why would they hurt a creator who's content they love it honestly doesn't make any valid sense to me like..what kind of mindset is that? Idk, I hope one day they realize it's wrong, and stop this shit and even apologize or something. It's so wrong and really sad.

Car

Sorry to hear this is happening to you.

Keito Bun

This kind of people are the worst! Im so sorry this is happening to you Gato, you dont deserve this at all.

Adam + Pj

Fuck, that's so frustrating!!!

Minty

That is so rude??? They're basically flaunting their disrespect in your face. One server I'm in has been vigilant about deleting any non-public TPOF content, thankfully.

Marxo

broke fella alert.... people can't even spare a DOLLAR to see paywalled content