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0.08eth reserve on @foundation in @AdventurousTez world "The queen of diamonds".
No AI was used in this piece. It's an original paininting i bought from an unknown artists. And I painted onto it with procreate.
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@og_kenobi_hello@Pond0x I couldnβt mine in the second round. The button stayed grey. Would you happen to know why?
I tried asking everyone and their mom. But nobody could help me out
Threats.
For the past ~2 years threats have made it difficult for me to share.
Dealing with @thr33som3s sudden delusional bouts of rage became a regularly expected occurrence.
His sudden outbursts included breaking things, throwing things, getting in my face.
Iβm ashamed he pushed my limits this far, but I refuse to be labeled a fucking damsel in distress.
Over time these incidents escalated. In June he smashed a metal clothing rack and threw it against the wall next to me. βAre you going to hit me?β I asked. He answered βmaybeβ.
Then there were the threats to hurt my career. Threats to βruin my reputationβ in the web3 space. Threats to sue me if I independently continue my Quantum project. Threats when he thought my friend hangs must actually be dinner dates. Threats to turn his friends against me. Iβve been forced to turn down invitations to participate in other projects to avoid his jealous rage.
My project was held hostage. My art sales, held hostage. My collector base, held hostage.
Repeatedly he told me that my work would never sell without his help.
His repetitive messaging affected me. I was coaxed into believing this. Tricked. Trapped.
Because of all this, it took me time to financially disentangle myself from @thr33som3s on multiple levels. What he paid me (for all the work I did for him) is a fraction of what he claims.
I had the idea he was reserving all this abusive behavior especially for me. Eventually after speaking with multiple women, I realized the entire time he was with me, he was covering up consistent abuse with several others (in and out of his project).
Heβs repeatedly told major lies about me to his friends, some of it slanderous.
He did NOT have permission to use my artwork for his grotto utility plays (yet heβs done this more than once this summer).
Iβm disgusted watching his predatory behavior, bullying and femme washing. Iβm sickened to see how he manufactures fantasies in order to control and manipulate women.
I still feel unsafe sharing this. He knows where I live. Heβs told me multiple times that he wished he had βhad his ex wife killedβ.
Here I am, stepping forwardβ¦ Balancing my fear, my family and my shame. I don't want to disappoint a community I called home, but the behaviors within the Grotto are NOT ok. The wrath of self-professed βbenevolent godβ @thr33som3s was, in fact, abuse. 3 has a proven track record of manipulating women, using threats and aggression to silence community members, and scam people.
I was scared to come forward and with reason. During one of @thr33som3s events in Miami, a community member and longtime personal friend of @thr33som3s launched an aggressive drug fueled tirade, claiming women were the problem with the project. He boasted that 3 fancied himself a womanizer. I learned the young girls, flown into the event to party were there at the pleasure of 3. I was told @thr33som3s had been warned to stop DMing the women of the project due to his repeated pattern of preying on many of the women within the project.
My words were twisted. My discomfort waved off. @thr33som3s refused to speak to me. I was called names. I was objectified based on my appearance. To @thr33som3s women are objects to be collected, the way we collected his NFTs.
I left the project many times, only to be pulled back in by 3. Emotional abuse is a stealthy thing. It moves slowly, consuming you like a frog in boiling water. I am ashamed that I allowed myself to be treated so poorly. There is only one way to make sure this man is not allowed to continue this abuse: to speak up. @thr33som3s promised us all a safe space to be ourselves, but instead provided an atmosphere of manipulation, drugs, coercion of young girls and anger toward anyone questioning the status quo.
There were penalties for mistakes. Penalties for not enough spent. Penalties for prioritizing our lives outside his walled-off community. Like the grotto members that were reamed out for buying NFTs outside the project. Or the community member put down for taking his girlfriend on a vacation and not prioritizing his money the way 3 demanded.
Iβm embarrassed that I fell for this con and kept so many secrets for a liar. I now realize that the man I cared for so deeply simply did not exist. He was a construct of shadows and deception. 3s displayed classic gaslighting and manipulation tactics: love bombing me to my face while saying horrible things about my appearance, gameplay and integrity to the community. I should have seen this sooner as he would do the same thing with me. Telling the grotto community they were his best friends while calling them morons and idiots behind their backs.
@thr33som3s project is a prison, financially entrapping its players by delaying the delivery of expensive assets. Community members are in a constant state of waiting for NFTs (that theyβve already spent money or burned assets for). Only members in βgood standing,β are able to collect. There are consistent loyalty tests, insert buys (never enough, spend more), participation events and forms dropped as the next hook to keep people locked in. There is no easy exit strategy - listing an asset is taken as a personal slight against him and the project.
Leaving the project was a storm of bullying, name calling and accusations. I feel for the community, who are scared to lose their investments and anger a vindictive man. But I canβt do it any longer. Especially knowing there are even more women involved that are only quiet because of fear. There is no personal gain in this for me. I take no joy. There is only loss. Loss of friends and community. Loss of money. Loss of time spent that I could have put toward my family and my art. And loss of self having allowed this abuse into my life.
I simply hope to prevent others from falling into the same trap that I and his other victims did. I know what the other women are saying is true. Because he did all the same things with me. I was yet another notch feeding @thr33som3s insatiable appetite for constant affirmation and love. But now Iβm going to love myself more, speak up and walk away.
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes it rains.
SB out.
@proroketh Not the guy that discusses politics or health questions online. At least not until Iβm sure I know what Iβm talking about. Which is almost impossible as a non scientist when it comes to science
But just from looking into this VERY shallow, i wouldβnt spread this without research