You don't cancel someone panel 3-4 day before the convention because of poor planing. Not for some pseudo sponsorship that don't exist either.
This is an obvious lack of spine in front of external pressure from a small group of activist that have pushed out numerous artists and creators out of Youmacon for the past year and a half.
Some so with the blessings of a couple of recently changed staff members to the detriment of the entire convention.
In a poor attempt at "avoiding drama" from this group of activist, you have only created a bigger one by kicking the proverbial ants nest.
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Whatever you think of Kirsche, she's been invited at this event everytime, she only refused last year because she got doxxed, harassed and threaten so much she had to move out. There was also that one time someone made a bomb threat against Gamersupps at a convention and law enforcement had to be involved.
They knew who she was. They have zero excuse.
From a brand perspective this is a catastrophy as I have watched some people mention that they have also been bullied out of the convention for various reasons : I don't like them, they don't politically align with me, they said something that offended me, they like this thing that I think is icky content.
And these are the people the convention is choosing to give power to. Petty, childish, immature, entitled and utterly ridiculous man children.
Instead of the people that are their biggest draws, the people they have always invited, their best selling artists etc ...
Being a convention comes with a list of expectations. This last minute cancellation creates more consequences than first visible.
1) it creates uncertainty for creators, if your invitation can be revoked on such a short notice why attend in the first place.
2) it creates uncertainty for attendee, if you've made a bunch of plans specifically because of one content creator and that gets revoked just before the con why should you trust it.
3) it changes how the convention is perceived by potential partners and sponsors. It's not so much the controversy itsefl they'll remember. Than the convention complete fumble of a difficult situation and the choice they've made.
4) it can damage internal morale. Seeing a small group of people "have their way" to the detriment of the reputation, brand image and financial success of the con. That will make some people reconsider their engagement to the convention.
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Obviously you will see a lot of choice words from people around Kirsche circle, some exaggerated because of anger.
But from a business or professional perspective I am mortified by this decision.
Essentially, it doesn't matter who you are. If there's a small group of people loud enough, it doesn't matter how much you've done for the convention or how big and important you are. They will throw you under the bus no matter how inconvenient for them.
This is nothing short of terrifying.
If you are a creator, artist, or cosplayer going at Youmacon. I want to make sure you understand that you are not in a safe, proper and professional environment.
If you ever do something that this small group of people find displeasing, if you ever share your affection or passion for something they find immoral.
Your head will be next on the proverbial chopping block.
I am not a fear merchant. I'm the annoying cynic that cry when other people get hurt. If this shit doesn't get meaningfully adress. More people will be hurt.
"Victory" only emboldens activists of this sort to go after more and more target.
In today's VTuber drama video, we have the ongoing story of the Youmacon Convention that has dropped Kirsche Verstahl hours before the event, but it goes deeper...
Our video here: https://t.co/WOljS6Aw6H
After being invited for multiple years Kirsche was removed from the event moments before the event happened, with leaked discord conversations showing there may have been alterior motives. With many people upset with the situation, including loads of VTubers and fans who are getting screwed over hearing news of this just hours before the event
With political tensions in content, people are discussing what and where is too far, and the unprofessionalism of the event timing wise, and what/how the best way to handle this all
We discuss in a random VTuber video since the VTuber world has been pretty chill in terms of major drama :o
I don't agree with every political view of hers AND I think giving in to pressure to remove her is a mistake. It might seem like the easiest way to avoid "controversy", but it makes your event look disorganized, shows you're easy to bully, and your sponsors end up taking that heat too. Also, looking at that ratio you've brought controversy to your own door by your own doing.
This is why I'm wary of corporate sponsors at cons. They become another group you have to keep happy, and suddenly you're making decisions around them instead of the people actually attending.
Once people figure out they can pressure your sponsors to get you to change course, you've handed them leverage over your event.
And when you're putting sponsors ahead of attendees who bought tickets to see her and showed REAL excitement to have her there, you've lost the plot.
If any vtuber celebrates Kirsche being removed and actually in the future tries to work with them is beyond naive!
- This is unprofessional
- They are trying to create Drama for attention
- They screw over vtubers
- They screw over people putting money into this
It doesn't matter what you think of Kirsche here. They have been asking her multiple times to join ( from what I have been told ), she finally agrees, and days before the event they make it a big public drama for attention!
If you don't think that they will do that with you the second they get an opportunity, or it could server them, you deserve to get screwed over!
This whole drama farming "wrong think" is beyond braindead! From both sides.
Coming from experience, since we were basically exiled by both sides of the political spectrum for "wrong think" and not publicly agreeing with either side!
This is what goes on behind the scenes even towards us! The reason why people don't see Zen and I "collab" or participate in anything!
I'm so tired of this bullshit! And shit people like these organizers!
Except for one person, second collab with him incoming soon!
"You should cancel this person ( kirsche, again ) because I FWEEL UNSAFE!"
Just what is the fox Vtuber going to do? Transform into a cacodemon and consume xir's soul?
These people suffer from multiple layers of severe psychosis that should be studied.
This paper answers why confident idiots run the world.
Cornell University published a psychological paper that explains every terrible boss, every loud influencer, and every broken corporate hierarchy.
It’s called “Unskilled and Unaware of It.”
they tested participants across logic, grammar, and humor to measure the gap between actual performance and self-perception.
And the results are wild.
participants scoring in the bottom 12th percentile consistently believed they were operating in the 62nd percentile.
they were not lying. they were literally incapable of recognizing their own incompetence.
the paper revealed a brutal paradox:
the exact skills required to master a domain are the exact same skills required to accurately evaluate your own competence in that domain.
if you lack the skill, you inherently lack the cognitive capacity to realize you are failing.
this creates a dangerous systemic loop.
the incompetent are blessed with absolute, blinding certainty. their brain protects them from their own ignorance, allowing them to speak first, demand authority, and never second-guess their decisions.
meanwhile, the actual experts suffer the exact inverse.
top performers in the study consistently underestimated their rank. because a task was easy for them, they falsely assumed it was easy for everyone else.
they hesitate. they obsess over nuance. they assume they have nothing unique to add.
we are biologically wired to confuse confidence with competence.
the loudest person in the room gets promoted, gets funded, and gets the microphone, not because they know what they are doing, but because they are physically incapable of seeing what they don't.
the only defense mechanism is building systems that stop rewarding absolute certainty and start demanding proof of work.
Журналистка Нора Винсент, лесбиянка, ярая феменистка.
На полтора года стала мужиком по имени Нэд. Не смена пола. Гримерная щетина, стрижка под бокс, грудь стянута, голос натаскали, в зал шесть дней в неделю, плюс семь килограмм. Шла смотреть мужской мир изнутри, с той картинки, где мужикам живётся легче.
Картинка сломалась.
В мужской боулинг её взяли без анкеты. Девять месяцев эксперимента. Она потом написала, что эта солидарность как раз то, чему феминизм пытается учить женщин, а мужики уже умеют и никому не докладывают. При этом говорить о боли они почти не могут. Разговор двух мужиков про беду она описала как банку, которую запаяли, и внутри кончается воздух. Терпят. Не потому что тупые. Потому что роль так скроена.
Про роль у неё прямая фраза. Смирительная рубашка мужской роли ничуть не свободнее женской. Тебе не дают быть человеком целиком. Тебя натаскивают на набор стойких бесчувственных поз. Ты становишься тем, чего от тебя ждут.
Самое жёсткое было не в боулинге и не в монастыре, куда она тоже залезла. Самое жёсткое было в знакомствах. Женщины смотрели на Нэда как на некачественный товар в супермаркете. Отказ за отказом. И презумпция вины: в каждом встречном ищут волка, и поэтому мужчину в волка и превращают, даже если под маской сидела женщина. Она пришла смотреть привилегию. Нашла работу, за которую с мужика спрашивают сразу, ещё до первого слова. Плати, веди, будь интересным, не будь слабым, и всё равно ты бракованный, пока не доказал обратное.
Феминистская картинка "мужикам проще" не пережила собственный эксперимент той, кто её и пошла проверять. Полтора года в чужой шкуре. У мужчин другие проблемы, но лучше им не живётся.
А потом через время она суициднулась.
@robkhenderson Law-enforcement agencies have spent the last few years proving they have no interest in actually serving the people and instead acting purely as government thugs. It's no wonder that young men have zero interest in enrolling in such agencies.
@Youmacon What are you guys going to do about this? One of your own Community Managers conspiring to get a guest cancelled. Will we see any action against them, or does the pressure only apply one way? What a waste of a convention, may it be your last.
@xiaxexin@Fairyuxfhe Small pushback, but women's prisons often do the same with female sex offenders and killers. One of their favourite tactics is to shove a lightbulb up their girlbits and then shatter it.
We gotta talk about how sociopathic it is for some women to never expect their male friends to develop feelings for them and then blame the guy for simply feeling something human
Chances are, if you’re an attractive woman, all of your male friends are attracted to you
My suffering has finally paid off, and I can finally drop this thing. Truly the zombie of the Vtuber industry, and a new impressive addition to my collection for once:
AKA Virtual V.1!
100% and people find this out the hard way LOL i aint about no games
LOOK AT THIS!!!!!
@_BLClayton IS SO SWEET AND KIND!!!!!!!!! Making a Fire Emblem fan game for me and the rest of the community ;;;;;
i really have the best community ever. i couldnt be more blessed 💙