To the Destiny 2 community,
Thank you.
As artists, our goal has always been to create worlds filled with wonder, mystery, beauty, and adventure. But what brings those worlds to life is you. You take our designs, our napkin sketches, our "wouldn't it be cool if..." ideas and transform them into something real. Your creativity, your passion, and your love for the game give our work purpose.
We've always believed Destiny could be a place where expression is celebrated, where players can see themselves and each other in the worlds we build, where every Guardian can forge their own legend—and you proved it.
Watching your Guardians grow, embrace new allies, take down bigger and badder bosses, solve mind-bending puzzles, dodge death traps, avoid Taken boopers, and overcome every Raid challenge we throw at you—all while looking incredible—has been a constant reminder of why this universe matters.
You shaped it. You made it matter. You are the light of Destiny.
With Monument of Triumph, we set out to create a series of love letters to Guardians, new and old. We shared a preview last week of armor inspired by early designs from the original Destiny but have also sprinkled some winks and nods throughout the rewards releasing tomorrow. We hope they feel like a small thank you for everything you’ve given us.
From all of us on the Destiny 2 art team, thank you for supporting us, inspiring us, and continuing to bring this world to life in ways we could never have imagined. You give our art meaning.
With gratitude,
The Destiny 2 Art Team
Everyone is talking about VTubers asking for donations and not being employed.
Here's my luke warm take:
If you are unable to work due to a disability there is nothing wrong with being transparent with your community about extra financial support you may need.
If you are let go from your job but still actively looking and just VTubing full time during the gap. I see no issue with being transparent about the support you may need.
Where I have an issue is people who I have seen actively quit their jobs BECAUSE they're ''making enough from VTubing to go full time.'' Then it's EVERY MONTH that they're begging, and it's not like 'hey I'm $100 bucks short here.' It's literally on a monthly basis 'hey guys here's the bills I still haven't paid and they're due tomorrow: $2k rent, $300 utilities, $200 needed for groceries so please donate and help me!' If you have to beg every month you're not making enough to go full time and you should not have quit your job. It's always good to have 6 months worth of living expenses saved up before you do anything like that, and ensure you can 100% sustain yourself even on a bad month. It's also not a great look if you're begging for people to pay multiple bills every month while also buying $200+ pieces of artwork. Take care of your living expenses before you invest back in your work. I know your favorite artist may be struggling and you just want to support them, but unfortunately you need to make sure you're caring for yourself first.
Also I don't think there's anything wrong asking for donations to specifically pay for art or emotes etc. For me personally I will pay for that stuff upfront out of my own pocket, and then pay myself back with donothon money/money from my community. The donations are still going towards the art, I just made sure I could cover it without relying on my community for that.
A week ago, a viewer by the name of dr_death2004 charged back nearly $1.5k in donations he had sent me over the last few months and @Twitch@TwitchSupport does not care. At least 5 other streamers (some of which will be tagged below per their request) are also affected, and between all of us he has charged back over $2k in donations.
This was not a random scammer. This was a community member who was well established, and showed no red flags. He even had become friends with some of my mods. These donations took place over the course of months, and he even donated to people whom I raided (which are now unfortunately dealing with chargebacks as well.) On May 21st I received $400 in chargebacks through paypal from disputes on donations through my tip page. I ran to twitch, where most of his donations were, and money seemed unaffected (initially) which was a relief. As of two nights ago, this has changed. As you can see in my attached statement, I am down almost $900. Bits are currently unaffected, however he has donated 100k to me alone.
On May 21st the YT and Twitch account of dr_death2004 for were deleted, which led me to believe he filed chargebacks there as well. It took time for twitch to process things, but now that the money is missing I can confirm that is what happened. So far this viewer still has X and Discord, but has not been active or responding on anything.
Thanks to the paypal dispute, I can see he filed the charges as unauthorized/fraudulent (ie stolen card). I, as well as the others affected, have tons of proof that this is not the case. Not only do we have proof he was an active community member and consensual donor, but we also have personal info that proves it was his card being used. Because he was a friend to my community, we know his irl name which aligns with the name on the paypal disputes and other charges.
Despite providing twitch with this information, I have been entirely brushed off. Rather than actually responding to my ticket, they simply parroted the definition of what a refund is and why it happened. They mention an investigation, but it was obvious that none was conducted. Considering all of my evidence, as well as the other streamers involved, it is very obvious that his claims are all BS.
I don't know about you guys, but $1.5k is a lot of money to me. It is nearly my entire rent, and now it is gone. I fortunately still have enough to get by, but this should NOT be allowed (especially considering many donations are over 30 days old). I can't believe how twitch is handling this either, hence deciding to go public despite my initial desire to resolve things privately.
I don't like drama. I debut in less than a month, and this situation is not what I want to be known for. Despite that, the economy is bad and there are a lot of people being hurt over this. I have confirmed myself and 5 others are affected, but who knows how many others are too?
If dr_death2004 sounds familiar, please check your twitch payouts. If you have been affected, please reach out to me as I have a GC going with all affected streamers. No one deserves to go through this nightmare.
I have been struggling to sleep for days and am sick to my stomach with anxiety wondering what is going to happen next.
Twitch needs to step up and find a better system to protect their streamers, because this is ridiculous. I am not the first person who has been wrongfully charged back, nor will I be the last. There needs to either be an insurance policy in place for streamers, or twitch needs to get it together and do actual investigations rather than instantly siding with anyone who files a chargeback.
I saw a tweet a week ago of someone named @Hawkblooo dealing with a similar situation for $600, so this is no new problem. Twitch has enough money, and should be honoring everyone's payout. I can't believe this nightmare.
Likes and retweets are appreciated to not only spread the word, but also to try and get twitch to do something about this BS.
The other affected streamers who have consented to being included in this post are @SwirlSiren46089, @KimeraChimeraVT, @DulceMizudori, @bubbelbuzz, and @Ervsona