Rivals of Aether

Rivals of Aether

Lynk
25 Comments
Pirit 27 Dec, 2023 @ 4:41am 
Thanks for posting the Sai Collection on the comments! ^^
Josam  [author] 30 Nov, 2023 @ 8:07am 
Leaving this here so it doesn't get lost in the comments:
Collection with everything Sai has made provided by @Smash_Bash

Another collection with Sai's now unlisted characters
IronYacker 29 Nov, 2023 @ 10:38pm 
Literally nothing good can exist on the internet, didn't you know?
neurosis51 29 Nov, 2023 @ 7:49pm 
At least the collection is still available, so good on the commenter who posted it and the collection maker.
neurosis51 29 Nov, 2023 @ 7:48pm 
Yeah, meds certainly need to be taken here, probably for all of you. First i'm hearing of this controversy, but the only part I agree with is the observed hypocrisy of these types of cancel culture mobs and them also being too mentally deficient to be able to discern fiction from reality. It's fine to like the art and not the artist, but people who harass others for petty fictional crap while thinking they are morally in the right really shows a lack of awareness.
Local_Good_Boy 29 Nov, 2023 @ 11:32am 
@D YellowMadness Err get on ur meds and off the internet
D YellowMadness 28 Nov, 2023 @ 4:06pm 
@Josam: Yeah, I agree. And I'm not against boycotting. Or even calling out shitty people & trying to get them fired if their actions are truly beyond the pale & actually dangerous. I'd regret buying Skullgirls for example, if Mike Z weren't fired before I found out what he'd been doing anyway.

It's why I won't buy anything My Hero Academia related. Because unlike anything I know of Sai making, My Hero Academia is actual propaganda that tries to make you sympathize with at least two characters who are predators, one of whom beat his wife & kids. I will download MHA mods for Rivals though because the MHA writer doesn't get any money from it.

If someone does feel too uncomfortable with downloading Sai mods because it's just too questionable for them, I understand that too. Not everyone can separate the art from the artist & not everyone can trust someone who drew some weird stuff.
Josam  [author] 28 Nov, 2023 @ 3:59pm 
I'm really struggling to find any information at all and it's impossible for me to verify what's going on, as I keep hearing a different story about what happened.
But yeah, you can like the art and not necessarily the artist, that's totally okay.
D YellowMadness 28 Nov, 2023 @ 3:30pm 
Oh, also, the reason I mentioned Skullgirls in the posts below is because the person who publicized all of this in the first place likes Skullgirls, a game where an underage character named Fillia gets molested at the start of her Story Mode intro. A game made by a dev who was eventually ousted from his own company for being a creep & harassing his own employees.
D YellowMadness 28 Nov, 2023 @ 3:28pm 
They admitted to having done loli commissions a long time ago (which is mostly why people know about it) & people got super self righteous about it even though the controversy only started because after Sai moved that stuff somewhere where kids wouldn't see it, someone dug it up & publicized it (the exact opposite of what Sai wanted) & then people pretended to suddenly be against that stuff even though they demonized people for criticizing the Chara portrait (which was out of place & creepy) & even though the Rivals fanbase likes Skullgirls & "anime".

I never even liked Sai since they've always been arrogant & hostile to criticism but the hypocrisy of trying to ruin someone's life over drawings people were okay with until Sai admitted to it is crazy coming from people who'd likely defend Demon Slayer, Skullgirls, & DBZ. Never admit to anything online. People prefer open secrets to honest pasts.
D YellowMadness 28 Nov, 2023 @ 3:28pm 
Meanwhile, no one seemed to care about the Master Roshi mod even though that character's a child predator we're expected to sympathize with. If Sai wrote popular cartoons or made popular games, people wouldn't care but because they're just a modder for an obscure game, it's okay to form a disgusting hate mob against them.

Cancel culture's only real if you're not famous. In fairness, I like Skullgirls & DBZ despite hating Akira Toriyama & Mike Z but if I heard that they like loli, I wouldn't be like "Really!? Let's ruin their lives!". I'd be like "Duh. I've been saying this for years."

I'd say just don't buy people's stuff if you don't wanna support them but Sai isn't selling anything so that doesn't apply. Sai made that stuff private so just let it stay private instead of randomly bringing it up every time it dies down. And if they make another victory portrait that's out of place & creepy, tell 'em it's out of place & creepy.
Josam  [author] 28 Nov, 2023 @ 9:47am 
Thanks for clarifying that Nyck.
It's really a shame though, he might be an awful human being, but their mods were great additions to the Workshop.
Still, absolutely horrible to hear that and I get it might be better to keep him out of the community.
Nyck77 28 Nov, 2023 @ 9:37am 
I'm pretty sure I know why they got delisted but the reason ain't pretty, I'mma narrow it down here, Sai was discovered drawing child porn or smth like that and therefore got shafted from the RoA community
Smash_Bash 28 Nov, 2023 @ 8:41am 
⌁Toaster Joe⌁ 27 Nov, 2023 @ 7:30pm 
All of Sai's characters are still on the workshop they just got unlisted, also dont reupload other folks work without their consent. here's a collection of most of their mods
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2094425119
EmeraldMoth 27 Nov, 2023 @ 2:10pm 
Oh, just saw the link to that collection.
EmeraldMoth 27 Nov, 2023 @ 2:10pm 
Wait Sai's stuff is gone? Oh.
Unfunny_Luke 27 Nov, 2023 @ 11:20am 
Their mods were what!?
Josam  [author] 27 Nov, 2023 @ 9:41am 
Thank you for finding them! I'll add the collection to the description
[BAG] Duh Binky 27 Nov, 2023 @ 9:20am 
wait no, all their mods are right here https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/workshop/filedetails/?id=2094425119 theyre not deleted
The Scrapinator 27 Nov, 2023 @ 9:02am 
what happened?
Kachimi 27 Nov, 2023 @ 8:42am 
Why did he delete all his characters? It really hurts me😭😭😭
Josam  [author] 27 Nov, 2023 @ 8:41am 
Unfortunately yes, all of Sai's characters got deleted. It's a shame though, all their characters were great.
Kazzie 27 Nov, 2023 @ 8:13am 
I just took a look and can't find any of their characters. So...I guess so?
Mono 27 Nov, 2023 @ 8:00am 
did all of the sai characters get deleted or somethin?