I have been asked to put what I feel down on here. I know some are curious and want to know and others want to make sure that I am okay. Some feel that I should say something and protect my idea.
Needless to say this is not going to be easy for me to type. I don't want to be selfish and crush people's ideas. I don't want to be seen as a tyrant and that I don't care about anyone, because I do care about every one of you. However, I feel I must say something. Sakura Blossoms has assured me that she will make sure this does not get out of hand.
I started this idea of a NaruSaku podcast about a month ago and I felt that this was a good time to launch. I put time and effort into it with planning every step of it making sure it all goes perfect. I even wrote the script of it and how the show should go. I made sure I allowed anyone with the means to join can join if desired and that anyone is welcome to be on it. I even spent hours making the page and designing the frames and such. I even spent money on this for programming. Why is this all significant? Because I want people to understand how much goes into this.
When you create an idea you want to be proud of it. You want to feel like you're adding something that only you can give to the world even. This is what I wanted. While podcasts have been done before, an NS podcast has not been done. I wanted this to allow us as members to show how human we are and how we truly feel especially with each other.
What Strider C did was very low. I know Strider is not a bad person and I don't hold a grudge against him, but I want to tell him that I did not appreciate him advertising his own recordings in a topic of mine. While I am sure he did not do this on purpose and meant no harm, it still caused some damage to not only me, but this thread itself. Because he advertised his own works here and shows interest in doing his own podcast in the midst of mine is what has caused this thread to go several pages off-topic and pushed to the Fun Cafe. Sakura Blossoms has confirmed this.
I felt like my podcast was pushed aside because of it and sadly very few realized this until Shadow Wolf brought it up. I noticed too, but had a hard time expressing what I wanted to say for fear of hurting people's feelings or being seen as something that I am not.
It takes a lot to plan something like this and even more to maintain it. I don't want my efforts to go to waste and my ideas go down the drain because of it. I am sure if you were in my position, you would feel the same way. I am sure that if you worked hard on something and be very proud of it only to have another person just absolutely steal it from you, you would feel as I am feeling now.
I even got some message me saying that what Strider did made it seem like he was saying "
Well, this is good, but mine is better." Again, I am sure he didn't mean this, but even with our intent being one thing it can be taken as another. While I don't discourage people from doing their own ideas or wanting to explore new horizons, I do want to say that I do NOT want to have a competing war over podcasts and recordings.
If all need be, I don't mind if people want to come on the show and want to advertise their channel. I will happily link them together if you wish, but forcing your work onto something that should have been about this podcast is low and underhanded. Especially true when the thread goes off topic because of it.
I hope you can understand where I am coming from and not hold ill will against me. If Strider would like to do a collaboration with me or even have his own show section on the channel I will be happy to discuss ideas, but not like that. Not like what has happened here.
Thank you,
James S Cassidy
Edited by James S Cassidy, 28 January 2013 - 10:05 PM.
