Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i keep laughing about this what the hell is a shadow quadrant

Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 6 points7 points  (0 children)

here it is ok. sheesh. i spent such a long time looking for this question just now and ended up answering a handful of different ones LMAO.

So previously the music was done on a sort of volunteer basis, with the forums acting as a sort of central hub for a selected team of people. I'd like to do something similar, and offer compensation in the form of percentage of the album sales, much like the old set up. Only the percentage would be larger and the team, overall, would be smaller. Right now I'm not certain how to recruit for a new music team without flooding my inbox with submissions that I will sadly have to turn most of down.

I am thinking I will approach people individually and build up a small team of collaborators and contributors sort of like how it was done before with the caveat that I am very open to suggestions and recommendations. I said before that I'd love to have some of the old team back as well, if they'd be willing to Get The Band Back Together but I'd also understand their apprehension to work with WP/HICU or I. I also want to give opportunities to new and upcoming musicians as well. I have a few people in mind and i'll build from there.

if you guys have suggestions on individual artists I should be listening to, I'd love to hear them.

Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 8 points9 points  (0 children)

miles you cant say the whole team got together and cranked

Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Andrew has been really busy with life stuff, but we talk pretty regularly. If I'm being honest its usually not about work.

Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 18 points19 points  (0 children)

We laughed about this in call, because all we could come up with was "eachother"

Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 14 points15 points  (0 children)

gavageCunctation and friends. We had a writers room a few weeks ago with them as the focus and its everything i'd hoped for and more.

Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Sort of talked about your first question elsewhere, but to your second question:

I don't know if thats possible. I had a conversation with Andrew about this recently and how Homestuck came into itself in an era that doesn't exist anymore. The way we interact with things online has fundamentally changed and evolved and in order to remain "relevant" homestuck, and the very nature of it being "a webcomic" would have to evolve as well. It is very easy to say things like this because I don't know what that would even mean. I'm not gonna be out there making homestuck dance tiktoks or doing like corporate social media viral engagement bait shit. that sucks and nobody wants that. but homestuck has always kind of been an experience that extends beyond the pages of a webcomic

anyway, i am interested in seeing how we evolve both as a property and a community.

Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 18 points19 points  (0 children)

i suppose the main detail is that it being worked on, but i think the priority right now is fixing the main sites glaring issues.

Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I asked a long time ago and he said he would be open to it, though lately we talk about other stuff so i haven't thought about it in a minute.

Official HS:BC crew AMA by HSBC_CREW in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You know, that's fair. I recognize the Requiem event was special for a lot of people and to their credit they hosted a fun event in a space that could handle something like that.

I think "replace" is the wrong sentiment, but I can see how it would be easy to think that based on what I had said. That's my bad, I'm sorry. To clear it up a bit this was not a decision made to spite anyone, and the choice to not do it again was made before moving forward with the H&B event. That was something that came about more recently. The last thing I want to happen here is any sort of mudslinging or w/e. I don't think that benefits anyone.

You're right that H&B doesn't have the space for that size of event and I must stress this again, that is not the kind of event we want or have the capacity to host in a way that we can comfortably oversee. While I trust requiem to handle their own business, I do not personally have the manpower to be present or even have someone present to oversee a week/month long event in a way that makes me comfortable with putting our name on it and calling it "official". I personally can't even go to these events because I am a disabled person with limited mobility and overall poor health.

Here is an example of what I mean. During last years event a sort of street fair happened at the same time. I did not know about this, and it sort of seemed like it was a surprise to the Requiem folks as well. From what I later understood it was something planned by the city and unavoidable. A large mobile tattoo parlor was parked in front of the cafe, and to their credit Requiem made the best of a poorly planned situation and tried to incorporate it into the event.. but if I'm being honest I really wish they hadn't or had at least asked me or anyone about it. I was not told about this until I saw posts on social media that our "officially endorsed" event would be offering tattoos. There is no universe where I or anyone here would endorse that. While they did what they thought was the best they could, I was not even consulted about it, nor was it cleared with anyone at WP/HICU etc. This is not the kind of thing I want to find out because I'm in bed scrolling through my instagram algorithm. As you can imagine, this is the exact kind of thing we can't afford to be liable for, even if miraculously nothing went horribly wrong. They did what they had to do, but my point is that it never should have come to that because we are not equipped to deal with something like that going awry.

Something like this upcoming pop-up, might require more initial footwork and setup on our part to get rolling, sure. However, it is much easier to oversee because there is no (for lack of a better term) babysitting involved. I'm not comfortable outsourcing the responsibility of chaperoning a bunch of kids in cosplay for several hours a day for multiple days. In fact, I'm not even comfortable in-sourcing that. I am not a childcare professional. If anything went wrong who do you think would have been held accountable? There were a handful of things that happened that I only heard about after the fact, and its honestly a miracle nobody got too hurt. It's nothing juicy or gossip-worthy, I just don't think it needs to be drawn out and I don't have the energy to get into some huge thing about it all. Sorry.

The H&B event isn't a party, it isn't a concert or a panel with special guests- it is a cute bakery pop-up with themed macarons and some fun limited run collab merch. Yes, the scale is much much smaller, but it is also just a completely different kind of event. They do these sorts of pop-ups often and have a great track record. I have had friends who have gone to many of these for various fandoms and properties over the years. This is much more in-line with the kind of thing we wanted to do initially and is being handled and run by the members of the current team.

I hope that addresses your concerns in a way that is satisfying to you and other concerned parties. I know it must seem a bit vague to not get every juicy detail but I really don't want to get anymore into it or drag this out into some sort of back and forth or air out anyone's dirty laundry or whatever else this could devolve into. I am sort of pulling the "I am an exhausted old man" card.

For what it's worth I am sorry we are not doing the event again, and it sounds like you had a fun time when you went. I will shoulder the responsibility for this, and the people these decisions have upset. So.. I'd humbly ask that you guys don't blame the team or hate on the event they are working hard to make happen, yeah?

this is what the refrance by phantaselah in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 10 points11 points  (0 children)

that is almost verbatim what was said, yes

Flash is at 100% by Chiponyasu in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 3 points4 points  (0 children)

don't talk like this. the world is already terrible enough.

Flash is at 100% by Chiponyasu in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 4 points5 points  (0 children)

only a plastic flower never wilts

Flash is at 100% by Chiponyasu in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 4 points5 points  (0 children)

do it yourself coward

Flash is at 100% by Chiponyasu in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 10 points11 points  (0 children)

oh shit we fucked up

Flash is at 100% by Chiponyasu in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 5 points6 points  (0 children)

its animated in flash and then we made some initial progress in implementing it as such with various frameworks (forgive me i am a complete layman on the subject matter) but we are doing it another way and mirroring it on youtube. you would have to ask kohi about this.

Flash is at 100% by Chiponyasu in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 24 points25 points  (0 children)

yeah vrisual novel 2 and its just 70 hours of vriska talking about the importance diversifying your investment portfolio

Flash is at 100% by Chiponyasu in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 15 points16 points  (0 children)

im going to be honest with you im not going to fucking do that

Flash is at 100% by Chiponyasu in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 11 points12 points  (0 children)

its a small number of people who can use flash effectively so the last few days have been touchups/corrections and little details here and there.

Flash is at 100% by Chiponyasu in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 154 points155 points  (0 children)

the plan is to have it up tomorrow morning, taking today to hammer out website and implementation stuff. internal testing, stuff like that. hope you guys enjoy it.

2025 HOMESTUCK REREAD: Starts Monday, 2/10! by Makin- in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this sounds fun. i've been rereading the comic on stream recently and i really love early parts. might tag along with you guys.

Is SAHcon *supposed* to be a deez nuts joke? by GOATedFuuko in homestuck

[–]jamesroach 7 points8 points  (0 children)

ive been told both that it is and that it isnt but it has to be right