Youtube Allegedly Refunding Idol Superchats
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Kuro, Michi, Shoto and Bettel are playing Raft soon:
No Bettel POV
This collab group seems like it's going to become a more regular thing, much to the chagrin of @Zyklon Mag I guess.
Oh boy theyre beyond fucked. If true all of brave's network could be in the shit if they're using a single account to manage adsense. Whatever they did got a human looking at it and they're not getting demonetization back.Youtube may apparently be refunding all superchats given to Idol members going back to at least November.
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If this is real that's as much of a smoking gun as we can possibly get, right? Outside of youtube just openly laying out in detail exactly what violations they're punishing Brave for, something they will probably never do.Youtube may apparently be refunding all superchats given to Idol members going back to at least November.
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I'm... reasonably confident this isn't something youtube just lets a bot decide. People have been suspicious/already convinced that Brave or at least the management of some groups under it did some serious fuckery for youtube to be unusually recalcitrant over the monetization matter, but this is a level beyond.Youtube may apparently be refunding all superchats given to Idol members going back to at least November.
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Shitty for the talents, but Aviel might've pulled the funniest Vtuber industry scam yet.Youtube may apparently be refunding all superchats given to Idol members going back to at least November.
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[Archive]JImmy WeebShooter said:
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(SUPER LONG STORY) 1/1
I just remembered… On my recent trip to Japan, I experienced something unusual for the first time…
I was stalked.
Yes, you heard that right. I was stalked for the first time in my life, and it happened in a foreign country.
Here’s what happened.
We all know that Japan is a relatively safe country—so safe that you could leave your belongings in a restaurant for a week, and they would still be there.
However, at the same time, due to the high level of social competition, there are also some people who are… “not quite right.”
On February 13th, I went with friend (who will remain unnamed) to PIA Arena to attend Shirakami Fubuki’s first Solo Live concert. We took the train from Yokohama Station to Minato Mirai, which was only a few stops away.
At Yokohama Station, I started feeling a bit uneasy. I have a habit of observing my surroundings, especially in unfamiliar environments, due to my training and awareness skills. That’s when I noticed, from the corner of my eye, a woman staring at me persistently. Since I was wearing sunglasses, I discreetly looked back at her but initially thought nothing of it.
At that time, my friend and I were searching for FBK artwork, which was displayed at various locations in the station.
But as I turned around to check again, I saw that the woman was still there—about 20 meters away.
My suspicion increased when she suddenly got into the same train car as us.
I immediately heightened my awareness level.
When we arrived at Minato Mirai Station, as soon as we stepped off the train, she followed us—getting even closer, within 10 meters.
I wondered if she was a Hololive fan who recognized me, or maybe she was also heading to PIA Arena for Solo-live?
Then, as I was passing through the ticket gate, I had a problem with my train pass. At that exact moment, she rushed right up next to me and my friend.
I turned to stare directly into her eyes for a while. She then step backed away slightly, I maintaining a two-meter distance—which still within my defensive range.
But something about her made me even more suspicious.
Despite being neither particularly big nor small in stature, she didn’t carry any Hololive merchandise—not a single item. This was highly unusual for a dedicated fan attending a live concert.
More importantly, she didn’t call out my name. Usually, Hololive friends in Japan who recognize me would call out to me.
After the station staff fixed my train pass, I walked out.
But she still followed.
At this point, my awareness level escalated to orange. She was now within arm’s reach.
Once we exited the station, I immediately confronted her in English, asking, “Can I help you with something?”
She responded in broken English, “Go Chinatown.”
I replied, “You should take the train back to Nihon-Odori or Motomachi-Chūkagai station. That’s closer. You’re going the wrong way. I’m going to PIA Arena.”
She looked at me and repeated, “No, no. Go Chinatown.”
So, I switched to Japanese, pointed at the station staff, and walked away.
I thought that would be the end of it.
Nope.
She kept following me—getting even closer. I tried to observe her with just my peripheral vision until my friend whispered, “She’s still following.”
If I stopped, she stopped. If I walked, she walked.
So, I decided to enter a café, ordered a coffee, and sat down.
I assumed she wouldn’t dare follow me inside.
Wrong.
She stood right next to my table, staring at me intensely.
My friend, being kind-hearted, pulled out a chair for her. But she didn’t sit down—she just kept staring.
At that point, I lowered my alert level slightly and, trying to lighten the mood, jokingly asked in Japanese, “Want some coffee? My treat.” (Why did I even say that?! LoL)
She refused.
When we left the café, she followed us again.
We went to a restaurant. She stood outside by the window, staring directly at me. It was incredibly uncomfortable.....
[Archive]JImmy WeebShooter said:
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(2/2)
I finally had enough and directly asked, “What is this? Why are you following me?”
She gave the same answer: “Go Chinatown!”
I told her I wasn’t going. I was attending the concert at PIA Arena.
She then insisted, “No! Go Chinatown! Together! Now!”
I walked away.
But she still followed me.
Even when we stopped by the PIA Arena parking lot to look at the Itashas, she was still there.
Finally, I ran into my friend, Voynich Stew @ApiVoynich
. I told him, “This lady has been following me for two hours.”
We decided to head to the police box.
But the police box was quite far.
What should we do?
We walked directly to the security office instead. She followed us inside.
At this point, no matter what we asked her, she didn’t respond.
Then, Stew asked, “Are you Japanese? Or Chinese?”
She simply said, “We all must go to Chinatown!”
Stew quickly noticed an elevator nearby. He pressed the button to go up to the second floor of PIA Arena.
Luckily, the elevator was small. When the three of us got in, it was already full.
She tried to squeeze in, but Stew quickly pressed the close button.
We successfully made it to the second floor.
And once we got there… what else could we do?
We immediately ran into the crowd of Sukonbu fans and never looked back.
And that’s how the situation ended.
Safe and sound.
Even now, I still wonder…
1. Why Chinatown? What’s there?
2. Was she in trouble? Did she need help? (I did ask, but she didn’t give a clear answer.)
3. Was she mentally unstable?
4. If she was mentally unstable, why did she specifically target me—a large foreigner who clearly looks capable of defending himself?
(The stalker was a woman, about 160 cm tall, with a scar on her forehead. She wore a white mask the entire time and appeared to be in her early 30s—around my age.)
I have so many questions. On one hand, I feel concerned for her, but her behavior was extremely unusual.
And that’s the end of the story.
What do you guys think? Feel free to leave your thoughts.
I’m still confused myself…
When traveling abroad, we need to be extra cautious.
In this case, she didn’t show any hostility, which was fortunate. But if she had pulled out a knife, things could have gone very wrong.
A thrilling new chapter in my life.
Thanks for reading to the end.
Stay safe, everyone.
Shitty for the talents, but Aviel might've pulled the funniest Vtuber industry scam yet.
Jfc up until now I would've just chalked this up to youtube incompetence and bots going awry, but this shit is fucking serious now. Youtube almost NEVER takes direct action like this, a human somewhere would've had to review this case and then contact their superior to even be allowed to refund shit.Youtube may apparently be refunding all superchats given to Idol members going back to at least November.
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Oy VeyYoutube may apparently be refunding all superchats given to Idol members going back to at least November.
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isn't it limited to EN branches only as of yet?And Brave just bought the 4th biggest company in the industry the other day. If it spreads to JP they will leave roughly 1/5th of the corpo vtubers unable to monetize their channels. And all of this either because Brave was botting their channels or Aviel and his donathon runaways, whichever version you prefer.
IIRC several V4Mirai girls got hit, but their monetization actually got restored, AFAIK Idol are the only ones still demonetized.Which one other than Idol has gotten hit with demonetization
People who get upset at shit like this are just jealous they were never able to to do any of those things in the first placeLol the meme has left the target audience