My rrat is Cover really want to cover their ass and preserve contract's status quo as independent contractors. especially as they incorporated in california. I bet they don't even have exclusivity clause for vtubing specifically now.
My rrat is Cover really want to cover their ass and preserve contract's status quo as independent contractors. especially as they incorporated in california. I bet they don't even have exclusivity clause for vtubing specifically now.
My rrat is Cover really want to cover their ass and preserve contract's status quo as independent contractors. especially as they incorporated in california. I bet they don't even have exclusivity clause for vtubing specifically now.
The Niji fanbase devouring the tiniest micro-celebrity in their midst like a pack of hungry pirhannas? Damn, must be another day that ends in "day".Edit: i will say, a bunch of those are probably trolls that dnt really care but the fact he's being so easily broken by marshmallows is hilarious.
Even these restrictions seem to be getting lifted. Kiara's bootylicious spandex dance model looks & is rigged way differently than her official 3D live performance once, so either management got so damn tired of her squawking that there's an exception to the rules just for her (unlikely) or at least on the EN side they've relaxed some of the restrictions.Until recently, Cover wouldn't let people buy their own Live2D or 3D outfits, as well, as far as I am aware.
Here's a clip of Sunny's return stream where she talks about her health problems she's been struggling with (from Mikahide because my GOD does that Rainbow Retirees channel leave out a lot of important context sometimes).
TL;DR, she got a blood clot in her hand on a long plane trip and it's triggered rheumatoid arthritis at the ripe old age of 27. My money's on a Niji-mandated trip to Japan, personally.
Because of the arthritis she's on immunosuppressants and can't leave the house much. According to her she's had a rough few months figuring out medication and the implication is that's why she completely disappeared in Niji, though from her general attitude towards her "heist" I think she leveraged it a bit to make her escape. Might be why she didn't have to wait for a 2 year contract expiration?
Seems she's doing ok for now, my hope is that she can leverage her dramafag boost and ex-Niji status to carve out a spot for herself. Fingers crossed Vivi can get out too, those two seem as thick as thieves and I wish the best for both of them.
...not Clawmark though. If he wants out he should just fucking ask for it
He should have fucking asked for arthritis instead.
Edit: Also, I'm surprised Sunny is only 27. I figured she would be older. Still is more mature than alot of EN remnant livers.
Until recently, Cover wouldn't let people buy their own Live2D or 3D outfits, as well, as far as I am aware. Though, since all talents are guaranteed yearly outfits for L2D, that isn't as bad.
I know its quinn but lets not broken telephone thisIts been so long I need a refresher. Was it a rrat or was their confirmation Quinn liked a dox of Zaion on his PL account?
But bro we must discuss the contraaaaaaaaaaactttts cmon i watched every single Legal Mindset video i know what im doing cmon
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I just wanted to use this stupid meme I made. I also made another version with a lower quality model which I almost like more:
This. There's moments when I have seen a new ironlung outfit and I didn't even recognize who the fuck it was. Cover's brand recognition is it's biggest strength so diluting that with billions of outfits which make the characters unrecognizable or dilute other character's signature features (the cat ears) is highly counter-productive.Cover's limitations are going to be on Brand Identity. All of the members that have been in for 2 years have the funds to buy Ironmouse amounts of models. The issue ends up being maintaining character designs (note the ban on added animal ears because a couple of the girls where they're just "an animal" felt their character identities were getting trampled; which is why everyone gets onesies, haha). However, you do have a bunch of Women in an Attention Economy Company. Which is to say, the main reason for the rules is to prevent Marine from showing up in a string bikini and Haachama as an actual spider.
Riku is Anycolor's jailer; Yagoo is the guy keeping the inmates in the asylum.
You dont even have to go as far as Mouse, some NijiENs' alt outfits (Vox, Fulgur, Aia to an extent) are drastically different designs that some look like retarded AU autism or full redesigns like VesperThis. There's moments when I have seen a new ironlung outfit and I didn't even recognize who the fuck it was. Cover's brand recognition is it's biggest strength so diluting that with billions of outfits which make the characters unrecognizable or dilute other character's signature features (the cat ears) is highly counter-productive.
That's why stuff like the smols and puffballs and all kinds of other irregular models have had usage limitations put on them, why did the agency spend thousands building up a character if the vtuber is just gonna use some shitty chibi because it's "le funny".
I am okay with the custom shit being more restricted and under lock-and-key for normal streaming, but stuff like preventing Advent from getting their own 3D for an EN group collab in VR is idotic:This. There's moments when I have seen a new ironlung outfit and I didn't even recognize who the fuck it was. Cover's brand recognition is it's biggest strength so diluting that with billions of outfits which make the characters unrecognizable or dilute other character's signature features (the cat ears) is highly counter-productive.
That's why stuff like the smols and puffballs and all kinds of other irregular models have had usage limitations put on them, why did the agency spend thousands building up a character if the vtuber is just gonna use some shitty chibi because it's "le funny".
I am okay with the custom shit being more restricted and under lock-and-key for normal streaming, but stuff like preventing Advent from getting their own 3D for an EN group collab in VR is idotic:
The EN branch thrived from those collabs and suddenly stopping them from doing them because of that just makes me raise an eyebrow. Luckily, it seems like Kiara or someone pushed for that shit to be reversed since then.
Probably, but people don't like when you take shit away from them and being "no fun allowed" all the time is lame. Also, when you start selling "shitty chibis" as actual regular non-limited merchandise and make official mascots out of them, it makes them look even sillier to restrict them.I think the pseudo-models were ever only allowed because of travel restrictions.
This. There's moments when I have seen a new ironlung outfit and I didn't even recognize who the fuck it was. Cover's brand recognition is it's biggest strength so diluting that with billions of outfits which make the characters unrecognizable or dilute other character's signature features (the cat ears) is highly counter-productive.
That's why stuff like the smols and puffballs and all kinds of other irregular models have had usage limitations put on them, why did the agency spend thousands building up a character if the vtuber is just gonna use some shitty chibi because it's "le funny".
Probably, but people don't like when you take shit away from them and being "no fun allowed" all the time is lame. Also, when you start selling "shitty chibis" as actual regular non-limited merchandise and make official mascots out of them, it makes them look even sillier to restrict them.
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I just wanted to use this stupid meme I made. I also made another version with a lower quality model which I almost like more:
Did... did you actually watch the video? Sunny explains exactly what happened to her FFS- rant redactedI'd strongly suggest she get a second opinion on her on-going diagnosis. The doctor(s) gave her a very expensive subscription to a service she probably doesn't need and there's likely multiple other treatment avenues. (If it's the hands, and at her age, there's some surgical options that'd probably solve the issue.)
If every second talent had their own Smol Ame, Smol Ame would not be a novelty and would lose its appeal.Probably, but people don't like when you take shit away from them and being "no fun allowed" all the time is lame. Also, when you start selling "shitty chibis" as actual regular non-limited merchandise and make official mascots out of them, it makes them look even sillier to restrict them.
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Cover, use your powers for good, and prohibit Matsuri from using her Kizuna Ai clone outfit ever again.This. There's moments when I have seen a new ironlung outfit and I didn't even recognize who the fuck it was. Cover's brand recognition is it's biggest strength so diluting that with billions of outfits which make the characters unrecognizable or dilute other character's signature features (the cat ears) is highly counter-productive.
That's all well and good, except 10 of the 15 talents at the time had "smol" versions of themselves.If every second talent had their own Smol Ame, Smol Ame would not be a novelty and would lose its appeal.
The smol models are a means to an end, where their existence is just to be used in VRChat. Stopping talents from "dicking around in VRChat" is especially silly when you consider VRChat was partnered with Cover during 2023.I'm not ripping into you in particular here - in general, these kinds of conversations here and elsewhere always seem to miss the practical considerations behind these limitations, with the idea usually being that by preventing the talents from blowing their loads on all the typical vtuber niceties right away, you have potential for more significant hype cycles and then paydays over time. It's an immediate gratification vs. delayed gratification deal.
Outfit reveals are more exciting if they happen once a year, rather than every month. Holding off on 3D streams for a specific 3D debut event rather than letting the talents dick around with chibis in VRChat whenever they feel like it gives the 3D debut itself more impact, then generates a new wave of interest in their regular streams as they start incorporating 3D elements. Same logic with collab bans, limited-time merch lines, crossover events etc..
They clearly ended up disagreeing with this notion in the end, anyway, to where it is apparently not a big deal at all (because it isn't) because Advent did get models to use in VRChat and used them for Kiara's Easter event months later. Thus this is all neither here nor there, since management realized they were being too strict and relented, anyway.In the short term whoever it is in management that's telling them no is going to look like the bad guy for enforcing restrictions, but that's a price worth paying if it extends the longevity of the streamers' time in the spotlight so they have more opportunities to leave an impression - rather than letting them burn through all their potential celebrations and novelties in year one, then stagnating as their fans get distracted by newer debutants.