Back when I was new to VTubing, I went by Nova, and I was an event hoster IRL. So, after helping run the first VTuber prom event ( It was a fucking shitshow, but I'm not gonna get into it -- basically had to do all of the work with the help of one other while the main host just bragged about it being his event -- whatever ), I met a lot of cool creators in the space at the time.
The Afterglow started when a fairly known creator made a Tweet jokingly saying how they wish someone would host a party during COVID since everyone was cooped up inside. I commented, having experience with doing this already, about hosting such an event. It was so successful ( over 80 people RSVP'd ), I decided to make "The Afterglow" an official event that I would host once a month on the last Saturday of the month at the same time.
Real quick, to clarify, these events were hosted in VRChat. I networked with a group of well known creators in VRChat to set up live DJ sets and coordinate with world creators to customize these events for my parties. Like, I'd go to meetings about the future of VR n' shit and help with volunteering at virtual events to help get my group extra assistance if we needed it. Like, connections to DJs or whatever I needed or programs to assist with live feedback into a world.
I was very strict about my parties being for everyone regardless of size. Any VTuber, or someone who was a creator for VTubers ( like, model mamas n' whatnot ), was allowed. Although, I'd say about half or more of the attendees were fairly sizable creators.
Now that that's established, some time went by with minimal problems. The introduction to Marina was when one of my friends who used to be on the staff team asked if their friend could join my staff to host a NSFW after-event at my parties. I was pretty fucking against this and told her no. And, it turns out that Marina had decided that since I said no, she would host her own parties altogether. It wasn't a problem for awhile, but I did notice Marina getting in and schmoozing with people for their Discord information. I remember talking to one of my good friends who was up-and-coming at the time and Marina barged in, interrupting our conversation, just to get their Discord details and then leave after complimenting something that was popping off of theirs.
I also remember one of the only times I was critiqued negatively was by her because I did a big "instanced event" ( multiple 80 people servers for a party ), and Marina was mad that she didnt get to be in a world with a REALLY big creator even though I put her with every one of her friends that she put on her RSVP form. Like, it was clear she just wanted to clout chase.
Eventually, she did finally announce her first party. Except, it was being labeled as a "VIP" experience party and hosted on the same DAY and TIME as mine. She had a whole ass month, picking any day, and she chose the day that mine was always hosted.
I couldn't just reschedule because I put a lot of work into my parties. I had DJ's scheduled, worlds prepped for the night, and volunteers to help me with the talent show portion in the middle of my parties which was just a fun side event for drunk VTubers to sing or tell jokes at and win awards.
So, all of my party goers who she had messaged behind the scenes, stopped coming to mine to go to hers. I went from consistently getting over 80 people coming to my events ( with a waitlist to get in ), to 9 people.
I can only assume that people liked hers over mine because she had been using her "charisma" to climb as a streamer and was starting to average over 100 around this time. Befriending other big NSFW creators ( they would host these weird VTuber orgies ), and I was basically a nobody who did not stream and only dedicated all their freetime to hosting this group. So it's like.. Go to the VIP party of a creator who is growing in popularity or the nobody who's only reputation is hosting VRChat events. Or maybe she's just super charming, I don't know.
Her parties were SUPER base plate, though. Which I think pissed me off even more. She killed my party to host these plain ass events, and sexually harass people, leaving my staff and volunteers with nothing. She was so fucking lazy about it. She even stopped hosting them fairly quickly which I can only assume is because she realized how much fucking work it is. Who knows. Her last party was for her birthday.
So she killed my passion project, just to use it to gain popularity and then drop them altogether.
I never gained anything from hosting. I didnt make money, it was essentially a part-time job, and I didnt even fucking stream because I didnt have the time. Her party Discord has a channel with all of her model references and makes announcements about her stream n' shit. Like moves all these big creators in there for her parties and makes it pretty self-centered.
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This part is just extra, you can ignore it.
But, I went to one of her parties.
Around the time she started hosting, I had gotten hired for a VTuber company, LumiLive, and Marina didn't know I was Megumi. I asked her for an invite, and got in because I was doing pretty well number-wise at the time.
At the party, I literally heard her and her friends shit talking about how killing my party was on purpose ( even got more confirmation from an friend who used to hangout with her at a later date ), and at one point she comes up and just start crossing boundaries like fucking crazy. She started asking me what kind of porn I like, to which I didn't reply and just kept awkwardly laughing because I didn't know her. She then goes on about how she'd love to just be in a Discord call with me and silently observe me while I watch porn -- which just fucking blew my mind because I feel like I couldn't have been any clearer in my discomfort. I was trying to hangout with one of my friends. She then mentions how she loves to use her vibrator on Twitch streams while no one knows, and controls her friends while they are on Twitch and asks me for my code and at which point I'm no longer speaking and just leave. I avoided VRChat for over a year. It's just so fucking insane to me her lack of awareness and I can only imagine how many others shes been to like this. And, I've already heard a couple stories.
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You guys can ask questions if you want, but I hope this clears it up.
She just ripped something away from me that was meant to be wholesome and made it into her own fucking clout chasing bullshit.
It's really fucking jaded me in this community. All those hours just to be left in the dust by some selfish cunt.
Also, sorry if this is written like a retard, I am retarded.
