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  1. Cancelling request as I managed to figure creation kit out and made it myself
  2. Full Edit of Request: Ideally what I want is to actually build the Hearthfire Oven in the Main hall. I want to have the library instead of the kitchen. But I also want an oven like what comes with the kitchen. So basically: When you build the main hall fireplace, it also adds the barrel, sacks and the clutter item. I'd like them just outright removedwhen you goto the main hall workbench you will find an added build optional for a hearthfire baking oven that would require 2 Clay and 3 Quarried StoneBuilding the Oven, it would appear when the barren and sacks and that single clutter used to beI am enclosing a screenshot to point out the spot I am mentioning. http://i.imgur.com/xXKxqlk.png
  3. Just keep an open mind at least, with the following caveats. There is NOWHERE on the internet where you will find an unbiased discussion on this subject. Also there is nowhere on the internet that contains the entire story. Youtube videos are almost exclusively anti-mod author rights + anti-copyright + anti-EULA. Reddit is almost exclusively anti-Nexus + anti-mod author rights + anti-EULA. Nexus is almost exclusively pro-Nexus + pro-mod author + pro-EULA. Mod authors and reviewers have their own individual rights though. Mod Authors fall into the category of producers/creators/authors/copyright holders. They create something that belongs to them. The only thing is, the creation kit EULA says Mod Authors are not allowed to sell their work. The reason for this is because while the mod might be the mod author's creation, Bethesda has not given up their rights to ownership of Skyrim which is their creation, thus the assets in skyrim, aka, the models, the textures unless those are created from scratch, still belongs to Bethesda. And lets face it, without skyrim, we would not be having this discussion. So the argument has been passed around that "Without mod authors, there would be no mods", but without Bethesda making this game, and the creation kit, there would be no mods. Now in terms of copyright holders rights, there are limitations. Exceptions and Fair Use were created into the copyright laws to protect the non-copyright holders. Ever hummed a favorite musical tune you love? Did you have permission from the music's author to go reproducing their work with your own voice? No of course not. Ever tell your friends "Hey this movie <title here> was really great! You should go see it!", well speaking the movie's name would put you in violation of the copyright as you spoke a copyrighted title name. Everything you do in 1 day, at some point, would put you in violation of copyright. Hence why exceptions and fair use were created. Reviewers are protected. Especially reviewers like MXR. Though he is paid for his videos, he is paid not for the mods he features, but for his thoughts and opinions. Let me reiterate: He is paid for his thoughts and opinions and NOT the mods themselves! This is why advertisers are picky and choosy with who they sponsor on youtube and why many advertisers are pulling their ads off youtube. It isn't the products being reviewed that is scaring them away, it's ideology. Advertisers don't want to be associated with antisemitic opinions as some youtube videos were discovered to be promoting. It's why every channel has been hurting recently financially. Advertisers pay the video authors for their thoughts, and opinions, and the amount of views their video's get. Siskel and Ebert were popular movie reviewers. But they weren't being paid for the movie they were reviewing. They were paid for their thoughts and opinions. They could of been reviewing dog leashes and still been paid for just their thoughts. Youtube isn't "anti-mod author rights + anti-copyright + anti-EULA." as you said. If anything reviewers are doing mod authors a generous service by alerting mod users like myself, to the author's mod which we often would not of even known about otherwise. Up until Tarshana attacked MXR, you did not see any hate between authors and youtube reviewers. Another big name youtuber also touched on this, and he's nailed every point home which can be found at: The only time I am anti-mod author, is when a mod author thinks they can censor reviews. Reviewing is an age old thing that has been around forever. It's protected under most countries laws, especially the USA, Canada and even the UK. This entire thing, if MXR actually had the money for going to court, could of been settled very swiftly as a judge would of looked at the case, and thrown out Tarshana's claims. And as Zaric Zhakaron pointed out, it would of likely been the mod author that would of been in trouble if anything.
  4. Well I can pretty much tell the following from this thread: 1) Nexus thinks it's okay to censor critics, reviewers, commentary and anything thus, they allow mod authors to pull what Digital Homicide tried with Jim Sterling, only they went after a reviewer, who doesn't have the money to goto court. Bullying 101 - Target those who you know can't fight back. 2) With what I been seeing, I see no need to further discuss this issue. And if ever another site comes out that can evenly compete with Nexus, I'd use it. 3) People need to understand, reviewers have existed since the birth of artwork. It's a protected right. Reviewers do not need peoples permission to review their work. They don't need movie producers permission to review and critic a movie. They don't need the song artists permission to review their song. They don't need a game developers permission to review their game. And reviewers do NOT need permission of mod authors to review their mods. This is a protected right, and people who are against that, I want nothing to do with their mods. 4) I still maintain, if you don't want your mods reviewed, criticized or commented on outside nexus, then don't put your mod out to the public. That simple. I am going to state one more time, when something is put out to the public, the public is going to have opinions. And quite a few of those, will end up as reviews somewhere on the internet. Be it youtube, twigger, facebook, a blog, a review website, any social media, it's going to end up talked about. And if that makes you lose sleep, then you have no business releasing stuff to the public. That mod author hurt her own image hands down. Quite a huge chunk of the community hates her. That's not on MxR, that's a result of actions she took. She's on my block list permanently. And friends I've spoken to who don't post on nexus' forums, also said they did the same. The damage is done, and is not repairable. And again the question pops: "What happened to making mods for fun for the community?" Like it or not, youtube is part of the community. Mod authors that are hostile to reviewers, will get their wish of not having their mods downloaded. They will likely also end up popular in the wrong way. That's going to be a risk such mod authors take when they target reviewers with fraudulent DMCA strikes. As for me? I am done. I am going to bow out and just focus on playing skyrim, talking with friends about skyrim and the good mods I have. And I will continue watching reviewers and lets players. Later.
  5. And yet that is what you are trying to do. This appears to be part of a campaign to rally support here against the lady and drive her off of Nexus. There does appear to be an obvious agenda from this user. Basically, they want Nexus to remove the mod author (the user in question has stated this on at least one other thread here) Unfortunately, it appears that blind loyalty to the youtuber in question is clouding this users judgement. What the user fails to understand is that Nexus will continue to remain impartial regarding this issue (with respect to both the modder and youtuber (who is also a user of this site, although it must be noted not a particularly active participant) in question) regardless of what happens outside of the Nexus. My only agenda as you put it, is that I feel the stuff that the mod author did, was reprehensible. And as I stated in the original post, I watch a lot of other mod reviewers. So what if she or someone like her decides to do the same stuff to them? Censorship is not a good thing for the community. And one has to ask themselves. Who's the actual bully? The good folks who download a mod, think it's cool and thus review it, or the mod authors who decide "I don't want my mod in a spotlight of any kind" and thus try following the path of Digital Homicide vs Jim Sterling. DH by the way had their case thrown out and Jim won. People are sick of such behavior from companies. And when mod authors start trying to do the same thing, it's going to tear a rift in the community itself. And I myself, know what a lot of MXR's subscribers are like, a lot of folks end up as bad as the community can be on say... battle.net. I like to think I am one of the nicer ones, who actually care about the community as a whole. MXR wasn't causing problems in the community. Brodul doesn't. None of the reviewers cause problems in this community. In fact they do this community a service by looking at the mods, giving their opinions, and with all their videos, their reviews are always positive. Because they do filter what mods they will review. If a mod is really really bad, it just doesn't get reviewed. So on the one hand, you've got reviewers doing the community a good service. You've got millions of mod users watching them, coming onto nexus and downloading mods and even in the course of all that, they also might even end up finding another mod on nexus they had missed and in exchange the mod authors get endorsements and in a few cases where they have a donation, a little something extra from the community members that can afford it. Then you have 1 overly hostile mod author going after reviewers because she doesn't want people talking about her mods. And that, she cannot do. As I said, when a mod is out in public and downloaded by the public, that public has every right that is protected, to comment, review, and even criticize the mod on whatever platform they choose. It can be on youtube, can be twitter, blog, website, even going to a grocery store someone can talk to their friends about it. If someone puts a mod out that they don't want people talking about, then that mod author has no business releasing mods to begin with plain and simple. All behavior like that does, is causes a rip within the community. It is a rip that has the community itself angry. I goto reddit, youtube comments, even on discord, and I've seen the majority of conversations on these platforms, being against that sort of behavior. So how can this situation be resolved? Easiest would be to simply have the one that began the entire mess, in this case, the single mod author, reverse the strike on MXR's channel, and offer that mod author a way to privatize their mods in the future so reviewers can't find them. If one person causes problems in the community that has the community crying foul, especially when it's over someone exercising their right to free speech in reviewing that persons work, you don't go after the reviewer who was in the right. You go after the one that caused the trouble to begin with and try to get them to stop the actions that has a significant chunk of the community up in arms. Some say it happened weeks ago, yet where are the court case numbers? We have MXR on his videos saying "some of you said I should fight it, but then this happened" and then you have that mod authors closest friends saying "Happened long long ago". The fact is, the mod was a free download mod. He was being paid for his review not the mod he was reviewing. So there was 0 damages to the mod that could not be sold to begin with. When do I take mod authors sides? In cases where someone stole a mod authors work and slapped their own name on it. Like the story I read about a mod author finding his mod being sold in second life. That there, is wrong and the original mod author has my support. When am I against a mod author? When they try telling people 'here's my mod but you aren't allowed to talk about it on social media'. Youtube is a social media. She has a chance to save some face, by simply dropping the copyright strike. Hell let the video go back up. She already took the mod down. So the video's link will just direct people to a "file deleted" page. Highly doubtful she will ever put it back up. That would go a long way towards starting to rebuild her own reputation. I say starting, she would have a huge hill to climb, and it would be very slippery. So if she intends to just leave the community, then reversing the copyright strike on him, will at least let her leave on a more positive note at least. But in the end, it is all on the mod author if they want to do the right thing and calm the anger, or continue making people angry. And I've ran guilds on MMO's. If someone was a member of the guild I ran, and they shined a rather nasty spotlight on themselves within the community, I know that reflects bad upon the guild I was running. And I'd send them packing out of the guild soon after. Skyrim's mod community is very much like an MMO, with Nexus being one of 3 guilds people goto for mods. The other 2 is an adult one which I wont mention the name of as I don't know the rules for it, and steam workshop. But as such, mod authors are in essense, part of the guilds they distribute their mods on. Same MMO rules apply. Me, I am just a mod user, who finds most mods through video reviews. When I found romance in skyrim to be lackluster to all the other elements of skyrim, I looked on youtube, found skyrim romance mod through MXR, and became a subscriber that day. Youtube soon after suggested other skyrim mod review channels, which I am also subscribed to. Found such wonderful mods like Skyrim Unbound, which I do feel is the best alternate start mod right now next to live another life. Tactical Valtheim I found through MXR, always felt them 2 towers could of been a far better hold border, and what it does, is exactly what I love. So when is it okay to go after a youtubers channel? Well if they review someones mod but then have someone else's name on it, and an entirely different link to get it, they probably do not realize the mod got pirated, in that case, don't copyright strike them, give them a heads up, and they will likely pull the video, remake with the correct information or in a followup video mention what happened, while correcting the actual link in the offending video. And it would be somewhat acceptable, if the mod was featured in a lets play video, as the mod in that case, isn't being reviewed, commented on, or criticized. But I have to ask this one question: What happened to the just making mods for fun? If people want to make money programming, why focus on modding for a game, when they can spend all that time, MAKING their own game. This I feel, is the question that should be asked. We mod users, assume mod authors are saying "here I made this for fun and for you to enjoy." So one has to ask. Why all of a sudden, all the hate on reviewers? Why all the talk of lawyers and injunctions? That is a cancer that attacks "I make mods for fun". Mod theft is a problem. But people reviewing mods in videos, is not mod theft. Telling people "you can't include my mod in a youtube video" fine, no lets play. But you can't legally go after reviews, without turning a huge chunk of people against you. So I do feel mod authors, and this site needs to ask that one single question: "What happened to just making mods for fun?"
  6. I made this account back before I was ready to acknowledge I was trans. What I'd like to do is change my name from Nilanius, to my main handle I use everywhere now, which is Kailia, is this possible?
  7. I honestly do feel there is something we as a community can do about it though. For one, we could encourage the site owner to implement the suggestion I made about letting mod authors hide their mods much like how youtubers can hide videos, except from people they give a direct link to the thing to. And one thing that will also help, is for the site, as a whole, to just stand up and say "No, this kind of behavior creates a rift within the community and if you don't want your mods discussed in public, then don't make them public downloads". She's also threatened to injunction MxR if he even tried to fight it. That to me, is called bullying. And I do think what comes around should go around in that this very site owner could give her the option to just do the right thing and drop this entire thing, or no longer be part of the community. I love Nexus. But I also use outside sources to find the best mods for myself. I like lore friendly immersive mods. MXR has been one of the reviewers who every so often, reviews a mod that I am all "Oh wow that would be just perfect in my game!". Is there a lot in his videos I don't like? Sure. But every few videos, he shows off a mod I didn't know about and 9 out of 10 times, it's here on nexus. I don't like seeing people bullied, and attempting to shut down his entire channel if he even tried to dispute the strike... If I had the money, I'd pay for a lawyer for him, one that could keep the whole injuction thing off the table, as his videos do not damage a mod author's income, since all mods are free to download and use, no judge would sign an injuction on something that can't be damaged. Burden of proof on damages, lies with the mod author and there honestly, is no damage being done.
  8. Forgive me if this is the wrong forum, but I figured this would probably be feedback. But I have some concerns in regards to what is happening over on a mod reviewers channel I been seeing in relations to a mod author here on Nexus. I worry it is going to cause a bad rift within the community and harm other mod reviewers channels as well. I speak of MxR and the mod author here on Nexus which I will not name. I find a lot of mods I put in my load order through many different mod reviewer channels and MxR is one of my favorites. However he last night released a video also addressing everyone's call out for him to dispute the (and in my opinion which I am seeing is shared by many people) frivolous copyright strike on his channel. When a Mod is put out to the public, and downloaded every single person who gets and tries out the mod, can and most often, will form an opinion of the mod. And it is a protected internet right, to comment, review, and even criticize things like mods. Youtube doesn't pay the video reviewer for the mods they review. They pay them for the review themselves through ads viewed on their videos. People are allowed under law, to express their opinions in any medium, be it youtube video, public forums, blog posts, twitter, website be it news or review sections, any social media. Well MxR's video last night, he said youtube contacted him, advising him not to fight, as she would get an injuction which could shut down his channel for months, and he could not afford the legal fee's associated with fighting such a case, even though hands down, the mod author would lose in court, the damages to him would be bad financially. I worry that this author is setting a dangerous trend that will end up hurting Nexus in the long run, if not stopped in it's tracks. People are angry, and justifiably so, but the anger isn't at MxR, it's at the flagging for reviewing a single mod, something he has always done. I think a little less than half the mods I downloaded, were shown off in his review videos. Others I got were from channels like Brodul, Gopher, and even occasionally Shinji72. And some lets play-ers I've seen, would open up with their first set of videos to go over which mods they'd be using in their lets play, like Lady Lexy xox. Look, I know mod authors own their work. That is not in dispute. But when they release their work to the public, they should not be trying to stop people from reviewing their work. If mod authors don't want their work criticized or reviewed, or to be popular at all, then why not just offer said authors a way to hide their mods from public view, but allow their closest friends to download the mods. Then, at least, they can actually control what gets reviewed, and what doesn't? As for the situation with the mod author and MxR, if you implement this system, encourage the author to just drop the whole thing and use that kind of system instead in the future. Restore MxR's standing to 0 strikes, restore said video but hide the mod so it can't be downloaded from the video link and bam, problem solved. The mod wont be downloaded via the linking to it from that video, so the people who click it, will find it not available to them, the author is happy, her mod wont be downloaded except by pre-approved people, MxR and his fans would be happy, and the entire situation would be resolved. I just don't want to see this wonderful community get torn apart, and mod reviewers fearing their channels are next. Such actions is toxic in the community.
  9. *shrug* well either way, I will never see any of Tarshana's mods now, or in the future. She's damaged her own name. I was actually avoiding mentioning her name till you brought it up. But regardless, many mod users that follow this story, pretty much have blacklisted her and any future mods she makes. She's damaged her own name in this. And not a single mod author except her has ever had issues with their mods being reviewed or showcased. MXR's reputation will be untarnished, because folks like myself, will continue being subscribers to his channel, will still find awesome mods through his channel amongst other similar channels. And mod authors like Tarshana, will only end up harming their own reputation by behaving as she did amongst mod users, and reviewers. I still maintain, if someone doesn't want their mod reviewed, commented on, or criticized, then it's best to not release said mods to the public. Because everyone in the united states, and even many other countries, have a right to review someones work and make video commentaries on others works. Good, or bad, trying to silence criticism, will only harm the reputation ones trying to silence reviewers. That's just how things are. So I will just end this last post by me with what I been saying: If you are a mod author, and you don't want your mod shown on any youtube video, or linked from any external site with commentary, criticism, or any kind of publicity, then just keep them to yourselves. And the mod using community also wont tolerate things like PULP either. We users don't agree with the whole mod theft thing, but we also don't agree with silencing critics or reviewers either. That's all I have to say and will be my final post in this topic.
  10. Since you still don't really understand what fair use is, saying it is only a "defense" perhaps you should read this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use and will quote the biggest point and even bold and underline the criteria of the right of fair use MXR's video falls under: "the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concluded that fair use was not merely a defense to an infringement claim, but was an expressly authorized right, and an exception to the exclusive rights granted to the author of a creative work by copyright law: "Fair use is therefore distinct from affirmative defenses where a use infringes a copyright, but there is no liability due to a valid excuse, e.g., misuse of a copyright." Examples of fair use in United States copyright law include commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, and scholarship." Under fair use, every single person who downloads a mod from Nexus, has a right to review, criticize and comment on said mod. It is an expressly authorized right. A right the mod author infringed upon and MXR could fight, if he had the money to do so. So in this case, the one in the wrong in this case, is not MXR, but the mod author herself. If she doesn't want her mods reviewed, then she should NOT put them up for public use, because the public an, and will, comment and even criticize their work. As he only showed small snipets of the mod, which were not 100% hers since it used Bethesda's assets, and included works of other mod authors, the idea sure may be hers, but I am sure there's other mods that do exactly the same thing the floating market did, only better. That floating market would be nothing, without the game it was made for, and would be nothing without the use of other peoples mods. Regardless, he wasn't profiting off the mods themselves, he was commenting on the mods, and even criticizing the mods. Something reviewers are protected under as a freedom of the press. As the article pointed out, under the united states, fair use is a right, and a protected one. It's in there to protect people reviewing stuff. And most reviewers, even game reviewers, movie reviewers, etc, make money off the adds. Your arguement says that without the mods, the channel would be nothing. Without movies, reviewers would be nothing, and without the movies, there would be no one to see them, and no money to be made by the film makers. It's a stupid argument and not one that would be taken seriously in even a court of law. Every single person who visits nexus, downloads a mod, has a right to comment and criticize the mod outside of nexus. Does not matter the platform, doesn't matter if someone makes ad revenue off banners on their sites, on videos, or any multimedia, fair use will always apply on commentary and criticism of copyrighted works. It is a protected right, no ifs, ands, or buts. Mod Author was in the wrong 100%. And she deserves to be on peoples blacklists imho. Everyone I've spoken to about this situation, all agree, they would never download a mod from such a mod author.
  11. But that's also like saying someone reviewing ghostbusters 2016 to say how terrible a movie it is, is profiting off said movie because they give thoughts and opinions on the movie. Critics is still critics. You say it is difficult for people to wrap their heads around mod reviewers profiting off mods, but is it so hard to wrap your head around the fact that there is no profits made from the mods themselves. Only ads that are unrelated to the mods are being profited. All reviewers are doing is giving thoughts and opinions on a product. Something critics have been doing for centuries since reviewing was first invented. What you are suggest also, is that sites that have ads on them but happen to review a wide range of things like rotten tomatoes, profits off of other peoples work. They don't. They profit off of ad revenue and donations. No this takedown was nothing more than someone claiming a reviewer was profiting off their mod, which they were not. And I still maintain, if you don't want people reviewing your creation, then don't put your creation out to the public for download. Because there will always be people who will review a product, be it video, website, blog or whatever. And reviewing, weather mod authors like it or not, is protected under the united states first amendment, hence the term fair use. So again, don't want the mod reviewed, then don't offer it to the public. It really is that simple. Out of all the mod authors on the nexus, that one was the only one to ever cause an uproar and shine a spotlight on herself. A negative one at that. MXR was in the right in not taking it down because it is under fair use. Mod was put out to the public freely. If the mod author didn't want it reviewed, then it should never of been put out to the public because people will review. Even talking about a mod amongst friends and giving ones own personal opinion is considered a review. All this situation has done though is make people like MXR and I am sure even Brodul will be avoiding that persons mod as well, because once someone shows unjustified hostility where no other mod author had done so, then that is a stain that cannot be undone. And I still maintain, there has to be some shady thing in the background going on, if someone doesn't want free public advertisement of their mod they put on a site that is open to the public.Some reason they don't want their mod to be in any kind of spotlight. Especially a good spotlight, because MXR had nothing bad to say about that mod at all. He even said it was a neat idea. And lots of people find mods they otherwise would not know about through videos by MXR and other reviewers. I would never of known about for example, tactical valtheim or skyrim romance mod without MXR. Not gonna argue though. Just saying, mod authors that shine a negative spotlight on themselves, reap what they sow. I would not of harassed her, or anything of the such. However given what's been done with what I consider, an unjustifiable flagging, she would of ended up on my blacklist anyways. All this whole situation has done, which, hands down, was started NOT by MXR, but by that single author, had caused a rift in the modding community. The flagging would of made sense, if the video pointed to that mod, with a different author's name on it than the actual creator and pointed to a site not affiliated with the original author. Mod theft is definitely unjustified and wrong, and such thieves also would be on the blacklist with me. So while you might not agree with me, I feel the one in the wrong is the mod author, and not MXR. In fact, under fair use, MXR could easily fight the takedown, and get that strike taken off his channel easily if he fought it. Because it does fall under fair use. Will he? It's doubtful, because he doesn't make that much off of his youtube videos. But it will mean amongst reviewers, that particular mod author will be avoided by every top reviewer from here on out, and mod users such as myself, will also not download her mods. So she didn't want her mods to have any popularity, well in this case, she succeeded. Unfortunate, but this action will effect how many people will download any other mod she makes. If she wanted donations, well that is a significant chunk of the userbase, that wont be doing that for her either. Her loss I say.
  12. But as I said, they aren't profiting off the mods, youtube doesn't work that way. They get paid off ads shown which requires viewer counts. It just happens he is showing off peoples works and giving them a good spotlight. It's basically free advertising for the mod author, while the reviewer gets paid from ad revenue that is on every video on youtube which requires viewers to see said ads. Advertisers don't care what the video content is, only viewers seeing the ads and in exchange, they pay the video creator. So that isn't making a profit off someone's creation. There's game reviewers and movie reviewers that work in the same manner. They show off a bit of the product they are reviewing, give their thoughts and get paid for advertisements viewed. It again, falls under fair use, and they don't need the movie or game makers permission to give thoughts on the product they got legitimately. I really think you were missing that entire point. But I will make it simpler: Steven Spielberg makes a hit sci fi movie. It goes to theaters and makes money for him and his staff and actors that made the movie Said movie eventually moves to DVD and Blueray Some random guy buys the movie decides to do a youtube review Random guy makes ad revenue for the video but not the content of the video. Spielberg and all associated with the movie get basically free advertising for their movie as a result of the movie. Random guy made no money off spielberg, did not cut into the films profits one bit, unless it was a negative review, but viewers are entitled to come to their own decision on that. It's the same with mod reviews. They aren't being paid for the mods they are being paid for the ads that show before the video starts and/or any banner that pops up in the middle of the video. So people like MXR are not profiting off peoples work. That profit comes from a completely unrelated part of the video. MXR, Brodul, and other reviewers in this case, do not need permission to give thoughts and opinions about someone else's work. So yeah in this case, said mod author brought a bad spotlight on herself. No one else's fault but hers. I don't blame MXR for giving the reason why video 220 was missing. All it did was show me who I never want to get mods from no and on into the future. You can call it childish, but if I disagree with a companies behavior, it's my legal right to boycott them. And in the case of this mod author, the behavior shown, I felt was wrong, and thus I have no interest in their products no more. I could care less if it doesn't bother them or not. But I know I am not the only one that has blacklisted her mods. As is the last line about the random guy, this mod author had a decent review of her mod. She decided to go after a reviewer much like many review channels had been hit by companies for even showing a second of their film/show/music. And a lot of people are sick of companies pulling such bogus flags on reviewers. Some DMCA flags I admit are justified, like the channels that try linking to pirated copies of their products, or show so much of the product that it would be pointless to even get said product. But when it comes to reviewers who show only minor clips and give their thoughts on products much like MXR, who also in his videos, links to where you can get said mods legitly, it makes no sense to go so hostile as they aren't making money on peoples works, only ad revenue which is unrelated to the products being showcased.
  13. I am going to give my own feedback on this whole situation. The mod in question, used assets belonging to other mod authors. MXR showcased the mod, even gave it decent praise. But the creator launched a false attack on his channel which did give him a strike. No other mod creator ever had issues with their mod being showed off. But this one did. And her takedown of said mod, disabling commenting on her other videos and even feedback, suggest she had something to hide. I'm more than willing to bet, she probably used someone else's mod without permission and this whole situation was her trying to take eyes off her mod, but in the end, it shined a bad spotlight on her instead. I know for a fact, there's other videos on youtube, that showcase her mod that have gotten no strikes. And it was through the other videos I found her name and the first thing I did was come on Nexus, goto her channel and blacklisted her. I will never download a mod by someone that goes after someone for what I view, are petty reasons. If she had permission from the other mod authors that she included in her mod, which makes her mod not copyrightable, as it was 90% not original content she created, then seems to me them mod authors she had permission from, would of came out and said "yeah she has my permission to include my mod in hers". Too much shadyness for my taste. I will never see a single mod she creates from this time forward. And MXR I rank up there with Brodul, and other mod showcasers/reviewers. In fact his videos have shown me to mods I actually like and downloaded and use in my saves. Mods that not even Brodul has showcased. And second, mod showcasers/reviewers, don't need a creator's permission. Movie reviewers will either pay to see the movie, or gotten a legal version of the movie to review. Game reviewers either own the game in question, or were in some cases, given a free early copy to review. As long as said reviewer gets a product the legitimate way, then said product, even mods, can be reviewed. Reviewers like MXR don't make money off the mods themselves. They make money off of ad revenue which is dependent on viewers. So he was not making money off that mod authors mod or any mod authors mod. And yes, it does fall under fair use. If someone is that self conscious about their mods being reviewed, then they really have no business even uploading their mod for others to use. Heck I could goto the local wal-mart, buy say... a vacuum cleaner and use it, then post up my thoughts anywhere on the internet, reviewing said vacuum. Will be honest here. People like the one that false flagged MXR, not only get a negative spotlight shined on themselves, but if allowed to remain within the modding community, could well hurt Nexus in the long run. I myself, will continue watching MXR's videos. He's pointed me to many excellent, obscure mods I never would of found otherwise. Not to mention he is quite funny at times in his reviews. But I have a feeling he will also be avoiding that person that striked his channel as well. Damage is done, and nothing can be done about it now. But this talk about a popup to be added by a few modders aka PULP, any mods I find that has that, will instantly be removed from my load order and the author will find themselves on my blacklist as well. And I know I am not alone in that stance either. Spoken with many folks when I read about that little nugget. No one would use such mods, no matter how awesome they might look.
  14. Ah okay thanks anyways. As it happened, I found a cute outfit that I liked. So I will use it, as it fit what I was kinda wanting :)
  15. I am a real fan of the college robes. However for my character, I'd like her to stand out from the rest. What I'd like in an outfit is basically an edit of the college robes with the following features: - The main color texture of it I'd love changed to that of the green robes - Removal of the visible pants. Maybe instead, give her some shorts under that robe - Made for CBBE Slim, because that is my body type I use in my games. - Ideally, I'd like to craft it from the tanning rack - That being said, I don't want it to replace the default robes either. I prefer stand-alone ones. Optional: - Some kind of feminine looking hood. I am a huge fan of the archeress dress hood but it is light armor. I like having no armor as a mage.
  16. When you talk to Roggvir's sister, she states "My brother was killed because the wrong man walked out that gate". And keep in mind, Ulfric is a Jarl. His challenge was accepted, they fought a very short battle, as even I admit, Torygg was much weaker. However, as other Jarls who support Ulfric said. If you can't even defend your own crown, then you aren't worthy of being High King. It is also evident, talking to various npc's around Skyrim, Torygg was made High King, because the Empire bribed the right people to make it so. He was a puppet, just like Elisif. So it makes perfect sense, for Jarl Ulfric, his challenge won, to return home and await the call for a new moot. From my understanding of Skyrim traditions: A moot meets and names a High KingShould another Jarl challenge the High King and win, then the other Jarls are notified and a new moot is called.Should the challenging Jarl fail in his own challenge, then a new Jarl is assigned to replace him or her.The Moot, picks one of the Jarls of each of the holds, to be the new High King. Most of the time, the Jarl that beat the High King, is named High King.Seeing as the Empire used bribery, and other tactics to ensure the High King was someone they could keep a leash on, Ulfric removing the High King, and having support of over half the holds of Skyrim (I say over half because he did have Falkreath, but the Empire was quick to replace the old man with Sidgeir to cause a stalemate), the Empire's hold on Skyrim was slipping. The other factor, was Whiterun, which did not choose any side, until the end. So the Empire did the only thing it could to try to maintain their hold on Skyrim. To quickly swoop in and say Ulfric murdered the high king, which triggered the civil war. But Tullius doesn't view his side as instigating the war. To him, just being against the empire, is enough to say Ulfric started the war. Now all that aside, the map I created, still shows that the Dragonborn would of had to of been in Skyrim a lot longer, than just "getting caught crossing the border". And considering Darkwater Crossing, is within the Windhelm/Riften border, crossing it, is not illegal. So either way, them putting the Dragonborn to the Block, without a trial, still sounds quite illegal. Heck, if I had to guess, Roggvir probably had a trial, which sent him to the block. They didn't just grab him and stick him there, then wait for the dragonborn to come to Solitude to watch them do it. From Helgen, it still takes a few days to even get there. So Bethesda still goofed up on the games intro. But thankfully, the mod Skyrim Unbound, helped me get around that :)
  17. There was no ambush. And as another person said, Ulfric is a traditionalist. He follows tradition and law to the letter. So Torygg did have time to prepare, and obviously, it didn't happen right there in the throne room. It is most likely they went out to the courtyard, one opponent on one end, the other on the other. And as they converged to meet blades, Ulfric shouted him down, then stabbed him, to win the duel. Either way, it was a lawful challenge, the nord rules of challenge were followed to the letter. It was the non-nords who started proclaiming murder. Non-nords being the imperials. And when he won the challenge, he didn't run for the gate. From what I gathered, he walked to the gate, the guard on duty opened it and he "Walked" out, as one npc described it. Because Roggvir was executed because the "Wrong man walked out that gate". So I still maintain, that Tullius was breaking all kinds of laws, just to try to keep Skyrim in the fold. He needed Torygg or his wife on the high king throne. And there were 2 contenders for it. Her, or Ulfric, who was disgusted with the Empire as are most nords. So what better way to ensure Ulfric didn't become high king, than to proclaim him a murderer and start a bloody civil war. Tullius's priorities, isn't to build up to fight the dominion. He's too in bed with them. His only objective, was to ensure the Empire stayed intact.
  18. Not an entirely unbelievable theory; and while I don't specifically agree with the reasoning, there is the fact the opening sequence has the carts arriving at Helgen from the south road; not from the the east road, which does make one wonder how that came about. I can't think of any reason why Tullius would have had any order for a trial or an execution of Ulfric in Cyrodiil as a show of the Empires power or authority. The rebellion isn't seen as anything other than a minor nuisance that Tullius has to deal with in order to get on with other more important issues. Tullius does refer to it as a "little rebellion" and there are strong indications in the game that he would much rather be focusing on dealing with the Thalmor problem than Ulfric. The only importance he assigns to the "little rebellion" is that it has taken critical resources away from the Empire and needs to be dealt with quickly. If anything, I could believe that prisoners may have been taken to Fort Neugrad as a matter of routine, and that Tullius on learning Ulfric had been captured, went to Helgen arriving at about the same time the carts did. Guards at Helgen would have seen the carts pass and Tullius simply sent a soldier up the road to turn the carts back to Helgen in order to complete the execution of Ulfric right away and put an end to the rebellion. Having Ulfric in a cell or traveling to Cyrodiil is too risky as a rescue attempt could be made. Tullius just wants to get it over with as soon as possible. As for the other prisoners, including Lokir and the PC, Tullius has no interest in justice or trials or sorting out who is who, his only focus is to just eliminate Ulfric and anyone with him so he (Tullius) can get on with more important issues. Well thing is though, If Tullius really wanted to focus on other things then it was he, who actually started the civil war. Here's some info I gathered in game that pretty much proves Tullius is the problem: Ulfric showed up at Solitude. No one suspected he was going to make the challenge to the High King.Elisif's own Thanes even say, Skyrim law dictates if the challenge is made to the High King, the High King must accept it, or be branded a coward and a new moot called to replace them. If the challenge is made to a Jarl, and that Jarl declines, they'd be branded a coward and removed from being a Jarl, and replaced by someone chosen by the citizenry of the hold.The same Thanes, also said, if they had known Ulfric was going to make that challenge, they would of denied him entrance to make the challenge.When Ulfric made the challenge, the High King of course accepted. The challenge when made is always to the death, and use whatever weapons at your disposal, including shouts.Only the Empire is saying Ulfric shouted him apart. But people who actually witnessed the fight described it more like Unrelenting Force. He knocked the high king down and stabbed him with his sword.So in this case, the challenge was lawful. But Tullius is the one who decided to brand Ulfric a murderer because the empire's puppet was killed in a lawful duel. So if Tullius was truly all "We need to focus on the Thalmor threat", then he should of let skyrim handle skyrim's business, then make his plea to the new high king to take the fight to the thalmor. Also I got creative, and using the googlemap version of Skyrim I drew out the route that they would had to of taken to get to the intro cart ride: http://i.imgur.com/5Tor94Q.png So from that route, it would appear they were originally taking them to Cyrodiil, but then made a u-turn under Tullius' orders. That right there, is fishy, considering everyone involved, thought they were being taken to Cyrodiil for a trial. And notice also, they pass very close to an imperial camp on the way to Helgen just before the alchemist's hut. If they were going to forgo the trial, and go straight to the execution, then they could of took them there. But they didn't, and instead u-turned to Helgen. It makes no sense making a big show out of executing men who were over halfway to Cyrodiil for a trial, unless there was something fishy going on.
  19. My theory goes like this: PC Crossed a border, was caught with Lokir and the stormcloaks and knocked unconciousStanding orders for Tullius was that if he ever captured Ulfric alive, he's to take him to Cyrodiil for a trialThey probably passed Helgen to head for the fort before proceeding to the borderchances are, the thalmor met Tullius at the fort and gave him the idea of rather than a trial, which could potentially free Ulfric, why not frame the stormcloaks?So Tullius orders the wagons to not stop at the fort but to proceed a little further down the road then turn to head back to Helgenqueue the opening sequenceSo if the dragon had not shown up, Tullius could of quietly executed the stormcloaks and Ulfric, then so he could justify defying standing orders, orders his men to destroy the town so they can blame it on the stormcloaks. But dragon showed up, and we got the story we got. The reason I suspect this conspiracy theory is what I have seen in regards to Tullius himself: First He is clearly chatting it up with the Thalmor when you enter HelgenThe quest to rescue Thorald from Northwatch Keep, the missive to the Battle-born is by Tullius saying he knows the Thalmor have him, and it should just be quietly swept under the rugI entered Dour Castle and listened in on the entire back and forth between him and Rikke, and it is clear he has no respect for the Nords of Skyrim, and isn't above doing underhanded stuff to get what he wants done, to happen.Hence how I pieced together why they were taken to Helgen, instead of being taken before the emperor. It also explains the captain's insistence that regardless of being on the list or not, the PC is to goto the block. If they weren't up to something fishy, then why send an innocence to the block? Also consider, every single stormcloak soldier was on their list, and the horse thief Lokir. The dragonborn is, as far as I could tell, the only one that has committed no crimes and is to be killed regardless. The only reason an innocence would be executed with war prisoners, is if the witnesses wont be alive after that to tell their tale. After all, this is Skyrim. Where if you don't kill that bunny that witnessed you murdering that traveling mercenary, that bunny tells the hold you committed the murder in, and you get a bounty.
  20. Sorry for this bump but I used google and this is the only thread that showed up on the subject that actually had a map that is viewable (Other sites that showed up, had dead links to their maps). Ralof did say "Outside of" Darkwater Crossing. Having explored Darkwater Crossing, it is actually not just a mining camp, it is full of Stormcloak Guards too. So my guess would be Ulfric and his band were heading there from Darkwater Pass, saw the imperial ambush and made a break for it. I am assuming the Dragonborn was coming from the south from Cyrodiil. So using this interactive map: http://www.uesp.net/maps/srmap/srmap.shtml And zooming all the way in around the road from the south leading to Fort Neugrad, there is a fork in the road to bypass going near the fort. Then at the end of that fork, go over a snow hill onto the road heading towards Riften. Now looking at the map near Darkwater Crossing, lets assume Ulfric's band is heading to there from the south. It most likely was near Snapleg Cave. And when they saw the ambush they made a break for it back along the road. Hence the ambush began OUTSIDE Darkwater Crossing. If they fled along the road then chances are they and the Dragonborn would of intersected somewhere in between. I honestly can't seem to find a cyrodiil/riften border at all. So in my story my char had already crossed the border. She was born in Skyrim, but her parents were slain by bandits and her aunt took her to Cyrodiil. When the aunt passed away she decided to return to Skyrim. Being a wilderness girl, she took mountain paths rather than follow the road, and found herself on the road at the most inopportune time. She noted Lokir trying to steal a horse, Stormcloaks were running towards her then halted. She looked behind and there were Imperials, then imperials came behind the stormcloaks and Ulfric called out their surrender. My char was knocked out by an imperial and all her gear taken. She woke up on the wagon which had been traveling to Cyrodiil, but then Tullius decided to turn the wagons around and head for Helgen. Here is where my own conspiracy theory comes in: If they followed protocol, Ulfric and everyone in their custody would be taken to Cyrodiil. Ulfric would be given a trial, with a good chance that the judge would look at nord customs and find him Innocent of murder of the high king. Tullius doesn't want Ulfric to even have a fair trial as Ralof said. So most likely they had took the prisoners all to Fort Neugrad, then turned on the fork to head back to Helgen. In this scenario, Tullius is actually doing something illegal, and when he takes the Dragonborn, Ulfric and all his men to Helgen for execution, he'd need justification then why he didn't bring them back to Cyrodiil. Easiest answer: Frame the Stormcloaks for the destruction of Helgen. Right after he executed the dragonborn, Ulfrics men and Ulfric himself, they'd turn on the civilian witnesses. Then bring Ulfric's head back to Cyrodiil and declare Helgen destroyed by the Stormcloaks, and he'd be branded a hero. However fate did not allow Tullius to get his way. The dragon showed up, and basically freed the stormcloaks and the Dragonborn. And also if you think about it, the Empire and Stormcloak Rebellion, is similar to Star Wars. In this case, the Empire has become the puppet who's strings are now controlled by the Dominion, who see's fit to commit crimes against Skyrim, and the Empire does nothing about it. Case in point: Thorald Grey-mane. Illegally abducted. Tullius basically writing to the Battle-born that it's in everyones best interest to ignore the Thalmor's activities. So Tullius isn't in Skyrim for Skyrim's best interest. He's there to serve as the face that controls Skyrim, and the Thalmor in turn, control him. It's these reasons I end up every single time, siding with the Stormcloaks.
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