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Remembering drama i just thought this one person "stealing" rare uploads in the old vip sec and sharing it on a robin hood like livejournal page and feeling like t he greatest :D What was the name, forgot it, something like onsen or onsu..ochinchin?

Wish someone would do a wiki like knowyourmeme with knowyourvkdrama

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2 hours ago, Disposable said:

Demon android actually got all his stuff from upstairs at his cousins place, so ya'll just cyberbullies 

 

this is still the best.

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how does anyone even do this i'm gonna kms

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20 hours ago, sume7 said:

They should actually do this. I'd say the top spot would be between today's incident, trombe's disbanding, The truth behind ZeluvA, or the whole "The Lycaon Mourning thread" thing.

Don't forget Kisaki's multiple scandals.

What's that ZeluvA thing again?

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1 minute ago, Komorebi said:

Don't forget Kisaki's multiple scandals.

What's that ZeluvA thing again?

Cat and Zess trick everyone with a band called ZeluvA and pretended like they were a vk band to see how many people would listen to them just because they thought they were vk. It was later revealed that the band was actually UMBERBROWN a non visual band. So M-H got trolled hard. lol May have been before you started.

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1 hour ago, sume7 said:

Cat and Zess trick everyone with a band called ZeluvA and pretended like they were a vk band to see how many people would listen to them just because they thought they were vk. It was later revealed that the band was actually UMBERBROWN a non visual band. So M-H got trolled hard. lol May have been before you started.

That is some master trolling right there. My respects for Cat and Zeus.

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Okay guys (who have been to Japan for helluva while) any thoughts on Hiroshima or do you personally find it as idyllic/picturesque/"comfy" as some may perceive it to be. I just wanted to inquire about this since Tokyo may be too much to me if I planned to hit there first in regards to accom etc. etc. etc.

 

also: a bit picky about pricing - is it true that Chiba and possibly Kobe are *FUCKING* expensive?

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If I can be frank for a second, I'm disappointed how easily distracted people are.

 

It's only been two days and there are already countless arguments about the merits and harms of file sharing. That doesn't address the real point of why we are currently in the situation we are in right now. Our hand was played and the staff was not happy. One member who goes by the name of @Kawaii_Minpha decided it would be cute to troll the staff and the website by threatening to report us to the RIAJ unless we gave in to her demands, which among other things called for banning members she does not like. If you read the messages sent to us, it turns from funny to sad in an instant. What pisses me off personally is how someone would try to ruin what we have going here for kicks. Even threatening to do so is worthy of an instant ban and I should not have to explain why.

 

As an aside, I don't really care how you feel about file sharing - facts are that if you are here, you are guilty by association - but these last few days have proven that without Monochrome Heaven there's nowhere for anyone to go. Downloads can always find a new home but to find another place where you can have mature, constructive discussions about Japanese music in an open environment will be much harder. And that place could never exist without free music so people can talk about it, because the barrier for entry is too high. We have to recognize the role that piracy plays in all our lives. That's why saying "buy music to support your favorite artists" is not the be all, end all answer. It's a good answer, but it's more complicated than that. No one here woke up one day and decided to buy Dir en grey albums on a whim. Japanese bands became our favorite bands because we pirated music long enough to become devoted enough to pay for it. Some people are at different stages of their fandom. This website has found the perfect balance of both piracy and discussion while also managing to be inclusive of all styles of Japanese music and there's nowhere else on the internet that even comes close to this. That's awesome.

 

That's why this situation has the staff thinking about what we exist for. This website may not mean much to many members here beyond downloads but the staff has poured countless hours of time and energy into investing in the website and the community. Are we harming the scene? Yeah, no doubt. But we probably do a lot of good as well. With the countless messages I've gotten over the last few days about "where all the free music went" I'm not convinced we can do good without doing some harm as well. The tools are not in place to promote visual kei globally without piracy, and I doubt there ever will be. The scene wouldn't be what it is today if it weren't for all of us here. We either take the good with the bad or abstain entirely.

 

There is more to this website than just downloads and the constant activity over the last few days proves that this community is strong. Stronger than even we may have realized ourselves. This is awesome, keep up the good work! Having said that, I've thought a lot about Kevin from Batsu and how he freaked out and deleted the download section when he thought the feds were coming for him. His approach was blunt, but I understand how he felt. He figured Batsu could weather the storm and would be better for it...and that unfortunately did not work out. If push came to shove we would make a similar decision, and that's why for the last two years we have been working hard to provide other reasons for people to come back here. While the download section is offline I implore you all to go check out the News, Rumors, Review, and General sections to start. There's enough tea there to keep you sipping until things are finalized.
 

The staff is still ironing out the details so expect more information soon. I can confidently say that the news will come as a shock to everyone but some people will not notice and others will.
 

Consider this an early morning rant.

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I insist there will be no place for him here after this drama.

If he is starving for what we have here, he can go dig the garbage bin and eat leftover food aka shitty blogspots.

 

I knew he would come read this. I let him read it before banning his IP.

216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:49:06 +0000] "POST /topic/124-random-thoughts-thread/ HTTP/2.0" 200 271 "https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/topic/124-random-thoughts-thread/?page=305" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"
216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:51:06 +0000] "POST /topic/124-random-thoughts-thread/ HTTP/2.0" 500 227 "https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/topic/124-random-thoughts-thread/?page=305" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"
216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:52:10 +0000] "GET /profile/1446-nostalgia/?status=18909&type=status HTTP/2.0" 500 5717 "https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"
216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:52:11 +0000] "GET /public/style_images/banners/review/review.jsx HTTP/2.0" 304 154 "https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/profile/1446-nostalgia/?status=18909&type=status" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"
216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:52:13 +0000] "GET /public/style_images/banners/review/review.jsx HTTP/2.0" 304 154 "https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/profile/1446-nostalgia/?status=18909&type=status" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"
216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:52:18 +0000] "GET /profile/1446-nostalgia/?status=18909&type=status HTTP/2.0" 500 5717 "https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"
216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:52:19 +0000] "GET /public/style_images/banners/review/review.jsx HTTP/2.0" 304 154 "https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/profile/1446-nostalgia/?status=18909&type=status" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"
216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:52:22 +0000] "GET /public/style_images/banners/review/review.jsx HTTP/2.0" 304 154 "https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/profile/1446-nostalgia/?status=18909&type=status" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"
216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:52:30 +0000] "GET /topic/124-random-thoughts-thread/?page=305 HTTP/2.0" 500 5830 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"
216.246.242.235 - - [12/Nov/2016:14:52:53 +0000] "GET /forum/9-news/ HTTP/2.0" 500 5826 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0"

 

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