OBD Drama - Pre-GetBackers Deception / Post-GetBackers Deception

I posted this on my Facebook page, but I've seen some comments while searching the net, and figured it was better to just do it here:

Okay, I know that it has been a while since I talked about this, but it's only because I really didn't care for a while. I am basically a celebrity online in the VS. Forums for "Wanking" GetBackers back in 2009. There are some that know the truth about the situation and then there are others that simply make up stories. This is the story behind it. I am sure some are going to interpret it their way, but oh well, at least it's out.



I basically put GetBackers in the light in 2009, (although another poster was basically its expert since 06/07) and at first, I was going off of information already present there. However, I got my hands on the manga volumes that were not translated and tried to get my hands on some translations. I had a few friends that helped me out and gave me some information on what was going on. Before I posted anything new, I always went and either asked the Battledome Questions or a few members and then I brought the feat to the table. They would confirm it, so I would bring it in a debate. GetBackers got powerful pretty quick, but it definitely wasn't just "me" that was boosting it up. However, I will admit that I "wanked" Ban Mido. Hell, I outright admitted that. And the only thing I wanked was his destructive capability. I said that only 4 characters in GetBackers should have been considered Universals+ and with reason at that. I said nothing about a cast full of Galaxy Busters, so I have no idea where that came from. Also, I was not the only one bringing up them being Faster than Light. But I did continuously promote them. And I did not have all of the feats or the evidence, so I was in the wrong for acting like I knew what I was talking about. But again, I even admitted that.



Then, the Deception Thread came and basically debunked a few things that I had brought up. That week prior to the thread, I became ill, and basically didn't get online for a while. Days later when I come back on the forums, GB is getting bashed. So by the time I reply, everyone had already made up their minds that I was a liar. When I tried to explain my situation, very few cared. The whole basis of the GetBackers Deception Thread was literally debunking 2 claims: that they were Faster than Light and that there were Universal+ level characters. Everything else that dealt with their feats was just downplayed after that. The thread debunked things when the manga wasn't even translated, and I think like only 1 person came on there with a translation or 2. And yet, people say that I left after that? I am pretty sure if you look down the rest of the year after that thread, you will see that I was still very much active. I even admitted that I handled the backlash immaturely to forums. I got like 2 negs for it, but a lot of other people basically gave me their respect for admitting my immaturity. And then I decided to do what this thread stated that I didn't do; get all of the feats to back up my claims.



A poster named Greed, Shusui, and I got together and created the GetBackers Scanlation group. We finished every Volume from 28 to 39 that was not translated. When we came back with feats, which in fact not only proved everything that I said, (not including Ban Mido wanking on my part) but the feats made them out to be stronger than what I had said or what was previously posted prior to 2009; the OBD didn't want to hear it. In fact, every feat was getting downplayed, while at the same time, other mangas that either had the same feat or lesser feat was taken as legit. Me, Greed, Lord Raizen and a few other posters continuously gave the forums feats when they asked for them, but the forums didn't care. They hated GetBackers and their mind was already set. Funny thing is, when new posters would come, that would read GetBackers, they would state that the characters in the manga seem more powerful than what OBD makes them out to be. Then, OBD shows them the Deception Thread. I saw the posters defending GB getting tired of OBD just outright dismissing every feat and soon they just stopped.



I left in 2011, way after that Deception Thread, so anyone that claims that I just left because of it is just making up their own story of the situation. I have been writing stories since I was a little child, and writing books since I was a little teen. I have posted my stuff in newspaper articles and school paper articles. I did not publish because of the OBD's actions. While I did want to put some of my work in the VS Forums, it was not published. I did not decide to publish my work until I finished reading a Daniel X book, and then my mom basically said that I have no excuse for not publishing my work. That is when I decided to publish my work. It had nothing to do with the OBD. If anything, Narutoforums made me not want to publish my work because I did stop writing for a while after that whole GetBackers mess.



But for clarification one more time, I did not leave because of the Deception Thread, nor did OBD kick me out, while it did seem like they tried. But if I posted in a thread that had nothing to do with GetBackers, it was business as usual to them. The regulars at that time pretty much stopped caring about me, and some did still try to debate with GetBackers, but the posters were becoming simply too ignorant and OBD was dying. I left near the end of the year in 2011. I did come back in 2012 for a few months, but it just wasn't the same as it was when I was lurking in 07/08 and joined in 09. So yeah, I just left it alone completely.



As for my stories, their levels of powers, and different structure; I simply wanted to put out there something different. I am not interested in the same old, same old literature that is out. It really is that simple. It's what I have always been writing about.