Dear all,
I've recently been having a lot of mixed feelings about the game Friday Night Funkin'. It's a great game in itself, but the mods have been seriously questionable. Lately, I've seen a lot of controversy happen within and outside the fandom, the community, and its creators. Creators have made mistakes in personal choices, the community has been rather toxic, the fandom's chaotic nature even surpasses Undertale's in its heyday. Because of this, I feel some things must change in my involvement.
-I will no longer be working on the FNF Around the World Mod. From now henceforth it will be cancelled. I will no longer be releasing tracks dedicated to the mod.
-Due to controversies surrounding mod creation in the FNF fandom, it will no longer be public, but rather a private mod for me and other creators of our group to enjoy. DO NOT ask for links to the mod if you are not already helping me with the mod's creation.
-I will still create tracks for others who wish to create FNF mods of their own. (For instance I will still continue remixing the FNF songs Sega Genesis style. I will also be creating an FNF type theme for one of my closer artist friends here on Newgrounds, so keep peeled @werecatamount!)
-I will support FNF artists who have had little to no controversy, especially newer artists that joined due to the love of the game. (Artists such as/similar to TheGreatRouge are types I do not support (due to past controversies involving the Undertale Fandom and take part in "questionable actions"), but I do support artists such as bbpanzu, Whitty and Tabi's creators, Mid-Fight Masses' creator, the creators of FNF HD, BenzBT, Biddle3, Kamex and Retrospecter, werecatamount, the official FNF game creators and musicians, and of course RecD and MugiMikey, among others. I will no longer support mods under scrutiny due to questionable creators, such as StoneToss (Amogus), Diffraktor (Monika), CeramicSkinStudios (Vs. Brightside, Omega), and kodomodachi (OVA Sonic and Whitty + BF). If there are any others I shouldn't support due to justified criticism against them (such as CW: pedophilia, controversial stances or otherwise, research at your own discretion) let me know in the comments!) In other words: please do not meddle in drama or controversy, creators! I urge you!
I hope everyone understands. Thanks for reading, guys.
werecatamount
I understand and I'm totally with you on this one. Props to you for distancing yourself from the bad side of the fandom. One of the reasons I haven't been active here is because of all the controversy, I'm way out of touch with the more recent drama though. Just makes it difficult to love the game. Damn, I don't think I've ever seen a fandom crash and burn so hard and so fast :/ Also it's funny to see my name mixed in with all those popular creators xD and thanks for the update!
TheMusicalManiac
Yeah, it really does. I came here when I wasn't my best for inspiration (mainly due to FNF) but the game's gonna leave a big hole in my heart. It's okay, at least the Sonic Fandom is way more stable than this, so pretty thankful for that. (Besides, they're celebrating Sonic's 30th so I'd rather join the fun.) As for you added to the list of amazing creators, I felt if you so felt inclined to make a mod of your OC Otto I'd say go for it. I think you're a great artist anyway so felt necessary to add! I promise Otto's theme will come soon!