Feb
28th
2016
TheSequentialArtMan needs your help! · 7:31am Feb 28th, 2016
TheSequentialArtMan has been banned... again. I need to raise my Sky Brigade against the asinine morons who reported him! Will anypony rise up with me to help him? He was convicted of a crime he didn't commit, criticized when he was already banned, and... worst of all... unable to continue writing due to this! Anyone want to help me? Helping him would help me! Anyways, that's all I have to say for now.
Here's a song to remind you what friends are...
Stay fly, my friends!
Sky out.
Sure just tell me what I have to do.
3781818 We need to rise together and prove his innocence!
3781822 I'd like to help with that but I need to know more first, after all can't dig for gold if you don't have a map to lead you to it.
3781835 Click the link to his account, and... I'll show you some things from my Skype conversations with him.
3781838 Alright.
Looks like he finally found somebody who was suckered into helping him. I'm sure he's claimed his innocence to you but he's only given you half the story, let me give you the other half. I'll add right now that he's a liar, we've gone through this several times but each time he's then claimed that he's totally innocent. I'll see if I can dig up some screenshots one of the guys took as evidence.
About two years back, and yes it's been going on that long, this guy was a royal pain in the ass. He spammed story after story asking for people to read his story which I believe was titled, "Having Some Fun Time With Princess Celestia and her Friends" or something to that effect. It wasn't very good and came off as some adolescent fantasy which considering his mental and emotional age seems about right.
If it wasn't for something he said, nobody would really have paid any attention to him. However he mentioned something about it being based on several stories. What he had done was literally take lines and paragraphs from four or five different stories and include them in his own. We're not talking taking the idea or the concept. No, did a cut and paste job and tried to pass it off as his own. He was told this was plagiarism but he didn't care and acted like he did nothing wrong. When confronted after his first ban he claimed that this was only a starting point and how he was in the process of changing the stories but made no effort to do so. He created a second, and I've heard tell a third account, trying to get around the bans and for this he was permanently banned. There's no coming back from this now.
All throughout this he's claimed his innocence to anybody that would listen to him. But here's some screenshots taken at the time comparing his story to one that he stole from.
His version, sorry for some reason it's not allowing me to embed but here's the URL. Just click on the square and it should show up. i.imgur.com/p7FqzGQ.png . Take particular note in the second paragraph where he didn't even bother to change the name of the main character.
The original version taken from A Doorway to Another Place, namely the first chapter, "Beginning" about 3/4 of the way down, "Spreading the blanket down on the ground they set up their telescopes and Rick pointed out certain interesting sights and areas in the sky.
"Right there, " he said motioning to Twilight to look through the viewfinder, "is the planet Jupiter. Biggest planet in the solar system. And you should be able to see two of its moons, actually just their shadows right now."
Twilight was amazed. Never before had she seen an extraterrestrial planet in such detail. The bands of colour, the swirling vortex of the Great Red Spot and the Galilean moons were all there in front of her eyes. Rick would occasionally move the telescope and find another stellar object for her to see and admire.
Finally, when she felt head was swimming they decided to lie down on the blanket as Rick named the constellations and gave stories to them when he knew them."
The next part, where Twilight describes the constellations, is taken from earlier in the same story. "they were currently lying down, covered by the other blanket as Twilight described the night sky and the constellations to him.
"And that one right there, " Twilight said pointing with one of her hooves, "is the Great Pony. Those four stars make out his body, those stars are his legs and those stars are his head. The ancient ponies used to say that he circled the sky and made it move. And over there, that one bright red star is the eye of Stormwind the Dragon. If you look closely a little over to the right of that you can see the smoke coming from his mouth. And then over there you can see the twins Canter and Bollux, sons of the Great Pony. They were both great sportsmen and adventurers that helped out the pony heroes of old and some even say led the first ponies to Equestria. Then if you see over there right behind the Great Pony, there's a triangle with that bright star at one tip, the red star on the other side and that binary star at the bottom. That's Kick'em High the Trickster. He was an Earth Pony that went about tricking the gods and teaching ponykind about all sorts of things. As a punishment, he was tied to the Great Pony's tail and was forced to walk behind him for all eternity...."
Rick listened to her go on and on about the constellations and the stories behind them"
Here's his part where the main character introduces Twilight to his computer: i.imgur.com/pMnc4Ir.png . Again click on the square and it will bring up the image.
And from the first chapter of Doorway, here's the same text: "It's a computer. It does all sorts of things, calculations, plays games, music, watch videos and connect to the internet which is possibly the greatest collection of information and some of the stupidest stuff you can imagine at the very same time. I guess you could call it a kind of 'magic window'. Here. let me show you where you currently are." Rick threw himself into the chair and wheeled it over to the desk. A couple mouse clicks later and he had brought up Google Earth. Twilight Sparkle was amazed, her jaw hung open seeing an entire globe turning slowly in front of her. He clicked a few times and the picture blurred as he zoomed in eventually reaching where he lived. "We're right there" he said pointing to the screen.
"So this is happening now? If you were to go outside could I see you there and here as well?" she asked excitedly.
"Nah, this is a static image. It was taken maybe 2 years ago before I even moved here and it'll stay until they decide to map this area again. Okay, lemme show you something else, " he smiled at her and she liked the fact he had the same passion for learning and teaching like she had."
A bit from his story about how close they feel: i.imgur.com/Gkx8b3I.png . Same thing, click on the square.
And from Doorway, the same bit: "Twilight piped up and said, "why do I feel so comfortable with you?"
"What seriously?" Rick started to laugh at that. When he saw her face fall slightly he quickly waved his hands and continued, "it's nothing bad, I was just laughing because I felt the same way. Twi it's weird, it's really weird but you and I just click. I can't explain it but I just 'get' you. You open your mouth and say something and I know how you're feeling and what you're talking about." He took another swallow of his wine and hoped that the flush he was starting to feel in his cheeks and the one rising on her cheeks was due to the alcohol in the wine.
"That's exactly how I feel!" She said happily then sighed. "It's usually so difficult to talk to the other fillies, I'm always afraid they won't understand what I'm talking about but with you, unless it's a cultural thing I know you're going to get it."
As you can hopefully see, he stole this from this one author and when confronted by it denied he did anything wrong and when the author tried to get him to change it, he instead was blocked and prevented from communicating. But that's not the only one who he wronged.
I present you with TAP BaDap18 and his story, "Twi and Ty's Topsy-Turvy Tours". He stole a lot from here. If there were screenshots taken of this I don't know of them but I can show you his version of things as I did manage to save a copy of his first chapter before he was permanently banned.
His story: ""Aaaand, done!"・I said as I finished up a game on my PS2. "Whelp, I'm bored. What to do now? Maybe I'll just take a walk to kill time. Or maybe aimlessly surf the internet until something catches my eye."
As I pondered what I would do to spend the rest of the early afternoon, I took notice of an uncanny purplish gleam in the center of my room reflecting on what seemed to be nothing. My eyes darted across the room, seeking a source for the glow.
"What the..." I asked myself in bewilderment as my mind began to formulate possible causes for the gleam until eventually settling for one. "Man, they were right about TV screens ruining your eyes." I muttered, taking off my glasses in order to wipe off the foggy residue with my shirt.
Upon putting the glasses back on, however, the lenses didn't appear to be the culprit. I once again took off the glasses in a fruitless attempt to rub my eyes, an action which failed to disperse of the glow. In addition, a small gust of wind began to blow. Confused, I looked at my window to see that it was closed. I then got up and checked my air vent. The lack of flowing air through it told me that the air conditioning was off. Whatever was going on was seriously starting to freak me out.
"I'll b...ack, gir...!"・A feminine voice shouted vaguely, seemingly from nowhere.
Further discombobulated, I looked around to realize that there's no one around me.
"Whoa, what? I know I'm not high or anything. I don't even smoke."・I mumbled, scratching my head in confusion
*Crackle Crackle*
*Whish*
*BOOM*
A loud crash almost made me you-know-what in you-know-where.
"WHOA!!!!" I hurriedly ducked for cover behind my bed as the purple light quickly brightened and expanded, making the area flash a blinding white."
And literally the beginning from the first chapter of "Twi and Tys Topsy Turvy Tours". "“Aaaand, done!” I said as I finished up an online game on my Xbox 360. “…whelp, I’m bored. What to do now…? Maybe I’ll just take a walk to kill time… or maybe aimlessly surf the internet until somethin' catches my eye…” As I pondered what I would do to spend rest of the already-late afternoon, I began to notice a dim, purplish gleam forming in the center of my room.
“What the hell…?” I asked myself in wonder. “Man, that’s what I get for starin’ at this TV screen for so long…” I muttered as I took off my glasses to wipe them with my shirt. However, even after putting them back on, the gleam was still there, and appeared to be getting brighter. I took my glasses off once again; only this time, I began to rapidly rub my eyes, figuring that there was something in them. Of course, that failed to be effective in the least, as the gleam was still there, getting brighter. In addition, a small gust of wind began to blow. Confused, I looked at my window to see that it was closed. I then got up and checked my air vent. The lack of flowing air through it told me that the air conditioning was off. Whatever was going on was seriously starting to freak me out.
"I’ll b… ack, gir…!” A feminine voice shouted vaguely, seemingly from nowhere. Further discombobulated, I looked around to realize that no one around me.
“Whoa, what? I know I ain’t high or nothin’… Ah’own even smoke…” I mumbled, scratching my head in confusion. “Somebody here?” I asked aloud. No answer. Instead, the gleam became a bright purple glow, as the swirling winds increased in intensity and an electric crackling sound began to emit from the strange, inexplicably bright light. I shielded my eyes as the shining, luminous light became too bright for me to stare at directly.
*Crackle Crackle*
*Whish*
I was beginning to wonder if there was a hurricane about to form in my room, when *BOOM!* a loud, thunder-like crash rattled my room, startling the living hell out of me.
"Oh, shit!" I hurriedly ducked for cover behind my bed as the purple light quickly brightened and expanded, making the area flash a blinding white."
As you can see, he's taken the grade school route of just changing a few words here and there to make it appear different.
Here's a blog post where he tried to get somebody else to help him: https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/599998/could-someone-fill-me-in-on-who-thesequentialartman-is. Take note of the link in the first response highlighting his language.
Another blog post from the above mentioned story, "A Doorway to Another Place" talking about what he did here: https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/318728/plagiarism-or-i-couldnt-think-of-anything-so-i-copied-you. Take note one of the moderators for this site responded in the thread.
There are a couple of others scattered around but I just wanted to let you know who and what it is you're getting involved with before attempting to tilt at windmills as it were. He's not getting back on this site. Fight it all you want, he's done.
3788701 Imgur has blacklisted Fimfic; use Imgbox to make the images crop up.
3781838 Perhaps this should tell you his true intentions.
3788860
Well the imgur thing I didn't know about. Problem is they're not my pics so I'd have to copy / save and re-upload. That's too much drama for me.
And I know all about his freakout on Spiders and Magic. I was around when all this originally went down.
But I also know he's reading this blog. I check the discussion page on his youtube occasionally to see him whine about how unfair everything is. He's deleted a couple of posts from there already. He'll probably start deleting everything as he has a tendency to do whenever things don't go his way.
3788912 I'm tempted to contact him via Skype (the manbitch is stupidly easy to find), and tell him how much of a pussy he is. But not before asking him if he'd 'take' things from one of my fics, just to see if he'll be honest with me.
3788921
You can give it a try but he's got such a thick skull that you can make all the sense you want but he'll still insist that he's right and everybody else is wrong.
3788929 I'm aware of that. Still, he's a fucking turdmonger.
...I wonder how he's gonna react seeing me insult him on this blog instead of, I dunno, his userpages (which he can't comment on anyway, because he's been banhammered twice.)
3788934
Oh he's already started on his discussion page.
All this, according to him, proves that he's the smarter one here. I don't know how his mind works but I'm starting to think we're dealing with a Bizarro type person here. You know the kind that thinks losing is actually winning?
3788941 Pff, he ain't got shit on me. His moobs and neckbeard pale in comparison to my figure (and he ain't getting any; he'll be forever alone.)
3781822
Oh you're going to love this, beyond that stuff I originally posted showing he's a liar, please check out this thread. It starts off slowly, but quickly devolves into your newest and bestest buddy being a complete ass.
http://www.fimfiction.net/group/198152/plan-9-from-equestria/thread/111041/story
I'm finally going to provide my support. He's a friend of mine and he deserves all of the support he can get.