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Redditās moderation teams are so compromised. Hopefully Lemmy offers a space to discuss Skyrim modding without censorship. If youāve experienced similar issues with LoreRim or Biggie, please share your story below.
Sharing the full post in case it gets removed (edit: it got removed):
My recent Reddit post exposing unethical practices by LoreRimās curator, Biggie, was removed from both r/skyrim and r/skyrimmods by moderator Crystlazar under false pretenses. The post detailed was as follows:
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(Update: My original post was removed byĀ r/skyrimmodsĀ mods for āinviting dramaā, but this is about accountability, not gossip. Screenshots and evidence below.)
Letās cut through the gaslighting. Biggie, curator of the LoreRim modlist, is chargingĀ $250 via Ko-fiĀ for ācommissionsā to add mods to his list, yet delivering broken products and silencing any critics from his Discord. Worse, heās scrubbing criticism from YouTube and Reddit.
The Undeath mod (+Classical Lichdom) was added as aĀ $250 commission. According to theĀ mod page, the āNecrotic Rejuvenationā healing feature is a core progression mechanic. But in LoreRim, it is bugged and does not work. There have been multiple complaints on his Discord server about this. When I questioned this, Biggie claimed it was intentionally ādisabledā despite giving zero documentation.
Evidence:
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Screenshots of the Discord exchangeĀ (during a timeout period before I was banned).
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No mention of disabled Necrotic Rejuvenation being a āfeatureā on Classical Lichdomās Nexus page.
All his sycophants say āBe grateful! Itās a free modlist!ā But when you chargeĀ $250 per mod addition, youāre running a business, not a charity. Entire games cost a fraction of that price.
His Discord server and community have a playbook of:
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Gaslighting: After I reported the bug, LoreRimās team first claimed it wasnāt a bug, then called it a āknown bugā, and then eventually āintentionalā with no proof.
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Deflection: Biggie ranted in Discord about all the other Reddit posts, YouTube comments and reviews, all about his behaviour, calling them out as jealous and misconceptions, framing them all as haters and itās to be expected when you get as famous as he seems to think he is.
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Censorship: I was banned within minutes of implying itās more likely he doesnāt know how to fix the bug, and he instead ripped off the commissioner who spent $250 to get a working implementation of Undeath in his modlist. His cronies piled on, calling me ungrateful forā¦ *checks notes*ā¦ right, expecting functional paid content.
Now onto the cover-up. My first post here was deleted for ādramaā. He has some insider with the skyrimmods subreddit. His YouTube followers who previously had comments enabled have changed their commenting rules so that it has to be reviewed first before a comment becomes visible. Itās aĀ pattern. Biggieās team is scrubbing critical posts, YouTube comments, and Discord logs to hide his grift. If youāre on the LoreRim server, search my username while you still can (wouldnāt surprise me if theyāve doctored any related conversations since my last post).
TL;DR
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$250 commissions ā donations. Biggie is promoting paid modding with zero accountability.
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Criticism = ban. Biggieās ego canāt handle basic questions.
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Check your receipts. Donāt commission. If you do, demand transparency.
Lorerimās creator is exploiting goodwill, then weaponising his mod teams to bury complaints. Share your stories before theyāre erased too.
(Update #2: This post was temporarily unavailable due to Biggieās team mass reporting to get it taken down. They really donāt want this visible to the public, everyone. Please thank the moderators for restoring it.)
(Update #3: Would you believe he actually published a post on his Discord server singling out this very thread, rallying his entire community to brigade it in a blatant attempt to manipulate public perception?)
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The same moderator who removed the original r/skyrimmods post also intervened in that post, fabricating reasons to delete that post immediately after he was called out here (which he has clearly tried to cover up since the interaction).
After appealing the removal of my post exposing LoreRimās $250 botched commissions (which Iām pretty sure violates Wabbajackās Terms of Service according to some commenters) and Biggieās censorship tactics, the r/skyrim mod team doubled down on suppression. You can see their response to my request for reinstatement here. Both removals were orchestrated by Crystlazar, who dismissed evidence and defended Biggie with unverified claims. The r/skyrim mods falsely accused me of āslanderā for simply questioning their impartiality.
Iāll reiterate again here what the key issues are that Iām trying to now bring to light for the entire community:
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Accountability & Transparency: Charging $250 for broken mod integrations is exploitation, not a āserviceā. Biggieās team scrubs criticism from YouTube, Discord, and Reddit.
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Skyrim Moderators: Crystlazarās biased enforcement suggests coordination with Biggie to silence critics.
Biggie actually replied to my last post calling me a ācry babyā (as he has many others) and my post a āpiece of sh*tā for daring to stand up to him in this medium. Do with that as you will.
Sure looks like drama to me.
The original post wasnāt intended that way. Biggie and his team have censored it everywhere, so now itās become drama.
Have you considered the possibility that your posts keep getting removed because youāre wrong? Seems more reasonable than a grand conspiracy to silence you because you canāt heal in a video game.
Certainly. I considered it and promptly dismissed it after reviewing both communitiesā rules alongside Crystlazarās response to reinstating my post. They arenāt following their own guidelines - theyāre censoring based on their personal feelings because they didnāt like being challenged about their so-called āimpartialā moderation when there was clear bias and a conflict of interest.
They were removed because there was no issue.
You claimed that I was scammed. I told the mod that I was not scammed and that it met my expectations and he promptly removed your post because there were no issues.
Why the fuck would anyone pay for this anyways
Iām the one who commissioned it. He isnāt āripping me offā like youāre claiming. Your posts keep getting removed because thereās no issue here.
The guyās a schizo.
Adding the same reply I gave here to his comment in the skyrim cross-post:
He didnāt rip me off like what youāre claiming. The mod is not broken. The feature was disabled.
It is not a feature, and blind loyalty doesnāt negate the evidence indicating otherwise: https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/s/0Cmc6yX8mv
And as a sidenote, since you seem to think this issue revolves solely around the commissioner - it does not. Acceptance of a faulty delivered product doesnāt outweigh the hundreds of other community members that participate and contribute to feedback once it has been published and made public.
Biggie will be held accountable for the attempted lies and deception, the abuse of power, and the manipulation to try and suppress dissent.
Itās not faulty. I like it that way. I did not accept a bad product because it met my expectations.
You keep calling it a core progression mechanic, but it isnāt. The core progression mechanic is feeding black soul gems to your phylactery. Is ChatGPT hallucinating again?