Heyo! Yeah, not too active on the video end but just finished a 30K word story in the Resurgence Era! (Ravens and Champions) Also about to launch the Guardians of the Periphery story. I am going to be putting some videos together in the near future but building the storyline is priority number 1 right now. Thanks for stopping in! Any additional questions let me know! Im still very active on social media in Battletech into the Future. battletechfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Resurgence

@@agamelift oh wow I didn't know you were a fellow writer. I don't write battletech stuff but I do love to read it. Good to hear brother. I'll stop in and check for vids every now and then. I'll check out your writing too now. Good fortune in the wars to come.

@@MrJack556 You as well! I hope you enjoy it!

You can read whatever you want into the disclaimer. The facts are that I never addressed this toxic player with any gendered language in person (with rEcEiPtS) and in the video I addressed the man using his physical biology, not his claimed gender preference (in fact, he never asked me to address him as anything in particular haha). I am curious why you are opposed to my consideration of women and making sure they know they are welcome to explore the hobby? Is this like in the olympics right now where two XY chromosome men are fighting for the gold in women's boxing and people just don't care that women have been sidelined by men in their own specific sport? There is no "right" to force other people to abide by your objectively false world view of yourself. This man and other men like him can ask others to lie to their faces but, they have no right to force them to. Being a "decent" human and lying to someone is not being a good person, most importantly, not being a Christian. In fact, this is a direct parallel to schizophrenia. You would never tell them you hear the voices too, right? Why in the world would you help someone along who is potentially going to physically mutilate themselves and cannot understand the foundation of their existence?

You're very welcome! No one should be treated this way by someone, I hope my warning helps others to stand strong in the face of an activist bully. Thanks for stopping in!

You are exactly right. They project all the evil in themselves on others. Thanks for stopping in!

RIGHT!? All they have to do is not make their entire involvement around Battletech be about sex and fetishes! When these bad faith activists target fans they only seclude themselves. Thanks for stopping in!

These goons are pathetic creatures that thrive in online vacuums. They have no purpose and have failed in life so they try to ruin this stuff we fan enjoy. They failed because they expected the fans to crumble, not rally. Thank you! If you haven't yet, check out Battletech into the Future on facebook and the Resurgence Era timeline I am building, soon with additions from others. Thank you for commenting, that alone drives a nail into their lost cause's coffin. Thanks for stopping in!

O yeah, having firearms isn't a problem. Personal safety with so many leftists massacring people is huge right now. The difference is that responsible owners carry for self defense and defense of others. It is fairly clear this activist goon's intention is to carry for intimidation purposes trying to thinly veil his violent fantasies over something a memelord said over a year ago, which wasn't even a threat. These activists are outside their minds. Thanks for stopping in!

True, there's been slavery and human trafficking since it started - two major elements from leftism.

No one has a right to force others to accept something that is untrue. Thanks for stopping in!

Youd think if this meant so little these activists wouldnt spend every hour of every day stalking, doxing, and making threats of violence. But i do think its important to keep their toxicity and cyberbullying out of the fanbase.

@@agamelift 😞 sorry people are being mean about your favorite toys

@@CthulhuRidesAtDawn Thanks but I wish it was just about the hobby miniatures. These activists should never be tolerated as they harass so many fans of the hobby, especially in the same spaces as CGL employees/contractors who aren't telling them to stop. It's a shame that the fans have to be the stewards of the hobby more than the IP licensee.

@@agamelift aww, you're a victim 😔 I didn't realize

@@CthulhuRidesAtDawn while I certainly don't claim to be one, unlike the activist goons... I have been the target of cyberbullying, stalking, doxing, and threats of violence, so yes, I could indeed claim that. But, thanks for your sympathies anyway, these activists didn't realize how much resolve the Battletech fanbase had!

What little I know of her, she seemed fair and capable. That rem and crew took over the demo team and stabbed her in the back just to try to force out wrongthinkers was pathetic. Thanks for stopping in!

You just regurgitating other people's talking points? I make no claims to this biological male's chosen gender.

Exactly, Thanks for stopping in!

Interesting conundrum.... thanks for stopping in!

You realize that making nonsense claims of "misinformation" on topics researched hundreds of times by people more qualified than you immediately shows you don't have anything of substance to add to the situation? If these activists can inject their politics, I have every right to rebuke them and tell them their politics are unwelcome. Battletech hobby spaces should be void of real world political activism.

@agamelift since those hobby spaces occupy real world space and the actions of individuals within those spaces have consequences beyond their own space, they're not immune to activism and politics. Your personal table is your personal space and you can control it how you want, but any participation in a public space means you are subject to politics, like it or not.

@@tylerreed610 Exactly, the true bigots and authoritarian fascists can use their eternal victimhood status as a weapon to try to punish people who don't cave to their demands. All the more reason that people need to have each other's backs. From my own experience all it takes is one activist liar to turn a dozen or more against you based on their lies. Even with abundant, eye witness evidence the lies are lies, that the false claims were made at all, people will turn on you.

It really is the direction they are pushing towards. Their conduct towards fans is out of line and on top of that they are backing a handful of activists that doxing, stalking, and threatening violence against other fans for "wrongthink". Absolutely repulsive the way the "community" is being "managed". Thanks for stopping in!

It really seems like a number of these activists are going to see themselves out of the Battletech hobby space and even other spaces as their conduct comes to light. Threats of violence and carrying firearms to intimidate others at a tabletop meetup are absolutely unacceptable. There is a big difference between carrying a firearm for general self-defense and defense of others versus what is being done here. Thanks for stopping in!

Thank you! If you have any questions, let me know!

You got that right! Seems like tabletop gaming will be part of gamergate 2.0 at this rate. Thanks for stopping in!

Well said and thank you for stopping in! You are spot on, I learned some ways I could have protected myself better in the process to be sure. Screenshots for days. You give some very useful advice for anyone else potentially having a run in with an activist/toxic player.

That is true, turned out to be the case with the toxic player I reference in a previous video, in fact, he ran himself out of every local group he tried to screw with. Good for you booting that player. Real world politics have no place in Battletech. The issue here though is that the business employees and contracted authors are consistently propping up these loudmouth activists. They even took out their own demo team lead to try to force back in the activist has is very open about coming up with any excuse to shoot someone at a battletech meetup and admitted to stalking a number of people. These are the types that are here to control the fans until they get on their knees. Unfortunately, wherever this lot of activists came from, they completed their mission there, however, they weren't expecting to find the resolve of the Battletech fanbase here. Thanks for stopping in!

Exactly, the moment someone begins to compel or coerce speech, they have now begun violating people's actual rights. No one is obligated to oblige their demands. Thanks for stopping in!

CGL saying wrongthinkers arent welcome. The amount of banning based on ideological wrongthink has been asinine. By all means, look at the secondary market, there's plenty out there. Also, Ironwind Metals is a potential option. While the minis are more expensive each, and that gap is getting smaller with prices this year, your funds won't be going to the people who publicly hate us. Thanks for stopping in!

The problem here is that you didn't listen to what I said nor read the description. As a major facet of the trans ideology is that sex and gender are separate, I explicit state I do not refer to this person by any claim of a gender. The primary reason is so that women know there is no stigma against them. Since I make no claims to this person's gender, I am using pronouns relevant to this person's biological sex, which is male, so I reference their biological sex, NOT their gender, since sex and gender are separate. This is clear at the outset. Secondly, this video was made a year after the events. When the events took place, I was more than accommodating, allowing this player to play after showing up late with no heads up, not being prepared for games, which made me have to rush to set up record sheets, and even spoke neutrally as a courtesy, etc. At the time I was more neutral on this topic. Keep in mind I have multiple statements from individuals at the store that day that this player's claims were false after sending them a recording of his own video stating the lies. So, this video was made after a defamation campaign against me based entirely on lies, that was propagated by activists who did not have any proof of this player's claims and continued to act maliciously toward me even with evidence this player was lying. By being targeted by this player my views changed dramatically between the time of the events of this video and when I made it. During 2023, seeing the political activism in the Battletech social media, my views have further changed in opposition to political activism and compelling of speech. So, to summarize, I do not "misgender" anyone in this video as I do not discuss gender. I also want to add that now I recognize compelling/coercion of speech is a violation of the 1st Amendment, when dealing with these situations, especially when attempting it on people who do not have the same beliefs. It is also incredibly deceitful that people are trying to spin this video, made a year after the events within, as some faux proof the liar was not lying.

@@agamelift pronouns are tied to gender not sex, if you were to only refer to them by biological sex then you wouldn't have used any pronouns. By using pronouns you have tipped your hand and resulted in misgendering them despite claiming otherwise. By your own conduct, I still doubt, based on how in denial you are and how much your doubling down on the misgendering thing, that you were completely blamless in this, and tried to point out some ways you could have been more neutral in this video. Also, I have no idea why this video popped into my recomended. I think its because I recently rewatched some of the battletech cartoon and there it was. I originally thought it was a joke at first.

@@caseyjasey4446 O, so now the language only works the way you want it to? So, would an archaeologist that digs up a skeleton that shows XY chromosomes wait to see if there is any evidence of gender choice by the dead person or immediately refer to the skeleton's biological sex? I am far more familiar with your attempts at deceitful newspeak than I ever wish I could have become so, I see right through it. Pronouns can apply to biological sex or to gender, which is why I chose to stick with biological sex, so I didn't "misgender". Quite frankly, I don't care what you doubt, you don't change the facts or the truth.

@@agamelift you said yourself you were humouring the idea that gender and sex are different, you can't then disobey the rules when talking about them as if they are seperate. You're not very good at this are you. Interesting you bring up archaeology as there has been instances where the gender of a skeleton is brought into question due to neolithic burrial rituals sugguesting the skeleton is not the gender their chromosones would imply. These finds are more frequent in Asia and America where cultures developed a different understanding of gender to Europe. Also you seem to deeply care, as a lot of your comments are quite long despite lacking substance. Regardless of your "efforts" you haven't convinced me you are a trust worthy source of information

@@caseyjasey4446 Wow, the stretches you guys make are just something else. You realize that you can't retcon history the way you can retcon science fiction, right? Again, I don't care about your opinion on the matter, I have the proof. (Just to be clear you won't bait me into providing it in a thinly veiled attempt to harass others.) At the end of the day, no one gets to compel another's speech. So, the faux "offense" of "misgendering" is just someone's feelings getting hurt, nothing more, and certainly not a crime. I wish I had rationalized these thoughts a bit more then rather than having them and hindsight. If someone is so narcissistic, they believe they can tell others that they must say factually incorrect information, just to appease the narcissist, the narcissist needs to just stay away from others.

At this point, the activists are saying and spinning anything to try to make their opposition look bad. I warned of something they were going to do a couple days ago. They did it. I called them on it. They then tried to say I was doing it for calling them on it. It is madness that radiates away from this toxic lot and somehow they are the ones being given almost total control of CGL and it's social media outreach. Battletech needs to be put in the hands of a group of fans that are not easily compromised politically. Thanks for stopping in.

@@agamelift i've seen Warhammer 40k implode due to shitty choices by GW, i do not need a second hobby imploding. i hope we win this fight.

@@klortikterra4423 Rest assured, we are far ahead of these activists. They are annoyingly loud, that is all. The only thing they have in their favor is that the loudest ones are in mod positions in their controlled "communities". I have four videos discussing these topics and there is a 70%+ approval rating. The activists are working on borrowed time.

Thank you, I appreciate that. The player was given a chance, then shit on the floor. Absolutely unacceptable conduct disrupting an established group like that. Thanks for stopping in!

It does feel hopeless when looking at the way they control things. As is abundantly obvious from my videos (4) on these topics 70%+ of the fanbase is opposed to these activist pushes. It is important to remember CGL is about 12 people. The activists are less than 30 and that is with sock/alt accounts for the vocal ones. The big issue is that they weaseled their way in to being the go to for "moderation" in the "official" CGL spaces. In other words, they control and moderate in a very left leaning fashion on the reddit page, the CGL "official" pages, and in a handful of medium sized facebook pages and discord groups. As players continue to recognize this, that is why #BattletechintotheFuture continues to grow (See links in description). In the refuge players may focus on only Battletech or branch off into other areas of interest. These activists believe themselves to be the embodiment of their politics/ideologies, so they believe their politics/ideologies not being welcome means they are not welcome - when that is a deceitful manipulation of the truth. When these activists are not welcome it is based on their conduct and character. Thanks for stopping in!

You are damn right about that! Well said, the amount of good will absolutely thrown in the trash by these activists CGL is surrounding itself with are not a long term solution. Thanks for stopping in!

@@agamelift You're welcome. I try to limit myself on any topic concerning CGL. The insight I have could be eye opening for many.

You are in good company! Thanks for stopping in!

I love rhat idea, the problem was that the success of the KS shows BT has a massive amount of value. Much more than i think a pool could muster. I think we find ourselves in a position where someone who loves the universe and is wealthy has to pick up the IP. At the end of the day, even if CGL somehow retains the rights long term, as long as the fans rebuke the activism, the activists will drive themselves even more mad that we wont leave. Thanks for stopping in!

@@agamelift ya, OR like you kinda pointed out we find someone that is a battletech fan that IS really wealthy to buy it, but then if thats the case we have to wrest the rest of the rights from both microsoft, and disney. and i am sure it wouldn't be too hard to convert I.W.M. to plastic. BECAUSE there is a plastic type that brent from goobertown hobbies that acts similar to pewter, you can remelt it and through it back in the pot thats what IWM should be changing over too and it keeps mini making in the states where it belongs instead of... questionable labor practices

You are damn right, they won't turn on one of their loudest sources for DEI $$$$$! Thanks for stopping in!

Christ is King! Carrying to a game of Battletech with the intention of protecting those around you is an admirable trait. Carrying because you automatically view yourself as a victim and expect to be wronged is a recipe for disaster. Absolutely unacceptable conduct as a person, player, and representative of Catalyst Game Labs' Catalyst Demo Team. Thanks for stopping in!

Exactly, there is a VERY specific reason goes by her alias, it shows deceitful thinking before all of the disruption of the fanbase and Battletech social media started. Thanks for stopping in!

Glad to have all the help I can get. We know 70%+ of the fanbase is fed up with this activism, let's get everyone encouraged to rebuke it! Thanks for stopping by!

You got that right, if one of them starts second guessing their cultist ideologies it is exile and shaming for that person. Thanks for stopping in!

Well that is definitely a perspective I have not seen yet! It makes a lot of sense. Many of us have considered the idea that it is ESG/DEI $$$ that is causing this political activism. Thanks for stopping in!

@@agamelift Just watch where your pension fund invests the money. index funds will collapse with ESG, many already have failed. And also CLOs are risky as they are backed by bonds backed corporate debt and if it happens to be backed by a company going down, your pension is gone.

Yup, if they are handing over control of the business to political activists and willingly ignoring a culture of violence within the demo team and the wider "communities", it is $$$ based. Something has happened or someone has something on someone. Thanks for stopping in!

Exactly, they have been learning for the last couple years the Battletech fanbase is not anything as weak as they hoped it would be. Thanks for stopping by!

And they then throw a fit because everyone left. These idiots want to have their cake and eat it too.

hahahahahahaha! Thanks for stopping in!

1. Memes and shitposts aren’t violence you goober 2. Valk has been on record doxing people and sending death threats to people, well before this to my understanding. What filthy frankenmech said was edgy as fuck, it still doesn’t excuse the unhinged behavior that Valk has shown us repeatedly.

Well I wasn't notified of your comment but, I'll allow it. @Lamtehman8 covered the main details. That you lot actually take a memelord's memewarfare post this seriously when these activists were saying just as much shit back trying to push people out of the hobby shows just how little rational comprehension you lot have. No threat was made, nor a call to action. Making online spaces "warzones" is everyday on the internet, are you new? That the activist went and tried to spin that as a real world threat isn't being bought by anyone with a brain. He has been chomping at the bit to kill someone, I included the screenshots where someone he is stating his glock is an appropriate response to someone he doesn't like or won't abide by his ideological demands. Deceit is their best defense and their deceit has long since failed. Sure, a meme would get him on a list, just like being a parent dissenting at a PTA meeting. What a joke you lot have made of anything significant.

You got that right! Thanks for stopping in!

We had that for like 8 years straight, starting to rekindle that again since the issue we had over a year ago with a toxic activist. Can't wait til it's in full swing, thanks for stopping by!