Ross Scott

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » Dead Game News is mutating! This episode is only news about Dead Game News and my future plans for dead games in general. This is also the LAST episode on the DGN channel! There will still be future Dead Game News episode, but things are changing. Try to watch this before February 20th if you're interested, the entire channel gets unpartnered from Youtube after that! I'll be doing my best to have more real videos this month, particularly Freeman's Mind. COMMENTS

Well feel free to give me tips between now and then if you're the expert. I haven't played it in a long time.

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » This is a notice I didn't get the details on until today, but I've been invited to a twitch competition by GOG where they have various people play different games on twitch. I agreed to show up for two of the "events", Epic Pinball (the old DOS game) and Unreal Tournament 2004. I'm still not 100% sure how this works, but Epic Pinball starts tomorrow and my understanding is there are giveaway prizes to the audience if I do well. Here is a signup thing they have for a chance to win the prizes (I think). I believe they mentioned mice and I can only assume they're giving out free games since this is GOG: https://gleam.io/RdSGa/signup-the-gog-games (I'm on team Arstotzka) Here are the dates: February 17, Noon - 2PM EST: Me playing Epic Pinball February 24th, don't know what time yet: Me competing in Unreal Tournament 2004 My streaming will be on twitch.tv/rossbroadcast, although GOG will also have their stream at twitch.tv/gogcom which will switch between other competitors and have commentary like a sporting event, I think. I'm still a bit confused how all this works. In other news, my voice is about 95% recovered, there should be a new Dead Game News later today, and I hope to have more Freeman's Mind this month. COMMENTS

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » Here's the February chat with fans. I'm mostly recovered from my sickness, except for my voice, it got to be a real strain towards the end. Work is progressing on the videos in almost every other way except voice acting, so I should be well prepared once my voice fully returns. There were a lot of announcements this time related to the movie and future videos. So if you're a modeler, animator, composer, coder, pc gaming enthusiast, linux enthusiast, or 3d printer, there are different announcements I wouldn't mind feedback on for each category; those are all towards the beginning. More videos once my throat fully recovers! COMMENTS

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » I think I'm going to have to cancel the videochat this month since I'm still sick and I have no confidence of my throat being in good shape by the 14th at this point. While I could push it back another week, it starts to not make much sense since it will come up against the February videochat. This is one of the slowest recoveries I've had in years, though I think I am getting overall better. I would classify my status as "sick" now, an upgrade from "zombie" earlier, but it still feels like there's a frog in my throat. Even if I'm healed up by this weekend, talking for hours maybe shouldn't be the first thing I do once I'm well. I really have no idea when my voice is going to be back, but I hope to slowly start working on more things, particularly the website and the movie. In the event that my voice comes back sooner, a video this month is still possible, but I can't predict anything right now. I sometimes think of the viewers as my boss, so on that note, I'll either be working on things related to the videos that don't involve any voicework, or staring into space in a stupor, doing absolutely nothing. This concludes my performance report for 2018. COMMENTS

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » This is a quick update I'm doing to let people know everything is on hold. I've been wavering in and out of a complete state of misery the past few days, being sick with something. I was able to see a doctor today and have been diagnosed with Tracheitis. It's much more than a sore throat as it can be an effort to do much of anything in my current state. So while any voicework is off the table, I can't guarantee I'll get much else done either. This also makes me think fast zombies are ridiculous, because feeling like a zombie, I can say moving slow + occasional lunging makes much more sense. I've had some medications prescribed to me however, so hopefully I'll get better over the coming week. The next videochat with fans is postponed for sure; I'm pushing it back to January 14th, but nothing is guaranteed until I get better. You don't have to be too worried about me as I'm pretty tough, but it does mean NOTHING is happening for the time being. If I get better over the next few days, I'll try and catch up on emails or work on the website, but this has hit me hard enough that everything is going to be postponed as long as it needs to be. COMMENTS

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » Happy Birthday to me! Having a birthday right during middle break, I usually try to avoid working on it, but this time, I got all the files back for Freeman's Mind, so I decided to finish it off, so here it is! This is going to be the last video for this year as I am still sick and can't do any more voicework until I recover. My original plan was to have an additional FM and DGN episode this month, but that will just have to wait until later. The good / bad news is I have so many other things I can work on instead that it may be a mixed blessing. I'll enjoy the not being sick part when that happens though. Also at this point, Youtube's demonetization bot is in full swing without much recourse around it, I'll discuss that more on the next videochat. I'm willing to bet the video will be flagged as not suitable for all advertisers within a few hours of this post, then marked as suitable for all advertisers after I manually submit it for review. Youtube is not wise. COMMENTS

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » Just barely made it before Christmas! I was intending to get this episode out on the 23rd, but it didn't exactly work out that way. I think this is a relatively good episode, although I don't know what happened, but I think my vocals might be more grating than usual. I swear, it feels like on the microphone if I talk normally, then I sound placid and dull, and if I speak up then it sounds like I'm only shouting. It's something I hope to improve, but I honestly didn't have any spare time to try and make it better. My apologies if this one is harder than usual to listen to. To top it off, I'm actually recovering from being sick, so it's possible I may have to put a hold on new videos until my throat recovers. The next Freeman's Mind is already recorded however, so that will be ready as soon as I get the sound effects. Have a merry Christmas! COMMENTS

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » Here's the much delayed next FM episode! Even though this one took a long time to come out, only part of that was from my end. This means I've been able to work on the next Freeman's Mind in the meantime, which I'm hoping to have out before Christmas. More stuff coming! COMMENTS

I've appealed both disputes. If it's helpful to anyone, here's what I sent for my appeal: Quarantine: Potty Pigeon:

I was not in the USA at the time of posting, however yes, I am absolutely still a citizen of the United States (I'm not a citizen of Poland, only a resident), however my Youtube account is connected to my residence in Poland.

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » UPDATE Big thanks to fans for helping me on this, I got very good information regarding my appeal of the disputes and have now sent an appeal. It's possible those videos may get taken down and I'll receive copyright strikes, but they will be temporary. Since there's one more tactic they can use, I give them a 50-50 chance of accepting the appeal. The companies are in the wrong, this is a bullying tactic by the copyright holders as they're disregarding legitimate copyright law in doing this. You can view exactly what I sent in the comments section. - - - Hey everyone, more work is being done on the videos, but in the meantime, I'm getting trouble from the BBC and a record label for videos Ross's Game Dungeon: Potty Pigeon and Ross's Game Dungeon: Quarantine, respectively. In both cases, they're laying copyright claims on my videos for the following: -In Potty Pigeon I used a small segment from the show "All Creatures Great And Small" in order to illustrate the origin of the theme music from the game. -In Quarantine I played some of the track "The Driver Is You" by The Fauves since it was part of the soundtrack to the game and I wanted to discuss the lyrics to the song. In both cases, this use of copyright material is 100% Fair Use. Both instances were short clips, were used for illustrative purposes to make a point about the source content, and did not detract from the commercial value of the source material. It doesn't get clearer than this. Since receiving those claims, I've disputed them, however in both cases, they've come back reinstating their claim. My next course of action would be to appeal the rejected dispute, however I have to pause on this, because if I'm not careful I can be sued over this. I've followed this guide in the past for all erroneous copyright claims made against me over the years as it contains a lot of good information: However, this is the first time I've had to escalate a rejected dispute and while that would normally not be of concern to me, it just hit me that I'm living in Poland and not the USA, so trying to claim this on USA Fair Use law might get me into trouble. From Youtube's own appeal form: "You originally disputed the claim based on fair use. Please explain why your use of content is subject to fair use, fair dealing, or a similar exception to copyright protection under the law of your country." While laws are not equal for every country, if any Youtubers who have experience with this or copyright law experts in the European Union have advice on how I should proceed in order to reclaim my videos, please let me know ([email protected]). I imagine the procedure is similar as in the United States, but I need to know specifically which law applies to this, since the DMCA is only for the USA. It's no secret what a mess Youtube's copyright system is and how it enables companies to essentially bully video creators as the copyright holders are clearly not doing their homework on this, but I haven't had to go through the full legal process like this before. It probably won't be the last. - - - ADHD Version: Ross has bogus copyright claims against him, but he only knows how to handle this in the USA, not Europe. He could use help with that. COMMENTS

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » Here's the December chat with fans. The main thing to know is more Freeman's Mind is coming. Other info in the Youtube description. Also, here's a link to a a week or so ago asking about how I run old games. I posted it on twitter, but forgot to put it here. I appear around 26:00, my voice sounded a little distorted since I think Clint ran a compressor on my audio. COMMENTS