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After a discussion among the staff here at MFFA, we have made the decision to permanently remove the ability to post status updates for all users, effective immediately. It should be noted that there is no single action or event that prompted this decision, and rather, there are multiple contributing factors that have become more apparent over time, all of which can be categorized as an abuse of the status updates function. From our observation, the majority of status updates fell into one of four categories: requesting content outside of the requests area, personal attacks/insults, self-promotion, and detracting forum activity.
 
1.) Requesting Content Outside of the Requests Area
This is an issue that has become more frequent as of recent. For the longest time, MFFA has had a rule in place not to request content outside of the Request section of the forums, and status updates are no exception. Despite our best efforts to curb this behavior, status updates continued to be the go-to for this type of activity.
 
2.) Personal Attacks/Insults
While personal attacks and/or insults are already prohibited under our forum rules, it seemed that the system of choice for getting these attacks across was through the use of status updates.
 
3.) Self-promotion
Rather than using the respective forums for releases and videos, many users opted to drop download links and/or youtube videos of their creations in status updates.
 
4.) Activity Detraction
This last issue encompasses the previous three issues and is perhaps the biggest of the fours issues so far: status updates detract activity from other areas of the forum. Rather than using the forum for its intented purpose, the majority of activity on the forum was a result of people abusing the status updates functionality as if it were a dumping ground for everything akin to a social media platform, rendering the rest of the forums pointless.
 
For these reasons, we have made the decision to remove the ability to post and view status updates for all users, effective immediately

Something that this guide never addresses is that using random in your AI triggers is bad coding practice. The reason for this for two reasons;
Mugen processes states in top-down order, including the negative states (-3, -2, and -1) Random returns a different value every time it is called Take the following code into consideration:



 
Looking at each AI changestate at face value, you would think that each one has a 30% chance at activating (random<300 roughly equates to 30% chance). However, because mugen processes states in top-down order, if the first changestate occurs, the second changestate will never process. Thus, the second changestate in actuality only has a 21% chance of occuring (70% chance of the 1st changestate not occuring, plus the 30% chance that the 2nd changestate will occur). When you have multiple AI changestates with similar or identical trigger conditions, you will need to account for this. A common way to do this (and much better practice) is to instead store the result of random into a variable, and compare the variable to different ranges of values in order to determine which changestate should occur.

After a discussion among the staff here at MFFA, we have made the decision to permanently remove the ability to post status updates for all users, effective immediately. It should be noted that there is no single action or event that prompted this decision, and rather, there are multiple contributing factors that have become more apparent over time, all of which can be categorized as an abuse of the status updates function. From our observation, the majority of status updates fell into one of four categories: requesting content outside of the requests area, personal attacks/insults, self-promotion, and detracting forum activity.
 
1.) Requesting Content Outside of the Requests Area
This is an issue that has become more frequent as of recent. For the longest time, MFFA has had a rule in place not to request content outside of the Request section of the forums, and status updates are no exception. Despite our best efforts to curb this behavior, status updates continued to be the go-to for this type of activity.
 
2.) Personal Attacks/Insults
While personal attacks and/or insults are already prohibited under our forum rules, it seemed that the system of choice for getting these attacks across was through the use of status updates.
 
3.) Self-promotion
Rather than using the respective forums for releases and videos, many users opted to drop download links and/or youtube videos of their creations in status updates.
 
4.) Activity Detraction
This last issue encompasses the previous three issues and is perhaps the biggest of the fours issues so far: status updates detract activity from other areas of the forum. Rather than using the forum for its intented purpose, the majority of activity on the forum was a result of people abusing the status updates functionality as if it were a dumping ground for everything akin to a social media platform, rendering the rest of the forums pointless.
 
For these reasons, we have made the decision to remove the ability to post and view status updates for all users, effective immediately

After a discussion among the staff here at MFFA, we have made the decision to permanently remove the ability to post status updates for all users, effective immediately. It should be noted that there is no single action or event that prompted this decision, and rather, there are multiple contributing factors that have become more apparent over time, all of which can be categorized as an abuse of the status updates function. From our observation, the majority of status updates fell into one of four categories: requesting content outside of the requests area, personal attacks/insults, self-promotion, and detracting forum activity.
 
1.) Requesting Content Outside of the Requests Area
This is an issue that has become more frequent as of recent. For the longest time, MFFA has had a rule in place not to request content outside of the Request section of the forums, and status updates are no exception. Despite our best efforts to curb this behavior, status updates continued to be the go-to for this type of activity.
 
2.) Personal Attacks/Insults
While personal attacks and/or insults are already prohibited under our forum rules, it seemed that the system of choice for getting these attacks across was through the use of status updates.
 
3.) Self-promotion
Rather than using the respective forums for releases and videos, many users opted to drop download links and/or youtube videos of their creations in status updates.
 
4.) Activity Detraction
This last issue encompasses the previous three issues and is perhaps the biggest of the fours issues so far: status updates detract activity from other areas of the forum. Rather than using the forum for its intented purpose, the majority of activity on the forum was a result of people abusing the status updates functionality as if it were a dumping ground for everything akin to a social media platform, rendering the rest of the forums pointless.
 
For these reasons, we have made the decision to remove the ability to post and view status updates for all users, effective immediately

After a discussion among the staff here at MFFA, we have made the decision to permanently remove the ability to post status updates for all users, effective immediately. It should be noted that there is no single action or event that prompted this decision, and rather, there are multiple contributing factors that have become more apparent over time, all of which can be categorized as an abuse of the status updates function. From our observation, the majority of status updates fell into one of four categories: requesting content outside of the requests area, personal attacks/insults, self-promotion, and detracting forum activity.
 
1.) Requesting Content Outside of the Requests Area
This is an issue that has become more frequent as of recent. For the longest time, MFFA has had a rule in place not to request content outside of the Request section of the forums, and status updates are no exception. Despite our best efforts to curb this behavior, status updates continued to be the go-to for this type of activity.
 
2.) Personal Attacks/Insults
While personal attacks and/or insults are already prohibited under our forum rules, it seemed that the system of choice for getting these attacks across was through the use of status updates.
 
3.) Self-promotion
Rather than using the respective forums for releases and videos, many users opted to drop download links and/or youtube videos of their creations in status updates.
 
4.) Activity Detraction
This last issue encompasses the previous three issues and is perhaps the biggest of the fours issues so far: status updates detract activity from other areas of the forum. Rather than using the forum for its intented purpose, the majority of activity on the forum was a result of people abusing the status updates functionality as if it were a dumping ground for everything akin to a social media platform, rendering the rest of the forums pointless.
 
For these reasons, we have made the decision to remove the ability to post and view status updates for all users, effective immediately

After a discussion among the staff here at MFFA, we have made the decision to permanently remove the ability to post status updates for all users, effective immediately. It should be noted that there is no single action or event that prompted this decision, and rather, there are multiple contributing factors that have become more apparent over time, all of which can be categorized as an abuse of the status updates function. From our observation, the majority of status updates fell into one of four categories: requesting content outside of the requests area, personal attacks/insults, self-promotion, and detracting forum activity.
 
1.) Requesting Content Outside of the Requests Area
This is an issue that has become more frequent as of recent. For the longest time, MFFA has had a rule in place not to request content outside of the Request section of the forums, and status updates are no exception. Despite our best efforts to curb this behavior, status updates continued to be the go-to for this type of activity.
 
2.) Personal Attacks/Insults
While personal attacks and/or insults are already prohibited under our forum rules, it seemed that the system of choice for getting these attacks across was through the use of status updates.
 
3.) Self-promotion
Rather than using the respective forums for releases and videos, many users opted to drop download links and/or youtube videos of their creations in status updates.
 
4.) Activity Detraction
This last issue encompasses the previous three issues and is perhaps the biggest of the fours issues so far: status updates detract activity from other areas of the forum. Rather than using the forum for its intented purpose, the majority of activity on the forum was a result of people abusing the status updates functionality as if it were a dumping ground for everything akin to a social media platform, rendering the rest of the forums pointless.
 
For these reasons, we have made the decision to remove the ability to post and view status updates for all users, effective immediately

After a discussion among the staff here at MFFA, we have made the decision to permanently remove the ability to post status updates for all users, effective immediately. It should be noted that there is no single action or event that prompted this decision, and rather, there are multiple contributing factors that have become more apparent over time, all of which can be categorized as an abuse of the status updates function. From our observation, the majority of status updates fell into one of four categories: requesting content outside of the requests area, personal attacks/insults, self-promotion, and detracting forum activity.
 
1.) Requesting Content Outside of the Requests Area
This is an issue that has become more frequent as of recent. For the longest time, MFFA has had a rule in place not to request content outside of the Request section of the forums, and status updates are no exception. Despite our best efforts to curb this behavior, status updates continued to be the go-to for this type of activity.
 
2.) Personal Attacks/Insults
While personal attacks and/or insults are already prohibited under our forum rules, it seemed that the system of choice for getting these attacks across was through the use of status updates.
 
3.) Self-promotion
Rather than using the respective forums for releases and videos, many users opted to drop download links and/or youtube videos of their creations in status updates.
 
4.) Activity Detraction
This last issue encompasses the previous three issues and is perhaps the biggest of the fours issues so far: status updates detract activity from other areas of the forum. Rather than using the forum for its intented purpose, the majority of activity on the forum was a result of people abusing the status updates functionality as if it were a dumping ground for everything akin to a social media platform, rendering the rest of the forums pointless.
 
For these reasons, we have made the decision to remove the ability to post and view status updates for all users, effective immediately

After a discussion among the staff here at MFFA, we have made the decision to permanently remove the ability to post status updates for all users, effective immediately. It should be noted that there is no single action or event that prompted this decision, and rather, there are multiple contributing factors that have become more apparent over time, all of which can be categorized as an abuse of the status updates function. From our observation, the majority of status updates fell into one of four categories: requesting content outside of the requests area, personal attacks/insults, self-promotion, and detracting forum activity.
 
1.) Requesting Content Outside of the Requests Area
This is an issue that has become more frequent as of recent. For the longest time, MFFA has had a rule in place not to request content outside of the Request section of the forums, and status updates are no exception. Despite our best efforts to curb this behavior, status updates continued to be the go-to for this type of activity.
 
2.) Personal Attacks/Insults
While personal attacks and/or insults are already prohibited under our forum rules, it seemed that the system of choice for getting these attacks across was through the use of status updates.
 
3.) Self-promotion
Rather than using the respective forums for releases and videos, many users opted to drop download links and/or youtube videos of their creations in status updates.
 
4.) Activity Detraction
This last issue encompasses the previous three issues and is perhaps the biggest of the fours issues so far: status updates detract activity from other areas of the forum. Rather than using the forum for its intented purpose, the majority of activity on the forum was a result of people abusing the status updates functionality as if it were a dumping ground for everything akin to a social media platform, rendering the rest of the forums pointless.
 
For these reasons, we have made the decision to remove the ability to post and view status updates for all users, effective immediately

After a discussion among the staff here at MFFA, we have made the decision to permanently remove the ability to post status updates for all users, effective immediately. It should be noted that there is no single action or event that prompted this decision, and rather, there are multiple contributing factors that have become more apparent over time, all of which can be categorized as an abuse of the status updates function. From our observation, the majority of status updates fell into one of four categories: requesting content outside of the requests area, personal attacks/insults, self-promotion, and detracting forum activity.
 
1.) Requesting Content Outside of the Requests Area
This is an issue that has become more frequent as of recent. For the longest time, MFFA has had a rule in place not to request content outside of the Request section of the forums, and status updates are no exception. Despite our best efforts to curb this behavior, status updates continued to be the go-to for this type of activity.
 
2.) Personal Attacks/Insults
While personal attacks and/or insults are already prohibited under our forum rules, it seemed that the system of choice for getting these attacks across was through the use of status updates.
 
3.) Self-promotion
Rather than using the respective forums for releases and videos, many users opted to drop download links and/or youtube videos of their creations in status updates.
 
4.) Activity Detraction
This last issue encompasses the previous three issues and is perhaps the biggest of the fours issues so far: status updates detract activity from other areas of the forum. Rather than using the forum for its intented purpose, the majority of activity on the forum was a result of people abusing the status updates functionality as if it were a dumping ground for everything akin to a social media platform, rendering the rest of the forums pointless.
 
For these reasons, we have made the decision to remove the ability to post and view status updates for all users, effective immediately

Hello Mugen Free For All,
 
We, the staff, felt that it was necessary to give you an update regarding recent events surrounding both our recent rule changes and a number of our collection threads being taken offline.
 
As many of you are probably aware, we had to demote Ryoucchi from Administrator rank at around December 2020 due to questionable behavior in both the forums and discord, behavior that was not becoming of neither a site administrator nor a public representative of Mugen Free For All. Such behavior included posting of "Not Safe For Work" images outside of designated channels and/or without proper spoiler tags & warnings, unfairly kicking and banning user accounts with little to no provocation, and generally exhibiting an aggressive and spiteful attitude. Many of these abuses of power only came to light months after the fact when other administrators were contacted by affected users or after Discord and forum logs were checked to address unrelated issues and we became aware of the abuses. Despite warnings from other members of staff, this behavior continued.
 
After being warned by RobotMonkeyHead himself for these abuses of power, Ryoucchi began vandalizing the Discord server in response, deleting roles and deleting emotes. Ryou was demoted to a Global Moderator on the server to prevent him from doing more damage, so he proceeded to make unsanctioned, ruinous changes to the forum software, forcing us to demote him there as well. After this, Ryou left the staff out of his own will.
 
In part due to the behavior in question continuing even after Ryoucchi had been demoted, and even temporarily banned from our site, and after numerous reports from regular users, some of whome were under the age of 18, staff had deliberated for months regarding updating our rules to prohibit nudity and sexual content entirely, as opposed to leaving in an "artistic nudity" exception. The other part of this was to streamline our forum rules with our Discord server rules, which had previously had a #nsfw channel dedicated to posting said artwork until only earlier this year. While we were on the issue of updating our rules regarding nudity and NSFW content, several other instances had occurred that forced us to reexamine our other rules, including public doxxing and characters containing child pornography. As such, we officially amended our rules on September 25 and made a public announcement regarding them.
 
In response to this, Ryoucchi felt it necessary to not only remove all of the collection threads he had worked on in retaliation, but also logged into the accounts of other users he had had contact with in the past, including a current global moderator, to remove collection threads that he did not have direct control over. Such behavior is unacceptable and presents a major security risk to our website and its mission of serving as a warehouse for Mugen content. As such, we have decided to permanently ban Ryoucchi from our forums and our Discord server. Ryoucchi does not represent MFFA or its values, and we strongly urge everyone to consider what he had done before criticizing us for our decision. We also urge many of you to not share any account information with anyone, regardless of who they may be.
 
We are currently in the process of recreating the various collection threads to remove them from Ryou's ownership. Anyone is welcome to help with rebuilding them if they wish, just remember to adhere to the collection creation rules if you do so.
 
This thread will be left open, so if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. We will do our best to answer.

Hello MFFA,
 
After recent events, we've had some accounts that were permanently banned from the forums attempting to contact other users of the forum to speak on their behalf. Many of these accounts had also attempted to contact staff on the behalf of the banned accounts. In light of this recent uptick, and after deliberation among the admins, we have decided to amend MFFA's rules with the addition of the following rule:
 
__________________________◢◤  4.5 ~ Conspiracy to Commit Ban Evasion  ⤵
 
To put it simply, if it is discovered that you are attempting to speak on behalf of a banned account, your account will receive a ban, and the account on which you are speaking on behalf of will have their ban duration extended, as if they had attempted to ban evade by creating a new account themselves. We hope you understand why we had to implement such measures. If you have any questions, feel free to ask a member of staff.

Reminder regarding blacklisted websites
While Mugen Free For All strives to provide a warehouse directory for all M.U.G.E.N content made throughout the engine's existence, various creators across the world may choose to adopt different methods of hosting. While many of these sites are safe, some are not. Over the past few months, we've noticed a growing number of such sites, which we have had to remove. Either due to ethical/moral concerns over monetizing free content, or due to security exploits, we have had to blacklist these websites. We ask that you do not link to any of these blacklisted websites, as these links will be deleted on sight and the person responsible will be infracted, with repeat violations warranting further disciplinary action if necessary. If you notice any of these links, we ask you to please use the report to staff function so that we may address them accordingly.
 
The following websites/urls have been blacklisted due to known security vulnerabilities and/or unethical practices:
2shared Adb.ug Adf.ly Cashfly Ceestyy.com Coinurl Destyy.com Easyurl.net Festyy.com Gestyy.com Link4ad.com Linkbucks Mugenarchive Sh.st Shortenurl.tk Shorte.st Urlcash as well as any website listed here  
The following websites/urls, while not blacklisted, are discouraged due to requiring user registration:
4shared  

Well, it was inevitable, but I've finally decided to make the decision after 16 years to semi-retire from the MUGEN and IKEMEN scene. This was not an easy decision for me to make, and there is more than one factor involved, so I will do my best to outline them.
 
The first of these factors is due to real world obligations. My original passion by getting involved in creating MUGEN content was to one day become a software and/or video game developer. Unfortunately, what started as a passion project later turned into an obsession. It began to detract from both my career and social life, as there were times where I felt that if I wasn't pushing out new content on a regular basis that I wasn't doing anything. Eventually, as I began work on Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded and Touhou: Incident Zero, it began to detract from everything else, and public releases and updates came to a slog (the last thing I released was Futo back in October 2022). In short, I no longer felt motivated, though I initially dismissed this as a temporary feeling.
 
The second, and perhaps the much bigger, factor involved was my spiritual life. Anyone who has engaged with me over the years is probably aware that, especially since the early days, one of my largest paranoia was the fear of having my content taken down for copyright infringement, a fear that overcame me very greatly back in 2011 where I went so far as to post a fake Cease and Desist letter purporting to be from the legal representative of Team Shanghai Alice (the creator of Touhou Project, which almost all of my content is exclusively based on) as an excuse to step away from the community, only for me to come back in 2013 and admit to the lie. I bring this up because, over the past few months, I've begun to rediscover my Catholic faith, and began to reflect on all this and what I was really doing was breaking the Lord's commandment of "Thou shall not steal", especially considering how the game assets that were being used were not only being used against the original creator's wishes, but also because the source itself was not obtained in a legal or moral method. It became clear to me that this was no longer just a legal concern, but a spiritual one, and I will admit that this wasn't the only sin that I've committed.
 
I've consulted with my priest regarding this matter for guidance and I've come to the following decision; effective immediately, I will no longer be involved with development of Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded, and development of Touhou: Incident Zero is hereby cancelled. I would like to offer my apologies publicly to ZUN and Tasofro in this matter for having wronged them in the eyes of God. I've also taken the additional step of removing all downloads to my MUGEN content and deleting both them and the pirated software from my hard drive, as I cannot condone keeping stolen goods in good conscience. While I cannot control what anyone else does, I implore anyone seeking to create and/or continue creating content for the MUGEN and IKEMEN engines to please seek permission from the copyright holder and/or creator before using them unless you yourself created them, not just for legal reasons, but for the sake of your own souls.
 
Regarding my position as an admin of Mugen Free For All, I had initially intended to also make this announcement to announce my stepping down but, after discussing this with the remaining staff, I've made the decision to stay on staff for the time being. While I can no longer condone creating MUGEN or IKEMEN content using illegally obtained assets or assets used against the creator's will, I still recognize MUGEN and IKEMEN's potential for what it was originally intended for: a fighting game engine, which has legitimate purposes for original content (The Black Heart is a perfect example of this). In light of this, the MFFA community still needs guidance and I would not want to place an additional burden on the other admins.
 
While things haven't gone exactly as I had initially planned, I feel that the coding and development knowledge that I had obtained is something that is priceless, and I feel obligated to share it in any way that I can, both in my future career path and with anyone who just wants to dabble with the engine as I did for the past 16 years. I apologize if making this post sounds prideful or boastful but it was something I needed to get off of my chest. I appreciate everyone who has helped me throughout these many years and the many friends that I've made along the way. Thank you for reading this and God bless.

Reminder regarding blacklisted websites
While Mugen Free For All strives to provide a warehouse directory for all M.U.G.E.N content made throughout the engine's existence, various creators across the world may choose to adopt different methods of hosting. While many of these sites are safe, some are not. Over the past few months, we've noticed a growing number of such sites, which we have had to remove. Either due to ethical/moral concerns over monetizing free content, or due to security exploits, we have had to blacklist these websites. We ask that you do not link to any of these blacklisted websites, as these links will be deleted on sight and the person responsible will be infracted, with repeat violations warranting further disciplinary action if necessary. If you notice any of these links, we ask you to please use the report to staff function so that we may address them accordingly.
 
The following websites/urls have been blacklisted due to known security vulnerabilities and/or unethical practices:
2shared Adb.ug Adf.ly Cashfly Ceestyy.com Coinurl Destyy.com Easyurl.net Festyy.com Gestyy.com Link4ad.com Linkbucks Mugenarchive Sh.st Shortenurl.tk Shorte.st Urlcash as well as any website listed here  
The following websites/urls, while not blacklisted, are discouraged due to requiring user registration:
4shared  

Well, it was inevitable, but I've finally decided to make the decision after 16 years to semi-retire from the MUGEN and IKEMEN scene. This was not an easy decision for me to make, and there is more than one factor involved, so I will do my best to outline them.
 
The first of these factors is due to real world obligations. My original passion by getting involved in creating MUGEN content was to one day become a software and/or video game developer. Unfortunately, what started as a passion project later turned into an obsession. It began to detract from both my career and social life, as there were times where I felt that if I wasn't pushing out new content on a regular basis that I wasn't doing anything. Eventually, as I began work on Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded and Touhou: Incident Zero, it began to detract from everything else, and public releases and updates came to a slog (the last thing I released was Futo back in October 2022). In short, I no longer felt motivated, though I initially dismissed this as a temporary feeling.
 
The second, and perhaps the much bigger, factor involved was my spiritual life. Anyone who has engaged with me over the years is probably aware that, especially since the early days, one of my largest paranoia was the fear of having my content taken down for copyright infringement, a fear that overcame me very greatly back in 2011 where I went so far as to post a fake Cease and Desist letter purporting to be from the legal representative of Team Shanghai Alice (the creator of Touhou Project, which almost all of my content is exclusively based on) as an excuse to step away from the community, only for me to come back in 2013 and admit to the lie. I bring this up because, over the past few months, I've begun to rediscover my Catholic faith, and began to reflect on all this and what I was really doing was breaking the Lord's commandment of "Thou shall not steal", especially considering how the game assets that were being used were not only being used against the original creator's wishes, but also because the source itself was not obtained in a legal or moral method. It became clear to me that this was no longer just a legal concern, but a spiritual one, and I will admit that this wasn't the only sin that I've committed.
 
I've consulted with my priest regarding this matter for guidance and I've come to the following decision; effective immediately, I will no longer be involved with development of Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded, and development of Touhou: Incident Zero is hereby cancelled. I would like to offer my apologies publicly to ZUN and Tasofro in this matter for having wronged them in the eyes of God. I've also taken the additional step of removing all downloads to my MUGEN content and deleting both them and the pirated software from my hard drive, as I cannot condone keeping stolen goods in good conscience. While I cannot control what anyone else does, I implore anyone seeking to create and/or continue creating content for the MUGEN and IKEMEN engines to please seek permission from the copyright holder and/or creator before using them unless you yourself created them, not just for legal reasons, but for the sake of your own souls.
 
Regarding my position as an admin of Mugen Free For All, I had initially intended to also make this announcement to announce my stepping down but, after discussing this with the remaining staff, I've made the decision to stay on staff for the time being. While I can no longer condone creating MUGEN or IKEMEN content using illegally obtained assets or assets used against the creator's will, I still recognize MUGEN and IKEMEN's potential for what it was originally intended for: a fighting game engine, which has legitimate purposes for original content (The Black Heart is a perfect example of this). In light of this, the MFFA community still needs guidance and I would not want to place an additional burden on the other admins.
 
While things haven't gone exactly as I had initially planned, I feel that the coding and development knowledge that I had obtained is something that is priceless, and I feel obligated to share it in any way that I can, both in my future career path and with anyone who just wants to dabble with the engine as I did for the past 16 years. I apologize if making this post sounds prideful or boastful but it was something I needed to get off of my chest. I appreciate everyone who has helped me throughout these many years and the many friends that I've made along the way. Thank you for reading this and God bless.

Well, it was inevitable, but I've finally decided to make the decision after 16 years to semi-retire from the MUGEN and IKEMEN scene. This was not an easy decision for me to make, and there is more than one factor involved, so I will do my best to outline them.
 
The first of these factors is due to real world obligations. My original passion by getting involved in creating MUGEN content was to one day become a software and/or video game developer. Unfortunately, what started as a passion project later turned into an obsession. It began to detract from both my career and social life, as there were times where I felt that if I wasn't pushing out new content on a regular basis that I wasn't doing anything. Eventually, as I began work on Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded and Touhou: Incident Zero, it began to detract from everything else, and public releases and updates came to a slog (the last thing I released was Futo back in October 2022). In short, I no longer felt motivated, though I initially dismissed this as a temporary feeling.
 
The second, and perhaps the much bigger, factor involved was my spiritual life. Anyone who has engaged with me over the years is probably aware that, especially since the early days, one of my largest paranoia was the fear of having my content taken down for copyright infringement, a fear that overcame me very greatly back in 2011 where I went so far as to post a fake Cease and Desist letter purporting to be from the legal representative of Team Shanghai Alice (the creator of Touhou Project, which almost all of my content is exclusively based on) as an excuse to step away from the community, only for me to come back in 2013 and admit to the lie. I bring this up because, over the past few months, I've begun to rediscover my Catholic faith, and began to reflect on all this and what I was really doing was breaking the Lord's commandment of "Thou shall not steal", especially considering how the game assets that were being used were not only being used against the original creator's wishes, but also because the source itself was not obtained in a legal or moral method. It became clear to me that this was no longer just a legal concern, but a spiritual one, and I will admit that this wasn't the only sin that I've committed.
 
I've consulted with my priest regarding this matter for guidance and I've come to the following decision; effective immediately, I will no longer be involved with development of Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded, and development of Touhou: Incident Zero is hereby cancelled. I would like to offer my apologies publicly to ZUN and Tasofro in this matter for having wronged them in the eyes of God. I've also taken the additional step of removing all downloads to my MUGEN content and deleting both them and the pirated software from my hard drive, as I cannot condone keeping stolen goods in good conscience. While I cannot control what anyone else does, I implore anyone seeking to create and/or continue creating content for the MUGEN and IKEMEN engines to please seek permission from the copyright holder and/or creator before using them unless you yourself created them, not just for legal reasons, but for the sake of your own souls.
 
Regarding my position as an admin of Mugen Free For All, I had initially intended to also make this announcement to announce my stepping down but, after discussing this with the remaining staff, I've made the decision to stay on staff for the time being. While I can no longer condone creating MUGEN or IKEMEN content using illegally obtained assets or assets used against the creator's will, I still recognize MUGEN and IKEMEN's potential for what it was originally intended for: a fighting game engine, which has legitimate purposes for original content (The Black Heart is a perfect example of this). In light of this, the MFFA community still needs guidance and I would not want to place an additional burden on the other admins.
 
While things haven't gone exactly as I had initially planned, I feel that the coding and development knowledge that I had obtained is something that is priceless, and I feel obligated to share it in any way that I can, both in my future career path and with anyone who just wants to dabble with the engine as I did for the past 16 years. I apologize if making this post sounds prideful or boastful but it was something I needed to get off of my chest. I appreciate everyone who has helped me throughout these many years and the many friends that I've made along the way. Thank you for reading this and God bless.

Well, it was inevitable, but I've finally decided to make the decision after 16 years to semi-retire from the MUGEN and IKEMEN scene. This was not an easy decision for me to make, and there is more than one factor involved, so I will do my best to outline them.
 
The first of these factors is due to real world obligations. My original passion by getting involved in creating MUGEN content was to one day become a software and/or video game developer. Unfortunately, what started as a passion project later turned into an obsession. It began to detract from both my career and social life, as there were times where I felt that if I wasn't pushing out new content on a regular basis that I wasn't doing anything. Eventually, as I began work on Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded and Touhou: Incident Zero, it began to detract from everything else, and public releases and updates came to a slog (the last thing I released was Futo back in October 2022). In short, I no longer felt motivated, though I initially dismissed this as a temporary feeling.
 
The second, and perhaps the much bigger, factor involved was my spiritual life. Anyone who has engaged with me over the years is probably aware that, especially since the early days, one of my largest paranoia was the fear of having my content taken down for copyright infringement, a fear that overcame me very greatly back in 2011 where I went so far as to post a fake Cease and Desist letter purporting to be from the legal representative of Team Shanghai Alice (the creator of Touhou Project, which almost all of my content is exclusively based on) as an excuse to step away from the community, only for me to come back in 2013 and admit to the lie. I bring this up because, over the past few months, I've begun to rediscover my Catholic faith, and began to reflect on all this and what I was really doing was breaking the Lord's commandment of "Thou shall not steal", especially considering how the game assets that were being used were not only being used against the original creator's wishes, but also because the source itself was not obtained in a legal or moral method. It became clear to me that this was no longer just a legal concern, but a spiritual one, and I will admit that this wasn't the only sin that I've committed.
 
I've consulted with my priest regarding this matter for guidance and I've come to the following decision; effective immediately, I will no longer be involved with development of Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded, and development of Touhou: Incident Zero is hereby cancelled. I would like to offer my apologies publicly to ZUN and Tasofro in this matter for having wronged them in the eyes of God. I've also taken the additional step of removing all downloads to my MUGEN content and deleting both them and the pirated software from my hard drive, as I cannot condone keeping stolen goods in good conscience. While I cannot control what anyone else does, I implore anyone seeking to create and/or continue creating content for the MUGEN and IKEMEN engines to please seek permission from the copyright holder and/or creator before using them unless you yourself created them, not just for legal reasons, but for the sake of your own souls.
 
Regarding my position as an admin of Mugen Free For All, I had initially intended to also make this announcement to announce my stepping down but, after discussing this with the remaining staff, I've made the decision to stay on staff for the time being. While I can no longer condone creating MUGEN or IKEMEN content using illegally obtained assets or assets used against the creator's will, I still recognize MUGEN and IKEMEN's potential for what it was originally intended for: a fighting game engine, which has legitimate purposes for original content (The Black Heart is a perfect example of this). In light of this, the MFFA community still needs guidance and I would not want to place an additional burden on the other admins.
 
While things haven't gone exactly as I had initially planned, I feel that the coding and development knowledge that I had obtained is something that is priceless, and I feel obligated to share it in any way that I can, both in my future career path and with anyone who just wants to dabble with the engine as I did for the past 16 years. I apologize if making this post sounds prideful or boastful but it was something I needed to get off of my chest. I appreciate everyone who has helped me throughout these many years and the many friends that I've made along the way. Thank you for reading this and God bless.

Well, it was inevitable, but I've finally decided to make the decision after 16 years to semi-retire from the MUGEN and IKEMEN scene. This was not an easy decision for me to make, and there is more than one factor involved, so I will do my best to outline them.
 
The first of these factors is due to real world obligations. My original passion by getting involved in creating MUGEN content was to one day become a software and/or video game developer. Unfortunately, what started as a passion project later turned into an obsession. It began to detract from both my career and social life, as there were times where I felt that if I wasn't pushing out new content on a regular basis that I wasn't doing anything. Eventually, as I began work on Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded and Touhou: Incident Zero, it began to detract from everything else, and public releases and updates came to a slog (the last thing I released was Futo back in October 2022). In short, I no longer felt motivated, though I initially dismissed this as a temporary feeling.
 
The second, and perhaps the much bigger, factor involved was my spiritual life. Anyone who has engaged with me over the years is probably aware that, especially since the early days, one of my largest paranoia was the fear of having my content taken down for copyright infringement, a fear that overcame me very greatly back in 2011 where I went so far as to post a fake Cease and Desist letter purporting to be from the legal representative of Team Shanghai Alice (the creator of Touhou Project, which almost all of my content is exclusively based on) as an excuse to step away from the community, only for me to come back in 2013 and admit to the lie. I bring this up because, over the past few months, I've begun to rediscover my Catholic faith, and began to reflect on all this and what I was really doing was breaking the Lord's commandment of "Thou shall not steal", especially considering how the game assets that were being used were not only being used against the original creator's wishes, but also because the source itself was not obtained in a legal or moral method. It became clear to me that this was no longer just a legal concern, but a spiritual one, and I will admit that this wasn't the only sin that I've committed.
 
I've consulted with my priest regarding this matter for guidance and I've come to the following decision; effective immediately, I will no longer be involved with development of Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded, and development of Touhou: Incident Zero is hereby cancelled. I would like to offer my apologies publicly to ZUN and Tasofro in this matter for having wronged them in the eyes of God. I've also taken the additional step of removing all downloads to my MUGEN content and deleting both them and the pirated software from my hard drive, as I cannot condone keeping stolen goods in good conscience. While I cannot control what anyone else does, I implore anyone seeking to create and/or continue creating content for the MUGEN and IKEMEN engines to please seek permission from the copyright holder and/or creator before using them unless you yourself created them, not just for legal reasons, but for the sake of your own souls.
 
Regarding my position as an admin of Mugen Free For All, I had initially intended to also make this announcement to announce my stepping down but, after discussing this with the remaining staff, I've made the decision to stay on staff for the time being. While I can no longer condone creating MUGEN or IKEMEN content using illegally obtained assets or assets used against the creator's will, I still recognize MUGEN and IKEMEN's potential for what it was originally intended for: a fighting game engine, which has legitimate purposes for original content (The Black Heart is a perfect example of this). In light of this, the MFFA community still needs guidance and I would not want to place an additional burden on the other admins.
 
While things haven't gone exactly as I had initially planned, I feel that the coding and development knowledge that I had obtained is something that is priceless, and I feel obligated to share it in any way that I can, both in my future career path and with anyone who just wants to dabble with the engine as I did for the past 16 years. I apologize if making this post sounds prideful or boastful but it was something I needed to get off of my chest. I appreciate everyone who has helped me throughout these many years and the many friends that I've made along the way. Thank you for reading this and God bless.

Well, it was inevitable, but I've finally decided to make the decision after 16 years to semi-retire from the MUGEN and IKEMEN scene. This was not an easy decision for me to make, and there is more than one factor involved, so I will do my best to outline them.
 
The first of these factors is due to real world obligations. My original passion by getting involved in creating MUGEN content was to one day become a software and/or video game developer. Unfortunately, what started as a passion project later turned into an obsession. It began to detract from both my career and social life, as there were times where I felt that if I wasn't pushing out new content on a regular basis that I wasn't doing anything. Eventually, as I began work on Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded and Touhou: Incident Zero, it began to detract from everything else, and public releases and updates came to a slog (the last thing I released was Futo back in October 2022). In short, I no longer felt motivated, though I initially dismissed this as a temporary feeling.
 
The second, and perhaps the much bigger, factor involved was my spiritual life. Anyone who has engaged with me over the years is probably aware that, especially since the early days, one of my largest paranoia was the fear of having my content taken down for copyright infringement, a fear that overcame me very greatly back in 2011 where I went so far as to post a fake Cease and Desist letter purporting to be from the legal representative of Team Shanghai Alice (the creator of Touhou Project, which almost all of my content is exclusively based on) as an excuse to step away from the community, only for me to come back in 2013 and admit to the lie. I bring this up because, over the past few months, I've begun to rediscover my Catholic faith, and began to reflect on all this and what I was really doing was breaking the Lord's commandment of "Thou shall not steal", especially considering how the game assets that were being used were not only being used against the original creator's wishes, but also because the source itself was not obtained in a legal or moral method. It became clear to me that this was no longer just a legal concern, but a spiritual one, and I will admit that this wasn't the only sin that I've committed.
 
I've consulted with my priest regarding this matter for guidance and I've come to the following decision; effective immediately, I will no longer be involved with development of Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded, and development of Touhou: Incident Zero is hereby cancelled. I would like to offer my apologies publicly to ZUN and Tasofro in this matter for having wronged them in the eyes of God. I've also taken the additional step of removing all downloads to my MUGEN content and deleting both them and the pirated software from my hard drive, as I cannot condone keeping stolen goods in good conscience. While I cannot control what anyone else does, I implore anyone seeking to create and/or continue creating content for the MUGEN and IKEMEN engines to please seek permission from the copyright holder and/or creator before using them unless you yourself created them, not just for legal reasons, but for the sake of your own souls.
 
Regarding my position as an admin of Mugen Free For All, I had initially intended to also make this announcement to announce my stepping down but, after discussing this with the remaining staff, I've made the decision to stay on staff for the time being. While I can no longer condone creating MUGEN or IKEMEN content using illegally obtained assets or assets used against the creator's will, I still recognize MUGEN and IKEMEN's potential for what it was originally intended for: a fighting game engine, which has legitimate purposes for original content (The Black Heart is a perfect example of this). In light of this, the MFFA community still needs guidance and I would not want to place an additional burden on the other admins.
 
While things haven't gone exactly as I had initially planned, I feel that the coding and development knowledge that I had obtained is something that is priceless, and I feel obligated to share it in any way that I can, both in my future career path and with anyone who just wants to dabble with the engine as I did for the past 16 years. I apologize if making this post sounds prideful or boastful but it was something I needed to get off of my chest. I appreciate everyone who has helped me throughout these many years and the many friends that I've made along the way. Thank you for reading this and God bless.

Well, it was inevitable, but I've finally decided to make the decision after 16 years to semi-retire from the MUGEN and IKEMEN scene. This was not an easy decision for me to make, and there is more than one factor involved, so I will do my best to outline them.
 
The first of these factors is due to real world obligations. My original passion by getting involved in creating MUGEN content was to one day become a software and/or video game developer. Unfortunately, what started as a passion project later turned into an obsession. It began to detract from both my career and social life, as there were times where I felt that if I wasn't pushing out new content on a regular basis that I wasn't doing anything. Eventually, as I began work on Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded and Touhou: Incident Zero, it began to detract from everything else, and public releases and updates came to a slog (the last thing I released was Futo back in October 2022). In short, I no longer felt motivated, though I initially dismissed this as a temporary feeling.
 
The second, and perhaps the much bigger, factor involved was my spiritual life. Anyone who has engaged with me over the years is probably aware that, especially since the early days, one of my largest paranoia was the fear of having my content taken down for copyright infringement, a fear that overcame me very greatly back in 2011 where I went so far as to post a fake Cease and Desist letter purporting to be from the legal representative of Team Shanghai Alice (the creator of Touhou Project, which almost all of my content is exclusively based on) as an excuse to step away from the community, only for me to come back in 2013 and admit to the lie. I bring this up because, over the past few months, I've begun to rediscover my Catholic faith, and began to reflect on all this and what I was really doing was breaking the Lord's commandment of "Thou shall not steal", especially considering how the game assets that were being used were not only being used against the original creator's wishes, but also because the source itself was not obtained in a legal or moral method. It became clear to me that this was no longer just a legal concern, but a spiritual one, and I will admit that this wasn't the only sin that I've committed.
 
I've consulted with my priest regarding this matter for guidance and I've come to the following decision; effective immediately, I will no longer be involved with development of Touhou: Gensokyo Reloaded, and development of Touhou: Incident Zero is hereby cancelled. I would like to offer my apologies publicly to ZUN and Tasofro in this matter for having wronged them in the eyes of God. I've also taken the additional step of removing all downloads to my MUGEN content and deleting both them and the pirated software from my hard drive, as I cannot condone keeping stolen goods in good conscience. While I cannot control what anyone else does, I implore anyone seeking to create and/or continue creating content for the MUGEN and IKEMEN engines to please seek permission from the copyright holder and/or creator before using them unless you yourself created them, not just for legal reasons, but for the sake of your own souls.
 
Regarding my position as an admin of Mugen Free For All, I had initially intended to also make this announcement to announce my stepping down but, after discussing this with the remaining staff, I've made the decision to stay on staff for the time being. While I can no longer condone creating MUGEN or IKEMEN content using illegally obtained assets or assets used against the creator's will, I still recognize MUGEN and IKEMEN's potential for what it was originally intended for: a fighting game engine, which has legitimate purposes for original content (The Black Heart is a perfect example of this). In light of this, the MFFA community still needs guidance and I would not want to place an additional burden on the other admins.
 
While things haven't gone exactly as I had initially planned, I feel that the coding and development knowledge that I had obtained is something that is priceless, and I feel obligated to share it in any way that I can, both in my future career path and with anyone who just wants to dabble with the engine as I did for the past 16 years. I apologize if making this post sounds prideful or boastful but it was something I needed to get off of my chest. I appreciate everyone who has helped me throughout these many years and the many friends that I've made along the way. Thank you for reading this and God bless.

Hello MFFA,
 
After recent events, we've had some accounts that were permanently banned from the forums attempting to contact other users of the forum to speak on their behalf. Many of these accounts had also attempted to contact staff on the behalf of the banned accounts. In light of this recent uptick, and after deliberation among the admins, we have decided to amend MFFA's rules with the addition of the following rule:
 
__________________________◢◤  4.5 ~ Conspiracy to Commit Ban Evasion  ⤵
 
To put it simply, if it is discovered that you are attempting to speak on behalf of a banned account, your account will receive a ban, and the account on which you are speaking on behalf of will have their ban duration extended, as if they had attempted to ban evade by creating a new account themselves. We hope you understand why we had to implement such measures. If you have any questions, feel free to ask a member of staff.

Hello MFFA,
 
After recent events, we've had some accounts that were permanently banned from the forums attempting to contact other users of the forum to speak on their behalf. Many of these accounts had also attempted to contact staff on the behalf of the banned accounts. In light of this recent uptick, and after deliberation among the admins, we have decided to amend MFFA's rules with the addition of the following rule:
 
__________________________◢◤  4.5 ~ Conspiracy to Commit Ban Evasion  ⤵
 
To put it simply, if it is discovered that you are attempting to speak on behalf of a banned account, your account will receive a ban, and the account on which you are speaking on behalf of will have their ban duration extended, as if they had attempted to ban evade by creating a new account themselves. We hope you understand why we had to implement such measures. If you have any questions, feel free to ask a member of staff.

Hello MFFA,
 
After recent events, we've had some accounts that were permanently banned from the forums attempting to contact other users of the forum to speak on their behalf. Many of these accounts had also attempted to contact staff on the behalf of the banned accounts. In light of this recent uptick, and after deliberation among the admins, we have decided to amend MFFA's rules with the addition of the following rule:
 
__________________________◢◤  4.5 ~ Conspiracy to Commit Ban Evasion  ⤵
 
To put it simply, if it is discovered that you are attempting to speak on behalf of a banned account, your account will receive a ban, and the account on which you are speaking on behalf of will have their ban duration extended, as if they had attempted to ban evade by creating a new account themselves. We hope you understand why we had to implement such measures. If you have any questions, feel free to ask a member of staff.

Reminder regarding blacklisted websites
While Mugen Free For All strives to provide a warehouse directory for all M.U.G.E.N content made throughout the engine's existence, various creators across the world may choose to adopt different methods of hosting. While many of these sites are safe, some are not. Over the past few months, we've noticed a growing number of such sites, which we have had to remove. Either due to ethical/moral concerns over monetizing free content, or due to security exploits, we have had to blacklist these websites. We ask that you do not link to any of these blacklisted websites, as these links will be deleted on sight and the person responsible will be infracted, with repeat violations warranting further disciplinary action if necessary. If you notice any of these links, we ask you to please use the report to staff function so that we may address them accordingly.
 
The following websites/urls have been blacklisted due to known security vulnerabilities and/or unethical practices:
2shared Adb.ug Adf.ly Cashfly Ceestyy.com Coinurl Destyy.com Easyurl.net Festyy.com Gestyy.com Link4ad.com Linkbucks Mugenarchive Sh.st Shortenurl.tk Shorte.st Urlcash as well as any website listed here  
The following websites/urls, while not blacklisted, are discouraged due to requiring user registration:
4shared  

Reminder regarding blacklisted websites
While Mugen Free For All strives to provide a warehouse directory for all M.U.G.E.N content made throughout the engine's existence, various creators across the world may choose to adopt different methods of hosting. While many of these sites are safe, some are not. Over the past few months, we've noticed a growing number of such sites, which we have had to remove. Either due to ethical/moral concerns over monetizing free content, or due to security exploits, we have had to blacklist these websites. We ask that you do not link to any of these blacklisted websites, as these links will be deleted on sight and the person responsible will be infracted, with repeat violations warranting further disciplinary action if necessary. If you notice any of these links, we ask you to please use the report to staff function so that we may address them accordingly.
 
The following websites/urls have been blacklisted due to known security vulnerabilities and/or unethical practices:
2shared Adb.ug Adf.ly Cashfly Ceestyy.com Coinurl Destyy.com Easyurl.net Festyy.com Gestyy.com Link4ad.com Linkbucks Mugenarchive Sh.st Shortenurl.tk Shorte.st Urlcash as well as any website listed here  
The following websites/urls, while not blacklisted, are discouraged due to requiring user registration:
4shared