Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'

https://www.ign.com/articles/mattel-is-constantly-out-to-kill-me-creator-of-original-thomas-the-tank-engine-mod-for-skyrim-puts-thomas-in-morrowind-in-defiance-of-legal-threats

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can@sh.itjust.works · 264 pts · 294d (7 replies)

“I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine,” ‪Trainwiz‬ wrote on the Nexus Mods page for Really Useful Cliffracers. “I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.”

Based

TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works · 56 pts · 294d (5 replies)

Based

yakko@feddit.uk · 43 pts · 294d (2 replies)

This is the kind of dude I'd invite to a threesome.

teft@piefed.social · 40 pts · 294d (1 reply)

Will he run a train?

Preferably Thomas themed.

yakko@feddit.uk · 13 pts · 294d

Fuck yes, perfect

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Klear@quokk.au · 10 pts · 294d (1 reply)

Based

danc4498@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 294d

B-B-B-B-BASED

ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 16 pts · 294d
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AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 154 pts · 294d

"I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. [...] I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.

In between working on my game and dying of various accidental injuries, I sometimes feel like I need to milk a particular joke until its inevitable demise. I will do this no matter how many legal threats, actual threats, black vans with the Mattel logo on them, or severed Barbie heads are mailed to me.

This is because I have issues with authority, particularly authority derived from intimidation. I kicked a lot of bullies in the nuts when I was a kid.”

Idgaf about silly mods like this, but this is iconic

ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 61 pts · 294d

“I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine,” ‪Trainwiz‬ wrote on the Nexus Mods page for Really Useful Cliffracers.“I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.”

Remember, CEOs aren't people. CEOs are legally parasites.

CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in · 55 pts · 294d (6 replies)

What company puts legal pressure on a mod this iconic, it does not make sense, it's literally free advertising on a completely different game that cannot affect any revenue they make from Thomas negatively.

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 22 pts · 294d (5 replies)

Lawyers and marketers who refuse to see nuance and view everything as a potential threat

Tanoh@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 294d (4 replies)

IANAL, but I believe in some places you have to go after any and all forms of it, otherwise you risk losing the whole thing. I think US is one of those places.

Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 294d

I'm also not a lawyer but I've also seen how the law doesn't seem to mean shit anymore. Fuck companies.

can@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 294d (2 replies)
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 294d (1 reply)

this is new to me thank you

can@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 294d

In that case enjoy the behind the scenes and the follow-up feedback song

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 43 pts · 294d

Good old Trainwiz. Pretty sure the mad bastard used to frequent 4chan's Elder Scrolls modding threads, so I'm kind of impressed at the restraint of his response.

Give them BBB support you coward!

rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 38 pts · 294d

Stupendous@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 294d

It's an all time great mod that's pretty harmless with the IP