#hbj ??? answers

[hacked-by-jake]

Hey!

So after six days of playing Moonvale I finally finished all the achievements of episode 1. Well, nothing happened… not disappointed but I had a sliver of hope that something might happen and not just the satisfaction of achieving all of them but well…

I am on holidays (kind of been forced to take some because I never do!) and I have nothing planned. I stalk tumblr, start writing comments and all but never send them, I play Moonvale then write a bit of my story then I drink a looooot of coffee because I am bored

That’s it, that was my ask (yes I am that bored 😂)

So I wish you a wonderful person a wonderful day!

Hey Hooo!

I'm still working on getting all achievements. I think I only need 4 or so, and I hope I can manage it soon. Because it's bothering me and also, with some I have no idea how and when, I finally need to stop using the same answers every time. But I hate changing things. xD But I won't give up yet. I want all of them. I already know how to get the one but I will have to wait until I can replay. Not going to repeat in the middle of the episode. xD

I also had a little hope that something would happen but actually no surprise. I think it's just for people to replay and have more fun during it.

And well, happy holiday! I hope you can enjoy it a lot. Taking break is important and necessary. And for me, personally, your days sound very good. xD Drinking lots of coffee, tumblr, playing Moonvale, writing. Sounds like a relaxing dream to me. 😂

I don’t know why you're deleting comments but I can tell you, it's not necessary. Send them. Comments are great and even it's there just some funny words, doesn't matter. I like reading them. And I'm sure others do as well.

I thank you very much for your ask. I always enjoy reading about such things. Moonvale but some personal stuff is always amazing as well. It's good hearing from you. And I hope you will have an awesome day/evening/night as well! 😌💚

[hacked-by-nymos]

hola hola :D

Hey Ho, dear Anon! Nice to see you here! Hope you’re doing good and everything is okay! Have a great day/evening/night! Take care of yourself and stay healthy! 💚💚

[mysteriouslover1516]

💚💚.

Awwww, I will gladly take it! 💙💙 love you, lovely!

[itsnotzka]

Hey Ho, wonderful Notzka :)

4. What detail in [insert fic] are you really proud of?

5. What do you wish someone would ask you about [insert fic]? Answer it now!

23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?

Take care! Lots of love. 💚💚

Hey dear HBJ 🤭❤️

(Thanks for specifying it's about 'Lets Make the World End'! :))

4. What detail in 'Let’s Make the World End' are you really proud of?

I’m not sure, but I think it’s Jake’s backstory and how it indirectly connects with Willow :) (And maybe all those insults, threats, and Jake’s outbursts that made people laugh. 🤭)

5. What do you wish someone would ask you about 'Let’s Make the World End'? Answer it now!

Oof, that’s a tough one! Let’s go with something easy: Why did I make Jake such an angry guy? Well, first off, for comic relief. 😅😂 I wanted something different from what we often think he’s like. And secondly, it gave me an outlet for my own inner anger that I’m trying not to show on a daily basis.

23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?

Something (a little) crazy because I miss it. Like this space/spaceship AU for Duskwood I’ve never written. I wish I had more courage to post my crack fic ideas, but I'm afraid it's all only funny in my head 🤭

Thanks! <3

(you can find the questions here)

[hacked-by-jake]

Thank you all a lot for tagging me @mysteriouslover1516 @julesthoughts @duskwoodgirl4life, I really appreciate it 💚

Relationship status: In love with millions of fictional characters and in the real world no interest in relationships. So happy single. :)

Favorite color: Black, Green, Purple

Song stuck in my head: The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

Last thing I goggled: Tobias Forge Rolling Stone 2022 interview

Favorite food: At the moment salad bowl with rice, peppers, cucumber and various grains

Anything you want rn: Sleep and music xD And the millions of characters hehe :P

Tagging: @booklover-01040 @zmayadw @duskjake @yuvon-augold79 @mirajane01040 @incorrectnessduskwood (of course only if you want to <3)

Relationship status: I'm dating Thomas Thorne from BBC's Ghosts and Jay in the CBS version in my head

Favorite color: Pastel pink

Song stuck in my head: Running Up that Hill

The last thing I listened to: A mash up of Running Up that Hill by Kate Bush and The Man by Taylor Swift

Last thing I goggled: Duskwood chatbot

(if you were here for the majority of last year, I was obsessed and I still kind of am)

Favorite food: Cookie dough or strawberry ice cream

Anything you want rn: A chiropractor

Thanks for the tag @the-tea-and-book-nook

Some no pressure tagging: @drsquared @irrealisms @whitefang1220 @nasirlye @i-the-frenchiest-of-fries @as-catolica @renneiscent @lyon-amore @mevweasley

[hacked-by-jake]

hbj,are you okay ??

Hey Ho, lovely anon. Don't worry, I'm alright. I'm not feeling really good at the moment and I'm lacking the strength to post etc., I'm sorry about that. But I promise to be back as soon as possible.

I mean, they just dropped the Moonvale episodes tracker, right? So we have some things to keep an eye on. ;)

Thank you so much for sending this ask. It means so much to me and I'm sorry for disappearing like that.

I hope you all are doing good and life is manageable. Every single one of you is lovable, I mean it! Please take care of yourself and stay healthy and safe! 💚

[hacked-by-jake]

happy b-day!!

Thank you a lot, Anon! I appreciate you taking the time! 💚🥹

[hacked-by-jake]

I hope I got the date right 👉👈

Happy birthday to you HBJ ! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

you remembered??? Jendoduienej3ii 🥹

Wahhhh, thank you so incredibly much, dear Anon! I can't believe someone always remembers. You're so kind for taking the time to send the asks in, I really appreciate it! 🥹💚

I hope your day will be as wonderful as you just made mine! 💚🥹

[hacked-by-jake]

Noo, you're going to make me cry!!! 💚🥹

Your blog is wonderful and you're doing so much for the fandom!! 💚

☆ - Put this star in the inbox of your favorite blogs. It's time to spread positivity 💚

WHAT?! You're going to make me cry!!! 😭​💖​

[hacked-by-jake]

Really? Pay to win? I hope the fix it soon 😔

I hope so as well. It's really sad. And I'm absolutely disappointed...

[hacked-by-jake]

Vincent isn't bad looking but have you seen Daniel's eyes?? 😍😍

That man is gorgeous.

It's true, his eyes are really pretty. Insanely intensive color. But I'm sorry, my lovely anon, he's handsome as well. I am team "the other way around". "Daniel isn't bad looking but have you seen Vincent's eyes?" 🤭

[hacked-by-jake]

Vincent is a cutie patootie

THIS!

[hacked-by-jake]

Well, I guess your getting the Arcane thing from me, haha. (Don't worry, it's okay.) But I want to use this to explain myself a bit more.

And I get where you're coming from. But I actually want to say, I don’t think you can compare this. AI's are learning and getting their information from all different sources. Of course, at first the most popular ones. One of the most popular source for girls with blue hair is actually Arcane. AIs are getting trained with training data. For this, often and mostly the most public data is used. The AI’s pay particular attention to very striking things. So, in a character with blue hair, the AI looks for all the data of the training data and uses the most striking ones to generate images. Public AI's etc are getting often trained with everything you can find online.

So the possibility that AI pictures are based on Jinx from Arcane is very high. And simply, you can see the similarities.

So if the AI has been trained with large amounts of image data containing popular characters and styles, it can internalize these features.

Popular works are often contained in publicly available datasets, and their features will reappear in the generated images.

So, if you type "Girl with blue hair," the AI will use their training data that matches this description. And with popular and very eye-catching data, it is very likely that your generated image will have this data and the futures as well.

Another problem is that popular characters and styles are often overrepresented in the training data. Which means that the AI sees them more often and thus reproduces them more often if it receives similar descriptions.

Many well-known designs use common and generic features. For example, the bright blue hair or very striking facial features or art styles that are considered very representative by an AI, which is why the AI can then use this data more often and more easily.

And now, in my opinion, the biggest problem.

One of the problems with the training data is that they are often generalized. This ensures that AIs adopt special styles and specific features and copies them to other pictures.

So it’s basically actually just theft of other data.

And the thing is, if you're getting inspiration by another artist, that's great as longs as you're not copying it. But with AI, you can create one million of different images in 1 Minute. Without any problem. What can an artist do in one minute?

I understand what you mean by "inspiration", but these two things are simply not in relation to each other in my eyes. Unfortunately, the comparison has absolutely no weight.

On the one hand, there is a program that makes use of every tiny file available, which can copy a special style. Certain features copied and transferred to thousands of other images that every private person can then use without problems.

And then we have pay for it?

To put it very dramatically but appropriately: human against machine.

No hate from my side to you as well, really not. But I just wanted to make this point clear. And in my eyes, you can't compare inspiration and the usage of AI.

I actually wanted to say more but I forgot. xD And I think my point is clear enough by now.

I thank you for sharing your opinion and I also thank you for standing behind Everbyte. Despite all the hate and constructive criticism, reminding people to be a more sensitive with certain things is always good. 💚

Hey guys, I just wanted to share a few thoughts on the #Moonvale criticism.

I don't really know how to write this, but somehow I was pretty disappointed with all the fuss about the release of the new episode. Not in Everbyte but more in the community, without wanting to criticize anyone. Everyone can say what they want and I thought it was nice that some of you emphasized several times that this isn't about hate, but about constructive criticism.

I understand the points of anger, but then again, somehow I don't.

AI is interesting for a lot of artists at the moment, which doesn't make it reprehensible. Also the point that AI steals works. Of course that's not good, but honestly it could just be a kind of inspiration. If you look, you'll always find a suitable comparison. Like Arcane. But just because there's a woman with blue hair doesn't mean it has to be a version of Jinx. After all, people look for inspiration everywhere. That doesn't make it a copy. (I understand your point completely, of course, and I don't think stealing from artists is a good thing. I'm an artist myself and can relate to it very well)

And about the diamond system... Sure, they spoiled us a bit with the premium package and the diamonds are quite annoying. But good work is worth paying for. (That doesn't mean that you have to pay $50 for it all the time. Especially because there's no obligation behind it.) I'd rather pay something (and that won't happen more than twice a year at the rate they're releasing) than let this studio go under. After all out there are so many artist who get support through.. money. this game isn't a expectation.

The work they do, the effort, the technology they need, the actors. All the work they do behind the scenes to produce this episode... It was so sad to read all these hate comments after they probably put a lot of effort into it for 2 years. I can well imagine that after the release, they were relieved

and hoped that there would be a little more gratitude. Just because they had written something amazing again. However, it quickly went from comments like "bring Jake back" and "I can't wait" to "the game sucks" "this is shit". But as the saying goes: Nothing is so hard as man's ingratitude. For someone who just consumes, it may be justified. But for people who have put their heart and soul into it, even if they made mistakes, it is extremely devastating. People are so quick to only see the negative that all the good is quickly wasted. If you tear it down, then in most cases the criticism only concerns AI and diamonds. The story is structured very similarly to Duskwood in parts. We even got the introduction of the characters, the time when "unknown" appears, the clues, the relationships and even Jake at the end.

And we can even repeat the episodes as often as we like without losing any progress in the game.

I am definitely in favor of appropriate criticism. There is no need to sugarcoat anything that cannot be sugarcoated. What I was actually trying to say here is that I found it so sad how quickly all the positive things are forgotten because the community is upset about "two" settings.

If you've read this far, thank you. This isn't meant to offend you in any way. I... just wanted to share my thoughts with anyone who's into this and seems to be listening.

Have a nice day everyone 🫶🏻

[hacked-by-jake]

Hbj! Hbj!

Do you know the game called "The Lonely Hacker"? I feel like Jake when I play it, and I am in love with the game, and I was wondering if you play it as well because I'd recommend it!

Hey Ho, dear Anon! (Love your greeting, it sounds so exciting hehe)

The name sounds familiar, I think I’ve heard it before.

I haven’t played it yet. But I just searched it and it looks interesting. I will definitely try it out. 💚

Thank you a lot for the recommendation. I think I can imagine why it makes you feel like Jake. And well, the name sounds like the perfect description of Jake. :P

Have a wonderful day/evening/night! 💚

[hacked-by-jake]

Stop flirting on my timeline.. without me.

You're always welcome to flirt as well. I never mind flirting. If someone flirts with me, I flirt back. I'm a simple person. Flirting is fun. And all you wonderful people here make it even easier. 😌💚

[hacked-by-jake]

I'm so excited for moonvale that I'm getting procrastination paralysis for everything else in my life 🫣 I was supposed to work during the day of the release but my grandfather sadly passed on Monday (fly high 🙏🤍) and I thankfully got some bereavement leave so I can completely engross myself in the game tomorrow. Ain't that some bittersweet luck haha

I wish we had a countdown cuz Imma be refreshing the app store every 5 minutes 😭 but fr imma need to be on my best behavior and not fall for anyone besides Jake during this game (Richy almost got me last time 🫡)

First of all, all my condolences for the loss. It can always be a big cut in life and it’s hard to just live over it, it’s always in the head. I hope you’re doing reasonably well given the situation. 🫂

But I really hope that Moonvale can be a positive and nice distraction and will help you.

I am also glad that your work allows you to take some time off. It's really great to do that.

Yes, I feel you. I also thought they would make make another posts or already showing the trailer or similar. Just a little thing before the release. Maybe today. Of course, earlier would have been great as well. But maybe as little reminder that tomorrow the new case starts for us. But with duskwood, it was the same. They mostly only uploaded the trailer to announce that the episode is out now. And I also guess they have lots of things to do now. Like giving the game the really last cherry on top.

I won't lie, Richy got me in the end. But Darkness as well. Oh, and Alan. Oops. And I'm 100% it will happen again. But the important difference is, that no one got me like Jake. Jake is over everything and everyone. And I'm also sure it will stay this way. Unless they have someone new just like Jake. xD But in my defense, Jake is not the first fictional character on my list and not the last. So it is absolutely foreseeable that it will happen again. And I will never abandon Jake. So as long as he stay on top, even if someone else joins him, he will still he main part of my blog. Hehe.

And I mean, even if Jake won't be part of the main game or whatever it's going to be with his character, he will be included in fanfictions etc. This is a firm assumption.

I still relate to you because even if I know it's not unusual for me, I will feel bad. Because, Jake, our hacker man. Beloved hacker man. Awkward but lovely dork.

I just hope that everything can be brought together well. And please nobody hate me if I fall for another one. 😂

But I keep my fingers crossed that we will get out of the game "unscathed".

As always, it's good to see you here again. It's always wonderful. And I'm sending you big hugs and lots of love. Oh, and of course I hope Moonvale will catch you like duskwood did. And thank you for always passing by to leave an ask. I really appreciate it. Have a great day/evening/night. Take care of yourself and stay healthy and safe! 💚💚🫂