ShineSl
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Very bad news about Patreon
🕑 Added 2025-10-23 17:27:15 +0000 UTCHi,
Unfortunately, yesterday Patreon put a very strict block on all IP addresses related to Russia, and almost no VPN was able to open Patreon for me except for one very ancient one, and I, frankly speaking, don't know how I can continue to use this service, because I can lose access to it at any moment.
I want to remind you that if you want to stay in touch with me, I use these applications most often:
Furaffinity - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/shinesl
X - https://twitter.com/ShineSL_
Discord - https://discord.gg/rSQXCYaccQ
There you will find all the other links where you can find me.
Regarding Patreon, I'll try to use it as long as I have access, but if for some reason I lose access, everything will go quiet. Perhaps I should stop collecting donations for the game so they don't go to waste. I used to keep the Patreon as a stash, in no rush to withdraw the money, hoping for the conflict to end, but unfortunately, after this block, I can no longer trust Patreon as my savings for a quieter future, and I had to withdraw my funds. I don't know whether they'll eventually reach me, but unfortunately, I can't keep it all hanging in limbo, constantly hoping for luck and that everything will work out.
Regarding the game project, I'll finish the final update 0.1 and post it on the sites mentioned above. If I have access to Patreon by then, I'll post it here too.
Friends advise me to replace Patreon with Subscribestar, but maybe they'll soon do something that will make it impossible to use their site from my country as well. I don't know.
Does this mean the end of development on the game, regarding the Legend of the Krystal? I can't give a clear answer. There were so many reasons for me to do this, but I didn't want to let anyone down and wanted to finish the job, but circumstances are tightening around my neck, whether it's the laws of my country, which are already so vague that it's no longer clear what's allowed and what's not, or world politics, which unfortunately also affects everyone, most of whom would prefer not to have anything to do with it. But what we have is what we have, and unfortunately, there's nothing we can do about it.
In general, stay in touch, I don’t want to promise anything now, I’m in a very bad mood at the moment.
Comments
ShineSL
Thank you for the kind words, and yes, I'm not giving up yet. I was doing something before Patreon, but now I need to change my policies and approach to everything I do. After Patreon did I realized I was taking huge risks, collecting donations for months and not withdrawing them, while trusting the platform too much. I don't want to do that anymore. I wrote in more detail about what I'll do on Discord. For now, my goal is to receive the money I've been collecting for so many months—either into my bank account or choose an acceptable alternative. And only then will I take the next steps.
Janic
I’m very sorry about all the dumb shit you keep having to deal with… I hope you make it through this alright 🫂
