Hi all.

Small update for the website, I added a Ko-fi link to the home page. Due to my current financial situation (as a result of jobhunting for 6 months to no avail), I've been put into a position where I need to ask for outside financial assistance.

It's 100% optional and absolutely nothing I do on this website or elsewhere will ever be exclusive to anything I do anywhere. It's just there in case you want to help me out with running the monthly Project Loved playlists in osu! (which requires about $20 USD every 2 months for supporter prizes for winners).

It sucks that I've been put in this position to begin with but life can be unfair like that sometimes.

Aside from that, I'll be looking into updating the Hexis page in the near future with Linux-specific things after I find the motivation to go through what a user of the website sent me via email way back to hopefully write a blurb about how to get it running on your Linux machine.

That should be everything.

- huu

Hi,

I've changed the contact email on this website to [email protected] instead of the old one.

I've had that email for so long and sometimes miss emails sent to it, so I've made a separate one that I can actually regularly check. Some people have been emailing me with neat things that I've unfortunately missed, so I'm hoping to avoid that.

Thanks.

- huu

Hello chat. I've updated the navigation of the website again with the intention of simplifying it.

I'm still rather unhappy with how things are categorized but I think I like it better the way it is now, by clumping together archives into one non-clickable menu, as well as renaming some stuff.

I've also updated the About page, to include credits to Andy Carolan outside of my old post from 2024. Sorry, Andy...

- huu

Hiya. I've unhidden a bunch of pages in the navigation bar that were hidden when I intended to move to a different site. It's messy but at least everything's accessible again.

I've also redone how difficulties are written in the osu! pages, namely renaming "Difficulties" to "Spread" and making everything a proper list rather than whatever the fuck the old way of doing things was previously.

I'm working on a huge post for the personal blog too, something incredibly personal. Then probably some more fun stuff afterwards.

That should be all.
- huu

I'm now splitting my website update blog posts from my personal stuff, so they've been segregated into their own separate pages.

Check out my first personal blog post about my switch from Windows to Linux! You might find it entertaining or even useful when it comes to what you should expect when switching.

That's about it.
- huu

Today's update is a bit more fruitful. I'm now splitting Removed Ranked/Loved maps from Deleted maps in the osu! section.

The reasons for this are:

1. This helps reduce clutter within the website
   
2. Generally makes navigating the two pages less confusing
   

These two pages are still in need of a better overhaul, considering both of those pages are among the oldest ones on the website with the fewest amount of changes made to them, but I'm hoping that this is at least a step forward to improving them.

I'm also now removing the #FixTF2 stuff from my website. This doesn't mean my support for it has ended, just think that it ran its course here & the petition also reached well over 300,000 signatures. If anyone signed the petition from my website - thanks!

I'll try to make my next update actual additions to the Removed Ranked/Loved maps section, since at the moment it only houses 2 maps but could definitely have more. All in due time, I suppose.

That's all for now.
- huu

Mentioned it in the previous news post about a new page on the website, and it's out!

• Other Skins

This page contains osu! skins I've used that weren't necessarily made or modified by me, but entirely made by other people. I've been apprehensive about adding these types of skins on to my website but I'm doing the courteous thing of asking the skin creators for permission first before posting.

In the case of them not being possible to contact, such as being online many years back and not being contactable, I've added a disclaimer telling them to contact me about it if they find it bothersome to be on this site.

Do check it out! Maybe some of those skins will be ones that you've been looking for for years now...maybe.

- huu

Well, back to relative normalcy for us after the previous news post, huh? No, I'm not taking the #FixTF2 stuff down as of now, but I figured I can't only just post about that on my personal blog/archive/whatever this website is...thing. Whatever. We gotta do more fun things every once in a while.

I've added the Halozy album I've archived onto my website!
You might have also noticed that both of them have been grouped into one section that I've called "Archived Music". From now on, that's where you will find both Ongaku Shoujo & the Halozy album I've archived. Doing this also future-proves this website in case I ever decided to go on a music archiving spree ever again.

I might add an additional page to the website in the coming days as well but that one's more related to osu! than anything else.

I am also planning on finally going through my archive channel's YouTube uploads to correct metadata mistakes I've made.

p.s. sign the petition for #FixTF2

- huu

I've made two videos on this topic, but I also want to leave a record of it here.

I love Team Fortress 2. It's a game I was introduced to back in 2012 by a classmate who invited me over to his house to try this new game he was addicted to, thinking I'd love it.

Fast forward 12 years later - TF2 is still a game I hold near & dear. It's just a fun, cozy, goofy game that felt like a safe haven to unwind, relax & either goof off for a few hours with silly strats or conga'ing with the rest of the server, or to try my best to improve at the game & get good at it.

Yet now, in 2024, TF2 is completely unplayable. I'm sure you've heard, but if you haven't - Team Fortress 2 is facing a massive botting issue. And the botting issue goes far beyond what you've been hearing  on the internet about. Far beyond the racist, cheating bots that dox people's personal information.

TF2's botting issue extends to anywhere from 70% to 90% of the player count reported on by Steam being completely fake, as most "players" are really just bots idling for item drops to take advantage of the free economy that TF2 offers.

I'll leave a link to a few videos by Zesty Jesus down below for you to watch. Please watch these, they are very important.

As for how deep the cheating bot rabbit hole goes, there are many, many videos on this topic, including 2 of my own. But down below, I will link a great exposé done by TheWhat Show on how truly demented they are, as well as my own video on what Valve could possibly do.

The whole reason I'm writing this on my personal website is simple. I am asking for your help with this. I am asking you to aid the Team Fortress 2 community in its dire time of need.

So...what can you do? I'll list a couple of things you can do.

• Sign the petition

Community figureheads have started hosting a website where you can sign a petition to Valve, which will be printed out & delivered to Valve physically to their offices. It doesn't matter if you play TF2 or not - any & all signatures are much appreciated. Simply head on over to save.tf and sign. This is the easiest method thus far that you can use to help the TF2 community.

• Review TF2 on Steam

Currently, much like the Helldivers 2 fiasco that happened, TF2 is being review-bombed by the community to get Valve's attention. I would like to encourage you to do the same to help spread awareness & get Valve's attention directly on their home turf, being Steam. Leave a negative review on TF2, mention the botting & cheating issues that the game is facing.

• Spread awareness

Using your favorite social media of choice, whether that's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit - whatever it is that you use - make images, art, memes, post videos, gather clips of the bots, ANYTHING. Spread awareness of this problem as far & wide as you could possibly spread it. Accompany every post with either the tags #FixTF2 or #SaveTF2, or both.

Valve, we are not asking for major updates. We are not asking for weapon rebalances. We are not asking for more maps or more hats, or whatever.

We are asking that you fix the game, take responsibility & get rid of the bots and cheaters that have been plaguing this game for more than 7 years at this point.

That's all we want. I love Team Fortress 2. And I hate to see it the way it has turned out.

And please remember - don't stop this until Valve actually does something. A simple tweet on the matter is not enough. We want actions. Not words or empty platitudes like Valve gave us back in May 2022.

#FixTF2

- huu

I've added little icons to most web pages on my site, highlighting that none of it is AI-generated.

I do not support or condone the use of AI, therefore I want to make it clear that this website is maintained entirely by a human and all of the content on this website is also human-made. This includes the informational pages about the games, as well as any/all other pages on this site.

The icon pack was made by Andy Carolan, please show them some support through this link here. Massive shoutout, thanks for these awesome badges!

- huu