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[Gimme20dollaz]

Well, Parsec, you don't have to worry about that guy who made Slender: Source anymore. It's officially been renamed The Operator.

Thought you ought to know.

[TheFallenenvoy]

[punxtr]

LOL

[Xicon]

Frankly, that's bullshit. Slender Man is fair game - that's a collective concept that the internet owns rather than any single person. But The Operator is very much the creation of Troy, Joseph and Tim - it's wrong to use their creation for personal gain. I had little respect of the creators of Slender: Source when they adamantly maintained that it was in no way related to Slender and was their own thing well before Parsec created Slender. I have even less respect for them now, and can clearly see that they're hoping to ride this fad to some kind of "success".

I've removed my support for the Greenlight and really hope that it does not receive Valve's blessing.

[Stravaganti456]

Honestly...

[JustJim]

[xemnasvii]

[Stravaganti456]

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[Stravaganti456]

The changed the name again.

It is now called "Faceless"

[Malckeor]

I was just sent a...rather interesting video that was clearly inspired by the game. It's both hilarious, and kind of scary, at least for me. Lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIQy-cL4DpU&feature=share

[xemnasvii]

[TheFallenenvoy]

well if they read this thread...why dont they follow my advice and NOT MAKE A GAME.

please...just no more damage, please.

[JustJim]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm kind of glad that The Slender Man is getting such a newfound popularity. Even though some don't care to learn where it came from. I'd love to see in a year or two The Slender Man become fully ingrained within our societal horror lexicon as a tried and true urban legend and it's not widely known where he came from. And yeah, not every adaptation will be revolutionary or even worth our time, but inevitably some will. And yeah, so Victor Surge, Trosephim, Nimbus, and the EMH guys might not get the credit. But this is the internet, and the information will always be available for those who wish to know.

But there is nothing wrong with being scared by something and enjoying it without doing the research as to where it came from. Do you know the creator of The Boogeyman? Did your dad sit you down and say "Well, you see, the character was created when..." or did he just tell you the story?

I can understand and sympathize with the notion of putting on your hipster glasses and saying "I loved Slendy before he was cool." Because it is a special subject to a lot of us. Hell, it's special to me too. I love the fact that I've been a part of this community for a while and watched new series come and go, and watch the mythos evolve. But this can still be special to us while also attracting a large new audience who seek to enjoy The Slender Man in the medium of their choice.

I'd personally rather see all of this new content come out (good and bad) including all of these new games and the two indie movies and see where the mythos goes from there than watch EMH, MH, and TT end and the mythos slowly crumples and dies. And perhaps it's not that binary of a matter, but still.

I'm in the early creative stages of a series myself with a partner who is relatively uninitiated to the mythos at large, and I think it's a tremendous opportunity to put a spin on things. I'm not saying Tall, Dark, and Faceless is going to have a mustache and Kruger gloves, but there will certainly be some dancing around familiar tropes and altogether avoiding others. And there's no time like the present because there are new people getting seriously into The Slender Man.Even if for every 100 people that play Slender, or watch PewDiePie's LP, only 10 people look further into the mythos at large, that's still a growing audience and a growing fanbase.

I'm not sure if this even belongs in this thread, and I'll probably end up putting on my tumblr too, but I had to get that off of my chest. Sometimes lately this place has reminded me of /v/ talking about "filthy casuals."