After a long time coming (I alluded to this post on Nov 15th, 2023, in the Author Comments of Preview on what's to come) my website is finally up and functioning as it should (as far as I know).
Given the fact I now have my own area to post content, music, etc. going forward, I will no longer be using Newgrounds to post my music. Any and all of my music (when I actually set it up properly with an index listing of the folder) will be at https://projects.kyronsaif.com/music/.This will even include unreleased, incomplete, prototype, and abandoned music of mine that I have laying around that I will release to the public. Eventually, I will be taking down my tracks here on Newgrounds, as I'd prefer to self host, and it's redundant.
As for things like Starters (Rewrite & Remastered)...
To be completely blunt, I am honestly disappointed with how modern day Newgrounds is with certain things. So with that being said, once I get to the point where I can post a trailer, I will see if it ever passes the 3 star requirement to continue being public. If it doesn't end up doing so, expect to exclusively find that, the teasers, and actual episodes, over on starters.kyronsaif.com.
Speaking of Starters, I feel I should mention another side-project I plan to do on my own (for the most part). Essentially, I am going to make a sort of "spin-off series", called Starters: Remix (which can be eventually found at starters.kyronsaif.com/remix, which is essentially a combination of Dane Powroznik's Starters (with some included Starters (Rewrite & Remastered) characters), and what the old Sonic Sprite videos you'd see on YouTube were (To clear some confusion no, this isn't a crossover. I'm taking a preexisting concept from a different series (Sonic Sprites, or as others referred to it as a series: The SSS Show.) and applying that to Starters. In essence, this derives from the formerly known "Southpark" aesthetic. The cutout animation will remain, but the humor, "story" (which is what actually happens) is vastly different.
Branching off of that, any, and all videos that aren't distinct like Starters, or any projects of mine, will be uploaded to libre.kyronsaif.com. Eventually, I will be uploading a video to YouTube about this, however, this isn't just any video...
That video, will officially be the last YouTube video I ever make, Period.
After an extended period of time (after I re-upload my videos to my site), and the site has been around to where there's a few videos on it already (that are distinct from re-uploads), I will be officially deleting my YouTube channel, as I have no intention to upload there anymore.
To continue, I'd also like to give you all an important message that's from my close friend and associate, Maestro, that holds a great deal of relevance:
I don't think enough people understand the ramifications of artists, associated producers, modern day "content creators", and the audience just defaulting to using the major online platforms (Y'know Youtube and Reddit (and yes, Newgrounds is part of that, either indirectly or otherwise) among others), where, even if we ignore the various exploiting of everything by big tech companies you hear about, what I think a lot of people fail to understand is that, at the end of the day, we gave them that power. Power that, they are more than happy to pretend they were born with. Granted, pushing back against that "power" is not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but the lack of effort all around is really just not helping, and in tandem, more effort could be put in. So, support non-monolithic platforms and the artists bold enough to prioritize them, and maybe consider becoming one of those two if it suits you.
With all of that being said, if anyone reading this even sort of wants to pursue Computing Freedom, feel free to contact my friend/myself directly on Matrix.
Our IDs are:
@captainleader:matrix.org
@miniboi:matrix.org
We also have a Matrix room dedicated to further informing and helping people achieve Computing Freedom.
A link that will redirect to the invite link can be found here:
kyronsaif.com/computinglibertad
If you got this far, I thank you all for taking the time to read this. And with all of that being said, I'll see you guys over there.
- Kyron Saif