I feel I wasted my time with this team, even if it happened long ago it all settled this way. The personal dissatisfaction of things I sprited. The feel of the lack of recognition for the work I have done, not only for this Gohan but for Freezer as well:

https://network.mugenguild.com/cybaster/chars.html

This phrase is what struck me and reminded me why I shouldn’t keep doing Teen Gohan:

“A Capcom styled Freeza, entirely sprited by the amazingly talented Balthazar.”

This is a typo, same is said with Goku and Gohan.

Still, some things don’t make me feel it was an honest mistake, I remember the team’s actions after I first published Teen Gohan’s outlines didn’t help at all, immediately muting me, doing like nothing happened and trying to put the issue under the rug. If I was pushing they could have just tell me instead of doing what they did. Their actions killed my interest.

I would have shaded these sprites myself at a later time, that was my original plan, but the uncertainty of not knowing if they get revamped at a later time, making me feel I wasted my time shading them, again, as with Freezer.

I pushed for Teen Gohan to revitalize the paused headswap of a project that was Adult Gohan. And in my geeky opinion, his Teen version is the best version. It isn’t like both versions can’t co-exist.

…I’m still puzzled to what I did to trigger that attitude against me after I published Teen Gohan’s outlines, I remember trying to start conversations with no avail. Me, one of the first guys to really help them with another full char.

Another example, the youtube trailer which featured Freezer I wasn’t mentioned, and yes I’m disappointed about it because doing full chars takes a lot of time and dedication, but I bet the other guys did a greater work than what I did, that really must be, or that I was expendable.

And yes, that was not the only example where I was let out, they made very clear to me I wasn’t part of their team, once they started revamping my work:

Cool ideas BUT FIRST! Here's your own Team Z2 in Z2 Footsoldier style

I was active at that time and everything was ok, Freezer was originally my project, Teen Gohan debacle happened shortly after around that time.
Thank you for including me… I guess.

As I said, I’m still puzzled.

So no, even if I try to finish this char I simply can’t, I can't push myself into finishing this. Even if shading sprites is way easy for me, I really want to get rid of this wip, my only goal was to see Gohan on a video not to play as him. Is bizarre, I know, but I can’t take mugen as a genuine piece of entertainment. Good if you enjoy it.

Me bumping and venting about old issues will not automatically grant this char to be coded, in fact I’m sure it will drive away potential coders, but I want to give personal closure to this failed project.

I’m just tired of waiting, trying to convince coders, realizing coding for mugen isn’t worth it. And this bit of attention, even if it was in this manner.

I also did this post to warn good spriters to know who they work with.

I can tell you that my problem isn’t the only one here… according to what I hear from other spriters. My warning is kinda late, but still you have to watch out.


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The good news about these full chars is that I didn’t have to partake in Animation 1 class in the college, I went straight to Animation 2. I gained experience with this, not only animating experience. The chars were a small part of my big animation portfolio, all in all, they were traced over other animations.

The other good news is that I have done several non-paid academic projects, projects that are really worth it, after realizing I have other hobbies and that they really deserve my time. I wish to share some of them in the near future with you.