No.17122
There's a massive thread about not just LcdDem, but xx in general and the whole madness that happen that time
>>124Is not really clear what actually happen with him. His case is one that deeply resonate in my head constantly, like if it was someone close that suddenly dissapear. I remember even reading something random about that maybe xx was actually a tiny group of people rather that one individual, and some heavy arguments behind scenes related about LcdDem cause a dissolution (tho obviously there's not solid proof of that; again, sometime random I read years ago).
I sincerely hope that he is well, wherever he may be.
No.17145
While I haven't played Lcd Dem just yet, I recently decided to take a plunge into exploring Koronba's musical productions and I've been having the time of my life. Stuff like untitled_0346, Oivomaitnt, and the OST for Ghost Mayoker have been playing on repeat dozens of times these past few days, and I think I finally see why Koronba's disappearance caused such an stir within his audience. Seeing a genuinely talented creative vanish and nuke their work always makes me wonder what else they could've achieved had they stuck around. While I wish Koronba would've found a way to continue despite gaining more popularity than they were comfortable with, I can't exactly say I don't see why they did it, as I've frequently nuked my own art accounts at various points because of sharp bouts of embarrassment in tandem with getting bigger amounts of attention. I very much regret doing so and please don't take my experiences as endorsement of what they did and how they did it, but more to show that what they felt isn't as uncommon or unthinkable as some might think. Fame, even minor fame, can be as scary as it is tantalizing, and all the more reason why I favor imageboards as my choice of place to post my work. (NOTE: the image I chose is not my own BTW, artfromsaturn made it)
No.17147
You know there is a slight chance that koronba tried to “delete” this fangame off of the internet was so it would become more popular because I mean of course telling people to forget your own fangame is gonna have the opposite effect
No.17148
>>17147Someone implied something similar to your post 4 years ago
>>15132>>17121 explained it best, Lcd dem was a casualty from the trigger that was a Sardine Grows from the Soil blowing up in NND and the tagging system pointing all the sights to him and his body of work to a degree he found unbearable
I mean yeah it's fun to theorize morbid crap like him pulling a 3D chess move for the lulz or him being somehow ashamed of the game gaining notoriety because of the meme that the ending somehow reflected his personal life but it always seemed like a clear and cut "pixiv artist deletes gallery only to return and do it again several times until they get burned out and quick altogether" case to me.
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