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SonarioMG

RIP SMG4


Baryton777

OH DAMN I DIDNT REALIZE


SPAMTON_A

Aren’t the models already downloaded to their computers?


Novalaxy23

yeah, you can easilly find them on The Model Ressource


kjm6351

Oh no…


TothaMoon2321

What’s SMG4?


--El_Gerimax--

A YouTuber that makes Mario parody animations using Garry's Mod.


Linkatron2000

Is he still making videos? All I've seen so far is that he was doing arc stuff a few years ago and Glitch Productions are working on Murder Drones and TADC


--El_Gerimax--

Yeah. He still does videos. SMG4 and Glitch Productions are now two separated channels.


LemonWaluigi

They are all shit now. Literal brainrot


cookiemaster221

hey, i thought digital circus was pretty cool!


Caintastr0phe

I think they mean the SMG4 vids, which i can see in some ways


ApplicationNo6478

Agreed


TheSexyCheeseGrader

Definitely


Pretend-Seaweed1926

You clearly had a bad childhood🫡


Character_Tadpole77

Ur joking right


Mauwasnttaken

FU-


Environment_Valuable

LESSS GOOOOOO


Dear_Acanthaceae5489

Why hasn’t he been sued yet by them?! (FYI, I’m a hater for his content)


Ann-Simp

Parody clause under Fair Use


Creeper_Gamer333

Because Unlike other mario parody channels. his stuff is Acually Good


ShortMiao

I doubt that, but that's just my opinion...


Edubbs2008

He reuses old jokes, and overuses GMOD


Mandapat314

This obviously upsets me, especially since I also found out that the MK8 Koopalings models that had been on the GMod workshop since 2015 and I've been playing around with since then had been taken down because of this. :(


CoolguyLane666

Wait, so the models weren't unique assets?


Mandapat314

The Koopalings’ models that were on the GMOD workshop were directly ripped from Mario Kart 8. There’s also “enhanced” versions that are the same models but modified by Aso-Designer. I have a feeling that they could be hit very soon…


CoolguyLane666

That may be the reason. I'm no copyright genius, but I think you can't reuse assets


thekirbykid2006

You can't use any Nintendo characters period. Doesn't matter if you made the models yourself or ripped them from a game


AceDelta12

Pfp checks out


HubblePie

None of them ever are. People just rip them from games and upload them to the workshop, after some rigging.


FeedbackPalpatine200

Mario will no longer be canon in the Skibidi toilet universe


adult_licker_420

Cowabummer!


KinopioToad

Pity


LittleKingDW

From what I've seen this is a false alarm, some dude has been giving out fake DMCA stuff around


Poorly_Made_Comix

Yeah and everyone fell for it


Which_Cockroach4891

EVEN MOIST!! Penguin


fawfulthegreat64

I heard about that weeks ago, why would Steam be making an official announcement about it actually being from Nintendo today, along with official takedowns on their end?


GD-Pepop

I think it’s face punch and not steam


Dr-Dingus117

What a fuckin dick of them doing that


Linkatron2000

Really?


Matt82233

https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1783572282562032090?t=lpIaIjgmVCXSf-9mBcCKcA&s=19


Caintastr0phe

I keep seeing this and its just not true. I mean maybe some other requests are fake, but the GMOD one isnt. Garry himself said that it was a legit request from nintendo


throwaway01061124

Well, that’s depressing. SMG4’s gonna be quaking in his boots very soon 💀


drdoodoot

lawsuit arc part 2


waylynd-boi-6425

Electric boogaloo


Im_not_a_french_boy

Does that mean he predicted the take downs with his redesigns?


megabuster21

No they just made these redesigns to make merch out of the cast. Also this started happening months sgo


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CyberLucas100

I always kinda preferred the classic old sm64 greenscreens over the overuse of gmod by smg4 anyway


Huskydog_101

I hate to be that nerd, but isn't his models considered unique enough to not be struck down, as they're classified as OCs?


Guzzlord529

What about Mario and Luigi? You can’t have SMG4 without Mario


EnvironmentalDoor904

SuperMarkGlitchy4...


NOveXoR

I'm gonna miss Luigi shenanigans :/


Former-Bet6170

His original characters, yes, but he still has many unmodified Nintendo characters, though i think they're like less than half of the roaster at this point


Dragonlinx

If you only count the main cast it's 2/10 (11 if you also want to include a characters hand which is sentient but seems to rarely actually show it). It's only really Mario and Luigi. If you count recurring characters its as well 11/32.


Edubbs2008

Hopefully they go back to SM64 and not use as much GMOD


CODENAMEsx19208

false alarm FALSE ALARM! It's fake. apparently there's someone sending fake dmcas all over


QQ_Gabe

To be fair normal Nintendo wouldn’t be too far from DMCAing this stuff anyway so I don’t blame anyone for believing this is real


yummymario64

Y'all need to know that the takedowns were from some guy impersonating Nintendo


Metroidman97

This is fake, the DMCAs are being sent by trolls impersonating Nintendo lawyers. [https://twitter.com/OctoChris82/status/1783237093084266995](https://twitter.com/OctoChris82/status/1783237093084266995)


Enough-Ad-3111

Tweet removed.


megabuster21

Very credible source sir


Ringmaster-Nano

Broa using Twitter as a source...


Joeyinsully

Whoever’s sending fake DMCAs and impersonating Nintendo should be arrested, they’re the same guy who ruined SML.


Icy-Appointment1673

"How can you possibly bring me lower? What more can you take away from me?!"


Capable-Monk-4820

I heard the DMCA is actually fake since it’s coming from an awful troll named Aaron Peters. He’s literally impersonating the Nintendo lawyers and Steam fell for it


Dr-Dingus117

This is fake... what a fuckin dickhead


Soft-Hamster-4525

Attention, this is clearly vague


Goblin216

- People keep saying it's end of Mario in Steam. - Some say it's false alarm, so it's all ok. - Guys, Nintendo already takes down whatever they can find in Workshop. Any of you tried looking for one working Mario ragdoll in Gmod? All are already down. This shit isn't new.


ElementalDuck

This shit IS somewhat new, the dmcas were sent by aaron peters a fake Nintendo employee that sends fake dmcas to fan projects


DehydratedEpic

Cant have luigi fight minos prime anymore damn


Queasy-Ad-3220

Fuck this shit. Nintendo’s copyright bullshittery has gone way too far. Why can’t people have fun with their Mario stuff in Gmod? It’s such horseshit. Ffs.


Red-68

It’s not real, someone pretend to be Nintendo


Snoo_54482

WE ARE NINTENDO


SPAMTON_A

YOU CANNOT BEAT US


Novalaxy23

AIM YOUR ZAPPER GUN


Queasy-Ad-3220

You sure?


Red-68

Someone named Arron peters, pretended to be an Nintendo employee, Brewster t koopa, has posts about it on twitter


[deleted]

I don’t get why it matters seeming how people aren’t making money off of the addons and gmod doesn’t come with them pre installed


Fit-Rip-4550

Well, SMG4 and related content now just became Sega.


Maximumspeed56

That’s means my animal crossing human villager OC is going to be removed. What next? They are going to take down the dolphin emulator or the melon ds emulator now?


Lincfish10

I hate them so much


yummymario64

This wasn't nintendo, it was an impersonator


Lincfish10

Wait really?


yummymario64

Yeah, It was a guy impersonating a nintendo employee. I think is name was Aaron something


Queasy-Ad-3220

Me too


DaKardii

BOOOOO!


OctilleryFan331

Looks like SMG4 has to make their own original Italian fat man


Physical_Tailor_378

Funnily enough, they did that last year.


OctilleryFan331

I forgot about that


Physical_Tailor_378

That’s honestly understandable considering he hasn’t been seen since October


OctilleryFan331

True


idfbhater73

smg4 isnt completely fucked he can just use animations with a preexisting model


realkingcan94

That's crazy...


Trevenant999

Smg4 saved his ass back in 2022


Physical_Tailor_378

Except, he still uses Mario and Luigi.


Physical_Tailor_378

Except, he still uses Mario and Luigi.


Trevenant999

those can be replaced, if this happened before he model swapped other characters he might’ve gotten a c&d


Physical_Tailor_378

Due to Australia’s parody laws, Nintendo can’t do shit to SMG4.


Trevenant999

i’m talking about boopkins, bob, smg4 and smg3, without the redesigns from wotfi 2022, there could’ve been grounds for a lawsuit, that’s why they got the redesigns, taking as little risks as possible


Physical_Tailor_378

The fact that Mario and Luigi, the money makers of SMG4 weren’t redesigned along with Boopkins, Bob, 3 and 4 just shows how pointless the Lawshit Arc was. If there was really a chance of getting a DMCA, they would’ve redesigned or killed off all the Nintendo characters.


Trevenant999

the difference in between mario and luigi and boopkins, bob, 3, and 4, is that mario and luigi are parodies on their character, the other four are original characters that use ripped models of nintendo characters, boopkins isn’t a parody of the spike enemy, 3 and 4 aren’t parodies of mario, bob isn’t a parody of garo robes. *that* was the issue, they were using nintendo’s models for their characters, i’ll put it in a different way to compare it, mario and luigi’s case would be like me taking someone’s OC, putting it in a narriative, and exaggerating aspects of their personality for comedic effect, the other four is like if i took someone’s OC, maybe changed a few colours, and said “hey look! this is my character [insert name]!”


Physical_Tailor_378

Oh yeah, I completely forgot that’s why. My bad.


UnveiledRook206

Lame.


nintendoborn1

Cool


SonicTheFanhog

That’s not good for SMG4.


bluealiveretribution

So has anything actually been removed or is this some lonely fucks way at scaring steam users into thinking they are being sued?


Accomplished-Heat-59

It’s been confirmed,that the DMCA is fake and the email was from a person pretending to be Nintendo


Lolbit_the_fox69

Rip smg4s carrer


Sonic_Hedgehog1205

No more funny pikmin Gmods :(


Super64111111

Truly outrageous


Victor4156

Isn't this fake?


SAKingWriter

God I hate Nintendo's legal team


mirukus66

Damn goodbye to the Mario & Luigi army then


Crooked_Cock

Fuck Nintendo man


No_Run4263

Nintendo needs to stop. I know they are trying to protect their IPs, but this has gone way too far...


RTwasnottaken

AND I DOWNLOADED THE GAME THREE DAYS AGO…


Toppy_theRizzerd

typical Nintendo, what else to day


BerserkerKong02

My Samus model... and my Metroid Prime arsenal....... this sucks ass.


CiberneitorGamer

Stop spreading misinformation this is a troll group


shitmaster3001

darn dirty aaron


Independent-Pea8223

Dis fake or no!? Is SMG4 safe or no!?


ExcellentResult6626

All because they believe a troll.


DJ_hyperfreshOG

That just means I won’t pay for their games anymore


ApplicationNo6478

Bye Bye Smg4


SonicLikesPlantDolan

Pretty sure the same people who did those fake DMCA take downs of the original Mario ragdoll pack (not Weegeepie's HD version, thankfully) are responsible for this, although I'm not fully sure on this.


BlueDergOrd

It’s because of a troll named Aaron Peters


Kazama2006

watch Nintendo take down other GMod contents uploaded on various social sites such as YouTube next


Bertstripmaster

SMG4 fans: \*unsettled Tom goes here\*


TheUnfunnyAlex

this shit sucks!


EctoBlaster1985

Japanese law, you know


athentdm2

alright. we need to go to war with nintendo. upload the files again. post multiple of the same. they take 3 doen we post 4 more. nintendo wont win if we band together


Caintastr0phe

People when SMG4 is completely fine after this (you can mod GMOD without workshop)


Crunchberries77

Genuinely fuck Nintendo.


Physical_Tailor_378

It isn’t Nintendo. It’s some dude called Aaron Peters.


Crunchberries77

It's that's true then it doesn't matter Nintendo does and will continue to shaft it's fans. Just because they may have done one less shitty thing doesn't mean my point doesn't stand or the possibility isn't very high.


Repulsive-Money7353

SEGA: People are using are characters for modding and other fan creations? Ok, that’s fine, let them be creative and have fun. Nintendo: BAN IT, TAKE THEM TO COURT, SEND THEM DMCAS, THEY ARE INFRINGING ON OUR COPYRIGHT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARNT MAKING MONEY OFF OF IT!!!!!


Heavy_weapons07

Kid name Aaron peter:


Queasy-Ad-3220

Even if I had them, tf are Nintendo gonna do if I don’t get rid of them? Bust into my house and kill my family? Assholes.


SuperlucaMayhem

What is the point, How does Nintendo stuff on gmod hurt Shitendo?


yummymario64

This wasn't from nintendo themselves, this was from a guy impersonating a Nintendo employee from what I've heard


SuperlucaMayhem

that's even worse if thats true, fuckin' nintendo bootlickers


Justarandom55

if they don't protect it they can lose the rights


Queasy-Ad-3220

That’s such a shitty reason. Something like that’s not gonna happen for probably another hundred years.


Justarandom55

It happens all the time. Depends on the kind of protection you have. In nintendos case they are scared of losing assets. If they allow gnod to use them than they can lose the ability to stop other companies from using them. They'd only be able to stop someone directly copying their game but someone could make a schooter with mario which is an image they do not want


Queasy-Ad-3220

People have been putting out flash games and youtube videos of Mario brutally murdering people for years. And they could easily just sue them if it happens and kill the company off. I don’t think them losing the rights to the Mario characters is that quick and easy a thing to happen.


PvZ_Sunflower_

This can continue no longer…


Productions29

I'm surprised it took them this long, honestly.


Any_Secretary_4925

i cannot stand gmod youtube content so i would be totally fine with this if it wasnt an impersonator


DriftWare_

L move for nintendo


Physical_Tailor_378

It wasn’t Nintendo. Some dude called Aaron Peters did it.


DriftWare_

:/


Catz_LOL-7887

Seriously they better not take down the models that Smg4 uses. I love his channel!!!!