Author Topic: My Dropbox was reported by Joshua "IcyGamma" Liddle (Read 20610 times)

Zanaran2 · December 17, 2013, 10:36:35 AM

Quote from: Anti-Block on December 17, 2013, 10:35:28 AM

Hey, more people are reading the bio then ever before, that's pretty cool

gee I wonder why

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Cr�pe · December 17, 2013, 10:44:00 AM

I feel like a fool for getting into drama with him. He is very persistent (this isn't always a bad thing though).
I felt his biography was unnecessary as he's not really that famous even among the Blockland community.

tails · December 17, 2013, 11:08:55 AM

Quote from: lcyGamma on December 17, 2013, 04:44:08 AM

As I've said before, if you want a copy of the PDF just flick me a message on YouTube and I can get you a link.

Post it.

Stocking · December 17, 2013, 11:31:50 AM

omfg send me that stuff i still havent read it

i almost loving spit coffee all over my screen

SlayerZ99 · December 17, 2013, 11:38:36 AM

i would also like to read this

Georges · December 17, 2013, 11:39:06 AM

Quote from: Stocking on December 17, 2013, 11:31:50 AM

omfg send me that stuff i still havent read it

i almost loving spit coffee all over my screen

ew coffee

OT: I have it on my iPod, still haven't finished reading it.

Electrk. · December 17, 2013, 11:43:18 AM

Quote from: lcyGamma on December 17, 2013, 06:44:43 AM

Oh yeah, and the day I return this just "naturally" happens by itself.

I call Boltster. This isn't the first time he has taken something too far and denied it.

you caught us

boltster and I decided to conspire together to slander your name so we made this whole thing up

brilliant detective work

I don't care about you enough to make stuff like this up
I had completely forgotten about you until I got this email
If you hadn't actually reported the file, nothing would've happened

tails · December 17, 2013, 11:44:17 AM

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70 pages, 25636 words, 22 (short) chapters.

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This is the official biography of IcyGamma. It was written by one of IcyGamma's closer friends, who got cold feet after writing it and demanded it be destroyed. Luckily, IcyGamma convinced him to release it anonymously. So now Icy has to post it himself like a loving oaf (thanks, you know who you are). Due to these circumstances, I apologize if the editing is iffy.

Anyway I was working with a player who wrote this about me after I asked him to. I had little input other than I did create the front and back covers and the names for the chapters. But otherwise I wrote nothing, though he quotes me heavily.

Everything in this book is 100% true. I made it a biography and not an autobiography (which frankly I regretted not having done half way through) to make it more objective.

A large PDF talking about all of IcyGamma's projects over the last three years. A revealing, intriguing, and honest door into the perspective of IcyGamma, hated by some and loved by others, the very person who risked his key to upset Ephialtes, dedicated far too much time to eventing computers, ran everything from a radio and a magazine to a news blog, and created hours of Blockland video purely because he could.

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I was asked to write this by IcyGamma. At first I thought he was taking the piss so I asked him why, and he said that he wanted to have his own 'Blockland story' or 'book' about what he did, like some other players have recently been doing. He told me he wanted it to be like a biography. In particular, he referenced Steve Job's recent book that he explained he had read. He said that a lot of his in-game inspiration for Blockland event computers was drawn from Apple. Even his last build looked unashamedly like the iMac G3 released by Apple in 1998 or so. He said, much like Job's book, he wanted it to be similar in that he didn't want to stop me from writing it my way and posting negative information. In saying that he did send me a tonne of links and snippets over email, some of which I lightly skimmed over due to them being too big. But for the most part I feel I did a good job by myself.
His reference to Steve Jobs perhaps vindicated the feeling that IcyGamma had an ego bigger than Blockland itself. It also reflected another aspect about him; his strange desire to build or create mock-realistic services, builds, and tools. Its as if Blockland was another reality for him. Another world to hide away in.
When I asked IcyGamma what he meant by the whole 'Steve Jobs book' deal, he said to me “I want a mock-book with the same vibes of his biography. In the world of Blockland, I think I may be fitting for someone who makes an interesting read.”
Someone asked me, why did you write this anyway? Privately, I like IcyGamma. I don't agree with how he acts (sorry Icy haha) but I was a fan of his videos and his builds. When I was asked to help I felt honored (but I kinda expected it due to being somewhat close to him for a while). However I feel I should remain anonymous to the wider community, as after having read about IcyGamma and seem some recent topics about him I now realize a lot of people hold contempt for what he did. And I don't want to be dragged into it. To those of you who overheard me and IcyGamma on servers or know who I am, please have some respect for me and don't blurt it out.
IcyGamma and I spoke for pretty much all of November during 2011. Through email, on Skype, and over Steam. Even sometimes we had voice chats, though IcyGamma regularly shied out of them. At one point he got a cold and demanded I leave him alone, then later apologized and spammed my inbox with “<3 <3 <3 luv joo”. But over time, through both talking to him, being sent information, and conducting my own research, I actually had real fun doing this. So without further ramblings, I welcome fans and haters to the Blockland life of IcyGamma...

Download (1.5MB PDF, Mediafire)

And please, give it a good long read so you don't sound like an idiot when you comment on things in it. Who knows, you might even be mentioned in it at some point.

Note that he's lying and he wrote it himself.

Quote from: Stocking on December 17, 2013, 11:31:50 AM

omfg send me that stuff i still havent read it

i almost loving spit coffee all over my screen

You have posts in it's topic, How didn't you read it?

beachbum111111 · December 17, 2013, 11:54:50 AM

Holy stuff I just read his whole autobiography drama about an hour ago and I was going to post a topic on we're I can get a copy. I was also wondering we're he went but he answered that for us.

Dreams_Of_Cheese · December 17, 2013, 12:12:13 PM

Pm me a link too
I have to read this

beachbum111111 · December 17, 2013, 12:21:23 PM

Quote from: Dreams_Of_Cheese on December 17, 2013, 12:12:13 PM

Pm me a link too
I have to read this

TurnipBlog · December 17, 2013, 12:35:22 PM

Same.

Yosher · December 17, 2013, 01:08:04 PM

Please send me a link too, I need something to laugh at.

awesomebread · December 17, 2013, 01:09:00 PM

Quote from: Dreams_Of_Cheese on December 17, 2013, 12:12:13 PM

Pm me a link too
I have to read this

DiceyGrammar · December 17, 2013, 01:22:44 PM

Quote from: lcyGamma on December 17, 2013, 06:44:43 AM

I call Boltster. This isn't the first time he has taken something too far and denied it.

how is it even possible that i could know when you're coming back?

should i expect your next drama on me to be "Boltster: A mind-reader of Icygamma"?