As like I’ve been doing of posting a rather dramatizing blog post, I state that there needs to be a second one of a more cheerful nature (in order to brighten up the mood).
And this is no exception to that ‘rule’.
So what’s going to happen at the end of May? It could be when the server closes, or it could be when Kibble decides to give the reins to one of the mods (and retiring).
But none of these outcomes are true. Because Kibble, releasing the Best Boi model on VRCMods, is!
He claims that this is the way he planned it (being around how the community has grown over the five years since its start), but his response is only half true. The other half came from a question (from myself), if this decision was through Telephone (which is yes). And when he told me this, all I could feel was pure joy (that what I thought might happen (with her joining and seeing just how much we appreciate her work), actually happened).
Basically (what I felt happen), she convinced Kibble that “VRChat is a free game, and so the model should be free for anyone to use as they see fit”. He also added that it was never his intention to sell the model (nor did I feel it was.. apart from the whole ‘plaque incident’, but that’s all in the past).
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But does this mean, he would be done with the world? Nope, as he mentioned the ‘Best Corgis’ race again. Says their release would follow the same release of the Best Boi model. And these Corgis would be treated the same way as the Best Bois, having several themed areas.
And finally, people that don’t ‘abuse the privilege’ when getting their hands on the model, will be praised in various ways by Kibble. One such praise, is he proposes a ‘catwalk’ world (or something), where players with custom Best Boi models can show off their work.
Even though I’m not exactly good at custom avatars, I’ll probably grab one (just to say “I’m a Best Boi!”). I might try to retexture it (by using the white one) to be more of a reddish fur color (while keeping the black stripes and stuff). Don’t think it would be too difficult (using something like Paint.NET).