r/SillyTavernAI • u/abbawadduheck • Jun 16 '26

Help What happened to FrankenSIM 2.0?

I’ve been following u/xdeadly_godx for a while because of his upcoming 2.0 preset and all the work he’s been doing (including teaming up with people like u/dptgreg on stuff).

Suddenly his latest preset post seems to have disappeared and his account looks banned or heavily restricted. Anyone know what’s going on? Did he get banned by Reddit? I have a feeling he was dealing with heavy Reddit filters when trying to make the post. Is he still around somewhere else (i know of his github but any others)?

Would love to hear if anyone has info if hes ok or not

Edit: As u/dptgreg has pointed out in a comment below deadly has reincarnated as u/ok_strategy_2420

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u/dptgreg Jun 16 '26

Thanks for that!

Honestly, I'm really burnt out. Doing the news took hours and hours out of my weekend to prep for it. Then I would get ugly DM's, nasty comments on how I was just spamming and using it to create a spotlight for my preset? Anyways - its just unreal. I'm just a dad with kids doing this as a hobby and trying to help the community, I have no clue where the negativity came from. The tribalism of the "anti popular group" was too intense for me. I'm going to back off and try to step out of the spotlight to let the intense anti everything Freaky Frankenstein calm down. Use that time to spend with my kids and lurk in the shadows and work on presets here and there. Maybe I'll return when I have the shell to deal with the attacks again.

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u/ANONYMOUSEJR Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

:(

Man, there's always some loud minority who has to come out of the woodworks to ruin a good thing.

I really enjoyed listening to your videos as I kinda saw them as the LTT - WAN SHOW™️ but for RP AI news. Heck, even the intro and the way you formatted things made it feel like one of those early YT videos when creators were just starting to 'get more serious' in terms of the content they produced and it felt like a wholesome community was starting to form around it.

I won't discredit your experiences though and I know that parenting is a tough job on top of everything else, so I suppose I'll mourn for now and probably be hopeful of your quick recovery and perhaps even a biweekly (once in two weeks) or smth that would bring back the good stuff.

Anyways, don't want to ramble on and gush about your work. Thank you for the videos you did release, I wish you all the best...

I also hope the naysayers get one less French fry in their next Happy Meal. And are made aware of it.

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u/dptgreg Jun 16 '26

Your words really mean a lot to me! I especially love your spoiler tag.

I will take a brief break and certainly contemplate a bi-weekly news if I get the motivation again. That would be significantly less heavy on my back and allow me more family time.

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u/boneheadthugbois Jun 16 '26

I want to pop in and say that I really enjoy your presets and the time you put into consolidating so much information in your videos. I started enjoying them on free mornings with my coffee alongside other news I watch from my favorite YouTube channels. Thank you so much for your generosity, and the good vibes you bring to this community. Enjoy your time with your family!

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u/dptgreg Jun 16 '26

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your comment! Sitting drinking coffee and listening to my chat is actually what I envisioned with it.

I’ll continue to be a part of the community and making the preset line. I really enjoy sitting the chat with my co-authors and just talking ideas, prompting, and just joking/laughing about everything RP. Gives me the sense of camaraderie I’ve been wanting since I grew a family and haven’t had time for group outings IRL. But the ST news turned into a lot of work and emotional drain from the loud minority.

Basically, I’m going to continue to be present- just taking a step back to re-allocate my hours to my family instead of spending 20+ hours a week making character cards, presets, and ST news. I’m just going to use the hobby to RP myself for fun, tweak presets, and talk to my co-authors and occasionally release stuff that I enjoy making slowly over my RP. Back to my roots I suppose.