Garry’s mod is removing “Nintendo Stuff” after takedown notices, but users suspect foul play from fraudsters

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In a rare case of a wild Nintendo being spotted having somewhat of a point, actually, in regards to being protective over their IP, Facepunch announced yesterday that they’re removing all “Nintendo stuff” from Garry’s Mod’s Steam workshop, following takedown orders sent straight from ninty themselves.

“Some of you may have noticed that certain Nintendo related workshop items have recently been taken down,” reads the statement. “This is not a mistake, the takedowns came from Nintendo.”

“Honestly, this is fair enough. This is Nintendo's content and what they allow and don't allow is up to them,” it continues. “This is an ongoing process, as we have 20 years of uploads to go through. If you want to help us by deleting your Nintendo related uploads and never uploading them again, that would help us a lot.”

Not everyone is convinced, however. As was the case in February when several Nintendo bits were flagged with DMCA claims, users are once again speculating about Takedowns Most Foul in nature. Namely, the work of a “copyright troll” and “fraudulent fraud” who appears to have ascended to the status of folk devil among the community, after apparently having a history of falsely targeting other projects with the Garry’s mod ecosystem.

It gets pretty wild, actually, with users forming a united front against a shadowy figure to preserve the offending content. “Just make sure EVERYONE knows the truth. Facepunch may not believe us, but we have evidence to prove them otherwise,” sounds the rallying cry. Truly, the Lisan al Gaib of folks that like to roleplay as Splatoon characters catching Pokémon. (No judgment, sounds like a fun time!)

It turns out that Facepunch are at least taking this suspicion semi-seriously, though. Earlier today, Garry Newman posted the following on Xitter.

So, stay tuned for more, I guess? I suppose there’s an extra incentive there besides finding out the truth, because gosh knows what a treasure trove of strangeness 20 entire years of unsupervised