Ezzz
Developer of Nostalrius and The Violet Project
I know most of you don't give a damn, but hey, grr.
It is a shame that I have to post immature stuff like this here on otland, but I need to warn people to be careful with shady and immature people like this.
As some of you may know I use otland as a living here in Venezuela, although I had almost 1 year not very active because I had moved to Ecuador. However, I have very good feedback from all the people that has worked with me, and there was never an incomplete task, or payment even done prior to a task being complete (I always request payment once the task has been sent and tested by the employer/buyer) - Thread -> Programmer - Hire me on weekly basis (https://otland.net/threads/hire-me-on-weekly-basis.246148/)
I'm writing this with an anxiety attack because the amount of money that was returned to the buyer was 65$ USD total, money that I need, money that I was counting on, money that I use to eat and maintain 3 other people in my family, there was time wasted in the service provided, so due to this circumstance I may not sound clear as I'm writing this out because of how upset I am since this is the second time that something like this happens to me (the first time I actually won the dispute, if it gets brought up here, I have proof on English for everyone to see).
During the time I worked with the guy everything was nice and friendly, no issues on both ends, but this changes everything.
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The user on Discord is Shagz#9222 , and here on otland he stands by https://otland.net/members/azleh.32512/ (Azleh)
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Unfortunately, every conversation between him and I was done in Spanish, I will try my best to translate as I upload the screenshots, but if you know Spanish you won't need this, however, you may use a translator instead if you're doubtful.
1 - The conversation message of him asking for my services for 3 tasks (restore backpacks on login, an analyzer system like Tibia 11, and server side optimizations for server save.
2 - First payment proof of 32.69$ USD for restoring backpacks on login (like modern Tibia, price was going to be 20$ first, but his server is old TFS so it was not working sometimes because the order would mess up, however, it was sorted out in the end and we continued working together) I've added translations in English.
3 - Second payment proof of 32.69$ USD - At this point we continued to discuss some issues he had on his server (some lag related to LUA scripts and freezes), so I had offered him a stats system that logs every lua function usage, SQL, etc ... he was interested in it since this way he could measure what could be lagging his server (and eventually figured it was a LUA script monster:
nthink code that executed way too much causing high CPU % usage).
4 - He was satisfied with the system, and asked for another task afterwards... (but we never really got into that, he had more important stuff and I also had other pending tasks from other guys)
5 - After figuring why his server was lagging often and what was killing it, he was requesting for ways to make the server save on his server better (old TFS) and was requesting further tasks to be done for him, this is the last time we spoke because I'm busy with other tasks, so I finished his and continued to do other people's.
Now this part is important
I suppose this is the reason why Shaqz would decide on stealing from me.
6 - During this time on which I was working with a guy called Katthult on Discord, Katthult messages me about Shaqz charging him 180$ USD to do a 20/50$ only task - 2 to 3 hours max (implement outfit system on my leaked server, add addon items on Tibia.dat/spr and server side, also include monsters and NPC to sell the addons and outfits, something very simple, but Katthult didn't know it was not too much of a difficult task since he doesn't do this stuff).
Chat with Katthult:
7 - This is the part I mention Katthult that 180$ for such a task is incredibly expensive, it definitely is.
I of course, deny helping Katthult for the task, since Shaqz is already down to do it, but I will let Katthult do as he pleases (maybe even offer the 50USD offer instead of the 180USD one).
8 - As Katthult messages me about what does Shaqz needs to do the task for him, since Katthult server has some code from me he doesn't want to leak around either, so this is where he is asking me what does Shaqz need to do the task (I tell him to tell him to work on github Nostalrius - I can later help Katthult on merging the code to his real server
9 - This is the part that Katthult showed me of him telling Shaqz that 180$ was too much (2 hour max task).
10 - After this part, Shaqz decides to remove both of us from Discord for no apparent reason, even after working with me to fulfill his tasks successfully (check last conversation screenshots).
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11 - After a few days, my friend gets a chargeback dispute, images and dates (May 3rd):
12 - During this time I went to talk with a friend about it, he knew the guy and talked to him about it, this is what Shaqz had to say (he denied opening the chargeback dispute and said he was then going to, but he had indeed opened a dispute (look dates) and tried to lie it away saying I was a thief - he of course, as usual, removed this guy as well from Discord).
It's unfortunate that stuff like this has to happen. I'm sorry if it all seems long, but I don't know where else to post this or recure to, there isn't a forum dedicated for it.
It is a shame that I have to post immature stuff like this here on otland, but I need to warn people to be careful with shady and immature people like this.
As some of you may know I use otland as a living here in Venezuela, although I had almost 1 year not very active because I had moved to Ecuador. However, I have very good feedback from all the people that has worked with me, and there was never an incomplete task, or payment even done prior to a task being complete (I always request payment once the task has been sent and tested by the employer/buyer) - Thread -> Programmer - Hire me on weekly basis (https://otland.net/threads/hire-me-on-weekly-basis.246148/)
I'm writing this with an anxiety attack because the amount of money that was returned to the buyer was 65$ USD total, money that I need, money that I was counting on, money that I use to eat and maintain 3 other people in my family, there was time wasted in the service provided, so due to this circumstance I may not sound clear as I'm writing this out because of how upset I am since this is the second time that something like this happens to me (the first time I actually won the dispute, if it gets brought up here, I have proof on English for everyone to see).
During the time I worked with the guy everything was nice and friendly, no issues on both ends, but this changes everything.
------------------------
The user on Discord is Shagz#9222 , and here on otland he stands by https://otland.net/members/azleh.32512/ (Azleh)
-------------------------
Unfortunately, every conversation between him and I was done in Spanish, I will try my best to translate as I upload the screenshots, but if you know Spanish you won't need this, however, you may use a translator instead if you're doubtful.
1 - The conversation message of him asking for my services for 3 tasks (restore backpacks on login, an analyzer system like Tibia 11, and server side optimizations for server save.
2 - First payment proof of 32.69$ USD for restoring backpacks on login (like modern Tibia, price was going to be 20$ first, but his server is old TFS so it was not working sometimes because the order would mess up, however, it was sorted out in the end and we continued working together) I've added translations in English.
3 - Second payment proof of 32.69$ USD - At this point we continued to discuss some issues he had on his server (some lag related to LUA scripts and freezes), so I had offered him a stats system that logs every lua function usage, SQL, etc ... he was interested in it since this way he could measure what could be lagging his server (and eventually figured it was a LUA script monster:
nthink code that executed way too much causing high CPU % usage).
4 - He was satisfied with the system, and asked for another task afterwards... (but we never really got into that, he had more important stuff and I also had other pending tasks from other guys)
5 - After figuring why his server was lagging often and what was killing it, he was requesting for ways to make the server save on his server better (old TFS) and was requesting further tasks to be done for him, this is the last time we spoke because I'm busy with other tasks, so I finished his and continued to do other people's.
Now this part is important
I suppose this is the reason why Shaqz would decide on stealing from me.
6 - During this time on which I was working with a guy called Katthult on Discord, Katthult messages me about Shaqz charging him 180$ USD to do a 20/50$ only task - 2 to 3 hours max (implement outfit system on my leaked server, add addon items on Tibia.dat/spr and server side, also include monsters and NPC to sell the addons and outfits, something very simple, but Katthult didn't know it was not too much of a difficult task since he doesn't do this stuff).
Chat with Katthult:
7 - This is the part I mention Katthult that 180$ for such a task is incredibly expensive, it definitely is.
I of course, deny helping Katthult for the task, since Shaqz is already down to do it, but I will let Katthult do as he pleases (maybe even offer the 50USD offer instead of the 180USD one).
8 - As Katthult messages me about what does Shaqz needs to do the task for him, since Katthult server has some code from me he doesn't want to leak around either, so this is where he is asking me what does Shaqz need to do the task (I tell him to tell him to work on github Nostalrius - I can later help Katthult on merging the code to his real server
9 - This is the part that Katthult showed me of him telling Shaqz that 180$ was too much (2 hour max task).
10 - After this part, Shaqz decides to remove both of us from Discord for no apparent reason, even after working with me to fulfill his tasks successfully (check last conversation screenshots).
11 - After a few days, my friend gets a chargeback dispute, images and dates (May 3rd):
12 - During this time I went to talk with a friend about it, he knew the guy and talked to him about it, this is what Shaqz had to say (he denied opening the chargeback dispute and said he was then going to, but he had indeed opened a dispute (look dates) and tried to lie it away saying I was a thief - he of course, as usual, removed this guy as well from Discord).
It's unfortunate that stuff like this has to happen. I'm sorry if it all seems long, but I don't know where else to post this or recure to, there isn't a forum dedicated for it.
