Yeah, you read that right...the wolf's on a permanent hiatus.

What's going on, I know that's not something y'all wanted to see first thing today. I don't really even know how many people are still actively on or engaged with this website, period. But as some of you know, for years...10 freaking long ass years...I have provided you with entertainment the likes of which have stretched my boundaries on what I can do, pushed imaginative thoughts and boundaries far beyond what I thought weren't even possible.

Alas, this is a sad day for the channel known at raiden676, or Shadow Wolf, on YouTube.

Need an explanation?

So on November 1st, I received an email notification directly from YouTube that stated that my Favorites playlist was under investigation and was later found to be against community guidelines for what the report read was against "child safety policy". Now...before going any further, I want you guys to know that that playlist, before 2020, wasn't touched for a long...long time. The latest video that was favorited before 2020, was a video way back in 2014. That's 9 years ago. Think about that going forward.

And as most of you are probably aware, YouTube did a pretty big step in creating guidelines that mandated people into providing an option into their content whether the creator deemed it safe for children to view or not, and giving the creator a choice whether to label their new content as safe, yes kids can view this...or no, kids are not allowed to view this.

To me, when I go back and look at the content in question (I no longer have the playlist but I can safely assume I think I know which video prompted the investigation), I look at a furmeet video where fursuiters were in the presence of children...which I won't link the video...but you can safely assume (I mean, you are respectable adults after all), that everything was wholesome, good clean fun. There were no children, let alone anything harmed, in the making of the videos. In fact, the channel that made the content I actually got to be pretty decent friends with them a long while back. In fact, I'm in a few of those videos. Thus why there were added to my favorites playlist.

Alas though, years later, YouTube decided "Hey wait a minute! This content isn't safe! You're all hanging around a bunch of children" and instead of deleting the video...I think YouTube decided "Hey wait...this is favorited in this user's favorites playlist...HEY YOU, we're gonna take this down, it breaks the rules" and thus...we wind up here.

Now on November 3rd, I filed an appeal to YouTube. And while I was on the appeal process, yeah...I broke out a bottle of booze and started going through MY ENTIRE CHANNEL...and updating literally every video. Now everything requires users to be logged in AND you now have to prove that you are 18 or older to view the content. Lesson learned...or so I thought.

I got up this morning and checked my emails and there was an update that stated that YouTube...denied the appeal.

So...the favorites playlist...IS...NOW...GONE. But...I do still believe that the content in question. Is still viewable on YouTube, and that not only makes me madder than hell itself, but now I have unfortunately taken the indecent liberties of REPORTING THE VIDEOS THAT I BELIEVE WERE IN QUESTION. Those being those very same...park meets.

Now...what does this mean for you? Well, it means a lot. It means...basically...we've reached the end of the line. There's nothing else that can be done. There's no way I can get in touch with administration to have this corrected. There's no way I can get the playlist back (it's just favorites after all). And really...there's no fucking way I'm going to upload anything new to this site after YouTube has a problem with MY playlist but doesn't remove someone else's content. Sound fair to you? If you're shaking your head no...then yeah, I agree with you as well in that regard.

See I've been an active musician for a long time. Much much longer than this site has ever seen. And the last thing I want to see...is the very channel that I shared all my content to, get removed, because YouTube has decided it had had enough of my mouth running at 100 miles per hour, talking about how their shit is more holier than swiss cheese. 'cause trust me, I have thought about making a video doing this, but I have since then rescinded the idea...simply because I know it's not worth it.

But trust me, I hate this. And hate is such a strong word here, but I really do HATE this. In a year that has seen so much trouble, strife and grief the likes of which FurAffinity has yet to see me bitch about (and trust me, you do not have the time to hear what all has been going on but trust me...it has NOT been a good year IN THE LEAST).

So unfortunately, there will not be any new content...anymore...on my channel. Time to hang the hat up on music and...call it a career.