>>43219306Couple things
>How did TSW get involved? I know they leaked the Spaceworld rom eventually but did they form from like, the communities on TCRF and Helix chamber?Just read Ganix's post
https://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php?topic=8950.0>In May of 2018, Wack0 assumed the mantle of the anonymous figure known as "__" and uploaded a mysterious ROM to the PRET Discord server with only 20 available downloads. This ROM happened to be the Space World 1997 prototype of Pokemon Gold and Silver ("SW97"). Those who were known to have downloaded the ROM were quickly added to a private team called Team Spaceworld ("TSW"), which was the same team that was planning on making a translation of the SW97 ROM.As for
>people in those communities hoard files and flexThey weren't exactly flexing afaik there was one guy who started talking about it to the Lost Media Wiki Discord before word came down that it was going to be kept on the down low until the translation could be made (still not clear on why they even cared). After that guy got the gag order then there wasn't a single peep about it anywhere on the internet as far as I know until the first SpaceWorld thread was made on /vp/ two days later which was thanks to that one guy making more or less an honest mistake. It was a "hey guys just so you know this is gonna be released soon!" type of thing rather than a "haha look at my awesome prototype you can't have!" thing