Scroll to the bottom of this document if you would like to see our response to Strgnv’s own document, alongside new examples of his bigotry.
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Also known as: Pittol, Strgnv, Pittol474, Strogonov, pitt8195
Evidence
Vera DMs - Transphobia
Vera was a quest creator and writer for the Two Moon Studios team. A portion of the ingame quest book had quests dedicated to developers & people who had contributed to the studio. Vera wanted to add the task of building a transgender flag to her quest and was promptly denied as it was "too political". Shortly after this, Vera was removed from the studio and slandered in an announcement posted by Strgnv. This announcement included claims of Two Moons Studio being “apolitical” and “open and safe for everyone”
Vera was never paid for the work she did for the studio.
For more context on this situation, you can see Vera's post in r/MtF
Below is a screenshot between Vera and Strgnv from when this occurred:
At some point after these conversations happened, Strgnv deleted his DMs with Vera, showing he wanted to hide the fact this happened.
The image below shows that the messages by Strgnv are no longer present.
We also received confirmation from one of Two Moon Studios’ staff members that all of Vera’s messages were deleted from the staff channels.
Reddit Deleted Comments (u/Pittol)
Can be seen in https://archive.ph/O52NN (Archived version of Reveddit page as Strgnv deleted his Reddit account)
This website contains all of Strgnv's deleted comments from Reddit.
Proof of Strgnv's ownership of this account can be seen in this snapshot from Reddit: https://archive.ph/KkYb2
- Body shaming in NSFW subreddits
Under the r/hugeboobs subreddit (NSFW) Strgnv posted a comment telling the OP to "Drain that fat first before you die at age of 40".
- Racism towards African immigrants
In this screenshot, Strgnv says that African immigrants are the majority of rapists in the UK, France, Germany and Sweden.
The comment was not deleted and can still be seen here:
- Potential Nazism
In a comparison between the Soviet Union flag & the Nazi flag, he stated that "the Nazi flag stands for [a] strong country with [a] centered economy and strong leader".
This comment was not deleted and can still be seen here:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ForzaHorizon/comments/osck3e/does_microsoft_ban_commies/h6opk4i/?context=3
This was under a post he made in the r/ForzaHorizon subreddit, asking if they ban people that have communist imagery.
https://old.reddit.com/r/ForzaHorizon/comments/osck3e/does_microsoft_ban_commies/
Strgnv later clarified he was simply "giving an example", but this becomes difficult to believe based on the beliefs he's already expressed.
- Furry Shaming on normal r/Minecraft post
In this post, Strgnv insults a normal r/Minecraft post showcasing a build. A furry-like model can be seen in a very small part of the image.
Image: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F9qozl9i45w181.png
Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/r2hjm6/withered_ruins/hm55gwh/?context=3
- Other Hate Speech / Offensive comments
The “Post-Document” section at the bottom of our document has more examples of Strgnv’s bigotry.
Illegal content redistribution
Strgnv uploaded binary files of mods that are licensed under All Rights Reserved, meaning, unless explicit permission is given by the author, redistribution is not permitted.
The distributions were made via Github in their now-private repository, and the files were uploaded by the user Pittol474 (Strgnv).
An archive of this repo is viewable here: https://archive.ph/NVcJF
Some of the illegally redistributed mods include:
- Droplight
- Drippy Loading Screen
- FancyMenu
Drippy Loading Screen, Fancy Menu and several other mods are under a special license that explicitly states this kind of redistribution isn’t permitted.
Strgnv’s response to this document later included the claim that this Github repo was left public to account for the limitations of private repos on Github.
Despite this, Strgnv had explicitly said when the repo was created that the repo is “open source”, implying this was fully intentional.
BisectHosting Partnership
(Clarification: Strgnv is the leader of "Two Moon Studios", which is separate from "Luna Pixel Studios")
On approximately October 1st, 2023, Bisect Hosting received an email with a report including links to both of Vera's Reddit posts: https://old.reddit.com/r/MtF/comments/ycvs23/an_update_on_my_getting_kicked_off_a_writing_team/
- Curseforge Comments
Shortly after the Bisect report, unrelated discussion about what happened to Vera began in the Discord server for Luna Pixel Studios (LPS). The parties behind the Bisect report and the discussions in the LPS Discord server were not aware of each other at this point.
One of Luna Pixel Studio's developers, who later helped write this document, left the following comment in response to the discussion in their own Discord server:
Strgnv responded with the following:
Strgnv’s reply had several major issues - most notably, it was rushed and full of false information:
1. Evidence was already public for a while.
2. Only a few people asked about the comment, and questions only amplified after Strgnv started insulting Luna Pixel Studios in their own Discord server. (Example 1, Example 2)
3. Vera gave fair warning before & after that she may not be able to finish her (unpaid) work in time.
4. The accusations were not false, and the size of a team does not determine whether or not it's allowed to speak out on things it believes are wrong.
5. As confirmed by both the person who made the report and Bisect themselves - Luna Pixel Studios did not reach out to any partners before the post was made. Below you can see a screenshot from the person who made the report (her Discord username lines up with the Curseforge reply she made)
Conner later clarified that this message should have been phrased as “"except for specifically you having dmed me"
You can also view the aforementioned Luna Pixel Studios developer's response to Strgnv's here. (This comment was later deleted, hence the red text. More on this in the “Post-Document” section)
After the emails sent by RichConnerGMN, Bisect began an investigation on whether or not to continue supporting Strgnv & his projects.
Post-Document
These screenshots are from after the Two Moon Studios team was told about the document. The document was not public at this point and only some of its contents were released.
As you read these messages, remind yourself of Two Moon Studios' claim that their community is "open and safe for everyone" and "apolitical". Also note that, despite goldrik's constant use of he/him, the person being referred to uses she/her pronouns.
After this document was made public and administrators were notified, goldrik was not punished. He continued to post the following messages in response to the documents release, purposefully misgendering Vera.
Vera made a post on r/MtF celebrating the release of this document. You can read it here: https://old.reddit.com/r/MtF/comments/1705n7c/i_was_removed_as_a_writer_for_being_trans_today_i/
The following information was added after Strgnv released his own document.
The website board.net, which Strgnv posted his document on, is the website where our document was originally going to be written. We moved away from board.net because it has very frequent downtime. Strgnv did not know about this downtime, though. Someone who we thought we trusted with a link to the early draft of the document had leaked it to Strgnv. Strgnv started writing his apology on the unreliable website after the document was leaked to him.
An archive of Strgnv’s document can be found here, in case the website is down when you’re reading this.
Below is an example of the error which displays for about 3-4 hours of the day when visiting board.net
Once the document became available again, we quickly realized that Strgnv’s response was an insincere mess. Below, we will respond to the claims in each section of his response:
“Vera’s Case” section:
For this section, we had Vera respond to the points made directly via the Comment feature on the board.net website. Keep in mind that anyone can leave comments under any name on this website, so take any future/past replies on the board.net document with a grain of salt. Rest assured - the screenshots in this section of our document were all posted by Vera.
“Reddit Comments” section:
- The reason that Strgnv’s tendency to frequently post hate speech on Reddit was included in the document is because it displays Strgnv’s ability to be hateful. Basically, he is not “beyond” that in any way.
- It is implied several times in this section of Strgnv’s document that these comments were from a very long time ago, or he was not yet in the public eye. Several of the comments which were screenshotted in our document are less than a year old, which lines up with when Two Moon Studios was already well-established. Several other comments are only a few months before the release of the first Triforge modpack. The absolute oldest screenshotted post is only 2 years old.
- We do appreciate that an apology was made for two of the posts, but there was still no real apology to Vera. Even when assuming that Strgnv is in the right, an apology to Vera is deserved for the amount of turmoil she was put through.
- Strgnv assumes that Chorb wrote our entire document which could not be further from the truth.
“Forza’s Case” section:
- This section of our document was very clearly presented as something that is up to the reader’s interpretation. The way Strgnv’s comment was worded can absolutely be interpreted as far-right beliefs.
- This comment was directly linked to in the document and context was provided. The only point in which full context wasn’t available was after Strgnv deleted his Reddit account.
- Our document already included Strgnv’s response to the claims of nazism.
“Other Hate-Speech” section:
- The only screenshots that Strgnv addresses here are the ones that are jointly related to communism. There is no mention of his comment about the BLM movement.
- If Strgnv was genuinely sorry for his past statements, he would have included them in the dedicated “Things I am sorry for” section. It doesn’t make any sense to cherry pick two screenshots (which were also already deleted) and only apologize for them.
“Illegal Mod Redistribution” section:
- The claim in Strgnv’s document that, “[Two Moon Studios] forgot to switch [the Github repo] from public to private after testing premium/public exclusive feature.” is completely false. This is a lie - no way around it.
Strgnv said himself that the repo is “open source”.
- There is also absolutely no reason that a “premium feature” would require mass, unauthorized distribution of mods. If there is a reason then it’s being executed incorrectly or should have never been done in the first place.
- Strgnv’s defense in his document of, “TwoMoon work is trying to be as low on costs as possible” also makes no sense whatsoever; what project would require a choice between spending money or illegally distributing files? How is the illegal method of distributing mods an alternative to some secret, “costly” method of mod distribution?
- Mod synchronization is much better handled in a private Discord channel somewhere. Access to the channel’s messages can even be advertised as a supporter benefit. By handling this through Discord it saves time on uploading & downloading files through Github every single time and encourages discussion over what mods are being removed & why.
- Quote from Strgnv: “Having just mods present in the repo is just the most convenient way of developing the pack.”
No - for the reasons stated above.
- Saying that there is no reason for us to have pointed this out in the first place and, later, in the exact same section, apologizing for it, completely invalidates the apology. If you actually feel sorry about something then why would you call it pointless for us to elaborate on it? If you think its pointless, then why would you apologize?
“Bisect Hosting” section:
- Quote from Strgnv: “[My criticisms of Bisect] [were] due to poor performance of their Budget Plans”
This is completely wrong. There are no hardware differences between the Budget and Premium plans. This message from a Bisect moderator from a few months ago confirms this.
- Bisect servers use very powerful hardware - if a modpack is not able to run on it, the modpack should be optimized more or the node you’re on might be experiencing issues.
- Quote from Strgnv: “Premium plans were heaven to earth compared to Budget ones”
Yeah, once again, this is a blatant lie. The only upgradeable thing performance-wise on Bisect is the amount of RAM the server has. This is separate from the Premium/Budget plans. - Quote from Strgnv: “despite almost whole doc being misinformation and lies”
This is very ironic considering how much of his document is misinformation.
“Final Words” section:
- Quote from Strgnv: “It is very often a world of you either stand with us and share each view of ours, or you will be canceled”
Boiling down our document to “I was canceled!!” is very insensitive - especially when Strgnv already had apologized for several things throughout his document.
- Quote from Strgnv: “When I think of video games, I think of rest, chilling out, playing with your friends or making new friends online”
Despite this, Strgnv has allowed someone who is openly transphobic to stay in his community for several days, despite our document displaying screenshots of this bigotry. The argument of “we just want people to have fun” is invalidated immediately by this.
- The assumption that Chorb wrote our document alone is displayed in this section once again, alongside him further insisting that he wishes for his community to stay apolitical and inclusive. Actions mean more than words, and Strgnv refuses to take action against bigots.
- At the very end of Strgnv’s document, he holds the writers of the document responsible for the 3-4 people who called him out on his old Reddit threads. He claims we are “hiding behind” the disclaimer to not harass Strgnv.
In this situation, there is absolutely no way to win. If we didn’t include a disclaimer, Strgnv would have been angry that we didn’t. Because we did include a disclaimer, he is angry that a small number of people ended up harassing him anyway.
This section of the document also includes part of a reply that Chorb left on one of Strgnv’s old Reddit replies. Chorb made this reply specifically to address Strgnv’s tendency to reply to any thread which mentioned Luna Pixel Studios with false criticism of their work. You can read Chorb’s full Reddit reply here.
Several things, such as the amount of bigotry present in his community, were never addressed by Strgnv. (over 50 hours later, goldrik has not received any kind of punishment outside of his Helper role being removed.)
After releasing this document, Strgnv deleted his Reddit account and Luna Pixel Studio’s Curseforge reply on his project page.
When discussion about Strgnv’s document began in the Two Moons Discord server, many more questionable messages were posted.
Most notably is this message posted by Strgnv himself:
Shortly after this, people started to claim that Chorb, the Luna Pixel Studios developer from earlier, was an alternate account of Vera.
This allegation made no logical sense, as Vera & Chorb have maintained completely separate online identities for years. Despite the lack of evidence, many people continued to believe it.
You can see an example in this screenshot, where Warrior Kat, a known pedophile (USER DISCRETION ADVISED: Example 1, Example 2, Example 3), joined in on the bandwagon. Note that Warrior Kat is still not banned from Two Moons’ discord server and is instead timed out for 7 days.
After being informed that Chorb does not use he/him pronouns, Warrior Kat did not correct the message and instead posted the following, continuing his rant:
In response to this, a staff member had to remind the community to not be transphobic.
A day after Strgnv’s response, someone who wishes to stay anonymous contacted us with further evidence of Strgnv's bigotry.
The first thing that was pointed out to us is Strgnv’s TikTok account. The only thing posted on Strgnv’s TikTok account is a video from April 25th, 2023, of Natan Marcon objectifying a woman.
In this 6 second video, a Polish woman pleads to Natan, saying he does not respect women. Natan then replies with “I respect people” - the implication being women aren’t people & do not deserve respect. The description that Strgnv provided for the video includes #sigmamale and #sigmagrindset.
This TikTok’s comment section is overwhelmingly supportive of Natan’s comments.
It was also revealed to us that Strgnv has his Spotify linked to his Discord account under the name “Piotr Matusow”. Searching this name on Google will reveal his SoundCloud account, which includes back-to-back Nazi imagery.
The first instance is a playlist created by Strgnv called “CLOUD”. The image he used for this playlist’s cover is that of four pride flags arranged in the shape of a swastika, with text stating “ITS ALL ABOUT LOVE MAN”
A year later, he reposted an album with a swastika as it’s cover onto his Soundcloud page.
Finally, the name history on Strgnv’s Steam account includes “yunanlar çingenedir”, which translates to “the Greeks are gypsies”
The old bio on this Steam account proves that Strgnv owns it:
Aftermath
Since this document's release, several studios have unpartnered with Two Moons and one of their developers left the team. Strgnv still has not released a proper apology for many of the things mentioned in our document. The few things that he has apologized for are relatively small.
Several developers for Two Moons Studios have claimed they are trying to disassociate the studio with Strgnv. Despite this, Strgnv still has his Founder role and none of his statements or actions have been denounced by the studio.