Beware: Windoge (Mass Character Theft, Stalking)

Posted 2 years, 8 months ago (Edited 2 years, 3 months ago) by starbovnd

- This beware contains mentions of threats of violence! Please keep this in mind proceeding forward. The user mentioned often uploads unmarked NSFW to his account, so it's strongly advised to not explore his account if you're a minor or are sensitive to that content. Direct links to report him are included within this beware. This thread contains mature content, but since he may target younger artists, it feels necessary to allow anyone to view this post.

3/26/22: Another Twitter cropped up and his toyhou.se has been closed.

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3/25/22: @Chad_the_sparkle_dog is the account he's created recently.
Another beware about his behaviour: https://toyhou.se/~forums/5867.service-reviews/208461.-update-3-24-22-view-psa-on-zurthekyrobi-windog95

3/21/22: Back at it again with a part two

I woke up to a new Twitter follower by a name I recognized instantly- and of course it came alongside some DMs I've also seen before

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I block the account, because (if you're reading this Ryan) I have no interest in talking to this individual. I believe nothing will come of it, and would rather not waste my time.
But, after blocking his new account I locked my Twitter.

Not even an hour later, he tries to follow me on an alt account with a different sona as the profile picture.

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One look through the "media" section of the account made it obvious it was Ryan's account. The same art from the "OfficialWindoge" account had been posted there too.

If he's targeted you in the past, keep your guard up. He has been quite literally stalking me ever since he first stole Gec back in October, this has been continual for months.
I haven't been able to find his new Toyhou.se account (if he has one), but I will update the beware once one is found. I firmly believe that, since he's still trying to go after Gec, he will likely upload her as well as other stolen characters back onto the site.

11/15/21: He's back with another account, and was invited by the same person who's invited him each other time.
Be sure to report him again:
https://toyhou.se/lightning_b_barkin (There may still be unmarked NSFW and fetish art in his account- stay safe if browsing!)
https://toyhou.se/~tickets/create/user/337008
https://toyhou.se/~tickets/create/user/163451
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11/3/21: He has a new account https://toyhou.se/LibertyHusky (There may still be unmarked NSFW and fetish art in his account- stay safe if browsing!)
Report his account here: https://toyhou.se/~tickets/create/user/332797

He is still stealing characters and reuploading them:

Stolen: https://toyhou.se/13382512.punky-lynx
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Original: https://toyhou.se/13260613.-kat-

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Stolen: https://toyhou.se/13413806.xur
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Original: https://toyhou.se/13040447.custom
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Stolen:
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https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44506875/
IMG_9612.png?width=209&height=452I'd continue to report him, even if it doesn't keep him off the website for long, it's literally all we really can do until he's banned from the website entirely.

It is also worth noting that all 3 of his accounts, including his previous two that were banned, were all invited by the same user. If you feel the need, it may be worth it to report them for Misconduct / Accomplice in Theft.
https://toyhou.se/~tickets/create/user/163451

10/28/21: Toyhou.se admins have got back to myself and many others and let us know his account has been closed!
While thisis great, this is also his 2nd account on the site to be banned, so he could come back. Keep an eye out and stay safe!

MORE EDITS BELOW! Thank you!


This beware contains mentions of threats of violence! Please keep this in mind proceeding forward.


Recently, I was notified of user https://toyhou.se/windoge 
this user had an account previously that seems to have been closed: https://toyhou.se/windoge95
(his account does contain fetish content that is left unmarked and unfiltered. Please take caution if you visit his profile.)

I was made aware by another artist that he had reuploaded one of my OCs onto his account with a different name. He didn't use my art specifically, but he did reupload a piece of gift art I receieved of my OC. He then used this piece of art to commission artists for art of the stolen character.

This is the character he's been after, for reference:
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His Reupload: (I only have a Discord message to show, but the icon is the gift art I recieved from sparkieXD on twitter)
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At one point, he even tried to credit me on two seperate reuploads (that had been deleted by the time I saw them), subscribed to me, authorized me, and then sent me this insulting DM where he literally linked me to his reupload:

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All in all, he has reuploaded her about 4 seperate times, deleting the profiles within a day or less of their creation. I'm assuming this is to break direct links to the reuploads and making them harder to track and report.

I contacted another user to let them know that he had also stolen their OC, and they sent me back some quite shocking PSAs and bewares about windoge that I had never seen before.Turns out he is Ryan Hill, the known furry troll with a history for stealing OCs, stalking, harassing, and even making dangerous and violent threats towards furry conventions.
This is the beware I was sent on him:
> https://www.weasyl.com/journal/166725/beware-of-ryan-hill-aka-windoge957-buckaroo

Along with others I found discussing him and his actions:
> https://twitter.com/stargazingshep/status/1268783031701078016
> https://twitter.com/starbovnd_/status/1441989217064718336 (my twitter post)
> https://cavity-sam.tumblr.com/post/112468319508/beware-ryan-hill
> https://furrytimes.net/2015/05/15/news-flash-they-caught-the-one-behind-the-attack-at-mff/
> https://twitter.com/forgiverofyiffs/status/599024046626480129?lang=en

I have seen him attempting to commission people to draw my OC on-site, so please look out for him.
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I have tried to report him to Toyhou.se, and a few of my friends and followers have done the same, but his account still remains up. He has uploaded Gec about 4 different times now, and because he mostly commissions users via etsy, it's hard to tell how many more people he's sent Gec to. He's also made a Facebook account using images of her, as well as a Furaffinity.

I DO NOT RECCOMEND TALKING TO HIM. Considering his past, and that he is a grown man, there likely isn't going to be any use in reasoning with him. I encourage you to simply block him and report any stolen OCs you may see in his account. Again, do not message or harass him, just take the necessary steps to keep yourself away from him.

Here is a direct link to report his account also: https://toyhou.se/~tickets/create/user/288986

edit 10/4/21: His username has changed! https://toyhou.se/lightning-b-barkin

edit: 10/15/21; More OC's he's stolen

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STOLEN CHARACTER:
https://toyhou.se/13021803.reptar
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REAL OWNER: 
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Beware that he is still keeping up his activity despite "apologizing" and leaving the profiles up.

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He also has characters hidden to where only he can see them, which contains stolen characters- some being reuploads of popular fursuiters like Barry the Angel Dragon. Not all the OCs on his account are stolen, but that doesn't negate the amount that still remain up. There are potentially more OCs that he's stolen hidden, so the owners remain unaware.unknown.png
10/22/21:
More characters he's taken.

https://toyhou.se/13206902.khepri-the-pharaoh-mummy
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Original Post:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44230915/
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Plushful

is it legal??? to upload A BUILD A BEAR ??? as an "oc"
the doll isnt art or anything but I dont know TH's rules about uploading pictures of toys/objects and claiming them to be your own art/design???
especially since it isnt connected to any actual art
it could be under rule 5.4 usage of official assets, in which case this example might be why its not ok since it doesnt have any indistinguishable customizations
seen under this https://poshmark.com/listing/Build-A-Bear-Brown-Puppy-Dog-White-Eye-Patch-15-61ba47a27468d5f5c3fc4b93
or isnt any form of "fan char" its literally a build a bear that should at least be given credit to build a bear if it is ok to have it uploaded (but in this case im not positive)

In-game screenshots of customised characters are fine. To be clear:

  • If you’ve dressed your Neopet up and want to take a screenshot of the outfit for reference, this is fine, but the screenshot must be sourced back to the original game. Please do not not upload the default official artwork for the Neopet by itself without any customizations made, as this is indistinguishable from another person's Neopet.


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Plushful

It seems his LYNE account has been closed but remember that he is persistent to stay around on toyhou.se 

Keep a watch out for an account invited by accaliakitten as her account remains open

starbovnd

Plushful sorry about the ping (i feel like you're the safest person I've got during this whole thing) but there's updates unfortunately ^^; 

Plushful

Ty for the ping, yea he definitely has accounts throughout everything, twitter/furaffinity and other less known sites as well (at least from what I can tell)

Like Fiverr under the account name of windogepawbs 

I got word back about how he came across getting the smile dog through a commission (honestly people need to be careful about making canon based ocs, im fine with kinsonas as long as the design isnt literally just the canon char, same with what TH has) but its def good to note all of his "ocs" whether theyre the taken canon ocs or the original ones like windoge is, of which I hope theres people who have been searching back to trace back to where he is. Even if its out of TH most sites have their own tos/private policy that I should get acquainted with tho Im sure in other sites if people have reported his accounts the info is pretty much the same. 

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options

Ill try my best to help report his accounts but from other posts Ive noticed that hes always had multiple and they still havent permanently (maybe they did and he just made a new google account to bypass, who knows theres ways around this stuff and thats not ok) banned his accounts and Ill keep an eye out, keep updated tho, if i see anything or find other account names Ill update here so we have a list of possible names hes going by around on sites

Trash-Oracle

The new account has been closed

Plushful

Another closed account that I believe was Windoge but I dont know the time that it was on was under the name of purplespacepuppy (one of the chars under browse of designer has fetish art for the pfp so I do not recommend searching it up, this is purely for the sake of knowing all possible names he has used on the internet and what other chars he may have stolen and that he may upload to his other accounts) during this entire time not once has the admins revoked his chars for figuring out where they came from and such so all accounts are connected by the characters/names he gives the characters and himself 

GutterGlitter

The user is back under epicwindoge95, currently using my art as their pfp without my consent. nice. report link

chainedd

Looks like (thankfully) that profile was closed. Still alarming seeing that two years later they are still trying this shit though