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After a nearly two-year absence, our full web site is back online, with
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I join your Forums ... ?
- Where can I find Tessera's mods... ?
- Why doesn't Wikipedia mention the
True Patch... ?
- Who is Tessera... ?
- What is the True Patch Gold Edition... ?
- How do I make a donation to
tessmage.com... ?
Anyone who is 18 years of age or older can join the tessmage.com
Forums.
We have members ranging in age from very young (18-25) all the way
up to 50-plus. As you might imagine, this leads to an interesting
mixture, in which people from different walks of life and different
age groups routinely bounce ideas and opinions off one another
within an uncensored environment. Joining our Forums is quite easy:
just visit our Forums and look for a button near the top of the
board that says "Register." And then, just fill out our typical
online application form and lastly, confirm your
e-mail address (an e-mail confirmation link will be sent to you
automatically after you register). That's all there is to it. Keep in mind that our
Forums are totally uncensored and often feature risqué content. One
area of our board in particular, known as "The Dark Side," is an "anything goes"
zone... and the subjects found there can be totally off-the-wall and
very explicit in nature. As a matter of fact, "The Dark Side" area
of the board doesn't even show up for new members... not until they
have posted at least five posts within other areas of our Forums. So if you are easily offended by such
things, then our Forums are probably not for you. Open-minded and fun-loving
adults should have no problems with our Forums, however. As with all
things of this nature, the only way to know for sure is to check it
out for yourselves. All of our members are mature and friendly
folks.
Several years ago, Tessera went into "retirement" and stopped
offering his mods to the public. He did this in retaliation against
quite a few attacks which were being launched against him and his
work on other web sites. But all of that took place a long time
ago... and there have been signs that Tessera is thinking of once
again offering his work to the general public. So the best answer to
your question is: keep checking the tessmage.com Forums, along with
our Downloads
page. If there are any changes in Tessera's stance in the future,
then those will be the first places to look for any news about his
mods.
We have no idea. As a matter of fact, Tessera himself got into a
huge battle with the Wikipedia staff over this issue, several years
ago. They gave all sorts of silly reasons for ignoring the True
Patch... but under intense scrutiny, none of their reasons made any
rational sense. After carefully considering everything that has
happened, we are currently of the opinion that the ACTUAL reason for
Wikipedia's dismissal of the True Patch is because tessmage.com is a
mature web site, which features nude art work. The Wikipedia staff
are, quite frankly, behaving like prudes (and they really do behave
like prudes -- going so far as to label this site a "porn site," and
then banning anyone who posted anything in defense of the True
Patch). In short: the sexually repressed Wikipedia staff are no
doubt hesitant to post any links to adult-oriented web sites within
their articles. That would seem to be their bottom line... as silly
and as antiquated as it may sound. Aside from that, we can not think
of any other reason for why the Wikipedia would ignore the only
legitimate VTMB patch on the entire worldwide web. Tens of thousands
of VTMB players worldwide are using the True Patch... nearly as many
as the users of "that other patch." So if you are concerned about
this problem, then our best advice is to petition the Wikipedia and
demand that they give a balanced and accurate presentation within
their VTM: Bloodlines article.
Tessera is an artist, writer and musician living in New York. At
one time, Tessera ran a small, private web site devoted to Playboy
Playmates and quite a few actual Playmates were regular members of
that site. That was Tessera's first foray into hosting a web site of
his own... way back in 2003. Besides girls, Tessera has lots of other hobbies, too...
including video games. Back in 2006, Tessera decided to take his
life-long talent for painting beautiful nude women and apply it to
his video game hobby... with the result being that for awhile,
Tessera was considered to be one of the best "nude modders" on the
web. But back in 2008, Tessera decided to "retire" from modding,
after a series of conflicts left him feeling embittered. Whether or not Tessera ever plans to come out of retirement and
start releasing his mods to the public once again, that question is
still up in the air. As for his personal information, Tessera tends
to be a private person. The only things we know about him for sure
are that he is a very liberal-minded person; he is over the age of
40; he has a gorgeous girlfriend who is much younger than himself;
he is an outspoken political activist; he has a sardonic sense of
humor; he has no children (he doesn't seem to like children very
much, either); he's fairly good-looking -- with a slim build, thick
auburn hair and intense steel-blue eyes; he has a short temper
(watch out); back in 2005, he single-handedly waged a bitter war
against Blizzard Entertainment which people still talk about to this
day; he enjoys giving things to others (hence this web site); and he
likes dogs (but he hates cats). The best way to get to know Tessera
is to simply interact with him on our Forums. Despite his reputation
to the contrary, he is actually very easy to talk to... so long as
everyone shows him the respect which we feel is his due.
The True Patch Gold Edition is a "bug-fixes-only" fan-made patch,
for a brilliant PC game entitled "Vampire -- The Masquerade:
Bloodlines." The Gold Edition is the latest and most comprehensive
version of the True Patch. The True Patch was created because of a
real need within the larger Bloodlines community for a high-quality
patch which ONLY fixed legitimate bugs in the game -- without making
any arbitrary, frivolous and unnecessary changes to the rest of the
game. Its original release (version 5.04AT) was co-authored by
Tessera and most importantly, by a professional programmer who goes
by the name of Acrimonious. Some time later, Acrimonious retired
from the scene, in order to pursue his own career as a programmer.
Tessera then took up the reins and spent many months learning how
the nuts and bolts of the Bloodlines "Source" engine work. The end
result of this learning process was that Tessera became quite adept
at making all sorts of intricate repairs to Bloodlines... many of
which were not addressed in version 5.04AT of the True Patch. And
so, after many months of debugging and several weeks of independent
beta testing, the True Patch Gold Edition for Bloodlines was
released by Tessera in 2010. Today, it represents the only
legitimate VTMB patch on the web, in the sense that unlike "that
other patch," it does not impose any arbitrary and unnecessary
alterations to the game upon the end-user. We feel that arbitrary
changes are within the purview of a mod -- not a patch. Hence the
name: "True Patch," meaning that it is truly a legitimate
third-party patch... and not a mod masquerading (no pun intended) as
an "unofficial patch."
It is true that this web site is completely non-commercial.
That's why you don't see any "banners," or any other form of
advertising, anywhere on this site. We actually have our very own
private server... not a "shared" server, as is the case with most
other small web sites. A private server gives us more speed, more
reliability, more security, and more control over our featured
content. But as you might imagine, all of that hardware and
bandwidth costs money... far more than most people might suspect. So
if you would like to make a donation, then you can bet that we will
appreciate your gesture. As for how to go about making a donation,
you can do so in any number of ways (such as via PayPal, for
example). Just send an e-mail (or a personal
message, if you are a Forum member) to
Tessera directly. He will then give you the specific
information that you need, in order to make a safe and secure
donation to this web site. And thank you very much for your show of
support..!!!
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