Merc Bros.

Merc Bros. ep 1 Two mercenaries. One apocalyptic dimension. Zero patience. John and Michael are elite guns for hire from another dimension, dropped into a wrecked Earth where Elon Musk rules as a tyrant, backed by a ruthless AI and a shadowy hacker. Humanity’s last hope? A contract signed by Bill Gates. Now the Merc Bros. are locked and loaded, blasting their way through chaos to bring Elon down. It’s brutal. It’s personal. It’s payback with style. 419shows.com 419shows.com/app for free Google app or @419show" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@419show

@maxtumin @MarsResident027 @DuneAwakening Trust it, take your chances, good luck.

@MercBros @MarsResident027 @DuneAwakening I still don't get it, the only root access they get is the one into the completely isolated virtual machine, so they can only mess with the game server.

The first iteration of Self-Hosted servers is now live! Make sure to check our article with a link to full instructions, and tune to our livestream tomorrow where we'll walk you through the setup process. 📰 duneawakening.com/news/self-host… 🟣 twitch.tv/Funcom

I love this. You hit the nail on the head. The system is designed to keep creators exhausted because exhausted people don't rebel and they don't build independent systems. Here is my 'why' to match yours: I waited my whole life for the technology to catch up to my vision so I could bypass those exact gatekeepers. For decades, you had to pay some massive corporation a fortune for software or hardware just to create. Now, the tools are accessible, open-source, and independent. My 'why' is pure, uncompromised storytelling. I don't care about the red carpets, the industry applause, or a seat at their corporate boards. I don't write for shock value, and I don't let a committee water down my scripts. I keep my studio restricted to just me, no employees, specifically so the government and the corporate compliance machines have zero jurisdiction over my vision. If a massive streaming app wants to lease my shows for $5 million (2- year lease, they get 100% merchandise rights and profits for those two years & I make the shows they lease private on my end for that time), they take my raw, unfiltered art exactly as I rendered it, or they can get the fuck out. And when that corporate money comes in, my 'why' is using their own capital to build an un-hackable fortress for the people I care about. I’m going to buy my best friend his independent business route free and clear so he can take care of his mom. I’m going to set up automated side-incomes so my family has a lifetime safety net. And I'm going to take million-dollar corporate write-offs and drop them directly into schools to teach kids how to actually build 3D worlds manually, so they realize they don't have to rely on predatory corporate AI or wait for permission from an institution to be a creator. I don’t see AI or Hollywood as my competition because they can't duplicate raw human drive. I am going to keep rendering my shows, building my catalogs, and pushing forward with a smile on my face until the day I die right behind my computer keyboard. They thought the gates were just cracking. We're here to tear the whole wall down.

👀 Wanna know my why? The reason I'm doing the things I do.... This is my why: We need to stop pretending the struggle to be a creator is some unfortunate side effect of the economy. It’s structural. A society built entirely around efficiency and labor was never going to comfortably support people whose purpose is to disrupt, imagine, question, and create. That’s why creative paths are constantly framed as unrealistic. That’s why art school is financially crushing. That’s why industries like music, film, and media are designed like psychological fortresses guarded by gatekeepers, middlemen, and manufactured scarcity. Not because creativity lacks value—but because it has too much of it. Art shapes culture. Culture shapes thought. And thought shapes power. The irony is that society consumes art constantly while simultaneously discouraging the people who make it. The music playing in your headphones on the way to work. The films you quote. The architecture you admire. The stories that helped you survive difficult moments. None of that exists without creators. Yet creators are taught to feel disposable unless validated by institutions. The “starving artist” narrative became useful because survival mode keeps people exhausted. And exhausted people don’t innovate. They don’t rebel. They don’t build independent systems. That’s why the illusion of “making it” is so heavily glamorized. The red carpets. The exclusivity. The gatekept rooms. It keeps talented people psychologically dependent on being chosen instead of realizing they can build their own worlds. But the gate is starting to crack. Technology made creation accessible. Now the real battle is discoverability, ownership, and attention. And the creators who survive this era won’t be the ones waiting for permission. They’ll be the ones who understand that the audience—not the institution—is the real source of power. Create anyway. Especially now.

It's a security issue because 'isolation' disappears the moment an average user port-forwards or misconfigures network bindings to let friends connect. Attackers don't manually target private servers to 'take them down'. Automated bots scan the web 24/7 for open SSH ports. With a universal public key baked into the repo, any bot that hits an exposed instance instantly gets root access. It's a textbook network beachhead.

@MercBros @MarsResident027 @DuneAwakening VM is isolated so how is that exactly a security issue besides the unlikely event of someone deliberately wanting to take down your private server because?

The creator of the AMP server panel exposed a massive security flaw in Funcom's code: 'On the Windows side it ships a VM that has a pre-defined, static SSH key that's part of the repo. If you accidentally exposed the VM to the internet by using a bound network and DMZ or otherwise let SSH through intentionally or otherwise, the whole world has access to that VM. GG.'

@MercBros @DuneAwakening Huh? What security issues? It’s no different than any other game with self hosted servers.

Beware the 'Self-Hosted Servers' in Update 1.4. The creator of the AMP server panel exposed a massive security flaw in Funcom's code: 'On the Windows side it ships a VM that has a pre-defined, static SSH key that's part of the repo. If you accidentally exposed the VM to the internet by using a bound network and DMZ or otherwise let SSH through intentionally or otherwise, the whole world has access to that VM. GG.' They are literally instructing average gamers to deploy a vulnerable backdoor right into their home networks.

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Watch the video of this lazy @FedEx driver who stopped today. As you can see, he's carrying the package yet has no plans to knock on my door because a signature is required for the package. You can tell as he's walking up. He had no plans at all to deliver this package or even try today. Then look at the tag which I had to edit the number off for security purposes, the tag has no marks on it. As you can see from the video he had this all prepared from the truck. Why even carry the box in his hand? Was that in case he got busted at the door and he had to hand it over? Fedex needs to reprimand this gentleman. Big time. I work from home, I'm here 24/7 and was in my office when this lazy creep did this. If he had knocked, all 3 dogs would have barked. Amanda and I were both here today. #fedex

@Megadeth @CameronNunez Keep talking smack haters. Let's see how you're doing at his age after going through cancer treatments? He still wants to jam out his last album, I bet you haters would be crying in your mother's basement. 😂

"Ride The Lightning", live in Bogota 🇨🇴 🎥 by @CameronNunez Mixed by Stephen Kremer

@LeahRemini If you choose a religion with a hell, there's a chance you'll go to that hell. Make the right choice by informing yourself before joining something. I called them once way back, they wanted money... that made it easy to say no right away.🤔

I wanted to weigh in on this recent trend of people running into Scientology buildings, causing chaos, and posting the videos on social media. Whether these people are doing it for social media clout or to genuinely expose the abuses of Scientology, what they are doing is unhelpful, and by engaging in these actions, they are unwittingly helping Scientology. I want as many people as possible talking about the dangers and criminality of Scientology. But I spent decades on the other side of this, and if I had been confronted by people running through Scientology buildings and harassing me or staff, it would have pushed me further into Scientology. That is because Scientologists are deeply indoctrinated and radicalized and believe they are helping people. They have been brainwashed over many years into believing the outside world is filled with chaos and criminality, and that their mission, one they believe they are on through countless lifetimes, is to help eradicate this chaos. If someone is brainwashed for years into believing the outside world is filled with dangerous lunatics who wish to impede Scientology, a group of people running through a Scientology building is only going to confirm that belief and lead them to dedicate themselves even more to the cause they believe in. Mike Rinder and I discussed this on our podcast Fair Game: Scientologists, in particular Scientology Sea Org members, have a level of dedication and radicalization to Scientology that surpasses that of a jihadist terrorist. Running through a building is not going to break that or lead them to reconsider what they’ve given up their entire lives for. I also want to note that any Scientology building that someone is allowed to easily enter from the street is not a building where someone like David Miscavige or any senior Scientology executive is going to be. People at that level of Scientology’s criminal leadership will be behind gates and many layers of security. Please focus on exposing the dangers of Scientology, not making a spectacle out of it.

@elonmusk Have you seen the episode yet? You don't want to become like that other version... he has a stick up his @$$. 🤔

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@EmilyLazar_SM @BoredApeYC Mercs are metal AF. 😎

HBD @BoredApeYC Keep it metal AF

@IAmSteveHarvey The thoughts of other people. 😎

What’s something you wish you stopped worrying about sooner?

My show 4:19. It happened because COVID hit and stopped me from going to school for baking and pastry. That same year, 3 of the 5 bandmates I was going back to open a bakery near died of one form of cancer or another. Then the stoners here on X not only burned me, but sent two guys to come and act like they wanted to help me out. One even donated a bunch of money so we had food that month, only to take it back later, trying to harm our finances. I thought I was done. I stopped creating for a few months and backed away. Then my buddy John I grew up with came back into my life. We started playing Warzone, and it gave me the idea for Merc Bros. That show solidified within my mind that I can't be stopped. With my wife backing me financially 100% and in every other way, I'm now moving forward. Even with that stall, I beat my first 5 year goal by almost a year. We just invested in the studio again so I can produce even better quality shows, much faster, very soon. 😎

Be honest Men 🤔

@ClarksonsFarm1 "Sing it with me, if it's just for today Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away"

"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave…🎸🎶"

@sama Eh, AI may help with the website and app, but I do everything else. Maybe in 10–20 years you’ll catch up… I won’t slow down. 😎

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@FINALLEVEL BTW, I beat my 1st 5-year goal by almost a year. If I do that with my next 5-year goal... I'll have a massive 3D animation catalog. 😎

I’m my only competition. No one’s publicly built a full 3D multiverse solo. I do everything: writing, 3D animating, voicing, editing, music, sound, copyright, social media, ads. Amanda and I invest back into this. I just upgraded GPUs and went back to remaster everything because now I can hit the samples and noise threshold needed for great looking shows. Then I move forward even faster. By the time my mocap suit is ready this Sept/Dec, everything will be remastered, back up, and I’m pushing ahead with my own great looking library of shows and motions I create. 😎

“If it’s Real…. It’s gonna show!” 💎

@FINALLEVEL I don’t think anyone should take another’s advice 100%. We’re not all the same, so advice should be reviewed, adjusted to the individual, then applied if it fits.

‘Askhole’ A person who asks for your advice… But NEVER takes it. 💥

Build something so real, so undeniable that the world cannot look away.

@EmilyLazar_SM 🤘🎸

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