Others using your creatures

GlowingBoy wrote:If somebody used my creation in an adventure I would be perfectly fine with that. If somebody just copied my work and then they got on the Featured/MPN with my creation that they either did nothing to change or made one small change I would be mad.

Why be mad?

If you made one creature that was good enough to reach the MPN, have you not the hammer and tongs to forge another?

...wait... different historical reference... but you get my drift?

ashkelon wrote:

GlowingBoy wrote:If somebody used my creation in an adventure I would be perfectly fine with that. If somebody just copied my work and then they got on the Featured/MPN with my creation that they either did nothing to change or made one small change I would be mad.

Why be mad?

If you made one creature that was good enough to reach the MPN, have you not the hammer and tongs to forge another?

...wait... different historical reference... but you get my drift?

Give credit where credit is due.

I would only care if that person stole my creation and got on the MPN or a feature. Then I'd be really mad.

If a "stolen" creature gets featured, we should blame EA, not the thief.

jsinnister wrote:If a "stolen" creature gets featured, we should blame EA, not the thief.

The plagiarist was the one who plagiarized the creation in the first place, all it shows about maxis is they didn't exacly do a lot of research.

Or take enough time to check over what's in the MPN. I've seen a lot of copy cats on the MPN amoungst others.

Eh, I don't really care. I suppose if someone got a feature with a stolen creation, then yeah, that would be pretty ridiculous. Although, I don't think Maxis would make that mistake.

CopperLou wrote:Eh, I don't really care. I suppose if someone got a feature with a stolen creation, then yeah, that would be pretty ridiculous. Although, I don't think Maxis would make that mistake.

I believe that has happened, I just don't recall what it was.

It's happened multiple times.

I would be happy if my creation was so good that it was used in someones adventure.

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Vilageidiotx wrote:Give credit where credit is due.

Me being confused but perhaps Gloucester's response to Stephen taking his son hostage in the civil war between Stephen and Matilda? I think Gloucester's retort to paing hostage was that he may have lost a son, but yet had the hammer and tongs to forge another.

I am probably missing what you are saying altogether.

ashkelon wrote:

Vilageidiotx wrote:Give credit where credit is due.

Me being confused but perhaps Gloucester's response to Stephen taking his son hostage in the civil war between Stephen and Matilda? I think Gloucester's retort to paing hostage was that he may have lost a son, but yet had the hammer and tongs to forge another.

I am probably missing what you are saying altogether.

I was responding primarily to the first three words of that post. The rest was a reference I didn't know about, just got the gist of what you were saying with it.

Vilageidiotx wrote:

CopperLou wrote:Eh, I don't really care. I suppose if someone got a feature with a stolen creation, then yeah, that would be pretty ridiculous. Although, I don't think Maxis would make that mistake.

I believe that has happened, I just don't recall what it was.

Seriously? Wow, I thought featured creations were supposed to be original.

Vektrix wrote:Many people I could name would get really annoyed if you didn't. I could name another few would couldn't a monkeys how and why you use creatures. I fall in the middle category, where most people fall. Give credit where it is due. The creation may not technically belong to them anymore, but it is their time and effort invested in it - it is polite to credit them.

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Vilageidiotx wrote:

ashkelon wrote:

GlowingBoy wrote:If somebody used my creation in an adventure I would be perfectly fine with that. If somebody just copied my work and then they got on the Featured/MPN with my creation that they either did nothing to change or made one small change I would be mad.

Why be mad?

If you made one creature that was good enough to reach the MPN, have you not the hammer and tongs to forge another?

...wait... different historical reference... but you get my drift?

Give credit where credit is due.

I would be angry because some other person would have gotten the credit while I did all the real work. I would be glad that my work is liked but really anoyed that someone else got the credit. It's sort of a bitter-sweet thing.