Check out the Special Olympics over at MSX.org

[Arkhan Asylum]

http://www.msx.org/news/software/en/life-mars-kai-magazine-released#comment-279070

This makes me question why I bother with the MSX.

But then I remember, a bunch of eurotrash doesn't count.

holytits, lol.

[Arkhan Asylum]

(note: they banned me without warning).

What a fantastic community over there.

[Bernie]

Fuck em, their loss.


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[Arkhan Asylum]

Its a hilarious read, as these are all 35+ year olds that process things like they're watching a kids after-school special about feelings.

and then they go cry on IRC lol

[SephirothTNH]

Haha.  Interesting read.  Without knowing much of the back story here it certainly seems that Kai guy is in the wrong.  Either way I think it's pretty deplorable to claim a game as yours and sell it while having stolen graphics in it. 

Yeah their loss Arkhan.

[Arkhan Asylum]

There is an older member, Guyver800 (a friend of mine), who lives over there in Euroland with them.

Guyver is a very smart individual, and doesn't put up with their bullshit.

So, they've banned him from that site, and tried blocking him from real life events over there.

It's retarded.

They associate me with him as some kind of lapdog, because I also do not put up with their retardation.

it is a shitty site, and I don't suggest anyone here use it.  If you are registered, just fuck it.

They're currently trash talking on IRC and don't realize we have someone copy pasting to further reveal their idiocy

[CrackTiger]

I'm really surprised by how straight up dumb so many people in that thread are. Instead of just saying things like "I have no moral problem with homebrew taking assets straight out of published games", many can't grasp the difference between copying character design from real life people and taking tiles and sprites from someone else's game and putting them in your own. Or how someone else doing something morally questionable doesn't give some other random person a free pass.

Most surprising of all, is how a guy could figure out how to program a game, but be the dumbest clown of all. Of all the crazy things he said (not a result of a language barrier), this last comment was still hard to believe:

Anyway I really do not think nintendo will mind much about the issue once they find out the active msx comunity arround the world is basically 150 to 300 people, and any game sold will hardly reach 100 units, with barely no profit involved at all. They will understand this is a hobby and the amount of work to do any of this big msx2 productions surpasses by far any theorical "profit" said creations could envolve.
So do not worry, really...

[OldRover]

I guess they don't know how seriously Nintendo takes their IP. They have shut down free fan games before that didn't even rip graphics, just used character names and themes. Directly stealing their work and using it for profit will land your ass in court in any first-world country Nintendo has presence in... which is to say, all of them.

[LostFlunky]

So if he is now going to go back and redo the art in question, what was the problem with the thread?  Why isn't he thanking Arkhan instead for potentially saving him some trouble?

[o.pwuaioc]

So if he is now going to go back and redo the art in question, what was the problem with the thread?  Why isn't he thanking Arkhan instead for potentially saving him some trouble?

Feelings were hurt? People being gigantic douchebaggots?

[Joe Redifer]

They have no idea how ruthless Nintendo is. Let's use Youtube as an example. Usually the sample size is around 20 seconds before a 3rd party can claim copyright on your video. With Nintendo it is 5 seconds. I don't know how they negotiated that with Youtube. They don't care if your video gets 100,000 views or 1 view.

[CrackTiger]

I was surprised that those Intellivision guys got away with their Donkey Kong games.

[o.pwuaioc]

I was surprised that those Intellivision guys got away with their Donkey Kong games.

Doubly surprising after Nintendo went after Princess Rescue 2600 so rapaciously.

[PCEngineHell]

Well, when its all said and done and you finish your MSX game, just remember which knobs to not sell it to, mainly the clowns on that forum.

[Arkhan Asylum]

Well, when its all said and done and you finish your MSX game, just remember which knobs to not sell it to, mainly the clowns on that forum.

Precisely.


and, yeah, it's hilarious that the dude made some seriously outlandish remarks while defending his theft...

... and then decides to change the art.

[Opethian]

GIMME IMFERMO2:ERECTRIC BOOGAROO

[geise]

Steal his stolen sprite work and make a demo that you sell for $$$.  See how that goes over with numbnuts.  "Hey that's my work you stole" LOL!  Why I mostly stay on this side of the internet.

[NecroPhile]

Heh, silly eurotards.

That's what you get for nobeying, Ark.

[Arkhan Asylum]

Yeah these ones are a special breed of tismtard.

I don't know what the hell they're huffin, but it ain't good.

[Gredler]

It's crazy to me that there are programmers ripping grafx from other games to make theirs when there are so many artists out there begging to be a part of projects, it seems like graphics should be a easily sourced element of any production at this point. I would've happily volunteered to make a metroidesque game and I am sure there are plenty of other artists out there who are better than me who would do the same. The fact he did this and then offered it for sale makes it feel like a cash grab to me.

[esteban]

I only skimmed a bit of the drama...but I saw enough to chuckle.

[blueraven]

What a bunch of fucking idiots.

You were pretty easy on them, all things considered.