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Title: seriously...is there no end?


explosions in the sky. - December 5, 2007 09:35 AM (GMT)
And here with your friendly neighborhood service announcement...is your MIA admin. xD College is kicking my butt this semester. But that's not the point right now.


Sez PMed me on PC, which is generally out of the ordinary. It's usually about things between PC and rcR, cause guess what guys? We communicate. Anyway, it seems we have another lovely case of ripping on our hands.


I thought it was made clear the first FIFTY DAMN TIMES that we aren't going to take ripping lightly. I mean come on guys, there's a notice in the sidebar that everything belongs to the staff and or members, and you just don't steal it. This is exactly what our sidebar says:


Unless otherwise noted, everything at rcR is copyrighted to the staff. We put lots of work into making this forum as functional and fun as possible. If you respect us, we’ll respect you.


Translation? Everything on the board is created by one of us, and is therefore not welcome to be taken, used, whatever. Period.


So let's take a tour through what was taken, shall we?


user posted image


Is that rcR with a different skin? NO? It's this fun little site, with basically our exact member groups. Which I know can be hard to come up with. But seriously? Do they have to be that close? COME ON.


user posted image


Now, correct me if I'm wrong (but I know I'm not) is that not exactly like PC's sidebar? WORD FOR WORD? Hmm.


user posted image


And here we have something eerily like PC's UFG section. Maybe a little re-worded...with really, really terrible grammar.


So, in conclusion...don't steal our stuff. It is plain stupid, pisses off the admins, and generally makes you look like a giant douche bag. So don't do it.


candylola, it's been nice knowing you...but I'm not sure I'll miss you.

Magdalene - December 5, 2007 10:30 AM (GMT)
*sigh*

Really people...think first, come up with your own stuff. You have a brain...supposedly.

charmed-arts - December 5, 2007 10:47 AM (GMT)
    O.O again?!
    this shows how great RCR is.. people start stealing stuff from here because they can't think of stuff on their own. *grumbles*

    GO VICKI and RCR!

    ..damn you douche bags/rippers!

emerald.sorrow - December 5, 2007 11:32 AM (GMT)

mhmm... stupid rippers.
good job vicki for catching it<3

{Kimmerz} - December 5, 2007 01:21 PM (GMT)
you have to be kidding me...

THE STAFF WILL FIND OUT... so why not just save yourselves the time and trouble and NOT rip/steal other peoples work...

*shakes head*

distel - December 5, 2007 02:47 PM (GMT)
*simply sighs and shakes her head*

Oh, well ... sometimes you have to "hurt" to learn ...

btw: You sure the links work? No pictures show up for me.

Renee - December 5, 2007 03:30 PM (GMT)
AGH RIPPERS. ;-; The pictures on't show up for me but I'm still angry.

A l o r a - December 5, 2007 04:47 PM (GMT)
Read my comment over at PC. It's just disgusting!

yellow. - December 5, 2007 04:52 PM (GMT)
Not good. :[ People really should be sensible and come up with their own work.

mimmy - December 5, 2007 05:19 PM (GMT)
"douche bag"?

How... eloquent.

Granted, I don't agree with what has happened by any means, but is such language really necessary? It's about as crude as the c-word, to be honest. <_<

Vany - December 5, 2007 05:34 PM (GMT)
ah i see...

I get it now.

People still rip/steal things :blink:

i thought no one did that anymore

mimmy - December 5, 2007 05:38 PM (GMT)
Do you have an account at PC? If so, you can see them there. They have an announcement about it, too.

Okay, guess you found them. ^^;

Vany - December 5, 2007 05:51 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (mimmy @ Dec 5 2007, 05:38 PM)
Do you have an account at PC? If so, you can see them there. They have an announcement about it, too.

Okay, guess you found them. ^^;

yeah i did, thanks anyway :)

I've read it there and checked the forum link too

PowerRanger_88 - December 5, 2007 05:59 PM (GMT)
-shakeshead-
when will people learn?

bohemian.times - December 5, 2007 06:20 PM (GMT)


This is really weird because the girl who did this didn't even notice that she ripped it. xD In the submission she ( i think ) said that it might have been just similar to rcr and pc.

omfgjen - December 5, 2007 09:18 PM (GMT)
well she obviously needs a new dictionary since she pracitically copied stuff word for word. does that sound like just "similar" to you? i don't mean to sound catty... but ripping just irks me something awful.

versailles. - December 5, 2007 11:00 PM (GMT)
it's kind of funny what she put on her site too.
QUOTE

Not in the mood to put the board online.
Everyone is against me so whats the point.
But the board will Be back some day in the near future.


i guess 'not in the mood' means that
'you regret ripping from two sites' and
'everyone is against me' is just you wining about you being caught.
get a life and some creativity.

Lady B - December 5, 2007 11:28 PM (GMT)
I'll say what I said at PC.

If you can't be a touch more original, don't try to start your own site.

aquafina - December 5, 2007 11:54 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (versailles. @ Dec 5 2007, 11:00 PM)
it's kind of funny what she put on her site too.
QUOTE

Not in the mood to put the board online.
Everyone is against me so whats the point.
But the board will Be back some day in the near future.


i guess 'not in the mood' means that
'you regret ripping from two sites' and
'everyone is against me' is just you wining about you being caught.
get a life and some creativity.

hear, hear!

it's terrible, really. she had quite nice graphics - I thought she was creative, you know? but I guess that wasn't really the case.

:'C

...harmony's farewell - December 5, 2007 11:55 PM (GMT)

What I said at PC:
Don't rip off other people's work! They put hard effort into something and you want to rip it? Teachers have been drilling this stuff into the minds of children for years!!! Creativity. It does exist, y'know?

explosions in the sky. - December 6, 2007 01:29 AM (GMT)
The links are fixed...imageshack is stuffed up. <_<

Sara - December 6, 2007 03:57 AM (GMT)
Gosh... this is just sad. Rippers are the worst thing to the graphics world.

Hime - December 6, 2007 04:22 AM (GMT)

There's been a lot o ripin' lately. Not only on PC and here, but I've also heard of some complaints elsewhere. :(

But it's just sad that there are people out there who thinks its okay to steal other people's work. I mean seriously, it's just not right.

Emo_koala - December 6, 2007 02:21 PM (GMT)
Wow, what a waste. I mean, the girl had skill and had been building a good name in the graphics community... *shrug* Kids, stealing is wrong *lol* - I suppose it just goes to say that you win some, you lose some, and carry on, keeping honest along the way.

distel - December 6, 2007 02:33 PM (GMT)
Are we, who aren't PC members, know who it was? I mean ... secrecy is the wrong thing to do now ... we all have to watch out and ... well ... I'd just like to know :)

bohemian.times - December 6, 2007 03:06 PM (GMT)
hey.. this makes me wonder if her graphics were not hers too,you know.
if she didn't have ideas for the forum she might not have had them for the graphics as well.

yellow. - December 6, 2007 05:07 PM (GMT)
QUOTE
Are we, who aren't PC members, know who it was? I mean ... secrecy is the wrong thing to do now ... we all have to watch out and ... well ... I'd just like to know 


It's in the first post. :]

distel - December 6, 2007 07:59 PM (GMT)
thanks :) Must have read past that the first time :)

How dare she :angry: Such things always remind me of the time when some italian girls stole my icons and posted them on one of their boards ... it was pure surprise I found out about it. I don't even KNOW italian I just suddenly saw someone with my icons and was like "Do I know you?" and she was like "No?" and I was like "Where do you have these icons from?" and she said "Oh, there is this amazing girl on our site who makes them! Here's the link, want to see?!"

I nearly choked when I saw it. Kristall, who is here now as well, had her icons stolen by the same girl. and when I asked her to please NOT GOD DA** do that she was like "who are you, shut your mouth, you have nothing to say ..." and many an insult worse ... :angry: :angry:

in_shock - December 6, 2007 09:34 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (bohemian.times @ Dec 6 2007, 03:06 PM)
hey.. this makes me wonder if her graphics were not hers too,you know.
if she didn't have ideas for the forum she might not have had them for the graphics as well.

her graphics were hers, she has written a lot of tutorials ;)

what she did was wrong and i was pretty shocked too and i understand you get pissed when this happens to you (i would be too) but these kind of 'public humiliations' ..., some of the above comments are just ... :blink:

let's hope she learned and never do it again

distel - December 6, 2007 09:44 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (in_shock @ Dec 6 2007, 09:34 PM)
what she did was wrong and i was pretty shocked too and i understand you get pissed when this happens to you but i find these kind of public humiliations just as bad tbh, some of the above comments are just ... :blink:

I understand what you mean ... I feel weird about it, a little as well. But really, how are you going to make people stop this if not by making it public. On the internet, like this, it is so much harder to actually get people to do what you ask them to and the only way to stop this really serious business is my making it out in the open.

Like you said, it's understandable that people react this way and I mean, when you rip, you should know this will happen beforehand. Maybe people will STOP it then ... :(

in_shock - December 6, 2007 09:50 PM (GMT)
offcourse i am totally pro making these kind of things public so people are aware of who ripped
i had this happen to me in the past and i'dd make announcements about it but i'dd disabled the comments because people just get carried away so easily and start saying really nasty things

but anyway, that's another discussion ;)

distel - December 6, 2007 09:54 PM (GMT)
I guess so, yes ;)

Melly - December 6, 2007 10:04 PM (GMT)
And in lieu of in_shock's comments adn in following Rena's decision at PC, I am officially locking this topic.

Yes we are angry, and that is alright, but things have gone far enough.




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