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Community => Random => Topic started by: Chase on December 10, 2016, 03:51:51 pm

Title: PSA: Server Roleplay Heaven is stealing patches and addons
Post by: Chase on December 10, 2016, 03:51:51 pm

I will just start off with these messages from the server owner to set the mood:

(http://i.imgur.com/YXh3anB.png)

I was a patch creator for Roleplay Heaven (RPH) back in the day. I created patches like where you can select all the NPC skins in the character creation screen.

I was suddenly banned one day after suggesting having two developers, as development was very slow and nothing happening for months.

I went to my fallback, the server I once called names, Paragon RP. They welcomed me with open arms. I gave them every patch I created for Roleplay Heaven, and even helped them create new ones.

Speed forward to Paragon updating to Legion. RPH finally updates too, after months, and their patches have a slightly uncanny resemblance.

(http://i.imgur.com/4TNoQLK.png)

Most of these are just to prevent crashing when using NPC hairstyles in the barbershop. But that last hair was custom made by me, unless they had the same idea. They completely stole everything and removed the servers name.

This isn't the only thing they stole. I had an addon named RPH Helper. After being banned I completely rewrote it for Paragon. They went on Pragon and downloaded my addon, renamed it all to RPH Helper, removed my name, and posted on the forum and said they "Updated" it.

After 11 months banning me, Roleplay Heaven still uses my content, and content of other people they have banned, and I want everyone to be weary, especially after the owner is going on places like Modcraft, and model-changing asking for help, promising money, which I'm sure they wont get in return.

Title: Re: PSA: Server Roleplay Heaven is stealing patches and addo
Post by: Steff on December 12, 2016, 08:13:09 am

Thats live. And it is going on.
You will always have people grap stuff and use it without asking.
BTW we do it all time with blizzards stuff ;)

There is no way to prevent yourself from stealing. You can only show the community that you made stuff if you post always updated development informations in boards like this. Then you can proof that it was yours and perhaps server loos some players. But in the end noone realy cares about this. So just forget it and go on.
Or better releas all your work. If everyone has it it is no big advantage for this server.