Re: Proposed Guidelines Regarding Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Assets

Re: Proposed Guidelines Regarding Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Assets @Jayde And nor should it be. The point is to keep creators from locking up progress of science and the arts. The point of copyright in general, for that matter despite the numerous bugs/oversights/bad features. That

Re: Proposed Guidelines Regarding Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Assets

Re: Proposed Guidelines Regarding Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Assets @16 Fair use is a thing. I think that's why Undertale has not been crushed for its uses. I recall that Toby Fox was biting that line a couple of times, and even cut stuff  for fear of how close it was. Like the use of

Re: Proposed Guidelines Regarding Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Assets

Re: Proposed Guidelines Regarding Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Assets @16 Fair use is a thing. I think that's why Undertale has not been crushed for its uses. I recall that Toby Fox was biting that line a couple of times, and even cut stuff  for fear of how close it was. Like the use of

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Hmm. Interesting. First, the phrase you may wish to use is No rights Reserved, as I do believe that is the tagline for Creative Commons zero/public domain licensing. As for the excerpt of that contract you presenting, given that it

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Actually, regarding Microgames, I have heard that name in one other game. Warioware. I recall Warioware incorperated being the game I played, but I think the concept is what the warioware series is built on. I don't know if the

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Right. There is one thing that the Japanese devs might have more of, and that's resources. I would add Time, but that one I am far less certain on. Resources are one of those pools, though that can't just be easily obtained. If

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! I am very curious what happens if the copyright violator is dead. Namely, of course, Jim Kitchen's games. I suppose they could come back on the forum for linking to it, so I understand taking that step, but still. Yeah. Copyright

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Actually, this brings into view something that's not only been addressed here but on the other thread about attempting to deal with this. The greatest flaw of society and laws. If no one notices a legal violation, it can't be

DMCA link

DMCA link You know, as this is off-topic of the other thread, but is an even bigger issue, do we even have a place to submit DMCA takedown notices? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/531640/#p531640 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Yeah. Copyright is broken beyond all heck. Now, I believe you can register your copyright after the infringement, then sue on the infringement. You won't get the windfall if you had done it before hand, but you can still get comped

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Hmm. Thank you for that insight into your work flow, Nocturnus. Also, noticed the error.  Something about your shift key has a delay, whether its a keyboard or a btcac error is not possible to tell. URL:

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! To be fair, @80, the thing on the table here is to tighten the rules. The games being free isn't the only argument for keeping them up, the other issue is that these are still popular games, and this problem is too prolific to just

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Well, rule 3 as we know it today was part of the revolutionary reforms that happened a year ago. Which reminds me... Something something. Viva La Revolution!! LOL!!!I think we had something far less concrete before that. Those

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Well, rule 3 as we know it today was part of the revolutionary reforms that happened a year ago. Which reminds me... Something something. Viva La Revolution!! URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/531115/#p531115 --

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Wow. @71 That's...4-d chess right their. LOL!!! URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/531052/#p531052 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! dan buddy pal friend Comrade. I fail to see Jayde's bias here. I'd like to remind you that he is a socialist. He has confessed to being as much before. I do believe that has not changed, has it, Jayde? Now, I would like to ask,

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Sorry for the double post, but I set up a thread in the developers room to deal with at least Crazy Party, and maybe we can expand our efforts to other situations like it.https://forum.audiogames.net/topic/3465 … -sourcing/ URL:

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Right, first on the matter of games with pirated assets, I'd like to point out here, if push comes to shove and the reaper, see very angry companies with lawyers, comes to collect, we're all out of luck. That's one of those things

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum!

Re: how far have we really taken these rules on the forum! Wow. I never thought I'd see the day where Jayde can be argued to have sided with corperate interests. Lol!I think the biggest question we should ask as well is, who could Apple go after. Does Apple have recourse against the forum

Re: This forum doesn't support emojis

Re: This forum doesn't support emojis Right. Let's see what happens if I... ☺☻♥♣♠•○ These are what I could type without breaking something.◘ ♦These are of course unicode symbols that seem to be with in acceptable range. Emojis are also in the unicode set, correct? How high of a unicode

Re: This forum doesn't support emojis

Re: This forum doesn't support emojis Right. Let's see what happens if I... ☺☻♥♣♠•○ These are what I could type without breaking something. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/522651/#p522651 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: Disappointed in the state of the record of disciplinary action topic

Re: Disappointed in the state of the record of disciplinary action topic First a bit off topic, another funny main post into signature transition for post 5. Now, as my point, I think all and all, it is good to have that log in addition to keeping mod accountability. It also keeps

Re: We don't need kids in this forum. Never!

Re: We don't need kids in this forum. Never! This is correct. As far as I can see, Electro didn't start participating in the community until 2015 for what that's worth. That being said, that doesn't solve some of the other issues. Not even YouTube could limit age access when there necks

Re: I'm Sorry

Re: I'm Sorry You know, I believe at one time, alts weren't exactly illegal. Using them to circumvent bans I think was, but usually, it was up to, for lack of a better term, "gentleman's rules" that you wouldn't. Not to justify alts created now, nor to justify keeping those alts around

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators!

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators! It does seem that way. I hate thinking like that as  that type of argument is used to dismiss valid criticisms of otherwise real issues, but in this case, it seems it has been more of a sour apples issue. And even then, it seems some have shifted

Re: How to become a moderator?

Re: How to become a moderator? I vote to have simba sit in a corner and think about what he has done. LOL!!! URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/495821/#p495821 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: How to become a moderator?

Re: How to become a moderator? vote to have simba sit in a corner and think about what he has done. LOL!!! URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/495821/#p495821 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: How to become a moderator?

Re: How to become a moderator? It has been quite tradition besides to joke about in more serious times in order to remind all of us that we are all trying to work together here. Lighten up a little. We shouldn't be taking forum matters too personally. We all want the same outcome, we just

Re: How to become a moderator?

Re: How to become a moderator? Why not both? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/495696/#p495696 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector

Re: How to become a moderator?

Re: How to become a moderator? I PMed Jayde my thoughts. If jayde would like to publicly discuss them, that's up to him. I have no gripes either way there. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/495214/#p495214 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators!

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators! @ 12 If I may, is your issue here that Jayde uses complex language? If I am understanding right, then just ask him to simplify something if you do not understand it. That might save you some trouble. Either in PM or on the thread if it is thread

Re: How to become a moderator?

Re: How to become a moderator? Mods are chosen by the mod staff. The usual practice  is if the mod staff sees someone they would like to be a mod, and the team is in  need of new mods, they approach that person. That's been  tradition, anyways. We did actually have such an incident a year

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators!

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators! Hmm. In any case, I think it's a sad state of affairs when even those who you wouldn't normally find defending the Moderation panel defending the moderation panel. I have my own theories as to why things are the way they are, but I think I shall

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators!

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators! Though it's as you say, Jayde. Most. Not all. I think assuming motive before the individual has a chance to make their argument is not always a good idea. We don't want to even subconsciously dismiss their argument before they have a chance to make

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators!

Re: The Site is Ruled by Rogue Dictators! I mean, my opinion is that the mod team has been improving over the year. We're definitely in a better place then last year. I would actually like to publically commend Jayde for showing some growth. While I think he still has some things to

Re: Missing karma, post numbers, and some other stuff

Re: Missing karma, post numbers, and some other stuff You know, this is kind of embarrassing... Why does Google Chrome have a tendency to cut off data depending on window size? Oh well. Thank you. Sorry for the issue. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/493017/#p493017 --

Missing karma, post numbers, and some other stuff

Missing karma, post numbers, and some other stuff Right, so I noticed that something wierd was happening with the forum when I went to check it this morning, but I couldn't figure out what it was. I know what it is now... Where are most of the numbers? We're missing post count, karma, and

Re: Why not delete toxic threads?

Re: Why not delete toxic threads? I do believe one of the former members of the old team did mension off hand that thread closure was preferred to preserve history. I think it was Dark, but don't quote me on that. Could have been Nocturnus  or even both. I really don't remember. That, and

Re: Invalid reason for banning racer max

Re: Invalid reason for banning racer max Hmm. Found the topic that is being discussed. Though, I think I can strengthen the moderators' case here. Allow me to take a crack at it. First. the ending part of racer max's message."Now, admins like liam can unfairly ban me. I will sign out of my

Re: Invalid reason for banning racer max

Re: Invalid reason for banning racer max Hmm. Found the topic that is being discussed. Though, I think I can strengthen the moderators' case here. Allow me to take a crack at it. First. the ending part of racer max's message."Now, admins like liam can unfairly ban me. I will sign out of my

Re: why is topic necromancy forbidn?

Re: why is topic necromancy forbidn? You know, this has been bugging me, but this whole matter seems to be more of a spam issue. Switching the necromancy topic to this context for a moment, I think we might be better served in determining good and bad use of TN. Do the spam rules only

Re: Please, make topic resurrection illegal on here

Re: Please, make topic resurrection illegal on here Glad to be of service. You know, looking at all of this, it is nice having all related points and evidence on at least one page again. LOL!!! URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489266/#p489266 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing

Re: Please, make topic resurrection illegal on here

Re: Please, make topic resurrection illegal on here Right. I think I am going to use this moment of thread necromancy to give my thoughts on thread necromancy. As my actions here would suggest, I do not mind the practice, and it is my most  sincere hope that I am not causing any issues by

Re: Please, make topic resurrection illegal on here

Re: Please, make topic resurrection illegal on here Right. I think I am going to use this moment of thread necromancy to give my thoughts on thread necromancy. As my actions here would suggest, I do not mind the practice, and it is my most  sincere hope that I am not causing any issues by

Re: Please, make topic resurrection illegal on here

Re: Please, make topic resurrection illegal on here Hmm. I personally find no issue with topic resurrection. I personally find new topic posting more annoying. Just makes things more cluttered in my opinion and makes sorting through information more of a headache. Especially if a topic

Re: Agnet Admin update for december: looking toward the future

Re: Agnet Admin update for december: looking toward the future I agree. Jumping the shark is a good way to get eaten by the shark as a manner of speaking. I for one would also have a problem if  the mod team took all that wonderful time and just sat on their hands for those entire few

Re: Agnet Admin update for december: looking toward the future

Re: Agnet Admin update for december: looking toward the future At 6. I am afraid I must disagree here. I think the idea here is this is supposed to be a clear and sweeping announcement to the community, staff included. The idea here is that Aaron wanted to address everyone at once. I think

Re: Agnet Admin update for december: looking toward the future

Re: Agnet Admin update for december: looking toward the future Hmm. This is very interesting. I know what you mean about busy, though. It's end of semester and all that for me, so it's been crazy. Anyways, I like these ideas. Definitely best to take things slowly. No need to rush this and

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback And besides, rolling out a system that major would be a disaster if done too quickly. Oh, one clarification I should ask. Are you advising a more social system (major social safety nets and programs of that sort, while property and production

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback @128 I can understand that. I do believe the rule right now does state something about this being for legal as well as the philosophical purposes stated, but I wouldn't mind a bit more detail written down on the legal stuff if someone knows

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback I think I would agree with Aaron about making that a guideline, though, I wonder, would it be practical or even possible to introduce spoiler tag functionality so that spoiler/very windy information can be collapsed? URL:

Re: simple post Regarding my private messages from SmokeJay and Jaysofire

Re: simple post Regarding my private messages from SmokeJay and Jaysofire Hmm. Since this thread still exists, I will use it to tell Aaron that I have sent you a PM. Actually, a "I sent you A PM" topic might be a decent holdover solution until something can be figured out. URL:

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback You know, this is the second time I've seen this happen. Did JaceK cut off the post, or did the forum do that...Again... URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392500/#p392500 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: Staff Listing.

Re: Staff Listing. I think Dark took care of that himself. It seems that admins can demote themselves, but not other admins. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392488/#p392488 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: Staff Listing.

Re: Staff Listing. So, what's the story on Nightshade? She's still listed as a moderator. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392245/#p392245 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: Staff Listing.

Re: Staff Listing. Hmm. Right. I'll go ahead and update that. Hopefully the user list gets updated as well.(edit) Done. If I missed anything, please let me know. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392085/#p392085 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: Staff Listing.

Re: Staff Listing. Hmm. Right. I'll go ahead and update that. Hopefully the user list gets updated as well. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392085/#p392085 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: Staff Listing.

Re: Staff Listing. Sorry for the double post. Just wanted to let everyone know I've added the staff writers section. Anyways, I'm still missing at least one person whom I thought was a news poster, actually, thinking on it, I think there are a few auxiliary staff that are just database

Staff Listing.

Staff Listing. Hello. I decided to compile a list of staff broken down into categories based on the member categorizations in the user list section. I hope it is helpful. Also, I know at least one news poster is missing, I think. Anyways, here's the list according to the forum, so without

Re: Staff Listing.

Re: Staff Listing. Yeah, that's unfortunate. On the other hand, the admins also seem to handle moderation tasks as well. Well, Aaron and Arq do, anyways. As for staindaddict, A look at the profile says that staindaddict hasn't posted since april, so I do not know. URL:

Re: Staff Listing.

Re: Staff Listing. Yeah, that's unfortunate. As for staindaddict, A look at the profile says that staindaddict hasn't posted since april, so I do not know. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/391845/#p391845 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Staff Listing.

Staff Listing. Hello. I decided to compile a list of staff broken down into categories based on the member categorizations in the user list section. I hope it is helpful. Also, I know at least one news poster is missing, I think. Anyways, here's the list according to the forum, so without

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback

Re: Proposed New Rules: Discussion and Feedback I remember Aaron bringing up earlier about rule 10 as it is a community failure clause, whether or not we could involve the community in such instances. If it is indeed meant to be a rare use, is their a way for the community to indeed

Re: Should Jade be a moderator?

Re: Should Jade be a moderator? Welcome to the internet, I suppose. At least this isn't 4Chan... Yeah... Could you all imagine if this place got to 4Chan level bad? I mean, even twitter level unstable would be considered the worst this forum has seen. I'm sure if we got to that point,

Re: simple post Regarding my private messages from SmokeJay and Jaysofire

Re: simple post Regarding my private messages from SmokeJay and Jaysofire Okay. Yeah, I guess that should be another thing to put on the table at some point to really fix this PM system. I would use forum mail, but that opens outlook which is both not my favorite client, and is connected

Re: Should Jade be a moderator?

Re: Should Jade be a moderator? At 90. Yeah, that's true. It does need to be dealt with, but really the only thing I can think to really do is clarify the rules, and for that it sounds like we are waiting on the webmasters to hand down permissions. For now, though, we should relax a few

Re: A BSG Blog Post About The Forums

Re: A BSG Blog Post About The Forums Oh, Aaron. I sent you a PM. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/390710/#p390710 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector

Re: Should Jade be a moderator?

Re: Should Jade be a moderator? Right, so sorry to bring this up, but something has been bothering me. While this isn't the topic that you've used your moderation the most, Jayde, this is the topic directly about you. Both threads have seen you being brought up in the drama, though, so I

Re: Announcement that Aprone is no longer a forum moderator

Re: Announcement that Aprone is no longer a forum moderator Well, that's unfortunate. I guess that does mean a little more time for game development, though. LOL!!! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/389874/#p389874 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: forum combo box gives 404

Re: forum combo box gives 404 Well, they did say that they did update to the new PHP version. It surprises me that's it's made some odd changes, but I guess it's nothing too major. Probably not intentional, though. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=389225#p389225 --

Re: A BSG Blog Post About The Forums

Re: A BSG Blog Post About The Forums I think we aught to start with just trying to prevent any future issues first. With that in mind, I suppose in all objective reality the order doesn't matter all that much so long as all of it gets resolved. Thank you, Aaron for your posts, and

Re: Very disturbing remark by a moderator

Re: Very disturbing remark by a moderator How on earth did we get to this point? Oh, and one more question, since this is actually more relevant on this thread than on the other, does anyone know how or what to do about the ghost versions of this topic, oh, and why it's throwing an SQL

Re: Should there be a question in the site faq on political correctness an

Re: Should there be a question in the site faq on political correctness an I doubt it would be an issue if you did put one up, though, I guess that depends how often you get asked such a question whether it would be worth putting in a "Frequently asked questions" section. For a question to

Re: Issue with the FAQ

Re: Issue with the FAQ You're very welcome. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=370517#p370517 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector

Re: Announcement, musical professor banned from the forum

Re: Announcement, musical professor banned from the forum You know @LordLundin, I don't know if you even gave the actual background info on the Hugh Mungus case. I shall post it here for the good of the order.http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hugh-mungushttps://www.quora.com/Did-the-person-in

Re: Bring Back Signatures Please!

Re: Bring Back Signatures Please! Oh. Signatures are back. Thanks, Dark. I always did enjoy reading these. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=330102#p330102 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: Lets talk about the requesting of stuff on this forum

Re: Lets talk about the requesting of stuff on this forum I mean, @4, that's pretty much the fact of the matter. If my legal knowledge serves me correctly, because I'd imagine the forum would be considered doing business in the united states, I'd imagine you'd be subjected to US copyright

Re: Suggestion for a new genre for the database

Re: Suggestion for a new genre for the database Then should we consider the genre of rogue lite if rogue like is determined to be unsuitable under the full definition for the audio/accessible format? And indeed, ASCII is considered a low value portion, anyways. Of course, depending on whom

Re: Suggestion for a new genre for the database

Re: Suggestion for a new genre for the database Well, actually, ascii graphics aren't absolutely necessary for a rogue-like. The key features that coin this type of genre are random dungeons, and permadeath. Now, depending on whom you ask, turn-based actions are also required otherwise,

Re: signatures disappeared?

Re: signatures disappeared? Yeah, to think we are getting a generation of users that have never heard about this forum's signitures. They tended to be good reads at worst in my oppinion and rather convenient at best. I rather did like yours dark. I think I remember a couple of users had

Re: Autobot sometimes accidentally removes some of the post

Re: Autobot sometimes accidentally removes some of the post Actually, this happened to me as well. I don't recall the punstop being involved, though. It has been a while since it happened. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=314287#p314287

Re: very serious security issue with the site

Re: very serious security issue with the site [[wow]]. This sounds really wierd. I wonder if this test will work. I am testing a theory. I did the following to see if this error can be reproduced. I checked remember me. I logged in. I closed the window. I actually closed the tab, but it

Re: very serious security issue with the site

Re: very serious security issue with the site Hmm. I find this very interesting. You know, if this happened in almost any other forum, something bad would have probably happened by now. This forum seems to be filled with some of the most honest people on the internet. That being said, I am