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Malicious_Intent_2001
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
As some of you might know, I've been targeted by a group of gamers that feel that I "stole" information from their site and posted it here. I wanted to create this thread to explain my side of the situation and apologize for causing any issues on the site. I originally saw the information for the new skill system posted on my SG's website (The Flaming Chainsaws of Justice). I thought it was useful news, and I haven't read it anywhere else. After scouring the news archives and not finding an article that covered the system, I felt that others might be interested to hear about it. I didn't steal anyone's information, I simply brought the news to this website for everyone to enjoy. I'll gladly lose the 25 points that I was awarded for submitting the article, and I'm more than willing to give credit to the person that supposedly created the original story. Again, I apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your time.
Malicious
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| 04/19/05 15:53 |
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Sapphire_Gypsy
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well just so you know, I don't think you stole the info... lots of my info that I've gotten has come from other people, other gamers, not nescarrily my own experience... after all we can't all do everything. But usually everything that I post is re-written in my own words.
Now I'm not sure if that's why you're being attacked... but I remember seeing that and if I remember correctly it was jut a "copy" from the site... not that theirs anything wrong with that... that just may be why thay're upset... but then I can't speak for them :)
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| 04/19/05 15:56 |
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From my experience in various forums and the like, it's usually best to plug the site that the information originated from. So if you get a bit of news, just add a blurb on the end of it saying "Special thanks to www.cityofheroes.com for providing this information"...or something like that.
The whole "putting it in your own words" thing is good too.
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| 04/19/05 15:59 |
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Malicious_Intent_2001
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Again, the site that I saw the information on was The Flaming Chainsaws of Justice website. The leader of my SG posted it. I have no idea if he got it from another site. Feel free to check it out. It's listed under "Spiffy News Updates" then "Super Secret Skill System" at http://tfcoj.cjb.net/.
Malicious
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| 04/19/05 16:06 |
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Malicious,
I cannot say how you came about my SG's hard work. But that you have given an open apology is quiet a mark in your favor. Many others would a sliped off into the faceless void that is the internet. The work was indeed the product of one persons many hours of research. The info was free to any who wished to see it. I say was because the creator feels it is now better that the fruits of his labor be kept for members of our SG only. Any who wish to view the work may do so by contacting me here. Have fun everyone and remember, play nice, lol. Celt.
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| 04/19/05 16:31 |
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Malicious_Intent_2001
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| QUOTE | Malicious,
I cannot say how you came about my SG's hard work. But that you have given an open apology is quiet a mark in your favor. Many others would a sliped off into the faceless void that is the internet. The work was indeed the product of one persons many hours of research. The info was free to any who wished to see it. I say was because the creator feels it is now better that the fruits of his labor be kept for members of our SG only. Any who wish to view the work may do so by contacting me here. Have fun everyone and remember, play nice, lol. Celt. |
I appreciate the kind words, but I think you might be a bit confused. I didn't apologize for posting the article. I apologized for causing any inconvenience. As I stated before, I didn't steal anything from anyone.
Malicious
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| 04/19/05 16:42 |
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Grifter0408
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Ok, Im shutting this down. Once this has been cleared up then it is over and this will be refered to no more. To be honest I am getting a little tired of dealing with this issue. It went to far before everyone really new all the facts.
From what I am able to gather so far, Malic did in fact retrieve the post he made from his own SG site. But from where the orginal poster on his site got the information is anyones guess. Malic did not know that it could of been copied from someone else. All the information obtained was from other sites, articles, interviews and forums. Now there may of been alot of work put into gathering this information but its all out there for anyone to get. All the quotes are from interviews held by someone else, the creator of this information just did some research posted his own understanding and added comments. Nice work but the extent this has been taken to is a bit extreme. Making a haste decision and calling someone out before you have all the details is in turn ignorant decision on one's part.
We welcome all new members to the site and hope you enjoy your time at CoH Gameamp. If you have an issue with someone then please refer to a staff member. Don't call someone out on the forums or anywhere else that you make think is a genius idea. If you have any question please feel free to contact Grifter0408 or thejeni on the matter.
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| 04/19/05 16:53 |
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Caerbannog
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Ditto to the comments posted by Grifter. The meat and potatoes of this article are just cut and pasted word for word from comments made by Stateman in the Dev forums and the Computer Gaming World article. I won't comment on how long it took anyone to research this information, but I know how long it took me to find it..nuff said.
When members publish news to our site we do ask that the material is original and/or in the public domain.
GI.N posted this siting CGW Magazine/COH Forums as the source and sure enough that is in fact where it appears.
| QUOTE | Skills are City of Heroes' answer to the ubiquitous MMO crafting system - except they're totally different. Characters will be able to specialize in one of four different skill trees: Detective, Science, Communication, and Scholarship. They can further specialize in various areas of expertise, such as Forensics or Security for the Detective tree. Skills are level-independent and wholly optional; your character will be able to interact with myriad objects during the game, at which point he, (Ed. note: or she ), can attempt a series of skill checks. Success brings new objectives or perhaps some extra experiance. For example, succeeding at a Security check in a bomb infested building might reveal the explosives on the mission map.
Skills are learned and improved by studying at universities throughout Paragon City. You'll earn temporary, expendable skill boosts during missions; these are somewhat similar to inspirations but can also be converted into wisdom, which is used to add permanent skill boosts at the aformentioned universities. As with enhancements, you'll find generic skill improvements as well as stronger, more focused upgrades alon the lines of dual- and single- origin enhancements. The only skill you'll need now, though, is the patience to hold out for all this good stuff. |
This is the opening statment made by Statesman in the COH Forum titled The SSOCS is out of the bag....
| QUOTE | It's skills. Yep folks, a brief description is in the Dec. issue of Computer Gaming World...
The system ended up being a lot more involved than initially thought. And I didn't want to rush Skills out the door and jeopardize it's quality. So I pushed it off to a future expansion.
However, everything in the CGW article is 100% accurate. It's a nice overview of the system. And, as always, we'll be posting more info on it as we get closer to its release. We have a general policy of posting weekly updates that discuss an upcoming Expansion (see Wednesday's Fifth Column article on the front page, for instance).
Feel free to post questions/concerns on this thread. I'll check back and see what I can answer. |
He also went on to make the additional clarification of ..
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Skills most certainly will NOT be limited by origin. |
From my own research it would appear that this quote..
| QUOTE | | It seems that details on the out of combat system Statesman has been dropping hints about in the past were released in the December issue of Computer Gaming World. Here's an excerpt from the article that provides some information on what we can expect... |
May be the only original information contained in the piece and we appologize if this did indeed first appear on the Flaming Chainsaws of Justice web site. Credit for that paragraph is noted.
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