Landgrab

PaperPlunger · Post by **PaperPlunger** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:11 pm

nevermind, it may say Kyle martin on the bottom right, but it does say author: Reverend_kyle on the create game thing

desau13 · Post by **desau13** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:20 pm

Hello everyone,

I'm Darrell -- the creator of LandGrab.

I just received an email asking why I allow stolen maps on my site.

After doing a quick google search I found this thread.

Needless to say, I'm quite disheartned to find that these guys (Kyle, etc) have been pilfering maps from CC.

I'm going to take them offline immediatly.

I also see that I'm going to need to put moderation around LandGrab's map creation utility so that this doesn't happen again.

Again -- Sorry for this.

-d

areyouincahoots · Post by **areyouincahoots** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:23 pm

Well, isn't that nice? A formal apology and a promise to make it better...now if he follows through, we'll be all set. No war needed... (DAMN

)

PaperPlunger · Post by **PaperPlunger** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:29 pm

awwww....... i had my weapons ready

desau13 · Post by **desau13** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:31 pm

I believe I've removed all of the CC maps, but I'm not sure of these two -- can you tell me if these are CC maps?

http://landgrab.net/landgrab/maps/MoonA ... _image.jpg
http://landgrab.net/landgrab/maps/Canada/map_image.jpg

-d

thegrimsleeper · Post by **thegrimsleeper** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:33 pm

The first one is a direct scan from the 2210 AD map... not sure of the legality regarding that one.

And the second one could have been our Canada map at one time, but it's been changed up enough that it's not the same map anymore.

HighBorn · Post by **HighBorn** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:36 pm

"pouts drops tourch and pitchfork" "stalks away swear unnder breath"...

PaperPlunger · Post by **PaperPlunger** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:37 pm

HighBorn wrote:"pouts drops tourch and pitchfork" "stalks away swear unnder breath"...

i hear that

desau13 · Post by **desau13** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:08 pm

Hello all,

Thanks again for you help and patience.

I'm hoping that this should solve the problem:
http://forums.landgrab.net/viewtopic.php?t=34

-d

thegrimsleeper · Post by **thegrimsleeper** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:11 pm

Good post. You're doing the right thing.

MrConfigT · Post by **MrConfigT** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:12 pm

Damnit... I was all ready to go a trollin'

Oh well.

Thanks for having the nerve to post in the thread and let us know whats up

PaperPlunger · Post by **PaperPlunger** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:16 pm

thats darrel, but like you said with the star wars stuff, if you actually created them from scratch, they are yours, even if you did use the hasbro games as a referance, if they were created by you i.e. you drew em out from nothing, no scanning etc, it's yours. even if it almost completely resembles theirs, you made it. Some changes might be good to do to it, otherwise i believe it's fine, the community will correct me if I am wrong (i probably am).

anyhow, thanks!

HighBorn · Post by **HighBorn** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:17 pm

MrConfigT wrote:Damnit... I was all ready to go a trollin'

Oh well.

moz976 · Post by **moz976** » Wed May 10, 2006 7:32 am

Well I guess that email I sent did some good. And I'm glad that the owner is doing the right thing and taking the maps down. We've got to protect the hard work the people on our site are doing.

Banana Stomper · Post by **Banana Stomper** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:44 am

I'm not exactly sure what would entail copyright infringement. I made the tamriel map, and i contacted Bethesda Softworks and asked for permission. They didn't give me permission, but they responded with something along the lines of so long as we are given proper credit there shouldn't be a problem. so i just put something in saying inspired by bethesda's tamriel. Also the coin i used was straight off their site, so i cited that...sorta...as best as i thought would be fitting for a map.

Hoff · Post by **Hoff** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:50 am

Did anyone check to see if they actually took the maps down?

moz976 · Post by **moz976** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:54 am

Yeah looked like they were gone

Nobunaga · Post by **Nobunaga** » Thu May 11, 2006 8:26 am

... Damn! I leave the country for a week or so and all this stuff goes down when I'm nowhere near a connected computer!

... I was robbed, ready to kill and pike some heads... then this guy from LandGrab comes on here being all nice and professional... and now I don't know what to do with my adreneline (sp?) rush! HaHa!! (... maybe I'll go find some punk kid with an attitude problem and teach him some manners... with a baseball bat

)

... All's well that ends well, eh. Thanks for the posts of support. Conquer Club has some good people.

... Cheers.

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Thu May 11, 2006 2:55 pm

Ok, i'm back. Here's why i did it. I like conquer club and landgrab both. I like conquer club's maps but landgrabs game play is alot easier and more towards that of risk. I figured that the nice people of conquer club wouldnt mind if i borrowed some of their maps, since they all signed at the bottom so they were given adequate credit i thought. But i guess you guys are more possessive over your maps than i thought and i apologize for putting them on there. I do recommend some gameplay changes though. Like every terrotory starting iwth 3 armies, that drives me insane.

PaperPlunger · Post by **PaperPlunger** » Thu May 11, 2006 4:41 pm

reverend_kyle wrote:Ok, i'm back. Here's why i did it. I like conquer club and landgrab both. I like conquer club's maps but landgrabs game play is alot easier and more towards that of risk. I figured that the nice people of conquer club wouldnt mind if i borrowed some of their maps, since they all signed at the bottom so they were given adequate credit i thought. But i guess you guys are more possessive over your maps than i thought and i apologize for putting them on there. I do recommend some gameplay changes though. Like every terrotory starting iwth 3 armies, that drives me insane.

maybe try asking next time.

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:16 pm

Yeah, looking back on it that woulda been a good idea. I just don't want everyone hating me because i know diplomacy is a big thing in risk.

PaperPlunger · Post by **PaperPlunger** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:44 pm

reverend_kyle wrote:Yeah, looking back on it that woulda been a good idea. I just don't want everyone hating me because i know diplomacy is a big thing in risk.

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:26 am

I'm not saying that justifies it im just saying, i'm sorry.

HighBorn · Post by **HighBorn** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:29 am

its ok i just think u disapointed people by saying sorry they wanted to go hunting

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Fri May 12, 2006 7:41 pm

HighBorn wrote:its ok i just think u disapointed people by saying sorry they wanted to go hunting

oh well in that case i feel no remorse and i plan to reimport the maps(sarcasm)