Hello everyone,
I used to come here for a while about 1,5 years ago after I completed the game for the first time. I wouldn't expect anyone to remember me, I only recognize a few names myself... though it's good to see people are still interested in the game. I'm going through the archives one page at a time and things look more or less exactly the same as back then - couldn't find a Sulik's sister sighting yet, though. Ah well, you can't have it all.
I recently decided to write Yet Another Fallout 2 Guide, and have been looking at Fallout 2 pages, boards and guides for info. (There's a lot of knowledge veterans dish out here that appear in _no_ existing guide that I know of, and just waiting to be assimilated.) One thing I found bothered me a little, a walkthrough published on NMA and "copy righted" to a certain Mathew Faucher, aged 12.
Only it turns out the walkthrough is nothing but an early version of Cristian Golumbovici's walkthrough. And there doesn't seem to be any question about who actually wrote it; reading the guide you get the distinct impression it was written by someone who can actually spell "copywright" and "email", and is older than 12.
Claiming credit for something you didn't do is bad enough, but this guy seems to have actually slapped a copyright notice on a stolen text, which is pretty fucked up. So unless there's something here I'm not aware of, maybe Miroslav could be made to remove the "Faucher" guide. If so, does he read the board, or should I mail him about it, or should one of the admin notify him?
Another question I might as well ask, about the board: If I respond to an old post, will it move to the top of the board so that people actually notice? Er, maybe I should just read the help page.
Oh, and another thing: if there absolutely has to be a board script about the "u/ur" thingy, does it have to include the words "complete fucking moron"? Or is the idea that people who can't spell "you" and "your" will respond to insults but not to a simple straightforward notice?
/Per
I used to come here for a while about 1,5 years ago after I completed the game for the first time. I wouldn't expect anyone to remember me, I only recognize a few names myself... though it's good to see people are still interested in the game. I'm going through the archives one page at a time and things look more or less exactly the same as back then - couldn't find a Sulik's sister sighting yet, though. Ah well, you can't have it all.
I recently decided to write Yet Another Fallout 2 Guide, and have been looking at Fallout 2 pages, boards and guides for info. (There's a lot of knowledge veterans dish out here that appear in _no_ existing guide that I know of, and just waiting to be assimilated.) One thing I found bothered me a little, a walkthrough published on NMA and "copy righted" to a certain Mathew Faucher, aged 12.
Only it turns out the walkthrough is nothing but an early version of Cristian Golumbovici's walkthrough. And there doesn't seem to be any question about who actually wrote it; reading the guide you get the distinct impression it was written by someone who can actually spell "copywright" and "email", and is older than 12.
Claiming credit for something you didn't do is bad enough, but this guy seems to have actually slapped a copyright notice on a stolen text, which is pretty fucked up. So unless there's something here I'm not aware of, maybe Miroslav could be made to remove the "Faucher" guide. If so, does he read the board, or should I mail him about it, or should one of the admin notify him?
Another question I might as well ask, about the board: If I respond to an old post, will it move to the top of the board so that people actually notice? Er, maybe I should just read the help page.
Oh, and another thing: if there absolutely has to be a board script about the "u/ur" thingy, does it have to include the words "complete fucking moron"? Or is the idea that people who can't spell "you" and "your" will respond to insults but not to a simple straightforward notice?
/Per
I hope the new way of handling u or ur will not be as...disturbing...