About my map getting stolen/updated

[Ominae]

I recieved word that the user GGODD2 on these forums hired somebody to make a map for zombie mod, and the person hired used my map, making a final version of it.

Id like to say, that because of you and your ignorance, I will no longer be mapping for the Zombie Mod community.

I have had 2 maps made, waiting for release, but instead, I think they'll be finding comfort in my recycling bin. I am doing this because I asked the person to come forward, and they didn't. Thank you GGODD2, im sure the community appreciates what you have done.

For future reference, do NOT ever edit anybodies maps without at least asking them.

Resigning from ZMod,
-Omi

[Glitched System]

GGODD didn't hire him to make that map. He made that map on his own time. SlimScotty ( The One who made it ) Is no longer affiliated with GHS. It is not ggodds fault



Glitched

[Ominae]

Whoevers fault it is, I'm done mapping for everybody.

If nobody has the balls to actually step up and ask "Ominae, can I edit your map?" then theres something wrong with that.

[Glitched System]

Ominae, may I have your xfire?

[Games]

First of all my personal opinion is that server owners have the right to run any map they want regardless on who made/edited the map.

I do feel that people shouldn't steal other people's map without permission, but like the guy's from "nwp" they change the maps to their own servers likings,but keep the mapname intact and just add _nwp at the end of the mapname, so people know it's a different version on not a version the orginal map maker made.Offcourse it's always nice to inform the orginal map maker about this.

It's a shame that you quit mapping just by this ominae, only one person that made you quit mapping.
There will allway's people that will steal other people's work.If the whole communitie is running the version that someone else have edited i would understand.But sofar the only one server was running that version.That means most zombiemod servers had your version runnig.

So it would be a shame if you quit.

[icebreaker]

I knew about the final version of zm_omi_facility, but I also knew that it wasn't edited by Ominae himself so I didn't care to put that map online on my version, from the day b2 released till now, I am still running zm_omi_facility_b2 on my server and I must say it pwns !
Ominae, good luck with future mapping and CAL

First of all my personal opinion is that server owners have the right to run any map they want regardless on who made/edited the map.

Yeah I agree, but the only server that was running this version was GGODD2's server. And if GGODD2 hired a mapmaker and saw he made a final version of an existing map, he shouldn't have put it online without knowing if the mapmaker he hired had permission of Ominae or not

[ebola]

Thats a shame that you going to quit map making. Consider yourself a successful person because your maps are pretty popular on many of the zombiemod servers.


I dont like the idea of people stealing or editing other peoples maps without permission, but it does happen. I hope you can see around what those other people have done and maybe add anti-decompiling... well good luck.

[Ominae]

Thank you for the support.

I have been busy making a video for CAL, and scrimming a lot lately. CAL is more fun than zombie mod ever could have been for me, I like playing professionally, and once my team goes pro (sometime in the future i hope), we'll get sponsers, etc.

I wish you all luck with zombie mod, I hope to see the community grow in the time that I am gone.

Im not leaving just because of this incident, but moreso because zombie mod bores me.

Take care,
-Omi

[NPW_Thundar]

Was going to say something, but never mind. It's not like you got © or ™ on it. We do this for fun, I can understand if someone is trying to take credit for your work, to pass it off as their own is wrong. In real world of internet, if you post if it becomes part of the world, for good or bad. If you leave the mapping world because that then like you said need to do something else. Get paid for it. Same time remember a person called Gooseman, that took HL1 and said lets make it better than the people that made it (or least just change it.) Well or least how he thought it should play. Goose made a small mod in 1998 and started beta it in late 1998 called Counter-Strike. So guess we need to SUE Goose since if wasn't for his making something different we would still all be playing deathmatches in HL1 which was fun at time!

[personaljihad]

You're overprotective of your maps, vmex decompiling can easily be disabled.