Dear readers,
As some of you already know, a villain was exposed yesterday within the Football Manager scene. A villain whose ultimate goal was centred around fame, recognition and applause throughout the Football Manager community. To achieve this quick fix of fame, he ‘ripped’ my FM Grid tactic, made two slight adjustments and renamed it – only to release it to the community, passing it off as his tactic, under the name People Power. The villain’s name is Mr Hough, who resides at the official SI Forum.
This shameful and distasteful act didn’t go unnoticed however. Oh no. I had been keeping tabs on ‘his’ latest tactical release for quite some time, following his comments on the official forum, as well as discussions leading up to the release via Twitter. Needless to say, the tactic was a blatant rip of my hard work and Mr Hough has since been fully exposed for what he is. A plagiarizing swine.
This is probably not the first time he has done this either, as many FM veterans have voiced concerns, while lacking hard evidence. Many people have had suspicions about his dirty and seedy activity for some time, but needed the evidence to finally put the nail in the coffin. This evidence was provided last night.
Mr Hough is highly skilled in the art of downloading other people’s tactics, for the sole purposing of passing them off as his own creation. That goes without saying. He is a true champion in the art of stealing other people’s work. A figure of high standing within the dark and seedy tunnels of the Football Manager underworld. He has his own followers that seemingly worship the ground beneath his feet, and quite frankly, anyone that supports a ‘ripper’ or plagiarizer, is just as bad. Pure filth. A bacteria that needs to be eradicated.
Why do these people think they have the right to steal other people’s work, only to pass it off as their own? What gives them the right to browse a website, find interesting articles and downloads, only to re-upload them elsewhere without any form of contact or consent? What gives them the right to do these things and think that they can and will actually get away with it? What do they hope to achieve? A pat on the back from the community perhaps? Is it to gain some form of recognition that they lack from society in the real world – to be accepted within the on-line community that they are a part of?
Whatever sick and twisted reasons they have for doing what they do, it’s wrong. So, so wrong, for many reasons.
Plagiarizing effects a lot of people, throughout every profession. That’s not to say what I do is a profession. Of course it’s not. But plagiarizing does exist and it effects all people, even people who work for a living. As an up and coming freelance illustrator, I have to be on the lookout for people taking work from my website and hosting it elsewhere without my permission. Photographers who run their own personal website, have to be aware of people saving and downloading their photographs, for the sole purpose of hosting them elsewhere. Professional journalists have to be aware of people using the dreaded Ctrl C and Ctrl V on their newly published articles.
It’s disgusting! Why the hell should all of our hard work be ripped and spread around the internet without our consent!? It’s not your property! It never has been! If you have any of this malicious plagiarizing intent on arrival, please leave via the way you came!
The consequences of this incident when unravelled, potentially effect all of you. That’s right. What Mr Hough did could potentially effect all of you, not just me.
The Football Manager community is currently full of new and exciting blogs /websites, all starting a fantastic journalistic on-line adventure. The creators and authors of these new websites take time out of their own lives, in order to bring fresh, up to date content to you, during their free time. This free time could easily be replaced by something else, but they choose to bring interesting and thought provoking articles to the community. If people continue to ‘rip’ content from the community, passing the content off as their own work, doubt might begin to creep into the original author’s head. Why would we continue to do something only for some ignorant, rude and pathetic human being to steal out work, time and time again? Producing articles in our free time could soon be a complete waste of time.
What happened last night could effect all of you who enjoy visiting websites such as mine, because the authors might actually stop writing content. I mean, why bother if your work keeps on getting stolen?
It’s time that the Football Manager community step up and be more vigilant. I’m sick of hearing excuses from others not even involved in the situation, along the lines of:
“What’s the problem? Why was the thread removed? [Insert name here] brought the article here to help the community and share it with us? What’s the problem?!”
The problem, my little chums, is the fact the person you are fighting so hard to protect, has stolen someone else’s hard work. publishing it elsewhere without prior consent – to seek his own fame and glory. It’s annoying, frustrating and extremely depressing for the original author to see his work getting ripped. This is where you guys come in. You need to be more vigilant in reporting these plagiarizing activities, or you could see such articles dry up. Do you want to see that happen?
I won’t stop producing articles, as I enjoy writing, but some of your favourite blogs and websites, regarding Football Manager, could stop producing the articles that you enjoy reading. Whether that’s on your tablet device as you travel home from work, via your mobile phone as you wander the streets, or simply at home as you browse the internet on your desktop computer.
The dirty act carried out last night by Mr Hough was not the first of its kind and it certainly won’t be the last. Plagiarizers exist everywhere, throughout society. They exist only to seek instant fame, on the back of someone else’s hard work. They are the scum of society who should be taken to the stocks in order to be mocked and ridiculed. They deserve to be cast out of gaming communities, as they are, in essence, cheats. Dirty, filthy cheats, stealing something for their own personal gain.
So Mr Hough, did you really think you could get away with it? Are you actually that naive? You ended your tactical thread over at the SI Forum with “See you in FM13 peeps”. Now that you’ve been exposed for what you really are, will you continue to rip tactics in Football Manager 2013? Have a long hard look at yourself during the summer months. You’re not wanted within the community by any honest and respecting gamer. All of your loyal minions that worship your plagiarizing self are simply worshipping a false idol. How anyone can defend your actions is beyond my comprehension and understanding.
I would like to end this letter by addressing my readers and the FM community, to say thank you. Thank you for your support during this time. Many people supported my actions yesterday, standing up for something that weall believe is right. The correct way to go about things. For that, I say a great big thank you.
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发表于 2012-6-9 18:39
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