As far as crackdowns becoming more popular goes, it might well be because we saw the release of two high-profile games recently, AM2R and Pokemon Uranium. I could easily imagine that other fangames didn't get backlash from nintendo because they didn't get as much attention, and they're just retroactively cracking down now. Granted, Iwata being a leading figure for a long time probably had some effect as well, but despite his own views, legal departments often just do their own thing.

Regardless of the games being not sold for money, it's not exactly kosher. Honestly, it's kinda surprising that they stayed up as long as they did.

Quote from: DarkestEx on September 13, 2016, 11:00:41 PM

Quote from: Turiq on September 13, 2016, 10:56:09 PM

Quote from: p2 on September 13, 2016, 10:10:20 PM
I really dont get us why Nintendo hates them all so much...
The creators of such games are their greatest fans and instad of losing money it's much more like they boost my interest to play even more nintendo games... (see all the clones online, start thinking about good old mario and zelda games since they are just like super effective advertising, want to play nintendo's stuff).
So why do they punish them instead of hire them...?
Hackers that beat a system are pretty often hired by the exact same company to improve their security stuff. So why are game developers that copy a game and create the same thing Nintendo needed a huge team for all on their own sued and punished instead of hired? Haven't they proven they 1) love nintendo's games 2) have the necessary knowledge/skills to create high-level games, too?

* p2 starts hating the game industry... Once they wanted to create games. Now they want to get rich

Edit: Using the name "Maryo" instead of Mario should be enough - The "Secret Maryo Chronicles" have been out since years and become pretty famous but never got banned iirc ^^

The problem is that Nintendo more or less has to crack down on fangames, due to copyright laws being s***ty. If they don't show active effort to defend their IPs, it opens the path for companies to make and sell legal knockoffs, because they'll have shown precedence for letting stuff slide. It's all around a bad situation, and not gonna improve anytime soon, but it is how it is.

They don't have to but the decide to do so. It's really just them trying to be d***s. There is no money to loose, just power to demostrate.

They don't *have* to, yes. But if they leave the stuff up, it becomes increasingly hard to argue against actual ripoffs in court. It's not a trade-off Nintendo is willing to make, apparently, and I don't entirely blame them for it.
For what it's worth, fangames, especially ones that keep trademarked franchise names and the like intact, are copyright infringement. While the intention of fangame devs may be very much pure, it's still illegal.

Quote from: p2 on September 13, 2016, 10:10:20 PM
I really dont get us why Nintendo hates them all so much...
The creators of such games are their greatest fans and instad of losing money it's much more like they boost my interest to play even more nintendo games... (see all the clones online, start thinking about good old mario and zelda games since they are just like super effective advertising, want to play nintendo's stuff).
So why do they punish them instead of hire them...?
Hackers that beat a system are pretty often hired by the exact same company to improve their security stuff. So why are game developers that copy a game and create the same thing Nintendo needed a huge team for all on their own sued and punished instead of hired? Haven't they proven they 1) love nintendo's games 2) have the necessary knowledge/skills to create high-level games, too?

* p2 starts hating the game industry... Once they wanted to create games. Now they want to get rich

Edit: Using the name "Maryo" instead of Mario should be enough - The "Secret Maryo Chronicles" have been out since years and become pretty famous but never got banned iirc ^^

The problem is that Nintendo more or less has to crack down on fangames, due to copyright laws being cty. If they don't show active effort to defend their IPs, it opens the path for companies to make and sell legal knockoffs, because they'll have shown precedence for letting stuff slide. It's all around a bad situation, and not gonna improve anytime soon, but it is how it is.

Quote from: Juju on September 13, 2016, 04:35:57 PM
Gravity Falls fan here, eh? I should definitely watch that one day.

Do. Gravity Falls is a gem.

[spoiler][/spoiler]

Woo, cluttered desktops. Also, woo, mismatched monitor resolutions :^)

Quote from: ordelore on February 29, 2016, 11:20:06 PM
My region just got raided by DEN, any advice?
Also, all the updates were implemented.

/late, but...
First off, if you can, avoid being in a founderless region. Those are massive security risks, since all of the power rests in the delegacy's hands.
If you absolutely must stay in a region without its founder, there's little you can do. If you, or anyone else in the region, is consistently around at 5 AM/PM, GMT, you can potentially spot newcomers from one of the common jump points, like Nugut or Violet Irises, and eject them. In short, grab an endorsement from someone and appoint yourself and anyone else you trust as security officers. This is far from ideal, though, since timings during tag-raids are usually less than 5 seconds. A minute tops, to de-appoint any officers in the region, after arrival.

If the region does have a founder, the simplest option by far is to remove any and all powers from the delegacy, most importantly the executive. This essentially lowers the risks of invasion to zero. Non-executive regions are rarely hit, but pretty much exclusively to break long-held delegate seats.

Or you could put up a password, which is non-ideal for a variety of reasons that should be pretty clear.

As far as things go, I'm afraid to say that I'm very much on the DEN side of the raiding metagame. It's good fun, and the people are great. Don't judge too much <3

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on January 13, 2016, 05:25:59 PM
Lol, now I'll confuse you, aeTIos and Turiq due to red colored anime avatars

Mine hasn't even been a red anime avatar since december-ish, though :v

Either way, here's a new one, 'cause G&P is life.

Quote from: Caleb Hansberry on January 13, 2016, 08:32:43 AM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on January 13, 2016, 08:30:09 AM
Depends. Wasn't there some derivatives from Christianity that advocated discrimination against certain groups of people, like Westboro Baptist Church?

That's actually a church, not a denomination, so they're very small and fringy. Over-publicized though. And I don't think there are any other christian groups that promote any sort of discrimination.

Not entirely true. Every religion has its radical groupings; some are just more prominent than others.
Some cursory research shows that there was a militant christian group fairly recently in the CAR, destroying every mosque it could get its hands on.
The LRA, over in Uganda, classifies itself as christian as well. The ones known for using child soldiers, massacres, widespread rape, among a host of other things.
Not to mention that it's not that long ago that there was major cross-denominational violence up in northern ireland.

So, yeah. You see intolerance and fanaticism everywhere, tbh.

Quote from: semiprocoder on January 10, 2016, 07:34:35 PM
Oh. All I have for 10% is most endorsments(I had four or so endorsments in the south pacific) and largest timber woodchipping industry.

Pfft~

So, I may have stepped on the fenced-off mine in the creative world. And blown some stuff up :v

The instant I saw the writing, I suspected Thing Explainer. Haven't bought it yet, but I plan to, 'cause Munroe is godly.

's been a couple weeks, and I do this on far too regular a basis, so wooo, new avatar.

I've been watching lots of Sergeant Frog recently.

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on November 30, 2015, 07:09:36 PM

Quote from: Turiq on November 18, 2015, 02:06:40 PM
Ooh, question. Is there any interest in me setting up a CW region?

I recall seeing one already or it was already taken?

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=codewalrus

Or maybe it's not related to CW and was created by somebody else?

That's a nation, rather than a region. In short, the former is something which that nation's creator controls directly, and is the vehicle through which issues are answered. The latter is a group of nations, with functions ranging from a regional message board to the election of a delegate.

And yeah, the nation exists. It's Juju's, if I'm not mistaken.

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on November 25, 2015, 09:02:51 AM
I suspect it's adult-only material. I hope it's not like those anime that one Omni member watched back in the days that were particularly gruesome, though. A lot of those seemed totally messed up, but that's the type of stuff that would be considered normal in Japan on TV.


Also I have 18 avatars

Oh no, not at all. It's just an enormous spoiler. Revealing it would ruin the fun.

Recently found this thing again.