Hi,
I'm NinjaOtis, and I am concerned about the future of this popular custom map because both the creators have edited the map to a point of imbalance and then went "AFK" without any way of contacting them for the rights to the map or anything. This makes me think that both these users are the same person under a different account name.
Getting to my point...
Does anyone know how to crack a protected map such as this one?
Please private message me with information or post it here.
I would like to take ownership of this game not only because I am more responsible than most players but I understand the dynamics of this game, as a champion of multiple tournaments.
Thank you for your help.
That's your opinion mate, and I'm glad it doesn't matter. Sixen made an explicit call on that topic and whether we agree or not isn't the point - I'm helping the OP further his cause within what's allowed specifically on this website. I'm just as free to do that as you are to tell the OP that his request is ridiculous, and I happen to think your stance here is stupid, leaving us at an impasse.
There will be no way for the popularity to be the same as DSvTurtle/vSquare and as I said, the creator of this map has been so unresponsive to requests made over the past year on the sc2ds.com website that it makes me think he'll never come back. There are inexcusable glitches and imbalances created by the person (Turtle) who Squarely handed the map down to. The problems are terribly easy to fix, even a retard who has no experience with the editor could patch them. It isn't stealing when the creator is no longer there to respond to emails or patch his own map.
Restoration attempts HAVE been made, and at this point it is in the best interest to the community for the map to be updated by a responsible person such as myself.
Its 10x more difficult to come up with an idea than it is to take one
pre-made for you and expanding on it.
I disagree. Ideas are as cheap as dirt. Implementing that idea properly is the difficult part, which leads me right back to "If someone else can implement it better..."
Definitely agree with that. It is easy to destroy a map with changes that are bad than it is to perfectly balance it while continually adding new content and features. I do not want to take the map for the map itself, but for it's popularity, as a new edition will stand no chance.
In general, I agree. It's far from watertight though. Someone who simply has more time on his hands might outdo you by taking your map and adding one tiny feature to it. There, better map, but barely a case of 'the original author doesn't deserve it'. I don't want to argue whether coming up with an idea is more work than implementing it, but 'cheap as dirt' seems an overstatement as well; if this really were true then all game genres should've been created within a year after the PC becoming accessible, and nothing should be new anymore.
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Hi, I'm NinjaOtis, and I am concerned about the future of this popular custom map because both the creators have edited the map to a point of imbalance and then went "AFK" without any way of contacting them for the rights to the map or anything. This makes me think that both these users are the same person under a different account name.
Getting to my point... Does anyone know how to crack a protected map such as this one? Please private message me with information or post it here. I would like to take ownership of this game not only because I am more responsible than most players but I understand the dynamics of this game, as a champion of multiple tournaments. Thank you for your help.
Play Runecraft :D
Either way... we had a thread causing a shitstorm over this sometime back. Maybe this'll help you.
How about no, instead of stealing?
I wonder if this guy even knows how to use the editor.
Please dont make such ridiculous requests again!
WTF mozared?!...you dont deserve to be a mode if you help in this kind of cause
@zenx1: Go
That's your opinion mate, and I'm glad it doesn't matter. Sixen made an explicit call on that topic and whether we agree or not isn't the point - I'm helping the OP further his cause within what's allowed specifically on this website. I'm just as free to do that as you are to tell the OP that his request is ridiculous, and I happen to think your stance here is stupid, leaving us at an impasse.
@zenx1: Go
There will be no way for the popularity to be the same as DSvTurtle/vSquare and as I said, the creator of this map has been so unresponsive to requests made over the past year on the sc2ds.com website that it makes me think he'll never come back. There are inexcusable glitches and imbalances created by the person (Turtle) who Squarely handed the map down to. The problems are terribly easy to fix, even a retard who has no experience with the editor could patch them. It isn't stealing when the creator is no longer there to respond to emails or patch his own map.
Restoration attempts HAVE been made, and at this point it is in the best interest to the community for the map to be updated by a responsible person such as myself.
If someone else can take your own map further than you can, you don't deserve it in the first place.
Its 10x more difficult to come up with an idea than it is to take one pre-made for you and expanding on it.
I disagree. Ideas are as cheap as dirt. Implementing that idea properly is the difficult part, which leads me right back to "If someone else can implement it better..."
@Eiviyn: Go
Definitely agree with that. It is easy to destroy a map with changes that are bad than it is to perfectly balance it while continually adding new content and features. I do not want to take the map for the map itself, but for it's popularity, as a new edition will stand no chance.
In general, I agree. It's far from watertight though. Someone who simply has more time on his hands might outdo you by taking your map and adding one tiny feature to it. There, better map, but barely a case of 'the original author doesn't deserve it'. I don't want to argue whether coming up with an idea is more work than implementing it, but 'cheap as dirt' seems an overstatement as well; if this really were true then all game genres should've been created within a year after the PC becoming accessible, and nothing should be new anymore.