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[Jerico]

M'Kay

[Erinys]

Um...yeah. We don't do fan-created content here.

Sorry. Please do not post suggestions of this kind again.

--Arinn

[silvaril]

Heya

I missed what exactly that was, so excuse me if I just point to the Modding section instead:
viewforum.php?f=33


Of note is that suggestions made as regards background material can cause IP conflicts, and similar issues.

So this area is more about game play suggestions...

[Erinys]

Yeah, it's not about changing the game that already exists, it's about posting new keys or NPC's and other creative content. We could not use this material legally or morally regardless, and posting anything at all that resembles the work we have already done behind the scenes is just going to make it look as if we ripped some well-meaning fan off when the next update or game comes along. Which we absolutely do not ever need to deal with.

-Arinn

[Hari Seldon]

*snip* posting anything at all that resembles the work we have already done behind the scenes is just going to make it look as if we ripped some well-meaning fan off *snip*

What's the take on things like A Dreadfully Silly Picture and Morrigi Revenge in the SotS 1 Fiction thread? Similar issues?

[Erinys]

You've got to be kidding. That resembles nothing whatsoever that we have done or would EVER do with the real game! It's fan art done for the amusement of the community. Not someone outside of the company trying to design Characters that fit the pre-established patterns of the game, essentially trying to anticipate future development.

--Arinn

[Hari Seldon]

Sorry I guess a better example would be Morrigi revenge, in honor of: A dreadfully silly picture, since if a Morrigi Female dwelling was ever drawn in art or characters ever visited one in Lore, the question of if there are lots of alien plants from seeds from thousands of worlds (saved from the old Morrigi Confederation pre-collapse) in the garden might come up.

Or speculation whether there could be psionic defense modules on stations.

I hope that any fiction and speculation by anyone would not cause issues with "resembles the work we have already done behind the scenes" not that I expect it to I'm just worried.

[Mecron]

hari...sometimes its ok to just be quiet and not post.

[Nightshade]

Yeah, it's not about changing the game that already exists, it's about posting new keys or NPC's and other creative content. We could not use this material legally or morally regardless, and posting anything at all that resembles the work we have already done behind the scenes is just going to make it look as if we ripped some well-meaning fan off when the next update or game comes along. Which we absolutely do not ever need to deal with.

-Arinn

Yeah, that's kind of an issue in all fields of creative endeavor. Its why a lot of fan work gets discouraged, not because the creators want to but because its unsafe to not at least keep it at a good distance.