Plagiarism is not tolerated in anyway. Now I just realized that 'creator of zombies' participated in plagiarizing a script. I realize that there is a 30% chance that people can choose the same script to edit, the same values and same animations. But 70% says that it is a direct copy.
I know that to some people who want to fit it, 'borrowing' another users script is their key to success. It isn't. If you can't explain HOW something works yet keep producing, people will look at you wrong. And discovery is a lot worse then admittance.
If people are able to ignore their conscience for copying a few simple lines, then what about models? Games? How many of you have noticed any model copying going on? I haven't, but I had to go looking for an old script to suddenly see one script that was blatantly plagiarized.
I urge this community to mark its work directly, in someway keep your work recognizable as your own. Hopefully this problem is only minuscule or non-existent, or maybe just the craziness of being here too long. I wish it to be so.
What I Noticed:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=72579&b=23 Creator of Zombies
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=59476&b=23 Conner94
I think Conner only changed a few values of a normal script, but the points I make are indeed the use of that particular animation. I think it was mentioned in only 2 threads... I haven't seen it much since. It would also put the accused at this thread in the end run.
The Perfect Copy. Even if it were originally edited, it should be made differently, small discrepancys to tell them apart due to others ways of scripting... the chances of these discrepancys are generally bigger as the script grows more complex.
Perfect Value, 5 isn't the universal melee value, there is 10, 15, 20...
Not knowing if it works, I would think a new person at scripting would run their script (I include myself as a exception, my computer was slow, running XP, and after I got a laptop that was better then my desk, I tested more often)
Now if these strike you as enough to make an acusation, then take your word to the forums, see if there is anything that is familiar out there. I gave him a 30% chance of innocence because it is plausable that one might just make the same choices as another.
A note to the Mod:
If you find it 'intimidating' of the individual at hand to be named, go ahead and blot it out. I know that people react more when names are used, and when sources are cited. My aim is not to reproach the accused for his actions, but to make the populus aware that these actions may be taking place.
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