Announcement - [NEW ALERT!] Resource Blacklist - The resources you should definitly not use

Avery · 2015-02-09T08:39:20+0900

I have made this list a while ago on a German forum, but I thought it would be useful to have it here as well. If there's any problem with it, please tell me. I don't want any discussion about using Rips the chance of getting punished for using stolen stuff, this is just to give you the information, so noone can say "I didn't know about this". You can suggest other stuff to add, but please include links to the original sources or screens of the game where the things are ripped off. 1. The Avadan Ship This is maybe one of the most famoust ships for RM VX and Ace - and sadly nearly as famous for including ripped parts. Archeia detected this here, but there are still many people using it, some don't know about this fact, some just don't care. Spoiler Spoiler Original: The Ship by Avadan (one of it's many versions, this is just for showing, DO NOT USE THIS!) What you could use instead: Spoiler Spoiler I am working on a ship tileset, there is a full functional base yet: Avery's Ship Celianna has an awesome one. Schnecke/Snail made another one. And there is this Edit of the XP-Ship; you would need to owm RMXP to be allowed to use it (and to ask someone to translate the japanese terms). 2. The "Big Icon Set" One of the most aweful violations of the terms I ever saw (and a very successful, too -_-) Here we have: stolen stuff of various RPG-Artists who's terms also tell people not to repost (without any credits, of course) and also ripped stuff. If no credits and the many different styled weren't enough hints, here is a clear: delete it! Spoiler Spoiler Some of the original sources: http://ccw.blog.shinobi.jp/アイコン素材/ http://whitecafe.sakura.ne.jp/material.html And games where the rips come from: Ragnarok Online Fire Emblem Alternative stuff Spoiler Spoiler Yeah, I know, it is a lot more work than just pasting a large sheet, but: http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/27484-grannys-lists-balloons-and-icons/ includes nearly all legal sources for icons, and with slimmeiske's great list you have also easy access to the terms of the Japanese artists. 3. Nightfox' stuff Nightfox was a German ...artist back then. In fact, he stole parts of the work of other people and used rips. He never made clear what he got where, so just don't use anything that can be found in his thread. Spoiler Spoiler The graphics are left inside the thread so people can go and check what NOT to use. Nightfox' Ressourcen 4. VXresourceplanet A large resource Site... well, they just mostly "forget" to mention, who made the stuff what is posted there. Random things from around the web, violating the terms of different artists and nearly no credits, great. Spoiler Spoiler VXresourceplanet DO NOT USE THE THINGS FOUND THERE! Example for stolen stuff: this post and this one Original source is Vibrato, the stuff can be found in this huge Pack by him you can download on this site. There are no credits given, even though it is against his terms, translated here. 5. Some statues There are also some Terranigma statues which are mostly used in some XP-Projects Spoiler Spoiler 6. Zanyzora/Teamanti See the Terranigma statues above? Zanyzora/Teamanti posted them, just for example. This was a site with a lot of cool XP-Edits... mixed up with rips. Since the site went offline, the stuff is spread all over the web and it's nearly impossible to say where it can be found. But since Zanyzora mostly forgot to tell us about used rips, don't use anything with this name in the credits without beeing very sure that only XP-tiles were the base for that (she had some autotiles for example that can be used without any issues). An example (thanks to PandaMaru for finding the original sources!): Spoiler Spoiler Golden Axe Screen (the throne in the BG): Suikoden II Screen (the pines): Castlevania: Set with the rips: Second Example: Spoiler Spoiler Illusion of time screen: Set with rips: Third example Spoiler Spoiler Original source: http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/thenewpage/levels.html Ripped set: and another one Spoiler Spoiler Original source: e.g.: http://uo.stratics.com/database/view.php?db_content=gameitem&id=2405&cat=851 7. Ragnarok Whenever you read Ragnarok or Ragnarok online anywhere in the credits, be suspicious! This is an online game and guess what - those graphics are not free to use! The game has a very own graphic style and the rips are mostly labeled as battlers, chars or sometimes there are also icons Art examples: Spoiler Spoiler http://rns.gamona.de/index.php?show=monster_re&act=search&key=Desert+Wolf 8. BenBen/Kaliban and Hanzo Kimura The BenBen Tiles were released after the game was cancelled and they are very popular. Sadly they contain Rips and they should not be used! Spoiler Spoiler Example for ripped stuff in the BenBen-Tiles: Ridley (Metroid): Example for stolen stuff in the BenBen-Tiles: Terms of Studio Pickle (no repost): http://www008.upp.so-net.ne.jp/newiceax/framepage1.htm charsets: http://www008.upp.so-net.ne.jp/newiceax/framepage1.htm (parts…

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TheoAllen

#161 Nov 11, 2017, 01:05 AM Source

We took inspiration from everywhere directly or indirectly. Taking inspiration is ok I guess. Every artist should have their own signature in their art even they're taking inspiration from other.
GrandmaDeb

#162 Dec 22, 2017, 11:13 AM Source

Avery, thank you again for making this thread, and more importantly, for not only finding alternatives (which is work!) but actually creating materials to provide alternatives yourself, which is redemptive work. =] And lovely, to boot!

I have posted Ayaween's dragon in the past. I appreciate being able to come here and trust your post. I like that people are being fair and square and following the standards we are trying to follow, respect and uphold - in this case I am assuming you and Ayaween. =] (I have the name down as Ayaveen in my records, so any post by me will be labelled that way from the past.)

Again, thanks.

Avery said:
I have made this list a while ago on a German forum, but I thought it would be useful to have it here as well. If there's any problem with it, please tell me.

10. Ayaween's Dragon

After all those years, Ayaween is not able to give a full credit list and so he does not want anybody to use it anymore.
WallCat

#163 Feb 19, 2018, 05:02 AM Source

I was about to use some world map tiles from Avadan based on a list by GrandmaDeb on her blog a few years ago, but seeing him mentioned in this thread gave me pause. Could someone help me figure out whether or not these tiles are okay to use?

Spoiler
Roseredpinball

#164 Mar 15, 2018, 01:34 AM Source

Thanks for posting this, I had no idea! Still, arghhhh, so we can't use the Big Iconset? Ugh, what am I supposed to do now though? I won't use it, but it had such a comprehensive list of icons. I know there are individual iconsets, but what if the iconset I'm using doesn't have a particular type of icon I need? Big Iconset had pretty much everything... I guess I could take several iconsets and paste them into one big one for personal use, but idk how to do that and it seems hard... and rpgmaker only lets you use one iconset at a time, it won't let you switch between iconsets and just... UGHHHH it's not fair! T.T
bgillisp

#165 Mar 15, 2018, 01:36 AM Source

@Roseredpinball : Here's the easy way. Take the Big Icon set, and delete all the icons, but keep the image size the same. Then, move over all the icons you want to use. Since the image size was untouched, you will have all that empty space for all your icons.

Edit: Use GIMP to do what I suggest. It's free. Will take a while to learn to use, but it will do what I suggested in the end.
Roseredpinball

#166 Mar 15, 2018, 03:35 AM Source

bgillisp said:
@Roseredpinball : Here's the easy way. Take the Big Icon set, and delete all the icons, but keep the image size the same. Then, move over all the icons you want to use. Since the image size was untouched, you will have all that empty space for all your icons.

Edit: Use GIMP to do what I suggest. It's free. Will take a while to learn to use, but it will do what I suggested in the end.

I may just have to, thanks. I have Gimp already installed and I kinda know how to use it lol. Edit: Ah, I did a bit of searching and, for anyone in the same boat as me, I did find an excellent program for combining both individual icons into iconsets and multiple iconsets into one iconset: https://divisionheaven.me/material-list/scripts/icon-and-face-utility/
Roseredpinball

#167 Mar 31, 2018, 12:19 AM Source

Don't know if this one has been added yet but whatever you do don't download stuff posted by a guy named halfdead the rpg nut on gdunlimited.net. He's posted content from Closet without credit and despite the fact that Closet has explicitly stated NOT to redistribute their materials. Here's a link to one of his posts: http://www.gdunlimited.net/resources/image/4548/face195a and here's a post to the original material on Closet's site: http://eurs.blog65.fc2.com/?tag=【顔】子ども (you may have to scroll down a bit)
Alexander Hawksmoor

#168 Apr 13, 2018, 12:02 PM Source

So Ben ben's trees are not to be used then?
I'm just confused as I found them on Grandma debs site and they seemed legit to use. Since my games going commercial I'd rather be 100% sure. Not to accuse grandma deb of anything, maybe it was posted before this whole thing got brought to light!
bgillisp

#169 Apr 13, 2018, 12:31 PM Source

Grandmadeb's been really busy for the last couple of years. I imagine they haven't had time to update their resources. But for now I'd say avoid those trees, or anything posted by that person.
Alexander Hawksmoor

#170 Apr 13, 2018, 08:13 PM Source

Ahhhh crap I just started using them...well on one map as placeholders anyway. Why is the best stuff always stolen lol.
Marquise*

#171 Apr 14, 2018, 01:22 AM Source

@Alexander Hawksmoor Someone telling themselves being artists wrote in a book that all the best artists stole from somewhere... *sigh*
Windows i7

#172 Apr 14, 2018, 02:35 AM Source

Alexander Hawksmoor said:
Ahhhh crap I just started using them...well on one map as placeholders anyway. Why is the best stuff always stolen lol.

When people steal work, they're not going to go for low quality stuff usually. This is why you should be careful to make sure you're getting assets from an official source if at all possible. Doing reverse image searches can often help with that,
Marquise*

#173 Apr 14, 2018, 06:15 AM Source

With all my past I should feel complimented but I just feel victim and poorer. :D
starlight dream

#174 Apr 14, 2018, 07:31 AM Source

Marquise* said:
With all my past I should feel complimented but I just feel victim and poorer.

LOL Some compliments can break our heart :kaocry:

BenBen and Avadan? Sigh.

@Windows i7 has a great point. It goes for Art of all sorts, if it's too good to be true..
Avery

#175 Apr 14, 2018, 07:36 AM Source

I think GrandmaDeb contacted him about the trees and he claimed that he made them myself,
BUT
It was already years after the tilesets were released and there is always the chance that he just not remembered or admitted or that "only" parts are stolen etc. I would always reference Kaus, who claimed "all the rest of the tiles are 100% my own" while there was still e.g. my bed he stole and claimed as his own. There are so many good trees, seriously.
Why bother with these?

Good trees:
Ace
Celianna
PandaMaru
Venere-Marte #1 #2
http://dot.iku4.com/

MV
PandaMaru
NuraRay
Cyanide

... and many more
Alexander Hawksmoor

#176 Apr 14, 2018, 08:11 AM Source

Dem vx ace trees though, DEM VX ACE TREES THOUGH...just beautiful. I mean the other ones are great too, but...dem vx ace trees though!
Kes

#177 Apr 14, 2018, 10:45 AM Source

@Alexander Hawksmoor I know that after the BenBen thing came to light, GrandmaDeb went through the whole trees thing very thoroughly. She was able to track down which bit of the trees came from where, and who to credit. If you got your trees from her site, then do some hunting and somewhere she lists explicitly who to credit for which tree. For example, tana for one, Mack for another, and so on. They are usable if you do your crediting carefully.

Knowing this is one of the few advantages of having been around a long time and lived through assorted events and crises.
Alexander Hawksmoor

#178 Apr 14, 2018, 10:50 AM Source

Thanks Kes, appreciated.
Mooshry

#179 Oct 14, 2018, 03:26 AM Source

And this is why you don't use the slood from Dragon Quest IX in your iconset.
DOTP_DREAMWALKER

#180 Nov 10, 2018, 08:37 AM Source

Still gonna use the big Iconset (for now). I was already making my own icons anyway.