At 4/14/20 03:19 AM, Lizzardis wrote:I have a feeling that this
//www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752504
And this
//www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752502
Are stolen from this Youtube channel: A Voice In The Desert
My only issue is, I can't find which video is stolen... Any help here before we flag it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odT3kKpSTJc
At 4/14/20 03:19 AM, Lizzardis wrote:I have a feeling that this
//www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752504
And this
//www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752502
Are stolen from this Youtube channel: A Voice In The Desert
My only issue is, I can't find which video is stolen... Any help here before we flag it?
Looking through that profile and then the youtube channel, it seems like every single video on that Newgrounds profile is stolen. The account should be banned in my opinion. I've reported all of their videos.
https://endtimes.newgrounds.com/movies/
After a bit of digging, I found another similar channel. Their videos are also stolen from this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQR2uUVbCJOHdJfSRWQw4Uw , more specifically this playlist.
EDIT:I just found another https://joe98.newgrounds.com
It's likely all 3 of these are run by the same person, considering they're all stealing from similar sources.
How do you we handle RPG maker games? Is it based on the effort they used, or just blammed?
At 4/14/20 11:48 AM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:How do you we handle RPG maker games? Is it based on the effort they used, or just blammed?
There have been a few RPG maker games that have passed judgement and I don't think they've been removed, so I guess as long as they put in good effort they're allowed.
At 4/14/20 09:15 AM, DrakoFangs wrote:https://endtimes.newgrounds.com/movies/
After a bit of digging, I found another similar channel. Their videos are also stolen from this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQR2uUVbCJOHdJfSRWQw4Uw , more specifically this playlist.
At 4/14/20 03:19 AM, Lizzardis wrote:I have a feeling that this
//www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752504
And this
//www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752502
Are stolen from this Youtube channel: A Voice In The Desert
My only issue is, I can't find which video is stolen... Any help here before we flag it?
Damn, can't believe they've been doing this for about a month now. What is it about Christian cartoons that would drive someone to steal with 3 separate accounts?
Speaking of which, they are back with more.
More stolen stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQuDb4ypC7A
At 4/15/20 09:01 AM, DrakoFangs wrote://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752591
More stolen stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQuDb4ypC7A
If you look at that user's BBS posts, they are linking to the Youtube videos. I think it might be the same person. Wouldn't hurt to send a Youtube DM or something.
At 4/15/20 09:51 AM, GUTHRIE wrote:At 4/15/20 09:01 AM, DrakoFangs wrote://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752591
More stolen stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQuDb4ypC7A
If you look at that user's BBS posts, they are linking to the Youtube videos. I think it might be the same person. Wouldn't hurt to send a Youtube DM or something.
I really doubt that, and even if they are the youtuber, some of the youtube videos themselves appear to be taken from other places. Linking to the original youtube channel means nothing because the youtube channel itself has not provided any proof they own most of the stuff in the videos they post and to be honest, while I try to be open minded these videos seem like really shitty religious propaganda. I don't think anyone here would care if they were gone. Also, there's still the matter of 3 multiple accounts posting the same videos. I don't think that's allowed.
At 4/15/20 11:20 AM, DrakoFangs wrote:At 4/15/20 09:51 AM, GUTHRIE wrote:I really doubt that, and even if they are the youtuber, some of the youtube videos themselves appear to be taken from other places. Linking to the original youtube channel means nothing because the youtube channel itself has not provided any proof they own most of the stuff in the videos they post and to be honest, while I try to be open minded these videos seem like really shitty religious propaganda. I don't think anyone here would care if they were gone. Also, there's still the matter of 3 multiple accounts posting the same videos. I don't think that's allowed.At 4/15/20 09:01 AM, DrakoFangs wrote://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752591
More stolen stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQuDb4ypC7A
If you look at that user's BBS posts, they are linking to the Youtube videos. I think it might be the same person. Wouldn't hurt to send a Youtube DM or something.
It definitely matches other patterns of submitting stolen content, and you're probably right, I just want to be cautious!
At 4/14/20 11:20 PM, Pokemonpoeguygcn wrote:What is it that would drive someone to 3 separate accounts?
The limit of 2 submissions per day.
At 4/15/20 09:01 AM, DrakoFangs wrote://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752591
More stolen stuff
I'm checking into this. In the mean time, I'd suggest you avoid posting comments like this before we moderators have investigated and made a determination.
You may want to pay attention too, @Lizzardis, before you flag your "goldmine."
At 4/15/20 07:32 PM, TheGameFan2020 wrote:This Art Should Be E!
No, it should be D! Delete.
At 4/15/20 10:10 PM, TheGameFan2020 wrote:Porn footage
Ummmm. Imma tellin yer mom. :3
Either way, hopefully I made the right call.
You did. It's too fishy to be legit. As a mod myself, I agree with you. It's either stolen, or a weak spamming attempt, and either way, it's a point well made.
At 4/15/20 10:10 PM, TheGameFan2020 wrote:Porn footageUmmmm. Imma tellin yer mom. :3
I think this is a resubmission.
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752712
At 4/16/20 12:52 PM, GUTHRIE wrote:At 4/15/20 10:10 PM, TheGameFan2020 wrote:Porn footageUmmmm. Imma tellin yer mom. :3
I think this is a resubmission.
//www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752712
Consider this a re-unsubmission then.
This is tripping my stolen submission alarm. The art is good quality but it's a 30 minute loop. The icon doesn't match. And the user hasn't submitted anything else. Anybody seen this before? My google-fu hasn't brought anything up yet.
Edit: found it!
I got a spam user who messaged me.
ManuelVilla is at it again by stealing flash submissions and swapping out their symbols, sprites and other artwork.
Stolen:
Original here:
Stolen:
Original:
Stolen:
Original:
Stolen:
Original:
At 4/17/20 09:56 AM, Lizzardis wrote:At 4/15/20 12:44 PM, Exedor wrote:At 4/15/20 09:01 AM, DrakoFangs wrote://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/752591I'm checking into this. In the mean time, I'd suggest you avoid posting comments like this before we moderators have investigated and made a determination.
More stolen stuff
You may want to pay attention too, @Lizzardis, before you flag your "goldmine."
By the way @Exedor, I know you might not be happy with me posting this guys links at the moment but I'm mainly posting them because if you guys do deem them as stolen, people can still flag them once you've made that decision, yet ever so slightly before you delete them as to gain those sweet sweet whistle points!
What if we deem them not stolen? Sweet sweet whistle points turn into sour loss of rank.
Blam clubs have been banned. That's when one user posts about a submission and others pile on. Group flaggings are dealt with severely. Why? Because users are not flagging because they discovered a rulebreaking submission, but because someone else reported something that may or may not be the case. Whistle rank is not a gift, to get your friends up to some level. It's a badge that shows you have discerned correctly with your reporting. When you post and people flag based only on your post, they could lose what little rank they have, and what they may have earned with real effort.
It's not difficult to get and keep rank. There's plenty of E rated nudes that come thru the Art Portal. There are stolen songs kids post to use in Geometry Dash. There is a user who has a Deity whistle and only flags correctly about 2 out of 3 flags. That means about one third are wrong. Somehow, he keeps his whistle rank, so he doesn't know how often he misses the mark, but it's a lot.
What we really should be doing here is waiting til most things pass Judgement before removing them. They only need to be removed if they don't get blammed, right? That way, we'd get those sweet and rare Blam Points. This thread was intended for quick action against the real-porn clip submissions, or the screamers that take over your printer, or stolen content that would pass. Gameplay videos might pass, so we remove them before that happens. But we all lose a lot of Blam Points on things that are reported and removed quickly instead of being left a bit longer to be blammed.
I'm just wondering though, in all seriousness, how exactly do you mods investigate & come to a determination in cases like this? Would you contact the accounts author? Or do something else?
All of the above. I've contacted authors here on Newgrounds, but also via other sites. We do searches and contact via social media sites and various other things. Sometimes, it takes users a while to post a reply over there, so we can't do too much over here right away. If it takes a few days, well, we'll have 25 things to remove instead of 20 or 15. Not that big of a deal. But, what if those 15 or 20 or 25 were legit and were flagged? Now, can you see the potential hit to someone's rank? If we determine them to be crap and we remove them, then you can post the "he's at it again" posts. But until they're officially so, it's ok to back off on posting about every single one.
Hope that sheds some light on it all.
This guy has been posting a lot of SFM content to the art portal, this being his latest example:
According to the NG Wiki, under Art:
"Do not submit images made from public files (such as scene creators). Content created using 'scene creator' programs does not count as your creation. The artist who created the game also created the pieces, so the art is considered to be their work.
This includes art made with Source Filmmaker; if you did not create the character models, please do not share your piece in the Art Portal. If you are creating your own models and your work is removed, PM Tom. Also be careful not to produce the art equivalent of shovelware, by uploading large numbers of similar entries to the Art Portal. Activity such as this lead to a growing community backlash against SFM. We are looking at ways to address this long-term but for now it is a touchy category."
I have this assessment about correct, right?
Hi everyone, hope you're all safe and healthy. We're fine over here. Just fine. Can't wait to leave my apartment though.
I found a video that was ripped off from youtube.
At 4/22/20 03:24 AM, Lizzardis wrote:
Just off the cuff though, what are we doing going forward about this guy? Should I keep posting his videos, or should I just not until we have a clear answer?
Since the account is well known to the moderator team, I think further reports are not needed unless newly submitted videos break other rules than the older ones and require immediate action (like auto-forwarding to malicous sites for example).
At 4/22/20 03:24 AM, Lizzardis wrote:Okay, so this guys is still uploading videos:
And:
DO NOT DO ANYTHING FOR NOW.
Pretty much.
I am going to reply to you soon @exedor regarding moderation investigations, so thank you for getting back to me.
No prob.
Just off the cuff though, what are we doing going forward about this guy? Should I keep posting his videos, or should I just not until we have a clear answer?
We have an answer. This is a team of individuals, but as such, it appears they are not alt accounts of the same individual, and so they may submit. Flagging is not advised. If things change, or if the more-slideshow-ish ones (vs the more animated ones) become an issue, we may revisit this at that time.
Hello, All.
Just checking in to let you know what's been going on in my life the past few weeks. When the insanity hit, I was on the road, going from (near-empty) office to office, setting up businesses for remote access. I had very little, if any, direct human interaction - we'd set up the appointment, all the hardware needed was onsite in an accessible room, and any machines I needed to touch were wiped down. I still wore my latex gloves and mask (they don't fit as nice or look as sexy as my leather gloves and mask, but who was I going to impress?) and got the work done. This went on for about 16 days, and then it quieted down. I started doing most of my work from the home office, and a lot of it was support for the new users who had to get used to all the remote access tools.
Over time, they quieted down, and I'm now focusing on programming and moving some key projects forward. Cash flow has become an issue: my clients will pay me eventually (had good discussions with them all) but until they get some funding in (either from their sources or that small business loan deal) I'm down to about 40% of expected income. As long as my clients don't go out of business, I will eventually get caught up.
I haven't left my house for almost 2 weeks now, going outside only to take the trash to the curb. I rely on local stores and shops for food and supplies, paying by credit card, and letting them drop it off on the porch, where I wipe everything down and keep things clean.
As such, I have been feeling fine, no symptoms at all - it seems that I was social distancing before it was popular, so this isn't too hard for me to adapt to. I will be online here more, and now it's just a waiting game.
However, Covid-19 has hit close to me. My sister, who is 5 years younger (but still no spring chicken) tested positive on Monday. She picked it up at her job (essential personnel, transportation industry) from some careless delivery idiots who not only got her, but the 4 folks she worked with -and a few other businesses. She wasn't feeling well last week, went to the doctor on Friday, he ran some tests, and had the bad news on Monday.
Fortunately, other than being tired, she is breathing fine and even working remotely for the same job. We're keeping an eye on her, but to make matters worse, my 77 year old mother lives with her (has a separate apartment) and was playing cards with my sister over the weekend, before she got the bad news. Now, my sister, brother in law and mother are all quarantined and being monitored. The last time I was at there house was 29-March, well before the shit hit the fan.
Yeah, so I'm okay - but now I'm worried about my family in the next town over. I can only hope and pray that they don't become too sick for them to handle this at home.
With that in mind, when I read about the [fill in the long list of expletives in multiple languages, including Klingon ] idiots who are violating the stay-home order because they want the right to go out and get sick, and then get nasty when they are confronted, I have the very un-Christian desire that they all get sick, and get their families sick, and experience the reality of this virus as it truly is. Bodies buried in mass graves in Central Park; thousands stored in refrigerated trailers; people dying alone, no family around them - and the survivors get no closure. This shit is real, and it's not playing fair.
Add to that the other 'red' states that are planning to open up their states soon, because business is more important than life. Right now, you can work with just about any bank, credit card, car loan or other debtors to postpone payments, adding them to the end, and letting you slide for a few months, Yes,you have to make a few phone calls, but they will work with you, and ease the burden until life begins to get back to normal. There is no need for impatience or greed; we've come this far - let's not lose it all before we get to the end.
I'm sorry about the rant, but I'm tired and worried and scared, and it's going to be a while before any of us feel close to normal again. I sincerely hope all of you here in the Barracks and Newgrounds, and your families and friends, are safe and sound, and I thank all of you for your friendship, hard work and dedication to the Barracks and this site - it really does give me something to look forward to.
I know I'm not the only one with problems now, so if anyone reading this wants/needs someone to talk to, please PM me or post it here, whatever you're comfortable with. Remember, we can be alone, and not be lonely, as long as we know we can reach out to someone else at any time.
Thanks for listening, all. Now, let's get back to doing what we do best - keeping Newgrounds safe for all.
Well done, everyone!
*Salutes*
At 4/22/20 11:15 PM, byteslinger wrote:Hello, All.
Just checking in to let you know what's been going on in my life the past few weeks. When the insanity hit, I was on the road, going from (near-empty) office to office, setting up businesses for remote access. I had very little, if any, direct human interaction - we'd set up the appointment, all the hardware needed was onsite in an accessible room, and any machines I needed to touch were wiped down. I still wore my latex gloves and mask (they don't fit as nice or look as sexy as my leather gloves and mask, but who was I going to impress?) and got the work done. This went on for about 16 days, and then it quieted down. I started doing most of my work from the home office, and a lot of it was support for the new users who had to get used to all the remote access tools.
Over time, they quieted down, and I'm now focusing on programming and moving some key projects forward. Cash flow has become an issue: my clients will pay me eventually (had good discussions with them all) but until they get some funding in (either from their sources or that small business loan deal) I'm down to about 40% of expected income. As long as my clients don't go out of business, I will eventually get caught up.
I haven't left my house for almost 2 weeks now, going outside only to take the trash to the curb. I rely on local stores and shops for food and supplies, paying by credit card, and letting them drop it off on the porch, where I wipe everything down and keep things clean.
As such, I have been feeling fine, no symptoms at all - it seems that I was social distancing before it was popular, so this isn't too hard for me to adapt to. I will be online here more, and now it's just a waiting game.
However, Covid-19 has hit close to me. My sister, who is 5 years younger (but still no spring chicken) tested positive on Monday. She picked it up at her job (essential personnel, transportation industry) from some careless delivery idiots who not only got her, but the 4 folks she worked with -and a few other businesses. She wasn't feeling well last week, went to the doctor on Friday, he ran some tests, and had the bad news on Monday.
Fortunately, other than being tired, she is breathing fine and even working remotely for the same job. We're keeping an eye on her, but to make matters worse, my 77 year old mother lives with her (has a separate apartment) and was playing cards with my sister over the weekend, before she got the bad news. Now, my sister, brother in law and mother are all quarantined and being monitored. The last time I was at there house was 29-March, well before the shit hit the fan.
Yeah, so I'm okay - but now I'm worried about my family in the next town over. I can only hope and pray that they don't become too sick for them to handle this at home.
With that in mind, when I read about the [fill in the long list of expletives in multiple languages, including Klingon ] idiots who are violating the stay-home order because they want the right to go out and get sick, and then get nasty when they are confronted, I have the very un-Christian desire that they all get sick, and get their families sick, and experience the reality of this virus as it truly is. Bodies buried in mass graves in Central Park; thousands stored in refrigerated trailers; people dying alone, no family around them - and the survivors get no closure. This shit is real, and it's not playing fair.
Add to that the other 'red' states that are planning to open up their states soon, because business is more important than life. Right now, you can work with just about any bank, credit card, car loan or other debtors to postpone payments, adding them to the end, and letting you slide for a few months, Yes,you have to make a few phone calls, but they will work with you, and ease the burden until life begins to get back to normal. There is no need for impatience or greed; we've come this far - let's not lose it all before we get to the end.
I'm sorry about the rant, but I'm tired and worried and scared, and it's going to be a while before any of us feel close to normal again. I sincerely hope all of you here in the Barracks and Newgrounds, and your families and friends, are safe and sound, and I thank all of you for your friendship, hard work and dedication to the Barracks and this site - it really does give me something to look forward to.
I know I'm not the only one with problems now, so if anyone reading this wants/needs someone to talk to, please PM me or post it here, whatever you're comfortable with. Remember, we can be alone, and not be lonely, as long as we know we can reach out to someone else at any time.
Thanks for listening, all. Now, let's get back to doing what we do best - keeping Newgrounds safe for all.
Well done, everyone!
*Salutes*
Hanging in there, and trying to keep optimistic about all of this. I hope the very best for you and and your family.
Same to the rest of you all. *salutes*
At 4/22/20 11:15 PM, byteslinger wrote:Hello, All.
Damn, it's awful to hear about your sister. I really hope the rest of your family stays healthy.
Take care of yourself.
