Leecherz

[Costello]

... its image are copied/linked/leeched, we all know that.

But did you guys know about this :
http://www.blurty.com/users/phr0zen/

(scroll down a little...)

...

what about an anti leech system?

thx to Nive (from playeradvance) for spotting this.

 

[Garp]

Hmm...we seem to have lost his post. No big loss, though. I will never understand why people will go to a place they don't like, take the time to register an account with said place that they don't like, and then waste even MORE time posting about how they don't like the place they are posting at. It just boggles my mind.

 

[KotaInka2]

Uhhh, Garp, we've had high count posters engaging it that activity. It's best not to try to understand their way of thinking or practices, lest you be tainted by their evil ways.

 

[Garp]

That's true...you get inside their mind and they just take over. lol
I'll stick to my tried and true practices of respect, understanding, and wimpiness.

 

[KotaInka2]

On a side note, your posting prowess as of late is turning into both a blessing and a curse. The curse is that I'm seeing my Photoshop efforts far more often than I would like. The blessing is that you said that they should last you to your 1000th post, which seems like it could be in the next week or two.

 

[Garp]

Maybe I should make another one and rotate them, eh? lmao

 

[the_unknown]

Hmm...we seem to have lost his post. No big loss, though. I will never understand why people will go to a place they don't like, take the time to register an account with said place that they don't like, and then waste even MORE time posting about how they don't like the place they are posting at. It just boggles my mind.

because i'm bored.

 

[T-hug]

Man loads of sites link to GBATemp screens.
When KiVan was here he used to mail them but I dont know where to see the infos that show who is linking.

Sometimes if a site does it for ages after we have mailed them, we swap the images for other 'not so nice images' and they usually stop.

Another suggestion if we don't script the link blocker, is to watermark the screens with www.GBATemp.net, but that is even more work for mods...

 

[Dragonlord]

Nah... that watermarking is stupid... it kills pictures and is like inviting peops to steal... although they would not get much... it tempts.

 

[Garp]

It's kind of like putting a kid into a room full of buttons and then telling him, "Don't push the buttons." Everyone knows what's going to happen.

 

[Dragonlord]

good example... hits the spot.

 

[chaoswolf82]

another good one but one those of you who have never read sluggy would be. putting a homocidal minilop rabbit in a room filled with telemarketers and telling him not to kill them. if your interested in what i mean and are confused then go to www.sluggy.com.

off topic:i think i should get a sig and avatar but im not sure of what.

 

[Tempest Stormwin]

The best proof I've ever seen about the watermarking inviting piracy is -- get this -- Nintendo itself. For those who have the Prime/Fusion nintendo guides, look on the pages with the pictures of other Metroid games. The Metroid Database's watermark is clearly visible on some of them. (The guy who runs it, TJ Rappel, was actually elated by this, but he's the world's biggest Metroid fan, so he'd naturally love seeing HIS copy of Metroid shown on the pages of Nintendo publications...)

Oh, and from what I've seen of sluggy, Bunbun gets old really quick. From what I've seen of it thus far, it's less than impressive, but I've got friends fanatical about it... maybe I just haven't read enough.

-Tempest out.-

 

[Garp]

Actually, yeah...I would probably take that as a compliment. Although I think it's funny that Nintendo doesn't have its own pictures of its own games. lol

 

[Dragonlord]

Sometimes Fan-Art is better than the original. I found once a fan art of Spyro which was miles better than the original... it could not compete in quality (was a water color drawing) but this guy had it's own presence, his own life, a great picture.

 

[chaoswolf82]

tempest to really get to love bun bun you have to read sluggy from the beginingi wasnt a sluggite till i did

 

[TmP_stryk]

As a mod and a news caretaker. I wouldn't mind the extra hassle it would take to fuss with the watermark.

 

[PhaTdrU]

*sigh* such is the price of fame... never knew that gbatemp gets leeched quite often...