Sony and MM ripping Off LBP Sackboy Designs? - Blu-ray Forum

stockstar1138 · 11-18-2008, 09:30 PM

http://community.eu.playstation.com/...cending&page=1

so they had a contest to design the best sackboy and now eerily similar sackboys are showing up on psn FOR CHARGE that were entered into the contest by contestants.

Simplayer · 11-18-2008, 09:48 PM

They're not even that similar.

dk3dknight · 11-18-2008, 09:55 PM

When you send a idea to the company its noted in this contests that you surrender any rights to the item.

If they decided to make anything out of those ideas its theres to use, what you think they were going to just toss out all other ideas?

Bizdady · 11-18-2008, 10:04 PM

Alot of similarities

air_max · 11-18-2008, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dk3dknight

When you send a idea to the company its noted in this contests that you surrender any rights to the item.

If they decided to make anything out of those ideas its theres to use, what you think they were going to just toss out all other ideas?

exactly. besides, this is completely within the context of this game. the costumes may have been based on what other people came up with, but doesn't that happen in the game as well with level creation?

Luis_A51 · 11-18-2008, 10:27 PM

You may surrender the rights to any submitted items (which is understandable)

But the whole point of LBP was "play, create, share"
Then they changed the share part to "share some, pay for the rest" because MM wanted top level creators to be compensated for their work.

Now if you surrender the rights to stuff you submit, its not longer about compensating gamers for their work. Its all about MM making extra cash from user created content.

Zipzap713 · 11-18-2008, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dk3dknight

When you send a idea to the company its noted in this contests that you surrender any rights to the item.

That was probably in the terms of contest.

jkwest · 11-19-2008, 12:13 AM

Seriously, though...you don't think they had a moto racer planned for the release of Motorstorm 2? I think its pure coincidence, IMO...

brett_day · 11-19-2008, 12:28 AM

they are similar...what was the contest...what could be won?

silversnake · 11-19-2008, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jkwest

Seriously, though...you don't think they had a moto racer planned for the release of Motorstorm 2? I think its pure coincidence, IMO...

Of course they had one planned. The guy probably did it knowing full well they would release one just to cry about it later. The shark one is similiar for sure but has some have said, when you enter the contest you give away all rights to your creation. That being said, if they picked it they should have given him something or some acknowledgment. It's also possible they had one already in mind considering they had an animal pack.

Goodguy818 · 11-19-2008, 02:42 AM

link is dead for me

Proteus · 11-19-2008, 11:34 PM

Not at all similar to me.

Having your head eaten by a shark and wearing a headpiece that looks like a shark are kinda two VERY different things. lol

toef · 11-20-2008, 12:00 AM

Here's as much of an official response as anyone will probably get:

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Originally Posted by Sam the Protagonist

This was always going to be a possibility when we ran the costumer competition - releasing new costumes which are similar in theme to ones that were entered. Here's the fact of the matter, the art team who are responsible for designing new original (ie unlicensed) costumes were involved at the very final stage of judging, by which time the number of entries had been whittled down to 10 from each batch of entries (Europe, Japan, USA).

If at any time we take inspiration from a costume competition entry that didn't win overall we will contact the creator directly.

KJH6926 · 11-20-2008, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Simplayer

They're not even that similar.

+1

j_rocca42 · 11-20-2008, 12:31 AM

meh...

Septimus Prime · 11-20-2008, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by j_rocca42

meh...

That's actually a word now.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/...itain_new_word

Marquoz · 11-20-2008, 12:58 AM

This guy is coming off more as a snippy sore loser then anything. He complains that they didn't instantly name the winner, it could be they released the winning design, but hadn't been able to contact the winner and didn't want to post his name before talking to him. Then goes on and is snarky when he says "Oh they learned from it blah blah when they announced the american one". He lost, and needs to get over himself.

The designs look similar yes, but that's about it. They are totally different concepts.

toef · 11-20-2008, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marquoz

This guy is coming off more as a snippy sore loser then anything. He complains that they didn't instantly name the winner, it could be they released the winning design, but hadn't been able to contact the winner and didn't want to post his name before talking to him. Then goes on and is snarky when he says "Oh they learned from it blah blah when they announced the american one". He lost, and needs to get over himself.

The designs look similar yes, but that's about it. They are totally different concepts.

I bet he made some user created levels that look like crappier versions of the Mm levels, and he's claiming they copied those as well.

j_rocca42 · 11-20-2008, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Septimus Prime

That's actually a word now.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/...itain_new_word

meh...

LOL, that is cool though.

rangers85 · 11-20-2008, 02:48 AM

That guy needs to learn the rules of competitions. Then again, I see only vague similarities. His costume is clearly a shark eating a sack boy's head. The costume is sack boy wearing a shark head to appear as a shark. Totally different concepts.

11-18-2008, 09:30 PM	#1
stockstar1138 Banned Member since:Apr 2007	Sony and MM ripping Off LBP Sackboy Designs? http://community.eu.playstation.com/...cending&page=1 so they had a contest to design the best sackboy and now eerily similar sackboys are showing up on psn FOR CHARGE that were entered into the contest by contestants.

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11-18-2008, 09:48 PM	#2
Simplayer Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Windsor, Ontario	They're not even that similar.

11-18-2008, 09:55 PM	#3
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	When you send a idea to the company its noted in this contests that you surrender any rights to the item. If they decided to make anything out of those ideas its theres to use, what you think they were going to just toss out all other ideas?

11-18-2008, 10:04 PM	#4
Bizdady Blu-ray Duke Member since:Nov 2007 Location:8 1 8 Biatch!! L.A. Home Theater Gallery:21 Blu-ray collection:209 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:38	Alot of similarities

11-18-2008, 10:27 PM	#6
Luis_A51 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Calgary, AB Blu-ray reviews:4	You may surrender the rights to any submitted items (which is understandable) But the whole point of LBP was "play, create, share" Then they changed the share part to "share some, pay for the rest" because MM wanted top level creators to be compensated for their work. Now if you surrender the rights to stuff you submit, its not longer about compensating gamers for their work. Its all about MM making extra cash from user created content.

11-19-2008, 12:13 AM	#8
jkwest Off-Topic King Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Northern California PSN Id: jkwest5 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:20	Seriously, though...you don't think they had a moto racer planned for the release of Motorstorm 2? I think its pure coincidence, IMO...

11-19-2008, 12:28 AM	#9
brett_day Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Moore, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	they are similar...what was the contest...what could be won?

11-19-2008, 02:42 AM	#11
Goodguy818 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Burbank, CA Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:536 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:59	link is dead for me

11-19-2008, 11:34 PM	#12
Proteus Power Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:SoCal PSN:CaptBurn	Not at all similar to me. Having your head eaten by a shark and wearing a headpiece that looks like a shark are kinda two VERY different things. lol

11-20-2008, 12:31 AM	#15
j_rocca42 Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Recording live from somewhere Blu-ray reviews:17 Trading Score:13	meh...

11-20-2008, 12:58 AM	#17
Marquoz Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:New Orleans Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:167 Trading Score:2	This guy is coming off more as a snippy sore loser then anything. He complains that they didn't instantly name the winner, it could be they released the winning design, but hadn't been able to contact the winner and didn't want to post his name before talking to him. Then goes on and is snarky when he says "Oh they learned from it blah blah when they announced the american one". He lost, and needs to get over himself. The designs look similar yes, but that's about it. They are totally different concepts.

11-20-2008, 02:48 AM	#20
rangers85 Active Member Member since:Sep 2007 Trading Score:9	That guy needs to learn the rules of competitions. Then again, I see only vague similarities. His costume is clearly a shark eating a sack boy's head. The costume is sack boy wearing a shark head to appear as a shark. Totally different concepts.

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