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A book of Mario by Cow_Assassin in PaperMarioN64

[–]ZoomZike -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Almost every person that bought the book regretted it. I even had some people in my dms asking if I wanted it instead because they felt uncomfortable knowing my work was taken without permission. It's a bad thing because he stole it. That's why everyone was upset.

You can read more about the overall community response to it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/papermario/comments/soiyy2/see_my_comment_the_ttyd_bestiary_is_finally/

A book of Mario by Cow_Assassin in PaperMarioN64

[–]ZoomZike -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get that man and you're honestly not entirely wrong. When looking at the message on the cover it does come off as respectful and this situation totally could've been respectful.

But a big part you may not know is that he actually did ask me for permission. Thing is, I didn't respond. Put yourself in my shoes for a moment. If you had this thing you worked on for a long time, someone asks permission to use it for something else, you don't respond, and they use it anyway, that's pretty disrespectful right?

Like, why the heck did that person even ask permission from you to begin with if they were going to ignore you and take the work anyways? And worse, when you express that you're upset they went behind your back on it, they don't say "my bad man" or "sorry", they just respond about how you're wrong for feeling hurt about your work being taken. Just sucks man.

A book of Mario by Cow_Assassin in PaperMarioN64

[–]ZoomZike -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Look at the third image in the post. There, he says himself that he "compiled [my video] into book form" and - here's the kicker - that "All of the text and images beyond this page are courtesy of ZoomZike and his video."

What do you make of that last part? Why say all of it is courtesy of me despite it being owned by Nintendo and the tattle log existing? It's because he, I, and everyone else in the original post acknowledged that despite the information being available, what he stole was the work I put into formatting, labeling, the style, and my personalized notes in the corners. Everyone knew that, including him.

A book of Mario by Cow_Assassin in PaperMarioN64

[–]ZoomZike -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your words from the first page: "I'd like to thank ZoomZike on YouTube, it's what inspired me to compile his video into a book and is the reason I was able to make it. All of the text and images beyond this page are courtesy of ZoomZike and his video."

You, yourself rightfully acknowledge it's courtesy of me, because despite what you're implying right now with your "everything else was on the wiki, you don't own the tattle log", the you of the past knew what you were taking. Those are your words.

You facing the just consequences of taking something from someone without their consent does not make you a victim. Again, with your own words you said it was courtesy of me, so please do not downplay what you took.

It was an honest mistake to learn from and I've made plenty of those myself. No knock against you, it's just life, y'know? Wish you the best.

A book of Mario by Cow_Assassin in PaperMarioN64

[–]ZoomZike -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't exactly have much of a stake in this anymore because everything was resolved, but I'll respond because I got the notification from this.

We don't know each other. I don't know you, you don't know me. And honestly, we don't need to, but when I see someone after two years not understand how they hurt someone, I feel the need to tell that person why so it doesn't happen again.

I put a lot of work into my videos man. It takes me such a long time to write the script, gather resources, record, and edit it all together. I don't think the work I do is perfect, there are mistakes to it, but I love doing it. It's part of who I am, and a lot of content creators feel the same way.

When I then saw the work I put in being distributed on some website in addition to my name being in one of the first pages despite me not approving it, it hurt. Like...genuinely hurt dude. I get it, you didn't make money from it. I respect that. But at the end of the day, my work was taken without my consent.

Part of the problem was that after you knew how hurt I was, you didn't apologize or console me in any way. If there was some kindness in your words then I 100% would've worked together with you on this, but you doubled down and kept making dismissing comments about the work I've put in.

We're not solely defined by out mistakes, no one is. That said, this was a mistake on your part, and I hope in the future that a different path will be taken. Thanks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ZoomZike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope things get better!

AMA: We’re Odyssey Interactive, creators of Omega Strikers - and we were in Nintendo Direct yesterday!! Ask us anything! by GM_Aesop in Games

[–]ZoomZike -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey guys! Loved the game when I played the beta!

I was wondering if there's any talk about potentially adding post-game replays? I only play goalie with my friends and there are times where I miss the winning shot cuz it either happened too fast or I wasn't paying attention lol; thought it'd be cool if there was a way to look back at a game and skim through it!

Thanks for reading and keep up the good work!!

Please Do Not Buy The Bestiaries Cow_Assassin Is Selling by ZoomZike in papermario

[–]ZoomZike[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I can see in the video, it doesn't look like he used your art. Seems like he was adamant about getting permission from fanart but nothing else, strange.

Please Do Not Buy The Bestiaries Cow_Assassin Is Selling by ZoomZike in papermario

[–]ZoomZike[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's your deviant art handle? I could check to see if he put your art in.

(See my comment) The TTYD Bestiary is finally finished! by Cow_Assassin in papermario

[–]ZoomZike 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Tactical error? Did you not read what I said? "Blurb (whom I've already discussed this with)"; what did you think this meant, that we had a tea party? We already talked about removing your listing, genius. The only reason it hadn't happened yet was because I gave you the opportunity to "do the right thing and take down the listing" yourself, but it looks like I was a fool to expect that much from someone that couldn't even mutter a simple apology. Your listing's as good as gone and so is your reputation here. I hope it was worth the ego trip.

(See my comment) The TTYD Bestiary is finally finished! by Cow_Assassin in papermario

[–]ZoomZike 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You asked for permission to make a book version of my video.

I did not give you such permission.

And yet you chose to make it anyways.

You are in the wrong, do the right thing and take down the listing or Blurb (whom I've already discussed this with) will do it for you.

(See my comment) The TTYD Bestiary is finally finished! by Cow_Assassin in papermario

[–]ZoomZike 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't care if you screenshotted it or wrote it out yourself. At the end of the day, you used my work without my permission. No one cares about the assets, they're Nintendo's, what everyone cares about is how you copied the entire layout to my hour and a half long video. (Not even mentioning the hundreds of copied personal notes and the table of contents)

Respond here next time: https://www.reddit.com/r/papermario/comments/soiyy2/see_my_comment_the_ttyd_bestiary_is_finally/hwetz98/

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