OtLand A few changes

As some of you may have noticed, OtLand was recently unavailable for approximately an hour. This was because we were applying a few changes.

The Rules page - there have been complaints on that the rules are not clear enough for everyone. We have finally taken the time to make the rules more detailed, we have also revised our infraction reasons to fit the rules so that the infraction reason no longer should be confusing. The rules page can be found in the navigation, or here.

The Marketplace - until now, we have been against buying and selling on OtLand. Mainly to prevent our members from being scammed. However, it seems like there is a huge interest in buying and selling scripts, maps, Tibia characters, and other stuff on OtLand and we don't want to keep forwarding the users who want to make trades to other websites. Therefore we have created a new board under the Misc. category, named Marketplace. Keep in mind to look up who you are making trades with to prevent being scammed, all trades are at your own risk. We also do not support selling copyrighted material, so you will not be allowed to sell/buy CipSoft Tibia (Real Tibia) maps there (the Tibia map is property of CipSoft, making money from it is illegal).

Infractions tab in profile - we have noticed that users dislike that expired/reversed infraction stay visible in their profile, so I have coded a plugin that will hide expired/reversed infractions. We don't look too much at infraction history when we appoint new staff members anyway, so don't worry much so much about it if you are interested in joining our staff in the future.

The Content Management System - is not yet available . During this downtime there were some preparations done to have it ready for our next update. It will contain articles to make it easier for new people to get into OpenTibia once it's published to everyone.

Crossed BB code - this BB code was requested by a staff member in our staff board, so it has now been added and is used by setting the tag around some text.

Kind regards,
OtLand Staff.

 

[Wezc]

Buying/selling(excluding copyrighted material) is now allowed in all of OtLand(including signatures).

Eh? Marketplace

Edit: Oh "now allowed" sorry i misread

 

[Bogart]

;/


\/ much spam?

 

[LoLaye]

Alright, next update make a code like the vapus one, so it will sell automatically(spelling <) to prevent people to get scammed

Indeed, great update!

 

[Lessaire]

Wow. It seems a lot of people don't get that redistribution of content that is a close enough approximation of CipSoft's Intellectual Properties as to be indistinguishable from the original == bad idea.

@Topic,
I don't understand the "Tibia" stuff, because if I use a program to copy parts of their map, it's still not their actual map. People who make invention's and become successful have competitors who make similar items in order to make money. It's impossible to track their map to the EXACT 100%, right? (Edges of islands, etc..)

That's akin to the concept of claiming filesharing MP3s of copyrighted music isnit illegal because MP3 isn't a lossless codec.

 

[stian]

And people use that argument in court each time. It's too wide to be used since nothing will be illigal, and the counter arguments are just as bad because it would make Wagner (or someone from long time back, just pick one) to have all the rights to all the music atm.

 

[Lessaire]

And people use that argument in court each time. It's too wide to be used since nothing will be illigal, and the counter arguments are just as bad because it would make Wagner (or someone from long time back, just pick one) to have all the rights to all the music atm.

The rights are always in the hands of those who will create. Nothing will ever stop that. Watch this.


Anyways I think it's really simple: These forums don't need to be construed as a point of facilitation for the violation of CipSoft's rights. Anyone who doesn't understand this simply doesn't need to be here.