Today I was talking with a good buddy friend of mine and he was also formerly a Yu-Gi-Oh Player. During one of our conversation, I asked him what he thinks of Yu-Gi-Oh, and he was like
"Oh i quit cause Konami stolen my idea, did not gave my any credit, and all because long ago I posted an experimental card ideas I ha on DNF, and they just took that idea and made it their own called it Xyz Summoning"
I also asked him bout Links and Pendulums and his head just hurts so thats that.
The only difference was that the monster used for this summon still has levels, but overall the idea and concepts are the same.
Another friend I knew invented an archetype long long ago which involves tributing spell and traps and the archetype gains effects depending on the diff crystal beasts tributed. Now, the main deck currently active right now are True Dracos.
I also had another friend who actually in fact did came up with links summoning before it even existed. His idea was that there are cards which unlocked zones and these zones allows you to summon monsters from the extra deck to that zone. There wasnt no Extra monster zone though.
Overall, all these stories woke my eyes and made me realize that Konami do not have their own employees creating the cards for the game, but rather they scavenge websites like DNF, Pojo, YugiohCardMaker, Duel Academies, and Discord Duel Academies. Sleeper Konami agents are discarded throughout all the Yugioh Forums, where they plaigarise the designs of various CACers and make it to their own cards with some small subtle changes to avoid copyright infringement.
What do you guys think is the best method to deal with this situation?
Root out all infilttrators: We all know Konami employees are members of the website, but they dont even post anyway, so we could start by removing all inactive users which signed up but have 0 post
Members only: Of course, Konami employees can still view as a guest, so we have to make YCM members only in order to view threads, like some forums like DuelistGroundz. This way Konami employees wont scavenge and take my or your CAC ideas and use them in the game without crediting us at all.
Waiver form: Perhaps a waiver form can be placed under each card you make, thereby forcing konami that if they were to take your ideas, they must credit you and if they do not they will be in a lawsuit. Here's an example I drafted up
I hereby declare that the card I designed are my own personal creation and that Konami of America or Japan, who is the sole Creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! and who owns all property, does not have the right to recreate or reproduce my design into their game, and should any resemblence in the name or card description arise, I have the right to claim reparation and monetary payment for the unauthorized netdecking of my own ideas.
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Today I was talking with a good buddy friend of mine and he was also formerly a Yu-Gi-Oh Player. During one of our conversation, I asked him what he thinks of Yu-Gi-Oh, and he was like
"Oh i quit cause Konami stolen my idea, did not gave my any credit, and all because long ago I posted an experimental card ideas I ha on DNF, and they just took that idea and made it their own called it Xyz Summoning"
I also asked him bout Links and Pendulums and his head just hurts so thats that.
The only difference was that the monster used for this summon still has levels, but overall the idea and concepts are the same.
Another friend I knew invented an archetype long long ago which involves tributing spell and traps and the archetype gains effects depending on the diff crystal beasts tributed. Now, the main deck currently active right now are True Dracos.
I also had another friend who actually in fact did came up with links summoning before it even existed. His idea was that there are cards which unlocked zones and these zones allows you to summon monsters from the extra deck to that zone. There wasnt no Extra monster zone though.
Overall, all these stories woke my eyes and made me realize that Konami do not have their own employees creating the cards for the game, but rather they scavenge websites like DNF, Pojo, YugiohCardMaker, Duel Academies, and Discord Duel Academies. Sleeper Konami agents are discarded throughout all the Yugioh Forums, where they plaigarise the designs of various CACers and make it to their own cards with some small subtle changes to avoid copyright infringement.
What do you guys think is the best method to deal with this situation?
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