@Deaths:
I like the fact you took my map and took it one step further, but it does p�ss me off that I gave it to you and the community for FREE. Now you charge people for it.
Alot of time and effort went into making that map which you have openly admitted to using it as a template for yours.
Some where in these pages it says that the map file will not be released for down loads and it has to be purchased thru HBG. I call shenanigans.
that map is still my map with new clothes on.
its like if I bought a new ford car, repainted it and sold it as a Danmobile. Its still the same car.
Now I don’t have any problem with HBG providing a service, ie printing and shipping of the map.
I do have a problem with any variation of my map being sold because it is otherwise unavailable any where else.
Any map or variation of the map that will use MY map as its base template, WILL be available for free as a down load with suggested ways for the downloader to be able to print that map.
I have received no royalties (not my objective) otherwise which gives you no right to sell my idea, no matter what clothes you dress it up in. By all legal rights, those maps are my maps, unless you started with a completely blank sheet of paper, which you have admitted you didn’t.
I absolutely love A&A and I encourage the development of this beautiful map, your variation and my original. But a FREE download WILL be available for all period.
I don’t care if you are a site sponsor or not.
If you so choose it to be only available via purchase thru HBG, I want some sort of compensation for my time and effort. Again not my main objective.
How would you feel if some one stole your free idea and started making money off of it?
Not saying I will because I definitely do not want to, but I can and will kill this thread on the basis of plagiarism. I Really Really hope it doesn’t come to that because I know alot of people enjoy the maps in the “global war” section. And as long as there is a free map download for everyone to enjoy, we won’t have any problems.
Dan
aka Death
Your map was a great inspiration to ours but our revised edition map is completely redrawn. Your original map does not look like ours anymore. We have added Roundels, different colors, text, different water, among many many other changes. There are many Global maps, the world is the world. We have spent many hours arriving at setups, rules, among other changes, your game does not play like ours. Our next variation map takes it a step further and change even more, you will not recognize it. You are more than welcome to offer your original map as a free download, we cannot stop you or someone else making a map and making their own to sell, but we have spent too many hours working on ours to offer it. Most car companies copied the Model “T”, but a car is a car, just depends what you do with it. Of the many items HBG offers on their website, I am sure someone has at one point thought of a radar tower or an Airborne troop, or a bunker. One cannot say that they took my idea and ran with it.
I am sorry that you feel that your idea was stolen but like me, I have seen many of my ideas and works on other peoples site, games, and rules. I have worked out many many new pieces, rules, and maps as well as HBG guys and 3rd party participants who all receive royalties from their work that we sell for them. You can always call me or email me personally if you have problems with the way we do business but we have always been straight and honest with people. We do offer several free download maps from a variety of gamers and would be more than happy to offer your ORIGINAL map as a free download. Send me the file and we can put it on our site.
Coach
