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Drakeero 08-01-2007 03:08 AM

Who's interested in my RP background?
 
I'm working on building lists and summaries of Drakeero's RP experience. Think of it as a portfolio of quests and experience. However this is not the mechanics of my RP system or a detailed race/stat/ability list for Drakeero. Not only do I want to know if anyone is actually interested in seeing it, but also the best place to put it.

Being a relatively low level player to the Kingdoms sever, and not having the immense fame (or notoriety) throughout Graal history that other people enjoy, I find myself being challenged a lot in terms of my RP background, storyline, and Drakeero's actual capabillities.

This list that I have prepared is just the first part of three 'eras' of Drakeero's life.

kia345 08-01-2007 04:06 AM

It'll be an abridgment right? I suppose I'm interested so long as it's not 20 pages.

Ajogamer 08-01-2007 04:10 AM

I'd be intrested in reading some of your RP history. As for where to put it, right in this thread would probably work fine.

Drakeero 08-01-2007 04:11 AM

Oh yeah. It might still be a bunch of pages, but its not an in-depth description of each quest. (Heck, that'll be enough for a few novels.)

SuperCornGuy 08-01-2007 05:19 AM

Sounds rather intresting, course, I'm not of Zormite anymore. I still say this could be fun, being as long as this sounds.

Tracker180 08-01-2007 05:24 AM

lol graal should make some RP story books/novels, then they could then sell them, the players could also make some of their own, then CJ could approve them, then sell them, and the player that made it could have about 2% of the profits and but they had to use it on subscriptions.

ontopic, I'd like to see it

lordbosh 08-01-2007 09:27 PM

Hah, no.

Publish my writing and you will find an army of lawyers at your office.

Ravenblade1979 08-01-2007 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordbosh (Post 1336339)
Hah, no.

Publish my writing and you will find an army of lawyers at your office.

Wow umm considering anything done online is in Public Domain I don't think you would have a case. >_<

Crono 08-01-2007 09:53 PM

Not me.

Butz 08-01-2007 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ravenblade1979 (Post 1336348)
Wow umm considering anything done online is in Public Domain I don't think you would have a case. >_<

o.O;

Wait... no...

o.O;;

There, that's better.

Creating something and posting it online in any way shape or form does most definitely NOT make it public domain.

CABAL49 08-02-2007 04:50 AM

Copyright laws do not work the same online. It is very hard to prove who did what unless there is physical proof which there is none online.

Butz 08-02-2007 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by CABAL49 (Post 1336475)
Copyright laws do not work the same online. It is very hard to prove who did what unless there is physical proof which there is none online.

Hard, not impossible. There are ways to prove you're a creator of a work. And copyright law is copyright law, regardless of whether it's online or not.

For example, a band posts a new track online that they've just created, putting it up for download on their web site.
Jimmy McLarceny shows up, and decides he can make some money off of it, placing it up for sale on a paid download site of music he claims he made.

Now obviously, if it went to court, the band would be able to produce other things relating to the song. Sheet music, track recordings, things that the person who took it and sold it wouldn't have.

Granted, this becomes more difficult with something like say, pixel art, but there are still ways to prove ownership.

Darklux 08-02-2007 09:42 AM

Every attempt for real play on gk ended into something silly and nonsense.

Just spend your time with the usual hack and slay on gk.. probaply a better method on wasting time than having low quality-absurd rp on gk.

Ravenblade1979 08-02-2007 04:57 PM

meh as long as he copyrights it then its not in public domain. But if he don't then its property of public domain.

Butz 08-02-2007 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ravenblade1979 (Post 1336589)
meh as long as he copyrights it then its not in public domain. But if he don't then its property of public domain.

....
No.

At least, not by US Copyright law. (I'm not sure how it works for those of you elsewhere.)

In the United States, Copyright is automatically granted to the creator of a work at time of creation. If the person wishes to do so, they can go through the copyright office and actually register the copyright, which strengthens their claim on the work. But in no way does something automatically become public domain just because you didn't write "Copyright 20XX by blahblahblah" on it.

Of course, there are some exceptions to this. Many businesses that deal in the creation of artwork, design, programs, stories, and other intellectual property have conditions in their contracts that anything created by an employee while on company time or equipment becomes property of the company. (Technically, my college owns all the programs I wrote while I was a student, so if I were to try to sell any of them, I would need to get permission from the college first.) As far as I know, Graal's own agreement states that any files uploaded to a server become property of Cyberjoureurs Inc. Other places have the stipulation in their upload policy that by uploading, you grant them a non-exclusive license to display and distribute your work, basically, granting them permission to use it.

But nothing is ever placed in the public domain by default. You will always have a copyright on a work that you create, barring special circumstances. Whether you choose to enforce that copyright however, is entirely up to you.

Tracker180 08-03-2007 03:00 AM

Are you a lawyer, askes Wedge?

CABAL49 08-03-2007 03:05 AM

Yea, actually Butz is right about American Copyright laws, and it is generally the same for international Copyright laws. You don't need to be a lawyer to know this, this is standard information in business class.

Tracker180 08-03-2007 03:17 AM

hehe there are NO laws in Crimson Sky Pirate Land (Far Away Island)

Drakeero 08-03-2007 08:21 PM

Y'know what? Screw this. I'll just... go copyright it or something first.

kenyonandelliot 08-03-2007 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakeero (Post 1337003)
Y'know what? Screw this. I'll just... go copyright it or something first.

I don't know what you guys are talking about with copyright, but you can probaly make a short story out of it or make a novel about your guy.. But you might have to give Graal credit for something.

Drakeero 08-04-2007 02:27 AM

Drakeero has been around years before Graal, or even Zelda Online came into existance. He's been through DnD, epic MSN campaigns, stories, everything pretty much.

I just used him from Graal because I got tired of using satellite characters in a game, then getting really into it and not having the character name I REALLY wanted. (And for others, it really won't let you change, like Runescape or WoW. At least not without starting a new character.)

CABAL49 08-04-2007 05:45 AM

Doesn't matter what you do, everything we post is owned by Graal Online.

Ravenblade1979 08-04-2007 07:15 AM

Not unless you copyright it before they get the chance. Suprisingly enough Ravenblade is a name I been using for years now. I want to get my last name changed to it.

lordbosh 08-04-2007 08:16 AM

write it up, put it on a disc, mail it to yourself and dont open it

Googi 08-04-2007 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ravenblade1979 (Post 1337161)
Not unless you copyright it before they get the chance.

Sure, that's fine as long as your story isn't about Graal.


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