On Business from Zero Virus

[Toy-Kun]

Hello, Fellow spriters of the world.

I'm Toy-Kun. a member of Zero Virus.

I'm investigating an incident in which We believe a member of our forum has been stealing sprites.

Just today, the accused member, "Model", posted this
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9696/modelomkiiuv1.gif
as his avatar and claimed he made it.

Based on what we know of Model, he can't sprite for beans.

All efforts to help us bring a theif to justice will be appreciated.
Please contact Me by PM or post here as needed.

Again, I apologize for the inconvenience and interruption of the normal flow here.

On behalf of ZeroVirus, Thank you.
~ Toy-Kun

[Matt_ModelB]

WTF!? That`s like model OXZ from crimsom hammer!(with edits)

[crimson hammer]

My Sprites Were Stolen

[Toy-Kun]

Yes. Can we please see the Original Sprite?

[Matt_ModelB]

Well , i feel proud if someone use one of my sprites as a base but STOLE...
EDIT: see he`s sprite thread :P.

[Toy-Kun]

We apologize for the inconvenience once again. As quoted from our head moderator, Xero Bloodline:

<XeroBloodline> Toy, express our apologies, and that the member has been removed from our forum.

We apologize again, people. Hopefully, this will not happen again.
~Toy-Kun

[KayO]

We really are sorry you guys.

[crimson hammer]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3645/oxzte3.png (http://imageshack.us)
here is proof that those were my sprites.

[Matt_ModelB]

Woah , i`d never see that he haved blue and red...

[Toy-Kun]

Click here to see the fool who's been smited, by the way. (http://zerovirus.proboards20.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=other&thread=1144625750&page=1414)

[crimson hammer]

Thank you for showing me that. Now I know who I will be cursing at. THANT MOTHER %^*%^&$%&*$^$^%#%$#^%@!*@^()&@(*@^%@%^@^&%@&^%(*@%&^@%8925758

[Matt_ModelB]

Damn you Model O MkII "DARK ELF" , don`t steal stuff!!
...At least i ask for permission :P.

[KayO]

Ok guys. I have news. The one who has been banned from our boards seems to reside here as well.
http://www.sprites-inc.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=99300#post99300
This guy and the guy who stole your sprites seem to be one and the same.

[Toy-Kun]

Well, Apparantly Model was going to amass a bunch of sprites from Crimson and pass off as him in our Forum. He's been Perma-Banned.

And just a heads up. he's in your forum, right this moment. Start lookin. His handle is Child of the lemurs.

roar n stuff is another one of our banned, LZX.

[Matt_ModelB]

Where! i want to acuss him :D.
Wait a minute...If he`s the thief...

[crimson hammer]

Well starting from this day. If anyone on other forums say that they are me. They are not because I will probably only reside here. However if there is someone claims to be me in another forum just pm me to make sure if it is me. Damn I never knew I was popular enough to be a victim of identity theft.

[Matt_ModelB]

I`m jealous....In some crazy way...:P.

[GaiaX2]

So sprites INC fourms are a Sanctuary for bannees,right?

[DWN-060 Clownman]

Where! i want to acuss him :D.
Wait a minute...If he`s the thief...
http://zerovirus.proboards20.com/index.cgi?action=viewprofile&user=model0

http://www.sprites-inc.co.uk/forum/member.php?u=1380

Hint: AIM name.

[Matt_ModelB]

So...What?

[crimson hammer]

They both have the same screen name meaning they are the same person.

[Matt_ModelB]

Woah...Well...Let`s report him...no?

[crimson hammer]

I did already

[Rainbow Dash]

Thanks for the heads up, Toy-Kun. I'm checking out Child's posts right now. I'm also going to be PMing him, and he's in trouble if he doesn't have a really good explanation.

Edit: This, of course, was under the assumption that my computer didn't die with the next link I opened. Which it did.

[crimson hammer]

Can you please ban him because I pretty pissed that he stole my sprites.

[Toy-Kun]

Well. I've found Model's thread of theivery.

Here it is (http://zerovirus.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=graveyard&action=display&thread=1168044996&page=1)

Here you can see his crap spritework and his theived things. it may be enough to clinch his death here.

[crimson hammer]

Toy-Kun I hope god if you believe in him re pays you for your deed.

[Kairos]

Thanks a lot Toy. Tell everyone at ZV hi! And thanks, again.

[Caeder]

The guy sucked at spriting. Even some of the ones he claimed to have made were poor (though some were very good, like some models based off of mavericks from the Zero series).

I think you are over-reacting a bit though, CH.

[crimson hammer]

In my opinion no, because that sheet took me like a month to do because I actually took some time on it and heavily edited and stuff. Then some nooblet bitch comes aloong steals the sprites and "hey look at me I am an asshole and I made these sprites I dont care what the original spriter thinks cuz im a asshole LOLZ."

[Daemonseele]

In my opinion no, because that sheet took me like a month to do because I actually took some time on it and heavily edited and stuff. Then some nooblet bitch comes aloong steals the sprites and "hey look at me I am an asshole and I made these sprites I dont care what the original spriter thinks cuz im a asshole LOLZ."
You know, every one who had a sprite stolen acts and thinks the same way.

Anyways, if Child pulls out a stolen sprite here, we'll take the necessary actions.

[crimson hammer]

...and now I could really understand how they feel. And I am still thanking Toy-Kun for bringing up this matter. I mean cant you get sued in real life for identity theft.

[Daemonseele]

I mean cant you get sued in real life for identity theft.
Yes, but usually it's for a financial reason.

Having a sprite stolen isn't a very good reason for suing someone. It might backfire, as the sprite's base is technically Inticreate's.

[crimson hammer]

I know but not only did he steal my sprites but as Toy-Kun says he even tried to state he was me to hide the fact he was stealing.

[Toy-Kun]

I think we've done enough damage to Model's reputation here. I say we lock this thread and move on with our days.

CH, I am grateful for your thanks but really I was just doin my civic duty as a spriter, despite how crappy mine are. (i'm just now moving to 32 bit from X1 style.)

[crimson hammer]

Hey it is better that you slowly improve than to just steal. And I would respect a crappy spriter who willingly listens to criticism more than a sprite thief any day. Kudos to you Toy Kun.