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I'm a weird, weird person. I have had four of my MOCs passed off by other people as their own, and I have personally seen it. Now, some people get angry. Which makes sense. They put all this effort and hard work into something for so long for usually so little credit. Having someone getting the same credit for substantially less work is definately grounds for getting peeved.
But not me.
In the 1 year + that I've been publically showcasing my MOCs, I've had my BBC 36 MOC stolen once and a Work In Progress (that's right, an UNFINISHED design). But what's most noteworthy is the theft of my double entries for BBC 32, Cataclysmic Showdown. The Mata Nui MOC has been stolen twice, and the Makuta half has been taken four times. Four times. So naturally, you'd think I'd be breathing fire and just cruisin' for vengance.
But I'm not like that.
Maybe I'm too mellow. I have surprisingly low blood pressure, and I find it incredibly difficult to get worked up over anything. I'm impossible to offend, and I personally believe that life is too short to hold grudges. In the rare instant you get me angry I'll forgive you within the hour, often that very minute. But if you go and steal my MOCs, you're basically saying that your life means so little, you'd rather be me on the internet. You would rather ride my coattails than to prove yourself in the MOCing arena. Seeing someone passing off one of my MOCs as their own really makes my day.
Not that I wouldn't jump at the chance to get you banned if you so tried to do that on BZP. I've got a reputation to keep up, you know.
~Makaru~
But not me.
In the 1 year + that I've been publically showcasing my MOCs, I've had my BBC 36 MOC stolen once and a Work In Progress (that's right, an UNFINISHED design). But what's most noteworthy is the theft of my double entries for BBC 32, Cataclysmic Showdown. The Mata Nui MOC has been stolen twice, and the Makuta half has been taken four times. Four times. So naturally, you'd think I'd be breathing fire and just cruisin' for vengance.
But I'm not like that.
Maybe I'm too mellow. I have surprisingly low blood pressure, and I find it incredibly difficult to get worked up over anything. I'm impossible to offend, and I personally believe that life is too short to hold grudges. In the rare instant you get me angry I'll forgive you within the hour, often that very minute. But if you go and steal my MOCs, you're basically saying that your life means so little, you'd rather be me on the internet. You would rather ride my coattails than to prove yourself in the MOCing arena. Seeing someone passing off one of my MOCs as their own really makes my day.
Not that I wouldn't jump at the chance to get you banned if you so tried to do that on BZP. I've got a reputation to keep up, you know.
~Makaru~
