Who would want to ruin a free hobby like MUGEN/IKEMEN by monetize them?
2Dee4Ever, for example. Seems he's selling a SamuraiShodown compilation, using other people's creations(wow, fresh news!). We had an arguement at his channel and his only self defense is saying he's Capcom's Ambassador, avoiding to answer everything. That boy is a rat.
He’s not actually selling his game, he was promoting the official Samurai Shodown game while using his gameplay in the background.
It was clear. He was encouraging people to buy the original game by SNK, not hims(sorry!). Read the whole thing in his YT story. I've replied to it, and I don't mind copying it here:
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It's good you to clear it. I've read the text three times for avoid the language barrier. I'll try using short lines for making myself more clear. If you feel I said wrong or something I did not say clear, feel free to tell. I'm not an ogre. Now:
- Good you attach Capcom's thoughts on this(also coincides with SNK's position about this if I remember well). It's something we all know in the communities. As it's FAN content, they don't give a damn. We mugen/ikemen could not be their competitor in any way.
- The Samurai Shodown thing you posted, you clearly was encouraging people to buy Snk's ORIGINAL game, not your compilation. That's cool and etc. I may not expressed well, my bad.
- Now, the point: both mugen and ikemen are free to DL stuff. Communities in both are open for anyone to be part of. If anybody wants to make their compilations, it's ok. Problem comes when someone releases something without crediting the original authors of the characters, sprites, stages, etc(remember Chuchoryu's beginings in the conmunity, where you was part of. Also, I seem to be the only one defending him in the big community, even now). Now, you are editing other people's work(this is ok, lots of people does this too). Publishing the videos in youtube(ok too). Then you said you are monetising these videos in YT. This is not cool. Why? If you were using your own created characters, the sheet provided by capcom, snk, etc, no one would complain. The problem comes when:
1) you're using other people's characters to gain money via yt ads etc. Literally, you're using other people's work to gain money. Even your upgrades and etc. But those characters weren't created by you.
2) some of these characters has speciffically created sprites to fill them. In short, Yun by Karma has stuff created by Alex, JMM's Chun Li has stuff created by me and other people. That's s big spit at spriter's face. Coders credits us in the readme files. You don't.
3) Not just doing money by yt ads as you said, but you don't even have the courtesy of even crediting the authors you use stuff from. Not talking about paying them, just at least saying who created what. Maybe you could have better opinion from people with this simple action.
4) Adding interactions/dialogues between characters is cool(something I miss in games), awesome colour separations(I love this and it's something I put in my creations) and adding different portraits does not makes the characters yours. It may be understood as an upgrade, edition or else, but definitively, not "your" character.
Basically, this. You were pretty active in the Guild and other major mugen communities(even in our discord! We got along well and all, remember!) and seems you were expelled/banned from them. Why? This is what you have to study, because it's not normal.
Everyone creates their stuff. Everyone gives permission to other people of using stuff(ALL my sprites are of free use, just credit and no make money out of them).
Then, you say you don't release stuff because of...what reasons? No one is forcing you not to release. No one will give a (insert word here) about it. Problem comes when you release stuff without crediting the original authors of them. That's the point. Your behaviour is rude towards us because of that and the monetise yt with ads using our content. That's it. I for example am working in my wips, releasing stuff for free, things that anyone else can DL and use in their games. But please, dont monetise MY work. Give credit, that's all. That's everyone is asking for