The User and I have settled this issue and I think I have to apologize as well as I have overreacted and this matter. So I do.
I'm still leaving this post, don't want to make it look like censorship.
At least it got me thinking about some things.
If somebody decides to mirror the files, there's little I can do about it.
And it did not come to my mind to see this as a form of appreciation, so I do apologize for this, too.
As a consequence of this I decided that future releases will be released on the payback hosts first, and a week later (give or take) they'll be up on mediafire.
Original post:
Since some guy has opened a thread at ulmf with a list of rpg maker games
including mine and other developers' games like Harem without permission from me and I'm sure none of other developers and has uploaded the games to his mediafire account I'd like to make something clear:
I and other developers are doing this for our own and your fun.
We are investing our time and creativity into our projects and I for one enjoy it and the responses I get.
What I, and I am sure others, do not enjoy is shit like this. The games we provide are free. They do not cost you anything but some patience while you wait for the files to download.
And I'd like to state again, if you have problems with the hosters I provide for the official releases, you can always contact me and I will provide a mediafire link as soon as I get to it.
You might ask, why I am so upset about this, here's why:
First, and I don't want to beat around the bush about this, cold monetary reasons.
Uploaded and rapidgator have a pay per download programm. It's not much. But it's something.
In numbers: 9,28 $ from RG and 18,80 € from UL with a couple of houndred downloads over the last half year.
Second, The guy does not give any credit to the developers, nor did he ask for permission, nor did he let me know that he did this. And that's what really got me pissed.
So please, support the developers whose games you enjoy by using the official links provided in their respected blogs or threads. And if you stumble upon links for games that seem suspicious, let them know.
Thank you.
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