ForsakenRO rips off from AlphaRO

Kristen · Nov 09, 2007, 09:03 PM

Now i don't know if this is of any importance. ForsakenRO ripped off the website design of AlphaRO, changed a few images and then claimed it as their own design. They also took direct quotes off of AlphaRO's main page and used them. I'm posting this obviously out of fustration, not only for me but for my staff that have spent countless hours building our website, only to have someone else take our design and work and clain it as their own.

I've tried to get in contact with their server owner and the person responsible for biting off our website. But what they decided to do was block my IP from entering their website. Foul play? cheap tactics? Ignorant? Call it what ever you want. If you worked so hard for something only to have someone take it and change bits of it then claimed it as their own design, you would be pretty ticked off.

(been up for about 2 weeks) Forsaken's website: http://forsaken-ro.net
(been up for nearly 4 months) Alpha's website that they ripped off from: http://alpha-ro.org

Graviteh · Nov 09, 2007, 10:11 PM

Oh lord that is low.

#forsakenro

if anyone asks, we are from ebaumsworld.

Kristen · Nov 10, 2007, 12:46 AM

lmao XD.. nice to see you around graviteh ^^

Raziel.D · Nov 10, 2007, 05:12 AM

xO the alpha ro website is nowhere near the actual forsaken one!
Next time if you make such a good thing,spend 25 Dollar to patent it. Then you can sue ppl for this kind of behavior :/

yC · Nov 10, 2007, 02:30 PM

I agree it's not that similar. From viewing at the source it doesn't look like they copied. Ro sites are all looked like that one way or another. You find:

news
server status
vote buttons
control panel
download
register
forum

they are all just common element to a server homepage and there are limited ways to put those elements.

Raziel.D · Nov 10, 2007, 02:49 PM

Tho the Content was copied, that's true :/. And the CSS got copied too :l unless it was a premade template :/

AceJay · Nov 10, 2007, 03:14 PM

Quote from: Graviteh on Nov 09, 2007, 10:11 PM
Oh lord that is low.

#forsakenro

if anyone asks, we are from ebaumsworld.

Hahaha, IRC's closed due to AIDS.

Raruri · Nov 10, 2007, 04:15 PM

Looks like some of the techies got lazy

pupu · Nov 10, 2007, 08:38 PM

Laff.

That REALLY sucks for them.

Kristen · Nov 10, 2007, 09:19 PM

well, they basically quoted our own quotes, and pretty much used our template to create theirs. They pretty much admitted to it. They made endless attempts to hide the fact that they did as well. Every discussion about it on their forums was deleted the second someone posted about it.

When i asked their moderators why they tried to hide the truth, this was their response: " The truth corrupts fsro and because of this corruption, i have to delete it and suspend you."

One of their gm's tried to back up his designer but pretty much as being arrogant about it. I got a hold of their source coder, he admitted that what the designer and the owner did was wrong and that it was the admin's idea. He had no idea that the designer that he was coding for was doing this, and he was sorry that he did this.

Anyways, just to show what kind of staff they have (with the exception of the source coder). This pretty much shows it, they take someone's work and when confronted about it, they'd try to hide it.

Amukai · Nov 17, 2007, 07:07 PM

Wow, that is true.

I checked out Forsaken once, didn't like it.

I make my own websites too, (well not RO ones, but personal ones for displaying my art =3)
I would be really pissed off if someone stole my layout.

Kristen · Nov 19, 2007, 11:40 PM

lol yep.. been a while but they have yet to change their layout. When i ask they just ignore me =[. Anyways.. we came across another server thats under construction that used the same quotes directly off our main page. http://witheringragnarok.tk/ but instead of having Alpha RO.. they used their own server name... this is getting really sad =(

Amukai · Nov 22, 2007, 09:30 AM

People these days are not creative, they think they can steal others creativity and get away with it. And then they say "O i neva new ur server had dat layoot."
And when you ask for them to change it they say. "No u stole mi layoutr!"

They just obviously do not understand.

rosefox911 · Nov 29, 2007, 08:46 PM

First of all, I am sorry for reviving this old topics. I would just like to point out we did not Steal your website's layout Kristin, and we in no way refused to hear what you had to say; we were forced to ban your account after you made over 5 topics about the same thing and it was not a request,rather a rant and flame on how "horrible" our server is; lastly you came this website has been up for 2 weeks? I have to disagree we have been working on this website for a few months now. We would have still been waiting had it not been for our professional web designer Delirium. Our websites are substantially different for example Alpha-ro has the option to login to the website as well as a shout box we do not have these options you have WoE time on the left; we have Screenshots there; You have but 2 voting buttons we have more; I could keep going on and on regarding the differences. I would like to reply to the fellow RO players that posted on how "messed up" it was that we "ripped" the Alpha-ro website that the way we scripted it is completely different we have in NO way ripped anything from Alpha-ro not an Image not a .css nothing at all; if you were to take a look at the old GreenteaRO website you would find more similarities between Alpha-ro and them than between us and Alpha-RO.Lastly I would like to mention the reason tensions are a bit high between the servers is because of an Admin you guys have ( or had) who's name I would like to keep anonymous for his own safety. He threatened to come to our at the time small server, and "steal" all of our members; claiming he would not stop till he had succeeded, he did try to take some of our more active members but failed. I did not write this to start a massive flame war ( something I will not reply to), I posted this to clear the name of ForsakenRO, a server which we have dedicated quite some time into, both players and GMs. Thank you for reading.

PS: If you have any questions feel free to Leave me a PM, Thank you.

Kristen · Dec 04, 2007, 10:31 PM

lol quite old indeed... since then we have changed our website... it was a request at first, but you guys failed to give me any communication (i was given a direct ban by the root admin for showing him that their website was a copy of ours?)... never did i say how "horrible your server is. So get your facts straight. Regardless of what you say, Delirium has already stated the facts that you guys are at fault, so don't even try to claim that you guys aren't. I'll even give you the words that delirium himself sent to me:

QuoteI regret having the designers and owner rip whatever they have from your site. I truly am sorry. We do not wish to get into a competition with you nor have hostel feelings towards you. I have not banned you from our webserver, that was the administrators idea. Further more, I am in the process and near completion of a totally different website design for ForsakenRO that does not mirror your design in any way shape or form.

Best regards,
[GM]Delirium

Anyways i would like to see any proof of your accusation on our admin "threatening" to your server and stealing players (and i wouldn't call 200 players small lol) simply because your claim is phoney because alpha is a lowrate and there is no need for a low rate to steal players from a high rate. There isn't much to clear for Forsaken when the fact is, you guys did it and then tried to hide the fact with your dear life lol. Oh yea i remember why you guys hid it.. it was considered "corrupting" to your server to know that your own gm's do not have the talent to design their own layouts =P (this was worded by your own Forum Moderator, not by me). Any other justice you would like to seek for forsaken?