ImaginationRO steals LeisureRO's website layout and coding

Lex · Jul 14, 2010, 04:19 PM

Someone sent me a message regarding this server called ImaginationRO had a similar website layout and coding to my server, LeisureRO.

LeisureRO: http://leisure-ro.com
ImaginationRO: http://imaginationro.comule.com/

Evidence:
LeisureRO was created on: 2010-05-22
ImaginationRO was created on: 2010-06-21

I paid Honeycake to design my website only for me. Here is the proof: http://www.ratemyserver.net/forum/paid-services/sweethoney-graphic-designs/0/
It is the first website design layout spoiler.

Sent an email to the owner and posted a thread on their forum but no response yet.

Screenshot:

Tom~ · Jul 14, 2010, 04:35 PM

Wow, lame. They didn't even manage to make it look decent...

Also, http://ratemyserver.net/index.php?page=serverstat&serid=10586&itv=6&url_sname=ImaginationRO&page_num=1, something is wrong with ImaginationRO reviews. "GM gave me xxamountofmoney to make this review, but the server sucks". wat.

Good luck Lex, it's easy to tell that they stole it (:

Sweethoney · Jul 14, 2010, 05:08 PM

I am disgusted that someone would steal my design and claim it as their own. Not only did they copy my exact sprites I used but they used the same font but placed a different image inside the buttons. This is ridiculous, I mean this is the internet and things like this are bound to happen. But it saddens me that people would copy another persons design. But the changes they made weren't great so... I have nothing to say other than that.

Lex · Jul 15, 2010, 07:50 AM

It seems like they changed their website already.

And their server is down.

Immortal · Jul 15, 2010, 08:49 AM

Thanks to who ever told Lex. It is important that we help each other in these matters. There is no way of us, Server Admin/owners, to look at every web site out there.

P.S.
Sweethoney, yours looks so much better....

Tom~ · Jul 15, 2010, 10:43 AM

...why does it's forum redirect to LeisureRO's?
http://imaginationro.comule.com/forum/

wat

Lex · Jul 15, 2010, 04:38 PM

Quote from: Tom~ on Jul 15, 2010, 10:43 AM
...why does it's forum redirect to LeisureRO's?
http://imaginationro.comule.com/forum/

wat

I was wondering the exact same thing but from the looks of it, they probably forgot to change that bit of code and left my forum link from when they copied the code. You can still access their forum if you go to img and then click on the forum tab.

I didn't hack their website =3

Yukino · Jul 16, 2010, 12:14 AM

Well, at least things are resolved in the end!
Yeah, I'm sad that they copied your design--Sweethoney worked hard on it.

Also, I've seen what drama happened to their server on the forum lol. I just checked out their reviews and went to their forum--and people were bashing at each other and deleting accounts/posts xD. However, the money thing was a lie since a GM got fired for giving items I believe, and the GM wanted payback. But, there was unfairness within the GM team as to who to fire as well... and everything went haywire from there between the staff members xD.

Anyways, I hope there will be less cases of website stealing.

adhelle · Jul 16, 2010, 07:21 AM

Ohhhh, I knew I saw that template before, but I didn't know where, so I didn't report before.
Terrible thieves...

Symbol · Dec 09, 2010, 04:45 PM

Oh, really sorry to dig out this topic, but the title caught my attention.
I was a player of the small ImaginationRO community and been through (or should I say - I started) this whole mess. It's quite a long story but I'm not on the mood or the right topic to tell it so keeping it short: The head Admin hired a friend as a second Admin. GMs didn't like his style and added up to corruption we were experiencing at the time they left. But not before showing their love doing those reviews.
I kinda got to talk to the Admin and - unfortunately (for me) - he wasn't really giving up the server just yet and got me doing some helpful stuff. He was up to make another website but he didn't have a nice template and he couldn't just copy the old one so that's where he stole yours.

I wasn't really up-to-date to what he was doing because the need for a successful and crowd server, along with the money it comes with it (it's always the money) he kinda got mad with stuff and re-did the server 3 times - and actually posted here on RMS with different names. He ended up hiring me as head GM but the server wasn't really standing out from the others and I quit after a week with no players.

I really think he doesn't even care about this so I'm sending my - player - apologies for what he has done. Hope it's alright now :#

Symbol.