I was about to sign this, but I'm not really comfortable with having to enter my address :/
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Wait, they ask for your ADDRESS?!
I honestly did not have that happen to me D: Unless it means location, in which case I can see why.
Yeah, can't get away with only putting in "United Kingdom", it won't submit unless I also enter a street address and post code.
Hm. Not the postcode only? I'm going to see if I can't edit the settings on that petition perchance.
Would be cool - in any case, postcode only would still give my location with street-level precision, as a post code covers just one road here generally.
Sowwies. I tried :(
@Mich It seems that it's location-based, but I've changed the location of interest to the US rather than the UK. It still does seem like Change.org's policy to ask for addresses and postcodes though.
I've skimmed the privacy policy and it looks like the only parties change.org may potentially share the full address details with is the recipients of the petition, in this case Google and Apple. They already have my address anyway, so I went ahead and signed it as well.
Glad you did that, phew. Cheers. I know how disconcerting it is for others to have your address etc.
Signed.
It's sad to see a decent idea like GD devolve into something so hideous.
What makes it worse is that the creator of that game seems to be doing absolutely nothing to quell the brattiness of its players. When a fandom goes rotten......
Just being curious, is it a choice to not include Steam into the recipients, or did you just forget it ?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/322170/
I did forget it. I will include it as soon as I return home.
EDIT: Steam somehow isn't in Change.org's database. However, @RealFaction did mention to flag the hell out of Geometry Dash on Steam and provide the reasons why. I flagged it, and I intend for the word to be spread around.
Sent ;)
Cheers.
wow, shit is deep.
well, in this case, i probably cannot help but SIGN THOSE SHITHEADS OUT OF IT.
good luck my friends :)
Thank you. And your English has become a lot better since!
Signed <3
Thank you~
@cank @bluealpha14 @Jackho @Deftones665 @Exedor @LexaHergon @TigerMvintage You might want to see this. If I'm right, please share it with anyone you know who would be similarly interested.
Petition signed. I would also settle for GD being rolled back not to include custom songs, but I AM SO PISSED RobTop is making money off of not only his userbase's content creation but also THEFT. You see how he's been hesitant updating the app.
Petition signed so fucking hard and shared on facebook and Twitter. That's a total of 2000 eyes that should in theory be able to see it. I may even go and re-share it on my artist page on FB. It needs some bumping anyway.
Btw, thanks for including all the points I mentioned on that newspost earlier. You collected all these thoughts in a more coherent way than I could have dreamed. Thank you!
Anytime. I don't feel eloquent and I've found it much harder to express myself of late, but we have had three years of validation of these problems so it makes it much, much easier.
A big part of me wishes I could say the same about expressing my own issues, but that will be another story for later.
Petition signed.
I'm glad something's finally being done about this.
After hearing what you went through, I'm kinda not surprised and in fact, it was in response to the open letter to you that I made this petition. I hope more people see it and the threshold gets raised HIGHER AND HIGHER.
Signed
Hopefully this will send a message to others who think NG can be pushed around all willy nilly.
As a casual geometry dash player, I have to say that I disagree that it should be removed from the appstore. I do, however, agree with what you were saying about the "community" in the game. There are a lot of idiots out there, mostly comprised of whiny little kids and spammers. They do unfortunately leak out into the outside world. That being said, getting the game removed doesn't seem wise. First of all, it wouldn't solve anything because the people who play the game already have it installed. Secondly, I don't feel AT ALL comfortable with getting a game removed because of the people who play it. It would be like banning Minecraft because of the squeaker. The third and final reason I disagree with this petition is because Geometry dash actually has had some productive results. For instance, many players have decided to turn to making music because they were inspired by the game. These include Etzer and Zyzyx to name a few. Even I decided to try making music too! Plus, the game has actually promoted quite a few unknown artists, not just Rukkus, Waterflame, Xtrullor, and TFT. Azazal, AcidNotation, and that guy who made Lunar Abyss have all become a lot more popular recently, which I believe is helpful to them because they have broader support. So, yeah. That's my little commentary.
Fame generated from a game does not justify audio theft, or generally being an arsehole. Prior to this we had sparing audio thefts and not nearly as much drama, but for it to persist for THREE YEARS?
Xtrullor and Waterflame, for example, may have been promoted, but quite frankly, they're sick of this shit. Who wouldn't be? If you made a song with your own hard work and you weren't paid a fucking penny while some big fat cat who made a game and featured your music in it gets to profit COMPLETELY off it, how would YOU feel?! There is great discontent because of this entitled group of people, which unfortunately have defined GD.
We know there are sane players, yourself included. It's one thing when the sane players can keep the entitled ones in a sort of check and balance. But can you? Ask yourself honestly.
@LuckyLightTitan thanks friend :))
BTW @Troisnyx will you mind if i copy these text and post on my page here?
i'll save a link to your original post.
Heavens no, I don't mind at all! Feel free to do that, and in fact, if this becomes a copypasta, so much the better.
I won't support the removal of gd, but I do think that something needs to change.
Also yeah a good amount of gd users are cunts, but don't generalize them. I will not sign this petition, sorry.
Perhaps try to negotiate? Have gd update it's terms to be 100% clear on the rules. Also, some form of compensation for the musicians? I would like a better search system as well (search by artist pls lol)
We actually did try, by contacting @Zhenmuron (RobTop) multiple times across his platforms, asking what would happen with the 2.0 release. Nothing. No news. No terms for the musicians. He has been silent throughout. We even asked members of the forums for GD to try and get in touch with him on those matters. Nothing their either.
Quite frankly, it's been long enough.
So, it's a game that can easily allow theft of music to occur, and only Newgrounds can get in trouble? Not the creator, nor Apple or Google for allowing it to continue on their stores?
Neither of them have had action taken against them, and apart from RobTop, all the others have content ID bots and deep pockets. Not Newgrounds. We are the first to be sued if someone gets into trouble with the RIAA.
why does it ask for the address of my home???
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