AMERK'S PROFILE

author=Liberty
And there goes the thread. Yay.

"Let's equate everyone who doesn't like the idea of gay marriage to Hitler. That'll allow for meaningful discourse!"
Seriously...?
Grow.
Up.

Godwin's Law:

http://www.businessinsider.com/godwins-law-why-someone-always-brings-up-adolf-hitler-2014-2

The further an online discussion goes, it's bound to be linked back to Nazis and Hitler at some point.

author=Magi
The official RPG Maker web community expressly forbids any games shared on its site from having said materials. I can't speak for the Steam community though. Here, most of us don't really care. People are laid-back, lots of hobbyists.

Not exactly true. You can't post a game for a maker you don't legally own (ie, the pirated 2K and 2K3 editor), but there are indeed games on their site that use ripped graphics, not to mention the amount of ripped audio.

However, you cannot share the materials, post the resources for others to use, request such resources, or encourage people to break your game in order to retrieve the materials.

I don't have a link to the post since it was ages ago, but the last time this came up they said something to the nature of "No, you won't be banned, but they'll advise you against it, and you're still liable for any legal action a company may choose to take against you."

Of course, that may all have changed over the last couple years, but if so, then they need to do a better job of policing the current games they have that use ripped graphics and audio.

Edit: But considering the nature of RMW and that it's more geared towards commercial development, I generally prefer to host my games here and at VXAN.

author=bulmabriefs144
While what amerk said is okay, it sort of follows the assumption that well, this is not acceptance but lukewarm tolerance. Further, homosexuality is not a sin. Yes, you heard that right. It's not.

My point wasn't to start a debate on religious beliefs, or whether or not it is a sin to be homosexual or to act upon the impulses. My point was to CashmereCat's post about being "against the institutionalization and normalization of it".

The bible shows a lot of things to be a form of sin, but then requires every Christian to recognize they are sinners themselves, not to judge others, to show love for one another, to respect government authorities and pay them their dues, and to even love our enemies when they trangress against us, and most certainly not to become too proud or view yourself as holier than others.

The focus isn't on one aspect of human life or even one particular area of potential sin, but on your life as a whole, and how you conduct yourself amongst others. As a Christian, none of us can truly say we are found favorable in God's eyes. We hope we are, and we try to follow examples placed before us, but nobody will really know until the day we are judged. Many of us Christians may be in for a shock.

To make another point: the bible also speaks against people who defile the flesh, and many believe that means God is against cigarettes and drugs, but I'm pretty sure many Christians smoke cigarettes or pot. Does this mean that somebody who believes smoking is bad is being lukewarm? Hmmm... I hope not, because I tend to smoke once in awhile myself, and I have had many friends in my life (some who smoke and some who don't).

Regardless, though, my primary point still stands. Marriage in a religious ceremony is about the sanctity of marriage, and I respect a religion's position if they choose not to marry a gay couple. However, religion has no place in politics, and a government should not be biased against a group of people just because it doesn't stack up to their own beliefs, which this ruling now addresses.

Thanks for the clarification. Many of us probably assume it's a design by choice, but this explains the issue with hits/misses quite well, at least when scripts get involved. It doesn't make it any less frustrating, but it helps us to understand it wasn't entirely a devious mechanic set in place intentionally in order to make the game that much harder.

author=Corfaisus
I did, but until it comes out, it's just a twinkle in Square's eye.

I'd more hyped for a Xenogears remake over Final Fantasy VII, but a decent remake of FFVII could still be a great thing to see, and I never thought about it'd happen in my lifetime, considering how many rumors were started and squashed over the past decade.

So, yes, I agree with you. It could very well be that SE is in full swing with this, and if so then the PS4 will have some golden days in the not too distant future.

But I'm also inclined to think this is going to be similar to the Versus XIII announcement back in 2006, and a remake is still another 5 to 10 years away and won't be released until the PS5, at which time we'll then be told the original remake development was scrapped, things were cut because they either didn't fit the new vision or couldn't be added due to inconsitency with the new mechanics, and the game took a life of its own and became Final Fantasy XVI instead of the remake we were expecting.