Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Dunno, didn't save it lol.
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They edited the link out of their initial post. So total junk.
dndrealms.com
The name is too generic; googling for it gets eaten by SEO. But it's still up.
Beyond the obvious lack of credit to artists that has been mentioned, the website has other scammy signs. They claim their products have 3700+ five star reviews, but there's no review mechanism on the website. They show reviews that are "verified", with no information about what "verified" means.
And frankly, the numbers are just stupidly absurd. A product like this selling 3700 copies this fast would be so far above what any 3rd party publisher would realistically hope for. But 3700 reviews? For context, Monsters of the Multiverse currently has ~5200 reviews on Amazon.
This is not what transparency looks like.
Yep, despite having bought the product, there has been no review function shown to me, or an opportunity to leave a review, and I don't know how I would see these 3,700 alleged reviews, or where they are.
The company is now attempting to 'bury' the valid questions being asked here and the review I posted in this thread by (a) trying to report my post for 'copyright violation', (b) requesting that we delete the thread, (c) deleting the title of the thread to ensure it doesn't show up in Google, and (d) messaging me (and I assume other customers) asking that if we don't like the product that we not 'badmouth' them or give them 'negative publicity', while crying poverty (which is ironic for a company which says it has 'thousands' of satisfied customers and 3,700 5-star reviews).
I was kinda prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. I was personally pretty sure these were mass-produced AI works, but I oppose the current trend of accusing every artist of using AI unless they can prove otherwise. That said, the way they have handled valid questions, and attempted to get a valid review taken down (which, frankly, is merely informative--it's not like I said the maps were bad or anything) makes it a lot harder for me to assume transparency or ethicality in this case.
I get that it has hard to get attention in this crowded marketplace. I really do. It's hard. But obfuscation, deception, and attacking reviewers isn't the answer. But hey, I guess... it'll get them some attention! Just maybe not the attention they were hoping for.
The company is now attempting to 'bury' the valid questions being asked here and the review I posted in this thread by (a) trying to report my post for 'copyright violation', (b) requesting that we delete the thread, (c) deleting the title of the thread to ensure it doesn't show up in Google, and (d) messaging me (and I assume other customers) asking that if we don't like the product that we not 'badmouth' them or give them 'negative publicity', while crying poverty (which is ironic for a company which says it has 'thousands' of satisfied customers and 3,700 5-star reviews).
I was kinda prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. I was personally pretty sure these were mass-produced AI works, but I oppose the current trend of accusing every artist of using AI unless they can prove otherwise. That said, the way they have handled valid questions, and attempted to get a valid review taken down (which, frankly, is merely informative--it's not like I said the maps were bad or anything) makes it a lot harder for me to assume transparency or ethicality in this case.
I get that it has hard to get attention in this crowded marketplace. I really do. It's hard. But obfuscation, deception, and attacking reviewers isn't the answer. But hey, I guess... it'll get them some attention! Just maybe not the attention they were hoping for.
Juxtapozbliss
Adventurer
Absolutely. Much of what they had to say was suspect.
Juxtapozbliss
Adventurer
Sad. It’s hard enough for real artists to make a living and here we have some imposters trying to make a quick buck from GM’s limited budgets.
Marc Radle
Legend
I do love that the name is back in the subject line!
Marc Radle
Legend
And the title was deleted again?
Yeah, he's determined, I'll give him that.
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