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<blockquote data-quote="CharlesRyan" data-source="post: 5391668" data-attributes="member: 5265">You know, basically it's a two-part question: Do you steal?; and Do you try to pass it off as your own?The consensus on question one seems to be &quot;yes,&quot; and you can count me in on that.The second question is the tricky one: How much do you inform your fellow gamers of what you're stealing. At one extreme, in the OP's case, you lift concepts, names, and even lines of dialog, and let people believe you came up with them. Personally, I think that leaves a bad taste in people's mouths (as it did for the OP).At the other extreme, you draw inspiration from outside ideas, which you then aggressively adapt and reskin to fit your game. Then (if you're me), you might mention the source concept to the other players, because you don't want to use it if they're going to make connections that would become spoilers.It sounds like the OP's bad experience with the first extreme has soured him to the entire idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CharlesRyan, post: 5391668, member: 5265"] You know, basically it's a two-part question: Do you steal?; and Do you try to pass it off as your own? The consensus on question one seems to be "yes," and you can count me in on that. The second question is the tricky one: How much do you inform your fellow gamers of what you're stealing. At one extreme, in the OP's case, you lift concepts, names, and even lines of dialog, and let people believe you came up with them. Personally, I think that leaves a bad taste in people's mouths (as it did for the OP). At the other extreme, you draw inspiration from outside ideas, which you then aggressively adapt and reskin to fit your game. Then (if you're me), you might mention the source concept to the other players, because you don't want to use it if they're going to make connections that would become spoilers. It sounds like the OP's bad experience with the first extreme has soured him to the entire idea. [/QUOTE]

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