The author has PM'ed me and has contacted Plasmocat. Liam will tell you that people do not like their original portraits edited without their premission. I think there should be some notice about contacted the original artist and getting their premission first before posting a request here.
As for the NPC appearing elsewhere, I didn't know until yesterday when I was PM'ed.
The author had Plasmocat make her a custom picture for CA, the soundset is custom as well. Contacting the admin means nothing to the people who provided the picture and soundset. You should show some respect and make some effort to contact them first. If she forgot who she asked to make the custom picture, then she should have contacted the CA team and we could have helped her out.
I'm just an observer here, but it's not entirely clear to me that this line of discussion is relevant to the topic of the thread.
Additionally, speaking as an aspiring engineer, the idea that, after having someone make something for you to your specifications, that person subsequently has veto power over any future modifications to fit your specifications if they change, seems rather bizarre - by this standard virtually every maintenance programmer on the planet owes someone an apology. I would agree that courtesy dictates giving the original author, if they're around and active, a chance to perform the modifications if they're interested, but extending it this far or treating it like an ironclad rule seems excessive. I can't even imagine objecting to someone, say, installing an extra pressure tap on one of the M06CA catalyst mounts, without cracking up.
[EDIT]Rereading this thread, I notice that you mention the
NPC and author by name. I don't suppose it would have been prudent to ask the author before effectively publicly announcing the
NPC for her?
Edited by Azkyroth, 11 February 2008 - 11:44 PM.
"Tyranny is a quiet thing at first, a prim and proper lady pursing her lips and shaking her head disapprovingly, asking, well what were you doing (wearing that dress, walking home at that hour, expressing those inappropriate thoughts) anyway? It's subtle and insidious, disguised as reasonable precautions which become more and more oppressive over time, until our lives are defined by the things we must avoid. She's easy enough to agree with, after all, she's only trying to help -- and yet she's one of the most dangerous influences we face, because if she prevails, it puts the raping, robbing, axe-wielding madmen of the world in complete control. Eventually they'll barely need to wield a thing, all they'll have to do is leer menacingly and we fall all over ourselves trying to placate them." -godlizard
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