Shameful. Absolutely shameful. - PPC Posting Board

Subject: Shameful. Absolutely shameful.
Author: HerrWozzeck
Posted on: 2011-09-07 17:36:00 UTC

Well... since we've had a lot of badfic stuffs going down as of late, I thought I'd change it up with something that angers me to no end:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7357739/1/AssassinEffects

See that fanfic? It's an Assassin's Creed/Mass Effect crossover. For all intents and purposes, it's not bad. The Shepard is a bit of a Sue, but the writing is mostly all there, there isn't a grammatical error in sight, and it's interesting.

Until you read THIS:

<a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5719759/1/CreedoftheShepard">http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5719759/1/Creedofthe_Shepard

Now, I want you to notice something about the two, and then get back to me.

I'll wait.

[waits]

Figured it out yet?

Yes. Upright Man plagiarized from The Inner Hollow's story, almost word for word in some sentences. The structure is exactly the same, the backstory is exactly the same... the only thing that changes is the utterly idiotic way the Shepard expy holds on to the "Auditore" subtitle.

I defer to the subject for everything else.

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Shameful. Absolutely shameful. by HerrWozzeck on 2011-09-07 17:36:00 UTC

Does The Inner Hollow know about this? by LunarHuntress on 2011-09-07 23:40:00 UTC Reply

Looking at the reviews, it doesn't seem like anyone's told him yet. Shouldn't someone?

I sent him a PM earlier today. by HerrWozzeck on 2011-09-07 23:46:00 UTC Reply

Whether he'll reply or not remains to be seen, though. We'll see what goes down.

I believe that's worth a report to the admins. (nm) by Vixenmage on 2011-09-07 22:14:00 UTC Reply

Already did that... by HerrWozzeck on 2011-09-07 23:47:00 UTC Reply

...but knowing how the FF.net admins work, they're probably going to wait about a month before they do anything about this. So I was hoping that people would go there and report the hell out of this guy. Hey, if they get swamped with reports about this instance of plagiarism, they'll have to do something eventually, right?

+It's done+ by Church on 2011-09-08 07:04:00 UTC Reply

Well, it looks like that travesty of a plagiarism is gone and dusted.

Not as if I would miss it, anyway...

Now, why don't they care about MY being plagiarized? by Jacer on 2011-09-08 08:47:00 UTC Reply

Freaking JUNE I reported this, the day after it was posted. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7089257/1/Deanna

I know other people have reported it. It's been almost three months, and it's STILL THERE. *screams with frustration*

For reference, the original is http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5581829/1/CallMeKatie . I did a comparison. About a third of it is my writing exactly.

Good Lord! by Church on 2011-09-07 18:39:00 UTC Reply

At least, if you are trying to create a fanfiction, you are drawing inspiration from canonical sources and adding your own twist on the fandom - whether through original stories set in the universe, original characters becoming involved or other such ideas.

But this, this blatent disregard for an author's original fanfiction work ... This. IS. AN. OUTRAGE!!

I mean, what on Earth? How the heck did the author in question get away with this blatant rip-off? Has the author of the original work caught on?

My review on the matter by Church on 2011-09-07 19:35:00 UTC Reply

Just to vertify, I did a quick comparison between the two fics mentioned. Sadly, the evidence speaks for itself and has resulted in my most strongly-worded review I had given on FF.Net to date.

Bear in mind, I was utterly dusgusted:

"I admittedly took a quick gander through this fic out of mild interest and it seemed fine...

That is, until I saw the only review and decided to conduct a quick comparison. I know it may seem pointless getting worked up like this, but let me be frank:

I was outraged.

What the HECK possessed you to plagiarise another person's work - a crossover which had been written over a year BEFORE this? Before YOU became a member? The overall structure, the narrative flow; Heck, about 80% of the WORDING was EXACTLY THE SAME!

I'd pray that the author you ripped off doesn't find out, because there will be trouble - if either the author or administration catch on, you'd be out of here faster then you can say, "Whoops."

You plagiarist! Utterly. Despicable!"