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FAA (Frequently Angry Assumptions)
5 years ago
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I have noticed that some people like to make assumptions about my characters and my lore regarding other similar things that already exist, getting very angry at me for 'stealing designs or ideas'. Yes, I take some inspiration from stuff, but if I say that I didn't take the inspiration you assume that I did, then I did not. Simple as that.
I'll mention all 3 of my main characters in steps regarding this problem.
TAU:
Someone mentioned and I imagine many assumed already that TAU is a heavy inspiration from the Warhammer TAU.
To put things clearly: I have never played a Warhammer game, neither have I looked up any of the stories and neither do I ever have seen the TAU in Warhammer up until someone mentioned it. I didn't even know that was a thing.
The only inspiration my TAU has is the name from the Netflix film "TAU". That is literally the only inspiration, even the lore I completely made up on my own, same with the design. It just happens to be coincidental that it is very similar to the TAU in Warhammer.
Great minds think alike I like to think.
E.A.I.S.:
I am not entirely sure because someone who was spoken to by someone who seemingly hates me (for whatever reason) couldn't entirely confirm the reason or 'what' behind it, but they mentioned something about me stealing designs and it was during the time of my first uploads. It could be TAU though it could also be E.A.I.S., specifically the 'head' of the E.A.I.S. ship itself.
There is a heavy inspiration with the head leading towards a short film on youtube called "Rha". While the design isn't stolen, it's heavily inspired. Due to it being my first machine character and art of such thing, I took stronger inspiration than I do now. Most things now are ideas or minor inspirations that turn to look like something different. Much of it is a 'mashup' of different design ideas, creating something new entirely.
The E.A.I.S. ship design is entirely made up, the only inspiration being the position for the ref and ideas of categories/statistics I can write about of the ship itself.
.E.E.P.S. (Guard):
Someone and probably some people may think that Guard is a ripoff of the design from the Lost in Space robot. While it is inspired, how Guard functions and him having been a design idea of mine before I even knew Lost in Space existed (and before I had Netflix) is different. Only a moment after I had the idea of how E.A.I.S. is now somewhere in early-mid 2019 I created Guard as an idea upon Mirage giving me inspiration for such thing. (In January 2018 I created the first 'early access' version of E.A.I.S. called X-72 Nightshade as a machine/A.I. character which has now evolved into E.A.I.S.).
The design has always been organic-looking even in that X-72 Nightshade time back then (I still have that character on F-List), the visor of Guard robot just ended making sense to indicate his emotions as the emotional aspect has also always been a concept of mine.
Talking about the Guard ship design-, as it stands now and further art - the only inspiration is and will be the ship shape, how the ship looks like is already established by taking inspiration of my own design, specifically, E.A.I.S. designs as Guard is his creation.
Conclusion:
Don't assume if you don't know exactly who you're dealing with. My lore is entirely made up where inspirations are to a minimum. Only designs take a bit more inspiration as it is more difficult to imagine the detail visually.
Personal Opinion/Afterthought:
If whoever made these assumptions and/or spoke them out loudly in an attempt to offend me or whatever on some discord servers and comments then-, well, hope this puts a weight off your shoulders so you can deal with your IRL problems. Is it jealousy, hostility towards me, or just plain old anger? Are you one of those people who take rumors for granted and say having a 'Synth' or 'Protogen' character is original? Or perhaps did I 'steal' the name of your character that maybe 3 people in the entire world have seen? Oh I'm sorry that names are not a new concept.
I'll mention all 3 of my main characters in steps regarding this problem.
TAU:
Someone mentioned and I imagine many assumed already that TAU is a heavy inspiration from the Warhammer TAU.
To put things clearly: I have never played a Warhammer game, neither have I looked up any of the stories and neither do I ever have seen the TAU in Warhammer up until someone mentioned it. I didn't even know that was a thing.
The only inspiration my TAU has is the name from the Netflix film "TAU". That is literally the only inspiration, even the lore I completely made up on my own, same with the design. It just happens to be coincidental that it is very similar to the TAU in Warhammer.
Great minds think alike I like to think.
E.A.I.S.:
I am not entirely sure because someone who was spoken to by someone who seemingly hates me (for whatever reason) couldn't entirely confirm the reason or 'what' behind it, but they mentioned something about me stealing designs and it was during the time of my first uploads. It could be TAU though it could also be E.A.I.S., specifically the 'head' of the E.A.I.S. ship itself.
There is a heavy inspiration with the head leading towards a short film on youtube called "Rha". While the design isn't stolen, it's heavily inspired. Due to it being my first machine character and art of such thing, I took stronger inspiration than I do now. Most things now are ideas or minor inspirations that turn to look like something different. Much of it is a 'mashup' of different design ideas, creating something new entirely.
The E.A.I.S. ship design is entirely made up, the only inspiration being the position for the ref and ideas of categories/statistics I can write about of the ship itself.
.E.E.P.S. (Guard):
Someone and probably some people may think that Guard is a ripoff of the design from the Lost in Space robot. While it is inspired, how Guard functions and him having been a design idea of mine before I even knew Lost in Space existed (and before I had Netflix) is different. Only a moment after I had the idea of how E.A.I.S. is now somewhere in early-mid 2019 I created Guard as an idea upon Mirage giving me inspiration for such thing. (In January 2018 I created the first 'early access' version of E.A.I.S. called X-72 Nightshade as a machine/A.I. character which has now evolved into E.A.I.S.).
The design has always been organic-looking even in that X-72 Nightshade time back then (I still have that character on F-List), the visor of Guard robot just ended making sense to indicate his emotions as the emotional aspect has also always been a concept of mine.
Talking about the Guard ship design-, as it stands now and further art - the only inspiration is and will be the ship shape, how the ship looks like is already established by taking inspiration of my own design, specifically, E.A.I.S. designs as Guard is his creation.
Conclusion:
Don't assume if you don't know exactly who you're dealing with. My lore is entirely made up where inspirations are to a minimum. Only designs take a bit more inspiration as it is more difficult to imagine the detail visually.
Personal Opinion/Afterthought:
If whoever made these assumptions and/or spoke them out loudly in an attempt to offend me or whatever on some discord servers and comments then-, well, hope this puts a weight off your shoulders so you can deal with your IRL problems. Is it jealousy, hostility towards me, or just plain old anger? Are you one of those people who take rumors for granted and say having a 'Synth' or 'Protogen' character is original? Or perhaps did I 'steal' the name of your character that maybe 3 people in the entire world have seen? Oh I'm sorry that names are not a new concept.
He was purposely created to look neutral and different from his creators, and one visual sensor or 'camera' is all a machine needs anyway, TAU even having 3 cameras behind the glass of the 'eye' for depth perception.
The concept of TAU is just very sci-fi oriented, E.A.I.S. as well, though more of an ancient organic design as E.A.I.S. has been around for billions of years already at the dawn of organic life.
When I was accused of copying Warhammer TAU I didn't even know what that was and not even until yesterday did I know what they look like.