What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?

chorus

Clearly different games by different people; one has a domain, one is using an Ares subdomain. What’s the story here? Two houses, both alike in dignity, or…?

I mean, I kind of hope there’s some spicy drama beneath this. Two rival groups both refusing to give up the name to the other, playing the long game in the hopes that the other will tire and throw in the towel?

I may be stirring the pot unnecessarily, but rather than log in and ask directly, I’m hoping that the conjecture and assumptions of the uninvolved masses will prove more entertaining.

Pink

I am SO curious as well! They both opened within a day of each other. Looks like one might be a continuation of a different game, but that’s as far as I got.

I hope someone has the tea to spill, cause I’m thirsty for it. XD

MisterBoring

Roz

from the mention on the ares discord, it sounded like it may very well have just been a random coincidence

SockMonkey

@Roz
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MisterBoring

a cartoon of spongebob sitting at a table with a cup of coffee .

So no tea?

Raistlin

There is no tea. It was just a weird and unfortunate coincidence.

MisterBoring

One of those games should change their name. Some MU shit-fuckery could occur on one or both of them, and we need to be able to delineate which is which when the eventual discussion thread(s) starts here.

SockMonkey

@MisterBoring Could just refer to one as AOH and the other Age since that’s how the websites lead. Or just let the chaos unfold and observe.

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Raistlin

@Raistlin One of them is. They’re working on it behind the scenes.

helvetica

@MisterBoring said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

One of those games should change their name.

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I think we should just lean into it.

SockMonkey

@helvetica
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Wuff

Snackness

They should both change their names to the same thing at the same time.

somasatori

@Snackness said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

They should both change their names to the same thing at the same time.

MUSH equivalent of trying to wave someone through at a stop sign

Jennkryst

@somasatori said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

@Snackness said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

They should both change their names to the same thing at the same time.

MUSH equivalent of trying to wave someone through at a stop sign

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Wikibara

@Jennkryst

Your headstaffer, VASperder.

Ashkuri

There is some shady stuff going on with this Age of Heroes game.

The ‘very strange coincidence of taking someone else’s name’ is part of it. Last night we also discovered that Age of Heroes is using “Look for RP” code developed by @Trashcan, without credit or attribution. A representative of Age of Heroes in the Ares discord became defensive and buckled down on ownership, saying that this LFRP code is their coder’s and was entirely coded by her, despite several obvious and distinct indicators within the code that this isn’t true.

When we pointed this out and requested to be credited with having written the original code, Trashcan also said he’d make a plugin for this code. Within a few hours, the AOH “coder” produced an AI-coded plugin. Faraday, aware that there was some controversy over authorship of the LFRP code, notified Trashcan so we could compare the code to ours. The AOH “coder” is claiming again that it is her code and she made it from scratch, crediting him only with the “idea” for it.

Our best guess with this situation is that the AOH “coder” used AI to request a similar feature to the one Trashcan wrote, and the AI scraped his code. Then as soon as he said he’d make a plugin, this person used AI again to try to get ahead of him and quickly produce a plugin first. The plugin itself bears the hallmarks of AI coding, which Trashcan can elaborate on if anyone’s wondering why we’re certain the plugin is AI.

These Age of Heroes people are never going to own up to lying, failing to credit where credit is due, or using AI to steal other people’s work. However it’s pretty uncool behavior in this small community, it is obvious behavior in this small community, it is rude, and it is shady.

sao

This is so unnecessarily dicky one feels that the dickiness is part of the point.

MisterBoring

@Ashkuri See… I knew shitfuckery was going to happen. Hence the need to delineate between the two.