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Durin Mephit · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:51 pm Post subject:

I'm sure we will find a way to resolve this issue. Don't fret over it right now Smile

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Erik · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject:

Okay!

Off-topic note:

I'd just logged into D'mala to visit my old Relto, and looked at Recent... Guess who where there? Kodama and Sutherland! And: Eleri.

/me can smell a D'net update. Twisted Evil

Eleri · Great Tree Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 819

sheer coincidence, I swear!

I did some movie filming on D'mala
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Durin Mephit · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:44 pm Post subject:

I'm now wondering what our options would be to edit Sharper's hat onto his body.

I didn't think it would matter so much, but in light of certain impersonations, perhaps it does.
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Moiety Jean · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject:

If our actors names are obviously fake, or even to the point of reading "Documentary Actor 1" or some such, I doubt it will be as much of an issue. We get to our film spots (probably have to be somewhere somewhat private at this point, since I am now largely put off by the behavior I see in the cavern) and film, and if anyone asks questions along the way, we explain truthfully. No one will be fooled, and no one will be angry.
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Durin Mephit · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject:

MJ, I agree with what you said, but I feel you're missing my point.

Douglas Sharper is not Douglas Sharper without the right hat. That hat is not available in Uru Live. ANYONE who saw the imposter should have immediately known that it wasn't the real Douglas. The lack of the right hat was a dead giveaway.

With that thought in mind, I had to ask myself: Why were people fooled? Why didn't they realize it wasn't the real McCoy? And I find myself looking at the documentaries we've made and that people may have become comfortable seeing Douglas with the wrong hat.

Previously I was very dismissive of complaints about the hat. "It's just a hat," I said. Now... now I'm not so sure.
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Moiety Jean · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject:

Oh.. I did miss your point.

Yeah, I let myself get comfortable with the wrong hat. (That sounds like an adage!)

I hate for you to have the extra work of trying to edit in the hat.

Do you think we're really at fault? Could it be simple lack of explorer knowledge of Sharper's true appearance? There aren't a huge number of pictures of him, as far as I know..
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Durin Mephit · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject:

I'm not going to paint ourselves with fault... that's too strong a word. We are not the perpetrators of the scam.

I'll just say that comfort with the hat could have been a contributing factor.

I'm investigating my options, going forward.
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Erik · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:15 am Post subject:

Rils · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject:

I agree that if it's practical to give him the right hat in the documentaries, great. But if it's a huge amount of trouble, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Nobody has complained so far, and I think we've made it abundantly clear that we doing re-enactments, not just making stuff up.

If people abuse someone's image for their own reasons, that's not necessarily our fault... If people want to know what Sharper really looke dlike, they can do the research and find the pictures. We should be as realistic as we can, but I don't think necessarily down to the tiniest detail...
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Erik · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject:

Maybe, when Douglas comes back, he will be willing to lend his hat to his stand-in? Smile