Patreon Account Selling Pirated Games - Developers Beware

anne O'nymous

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Well if any devs have spare funds send it my way, I need a new car and money is tight. Only need about 36k to get me a cheap Porsche 996 turbo as a run around.(y)
You forgot the important part. You obviously want it for the purpose to attract more chicks, and so have more experience when you'll finally make your own adult game.
 
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gamersglory

Xpression Games
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Oh wow! Score one for the junk filter. I am only now seeing that Mia Games emailed me after I was blasting their Patreon wall. Check this shit out...

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I mean, I could pick this thing apart and wax on about all the bullshit in this email, but why bother?

Just sharing it because I figured others might get a chuckle out of it as I did.
Wow. what a piece of shit.
 

gamersglory

Xpression Games
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Since this thread is already derailed:

If Pothead hadn't gone so over the top and completely stupid with his branches in DoD, he probably would have had, and kept, many times more patrons. I was a patron for months but could only take so many WTF moments before I called it quits.
Was talking about the ratio of stealing to paying how it was very one-sided. As a developer, you should make games that appeal to you. Even Ptolemy will agree with all the branching it did make the game confusing to make even on our end. Which is why we don't do branching stories anymore. The Irony is that there are many more people that tell me they still love that game then that say they don't. We welcome constructive criticism. which would be pointing out exactly is wrong. yes, you did point out the "sand" thing in Mary. Unfortunately, we do not have time to go back and fix that as Ptolemy has stated on or Discord. Which is open to the public and the only way to talk to Ptolemy Directly. The link is in my sig
 

Oppai Auteur

Developer of Old Friends and Public Transport
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Days like this I'm glad my game is so small time, this shit would just piss me off royally. Especially since I don't currently have a Patreon account, so I wouldn't be making any money off my game but someone else would be

What a prick
 

Chatterbox

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Patreon could solve this by changing the payout system so that any money earned takes 30 days to be released for accounts that are less than 1 year old.

That would give them time to shut down any sites like this without them getting a payout, taking away the incentive to do it.
 
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Aesouh

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Patreon could solve this by changing the payout system so that any money earned takes 30 days to be released for accounts that are less than 1 year old.

That would give them time to shut down any sites like this without them getting a payout, taking away the incentive to do it.
He's already been up for several weeks i see though.
 
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muttdoggy

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Annd I can't make a report since I don't make a game and there are no "public" posts so I can report it to draw attention to the content.
 

Aesouh

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Annd I can't make a report since I don't make a game and there are no "public" posts so I can report it to draw attention to the content.
Yeah that system is fucked, last time i reported on patreon they told me to make a report, but you cant if you cant read it. Even if the title says our game for example we can't do anything about it like that... Its absurd.
 

muttdoggy

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You can file a DMCA directly and it might get noticed by Patreon.
 

Aesouh

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You can file a DMCA directly and it might get noticed by Patreon.
Yeah last time we did that it took a while. I will let mot check it out again.
 

Ranger

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19 suckers already... I don't mind people getting my game for free here, but some parasite profiting from my work is just sick.
 
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muttdoggy

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Logged in.. only one option. That's it. Start with 3 main options.. 2 get blocked completely. First option eventually leads to "they're not who they say they are". Well... that's good enough. So also went to help center and submitted a ticket.
SMH.. frickin' Patreon.
 
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c3p0

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Report this creator > Something in their Patreon profile or rewards > This creator is not being honest > This creator is not who they say they are.

Closest thing to "This person is stealing stuff" I could find without dealing with DMCA.
Yup, have done the same, but this "help" process sucks. Would be nice if we had the chance to write something about the issue, but it doesn't look like that. It looks more that behind this complain button is a big dump PC and perhaps behind this hell desk some human poops up....