The theft saga continues.
After stealing the fonts and plugin from Sethem, then basing his commentary mods on the work done by Declan he has now done the same to my own plugins. The latest pack by Miguel uses a version of my StadiumInjection plugin that was on a Patreon paywall.
He did not ask for permission. He did not give credit. He simply took a plugin and has now redistributed it for free. You can discuss the morality of the paywall to the extent you want to, but this is beyond that.
I went ahead and did some investigation, deep investigation. I looked at all his stuff, comparing file hashes, metadata extraction, and audio fingerprinting. Chants, photos, fonts, music, you name it. I went through it all.
Alongside taking adboards from various PES packs and individuals without asking permission, he seems to have done so for audio as well. I found 40 audio tracks matching the PES pack from Predator and Mauri. The least you can do is reach out. Something he has failed to do on so many occasions now.
I think he is talented and the fact he adds what he adds in the way he does adds to the game, but all his additions are taken without permission, without the appropriate credit, without acknowledging any social norm that the modding scene goes by.
I hoped he would change his ways after last week, and I really wanted him to redeem himself, really did. But now he is continuing on his merry old way...
Because this ultimately can, and likely will affect players from both the
#FootballManager and
#PES/
#eFootball playerbases, I will be doing what I can to get his operations shut down.
If you have been affected please do reply here or send me a DM if you are interested in filing a joint complaint.