Make this a rule!
LumpyTheLegend
Member
Some people are making pictures for other people’s profile pictures for different apps and games, and the people who want the picture have to pay cubits. This should be illegal because if the person doesnt like the picture after they have paid, they could be scammed, in a way. Its even worse if the person pays before they recieve the picture, this is because the person who is drawing the picture might not even make one, or rush a picture (which makes the picture worse) to get the cubits.
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i'd say it is already included upon the TOS, though not specifically. It's one of those grey area's and one of those rules that can loosely translate to what is needed to cover the company. Now, enforcement by staff upon the forums for such a specific thing, that is a matter for the Devs to decide.
It's a scale thing. Is it malicious enough to enforce? How often does it happen? etc
All in all though. Purchasing avatars etc has been done a lot upon the forums. And reports of malicious trades involving custom avatars, is almost unheard of. A Few disappointing results mostly.
I'd be more inclined to request such things from a "generous artist" who simply want to practice their craft. All of my CC avatars come from such wonderful and generous artists.
The reason several of us charge beforehand is to protect ourselves, not to scam you. I've had some bad experiences where I didn't charge before drawing and the person claimed they didn't like the art so they weaseled their way out of paying for the art I spent hours creating. And then still proceeded to use the art because they actually did like it.
I suppose it is stretching the rules a bit, but it's not doing any harm, and if it were decided by the admins or mods, not a player, that I had to stop, then I would stop. But unless that happen s, I will continue using my talents to earn cubits. It's a good business.
As Prof said, I offer to redo pictures. If a customer decides they either don't like the picture or want something changed, I will redo it. They just have to PM me. And I don't "rush pictures just to get the cubits", I put effort into my work.
So if I'm told by someone in charge that I can no longer draw as a business, then I will stop. Otherwise, I and the other artists of the community will continue doing what we love ;)
Ok, im not saying everyone who does it is a scammer, but some people who see other people doint this, they might jump on the train, but they could be a scammer and scam people with it. For example, qbee 1 might say “hey, do you want me to draw a profile picture for you?” And qbee 2 says “ok, sure! How much does it cost?” Then qbee 1 would say the amount of cubits it costs, then qbee 2 would pay. qbee 1 would never make the picture, therefore it is a scam.
Now I think there could be an argument to make that the forums are almost part of the game. They are owned and run by cosmic cow right?
I think the main thing is. These art threads are done here on their servers. Out in the open so everyone can see. We've never had any reports of these art guys scamming. Most of these threads start with a portfolio so you get an idea of what your final product will look like. If scamming did occur or we got reports of foul play then forum mods would look into it and take action if needed. Just outright banning everything because something may happen I don't think is the way to go.
These artists add a lot to the community.