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avatar OliverFrenchie
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Level 57 : Grandmaster Terraformer
Posted 08/17/12 4:22:48 am
08/17/12
Hey there guys, OliverFrenchie here with another blog post. This time I'm going to be talking about the lack of originality and quality on PlanetMinecraft and what we can do to change it. Be warned, there will be ranting in this blog post. (Custom Made Render for Thumbnail)

The past few days (possibly weeks) have been challenging to deal with. The recent commencement of the Skin Contest means that our feeds are being flooded with skins, some original but many, unoriginal and lacking quality.

Another brilliant blog post by Site Moderator the_soup focuses on the impulse of Slenderman skins following the release of the game Slender. Another great blog by Niko shows his frustration for the lack in quality and the unfairness of the popular reel. I'm going to talk to you about a combination of unoriginality and lack in quality. A quick search shows that there are over 400 Slenderman skins out at the moment.

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If you have a skin you'd like to post or a map you'd like to share then do so. However, if your skin is a copy of someone else, is another 'teenager','hunter' or any other of the clichéd skins then please, don't post them. You will be recognised for making an original skin. The same applies for maps and the influx of 'Escape' maps. The effort that has gone into making a lot of them is minimal. They've looked at the original 'Escape' maps and merely copied them with a different design and story. That's not acceptable.

If you spend time and put effort into your projects then you shall be rewarded.

So hey, lets say I've just made this fantastic skin thats got shading, detail and everything in it. I've posted it but why isn't it popular or being featured? Well, sadly there is a dark side to PlanetMinecraft.
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So please, if you are considering posting a skin or a project, make it original and put effort into it. If we all start doing this, then the really good skins will get more attention and more recognition. If we don't act soon then PlanetMinecraft will become a hub for unshaded skins, pathetic builds and boring posts.
Thank you all for reading, don't forget to diamond, favourite and even subscribe if you enjoyed this blog post and hope you have a nice day!

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Tags:Mgs, Modern, Gaming, Studios, Original, Quality, Detail, Originality, Unoriginal, Support, Amazing, Slenderman, Influx, Intake, Escape, Clich, Reward, Article
Credit:the_soup,Niko,OliverFrenchie,draconerixor

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pixelhunter20
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New Miner
September 19, 2012, 10:22 am

totally agree with you!
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brenno29
Level 13
Journeyman Dragonborn
September 15, 2012, 3:17 am

This is a very good topic to bring up, but the exact opposite happened to me... look my skins may not be really that amazing but I put my heart into each skin I make and all of my skins take a minimum of an hour. Yet, instead of moderators going around and removing steve/lack of effort skins... they remove my skins I put a good damn amount of effort into and accusing me of using part pickers to create my skins.
To the moderators who remove skins etc... Get your priorities straight!


-Brenno29
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mynameisjoe
Level 42
Master Bunny
September 14, 2012, 10:01 pm

i made 3 escape maps the first was for funzies and i didnt know why or how it got so much support i promised 100 downloads i'd make part 2 then part 2 i prmised 150 downloads i think so i had to make a part 3 im sorry :(
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Technofreak301
Level 14
Journeyman Engineer
September 1, 2012, 12:23 am

I hate it when that happens. That's probably why my contest skins never get anything better than partcipant.
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storm97970
Level 35
Artisan Skinner
August 24, 2012, 4:58 pm

Would you call this unoriginal? I was first to make the skin, but I made it based on another minecraft subject. 
http://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/wither-mob-snapshot-12w34a/ 
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storm97970
Level 35
Artisan Skinner
August 24, 2012, 4:59 pm

NOTE- took me hard work to make, I want honesty, even if you hate it. 
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
August 24, 2012, 11:15 am

i cant make a skin with ANY quality, detail, ect.
:(
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BonreoCat
Level 19
Journeyman Skinner
August 29, 2012, 3:02 am

Then don't make skins, as simple as that :) 
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FailureGamer92
Level 19
Journeyman Modder
September 15, 2012, 3:47 am

you know your very harsh to people,right?
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
August 29, 2012, 3:13 am

i cant MAKE skins. 
MCSkin3D keeps failing on me!
when i click on it,
it just fails.
thats when i yell "P*NGAS!" in my mind.
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BonreoCat
Level 19
Journeyman Skinner
August 29, 2012, 7:33 am

If so, then what was the point of putting the ''...with ANY quality or detail.''
If you said that, it is implied that you HAVE made skins previously and have concluded the lack of quality and detail in the skin.
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
August 29, 2012, 7:50 am

well,
it worked.
but only once and that was when i JUST got it and i was really new.
the skin i was planning to upload on pmc was bacicly a "simple skin". no shading or anything like that.
oh and if paril reads this, PLEASE FIX IT I REALLY WANNA UPLOAD MY FIRST SKIN!
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BonreoCat
Level 19
Journeyman Skinner
August 29, 2012, 9:04 am

I'm pretty sure that MCSkin3D has a FAQ page. Make sure to read through that since the problem could might as well be on your end. If that leads to nothing, try uninstalling and re-installing.
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
August 29, 2012, 9:26 am

i read throuh the FAQ and nothing helped.
and i uninstalled and re-installed. same problem as before.
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Daneitoa
Level 18
Journeyman Architect
August 19, 2012, 8:25 pm

I so fucking agree!!!! It's like you have MY brain in YOUR head!!!!!!!!!


Dude, I agree 110%. And I don't pull hypocritical bullshit here, if it doesn't look high def when I make it, it's not going anywhere, and I don't post it.


Anyway. Bravo, thank you. As for those who think they are artistic, or think that they will get far with something stupid. Yeah, my message to you all: *Le clicke*
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
August 29, 2012, 9:27 am

i dont think that but i clicked it anyways...
and i was like
"WTH?"
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Nickmandont
Level 14
Journeyman Dragonborn
August 19, 2012, 8:20 pm

i remember on the popular section
there was a "naked steve
it was a tan colored steve with a black outline of a penis
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
August 24, 2012, 11:15 am

o_-


u serious?!?!?
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Nickmandont
Level 14
Journeyman Dragonborn
August 24, 2012, 12:16 pm

yep
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
August 24, 2012, 12:41 pm

who posted it?!?!
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Nickmandont
Level 14
Journeyman Dragonborn
August 24, 2012, 4:05 pm

i dont know
but it had 100+ vievs
0 flags
30+downloads
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
August 24, 2012, 4:11 pm

wth?
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ChezPlz
Level 20
Expert Artist
August 19, 2012, 5:19 pm

In My Opinion, Slenderman Is neat, But The Best Slenderman Skin Has Already been Done. Why Did it become So Popular? And As for the Skins, I think Shading Is Nice, But There Is A Point When Shading Is Too Much. There Is a Difference Between "Skinner," And "Texture Designer," The Difference Being That You Can Not Simply "Shade," Your Textures. It Doesn't Work Like That, And I Think Keeping That In Mind For Skins Makes Them Great.
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Dimentioze
Level 3
Apprentice Engineer
August 19, 2012, 9:35 pm

First of all, trying to read your comment kinda made my eyes hurt, too many capitalized letters.
Anyways, there's no such thing as too much shading. Shading makes the difference between a good skin and a bad skin; If a skin is just not shaded, that means there would only be one color for things. No shadows, no highlights, no details. Just a solid color. Even a baby could do that; shading makes skins good. Texture designers also need to do -some- shading on their textures for stuff like pixels under grass or near it, darker colors, depth, etc.
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ndnprct3
Level 15
Journeyman Unicorn
August 29, 2012, 9:36 am

im the worst at shading and the shader tool on MCskin3D doesent help...
which means if i make a skin, im not gonna upload it or else there will end up being more rants like this.
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ChezPlz
Level 20
Expert Artist
August 20, 2012, 9:22 am

Sorry about the capitalization thing, its a bad habit. But shading isn't everything, its not just the shadows or highlights that make a skin great, its the combination of all the colors. Its where you put each color, not "Did you go over your skin with transparent black?" I'm tired of seeing all the skins on the reel, that someone just put down solid color, and Dodge/Burned it until it had the illusion of depth. Shadows aren't black, in fact shadows are slightly the color of whatever is casting them, so people need to wake up, and pick their own colors!
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Dimentioze
Level 3
Apprentice Engineer
August 20, 2012, 9:48 pm

That's true. Sorry for disrespecting you about the caps, by the way.
Anyways, I agree with your post now since I understand what you mean; It's both the combination of shading and having a good palette that makes the skin good, I guess.
Also, on another note, contrary to what I said earlier, some simplistic skins out there can be pleasing to the eye; why else would OCD pack be so popular?
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dariuscraft
Level 1
New Crafter
August 19, 2012, 8:18 pm

Why do you capitalize every word you typed?
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xCryox
Level 18
Journeyman Cake
August 29, 2012, 6:20 am

Lawl bro, he is supposed to type like that, it is proper.

He also did not capitalize every word =.=

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dariuscraft
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September 1, 2012, 8:38 am

Actually he edited it. "Lawl".
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xtremyst122
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New Miner
August 19, 2012, 4:29 pm

lack of detail? i disagree, i mean like not everyone like shadings on their skin because it sometimes is not so good looking but good post :D
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OliverFrenchie
Site Moderator
Level 57
Grandmaster Terraformer
August 19, 2012, 9:59 pm

Yeah I've already said like 5 times in the comments that it depends on the style you're going for. But detail doesn't have to be shading, it can be a simple belt or hair on the hat layer for example.
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mcevan14
Level 14
Journeyman Ninja
August 19, 2012, 3:28 pm

Yay for rants! also, I kind of disagree. sorry. but a skin doesn't HAVE to have detail to be decent. i dont shade ANY of mine. plus, the megaman and slime ones were kind of good, and were probably made by a "noob" skinner. but good blog, anyway.
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DarliusFX
Level 3
Apprentice Mage
August 19, 2012, 3:07 pm

You're right :/
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JuggernautMC
Level 1
New Crafter
August 19, 2012, 2:26 pm

Nice job man. I actually try to take an hour out of my day to just report skins that are unoriginal. DEATH TO PLAGIARISM!
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DiamondQuiver
Level 6
Apprentice Archer
August 19, 2012, 11:19 am

I agree 100%.

This is why I don't post my skins -_-


And... uhhhh.... 69th diamond :3

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OliverFrenchie
Site Moderator
Level 57
Grandmaster Terraformer
August 19, 2012, 12:58 pm

HAha thanks :)
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DiamondQuiver
Level 6
Apprentice Archer
August 19, 2012, 2:22 pm

yw :)
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Devoid_paranoia7
Level 2
Apprentice Explorer
August 19, 2012, 12:51 pm

i never post my skins because they have been stolen, so i just removed my good skins and havent uploaded since. i also agree 100%
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DiamondQuiver
Level 6
Apprentice Archer
August 19, 2012, 2:23 pm

My first project was stolen, but thankfully I got someone to remove it. I've uploaded since, but nothing spectacular, only my creative world, and it hasn't been stolen.
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OliverFrenchie
Site Moderator
Level 57
Grandmaster Terraformer
August 19, 2012, 11:00 am

Just a quick survey, If I were to do a Skin Weekly Showcase, trying to showcase good low-key skins, would you guys like that?
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Dimentioze
Level 3
Apprentice Engineer
August 19, 2012, 9:36 pm

Yes please.
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Bethamez
Site Moderator
Level 1
New Miner
August 19, 2012, 1:53 pm

Seems like an interesting idea
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Drazla
Level 28
Expert Architect
August 19, 2012, 1:13 pm

Definantly.
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UltraJones
Level 32
Artisan Narwhal
August 19, 2012, 10:39 am

I agree with what you've said. I don't ever post skins (as I've never been good at them, except for the skin I made that I'm currently using), but I do mainly post projects. It still applies to those. My projects I understand aren't the greatest, but I still think they're good (we're all our harshest critics, right?), and I hoped they'd have gotten more recognition.... But all the blah maps and projects bury mine... It is what it is I guess. I just hope the same doesn't happen to my map I've been working on for a month now.
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Shadowhawx1123
Level 16
Journeyman Skinner
August 19, 2012, 1:53 am

I would ask you to read my blog/rant I did on creeper, teen hoodies etc but I'm not really popular and dont want to waste your time, please dont think of this as me being self-sympathetic or anything, I wont post a link seeing as many people will see it and more than likely spam "why are you advertising crap". But back to your blog. I honestly have to agree that there is a lot of unfairness in the popular skins, although i must sound hypercritical as i have both made a teen hoodie skin and a slenderman skin. The teen hoodie was my second skin which I uploaded when I had started skinning, and I made the Slenderman skin before Slenderman was popular on PMC but hadnt considered uploading it until I saw too many godawful skins of slenderman.
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OliverFrenchie
Site Moderator
Level 57
Grandmaster Terraformer
August 19, 2012, 2:04 am

I will find some time to read it don't worry. Your slenderman skin was uploaded before the craze and the contest so in fact you are on of the originals who deserves the credit, no the current new ones.
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LordTrilobite
Site Moderator
Level 68
High Grandmaster Pirate
August 19, 2012, 1:46 am

While I agree with this rant and mane others. Most of the words are wasted because the people that post these skins aren't going to read this or aren't going to care.
Then again, I have seen a change in the community lately. More and more users are experimenting with shading and trying to get better. So among a big part of the community there certainly is the motivation to improve the community and the quality of it.
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MrNintendoMan
Level 1
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August 19, 2012, 9:25 am

True that.
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OliverFrenchie
Site Moderator
Level 57
Grandmaster Terraformer
August 19, 2012, 2:02 am

Sadly that is the case LordT. Hopefully the fact that this has been on the front page for a while some of those skinners will read this and try and take a different approach to skinning. This is true and hopefully it will continue to change. Thanks for the comment!
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jackattack30
Level 16
Journeyman Pony
August 19, 2012, 1:42 am

Ironically, blogs about unoriginality are very unoriginal
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Skotcher
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August 19, 2012, 10:29 am

Ironically, You're an idiot
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jackattack30
Level 16
Journeyman Pony
August 19, 2012, 10:39 pm

Oh wow.
*Claps slowly*
You're some kind of genius aren't you?
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Skotcher
Level 9
Apprentice Taco
August 26, 2012, 5:19 am

The point was, this was original. Something anyone could easily figure out. He didn't take someones old blog then re-paste it here with a couple words changed. This was all from him. Every word. Think about it.

Just because painting has been around for thousands of years doesnt mean it's "unoriginal". Everyday people paint something diffrent. A tree. A lake. A person. This all comes from them.

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OliverFrenchie
Site Moderator
Level 57
Grandmaster Terraformer
August 19, 2012, 1:45 am

I speak of skins and projects having unoriginality. There are no complaints of blog posts being unoriginal and the problem of being flooded by other posts doesn't exist in the blog section. If you think about it, the more people blog about this then the more likely the problem will be fixed.
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jackattack30
Level 16
Journeyman Pony
August 19, 2012, 10:38 pm

Yeah I suppose so
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16charme
Level 21
Expert Pony
August 18, 2012, 11:09 pm

This is why I rant.

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