Quote Originally Posted by Azimuth View Post
I just have to say, larch, that if you really "pride [yourself] on being a semi professional blogger", you shouldn't be, um, borrowing stuff from anyone else, anyway. I mean, what's the point of just copy-pasting something someone else said? If you're actually serious about writing, write your own stuff. It's almost irrelevant that it came from Penny Arcade - asking if you can use something someone else said about anything in your own blog kinda defeats the purpose of being a writer, doesn't it? I know I sure as hell wouldn't ever do that.
Ouch, Larch just got intellectually bitch-slapped!

I joke I joke, seriously though dude, we're chillaxed to the max here (except for when Azimuth and Gradius find themselves in the same thread, but we don't talk about that. ). If you feel so passionate about writing, why not approach Tincan/Rustbucket and ask them if they would consider your opinion pieces instead? I doubt anyone takes any forum topic on here seriously anyway unless it's published on the MyGaming article page by Tincan.

Tons of us have posted articles that we find online, not because we think nobody will notice that it's plagiarism, but purely because we find it interesting and thought others might too. Like I said way back when, don't take yourself [read 'anyone of us on here'] so seriously...nobody else does.

MyGaming.co.za != Forums only.

Good luck with the rest of your writing ... and more importantly, have fun while doing so!