It’s common human decency. If you want to use somebody as a character, ask for permission first. As I understand it, Lee already apologized, and his story wasn’t terribly bad, but Acro’s... But that’s beside the point. Even the lowest human beings are still people and deserve the respect and dignity that should be afforded to everybody, if possible.

[quote]Howdy all Deputy Otter here. Recently I was browsing offtopic and I noticed two users had made stories about me.[/quote] Stories are always fun, I love it when people make stories about me (thanks Tiger) [quote]These users are Lee The Sheriff and Acrocanthus.[/quote] I have not ran into Acrocanthus alot, but Lee is a cool dude [quote]Now multiple users were pointing out how biased these stories seemed and after some thought I felt it was best to get them taken down.[/quote] Just because something is biased doesn't mean you should take it down. It's a video game forum, not your workplace or anywhere you might experience real issues. If it's their stories, you just don't have to look at them, you wouldn't get notifications for them. From what I have seen, your reputation here isn't changing because of these stories, that sucks, but people already didn't like you before this it looked like. I doubt two stories change really anything [quote]Both Lee and Acros used my name as a character for their story without my consent.[/quote] They don't need your consent... again, this is a game forum, not real life. While consent would probably be the most classy move, it's not an absolute must. Now if you specified that you didn't want to be any stories whatsoever, sure, that would be low of them, but as far as I know, you didn't specify. [quote]They were biased in their writing therefore the stories painted me in a bad way.[/quote] Just because you get painted in a bad light or you don't like how you were portrayed, doesn't mean that they were biased. I think you get alot of -blam- on this website from what I have seen, but maybe there is a reason behind it and it's not just blind hate... it would be great if we could all get along, but 9 times out of 10, people don't like other people for a reason [quote]Usually I enjoy offtopic user stories.[/quote] Hmmmmm [quote]Usually they’re well made and respectful of the users included.[/quote] I'll give you that [quote]Now I’ve already contacted both of them via PMs and explained this to them.[/quote] While just letting them be would have been the way I would have gone, but it was very classy to PM them first, good on ya [quote]I said I’ll be using their names since they already used mine without asking.[/quote] I mean, kinda childish and not productive, but ok. Lee and Acros are respected members, using their name in this probably isn't going to change that. [quote]Both of these posts are getting taken down.[/quote] You could have had them write you out of the story too. I haven't read these stories, but I might have been an easy fix. No need for the nuclear option. [quote]To the users who were saying it wasn’t right I appreciate you for stepping up. Let’s not continue this kind of behavior folks.[/quote] Sure, "slander" of other members is not cool [quote]I do not mind if you come to me in PMs asking for permission as long as you give me a bit of the story so I can see how you plan to use me as a character.[/quote] That takes all the fun out of it! With Tiger's thing, he didn't ask my permission or anything, though he mentioned I'd be in it. And that's totally fine! I have absolutely no clue how my character is gonna be used and that's awesome! It's more fun to not know where your story is going versus knowing it before hand. [quote]If you do refuse to ask my permission before making a post or if I refuse to allow you to make said post I’ll keep taking them down.[/quote] Um, sorry to say, but last time I checked, I can't take down people's stuff because I didn't like it. Yeah, you can report them, but beyond that, there is not alot you can do. [quote]Keep it unbiased and keep me informed and there won’t be any issues.[/quote] You mean, biased towards you so you don't get mad? That's literally everyone. EVERYONE. IS. BIASED. I am biased, you are biased, Lee is biased, everyone is biased. This is just a part of being human. We all see the world and interactions differently. While stories aimed at making fun of users can often cross the line of not being classy, saying that they are biased from your biased view point is not great. This goes both ways, for everyone, just to make this clear. [quote]Thanks for your time folks have a wonderful Wednesday. Edit I kinda wanted to throw this in because I find it hilarious. [url=https://youtu.be/7ysFgElQtjI]https://youtu.be/7ysFgElQtjI[/url] Billy Cyrus goes off 🤣🤣🤣[/quote] Last edit a little weird but ok, not quite the place to probably put funny videos but ok. NOTE: I HAVE NOT READ THE STORY SO I DO NOT KNOW THE CONTENT. This may affect my view of this particular case, but generally what I have said has been fair in my opinion. Again it's my opinion which is biased, but I have tried my best to act impartial. I don't hate Otter, I think that OP may have had some weird views of how stories work, but I do not blindly hate OP. I will only start disliking OP once OP does something wrong against others or me. This is just my two cents on the whole situation, I don't have the full story. This is just my take based on Otter's post and I have included the whole post to give proof that I am not taking stuff out of context or anything

I thought you were leaving

Alright, they did get a bit carried away... I thought you said you were leaving tho?

I will admit they were in the wrong

How do you know these posts are getting taken down?

Fair enough.

I certainly don’t like da stories. I mean we may dislike you but that doesn’t mean we should mock you.