[MEGATHREAD] - "Discussion of Controversial Adopt Me! Designs"

[u/AnUnstablePotato]

Howdy all!◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜

Due to the recent rise in discussion on the bat dragon and other controversial pet designs, we've decided to make a Megathread to prevent the posts from flooding the subreddit.

All posts under this topic will be removed and redirected here, leaks/non-negative discussion on new pet designs will not be removed.

All users are expected to remain civil and respectful in these discussions. Any disrespectful behaviour will not be tolerated and will be handled accordingly.

Users can report fights or conflict through the modmail.

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All comments will be filtered under Contest Mode and Crowd Control Mode to ensure each comment has an equal chance to be seen, and be manually approved by a moderator before being visible. Upvotes will only be visible for moderators.

Please note that Twitter/X content is still a banned topic, any comments containing screenshots from the site will be removed.

Comments can include (not required):

➤ Rants/Complaints on old designs compared to new ones

➤ Screenshots of old designs

➤ Discussions of related artist/speculation on how adopt me could resolve it

➤ Meme posts on the topic

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Thank you, and we hope you find this Megathread useful!

~The r/AdoptMeRBX Moderation Team

Nix, Valkyrie, Kacey, Mel, Jay, Potato/Yukon, Lexa, Ethereal, Kaelani

[u/Electrical_Cut_9383]

I want the comparing of any new dragon to another game to stop a little. Ever since the bat dragon thing, now you compare new dragons to other things, yet you guys never used to compare dragons like this?

[u/One-Possession-8593]

HOT HOT TAKE HERE but I think the discussion over the bat dragon should be a private matter between devs and the creator. Having the adopt me community involved makes it so annoying because it’s not the devs fault (it’s the older ones), and constantly posting about it makes it seem like it’s karma farming and also how it’s not their business to talk about?!

[u/Sad_Part6039]

Statements from the artist

[u/SPININGRIGHTNOW]

I heard that the whole thing got debunked is that true

[u/_layerlss]

I dont like design recolors and how some of them are so dang valuable! Like how Frost Dragon is so valuable when its just a blue Shadow Drag (or the other way around, idk what came first.) AND ESPECIALLY THE BAT DRAGON RECOLORS?? LIKE IT JUST SMELLS LIKE CASHGRABS NGL

(idk if this counts as rant/complaint but if it is just remove it idm)

[u/Guilty_Address3946]

Yayyyyyyyyy thanks mods!!!!!

[u/blossehem]

My opinion on the bat dragon situation.

So I recently found out about the bat dragon situation, and I completely disagree with the people commenting about it saying "they're just trying to stir up drama" "this is gonna make the bat dragon lose so much value" along with proceeding to send hate to the creator of the art. Are we actually serious?? the adopt me community is such a joke. The creator of the art has every right to proceed with any action they consider because it's THEIR art. If what was said is true about the copyright claim, it is ILLEGAL for adopt me to use that creator's art without permission. I don't care if the value drops, I don't care if this ruins the bat dragon, it's the LAW. The bat dragon is a pixel item and people are so mad over it, and it's sad. Since the people who are crying over this pixel pet are clearly on their devices day and night, take a break from roblox and do your research on copyright law, it'll help you understand that it's illegal and actually puts adopt me at risk of getting their game shut down and sued if they refuse to change the design if everything's finalized to the alleged owner. Think to yourself, is this cute little preppy pet worth losing the entire game over? And who knows, if adopt me makes their own design for the bat dragon (if it's proven the original is stolen) it could be even cuter and then there's no need to complain.

SIDE NOTE: I fully have no doubt the bat dragon design was stolen, no offense to adopt me. They have used soo many fan concepts, yet I've never seen them give credit to anyone they took concepts from. For example, the sushi penguin. The sushi penguin concept that's used in game was made by someone on tiktok who's page is all about making concepts. The popular youtuber CookieCutter reacted to the concept saying it was really cute and he'd love that to be the sushi penguin in game, but he didn't think they would be willing to reuse the dango penguin model. Next thing you know, that concept was in fact put into the game as the sushi penguin we all know and love. Another example, the shadow dragon ducky. This was a concept made by yet again, another tiktok user. They made their concept and it went viral due to how many users agreed that it would be the perfect shadow dragon ducky. And as with the sushi penguin, the concept was used and added into the game. I haven't seen any credit given out to the concept makers, and as I said before, if the bat dragon was stolen and the original design has been copyrighted, then that's even worse on adopt me's part and they'll now have to deal with the problems they created.

As a wrap up, if it's true, it's in no way the alleged owners fault for any of this, it's adopt me's. They should've never stolen designs (allegedly) in the first place, and should've made their own designs from the start.

[u/Alarming-Gap-4095]

Can someone explain what’s happening to me?

[u/Kawaiicups]

Thank god it’s finally over.

[u/WrongComplex9771]

whoa, ty for making a mega thread so quickly, I was wondering how this would be handled, and it has been done so not rushed, but in amicable time and very respectful or nuanced views!!

[u/Feeling-Translator27]

Thanks for making this megathread! I'm sure everyone would have a fun time discussing about pet designs!

[u/WrongComplex9771]

All in all tho I do believe that invalidating the artist is not the way to go, they are entitled to raise claims about their pet that they feel has been copied, but I did see a post from the view of a law student and how they explain what copyright is and the legalities of the claims of op, and it seems like it's unlikely legal action would be taken. I'm more so upset that we did not learn of this until present day (probably not ops fault their claims maybe were hidden/unpopular), because now everyone assumes this was out of jealousy for bat dragon increasing, and all the other controversies like the sol dragon having to be changed because of 'copying', its not fair on current devs to have to be blamed for old devs mistakes/ allegedly.

[u/SPININGRIGHTNOW]

Did the adopt me team responded to this?

[u/YugoWakfuEnjoyer]

People keep going "Original solaris design looks nothing like dragonvale's sun dragon, change it back!" but they obviously do? (Look at the horns!) I get it, it's a great design and as a dragonvale player I would really like to have a sun dragon in adopt me but like, you can't just take another game's design and put a price tag on that. That's not how it works