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Marble Hornets reference on Gaia Online
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Marble Hornets reference on Gaia Online

I apologize if this isn't appropriate or it's not the right place, but I wasn't sure where to put this.

Gaia Online (an online community wherein users dress up their avatars, for those unaware) recently released an item called Slender. The entire item is a reference to Marble Hornets. Here are some screenshots for those of you who don't have accounts.

totheark's mask
Slenderman in the woods
Slender doll


I just about freaked when I saw this item. I never really considered the notion that Marble Hornets would be noticed by Gaia. I suppose this means that Marble Hornets is more popular than I thought.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:26 pm
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SlendoMusic
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Wow, that is awesome. It's quite amazing seeing Marble Hornets develop into a dominant internet culture icon.

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Mops
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I'm sort of tempted to actually get a Gaia now...

(Also hai, did anybody miss me? I can't find an OT board to post in. D: )

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MetalGearSamus
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Mops wrote:
I'm sort of tempted to actually get a Gaia now...

(Also hai, did anybody miss me? I can't find an OT board to post in. D: )


There's a new "Slender Man" board here at UnFiction: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?f=264

Everything Slendy related but NOT MH will go there. The EMH thread, for instance.

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splodingheads
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Figures that Gaia would steal MH they are the eBaums of webforums also did you notice they are charging 10$ for this

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Norrior
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Holy shit...AWESOME. Shocked Very Happy

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clover890
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haha I saw that Very Happy I want it just because its related to MH but it costs a lot..

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Rejam
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I actually signed up (finally) specifically to offer to buy this for everyone thinking it'd be one or two mill at the most but... six mil?! For a ten dollar cash shop item?! JESUS

so instead

if you want this

I will give one to the first person who gives me their Gaia name so I can see that you are way active over there

except like

if you just want to resell it please don't, I want this to be a gift to my fellow MH whores Very Happy

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Doesn't anybody else think that it's wrong to be taking the creative property of the MH creators and making money off of it without their permission? Why are you guys supporting this behavior?

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clover890
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Rejam wrote:
I actually signed up (finally) specifically to offer to buy this for everyone thinking it'd be one or two mill at the most but... six mil?! For a ten dollar cash shop item?! JESUS

so instead

if you want this

I will give one to the first person who gives me their Gaia name so I can see that you are way active over there

except like

if you just want to resell it please don't, I want this to be a gift to my fellow MH whores Very Happy

II -japanda- II Razz

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Duckliffe
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Dray wrote:
Doesn't anybody else think that it's wrong to be taking the creative property of the MH creators and making money off of it without their permission? Why are you guys supporting this behavior?

Seconded. This is, to be fair, not the first meme Gaia has "stolen", although most of it's victims tend to be channers.

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Dray
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At this point, it's not even "stealing" in quotation marks. It's a clear reference to copyrighted material. As responsible ARGers and an oncoming generation of internet users, it's our responsibility to exercise decision making to support artists -- or at the very least, not make money off of their efforts without their permission. If you guys really like Marble Hornets but want the gear for your Gaia avatars, petition the Gaia Online maintainers and creators to get proper permission and to pay the MH crew for every unit sold! Stand up for what you're fangirling/boying over!

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clover890
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okay, they aren't really selling it. Its in this thing called a RIG which is a chance item like the lottery sorta, anyways you have a rare chance to get that item. You have to buy the RIG the item is in, in order to get the item. Its pretty much a chance item. So yeah just trying to clear up the selling of that item

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JKatkinaModerator
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clover890 wrote:
okay, they aren't really selling it. Its in this thing called a RIG which is a chance item like the lottery sorta, anyways you have a rare chance to get that item. You have to buy the RIG the item is in, in order to get the item. Its pretty much a chance item. So yeah just trying to clear up the selling of that item


I don't know why you think that justifies Gaia's theft of Marble Hornets content. Really, it's still the same thing, only they're making people pay for something they might not even get.

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JKatkina wrote:
clover890 wrote:
okay, they aren't really selling it. Its in this thing called a RIG which is a chance item like the lottery sorta, anyways you have a rare chance to get that item. You have to buy the RIG the item is in, in order to get the item. Its pretty much a chance item. So yeah just trying to clear up the selling of that item


I don't know why you think that justifies Gaia's theft of Marble Hornets content. Really, it's still the same thing, only they're making people pay for something they might not even get.

True, its because the company just wants money Razz everyone on there knows that but they still buy it. We can't really do anything about it besides complain about it. Troy and Joseph have to say something about it, heck they probably asked them first maybe. We don't know

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