I don't care about keeping things to myself, I don't even use rpgmaker. I'm just saying I don't get why people don't mind that their games look like exact copies of each other and why this behavior is not only tolerated but actively encouraged.
Honestly, nobody really encourages anyone to use rips. It's tolerated because not everyone can simply make graphics. If
anything, original graphics; no matter what quality; get
slightly too much praise.
Looking at this thread more, I can't really say encourage, but it's more like an unwritten rule that any rips from any game is fair game. I have no problem with people using rips; but I agree that more effort should be into people's game to make them a little more distinctive from one another...
Lastly Konix, you don't like RPGs; you've made that fact painfully obvious. We're not here to change your opinion; so why exactly do you need to keep reminding us? Personally, I like to judge games on a case by case basis. I like SOME rpgs, but most of them are pretty damn awful... But I guess that's the case with plenty of mediums and genres these days. Like movies, or first person shooters... But I digress; we get it.