got perm banned for not buying skins apparently according to some idiot named @cat

[FireCactus61484]

got a perm banned when i logged in for no reason made a discussion and it got locked after someone named @cat said "buy some skins then we will talk" whoever that is needs to be stopped

[Chewy102]

If you got banned for "not buying a skin" then that means you uploaded an avatar you did not own. Likely a paid avatar got off some site for free. In other words, you stole that avatar.

And since VRChat doesn't give bans without you being reported and proof gathered. Then that means the original avatar creator found out and provided said proof.

Id say you should take that advice. Use public avatars or pay for/make your own instead of finding them for "free" online.

[FireCactus61484]

Originally posted by Chewy102:

If you got banned for "not buying a skin" then that means you uploaded an avatar you did not own. Likely a paid avatar got off some site for free. In other words, you stole that avatar.

And since VRChat doesn't give bans without you being reported and proof gathered. Then that means the original avatar creator found out and provided said proof.

Id say you should take that advice. Use public avatars or pay for/make your own instead of finding them for "free" online.

Wrong page sorry

[Chewy102]

Originally posted by paytoncook94:

Originally posted by Chewy102:

If you got banned for "not buying a skin" then that means you uploaded an avatar you did not own. Likely a paid avatar got off some site for free. In other words, you stole that avatar.

And since VRChat doesn't give bans without you being reported and proof gathered. Then that means the original avatar creator found out and provided said proof.

Id say you should take that advice. Use public avatars or pay for/make your own instead of finding them for "free" online.

Wrong page sorry

Wrong page? This is the only page there is for this thread.

[FireCactus61484]

Originally posted by Chewy102:

Originally posted by paytoncook94:

Wrong page sorry

Wrong page? This is the only page there is for this thread.

Wrong community goma

[Sora]

Originally posted by Chewy102:

If you got banned for "not buying a skin" then that means you uploaded an avatar you did not own. Likely a paid avatar got off some site for free. In other words, you stole that avatar.

And since VRChat doesn't give bans without you being reported and proof gathered. Then that means the original avatar creator found out and provided said proof.

Id say you should take that advice. Use public avatars or pay for/make your own instead of finding them for "free" online.

this is wrong they will ban you for not sharing there opinion

[FireCactus61484]

Originally posted by YouWantaBath?:

Originally posted by Chewy102:

If you got banned for "not buying a skin" then that means you uploaded an avatar you did not own. Likely a paid avatar got off some site for free. In other words, you stole that avatar.

And since VRChat doesn't give bans without you being reported and proof gathered. Then that means the original avatar creator found out and provided said proof.

Id say you should take that advice. Use public avatars or pay for/make your own instead of finding them for "free" online.

this is wrong they will ban you for not sharing there opinion

i meant to post this somewhere else goma

[Yellow Dice (Old)]

I'm sorry but people getting banned for uploading models is dumb as hell.

[Stygian Ikazuchi]

Originally posted by Yellow Dice:

I'm sorry but people getting banned for uploading models is dumb as hell.

Apparently OP meant to post in another game's discussion forum, not VRChat's. That said, the reason people get banned for uploading paid models they did not buy is because it's piracy. Paid avatars are sold by creators for money and if someone's caught with a model they did not buy or was not purchased for them, they're basically doing the same thing as someone downloading a pirated video game. Regardless of your stance on whether piracy is ethical or not, it's not allowed. There are plenty of avatar assets that are available free online if you want to have a custom model but don't want to or cannot pay for one.

[Vermillion]

Originally posted by Stygian Ikazuchi:

There are plenty of avatar assets that are available free online if you want to have a custom model but don't want to or cannot pay for one.

Yep. VRoid is one of the big ones if you're wanting to make a customized anime-styled avatar and there's PLENTY of resources for it alone, both paid and free on websites like Booth. VRoid models do have some issues when it comes to importing it into VRChat and it's not entirely smooth, but there's guides out there to fix it up and improve it before putting the model into the SDK.

There's also plenty worlds in VRChat, such as Avatar Museum and the recently released Booth Cafe that showcase avatars with a wide range of prices if you're looking for something more bespoke and have some money to spend.

[Chewy102]

Originally posted by Redonia:

I been using "special snow flake" made for one person avatars for well over 2 years at this point.

But. Before you blast me. I asked them if I could clone it from the very people who had them. So... I mean if they get banned for allowing me and maybe a few others to use them.

I find it f'ed up.

I am considering making my own avatar to use. I have many 3D models I've made but they weren't made for VR use. And I'm too lazy to remake them for it.

I would allow some to clone my "special snow flake" avatars too, even if they paid for them.

Long story short: Just clone avatars from others and use them only when you aren't doing something stupid to attract the attention of "muh one of a kind pixels"

Cloning avatars is 100% fine. That means those are public avatars and the uploader made a choice to make them so. NO ONE will EVER get punished for using a public avatar, unless they abuse the hell out of stuff like NSFW or a crasher.

And even if those public avatars are stolen. Then their uploader is the only one to get punished if need be, No one that uses those public avatars should ever have anything happen to them outside of finding it gone one day.

Private avatars on the other hand. That's on you as you was the one to find a "free" copy of the avatar, you was the one to upload it knowing you did not own it, and you was the one using the thing. So if you get caught with a stolen avatar on your account then you earned punishment.

But, the odds of getting caught with a stolen avatar is really freaking small! And proving it's a stolen avatar is extremely freaking hard unless the original creator themselves makes the report and provides their own proof as the VRC mod team has no way in hell of proving that any avatar is stolen without the original creator saying so.

I can't support using stolen avatars. But at the same time I don't really care. And if someone does manage to get caught with a stolen avatar and get banned for it, then they simply earned it in my opinion as the odds of someone getting caught with such a thing is just low.

[Kiss Alice]

What a cutely innocent mistake frfr- Sorry for your unfortunate situation and I hope it gets resolved with what ever other game it was actually about!