Hah this is a variation of the grandfather paradox. The whole story consists of one character. I found it quite interesting how you adapted it into the Starcraft Universe. The only thing that leaves me in doubt is the sudden "transformation" into a man. Biologically with the current technology that would be impossible, to have a reproductive person after changing sex. Of course, I presume you used this so you could further the "whoa" effect of your story Good job writing that up.
I would call this a form of plagerism. While I have nothing against retelling a story in a different form, in something like this, where you are taking credit for the work, I do not feel it is appropriate. I feel you should have come up with an original story or at the very least altered this story a great deal more.
He just adapted the story to Starcraft. If I adapt little Red Riding Hood to Starcraft, and no one else has done this before, I can still say it is my work. I took the job of making all adaptations to SC, so this version of the story belongs to me. It isn't plagiarism because he didn't copy this specific story out of anyone. You can say he wasn't creative, but not a copycat. If he had copy pasted the story and just changed the names, then that would be plagiarism, but he typed the story himself with the concept of a pre-written one in mind. Same thing happens with a lot of stuff, like Zombie movies, Time travel books, etc. They are all adaptations.
Anyone kno where I can get the original version, just the title even would be good coz then I can google it, thanks. Also I don't think its a lack of creativity at all, people make adaptions of things all the time. His story shouldn't be judged too harshly just because he based it off another story.
It's not like he copied a story - he just used a concept. I'd like to see somebody write a story that doesn't include a single familiar concept. It can't be done, so there's nothing wrong with this. It was a nice submission. Clever story-telling, although could have prolly used a bit of polishing.
I wouldn't say it can't be done... Otherwise there would be no such thing as a 'classic' Yeh so its in SpaceJunk wats the title??
A classic doesn't mean a story with no element anybody has heard of before... it means a story that uses elements better than anybody has seen before.
Yes but it CAN mean a story with no element anyboy has heard of before. Where is this spacejunk thing??
well, lemme stop side-tracking this thread... http://www.starcraft2forum.org/forums/index.php?topic=3681.0
That IS plagiarism. It is not a parody and the work being stolen is not in the public domain. On top of it all, this does not read as a story. It's more like a quick moving riddle with no depth/interesting plot/or real characters. There isn't a single redeeming aspect to it.
