If we can nominate people I'd like to second this guy becoming a moderator.

Originally posted by Suroguner:

If we can nominate people I'd like to second this guy becoming a moderator.

Thank you. I got a reply from someone at SEGA this morning that they're going to work through my list and remove any infringing games. I do wish they would make me a mod as rather than making a list like last night, I could have taken action. The advice I was given was to both report and downvote any infringing content so make sure you keep on doing both. If they don't do anything by Friday I'll ping them again to either take action or have me moderate the Workshop.

I just went through the whole workshop list and made a collection of everything I would consider misuse of the platform. The list contains 83 items as of this writing.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=721090517

I'm not touching betas like Sonic Crackers, regional variants like Puyo Puyo, or pirate games like Rockman X3. I'm only listing what look like retail titles not related to the 58 games in the collection. Infringing titles go pretty far back if you sort by recently added, so I assume they're not getting removed unless the community flags them. I'll maintain this list for a little while and see what happens. If a few of us flag more, the list should shrink. This collection is a pretty bold move from Sega and I'd like to see more of this sort of thing, so I'd hate to see it turn into a piracy platform.

Originally posted by xONLYUSEmeFEET:

Originally posted by Suroguner:

If we can nominate people I'd like to second this guy becoming a moderator.

Thank you. I got a reply from someone at SEGA this morning that they're going to work through my list and remove any infringing games. I do wish they would make me a mod as rather than making a list like last night, I could have taken action. The advice I was given was to both report and downvote any infringing content so make sure you keep on doing both. If they don't do anything by Friday I'll ping them again to either take action or have me moderate the Workshop.

Any news on this front? I sure wonder if they are planning to do anything with Sega Classics on Steam at all now.

Thanks Sean for the collection; I just sent it over to SEGA. I have not heard anything from SEGA and it appears most of the mods I sent in my initial email are still up on the Workshop. I'm trying to get the developer's email so I can share it to try to get them to do something or the mod promotion. If I do not see anything done in a few days I'll post SEGA contacts I'm currently talking to but be aware they do not have direct control of this game's forum or Workshop. Below, I'll post the list of infringing mods I compiled so you can add them to your current collection.

THE LIST OF INFRINGING MODDERS WITH MODS
*This list will start with the latest active infringing modders

Chicken Leghorn:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/chickenleghorn/myworkshopfiles/
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Tiny Toon Adventures
Contra Hard Corps
X-Men 2
X-Men

SERG SPC
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198017985389/myworkshopfiles/
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Championship Pro-Am
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Dune II
Mortal Kombat 3
Battletoads
Road Rash 2
Wrestlemania
Battletoads and Double Dragon
Rock & Roll Racing

KIPdeKIP
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/KIPdeKIP/myworkshopfiles/
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Super Mario World 64
Super Donkey Kong '99
Sonic Jam 6
LEGO Batman
Felix the Cat
Ben 10: Alien Force
Battle City
+++Many more pirated games.

Kenshiro [FR]
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198074190037/myworkshopfiles/
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Syd of Valis
The Terminator
Valis III
Valis
Last Battle
Castlevania Bloodlines
MUSHA
Mamono Hunter Yohko
El Viento
Alisia Dragoon

Dazzle
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198072707595/myworkshopfiles/
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Lemmings 2 - The Tribes
Battletoads
The Flinstones
Top Gear 2

here come dat job (Jobey99)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Jobey99/myworkshopfiles/
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Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat

viKey
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/viKey/myworkshopfiles/
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Desert Strike
Jungle Strike
Urban Strike
Syndicate
Zero Tolerance

Flumpty Bumpty
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198227733840/myworkshopfiles/
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Ice Age 3
Despicable Me 2
Finding Nemo
Mulan
Darkwing Duck
Open Season 3

Columbine
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Columbine_Massacre/myworkshopfiles/
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Bible Adventures
Tetris
Rockman X3
Zero Tolerance
Beyond Zero Tolerance
Fix it Felix Jr
Silent Hill Genesis

Epic Aje (EpicOnionKnight)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/EpicOnionKnight/myworkshopfiles/
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Magic Knight Rayearth
Virtua Fighter vs Tekken

Elijah (ikern)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/ikern/myworkshopfiles/
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Robocop vs Terminator
The Lost Vikings

Single Uploads
Multiple links!
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Arino Dragon Ball Z https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=716529384&searchtext=
Nerf.Herder Wardner https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=714077121&searchtext=
celebi23 Monster World IV https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=713857140&searchtext=
JustArt Bubba N' Stix https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=712000162&searchtext=
deadmoney Action 52 https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=709959015&searchtext=
Sonic1992 TMNT HyperStone Heist https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=705262852&searchtext=
artvascon Castle of Illusion https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=685003568&searchtext=
Danhanado Sonic Jam 6 https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674771615

END OF LIST

I think a few of those are homebrew (Fix It Felix?) , and I've already been alerted that Zero Tolerance and it's sequel were released by the developer. I'm not enough of a copyright nerd to say where Action 52 stands but I'd like to hear some opinions there.

I've gotten some uh... let's say "friendly" comments from the users you listed. I kinda expected that. Oh well. List is at 95 right now and I've yet to get another content removal email. Only one out of the last few dozen submissions looks like a legitimate upload. Things get even messier if you go and look at DLC requirements to make sure they're linked properly.

"I would like to be moderator for the Workshop. I'd love to be able to make Sega Classics a great and legal place for mods."

Why not both? Obviously they don't care or they would be doing it themselves. Why bother?

Originally posted by daunt:

Obviously they don't care or they would be doing it themselves. Why bother?

Because they left a pinned topic in the base Discussions asking us to do so? Just because they didn't assign any moderaters doesn't mean they want it happening, and they trust us enough to do something as simple as filing a few reports.

Misplaced trust in Steam from the start, and even just going by the attitudes in this one Workshop, but still.

If they don't do anything, and this ♥♥♥♥ gets noticed by places like Kotaku and the Jimquisition, The workshop could be shut down and Sega possibly sued.

I count 144 out of 710, and more if you count unlicensed pirate titles. That's just over 20%.

Quoting myself :

Originally posted by EvathCebor:

I did buy ALL the games SEGA did release for the Steam Genesis Collection. All of them.
Even if I already have the boxed Genesis Ultimate Collection on PS3,
Even if I have most of these games in other SEGA compilation games on PS2, GameCube, PC...
Even if I already bought the ports or remakes of some of these games, GBA ports for example,
Even if I have I don't know how many CD keys of these games waiting for me in a humble bundle account or so,
Even if I have also bought most of these games on others digital stores (3DS shop, Wiiware...)
Even if I have some of these games on my phone,
Even if I have most of these games unlocked as bonus in other games I bought,
Even if I have most of these games already installed in the flash memory of a new Genesis console published by SEGA.
Even if I have most of these games as cartridges for my original Genesis since I'm 6 years old, sometimes twice of even 3 times thanks to compilation cartridges like the Sonic Collection or the Starring Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck compilation. Just on the original Genesis, I have Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 3 times.

I did buy any of these games at least 3 or 4 times, some of them maybe 6 or 7 or more.

If I want, I can download any of them and add them to my Steam library, opening in fullscreen, with a very beautiful picture for each game, that I already did by the way.

http://steambanners.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=sonic+2&pid=100

You'd see my "MegaDrive" category in Big Picture Mode, it's so sweet.

But still, I am just happy than I can download Aladdin, Quackshot and a "vanilla" version of Sonic & Knuckles (without Sonic 3) for the Steam Genesis Collection. Games I already bought one f;u:c;k:i;n:g hundred times. If copyright owners are still alive and unhappy about it, then they just have to move their bodies and publish them in the Steam store. Until then, be sure that each one of these games has been rentabilized one billion times, and you could check my steam account or just have a look at my appartment and my thousand boxes and cartridges to check if I am a pirate or whatever nocive for the videogame industry.

Now let us enjoy these Genesis games and go sleeping without any fear, we're not going to lose the workshop. Thank you to the uploaders by the way - and to the devs, of course.

Please apologize my english.

I hope none of you ever will be the moderator of nothing. Seriously. They are big boys and knew what they were doing when they opened an emulator to the workshop. If they want to act they will, they don't need you. Sega will be sued ? Yeah yeah, and Steam will close. And the internet too. Then the world collapse, right ? You need them more than they need you, obviously.

Because screw smaller modders who hoped to finally get a spotlight and support with their mods with fine assets instead of being choked by lack of modding support and lack of moderation.

What else do you think most people were hyped for when they announced Steam Workshop? :P

Originally posted by EvathCebor:

Quoting myself :

I hope none of you ever will be the moderator of nothing. Seriously. They are big boys and knew what they were doing when they opened an emulator to the workshop. If they want to act they will, they don't need you. Sega will be sued ? Yeah yeah, and Steam will close. And the internet too. Then the world collapse, right ? You need them more than they need you, obviously.

You think Sega knew what they were doing when they opened up the workshop for their genesis titles? How naive are you?

Sega thought they were provideing a way for people to ligimatly share their rom hacks of games they're selling on steam, not opening up an illegimate rom hosting site.

already what you are doing is stupid, I have contact SEGA and he told me that the SEGA games are banned and not legal. I myself have any games from SEGA, I am writing to CAPCOM for approval to their games. On the other hand some titles I consider legal as developer long gone. Think a bit before starting to put all the modders illegally! SEGA has no interest in securities that are not of them.
You talk using an emulator MAME etc ... that is not legal
before playing the police information that you would be intelligent action

First, invest in a better translation program.
Second, Why would Capcom give you permission to upload their full games for free when they can sell them again on various download platforms?
Third. The modders who are making actual mods arn't the problem. Just those who are pirating by uploading stuff like Konami's games.

If you want me to shut up about this, then help get these games removed of you'll just get more of this.