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#1Sept. 29, 2023 22:07:32
Scratchfangs
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Glitch?

I don't know what happened, but I just went to my pet simulator project, and it was randomly rated NFE, I don't know if it's a bug, but I'm worried because I know there's nothing wrong with it, it's a pet simulator project haha… If someone can confirm it, it would be helpful.
#2Sept. 29, 2023 23:07:50
AIGamesDeveloper
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Glitch?

Don't want to be those people just say “oh use Contact Us” so I will be more detailed with it

There could be an element of the project that may make your game NFE. Try checking and seeing if anything would count as “bad” in Scratch terms. If there isn't anything bad in your project, or at least you don't think there is, then you should use Contact Us just to see the problem.

It takes a while for them to actually reply.

Last edited by AIGamesDeveloper (Sept. 29, 2023 23:08:13)

#3Sept. 29, 2023 23:09:35
Scratchfangs
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Glitch?

AIGamesDeveloper wrote:

There could be an element of the project that may make your game NFE. Try checking and seeing if anything would count as “bad” in Scratch terms. If there isn't anything bad in your project,
I'm sorry to tell you this, but there is not. It's a 100% list game with pets and emojis. Absolutely nothing even close to bad

AIGamesDeveloper wrote:

If there isn't anything bad in your project, or at least you don't think there is, then you should use Contact Us just to see the problem..
Last time I've done that, they gave me a copy and paste like response telling me something that wasn't even about my problem.

Last edited by Scratchfangs (Sept. 29, 2023 23:11:18)

#4Sept. 29, 2023 23:10:57
AIGamesDeveloper
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Glitch?

Scratchfangs wrote:

(#3)

AIGamesDeveloper wrote:

There could be an element of the project that may make your game NFE. Try checking and seeing if anything would count as “bad” in Scratch terms. If there isn't anything bad in your project, or at least you don't think there is, then you should use Contact Us just to see the problem.
I'm sorry to tell you this, but there is not. It's a 100% list game with pets and emojis. Absolutely nothing even close to bad.

Alright then just contact the Scratch team to see what is the problem. I can check the project myself to see if there is anything that counts as “controversial” when it comes to Scratch and their CGs and their terms.
#5Sept. 29, 2023 23:13:33
AIGamesDeveloper
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Glitch?

AIGamesDeveloper wrote:

Alright then just contact the Scratch team to see what is the problem. I can check the project myself to see if there is anything that counts as “controversial” when it comes to Scratch and their CGs and their terms.

Yeah you are right, there isn't anything wrong in the project.

Well I have said it twice, use contact us, it could be a mistake, I know that sometimes mistakes happen and this could be a mistake (or it could not, and I am just missing the problem)
#6Sept. 29, 2023 23:17:03
p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-
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Glitch?

Probably has to do with copyright stuff. The game is based off of another game, right? Or is this not true?
#7Sept. 29, 2023 23:20:14
Scratchfangs
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Glitch?

p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p- wrote:

Probably has to do with copyright stuff. The game is based off of another game, right? Or is this not true?
Yes, it is, but nothing here is copyrighted, there is just text and emojis. There are lots of pet simulator games on Scratch.
#8Sept. 29, 2023 23:20:30
AIGamesDeveloper
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Glitch?

p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p- wrote:

(#6)
Probably has to do with copyright stuff. The game is based off of another game, right? Or is this not true?

Yeah it's based off of a ROBLOX game. But aint no way that could be it cause of the Creative Commons License.
#9Sept. 30, 2023 01:56:27
DifferentDance8
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Glitch?

I have two possible reasons:

1) Preston (who I think is the owner of Big Games, which owns the real pet simulator X on roblox) possibly sent a DMCA asking for your project to not be easily visible for whatever reason.
2) Since you can name yourself basically anything, there will inevitably be some people who will send inappropiate names. Of course, since this is primarily based on the cloud…
#10Sept. 30, 2023 08:23:34
donotforgetmycode
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Glitch?

DifferentDance8 wrote:

1) Preston (who I think is the owner of Big Games, which owns the real pet simulator X on roblox) possibly sent a DMCA asking for your project to not be easily visible for whatever reason.
I'm pretty sure the idea of a pet simulator has been around for so long that it can't be copyrighted.

DifferentDance8 wrote:

2) Since you can name yourself basically anything, there will inevitably be some people who will send inappropiate names. Of course, since this is primarily based on the cloud…
This project doesn't have any cloud variables.

Last edited by donotforgetmycode (Sept. 30, 2023 08:25:13)

#11Sept. 30, 2023 11:18:00
Scratchfangs
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Glitch?

I don't know the problem, and I don't feel like using Contact Us again. Waiting 2-3 weeks for a response that is copy and pasted is just not something I want to do anymore. Especially since this is pretty obvious that it was a mistake.

Because checking today, it's still NFE, proving it's not a glitch.

Last edited by Scratchfangs (Sept. 30, 2023 11:19:11)

#12Sept. 30, 2023 15:48:13
esmars26
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Glitch?

How are you checking?
#13Sept. 30, 2023 15:49:26
esmars26
Scratcher
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Glitch?

Can't find a meta noindex tag in the source code. Could just be the indexer being slow.

Last edited by esmars26 (Sept. 30, 2023 15:49:49)

#14Sept. 30, 2023 15:55:51
Scratchfangs
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1000+ posts

Glitch?

esmars26 wrote:

How are you checking?
An extension I am not allowed to share.
#15Oct. 1, 2023 11:26:18
Scratchfangs
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Glitch?

I don't think he sent a DCMA?
#16Oct. 1, 2023 12:53:52
abstractcoder360
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Glitch?

p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p- wrote:

Probably has to do with copyright stuff. The game is based off of another game, right? Or is this not true?
copyright isn't a thing on scratch, you can use any material you want unless it violates the guidelines
#17Oct. 1, 2023 13:59:09
ajskateboarder
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Glitch?

esmars26 wrote:

Can't find a meta noindex tag in the source code. Could just be the indexer being slow.
I checked the status using the remixtree method and it considers this project as “not safe”
>>> r = requests.get("https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/894379053/remixtree/bare/")
>>> for k, v in r.json().items():
...      print(k, v["moderation_status"])
894391284 permcensored
894379053 notsafe # this is the original project
894433134 notreviewed

Last edited by ajskateboarder (Oct. 1, 2023 14:00:54)

#18Oct. 1, 2023 14:03:34
Scratchfangs
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Glitch?

A pet simulator game is considered not safe… I am 99.9% sure that the ST accidentally did this unintentionally, but I don't want to go through all the trouble through emailing them. Last time I told them that one of projects was falsely NFE, they sent a copypasta saying why my project could be hidden in the search, like I didn't know that the tag of “not safe” was in my project. This is one of the circumstances where I have no idea what to do. If I email them again, chances of getting the same response is super high.
#19Oct. 1, 2023 15:22:56
cookieclickerer33
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Glitch?

could it be that FNAF or police where somehow in the project somewhere accidentally?
#20Oct. 1, 2023 15:26:23
cookieclickerer33
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1000+ posts

Glitch?

it also could be thinking the backdrop name is a phone number because it has dashes

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