# w00t! OMG, I GOT RIPPED! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 17, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508 "2004-12-17T01:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/1 "2004-12-17T01:09:22Z")
ROFL! This Spanish guy ripped my site (www.ya3.has.it)! It mysteriously seems to be down at the moment :skull:, but I saved the swf and took some screenshots beforehand šŸ˜‰ Have a look: ā€¦and the 1mb swf, if anyoneā€™s interested: [http://cinemascorestudios.com/yakub/El](http://cinemascorestudios.com/yakub/El) Rippo!.zip _sigh_ they could have at least ripped it _properly_ šŸ˜› The funny thing is, I was actually HELPiNG the guy make this site :ponder: It started with the usual ā€œOMG I LOVE YOUR SITEā€ email, then he started asking me Flash & HTML questions (the usual stuff - fullscreen, preloaders, etc). So we throw emails back & forth and talk over MSN, all the while completely oblivious that he was ripping my site. ANYWAY, one day, I sign in to MSN and heā€™s offline. But THEN I look at his nickname and see that he was stupid enough to put the **URL** of ā€œhisā€ site in it :huh: So yeah, I visited it, had a good laugh, notified the host and it was taken down within minutes. Our latest emails: > * * * Hi Ya3!! I did the button with the actionscript of fullscreen and it rules perfect with pop-up killer in its real direction (some like [http://www.myvipcard.com.au/yakub](http://www.myvipcard.com.au/yakub) in your case) but for make the direction shorter we use a subdomain (.tk) and when we enter in the web from this direction the fullscreen doesnā€™t rules and says: canā€™t find the web pageā€¦ I donā€™t know why happens itā€¦ Do you have any idea to solve it??? Thanks for all!! I really like the snow of your web butā€¦ Are you in winter in Perth at christmas?? * * * Pablo, I think a solution may be to change the URL of the fullscreen. In the HTML page, find this: window.open(ā€œpage.htmā€,ā€œā€,ā€œfullscreen,scrollbarsā€) Change the ā€œpage.htmā€ to a FULL ADDRESS, for example: ā€œ[http://website.com/page.htm](http://website.com/page.htm)ā€. This is should fix it, since it works without the .tk. I think the .tk is confusing the URLs to the files. If this doesnā€™t work (or you donā€™t understand), just send me the HTML files and Iā€™ll have a look. The music doesnā€™t seem to be working either. Maybe you could try removing it entirely, along with the rest of the site. Iā€™m disappointed in you. * * * I know, I know. I shouldā€™ve pwned himā€¦ butā€¦ :bored: Iā€™m too nice to do that :+) Come to think of it, being ripped is quite a compliment. I mean, imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flatteryā€¦ and the site gets taken down anyway, so why not enjoy it while it lasts? :drool: ---
**Author:** ![zao](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/zao/32/141_2.png) [@zao](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zao)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/2 "2006-03-26T21:08:35Z")
Sweet vengeance eh, kinda funny, a ripper being ripped. ---
**Author:** ![thesparky007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thesparky007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thesparky007)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/3 "2006-03-26T21:51:07Z")
> [@zao](#): > > Sweet vengeance eh, kinda funny, a ripper being ripped. what? and whats the reason to bring this thread up? ---
**Author:** ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/4 "2006-03-27T01:26:16Z")
the same thing he said ^ ---
**Author:** ![zao](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/zao/32/141_2.png) [@zao](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zao)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/5 "2006-03-27T02:55:45Z")
Late browsing šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![B\_L\_U\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@B\_L\_U\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/B_L_U_E)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/6 "2006-03-27T03:44:32Z")
I just wasted 5 min reading a 2 yr old post, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![3d\_Nirvana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/a88e4f/32.png) [@3d\_Nirvana](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/3d_Nirvana)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/7 "2006-03-27T04:09:42Z")
ha, I remember this thread! ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/8 "2006-03-27T06:32:20Z")
HAHAH my story is nearly as bad. Some dude called ā€œxb0xfreaksā€ is asking me to teach him how I do all my graphics, and headers and shizz for my betas and intros for my site. Get this. Itā€™s bad enough that about 3 seconds after I told him how to do it- he posted it up on the web on HIS site, HE HAS THE SAME NAME! apperentely he owns www.darkmotion.nl and now whatā€™s worse is that he is using my style on his site with the same freaking nameā€¦ [look at this for example](http://fadedpixel.com/?p=23#comments) ---
**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/9 "2006-03-27T07:00:01Z")
HOLY OLD POSTS BATMAN ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/10 "2006-03-27T07:01:31Z")
šŸ˜› lol I didnā€™t even see the date- some one revived it and boom šŸ˜› I added to it hehe ---
**Author:** ![RevoGiant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@RevoGiant](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RevoGiant)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/11 "2006-03-27T08:38:39Z")
INTERESTING! and bold my friend. Picasso( is accused of being a hack) says that ALL art is learned as copies of copies untill one day we create something from those we have copied that is totaly original. If these people stole something from you thatā€™s different. It is not cool to use people, but I commend you for calling these designers out on being ā€œoriginalā€. The best learn from learning from the best, minus a genious here and there. I like that you bring that out in the open from you doing some good work. ---
**Author:** ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/12 "2006-03-27T11:01:39Z")
> [@RevoGiant](#): > > INTERESTING! and bold my friend. Picasso( is accused of being a hack) says that ALL art is learned as copies of copies untill one day we create something from those we have copied that is totaly original. If these people stole something from you thatā€™s different. It is not cool to use people, but I commend you for calling these designers out on being ā€œoriginalā€. The best learn from learning from the best, minus a genious here and there. I like that you bring that out in the open from you doing some good work. As far as I know Picasso ā€˜stoleā€™ a few subjects from Matisse in a way that both benefited from it. ---
**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/13 "2006-03-27T12:32:23Z")
[SIZE=6] **MY THREAD!** [/SIZE] :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Good times, good times. ---
**Author:** ![RevoGiant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@RevoGiant](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RevoGiant)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/14 "2006-03-28T03:49:26Z")
Indeed MLK great point! How did this person steal your site anyhow? With a Decompiler or something? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/15 "2006-03-28T04:01:48Z")
Heyā€¦ I remember back many years ago, I ripped some guy and I then sent him an email asking him how to get the scrollbars like he did. Then while I was at a friends house we sent each other about five emailsā€¦ he was a swedish guy. I had gone so far as to buy a domain based off his (mine was bombingpixels). Thatā€™s why I never talk about that anymore. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![B\_L\_U\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@B\_L\_U\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/B_L_U_E)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/16 "2006-03-28T04:44:22Z")
> [@nokrev](#): > > Heyā€¦ I remember back many years ago, I ripped some guy and I then sent him an email asking him how to get the scrollbars like he did. Then while I was at a friends house we sent each other about five emailsā€¦ he was a swedish guy. > > I had gone so far as to buy a domain based off his (mine was bombingpixels). Thatā€™s why I never talk about that anymore. šŸ˜‰ Shame on you šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/17 "2006-03-28T04:48:01Z")
Yeahā€¦ that was a long time ago, but itā€™ll haunt me forever. ---
**Author:** ![danulf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/danulf/32/555_2.png) [@danulf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danulf)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/18 "2006-03-28T08:49:03Z")
ripping of a swede? :cantlook: Heā€™s probably working on the last preparations for his revenge right about nowā€¦ God have mercy on your soul :3ye: ---
**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/19 "2006-03-28T10:08:50Z")
lol, yeah. Prepare to be bashed over the head with a weird-shaped IKEA coffee-table. ---
**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508/20 "2006-03-28T10:12:03Z")
> [@nokrev](#): > > Yeahā€¦ that was a long time ago, but itā€™ll haunt me forever. Oh, and yeahā€¦ while weā€™re on the topic, I went through the Flash-designerā€™s rite-of-passage quite a while ago by performing the ritual rip-off of 2Advanced. lol. I took it a little too far, and I ended up getting one of those _ā€œremove your site or weā€™ll take your first-bornā€_ emails from Mr Novak himself! I can laugh now, but it was absolutely stupifyingly scary at the time:hurt: [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/73508.md?page=2)