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Bethesda's latest Elder Scrolls adventure taken down amid cries of plagiarism

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    cfabbro
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    Wow, someone at Bethesda is about to lose their job. That's remarkably flagrant plagiarism, with only some minor thesaurus replacement of key words and setting name changes... and it's not even...

    Wow, someone at Bethesda is about to lose their job. That's remarkably flagrant plagiarism, with only some minor thesaurus replacement of key words and setting name changes... and it's not even just a small section that was copied either, based on all those screenshot comparisons.

    But the truly mind-boggling part of this situation to me is, how could anyone honestly think they could get away with doing that, especially at their job? Hasbro/WotC is a massive company and D&D isn't exactly some small franchise that nobody knows about, plays or buys adventures for... and the crossover between D&D players and Elder Scrolls fans is probably pretty significant too. 🤦

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        Ah, thanks for that link. If Cognimancer is correct then it definitely sounds more like a simple mistake, releasing something made for fun internal use to the public, rather than anything malicious.

        Ah, thanks for that link. If Cognimancer is correct then it definitely sounds more like a simple mistake, releasing something made for fun internal use to the public, rather than anything malicious.

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