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{{For|a list of current user-made accessories|:Category:UGC items}}[[File:FRBC.png|thumb|[[Catalog:Fresh Red Baseball Cap|Fresh Red Baseball Cap]], the first '''official''' user-generated accessory.]]
 
{{For|a list of current user-made accessories|:Category:UGC items}}[[File:FRBC.png|thumb|[[Catalog:Fresh Red Baseball Cap|Fresh Red Baseball Cap]], the first '''official''' user-generated accessory.]]
'''[[Wikipedia: User-generated content|User Generated Content]]''' (UGC for short) is a [[catalog]] feature that allows [[players|users]] to publish their own items and sell them. These unique items can be viewed under the [[Catalog#Community Creations|Community Creations category]]. The feature was initially announced at RDC 2015{{Cite}}, but its confirmation was declared at [[RDC 2019]]<ref>https://devforum.roblox.com/t/thoughts-on-rdcs-ugc-announcement/327646</ref>. It released on August 15, 2019 to certified users on the site. Before its release, [[Roblox]] had confirmed that this feature will only be allowed to certain users at first, many had suspected that popular [[YouTube celebrities|Roblox content creators]] in the official [[Roblox Video Stars Program]] will have access to it, although that is not the case.
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[[Wikipedia: User-generated content|User-Generated Content]] ('''UGC''' for short) is a feature that allows [[players|users]] to publish their own items and sell them to other users. It is mainly associated with the [[Avatar Shop]] but can also be applied to other parts of the Roblox website such as [[Models]] and [[Plugins]] since they are techically also types of user generated content.
   
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The [[accessory|accessories]] can be viewed under the [[Catalog#Community Creations|Community Creations category]] in the Avatar Shop. The feature was initially announced at RDC 2015{{Cite}}, but its confirmation was declared at [[RDC 2019]].<ref>https://devforum.roblox.com/t/thoughts-on-rdcs-ugc-announcement/327646</ref> It released on August 15, 2019, to certified users on the site. Before its release, [[Roblox]] had confirmed that this feature will only be allowed to certain users who had previously worked with Roblox on different occasions for modeling and texturing purposes, with many suspecting that popular [[YouTube celebrities|Roblox video content creators]] in the official [[Roblox Video Stars Program]] will have access to it.
Roblox has reached out to reveal that they will sometime in the future depend on content created by eligible users rather than prioritizing [[Asset types|assets]] made by the official {{Player link|ROBLOX}} account, which is managed by admins to publish items as default.
 
   
 
Roblox has reached out to reveal that they will sometime in the future depend on content created by eligible users rather than prioritizing [[Asset types|assets]] made by the official {{player link|ROBLOX}} account, which is managed by admins to publish items as a default.
Whenever a user publishes an [[accessory]], they can input customized descriptions, [[Robux]] price, genres, and much more. However, releasing [[limited unique]] items and making existing items [[limited]] is still restricted to ROBLOX. Although, Roblox states they want to move in a direction where creators can publish their own limited items to sell to other users<ref>https://devforum.roblox.com/t/ugc-catalog-is-now-live/331405</ref>, their only issue with this concept is that there are a very minimal amount of eligible creators and in part of fact that they have been lacking in limited releases currently.
 
   
 
Whenever a user publishes an [[accessory]], they can input customized descriptions, a [[Robux]] price, and much more. However, releasing [[limited unique]] items and making existing items [[limited]] is still restricted to {{Player link|ROBLOX}}. Roblox has stated that they want to move in a direction where creators can publish their own limited items to sell to other users<ref>https://devforum.roblox.com/t/ugc-catalog-is-now-live/331405</ref>, but are unable to reasonably allow this ability due to the minimal amount of creators in the program.​<sup title="This claim needs to be supported by a reference.">[citation needed]</sup>​
On October 8, 2019, Roblox announced that UGC hairs have been officially released.
 
   
On December 6, 2019, it was revealed that [[Official Roblox STAR Video Creators|star creators]] will soon be given the ability to create User Generated Content items per {{player link|TheMeganPlays}}' tweet.<ref>https://twitter.com/MeganPlays/status/1203167916541263872</ref> Some select star creators will be given the ability to create an item early to test the feature. The creator was initially MeganPlays<ref>https://twitter.com/MeganPlays/status/1202742288239267841</ref>, but her item was quickly turned into a blank item uploaded by the ROBLOX account. A copy of the item was later re-uploaded onto the [[Catalog]] the afternoon that the original was deleted, and is currently still purchasable to this day.
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On December 6, 2019, it was revealed that [[Official Roblox STAR Video Creators|star creators]] will be given the ability to request User Generated Content items to be created per {{player link|TheMeganPlays}}' tweet.<ref>https://twitter.com/MeganPlays/status/1203167916541263872</ref> Some select star creators were given the ability to request an item early to test the feature. Roblox catalog managers originally let [[Catalog:MeganPlays Pink Pom-Poms (original)|MeganPlays' item]] be created to test the feature<ref>https://twitter.com/MeganPlays/status/1202742288239267841</ref>, but her item was quickly turned into a blank item uploaded by the ROBLOX account. [[Catalog:MeganPlays Pink Pom-Poms|A copy of the&nbsp;item]] was later re-uploaded onto the catalog the afternoon that the original was deleted, and can currently be purchased. Currently, star creators are able to upload one accessory per month.​ <sup title="This claim needs to be supported by a reference.">[citation needed]</sup>​
   
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On April 13, 2020, Roblox began testing for the support of Thumbnail Cameras in UGC items. The feature is currently not public.​<sup title="This claim needs to be supported by a reference.">[citation needed]</sup>​
[[File:UGC Hair is Here|thumb|right|335 px|Roblox's story post]]
 
   
== List of UGC items ==
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==List of UGC items==
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{{Main|:Category:UGC items}}
Click "Expand" to show the list of UGC items.
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==Selected Developers==
 
==Selected Developers==
Currently, there are only 18 known creators who are allowed to upload their own creations. Those selected users are:
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Currently, there are only 60 known creators who are allowed to upload their own creations without request. Those selected users are:
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There are also 9 selected accounts that were/are used for testing. These are:
   
 
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*{{player link|Beeism}}
 
*{{player link|Bethink}}
 
*{{player link|Builder_Boy}}
 
*{{player link|DieSoft}}
 
*{{player link|Erythia}}
 
*{{player link|EvilArtist}}
 
*{{player link|Jazzyx3}}
 
*{{player link|Maplestick}}
 
*{{player link|Myzta}}
 
*{{player link|Onigiri_Tsuki}}
 
*{{player link|rastamypasta}}
 
*{{player link|Reverse_Polarity}}
 
*{{player link|Sofloann}}
 
*{{player link|supernob123}}
 
*{{player link|tarabyte}}
 
*{{player link|TheShipArchitect}}
 
*{{player link|WhoToTrus}}
 
*{{player link|Yourius}}
 
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There are also 4 selected accounts that were/are used for testing. These are:
 
*{{player link|Games}}
 
 
*{{player link|clockwork}}
 
*{{player link|clockwork}}
 
*{{player link|hatsoffto2019}}
 
*{{player link|hatsoffto2019}}
 
*{{player link|Games}}
 
*{{player link|n00b3n}}
 
*{{player link|n00b3n}}
 
*{{player link|thegreatvolare2}}
 
 
*{{player link|takewhatyoucan}}
Additionally, there is only two [[Roblox Video Stars|Roblox Video Stars]] who has uploaded a creation of their own:
 
*{{player link|TheMeganPlays}}
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*{{Player link|Conor3D}}
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*{{player link|Osyris}}
 
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==Criticism==
 
==Criticism==
The UGC feature has mostly been criticized due to potential copies of pre-existing [[catalog]] items by {{Player link|ROBLOX}} or unoriginal ideas, such as the various hats by {{Player link|tarabyte}} ([[Catalog:BiggestHead|BiggestHead]], [[Catalog:Illuminati|Illuminati]], [[Catalog:Despacito Spider|Despacito Spider]], and [[Catalog:Triple Headstack|Triple Headstack]]) and the antlers hats by {{Player link|Erythia}}.
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The UGC feature has mostly been criticized due to potential copies of pre-existing catalog items by ROBLOX, low-effort, or unoriginal ideas. Some notable example being some early hats by {{player link|tarabyte}} ([[Catalog:BiggestHead|BiggestHead]], [[Catalog:Illuminati|Illuminati]], [[Catalog:Despacito Spider|Despacito Spider]], and [[Catalog:Triple Headstack|Triple Headstack]]), as well as the [[Cartoony Rainbow (series)|Cartoony Rainbow]] items by {{player link|CodyDevv}} which have been seen by some players as oversaturating the [[Avatar Shop]] due to being copied and released in bulk by several other creators within a short time frame.
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UGC has also specifically been criticized by the [[trading]] community for fears of [[limited]] and [[limited unique]] items dropping in value. This originally began when the [[Catalog:Downtown Denizen Fedora|Downtown Denizen Fedora]] was uploaded by {{player link|WhoToTrus}} and had subsequently been claimed by a portion of the community to be a ripoff of [[Catalog:The Classic ROBLOX Fedora|The Classic ROBLOX Fedora]], despite the Downtown Denizen Fedora using a noticeably different mesh and texture on closer inspection.
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Another concern about UGC from traders and collectors in general is the fact that Roblox appear to have canceled their [[Sale|official sales]], which were known for bringing back popular 'classic' items such as the [[Catalog:Workclock Headphones|Workclock Headphones]] and [[Catalog:Bighead|Bighead]] as well as releasing new [[retextures]] of popular item meshes like [[Dominus (series)|Domini]] and [[Valkyrie (series)|Valkyrie Helms]] among other highly demanded items such as limited unique colored faces. The lack of these has led to disappointment from many users including prominent community members such as {{player link|Younite}} and even some UGC creators who used to participate in sales themselves.
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The ability for creators to allow comments has also drawn criticism as the vast majority of UGC comment sections tend to be filled with [[spam]] chains unrelated to the item (such as "/e free" and "Post this on X items" copypastas) as well as general toxicity due to certain users personally attacking other commenters as well as the item and its publisher. They have often been compared to [[Wikipedia:YouTube|YouTube]] comment sections as both tend to be filled with children who primarily comment using text-based meme formats, along with many commenters seeking to start petty arguments with each other over their opinions.
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On December 14, 2019, users in the [[Roblox Video Stars Program]] were granted the ability to publish UGC items at a slower rate than selected developers, presumably in response to YouTube's regulation changes regarding COPPA (effectively reducing ad revenue by a sizeable amount for kid-friendly content creators). This has been met with disdain by some users as they feel that Roblox is favoring video creators as opposed to developers, big and small alike. Additionally, some Star Program creators have been accused of uploading low effort items, with the most notable instance being the [[Catalog:Golden Parrot|Golden Parrot]] by [[Community:AntRavioli|AntRavioli]].
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A trend among UGC items are waist [[accessories]] designed to look like a giant object, so a user can disguise your avatar as that object and fool other users into thinking their avatars in-game are part of the game map. A notable example is [[Catalog:BOX|BOX]]. Because of how this can disrupt gameplay, scripts have been published in which they remove these kinds of accessories from avatars wearing them. As of recent, many of these items have been taken offsale, and it is presumed unlikely that this item trend will ever resurface.
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JohnAvia was accepted as part of the UGC program, after posting many UGC concepts. It was then discovered all of his UGC concepts were plagiarized from other artists<ref>https://twitter.com/KijiSoft/status/1264476378411368448</ref>, which resulted in backlash against him. JohnAvia's items quickly got [[content deleted]].
   
It has more notably been criticized by the [[trading]] community for fears of [[limited]] and [[limited unique]] items dropping in value. This originally began when the [[Catalog:Downtown Denizen Fedora|Downtown Denizen Fedora]] was uploaded by {{Player link|WhoToTrus}}, which had been claimed by a portion of the community to be a ripoff of [[Catalog:The Classic ROBLOX Fedora|The Classic ROBLOX Fedora]] despite the Downtown Denizen Fedora using a higher quality mesh and texture than the classic fedora.
 
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
{{Trivia section}}
 
{{Trivia section}}
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*A UGC item typically consists of a [[mesh]] created in a 3D modeling program such as [[Wikipedia:Blender (software)|Blender]], which then has a [[texture]] applied to it and is imported into [[Roblox Studio]] for final checks before being published to the Avatar Shop.
*In order to properly create User Generated Content on Roblox, users would need to practice the many skills required to form [[retexture]]s of the many [[hat]]s, [[gear]]s, and [[face]]s present on the catalog. This can be efficiently done by using a computer graphics software tool named [[Wikipedia: Blender (software)|Blender]] which is the most common program used to create customized items. Likewise, creators need to have a clear understanding of applying a [[texture]] to a [[mesh]].
 
**Though this entire concept is not new, [[players]] have been brainstorming and sharing ideas of their own of retextures through uploading [[models]] and meshes onto the [https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Create#Library_Section Library section] of the catalog over many years.
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**Though this entire concept is not new, [[players]] have been brainstorming and sharing ideas of their own of retextures through uploading [[models]] and meshes onto the [[Create#Library Section|Library section]] of the catalog over many years.
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*An early version of the upload interface can be found [https://www.roblox.com/build/upload?assetTypeId=8 here], although it does not function if the user is not a designated UGC creator.
 
*Due to the current interface, sometimes hats will go off-sale when being updated.
 
*Due to the current interface, sometimes hats will go off-sale when being updated.
*Creators cannot currently add [[script]]s and [[Class:ParticleEmitter|particles]] to their assets.
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*Creators cannot currently add [[script]]s and [[Class:ParticleEmitter|particles]] such as {{class link|Sparkles}}, {{class link|Fire}} and {{class link|Smoke}} to their items.
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*When uploading, the item must have the [[Plastic]] material.{{cite}}
*Creators had/have to sign a "Non Disclosure Agreement" (NDA) to create hats.
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*Creators have to sign a "Non-Disclosure Agreement" (NDA) to create accessories.{{cite}}
*[[Premium]] is required to upload hats, and losing it will cause all pre-existing hats to go off-sale.
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*[[Premium]] is required to upload hats, and losing it will cause all pre-existing hats to go off-sale.{{cite}}
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==Gallery==
 
[[File:UGC Hair is Here|thumb|left|335 px|Roblox's story post]]
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==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:Features]]
 
[[Category:Features]]

Revision as of 22:33, 17 July 2020

For a list of current user-made accessories, see Category:UGC items.
File:FRBC.png

Fresh Red Baseball Cap, the first official user-generated accessory.

User-Generated Content (UGC for short) is a feature that allows users to publish their own items and sell them to other users. It is mainly associated with the Avatar Shop but can also be applied to other parts of the Roblox website such as Models and Plugins since they are techically also types of user generated content.

The accessories can be viewed under the Community Creations category in the Avatar Shop. The feature was initially announced at RDC 2015⁠[citation needed], but its confirmation was declared at RDC 2019.[1] It released on August 15, 2019, to certified users on the site. Before its release, Roblox had confirmed that this feature will only be allowed to certain users who had previously worked with Roblox on different occasions for modeling and texturing purposes, with many suspecting that popular Roblox video content creators in the official Roblox Video Stars Program will have access to it.

Roblox has reached out to reveal that they will sometime in the future depend on content created by eligible users rather than prioritizing assets made by the official ROBLOX account, which is managed by admins to publish items as a default.

Whenever a user publishes an accessory, they can input customized descriptions, a Robux price, and much more. However, releasing limited unique items and making existing items limited is still restricted to ROBLOX. Roblox has stated that they want to move in a direction where creators can publish their own limited items to sell to other users[2], but are unable to reasonably allow this ability due to the minimal amount of creators in the program.​[citation needed]

On December 6, 2019, it was revealed that star creators will be given the ability to request User Generated Content items to be created per TheMeganPlays' tweet.[3] Some select star creators were given the ability to request an item early to test the feature. Roblox catalog managers originally let MeganPlays' item be created to test the feature[4], but her item was quickly turned into a blank item uploaded by the ROBLOX account. A copy of the item was later re-uploaded onto the catalog the afternoon that the original was deleted, and can currently be purchased. Currently, star creators are able to upload one accessory per month.​ [citation needed]

On April 13, 2020, Roblox began testing for the support of Thumbnail Cameras in UGC items. The feature is currently not public.​[citation needed]

List of UGC items

Alternatively, click "Expand" to show the list of UGC items.


Selected Developers

Currently, there are only 60 known creators who are allowed to upload their own creations without request. Those selected users are:


There are also 9 selected accounts that were/are used for testing. These are:

Criticism

The UGC feature has mostly been criticized due to potential copies of pre-existing catalog items by ROBLOX, low-effort, or unoriginal ideas. Some notable example being some early hats by tarabyte (BiggestHead, Illuminati, Despacito Spider, and Triple Headstack), as well as the Cartoony Rainbow items by CodyDevv which have been seen by some players as oversaturating the Avatar Shop due to being copied and released in bulk by several other creators within a short time frame.

UGC has also specifically been criticized by the trading community for fears of limited and limited unique items dropping in value. This originally began when the Downtown Denizen Fedora was uploaded by WhoToTrus and had subsequently been claimed by a portion of the community to be a ripoff of The Classic ROBLOX Fedora, despite the Downtown Denizen Fedora using a noticeably different mesh and texture on closer inspection.

Another concern about UGC from traders and collectors in general is the fact that Roblox appear to have canceled their official sales, which were known for bringing back popular 'classic' items such as the Workclock Headphones and Bighead as well as releasing new retextures of popular item meshes like Domini and Valkyrie Helms among other highly demanded items such as limited unique colored faces. The lack of these has led to disappointment from many users including prominent community members such as Younite and even some UGC creators who used to participate in sales themselves.

The ability for creators to allow comments has also drawn criticism as the vast majority of UGC comment sections tend to be filled with spam chains unrelated to the item (such as "/e free" and "Post this on X items" copypastas) as well as general toxicity due to certain users personally attacking other commenters as well as the item and its publisher. They have often been compared to YouTube comment sections as both tend to be filled with children who primarily comment using text-based meme formats, along with many commenters seeking to start petty arguments with each other over their opinions.

On December 14, 2019, users in the Roblox Video Stars Program were granted the ability to publish UGC items at a slower rate than selected developers, presumably in response to YouTube's regulation changes regarding COPPA (effectively reducing ad revenue by a sizeable amount for kid-friendly content creators). This has been met with disdain by some users as they feel that Roblox is favoring video creators as opposed to developers, big and small alike. Additionally, some Star Program creators have been accused of uploading low effort items, with the most notable instance being the Golden Parrot by AntRavioli.

A trend among UGC items are waist accessories designed to look like a giant object, so a user can disguise your avatar as that object and fool other users into thinking their avatars in-game are part of the game map. A notable example is BOX. Because of how this can disrupt gameplay, scripts have been published in which they remove these kinds of accessories from avatars wearing them. As of recent, many of these items have been taken offsale, and it is presumed unlikely that this item trend will ever resurface.

JohnAvia was accepted as part of the UGC program, after posting many UGC concepts. It was then discovered all of his UGC concepts were plagiarized from other artists[5], which resulted in backlash against him. JohnAvia's items quickly got content deleted.

Trivia

This section is a trivia section. Please relocate any relevant information into other sections of the article.

  • A UGC item typically consists of a mesh created in a 3D modeling program such as Blender, which then has a texture applied to it and is imported into Roblox Studio for final checks before being published to the Avatar Shop.
    • Though this entire concept is not new, players have been brainstorming and sharing ideas of their own of retextures through uploading models and meshes onto the Library section of the catalog over many years.
  • An early version of the upload interface can be found here, although it does not function if the user is not a designated UGC creator.
  • Due to the current interface, sometimes hats will go off-sale when being updated.
  • Creators cannot currently add scripts and particles such as Sparkles light iconSparkles dark iconSparkles, Fire light iconFire dark iconFire and Smoke light iconSmoke dark iconSmoke to their items.
  • When uploading, the item must have the Plastic material.⁠[citation needed]
  • Creators have to sign a "Non-Disclosure Agreement" (NDA) to create accessories.⁠[citation needed]
  • Premium is required to upload hats, and losing it will cause all pre-existing hats to go off-sale.⁠[citation needed]

Gallery

UGC_Hair_is_Here

UGC Hair is Here

Roblox's story post


References