Daybreak sues THJ

[shovelquest]

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's not their "game". It's their property.

Well said.

[Irespectwomen]

THJ are fucked, like lose your house and everything you own fucked. They hilariously thought that if they adamantly referred to their in-game services as donations then they would be protected. Drug users would never go to jail if that was any sort of legal protection lmao. My goodness the naivety of it is just crazy.

Anyways, they literally sell an xp and buff 'gift' for a 'donation', this is a business model and market strategy as most EQ players would spend a few bucks to save X amount of time, I bet DBG will show that XP potions are on of their highest grossing microtransaction to create precedence that it is a competing business model using a stolen product with a viable market strategy to optimize profit.

I'm no lawyer but I think the nature of that would open them up for speculative damages.

What really is a kick in the teeth is they continue to operate despite DBG's attempt to shut them down, I am sure continuing to allow purcha- I mean donations for in-game services. This is a sleight against the entire EQEmu community, if they gave a shit at all they would have done everything in their power to settle outside of court. Them making DBG go to court is going to force them to create legal precedent against the entire EQEmu community, say goodby to small crowdfunded servers.

I am really looking forward to this case, I wish I got to see the look on their face as they attempt to tell the Judge that these were not transactions but they were donations LOL. I hope they are appropriately punished and the EQEmu community is spared from blowback (we won't be).

No judge I did not sell that methamphetamine it was a personal gift for a donation HAHAHAAHA

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by Irespectwomen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

THJ are fucked, like lose your house and everything you own fucked. They hilariously thought that if they adamantly referred to their in-game services as donations then they would be protected. Drug users would never go to jail if that was any sort of legal protection lmao. My goodness the naivety of it is just crazy.

Anyways, they literally sell an xp and buff 'gift' for a 'donation', this is a business model and market strategy as most EQ players would spend a few bucks to save X amount of time, I bet DBG will show that XP potions are on of their highest grossing microtransaction to create precedence that it is a competing business model using a stolen product with a viable market strategy to optimize profit.

I'm no lawyer but I think the nature of that would open them up for speculative damages.

What really is a kick in the teeth is they continue to operate despite DBG's attempt to shut them down, I am sure continuing to allow purcha- I mean donations for in-game services. This is a sleight against the entire EQEmu community, if they gave a shit at all they would have done everything in their power to settle outside of court. Them making DBG go to court is going to force them to create legal precedent against the entire EQEmu community, say goodby to small crowdfunded servers.

I am really looking forward to this case, I wish I got to see the look on their face as they attempt to tell the Judge that these were not transactions but they were donations LOL. I hope they are appropriately punished and the EQEmu community is spared from blowback (we won't be).

No judge I did not sell that methamphetamine it was a personal gift for a donation HAHAHAAHA

Are legal materials identical to illegal materials in civil proceedings?

[Irespectwomen]

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are legal materials identical to illegal materials in civil proceedings?

Why wouldn't they be? THJ is operated as a business though most of these pretending to be retarded white collar loopholes have been closed i'm sure. I would be surprised if THJ hasn't made well over 6 digits.

[Infectious]

Originally Posted by Duik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wow. I dont wanna play thj but what a great concept. Also, by all accounts it is well balanced and obviously engaging.
Not for everyone but whatever, prolly could have gone better if no pay to play.

EQ ip owners could easily hire these folk and make a killing. But that dont sound like what a "squeeze the last drop then auction the parts left" kind of company does.

In hind sight (as others have already said) maybe dev time would be better spent creating a new game with those characteristics. And have pay to play elements.
They obviously have programmer chops.

If you read the lawsuit, they want all their code. Something tells me daybreak wants their work[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ciderpress]

Originally Posted by Infectious [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you read the lawsuit, they want all their code. Something tells me daybreak wants their work[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's fair to want their work when thj wants, and used, daybreak's work in the first place. Fair is fair.

Just make a new game. Why squander your coding talents on a heavily modified version of everquest that in no way resembles actual everquest? Although I'm also skeptical that it takes some kind of coding genius to make thj.

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by Ciderpress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's fair to want their work when thj wants, and used, daybreak's work in the first place. Fair is fair.

Just make a new game. Why squander your coding talents on a heavily modified version of everquest that in no way resembles actual everquest? Although I'm also skeptical that it takes some kind of coding genius to make thj.

Wasn't there a prior server that allowed class mixing? That person is one of the Does.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Originally Posted by Ciderpress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's fair to want their work when thj wants, and used, daybreak's work in the first place. Fair is fair.

Just make a new game. Why squander your coding talents on a heavily modified version of everquest that in no way resembles actual everquest? Although I'm also skeptical that it takes some kind of coding genius to make thj.

Sometimes when it’s that customized it becomes unexpectedly fun. Like the illegal offshore custom classic WoW servers I heard about had options where you’d gain any random class talent at certain level increments like every 5 levels. Which resulted in some randomly monstrous chars like warriors who also had blink and frost nova. I never played it but listening to friend that did the pvp sounded crazy fun

[Ciderpress]

Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sometimes when it’s that customized it becomes unexpectedly fun. Like the illegal offshore custom classic WoW servers I heard about had options where you’d gain any random class talent at certain level increments like every 5 levels. Which resulted in some randomly monstrous chars like warriors who also had blink and frost nova. I never played it but listening to friend that did the pvp sounded crazy fun

Yeah I can see the appeal, but only because of the interest in everquest. If you don't know the normal EQ classes in the first place it doesn't seem that interesting to combine them. So I can see both sides. Also though it sort of invites the question, is it actually fun or does it just seem fun because it's like everquest cheat mode? When I first learned the doom cheat codes it was like oh my god this rules but then it kind of becomes unfun when you realize oh I'm just cheating at doom.

[shovelquest]

Fuck I hope all EMUs are banned over this. The eq community are lame im finding out!