Kxmode wrote on Oct 11, 2019, 17:02:
...and so on and so forth. I guess the USTPO takes common word registrations on a case-by-case basis. They may have felt "riot" is not as common a word as "windows."

jdreyer wrote on Oct 12, 2019, 14:02:
I don't follow esports so I'm curious to know how they have handled this situation in the past, and whether this response deviates from that.

Kxmode wrote on Oct 11, 2019, 14:20:

Ozmodan wrote on Oct 11, 2019, 14:11:
ROFL on any attempt to trademark the word riot. You have to wonder about the lack of intelligence exhibited by Riot Games.

It's not an attempt. They have the word riot trademarked for several categories including esports and video games. USTPO allowed it.

RedEye9 wrote on Oct 9, 2019, 15:47:
it's all about the Benjamin's baby.

Cutter wrote on Oct 9, 2019, 11:45:

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 9, 2019, 11:19:

JTW wrote on Oct 9, 2019, 10:55:
The banned player's stated intent was to use his platform to draw attention to the issue. Whether Blizzard budges or not, he's succeeded.

It's Streisand effect in motion. Blizzard made it worse by even acting, if they had just ignored it maybe nobody would even have noticed.

But you can not fault Activision for doing what companies do here, they are legally required to prevent any harm that comes to their investors.

Yes, but first you'd have to successfully argue that the player's tweet was enough to prove material harm to the company. That's a difficult thing to do. Yet, by their own actions they've done just that. I'd wager the player's case has a stronger legal merit.

Darks wrote on Oct 8, 2019, 12:34:
Yea, this guy will be suing Blizz. More to come!!

jacobvandy wrote on Oct 8, 2019, 11:16:
The message is irrelevant, it's their entertainment stage so they're free to make and enforce a rule prohibiting off-topic political statements.

MDB wrote on Oct 2, 2019, 12:04:
WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME???

MrDoomPlague wrote on Sep 30, 2019, 17:58:
Honestly, between this and the issues with Dragon Quest and its composer...game companies should push to own perpetual rights to their games music, at least when it comes to reselling the game down the road.

grudgebearer wrote on Sep 30, 2019, 14:57:

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 30, 2019, 11:34:
Took him 3 years to find a scummy lawyer that would take his case, gotta admire his persistance.

Or maybe he spent three years trying to workout an equitable compensations deal for the use of his work, and after being jerked around by Pitchford and Gearbox, had no choice but to seek redress through the court system?

Nucas wrote on Sep 29, 2019, 09:57:

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 29, 2019, 06:01:
Information and facts about how the sausage is made is irrelevant in a stomping feet thead.

i think shopping carts are kind of a solved problem actually

CJ_Parker wrote on Sep 29, 2019, 06:58:
There is always a new young gen of gamers just getting started who couldn't care less about the Store Wars since they don't have any old and established libraries yet.

Sacrifex wrote on Sep 27, 2019, 20:33:
If anything, EA is doing us a favor by making a containment zone for all of those geniuses to play with each other, and leave us in peace.

NKD wrote on Sep 20, 2019, 18:02:
Games have gotten more expensive to produce, and cheaper to buy as time goes on.

Ventura wrote on Sep 19, 2019, 19:37:

Cutter wrote on Sep 19, 2019, 16:52:

jacobvandy wrote on Sep 19, 2019, 15:59:

Timmeh wrote on Sep 19, 2019, 15:53:
I am just filling up my library with all the free stuff they release every week and not spending any money because the games are cool so why not?

Maybe they aim to stuff your library with so many that the "I want all my games in one place" argument starts to work in their favor.

Yes, except these games are already old and everyone owns them already.

Everyone? I didn't. Any of them. Sorry.

You Epic naysayers are funny. I'm the last person that wanted yet another launcher but let's be honest, this is huge. I don't know what the dollar estimate is on all of these games, but it's gotta be up there.

jacobvandy wrote on Sep 19, 2019, 20:54:
I just noticed it doesn't include the fourth Arkham series game, Origins. I wonder if anybody will miss it?

Kxmode wrote on Sep 11, 2019, 14:17:

Beamer wrote on Sep 11, 2019, 13:57:

Kxmode wrote on Sep 11, 2019, 13:06:

roguebanshee wrote on Sep 11, 2019, 08:49:

Kxmode wrote on Sep 10, 2019, 20:02:
The first hit's free

Fun fact, Valve implemented lootboxes in TF2 almost 1 1/2 year before EA introduced their version to the FIFA franchise.

Yet Valve sees almost no derision for doing that, while everyone else using lootboxes get piles of (deserved) hate piled on them.

Because *hats* are nothing like the straight-up casino gambling found in FIFA titles. It's not even remotely close to the same.

I'd argue that what CS:Go had, though, was ridiculous. I haven't really played many games with loot boxes, probably just CS:Go and Borderlands 2 (if that even counts), but what CS:Go had was infuriating. Win a box, but have to buy a key? A marketplace around selling what you get, with you virtually guaranteed to turn a dollar into 17 cents?

A huge turnoff in that game.

I agree that the Marketplace is a form of gambling that needs regulating. It's a reverse of gambling in the sense that people play to obtain items to be sold on the Marketplace for dozens, hundreds, or in rare cases, thousands of real-world dollars.

Kxmode wrote on Sep 10, 2019, 20:02:
The first hit's free

EricFate wrote on Sep 7, 2019, 10:19:
I'd kind of forgotten this existed. I'm glad he's continued working on it. I wonder if I still have my old alpha copy on a hard drive somewhere.