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... and although I hate their games, I never had anything to dislike about the company themselves. I don't mind that they're creating crappy games, letting their servers get hacked, and in turn loosing lots of valuable customer data. As long as they dont have a negative effect on the game industry, or better yet, the consumers of this industry.
The lawsuit comes into play over Notch (the head honcho of minecraft), having been working on a new game called 'scrolls', which is like a mixture of a role playing game, board game, and collectible card game. The problem is all 100% in the name. Bethesda is suing due to the fact that 'The Elder Scrolls' and 'Scrolls' are too similar, and demands that they change their games name.
One thing that is really stupid about this as that people seem to only refer to their new game as 'Skyrim', not 'The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim', making the lawsuit unnecessary.
One common theme around this story on various websites is that Minecraft and Skyrim are being released on the same day, and this may Bethesda acting out against it losing some of its shine. Although I doubt this to be true, it is still a possibility.
The reason this upsets me is that I really hate when the big companies bully the little companies, this happened to my favorite energy drink called 'Freak' whom was sued by 'Monster' for stealing their style or design or something like that. Freak having weak lawyers, is no longer in existence.
...and supposedly this is just the start of Bethesda's legal department going crazy. More is supposedly to come. I wish LulzSec was never caught. I feel like Bethesda deserves another nice hacking after this bull. It seems like hackers are the only ones who can actually make a negative impact on a company, when they are being bad.
So, that being said, now I have a fourth company to add to my hate list (Apple, Nintendo, EA, and Bethesda).
I dont mind when companies try to make money, after all thats the whole point of a company, but I feel like this is completely unnecessary, and wouldnt effect Bethesda in anyway at all!
This simply feels like the big guy trying to push down the little guy, just because they know they can win...
Anyway... whats your thoughts behind Bethesda, and them suing Notch?
Do you think its silly that a company can hold a trademark for a single word that has been around for such a long time?
PS. Notch filed for the patient of the title Scrolls a while ago.
-------------on a side note----------------
I didnt feel this was worthy enough of its own thread. Yet I found it very interesting. John Carmack (programmer of doom + quake), of id software, was talking about looking back at the atari 2600(having owned one as a kid), and although he doubts he will find the time to, would love to try and program a game for it. He also seemed rather intrigued by the people whom still do focus their skills on stuff like that.
He mentioned this during quake-con, just a day or two ago, and I found it very interesting, seeing as I love his work.
Edited by explosiveegg, Sat Aug 6, 2011 3:14 AM.
