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Darkdrium

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Here, take a look at his FileFront Page. Anyone knows where his 3D gallery was ripped from (Or who knows, maybe it was bought/freeware [Most likely the latter])? Or is it the only thing he actually created?
 

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Just because I don't see others mentioning it, they also stole most of the sounds. Many of them come straight from Thief:The Dark Project (the first Thief game).

This sure makes the industry look bad.

Gamespot and their typo'd headlines; Just Adventure publishing a review with screenshots and comments which make it clear they wouldn't recognize a major release if it hit them in the face; millions of indie developers who desperately want their games published exasperated and depressed that these idiots somehow got by...

:(
 

Labnetik

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this is so funny and surprising... I think it might make gamers news story of the year (BU remember to do a poll at the end of the year!).

the one big question in my head though is did these guys plan this from the start with deliberate intentions to steal content from various games to help them make their own *hit* game, knowing they would be breaking laws doing so.. hoping to make a good amount of money and then disapear retiring on what they made (laughable plan?). Or are they actually just older, and quite dim where copyright law is concerned and didn't realise that the way they were making their game was in fact illegal and could result in the media storm and possible (should I say probable) lawsuits?

so, deliberate, or dumb?
it's a lot of work... and a big risk...

how many people would attempt such a thing and try and get away with it if they knew what they were doing? creating a game is a very public thing.

Check out the guys responsible for this:
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A small article on them.

lol... unbelievable.. this is all legit, the kent messenger is one of the many Kent region newspapers (Kent is a region in the south east corner of england, uk). I come from Kent myself, and the town of Maidstone where they are from is about an hour away from me by train/car.

One of their comments sums up this whole affair and how it's turning out lol
Mr Francis, a former landlord of The Pilot pub, Upper Stone Street, and now a mature student, said: "It is a sort of comedy come horror.

It is the duty of every Englishman to take the piss out of those guys if they live anywhere near them.

Gamer Jihad!

I don't know where to begin :D These are Kent men and being one of them, I feel a little ashamed lol.. however, their original intentions remain to be discovered. They asked for it though.. it was ineviteble.

I was thinking they look like Russian mob. Well, not the guy on the left. He looks like one of the X-Files Lone Gunmen geeks. But the other two, yeah.

Speaking as a local, these men look local to the Kent region, especially the medway area, I can imagine what their accents are like, these guys aren't posh, these are common men who go to the pub - but obviously have a hidden geek side to them with the desire to create a smash hit games title :lol:

they do look a little english gangster though, especially the 2 on the right, you would think they'd be smiling more than that. Harmless? Conmen? Gangsters? one, a mixture, or all?

By the looks of it, the devs were conmen who are now fleeing instead of duking it out in court, but still, suing them might be harder than it initially appears.

If I was one of them I'd be ****ting myself, especially if I had been that dim not to have known about copyright laws and had put in all that hard work (if you can call it that). Fleeing the country.. hmmm.. depends if they have the balls and expertise to just vanish into thin air. Perhaps Spain, or somewhere in south america lol

Authors of UT200x custom maps should buy this game anyway, for funny memories.

no buying should take place, stolen copyrighted works means the game has no platform to stand on (illegal) so feel free to seek the game for free. Insanity to suggest people should buy this game... people should not profit from media boosted popularity (for the wrong reasons).

I just looked on the WWE site, and checked SBOVIS's profile. He's aware of what's going on. The negative posts about the game started at 7:17am and he was last online at about 10am. He ain't on holiday, that's for certain.

I'm sure they are all aware of what's going on.. you can be anywhere in the world to follow what's going on though, they do not have to be at home.. they could be on "vacation" lol.

I love that the forum caption says: "create your own oblivion, thief3, etc". Obviously it's not their fault at all but I still lol'd.

lol, very surprised seeing that, poking fun at themselves, yeah we all need to make a joke out of it I guess. It doesn't look very good for the games industry though. Gaming is about being innovative and is a message that should be strongly pushed and promoted more so than the piracy these guys have managed to pull off.
 

elmuerte

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[SAS]Solid Snake;2143049 said:
So I talked to a friend who is a lawyer who specializes in games. For those who have had their work stolen, it is possible to sue the group and/or the publisher. The legal fees will be quite expensive, so it may be best to group together as a group and push for a law suit, or to join any of the large companies who plan to sue.

Mona, the lawyer, is reachable here [email protected].

hmm.. I could use some lawyer friends
my own law knowledge is limited to minor
 

KaL976

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sorry if anyone has already said it but i'm not reading 5 pages...

Maybe this game is the gaming equivalent of 'Airplane/Top Secret' & is so bad it's good?




* if this turns out to be their defence hit me up on PM to find out where to send the cheque
 
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Labnetik

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sorry if anyone has already said it but i'm not reading 5 pages...

Maybe this game is the gaming equivalent of 'Airplane/Top Secret' & is so bad it's good?

* if this turns out to be their defence hit me up on PM to find out where to send the cheque

ah yes, you fall into the lacking of knowledge and wasting your money category :p

it's so bad it's good it's bad.
 

Vers Vlees

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Hey its better to steal a good idea than to come up with a bad one but damn there is limit. I'm also suprised this game is British for a minute I thought this was the work of some obscure Chinese company that makes knockoff games.
 

zynthetic

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By the looks of it, the devs were conmen who are now fleeing instead of duking it out in court, but still, suing them might be harder than it initially appears.
Some court hearings (I've heard of several infringment proceed as such) can take place w/o the defendant(s) present. 99% of the time the result is a default judgement for the plaintiff.
The only thing that would make it harder is if LoL team got or has been operating w/ false IDs, closed bank accounts, and left the country. This possibility, granted the huge success of this game while it was on shelves, is pretty low imo.
 
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