ZacKing

Yea I can cite all kinds of laws and press releases from a long time ago too. Times have changed. This is more about the people who stole the code covering themselves more than looking out for NCSoft. No court is going to hold NCSoft accountable for something someone else did with property they stole from them.

There is risk in everything you do. some are more likely than others. what's more likely here? the owner of the IP pulling the plug on a pirate server running property stolen from them? or Disney sending a C&D? again, I completely accept the rules here and have no problem with following them. of course people who want to make direct copies shouldn't do it. I'm just questioning the thinking that Disney shutting the game down is a risk to be concerned about. They haven't done it for decades for games way more popular than this one.

yeah this is why most companies have insurance policies. You think they go to work every day worrying about someone slipping and falling on the sidewalk and suing them?

Sorry, that's too close to a trademarked name. You'll need to change it. Be more creative!

But but but there's no reason to make a character that looks similar to a copyrighted character. Be ORIGINAL! Be CREATIVE! Why is it so hard?

But but but there's no legitimate reason to make a character that looks like a copyrighted character! Be more creative!

Your forum pic looks too much like Beast Boy. I'm going to report it.

Yeah and you have people who don't want clearly defined rules so they can make up whatever they want on a whim. Clear cut rules aren't a bad thing man. and again, no ones saying to lift the rule.

WTF do you think rules are for? lol

Yeah we can all read man. No ones suggesting that the rule get lifted.

LMAO! That was what? 15 years ago if not more? What happened to that lawsuit? It went nowhere.

Virtual world is no different.

So when you were a little kid, you played as generic superhero guy? Or did you pretend to be Superman? When kids and adults collect comics, are they collecting generic hero no 2 or Batman? People putting a shit ton of effort into making costumes for comic cons are not creative enough? As I said I get it this is their servers and they'll make whatever rules they want. No issue with it. Just don't go around telling people what isn't "creative enough".

Who gets to define what is "creative" enough?

I don't buy this. Google any popular game out there and you'll find a literal shit ton of "copyrighted/trademarked" skins out there freely available. some of them have been around for decades. YouTube is polluted with videos of people playing games using custom skins. Where's the cease and desists from Disney? Nowhere. They go after people trying to profit off selling stuff. And who exactly are you to define what is or isn't "creative"? Go to a comic con sometime and take a look and the amount of time, effort, money and blood sweat tears that some of the people put into making cosplay costumes of their favorite characters. They're doing it because they love these characters, not to rip someone off. Marvel, Disney and WB aren't at the door handing anyone C&D orders and telling them to get changed. How is that any different? This rule was put in place here to appease the few who lost their shit over other people making homages for "not being creative enough". however, it's their servers so it's up to them what to do, so we have to live with their decision since we don't have the skin in the game they do. chances are greater they do something to piss off NCSoft and that gets the game shut down than someone making a Superman homage.

No need to wonder about anything. Anyone who thinks Hasten is OP and wants to dick with it can. COde is out there for anyone to download and use. Fire up your own server and tinker with it all you like. Have at it.

I think that's the problem. Hasten isn't too powerful, it's that other pools suck. Does anyone even take the presence pool?

You know I want to say that there is but I can't remember the name of it unfortunately. hope you connect with them.

Then people crying about Hasten should go play those games.

Yeah this doesn't make any sense man. What do people do when they've gotten all their purples from drops if there isn't any new content to use them on? New content keeps people interested, not doing the same stuff over and over until your eyes bleed. you're assuming stuff based on your opinion and assuming everyone plays for the same reasons you do. games coming up on 16 years old and its still going with people playing. pretty clear some aren't bored. And yeah, purple sets are not that great either.

lol at needing "influence sinks" for a rogue server running a long dead MMO. If you feel like you've got too much inf, give it away. problem solved and no dev time required.

Yeah fallacies don't work dude. You're being obtuse, but enough with derailing. Agree to disagree and move along.

No, you're being obtuse. it's pretty simple to understand what was said, you just decided to be obtuse about it. But you go right on doing that. It's clear you're just trolling.

Don't be obtuse.

Am I the only one who doesn't care if someone has more ingame money than me? If someone is playing a lot more than me, then let them have more stuff. I could care less. Sure, fix exploits and such but don't take away an incentive to exemplar down for stuff. Merits aren't enough in my opinion. making extra inf was a nice perk.