by Dyandod » Wed Aug 29, 2018 6:33 pm
Elestan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 8:10 pm
Alvarin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:58 pm
Interestingly quiet on this front for a while. Have the sides actually settled? Did they just agree to drop the issue? Entirely? Till after Origins release?
It looks like Stardock removed (pending the outcome of the case) most of the SC2 content to reduce the risk of P&F blocking the release of SC:O.
See
here for a discussion thread.
One thing that stood out to me was is comment 1456. (Looking again, I see this was yours, Elestan)
The one place that I do think Stardock made an incorrect assumption is that Brad appears to have been taken aback by Paul and Fred’s refusal to work with him. It seems to me that he bought the trademark under the presumption that they would either quit their jobs at Activision to come work for him, or at least license him the rights to use elements from the prior games. But it doesn’t look like he actually asked them about it until after he’d already won the auction.
It looks like it wasn’t until he realized that they weren’t going to work with him that he realized that he might have bid on a lemon. He knew, from tons of feedback and posts, that a “Star Control” game without P&F’s involvement would not be viewed as legitimate by many of the fans. So he offered to sell it all back to them at his cost. However, they probably believed that he overpaid for it, so they passed.
I haven't heard this angle much, but it speaks to me. It seemed to me that Brad was acting like a child the whole time - I know, because I've been that child myself, drawing my own starmaps and creating races nearly identical to Star Control races but spelled slightly differently. Of course, I never got past paper drawings and MSPaint, so I never got close to being sued. Also, my first post on this forum was one of those "Hey I've got a great idea for a game but I'm not a programmer, so can you guys do the work..." posts. Brad clearly loves Star Control, but... he isn't acting or thinking like an adult about it.
[quote=Elestan post_id=27398 time=1535487020 user_id=533]
[quote=Alvarin post_id=27397 time=1535486309 user_id=124]Interestingly quiet on this front for a while. Have the sides actually settled? Did they just agree to drop the issue? Entirely? Till after Origins release?[/quote]
It looks like Stardock removed (pending the outcome of the case) most of the SC2 content to reduce the risk of P&F blocking the release of SC:O.
See [url=https://forum.quartertothree.com/t/the-third-doctrinal-war-stardock-reiche-ford-and-star-control/134515/1438]here[/url] for a discussion thread.
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One thing that stood out to me was is comment 1456. (Looking again, I see this was yours, Elestan)
[quote]The one place that I do think Stardock made an incorrect assumption is that Brad appears to have been taken aback by Paul and Fred’s refusal to work with him. It seems to me that he bought the trademark under the presumption that they would either quit their jobs at Activision to come work for him, or at least license him the rights to use elements from the prior games. But it doesn’t look like he actually asked them about it until after he’d already won the auction.
It looks like it wasn’t until he realized that they weren’t going to work with him that he realized that he might have bid on a lemon. He knew, from tons of feedback and posts, that a “Star Control” game without P&F’s involvement would not be viewed as legitimate by many of the fans. So he offered to sell it all back to them at his cost. However, they probably believed that he overpaid for it, so they passed.[/quote]
I haven't heard this angle much, but it speaks to me. It seemed to me that Brad was acting like a child the whole time - I know, because I've been that child myself, drawing my own starmaps and creating races nearly identical to Star Control races but spelled slightly differently. Of course, I never got past paper drawings and MSPaint, so I never got close to being sued. Also, my first post on this forum was one of those "Hey I've got a great idea for a game but I'm not a programmer, so can you guys do the work..." posts. Brad clearly loves Star Control, but... he isn't acting or thinking like an adult about it.