No more respect for Bethesda

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Fallout's picture
Fallout

Well after avidly awaiting the new elder scrolls to come out, a dilemma came about.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/170-bethesda-mojang-scrolls/
Apprantly Bethesda threatened to sue Mojang..... for the use of the word 'Scrolls'
So much for that respect

Shoebox's picture
Shoebox
RE: Fallout 3

Bethesda hasn't cared about losing respect for a long time.

That said, they have a branding they want to protect. They don't want viral marketed blockfests to get confused with their AAA game.
I can understand that.

Marqui's picture
Marqui
Yeah, I heard about that. The

Yeah, I heard about that.
The lawsuit IS stupid - in every sense of the word, but I wouldn't go so far as to say I've lost respect for Bethesda.
They've done waaaaaaay to much to gain that from me to lose it because of a stupid lawsuit.

Glaice1982
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I think folks should be

I think folks should be hating Zenimax more than Bethesda for this stupid stunt.

Arctic-Fern's picture
Arctic-Fern
Well...

I'd sue if them other company said "Elder Scrolls"... both words. :D

Shoebox's picture
Shoebox
I will never put my fingers in my mouth ever again.
PDotAlex
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I saw "No more..." and

I saw "No more..." and expected a thread for No More Heroes for some reason.

That's what listening to Pleather for Breakfast does to you.

Ontopic: Well, there are stupider things. Like denying somebody to donate his blood because he's homosexual.

Urabrask
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I see something like this is

I see something like this is just going to pass by, I mean there are worse titles that look like they copied another.
Example-Lord of the Rings Rise of the Witch King and World of Warcraft Rise of the Lich King - I wonder what would happen if Blizzard would have sued them for that.

Cula-Lucario
hey bethesda....

spiral scrolls...

Aridian's picture
Aridian
Did any of you read past the first paragraph?

Later on in the post it says that there are two different entities in this. Bethesda Softworks is suing Mojang, not Bethesda Game Studios.

Arctic-Fern's picture
Arctic-Fern
It's still stupid. If this

It's still stupid. If this case wins, it's a precedent for "evil" big companies like Activision and EA and Bethesda/Zenimax to go suing games with marginally similar game names to their own.

Fallout's picture
Fallout
Shrugged off by notch: "Notch

Shrugged off by notch: "Notch feels he has a solution to the pending lawsuit between Mojang and Bethesda - a Quake 3 tournament! He provided the following stipulations:

"Three of our best warriors against three of your best warriors. We select one level, you select the other, we randomize the order. 20 minute matches, highest total frag count per team across both levels wins.

If we win, you drop the lawsuit.

If you win, we will change the name of Scrolls to something you’re fine with."

As of this writing, Bethesda has not responded to the challenge."

....lol

Theory
Well, we didn't see THAT one

Well, we didn't see THAT one coming.

- Theory