THJ Founder Dodges Subpoena, So Daybreak Wants to Serve Him Through Discord

[loramin]

One more fun note from the THJ soap opera: apparently the THJ founder has been ducking Daybreak's (six) attempts to subpoena him, so now they're asking the court if they can serve it over Discord (or Reddit).

Can't say I blame him or Daybreak, but a subpoena over Discord is certainly ... novel.

https://massivelyop.com/2025/12/12/according-to-court-filings-daybreak-is-now-chasing-down-an-elusive-heroes-journey-emulator-admin/

[BradZax]

False. The founders of "The Heroes' Journey" (THJ) are Kristopher Takahashi (lead producer) and Alexander Taylor (developer).

The person they are trying to serve is Zachary Karlsson. A volunteer. Like you, who helps with the wiki etc.

Daybreak's got a court order doesn’t just apply to the two guys they sued — it also applies to anyone helping them, even if they’re not officially named in the lawsuit.

Zachary Karlsson is not a named defendant, but by his own sworn statement, he helped develop THJ, promoted it, and donated to it. The court order says people like that are bound to the order too.

Daybreak is now trying to officially notify him of the injunction so they can legally enforce it against him if he keeps helping.

So, essentially you're supporting DBG going scorched earth, not just on the people who "made money" on THJ... but the people who helped, promoted, and even donated their own money to help run the server.

Shameful across the board.

[Reiwa]

One more fun note from the THJ soap opera: apparently the THJ founder has been ducking Daybreak's (six) attempts to subpoena him, so now they're asking the court if they can serve it over Discord (or Reddit).

Can't say I blame him or Daybreak, but a subpoena over Discord is certainly ... novel.

https://massivelyop.com/2025/12/12/according-to-court-filings-daybreak-is-now-chasing-down-an-elusive-heroes-journey-emulator-admin/

Daybreak therefore respectfully requests that the Court permit it to
serve Karlsson with the PI Order via direct Discord and Reddit messaging

https://i.imgur.com/wdKWW6V.png

I don't think I'd be a very good criminal.

[Cecily]

If video games are outlaws, then only guns will have outlaws.

[Wakanda]

IDK much about this topic, but I am curious how people like Turtle WoW and Project Epoch were able to evade a much larger company (Activision Blizzard), but somehow EQ emulators seem to be much more vulnerable to a smaller company? Also I’m trying to be careful with my rhetoric here because I think it’s dangerous ground for p99 forum to be seen as an anti DBG propaganda soapbox. We should prob keep this type of discourse on reddits and twitter lol.

[Danth]

I don't know about Epoch, but Turtle's owned by Russians and it's tough for Blizzard to go after them directly. Blizzard is using a different tactic against Turtle and trying to go after their web connections to the western regions.

No anti-DBG soapbox here: Any P99'er ought to appreciate their restraint. For many years they've played a lot nicer with the EMU community than they really had to, up to and including eventually coming to formal terms with P1999. THJ's actions were so brazen it practically forced EQ's hand.

[BradZax]

I don't know about Epoch, but Turtle's owned by Russians and it's tough for Blizzard to go after them directly. Blizzard is using a different tactic against Turtle and trying to go after their web connections to the western regions.

No anti-DBG soapbox here: Any P99'er ought to appreciate their restraint. For many years they've played a lot nicer with the EMU community than they really had to, up to and including eventually coming to formal terms with P1999. THJ's actions were so brazen it practically forced EQ's hand.

Well, the issue isnt Daybreak games. The issue is the holding company that bought daybreak games a few years ago, they are the catalyst for the lawsuit. Daybreak games probably has people that have toons here.

Enad 7 Global.

They are the ones with zero restraint, now serving someone who simply contributed to THJ.

According to the motion:

In Discord he said he was “fully onboarded” as an administrator for THJ and a moderator.

He said he was the only person who worked on THJ and the official EverQuest game. That’s Daybreak’s way of saying “this isn’t a casual tester, this is a serious operator.”

He said he was an “advisor” to Another Quest LLC (the LLC formed by the founders of THJ).

He said he donated to THJ.

He said he started playing it and telling others about it in late 2024, and he offered to support the defendants “in any way” he could.

Sounds like a real criminal mastermind.

Do you think he was getting a cut of the donations? Enad 7 doesn't seem to think so.

But they still want him to pay.

[Duik]

Sounds like a real criminal mastermind.

Do you think he was getting a cut of the donations? Enad 7 doesn't seem to think so.

But they still want him to pay.

They could see he donated to charlatans so he seems to be an easy mark would be my bet.