Daybreak sues THJ

[shovelquest]

Originally Posted by torriadore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They were running circles around Daybreak in terms of being connected with what their consumer wants.

[Zekayy]

Originally Posted by zelld52 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

THJ cannot destroy their databases, as that would be bad legal trouble for them. But they should.

Daybreak is not going to pay developers to create a new experience in EQ in the year of our lord 2025. They will keep pumping out the same old TLP experience until the subs dry up, and then scrap EQ team for parts and cancel support.

However, if they got their hands on the THJ databases, theyd have a whole lot of leg work done for them.

they 100% can destroy it and should and THJ's database is on github its not hard to find [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[shovelquest]

Originally Posted by Zekayy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

they 100% can destroy it and should

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[cd288]

Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Am I taking crazy pills or wouldn’t this be a huge mistake on Daybreak’s part?

THJ was very popular. THJ (or something very similar) is something that Daybreak could release as a custom rules server themselves

Why NOT do it?

Blizzard shutting down the wildly popular private Nostalrius classic server via threat of litigation…then releasing their own classic server immediately after, resulted in millions and millions of profit, and single handedly saved the entire spiraling World of Warcraft game

I was talking about in capacity as an emulated server, not whether Daybreak would make a clone.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was talking about in capacity as an emulated server, not whether Daybreak would make a clone.

Yea I get that, I just used your statement to re-ask (since the first time I mentioned it on like page 2-3ish no one answered) why Daybreak wouldn’t consider copying the server ruleset themselves

But other posters had answered, and it was illuminating to find out just how much better at coding, scripting, or programming (I dunno the current lingo) random nerds like Secrets are than Daybreak’s EQ staff

If it wasn’t a huge hassle, I still personally think Daybreak should try to copy it with the same sort of rules like no box. I think it would net them some money possibly despite the majority of people (including myself) tired of their in game shop amongst other things

If they do end up copying it, ima say I called it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[shovelquest]

Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But other posters had answered, and it was illuminating to find out just how much better at coding, scripting, or programming (I dunno the current lingo) random nerds like Secrets are than Daybreak’s EQ staff

lmao and this is the "irreparable harm" I think they were talking about [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by shovelquest [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lmao and this is the "irreparable harm" I think they were talking about [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Our IP is valuable because we own it.

[shovelquest]

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Our IP is valuable because we own it.

If my grandma was a bicycle.

[Kutark Validus]

Originally Posted by Ciderpress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I feel like p99 is safe simply because of the track record. It's been around 16 years, it used to have a higher pop than it does now. Sony and then daybreak could have shut it down at any point and never did. It fills a certain niche that doesn't really threaten daybreak, where quarm and thj do.

Do people really not know about this?

https://wiki.project1999.com/Daybreak_Game_Company

Daybreak and Project 1999 Agreement
In 2015 Project 1999 and Daybreak Game Company entered into a formal legal arrangement.

“It’s been an exciting year for Project 1999 and we have some exciting news we’ve been really anxious to share with all of you. As some of you may be aware, in the past there has been both confusion and concern over the status of Project 1999. We have recently entered into a written agreement with Daybreak Game Company LLC that formally recognizes Project 1999 as a fan based, not-for-profit, classic EverQuest emulation project. The agreement establishes the guidelines that we as a project must follow, but it will allow to us continue to update the game without risk of legal repercussions. As a show of good faith to support the efforts of Daybreak Games, we have decided to reschedule our expansion release as to not conflict with the upcoming new progression server being released in the coming weeks. We would like to personally thank all the folks at Daybreak and acknowledge how awesome it is for a company to work with and embrace the creations of their fans. This is really something that’s unique in the gaming industry.”

[Ekco]

nobody was worried about Daybreak or that other company that was the owner 10 years ago, people are rightfully worried about EG7 and the fine print of that arrangement now.