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mrchinchin25 posted:Over 900 pages of this thread I've just skipped. Did I just miss the ELE? You're on the ground floor
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Jason Sextro posted:Why are you glad about the tragic fate of a backer's family The inheritance can be used to fund development you see
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MinorInconvenience posted:And it's a drat shame, but I agree with others who have pointed out that this lawsuit is GREAT for Chris Roberts. He can use it as an excuse to close up shop and claim that he didn't fail as a developer; instead, big bad CryTek killed his dream because they were greedy. It's the perfect cover for his ego--letting him walk away without accepting blame for promising to make an impossible game.
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Wait... THAT'S FROM TODAY!
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TheAgent posted:this also means that the faceware camera might completely be stalled, as the underlying technology was shared with them without CryTeks approval My reaction to discovering FoIP may not make it into the game: 
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nnnotime posted:CIG will have to make a public statement about this little issue, won't they? After all, why would any current backers, and any possible new backers, want to buy new jpgs if there's a significant chance now that's all they will get? No, they can't. Commenting publicly about an active lawsuit is the worst thing they could do. But then again, this is CIG. So. 
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WarpDogs posted:Nearly a year ago today they put out a presser on their switch to Lumberyard. It came out on like December 23rd, and I remember thinking how insane it was that anyone would post news on the week of Christmas, especially news of an engine switch I initially thought they did it because of Star Marine, and that they had done some kind of conjoined twin thing where just Star Marine was running on Lumberyard. Like, leave everything else the same, and put Star Marine on Lumberyard just so they could shove it out the door. When's the last time anyone has talked about Star Marine? 
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are their any lawfirms that charge by the jpg? I wouldn't count CIG out just yet...!
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thatguy posted:Wait... THAT'S FROM TODAY! Gonna want to go ahead and pull that particular one from Youtube, Crabbler. also lol yeah I'm sure I'm the biggest problem the subreddit has today
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https://www.forbes.com/2009/01/23/skadden-merger-takeover-business-cx_df_0123skadden.html#2b10bc387f09quote:All that money flows from a simple business model: Skadden specializes in advising companies when they are merging, being taken apart or face a mortal threat from regulators, competitors or other lawyers. I guess you could say this is the ELE. Two more letters to go!
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I doubt Skadden cares about getting Ortwin disqualified, because there's no way they're afraid to go up against a non-litigator in court. Plus he lacks the staff to defend against a firm like Skadden, so they were hiring an outside firm anyway.
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mrchinchin25 posted:Over 900 pages of this thread I've just skipped. Did I just miss the ELE? You're walking in it right now. Check your shoes.
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alphabettitouretti posted:Did they think that "switching" to LY was going to relieve them of their obligations to CryTek? This was obvious from the start but it got lost in the never ending stream of CIG gently caress ups.
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Hav posted:Opposing counsel can move on it and the Judge would like agree, but we're a ways off that stuff. Thanks!
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D_Smart posted:No, they can't. Commenting publicly about an active lawsuit is the worst thing they could do. But then again, this is CIG. So. The classic double call.
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[quote="“XK”" post="“479315792”"] You’re walking in it right now. Check your shoes. [/quote] I see some shoes, some mud and a belt. Oh wait I'm on the toilet! Amazing times ahead!
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TheAgent posted:who wants to go drinking in LA with me when they shut down the CIG office in santa monica lol I'm in, as long as we can use mocap suits
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AngusPodgorny posted:I doubt Skadden cares about getting Ortwin disqualified, because there's no way they're afraid to go up against a non-litigator in court. Plus he lacks the staff to defend against a firm like Skadden, so they were hiring an outside firm anyway. It doesn't matter; the naming is the thing that nullifies it from happening, and becomes the 'you step back, we don't do anything'. There are specific reasons for naming the _co-founders_ in the document rather than just referring to the 'Defendants'; one is the entity named, the other are people with privileged information about the entity. Skadden is a hell of a choice, though. A straight up copyright/license heist would come out of any old LA law firm; this is what tells me that Crytek is loading for bear.
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Hahaha, I cannot believe they're still putting up Bugsmasher videos and implicating themselves further, that is genuinely ridiculous.
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D_Smart posted:No, they can't. Commenting publicly about an active lawsuit is the worst thing they could do. But then again, this is CIG. So. Just now literally walked through my place, envisioning this scenario, and laughed uncontrollably about it. nnnotime fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Dec 13, 2017 |
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D_Smart posted:The Federal govt takes their time. That's how people end up in jail. So I'm also here to eat my helping of crow. Didn't think we'd see any legal stuff ever against CIG. I was wrong. Now, back to thread.
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thatguy posted:Wait... THAT'S FROM TODAY! Was uploaded minutes ago.
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TheAgent posted:who wants to go drinking in LA with me when they shut down the CIG office in santa monica lol I might actually come down to piss on the ashes.
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Kevin Costner 2: CryTek Edition
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I hope Hans Zimmer composes the score for the ELE.
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D_Smart posted:They can't afford to settle because of what CryTek is claiming they are due. It's in the millions. They could have settled rather than risk this PR nightmare. But they can't. So here we are. But can they afford not to settle ? If they don't then they don't have the rights to Cryengine at all, period. So they'd be forced to switch to LY. Not a slow gradual step by step upgrade, but an instant switch. There's no way they can even do that without removing access to the game from all backers during the transition period, which could take up months..
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VictorianQueerLit posted:samfreez saying that poo poo about Amazon coming to the rescue is just raw desperation. They're not allowed to discuss it.
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This will be the first court case where we have to pay for jpegs from the courtroom artist.
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I was reading up on the Silicon Knights stuff from years back and it's so interesting how many similarities there are https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/why-silicon-knights-vs-epic-games-is-probably-over/1100-4839/ Like CIG, SK downplayed their use of the engine, going so far as to say only 2% of its codebase was made up of Unreal. Like CIG, SK removed copyright notices and replaced it with their own language and terms to make it appear they owned it Like CIG, SK was caught red handed thanks to their sloppy code - in SK's case, they copy/pasted so much from Unreal that they included comments with grammatical errors from the source, thus proving beyond all doubt the code was not theirs and maybe like CIG, no one thought SK had the funds to handle the settlement. and they didn't. they went bankrupt One thing we should all be prepared for is a multi-year conclusion to the drama. It took 5-7 years from start to finish
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Right. This is fairly common. It's the punitive damages you want to watch out for. They can get scary.
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Hav posted:It doesn't matter; the naming is the thing that nullifies it from happening, and becomes the 'you step back, we don't do anything'. There are specific reasons for naming the _co-founders_ in the document rather than just referring to the 'Defendants'; one is the entity named, the other are people with privileged information about the entity.
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Hav posted:https://www.scribd.com/document/367101474/Crytek-v-CIG  its unseemly how i laughed when i read this juggalo baby coffin fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Dec 13, 2017 |
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Still about ten pages behind and have to leave soon to see Star Wars, but goddamn Derek, you loving called it. If I could send you a fried pineapple pizza - Clifford-style - I'd absolutely do it, but there's an ocean in between Hat's off!
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Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational ELE
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Ahahaha, they're breaking out the big guns- Idris pictures! Digital action figures! 
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AP posted:They'd still have all the concept art, so that's like 60% of everything safe. The same concept art that is the collateral for the Couts loan ?
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gently caress that belongs us says cryengine no says CR it belongs to Me It belongs to me says the backers that is why I built coutis
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ManofManyAliases posted:Moreover, the suit itself alleges that CIG halted use of CryTek engine in 2016 (star engine in play), yet they want to lay claim to a breach when engaging Faceware in 2017. They also allege breach for SQ42, yet LumberYard is used for its development. But any code that they put into Lumberyard from their "StarEngine" is Crytek's property.
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At least 7 billion die every 12 hours under this rule. Thoughts are also surveyed, and anyone who does not think anything to loving the Stimpire with more than their capabilities will be sentenced to a prison. Prisoners who are punished for this violation will meet their greatest fear, only to have it amplified so they will turn insane as they imagine it exactly as they fear it. They then undergo a painful extraction of all fluids, to be replaced by a toxin which causes permanent irritation. The unknown substance keeps the subject aging normally, except they will never die. Prisoners punished in this way are unable to be reverted, despite many efforts, and they will never be able to be disposed. The sickening truths have been revealed only today, and invigilation teams are still investigating the truths without setting foot in the galactic space of this sickening empire.
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