It's obvious that Valve can't let a game company sue their (Valve's) own clients when they're doing nothing abnormal. This is the least Valve could do.
Based Valve. We're not allowed to sue Valve, but in return Valve will make damn sure that no one can sue us
I don't understand this lawsuit. Why do they think they can sue people for criticizing them?
[QUOTE=Ardosos;51065013]I don't understand this lawsuit. Why do they think they can sue people for criticizing them?[/QUOTE]
Think of it as them being as delusional as the guys from Amy's Baking Company on Kitchen Nightmares, pretty much.
[QUOTE=Ardosos;51065013]I don't understand this lawsuit. Why do they think they can sue people for criticizing them?[/QUOTE]
Either this was the plan all along or the "developers" are genuinely that stubborn and clueless that they don't view the world like everyone else.
That company is insane. Glad to see Valve sticking it to them.
Isn't that the company that got butthurt about Jim Fucking Sterling?
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;51065161]Isn't that the company that got butthurt about Jim Fucking Sterling?[/QUOTE]
They coined the term "Jim Fucking Sterling, son"
[QUOTE=Solomon;51064991]Based Valve. We're not allowed to sue Valve, but in return Valve will make damn sure that no one can sue us[/QUOTE]
You can sue Valve. Valve only did a protection against class action law suits
[QUOTE=Burre.png;51065012]Now if only they would moderate Greenlight. One step at a time I guess.[/QUOTE]
Moderation would kinda go against the point of the system. It's meant for users to decide what they are actually willing to pay for. I do know what you are getting at, but the issue isn't exactly moderation - or more specifically the lack of.
The real issue is the entry bar required, and just how hilariously [B]little[/B] that number needs to be. According to Valve's stat page, they are nearing 11 million steam users. Obviously some of those are alts, so I'll take a very generous number out and say about 2M are alt/forgotten/defunct or otherwise inactive accounts. Not everyone will take part in the greenlight system or steam community either, and only use steam as a game library and nothing else, so I'll take another generous number - let's say 3mil - out of the total.
That leaves us with a potential user-base of 6 million people. That's still a stupid huge market, it damn near doesn't even matter [I]what [/I]your game is about, it's almost a guarantee to find people willing to pay for it on steam. Now, out of that 6M total user count, you know how many need to be apart of the "willing party" for your game to be greenlit?
Fucking get this: about 400.
That's it, that's literally all it takes. When your greenlight page starts nearing the 400-500 "I'd pay for this" mark, it'll get greenlit at some point. That is pretty much the entire reason why you see so many terrible low-"more like no"-effort games. Plus once a game gets lit, you don't even need to use the system anymore if you don't want to, you can pump out as many games under the same dev handle as you please.
you know whats amazing too?
those games funded the lawsuits
so valve literally just fucked them over
Pretty smart of valve to do this. They're cutting off their income so they can't drag it out and think twice(although I think these guys are retarded) about what they're doing
I think I should post this:
[video]https://youtu.be/U5TqIdff_DQ[/video]
I'm glad I got their games for free and sold the cards before this shit got removed.
Oh man, the irony of this situation so far is palpable. The result of their lawsuit to recover damages before it has even gone to court is that they've lost their major (if not only) source of income. I can't wait to see more.
Is there a video of Sterling laughing for ten hours?
Shit I misread as Digital Revolver.
Good on Valve.
A bit late, their games were removed as soon as the story about them trying to sue reviewers went up. I tried looking for them yesterday to see what games they made, but couldn't find any.
[QUOTE=gk99;51065864]A bit late, their games were removed as soon as the story about them trying to sue reviewers went up. I tried looking for them yesterday to see what games they made, but couldn't find any.[/QUOTE]
Karma takes time, but in the end it always comes.
They should change the name to Digital Suicide.
[url]http://techraptor.net/content/kekraptor-digital-homicide-sues-valve-wants-steam-safe-space?utm_source=tr.im&utm_medium=t.co&utm_campaign=tr.im%2F20eFO&utm_content=link_click[/url]
KekRaptor: Digital Homicide Sues Valve; Wants Steam “Safe Space”
[QUOTE]As if that wasn’t enough, Digital Homicide is allegedly considering another lawsuit directly against Valve in an attempt to create a digital “safe space” for developers on Steam. This effectively means that on top of the $18 million that Digital Homicide is seeking in damages in their original lawsuit against the 100 Jane and John Does, Digital Homicide wants Valve to create an environment on Steam where developers are safe from things like “harassment, verbal and written assault, libel, and slander.” Mr. Bob Lawsuitsfeedmyfamily, a retired legal advisor that specializes in the study of frivolous lawsuits, stated that the two cases will likely “force Digital Homicide to change their company’s name to Digital Suicide.” Even in a best case scenario where Digital Homicide somehow wins their lawsuits against Valve, “they will likely be ridiculed and hated for as long as the Internet can remember” Lawsuitsfeedmyfamily said.
One such user, who goes by the Steam username of XxX69DankWeedSmoke420BlazeXxX, eloquently stated “If they didn’t want to see all these negative comments and reviews, maybe they should’ve made better games. Or they could just, you know, not be on the Internet, or better yet, not sue everyone on the planet.” She continued, “I mean, I’ve never even heard of them or seen their games before their lawsuits, but now that the word is getting around, all I can think of whenever someone mentions them is ‘With a name like Digital Homicide, they must be a bunch of super edgy pre-teens who just need to accept that not everyone will like them for who they are.'”[/QUOTE]
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KekRaptor: Digital Homicide Sues Valve; Wants Steam “Safe Space”[/QUOTE]
God they're like a virus that evolves.
[I]Totally[/I] didn't see that coming.
Those dicks get every bit of whats coming to them.
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;51066075]Karma takes time, but in the end it always comes.[/QUOTE]
No, I mean PCGamer was late by posting this today.
Valve was right on time for the first time ever.
Can't believe some of ya fell for that. KekRaptor is basically an April Fool's articles, but this time they had to break the tradition of posting one in each 1st April.
[url]http://techraptor.net/content/introducing-kekraptor[/url]
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