• "WarZ" trademark too similar to "World War Z" is suspected to having their name changed
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[QUOTE=Linkmister;38953540]So wait, let me get this straight, they won't have to change the name since the application was "suspended"? Damn, I was really hoping for a better title, "The War Z" sounds pretty retarded honestly.[/QUOTE] I think that part is just part of the bullshit that comes out of his mouth. What I was getting at was the fact that I saw no trademark listed for WarZ. (Unless I was searching wrong.)
searching wrong
Lmao. This game is all just going more down the shitter. What are they even going to change the name to now?
[QUOTE=All0utWar;38954322]Lmao. This game is all just going more down the shitter. What are they even going to change the name to now?[/QUOTE] "The Day Z" Really get back to the roots of "their" idea, you'know?
[QUOTE=All0utWar;38954322]Lmao. This game is all just going more down the shitter. What are they even going to change the name to now?[/QUOTE] Cancelled.
[QUOTE=timothy80;38952237]And Titov doesn't believe it. [url]http://forums.thewarz.com/showthread.php?83274-Sad-trademark-suspension-direct-proof&p=1286542&viewfull=1#post1286542[/url] What a fucking idiot[/QUOTE] jesus christ how does he still have a job
It would be hilarious to make a clone of WarZ, make it actually good and where it improves upon the concepts DayZ laid out, as well as takes things in a new direction... Then call it WarZ because the name isn't trademarked. Suddenly you get this influx of players wanting to actually experience how bad the game is, then they find out it's a good game. No publicity is bad publicity :v:
[QUOTE=Irkalla;38954985]It would be hilarious to make a clone of WarZ, make it actually good and where it improves upon the concepts DayZ laid out, as well as takes things in a new direction... Then call it WarZ because the name isn't trademarked. Suddenly you get this influx of players wanting to actually experience how bad the game is, then they find out it's a good game. No publicity is bad publicity :v:[/QUOTE] Or they go to old warz and you get the mob for it.
[QUOTE=Irkalla;38954985]It would be hilarious to make a clone of WarZ, make it actually good and where it improves upon the concepts DayZ laid out, as well as takes things in a new direction... Then call it WarZ because the name isn't trademarked. Suddenly you get this influx of players wanting to actually experience how bad the game is, then they find out it's a good game. No publicity is bad publicity :v:[/QUOTE] I've been toying with this idea. It would be interesting to make a similar game with hilariously bad graphics but actually have much better gameplay than WarZ.
Atleast now people can't make mistakes between DayZ and WarZ. So their plan of tricking senile grandparents into buying this game for their kids, failed.
Look at all this Zombie Spaghetti.
Trademark Filing Date July 20, 2012 - Well they can no longer say the games been in development for two years
[QUOTE=Valdread;38955421]Trademark Filing Date July 20, 2012 - Well they can no longer say the games been in development for two years[/QUOTE] Why not? You are not required to fill a trademark at the start of your development.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;38955476]Why not? You are not required to fill a trademark at the start of your development.[/QUOTE] So they went two years without settling on a name? Anyway its not concrete evidence but it further points to, along with other facts, that this game has been in development for only 6 months.
the other guy in some other thread said it best. this game honestly seems like it was a shelved idea until day z came along and they decided to scrap it together. just look at war inc and the sheer amount of content ripped directly from it and slapped into war z
[QUOTE=BellyButton;38955534]the other guy in some other thread said it best. this game honestly seems like it was a shelved idea until day z came along and they decided to scrap it together. just look at war inc and the sheer amount of content ripped directly from it and slapped into war z[/QUOTE] I wouldn't even mind that large asset reuse, if it fits well use whatever you want, that's not why I hate the war z and its devs, the reason I hate it is that they made a shit game, it's shit not because they reused war inc stuff, it's shitty because it's glitchy as fuck and barely playable at this stage, they just rushed it to cash in on the craze. That Titov guy is just a massive cunt too, the company's image has been destroyed. I would love to see him get a good job after this fiasco.
[QUOTE=Valdread;38955504]So they went two years without settling on a name?[/QUOTE] That's very possible. Not defending them or anything, but you're assuming things without any proof. They could've been developing the game under a different name/no name but then later renamed it to War Z so it's similar to the Day Z mod. A name not being trademarked until recent means jack shit. If you want to claim the game has been in development for 6 months provide a different proof, not something unrelated. Hell it would be stupid to trademark the name as soon as you start the dev since the name can change during development.
Everytime I would say "Heard about WarZ" to people who were not aware of the gun, they would make the assumption I was talking about World War Z, so not surprising.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;38955805] If you want to claim the game has been in development for 6 months provide a different proof, not something unrelated. [/QUOTE] The fact that it shares alot of models, in game ui, sound and animations from their previous game "warInc" And: [quote]A clever reader of this blog was able to fetch a quote from one of the “The War Z“‘s developers, namely it is Roman Stepanov aka “RomanS” (Art director at arktos entertainment) talking about a new project (“The War Z” !) they were starting may 2012. This is finally hard evidence that this game has not been developed “for a couple of years” or atleast 2, “The War Z” has been developed in only 6 months ! But read for yourself, ironically this quote is out of a “Arma 2: Day Z” (That mod they didn’t copy at all) thread on a third party forum: “We have the engine We have artists We have programers We have designers We have tech We’ve been working on our own zombie for PS3 (Sony’s request) for a while. Would you guys play this if we make it on PC as a huge open world like in Chernarus. With lots of towns, villages, drivable vehicles, clans, trading merchants, resources, etc? We are thinking about doing this right now. This way you wont have problems with servers, buggy environment and combat system, and all the exploration zombie surviving you want How about it?” Roman Stepanov aka “RomanS” on 16th may 2012 Source: [url]http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?212608-ArmA-II-DayZ&p=6177919&viewfull=1#post6177919[/url] Link to his linkedin to proof he is a developer at arktos entertainment: [url]http://www.linkedin.com/pub/roman-stepanov/4/26b/504[/url][/quote] I'm assuming your claiming that the game has been in development for more than 6 months, so please would you like to provide some proof?
[QUOTE=Valdread;38956074] I'm assuming your claiming that the game has been in development for more than 6 months, so please would you like to provide some proof?[/QUOTE] You're assuming wrong. I am not claiming that, I am merely stating that your trademark reasoning is terrible and you should stop using that as a basis of your claim.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;38956155]You're assuming wrong. I am not claiming that, I am merely stating that your trademark reasoning is terrible and you should stop using that as a basis of your claim.[/QUOTE] Sorry that why i used the words "assuming". If you read my posts you would also see that i was not using it as a basis of the claim [quote] Anyway its not concrete evidence but it further points to, along with other facts, that this game has been in development for only 6 months.[/quote] And in the post above yours you can see i posted evidence per your request. Anyway im done on the subject since this topic could use its own thread.
How did this guy manage to get a team behind him? I wouldn't work with anyone who was involved with Big Rigs as they made it abundantly clear they have no idea what they're doing regarding games.
way to jump the gun everyone no worse than the people who think accused = convicted
[QUOTE=- Livewire -;38957598]How did this guy manage to get a team behind him? I wouldn't work with anyone who was involved with Big Rigs as they made it abundantly clear they have no idea what they're doing regarding games.[/QUOTE] They get paid. Simple as that. I wouldn't care about their past failures as long as they paid me.
[QUOTE=JerryK;38958457]way to jump the gun everyone no worse than the people who think accused = convicted[/QUOTE]Err, what?
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;38959715]Err, what?[/QUOTE] they haven't been forced to change their name and a decision hasn't been made, it doesn't mean for sure that they'll have to do anything, but it's being looked into
[QUOTE=JerryK;38960770]they haven't been forced to change their name and a decision hasn't been made, it doesn't mean for sure that they'll have to do anything, but it's being looked into[/QUOTE]That's only because World War Z technically hasn't been granted either. However it was applied for first which is basically all that matters here, and when it receives the trademark The War Z loses their claim and will be forced to change. Basically, what is going on right now is they've received advance warning.
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;38960810]That's only because World War Z technically hasn't been granted either. However it was applied for first which is basically all that matters here, and when it receives the trademark The War Z loses their claim and will be forced to change. Basically, what is going on right now is they've received advance warning.[/QUOTE] it's not just a matter of who applied first, it's a matter of whether or not it is determined that consumers could get confused personally i don't see how anyone could confused the game The War Z with the book/movie World War Z, but it's not up to me to decide that so let's wait until a decision is made
[QUOTE=JerryK;38960830]it's not just a matter of who applied first, it's a matter of whether or not it is determined that consumers could get confused personally i don't see how anyone could confused the game The War Z with the book/movie World War Z, but it's not up to me to decide that so let's wait until a decision is made[/QUOTE]Actually, it really is a matter of who applied first. They've already said there is a problem. The War Z just doesn't have to change yet because World War Z has been granted theirs yet. And we've already had plenty of accounts of people thinking it was related the World War Z.
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;38960847]Actually, it really is a matter of who applied first. They've already said there is a problem. The War Z just doesn't have to change yet because World War Z has been granted theirs yet. And we've already had plenty of accounts of people thinking it was related the World War Z.[/QUOTE] who's said it was a problem? the attorney whose job it is to say it's a problem or the person who actually gets to decide?
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