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Cy-Kill · 08-15-2010, 01:42 PM

Taken from Slashdot:

Quote:

A private server company, Scapegaming (aka Alyson Reeves), was ordered to pay Blizzard Entertainment over $88 million in damages after losing a lawsuit that was concluded last week. Scapegaming was operating unauthorized World of Warcraft servers and using a micropayment system to collect money from the servers' user base, which according to the lawsuit amounted to just over $3 million. $85 million of that settlement was for statutory damages, and surprisingly only $63,000 in attorney's fees.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/0...ny-Awarded-88M

Here's a link to the summary of the lawsuit:

http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuit.asp?ID=51340

SeeMeTrollin · 08-15-2010, 01:49 PM

Dumbass shoulda closed the pserver while he still had the chance.

SnOwBunZz · 08-15-2010, 01:54 PM

He probably would've walked away with a severe warning if he didn't have a cash shop.

Thas · 08-15-2010, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeeMeTrollin

Dumbass shoulda closed the pserver while he still had the chance.

Indeed. Kinda idiotic to go against a company like Blizzard in the court ;o

hobolord · 08-15-2010, 01:57 PM

Holy crap...that server o.o.

gloomba38 · 08-15-2010, 02:10 PM

using a micropayment system to collect money from the servers' user base,

Bad Scapegaming, bad!

I wonder if I ever played on that server...

SnOwBunZz · 08-15-2010, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by gloomba38

wonder if I ever played on that server...

I know I did...

only to ragequit 10mins later due to terrible latency.

thesimp · 08-15-2010, 02:18 PM

1 thing
2 say

that guy got ****ed

and he should suicide

Avarance · 08-15-2010, 02:21 PM

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gloomba38 · 08-15-2010, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnOwBunZz

I know I did...

only to ragequit 10mins later due to terrible latency.

So the same as every single other private server then?

Actually there used to be a 24/7 Alterac Valley PVP server, all you did was PvP and get rewards from kills that bought your EQ. I had more fun on that than I've had on legit WoW servers, my boomkin rocked face.

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08-15-2010, 01:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
SeeMeTrollin Diddy Kong's Boxers Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Teh UK. DRINK THAT TEA. Posts: 685 Reputation: 22	Dumbass shoulda closed the pserver while he still had the chance.

08-15-2010, 01:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
hobolord Roon's Rogue Join Date: May 2006 Location: australia Posts: 4,310 Reputation: 68	Holy crap...that server o.o.