On December 05 2010 19:05 ThePurist wrote:Show nested quote +On December 05 2010 07:22 Rekrul wrote:
clarity:
two companies trying to position themselves to make more money and have more power in the market
neither is right or wrong
who will win or if both will compromise... many variables will decide
hard to figure out
1. Everybody knows this
2. There are two sides to an argument
3. Everybody knows this
4. Obviously
Many people missed the point only a select few can differentiate the last point from the first 9 points. I point some key facts out and add in my hypothesis that after this lawsuit (if it happens) it will set precedent and I believe pretty much no other NPO can step in e-sports because they simply didn't make the game (unless for whatever reason the game company allows them to). It's not a very complicated hypothesis, it's really simple.
I'm not anti-Blizzard, they made BW, SC2, it's good they are making money (which for some reason people hate them for?), but what I am against is Blizzard stated they don't care about profits (untrue), and the current struggle for IP rights will set precedent for future games if it goes to a legal battle.
I am biased to some degree yes. I'll be real and upfront about it. There is no neutral 3rd party supreme objective view here. Except for Rekrul from this thread because his post was so meaningless that anybody could have already said.
The analogies of NFL and parallelisms with NHL by teamsolid was pretty frustrating to read and I wonder how you can make such irrelevant ties with a budding industry vs. the respective national sports of USA/Canada just on the grounds that they are both NPOs.
Show nested quote +On December 05 2010 07:24 darmousseh wrote:
How does this deserve its own thread?
As for the points. Yes it is in every company's interest to make a profit, but sometimes businesses makes decisions which do not provide a profit immediately. Protecting their IP rights is a way to ensure that their future products don't get stolen.
Yes you are correct, there are ranged goals of businesses in which they may suffer losses initially. I believe it is common knowledge. Please read more carefully, points 6-7.
Zim23 thank you for your insightful post.
Show nested quote +On December 05 2010 09:02 Loanshark wrote:
Somehow I don't think Blizzard/Activision can make an e-sports scene worthy of the one we have now.
I don't believe so too... sadly enough
... Anyways... Selective reading for the loss.