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0x10c - Notch's New Game!
Tonkka:
Im not really interested. Could someone tell me tl:dr?
zookuw:
Rather then making his own game Notch should take his buckets of money and throw them at Rodina.
Edit: I have a hard loving time believe Notch isn't ripping off Rodina.
Fredulus:
tbh even if he is ripping off Rodina... sure it's really douchey, but who cares? it's not like he's stealing their code or anything. if he does it better, great. if they do it better, great.
zookuw:
--- Quote from: Fredulus on April 18, 2012, 02:02:59 PM ---tbh even if he is ripping off Rodina... sure it's really douchey, but who cares? it's not like he's stealing their code or anything. if he does it better, great. if they do it better, great.
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It's like EA coming in and stealing an idea from a small indie company and stomping them into the ground.
Fredulus:
--- Quote from: zookuw on April 18, 2012, 02:06:44 PM ---It's like EA coming in and stealing an idea from a small indie company and stomping them into the ground.
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no
notch isn't stomping anyone into the ground... the worst he could possibly be doing is stealing an IDEA, not code, not models, nothing except an IDEA. at the worst. in which case these people making Rodina could sue him. But they won't, because there's no way to prove he stole anything.
and no one has any obligation to "play nice" with indie devs, if they want to make games they have to compete in the market just like everyone else.