I will not be purchasing Skyrim.

[Saviordd1]

I find it strange that everyone in this thread is relentlessly mocking this guy over his boycott, but I could barely find a single person willing to even admit they were still buying Diablo 3 during all of its hate threads.

I mean I guess the diablo 3 controversy was over actual elements of the game itself, versus the practice of its developers, but it still seems a little imbalanced.

Selective hatred I guess xD.

Edit: On that note, does anyone else find it weird that nobody has made a boycott thread about gears of war 3 selling those 21 premium weapon skins on day one? Theres like..6 in the actual game, and 3 of those required the beta, and cheevos from gears 1 and 2. So there are really only 3 skins in the game available for unlock without doing extra stuff, and the remaining 21 require a purchase.

it doesn't bother me too much, since they are relatively cheap and I can just buy a few and be done with it, but it seems like the kind of thing people would jump all over considering its similarities to the portal 2 hat fiasco.

I never said I'd not buy diablo 3, I just thought they were being stupid, same for GOW3. Seriously boycotting a fun game is stupid, if its fun, buy it.

OT: Okay, you do that, I'm sure they will miss your 60 bucks compared to the other millions they will get.

 

[Hisshiss]

I find it strange that everyone in this thread is relentlessly mocking this guy over his boycott, but I could barely find a single person willing to even admit they were still buying Diablo 3 during all of its hate threads.

I mean I guess the diablo 3 controversy was over actual elements of the game itself, versus the practice of its developers, but it still seems a little imbalanced.

Selective hatred I guess xD.

Edit: On that note, does anyone else find it weird that nobody has made a boycott thread about gears of war 3 selling those 21 premium weapon skins on day one? Theres like..6 in the actual game, and 3 of those required the beta, and cheevos from gears 1 and 2. So there are really only 3 skins in the game available for unlock without doing extra stuff, and the remaining 21 require a purchase.

it doesn't bother me too much, since they are relatively cheap and I can just buy a few and be done with it, but it seems like the kind of thing people would jump all over considering its similarities to the portal 2 hat fiasco.

I never said I'd not buy diablo 3, I just thought they were being stupid, same for GOW3. Seriously boycotting a fun game is stupid, if its fun, buy it.

OT: Okay, you do that, I'm sure they will miss your 60 bucks compared to the other millions they will get.

Agreed, the internet req for diablo 3 is inconvenient and a little bit underhanded, but only knocks a few points off of a game that is still scoring more than well enough. As for the gears 3 skins, Im..mixed about it. I was happy about it at first, because before I knew they sold more, I just assumed the game only had 6 skins, half of which I couldn't even unlock cus I didn't play the beta, so the premium thing meant I could still enjoy them. On the other hand, an in game currency that allowed you to buy them would have been alot nicer, but we can't really expect a company not to cash in on some extra revenue if they think it won't destroy the game.

 

[cookyy2k]

As a general reply to everyone who said "I don't care", I retort:

'You cared enough to reply.'

As a general reply to everyone who said "you will fold", I retort:

'You might.'

As a general reply to everyone who said "your sale doesn't matter", i retort:

'There is such a thing as principle.'

To everybody else,

'Thanks for posting.'

hear, hear.

The attitude of apathy backed up with it doesn't matter on this site has actually shocked me. 1 person not buying probably will go unnoticed, if everyone who felt the same actually didn't buy it instead of whining about how it wont matter anyway it would be.

To all those sheep on the "doesn't matter" bandwagon THIS is precisely why you're getting lumbered with online passes, day one and on disk DLC, ridiculous DRM and all that other rubbish you hate. Your unwillingness to actually say "no I wont buy that produce and I'll tell them exactly why", you can bet your ass that if even 5% of a game's projected audience boycotted EA titles because of online passes it'd be like 3 games before they were gone.

 

[Epona]

It's insane, when a person wants to exercise their right to not buy a game on ethical grounds, other gamers start throwing out hate.

Tell me gamers, what should a person do to protest this lawsuit?

I can see some CEO from a publishing company saying to his board of directors "We can do anything and we won't be boycotted because when a gamer even hints at a boycott other gamers react harshly!"

 

[cookyy2k]

It's insane, when a person wants to exercise their right to not buy a game on ethical grounds, other gamers start throwing out hate.

Tell me gamers, what should a person do to protest this lawsuit?

I can see some CEO from a publishing company saying to his board of directors "We can do anything and we won't be boycotted because when a gamer even hints at a boycott other gamers react harshly!"

I agree completely with this, everyone going off saying "it's your loss" or calling the OP arrogant. I don't think their is ever any way we'll get the gaming community to actually show a publisher it's displeasure. So then when we're all playing the homogenised pap EA is serving up with full online pass and DRM up the ass after EA has bought and closed everyother studio we'll only have these people to blame for the death of a once promising medium.

 

[I Hate Consoles and Mondays]

If I remember correctly, isn't ZeniMax filing the lawsuit, not Bethesda?

http://gamepolitics.com/2011/08/05/zenimax-mojang-respect-your-elder-scrolls

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

Alright, but why did you delete your saves? Those games are still good, and keeping them doesn't support Bethesda in any way (unless you cheer when their splash appears). That was just strange. Can you not even bear to look upon their logo in the opening credits? I'm pretty sure you can skip it, or at least mod it out.

Didn't you think that was a little reactionary? If they knew you were doing it out of protest, and it had a little momentum, then maybe it'd be a powerful gesture, but they really will not know. Is you're principle on this that fervour ridden?

Otherwise, I suppose good for you. I'd suggest doing you know what, but it'd get me warned, and you don't even seem to want to touch their games any more. I'll still be buying it, but I hope Mojang win. I won't get into legal politics here.

I still think the legal department at ZeniMax Media has more to do with this, than Todd Howard or anyone who was integrally involved in the Elder Scrolls creation, rather than just funding. It's a frivolous and poorly constructed case that I'm almost sure Bethesda know is more damaging PR wise, than all the "confusion clear up" in the world. If their team are really behind this, trying to force some money out of Mojang (and of course, relieve us simple folk of the burden of thinking), over something so devoid of foundation: they really have lost all semblance of sanity.

So Skyrim will naturally turn out to be a turn-based dancing game revolving around the abolishment of women's rights, in which the lead protagonist, Hitler, uses a chainsaw made of babies to balance chemical formulae.

 

[Greatjusticeman]

I want to start out by saying i am a huge huge fan of the Elder Scrolls series, and a huge huge fan of Bethesda in general.

Between Fallout 3, Morrowind and Oblivion, I have lost somewhere in the vicinity of 400+ hours of my life.

I am fan. I am huge fan.

And I will not be purchasing Skyrim.

I want to make it clear, I have been lusting for Skyrim since it was announced. All press I have seen looks magnificent. Everything I have heard sounds incredible. It looks like another brilliant Bethesda game that I will subsequently lose a massive portion of my life and time to.

And I will not be purchasing it.

Because of this:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.315129-Mojang-and-Bethesda-Are-Going-to-Court

I will not support a company that attempts to use lawsuits as a means of flagrant bullying and outright douchbaggery in order to crush perceived competition.

If Bethesda goes through with this utter horseshit of a frivolous lawsuit, I will no longer support Bethesda.

Even though this means I will never play Skyrim, I will no longer support Bethesda in any way.

I will not purchase their products. I will not play products of theirs that I already own.

I have already sacrificed 400+ hours of work on Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3, deleting the games from my hard drive and removing all saves.

Bethesda will make a hundred bajillion dollars off of Skyrim.

Not a single penny of it will be from me.

Team Mojang.

Good for you, champ!

Who gives a fuck?

 

[Bonham79]

I will be buying Skyrim. If Bethesda wins the lawsuit, I will still buy it. If i am sued, i will buy it. If Todd Howard enjoys killing little puppies for fun, i will still buy it. Nine Divines is my religion baby.

 

[pspman45]

Good for you, champ!

Who gives a fuck?

I was about to say that...

 

[Inkidu]

I want to start out by saying i am a huge huge fan of the Elder Scrolls series, and a huge huge fan of Bethesda in general.

Between Fallout 3, Morrowind and Oblivion, I have lost somewhere in the vicinity of 400+ hours of my life.

I am fan. I am huge fan.

And I will not be purchasing Skyrim.

I want to make it clear, I have been lusting for Skyrim since it was announced. All press I have seen looks magnificent. Everything I have heard sounds incredible. It looks like another brilliant Bethesda game that I will subsequently lose a massive portion of my life and time to.

And I will not be purchasing it.

Because of this:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.315129-Mojang-and-Bethesda-Are-Going-to-Court

I will not support a company that attempts to use lawsuits as a means of flagrant bullying and outright douchbaggery in order to crush perceived competition.

If Bethesda goes through with this utter horseshit of a frivolous lawsuit, I will no longer support Bethesda.

Even though this means I will never play Skyrim, I will no longer support Bethesda in any way.

I will not purchase their products. I will not play products of theirs that I already own.

I have already sacrificed 400+ hours of work on Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3, deleting the games from my hard drive and removing all saves.

Bethesda will make a hundred bajillion dollars off of Skyrim.

Not a single penny of it will be from me.

Team Mojang.

That's very... er... noble, but misguided and romantic. I don't want to say you're not going to change anything, because you might. However, do you know why companies have such big legal firms? They're constantly doing stuff like this. All the time! this is the one you just happened to hear about. There are probably thousands of lawsuits (frivolous and otherwise) that are filed everyday. Most are thrown out or settled at the courthouse door. Copyright and patent law are the worst. Bethesda probably has about two dozen little injunctions and other stuff ready to go against any company. It's just the way it works. They're constantly jostling each other.

Regardless, my Skyrim pre-order is paid in full and waiting to get picked up when that day rolls around.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Bethesda development team =/= Bethesda legal team.

You're just being close-minded.

This.

Seriously, go for it. You won't prove anything.

 

[cookyy2k]

Bethesda development team =/= Bethesda legal team.

You're just being close-minded.

This.

Seriously, go for it. You won't prove anything.

He'll prove he has principals that he is willing to stand up for, that's something.

He said in the original post it'll make millions and him not buying wont change anything other than the fact none of the profits from the game will be from him.

 

[tthor]

lol dude, its not bethesda trying to squash competition, its either: A) Bethesda's legal department are being lawyer assholes, or B) Bethesda is trying to get some free advertising. either way, both Scrolls and Skyrim will be getting free advertising, and will probably both come out ahead because of this. don't worry so much, enjoy Skyrim, and then go enjoy Scrolls. have a good November

 

[natster43]

This event won't really effect, me. I wasn't even planning actually buying it and I have it pre ordered. I kinda just lost all the care I had for it when they announced re spawning dragons. Though this court thing will not effect my purchases of more Fallout Games or Minecraft when I get a good laptop or computer. But hey man more power to you, hope this works for you.

 

[Odysseous2]

Simple solution. Just buy it used. Bethesda gets none of your money, and you still get to play it.

I have already sacrificed 400+ hours of work on Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3, deleting the games from my hard drive and removing all saves.

And how in God's name does this make any sense at all? Bethesda doesn't give a half shit whether or not you keep playing their games so long as your money's not on the line. Just because you don't support them doesn't mean you can't play their games. It just means you can't give them any more money.

If you want to sacrifice your own livelihood to make a statement, then all the power to you. But it would behoove you to first make sure that this statement makes any kind of coherent sense.

 

[Vykrel]

I actually side with Bethesda on this one.

It won't hurt Mohjang to change their WIP's project.

that makes no sense. it is completely unfair of Bethesda to sue over such a common word. ive never played Minecraft, so im not a fan of Mojang or anything, but they are a very small developer and they have done nothing wrong.

you are siding with the bad guy. imagine if another developer had decided to create a game called Oblivion. should Bethesda sue them, too? Scroll and Oblivion are very common words, and Bethesda does NOT have ownership of them. if Mojang were creating something called "Elder Scrolls", "Morrowind", or "Skyrim" then Bethesda would actually have a reason to sue. "Scrolls" is too vague. they have no case.

by the way, it actually does hurt Mojang to have to change their title. if they were to do so, then they would have to change everything about their game that has anything to do with scrolls. seeing as they decided to go with the name "Scrolls", it probably means that the game has a lot to do with them. it would be like starting over from square one. also, they shouldnt change the name because it would simply show that indie developers can be bullied by the big publishers.



OP: to be fair, you dont know exactly who made the call, and who the people are within Bethesda that actually agree with what is going on... the game is made by developers, but its probably a few assholes at the top that decided to sue Mojang.

 

[Laser Priest]

If I remember correctly, isn't ZeniMax filing the lawsuit, not Bethesda?

http://gamepolitics.com/2011/08/05/zenimax-mojang-respect-your-elder-scrolls

Oi! NO logic or attention to detail is allowed in this argument! We're on the internet for Pete's sake!