The telegram system had a DNS, basically? Damn, that’s fascinating. Wikipedia doesn’t say when it got phased out, just refers to it in the past tense.

You keep saying you’re making a moral point, but that point is simply “I think they’re being jerks!!!” Which, yeah, sure..I guess.

It’s just it’s not anti-consumerist

Agreed. I think it’s pretty funny that the original ad for Quake (found in the original Keen trilogy, from waay back in the day) made a big deal about how powerful the melee weapon would be. I’m still waiting to find all those interesting NPCs, too.

it’s okay to steal

Wow, so you did need it explaining. Good grief.

Because it’s a lot of time, energy, and money to have to go and do that work, so why even bother?

If you use someone’s IP to make money , you are opening yourself up to possible lawsuits from the person who owns said property. That’s common sense. It does not matter how old the actual property is.

Excellent, then you can explain why you disagree.

You looked up a term I didn’t use. Here, let me help you:

If they’re worried they can reach out to the tournaments implicated and send a rep to make sure that things are going ok and above board. Like Capcom do in the Street Fighter community (or did, at least). If you care about your fans, this is something you should consider the absolute bare minimum, especially for a…

Not gonna debate this further. You see it one way. I see it the other. S’cool. We don’t have to agree.

Yep. There’s something really juvenile about people making a corporation their “tribe” and defending it tooth and nail. I like Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft’s gaming services, but this flavour of brand loyalty, to the extent that they can do no wrong, that their shitty behaviour needs backing up and explaining away, it’s lud…

Good for you. So here’s the question: would you threaten to sue someone who created an illustrated guide to whatever you made 30 years ago?

If someone wants to make an illustrated guide for something I did 30 years ago and they make some money off it, that has absolutely fuck all to do with me and I’d leave them alone. Good for them.

You’re still not making a compelling moral case against the artist here.

This is not some free love socialist’s haven.

Dude that’s not the point

That’s cool, I didn’t describe Nintendo as exploitative or evil. Just jackasses.

“The law is my moral compass” man you must be so much fun in real life.