Which is clearly not the case here, since “ludonarrative” is literally the word coined to describe exactly what this trophy represents. Using the precise word isn’t smug, it’s communication. (And, in this case, really damn funny.)

“your an idiot”

I’d advise caution with some of the body soaps, shampoos, lotions, and even makeup. My family discovered some of the skin irritations we were having to be caused by these, particularly the shower soaps and shampoos. They are often watered down, which means using more caustic chemicals to do the same amount of cleaning…

Because the pirates did it in a self-contained environment away from everything else. If Blizzard did it, they’d need it integrated into their account system, their launcher/CDN service, the website, forums, update schedules, spin off the team to service it, customer support, marketing, community management...

Sounds like a game where you might need to group up with people to do anything meaningful. Where community and reputation matter. That’s an MMO I’d play it.

As I understand it, this IS how trademarks work. I don’t know about broader IP law, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

It’s trademark law, and it isn’t particularly idiotic. You can trademark very specific things, so it makes sense that if you’re not actively defending a trademark (eg a logo, name, color, etc .. and there’s a certain amount of industry specificity to trademark registration) then it should be available for others to…

I think of it like an HOA, we got a notice right after we moved to remove our weeds. We hardly had any weeds, but I did it. If they didn’t tell me about this (the bylaws) they could be charged as negligent should anyone challenge their management techniques. I could have just let the weeds grow and expect another…

Which type of IP is being infringed determines how aggressively it must be defended. Trademarks, for instance, must be aggressively defended or you lose protection. Copyrights are basically the exact opposite; you pretty much have to give them away and put it in the public domain to lose protection. I am unsure with…

Here’s the thing about stuff like intellectual property in the US. From what I understand, you are, by law, obligated to protect your property even if you are actually okay with how it’s being used.

So just buy them and pay them to keep doing what they are already doing.

“We explored options for developing classic servers and none could be executed without great difficulty.” So, a few guys can set one up for themselves and invite 150k people to play on them, but the company that made the fucking game says it’s too hard? Bullshit.