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Remember, in Game of Thrones, that Bronn only became Tyrion's champion for the money, not any sense of honor. What if Bethesda finds it easier to hire 3 top Qu
by eggbrain 15y ago
Remember, in Game of Thrones, that Bronn only became Tyrion's champion for the money, not any sense of honor.
What if Bethesda finds it easier to hire 3 top Quake 3 players for 1k each to fight Notch and friends? They might find it easier than going through the lawsuit.
- Shenglong 15y agoWhat a wonderful precedent. The future of law: gamers
- NickPollard 15y agoThere's a science fiction book in this. Get writing!
- knowtheory 15y agoWell, okay, that's true (but not my primary point, since i've not read/seen Game of Thrones). My point was that Bethesda is under no obligation to do this, and it's not clear to me that this would have legal binding. So in that sense they'd be accepting based on Notch's intentions (honorable or not), and I presume that Mojang would only agree based on their honorable intentions. There are of course many ways to weasel out of straightforward agreements. That's why presidential debates are always so terrible.
- huckfinnaafb 15y agoI'm not sure why a legally counselled written contract wouldn't be considered legally binding.
- Cushman 15y agoThat a contract has been drafted and signed, even in good faith, is only half the battle. It must also be enforced. The court can simply ignore some or all of a contract which is obviously unfair or exploitative to either party. Centuries of legislation and case law go into determining what sorts of clauses are, in fact, enforceable. This is why you need a lawyer to draft a contract, and cannot just write whatever on a piece of paper and sign it. Even lawyers overreach, however; it's part of their job.
- atomicdog 15y agoSeein as Bronn won the duel dishonourably by running away until the opponent was tired, does this mean Bethesda will win the match by camping?
- ConstantineXVI 15y agoNo need, I'd wager Carmack and friends are plenty good at their own game.
- palish 15y agoHmm? Bethesda didn't make Quake, if that's what you're saying...
- ConstantineXVI 15y agoBethesda bought id in '09, so yes they do.
- palish 15y agoEr, okay. That seems unrelated since they never "made Quake" and likely have little/no influence over Carmack himself. But oh man: Carmack vs Notch. Imagine it. Nevermind, I hope Bethesda can somehow persuade/pressure/bribe/extort Carmack into that. Because... C'mon. Carmack vs Notch.
- lostmypw 15y agoBoth Bethesda and id are subsidiaries of Zenimax[1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenimax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenimax
- gobongo 15y agoHaving played against some id software people back in the Quake 2 and q3demo days, they were far less good at the games than one might naively expect, at least when compared to hardcore gamers. Knowing the internals of the game and the map designs is no substitute for playing the game for hundreds of hours against other top competitors.
- aw3c2 15y agoThey suck (sic! :) ) badly compared to remotely professional players. Tim Willits even said so himself just recently on Quakecon.
- rmc 15y agoSome gamers might want to support the small indie guy and might offer their labour and skills to notch for free. Some might take the money and go help out the big guy. It would be like some medieval power struggle over a throne, with knights and dukes allying themselves to one side or the other. :)
- aw3c2 15y agoThe top Quake 3 players are probably good friends with - if not even themselves - hopelessly addicted Minecraft players. If this was id Software against Mojang, then maybe id had the leverage but Bethesda is not necessarily considered good by the Q3 community.
- dkersten 15y agoNotch can easily afford to pay top Quake 3 players too though.