TSR Now it’s WotC’s Turn: WotC Moves Against TSR3

I guess after you provoke somebody enough, they’ll eventually bite back. The company has begun trademark cancellation procedures against the newest TSR.

TSR3 briefly filed for a court declaration on Dec 7th as to their ownership of the TSR trademarks — with an IndieGoGo campaign to fund it — and then voluntarily dismissed it a couple of days later on Dec 9th.

This filing is dated Dec 6th, the day before TSR3 launched its campaign.

In WotC’s response, they cite fraud as one of the causes of action, alleging that TSR3 misled the trademark office in its original application.

Mike Dunford, on Twitter, breaks down the action.

TSR - TSR3.5 Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit

A lawsuit filed by TSR3 against D&D owners Wizards of the Coast a few days ago was voluntarily dismissed. Dismissal without prejudice means that the suit can be filed again. The suit lasted two days from the 7th to the 9th of December. The IndieGoGo fundraiser to fund it is still running...

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TSR - TSR3.5 Launches IndieGogo Campaign to "Stop" WotC

The latest in the TSR3 saga, which has gone quiet for a while, is a new IndieGoGo campaign launched to "stop Wizards of the Coast". They cite wrongful bullying of TSR, and refusal to answer requests that WotC show TSR "proof of their claims" (although the campaign page doesn't mention what those...

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[soviet]

He's terrible at business decisions and his CHA is his dump stat.

It seems to me that somehow they're all dump stats. Maybe he traded his dice rolls for grits or something.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I was quite the critic of LaNasa (still am) and certainly mocked his writing skill, but I think at this point it feels like low-hanging fruit to talk about his intelligence directly. Punching down, as it were. And yeah, I'm just as guilty in the past. I guess as more of this goes by, the more I'm realizing I don't think he can help himself, so I should just watch and see how it all plays out.

It feels like he is the Wimp Lo of RPG publishers, and it doesn't feel like a great accomplishment to make fun of Wimp Lo.

 

[Charlaquin]

I was quite the critic of LaNasa (still am) and certainly mocked his writing skill, but I think at this point it feels like low-hanging fruit to talk about his intelligence directly. Punching down, as it were. And yeah, I'm just as guilty in the past. I guess as more of this goes by, the more I'm realizing I don't think he can help himself, so I should just watch and see how it all plays out.

It feels like he is the Wimp Lo of RPG publishers, and it doesn't feel like a great accomplishment to make fun of Wimp Lo.

Making fun of Wimp Lo was like half the jokes in Kung Pow

 

[Shakeshift]

I was quite the critic of LaNasa (still am) and certainly mocked his writing skill, but I think at this point it feels like low-hanging fruit to talk about his intelligence directly. Punching down, as it were. And yeah, I'm just as guilty in the past. I guess as more of this goes by, the more I'm realizing I don't think he can help himself, so I should just watch and see how it all plays out.

It feels like he is the Wimp Lo of RPG publishers, and it doesn't feel like a great accomplishment to make fun of Wimp Lo.

I'm also going to mention that after Justin Lanasa attacked everyone and everybody in TTRPG gaming, his eventual humiliation and defeat are not only inevitable, it's also sort of rewarding for the masses to see him eat that humble pie.

I think at one point he was attacking dozens of people each day, just biting everybody with wild abandon. When you start attacking everyone and everything in your genre, it's easy to amass enemies. That man didn't know HOW to run a business. All he knew how to do was grift, and he didn't even do THAT properly.

 

[Maxperson]

Lasagna: A non profit is when you spend all of your profits, right?

Or when you make no money. TSR is a non-profit right now.

 

[Maxperson]

Should point that he has some accomplishments and is not living in cardboard box / his mom's basement / a van down by the river

Yet.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Making fun of Wimp Lo was like half the jokes in Kung Pow

Exactly. low brow humor in a bad movie. Obviously I can't speak for anyone else, and certainly won't shed a tear for him when it all comes crashing down, but for me? Making fun of his intelligence is too easy. Should be beneath us, no matter how many people he attacks. If a six year old yells a profanity at you, do you yell back at the kid, "Oh yeah, you're a **** too! And by the way, nice writing idiot!"?

I assumed he was like everyone else when all this was happening and partook in mocking his writing myself, but over the past month or so, I don't think he has the capacity to help it. Hence, the Wimp Lo analogy. And the lack of any sort of purpose of accomplishment in making fun of something so easily made fun of.

 

[bonchon]

Actually...it's pronounced Frodo-deo.

I believe it's pronounced Fredo

 

[Shakeshift]

Exactly. low brow humor in a bad movie. Obviously I can't speak for anyone else, and certainly won't shed a tear for him when it all comes crashing down, but for me? Making fun of his intelligence is too easy. Should be beneath us, no matter how many people he attacks. If a six year old yells a profanity at you, do you yell back at the kid, "Oh yeah, you're a **** too! And by the way, nice writing idiot!"?

I assumed he was like everyone else when all this was happening and partook in mocking his writing myself, but over the past month or so, I don't think he has the capacity to help it. Hence, the Wimp Lo analogy. And the lack of any sort of purpose of accomplishment in making fun of something so easily made fun of.

You're not WRONG but.... it'll be easier to move on with this after he gets what's coming to him in about three weeks.

 

[darjr]

So if you slander people on board game components, is that actionable?