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<blockquote data-quote="MajPepper" data-source="post: 5836378" data-attributes="member: 64541"><p>Just to address that for a moment, we want to evoke the feel of the kind of tavern you might hear about in a fantasy game (And thus recognizable by gamers), but we don't want to actually use the term tavern, as that would definitely lead to people assuming we were a real tavern.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to once again thank everyone for their support. As a minor update, we have yet to hear anything since, and the only news I have is the above email from Hillside Games. They have not contacted us directly We are trying to minimize any liabilities, so we will be as unemotional as possible in our public statements. However, we'd like to point out the following things.</p><p></p><p>Yes, we goofed in not registering our domain early. We have learned our lesson. That does not make this practice ethical.</p><p></p><p>We did not give Hillside Games more than 1 "business" day before publicizing the information. However, the information was already public. Any one in the world with a connection to the internet can look up a WHOIS registry.</p><p></p><p>I cannot speak for the schedule of the management at Hillside Games. It may very well take them more than 1 business day to respond to an email. However, it takes approximately 0 days to not register a competitor's domain. I don't think I would be libelous in stating that. </p><p></p><p>Additionally, they mentioned that some of the response has been threatening and/or harassing. I cannot speak to that, as none of the public responses I have seen on their page (which have now been deleted) seemed threatening to me (other than the threat to no longer do business with them). I definitely have no insight about what has been emailed to them. I will say that neither I, my partner, nor our company condone any threats or acts of physical or verbal abuse. We do not wish harm upon anyone, least of all someone who provides a service to part of the gaming community. </p><p></p><p>Finally, they have yet to make any statements in defense of their own actions. I am more than willing to hear their side of the argument. As I said to them in an email I sent yesterday: if they believe their actions to be defensible, then I urge them to defend them. Why did they think that registering our domain names (regardless of legality) was an ethical thing to do, and that it would be looked kindly upon by the community? If they have good reason, I will listen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MajPepper, post: 5836378, member: 64541"] Just to address that for a moment, we want to evoke the feel of the kind of tavern you might hear about in a fantasy game (And thus recognizable by gamers), but we don't want to actually use the term tavern, as that would definitely lead to people assuming we were a real tavern. I'd like to once again thank everyone for their support. As a minor update, we have yet to hear anything since, and the only news I have is the above email from Hillside Games. They have not contacted us directly We are trying to minimize any liabilities, so we will be as unemotional as possible in our public statements. However, we'd like to point out the following things. Yes, we goofed in not registering our domain early. We have learned our lesson. That does not make this practice ethical. We did not give Hillside Games more than 1 "business" day before publicizing the information. However, the information was already public. Any one in the world with a connection to the internet can look up a WHOIS registry. I cannot speak for the schedule of the management at Hillside Games. It may very well take them more than 1 business day to respond to an email. However, it takes approximately 0 days to not register a competitor's domain. I don't think I would be libelous in stating that. Additionally, they mentioned that some of the response has been threatening and/or harassing. I cannot speak to that, as none of the public responses I have seen on their page (which have now been deleted) seemed threatening to me (other than the threat to no longer do business with them). I definitely have no insight about what has been emailed to them. I will say that neither I, my partner, nor our company condone any threats or acts of physical or verbal abuse. We do not wish harm upon anyone, least of all someone who provides a service to part of the gaming community. Finally, they have yet to make any statements in defense of their own actions. I am more than willing to hear their side of the argument. As I said to them in an email I sent yesterday: if they believe their actions to be defensible, then I urge them to defend them. Why did they think that registering our domain names (regardless of legality) was an ethical thing to do, and that it would be looked kindly upon by the community? If they have good reason, I will listen. [/QUOTE]
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