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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4744961" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>I don't believe this, unless this has gone to court and WotC has been found guilty. </p><p></p><p>It is not that uncommon for people to come up with similar names and similar abilities. I remember that our webmaster for our private site was contacted to remove a class called "Rage Mage" because it had appeared in Dragon (it was not WotC that asked of that, it was the German distributor, Amigo, at that time.). Since I wrote the class myself, I am pretty sure I wasn't copied and I didn'Ät copy it. "Rage Mage" is just a very obvious name, espeically if you mix Barbarian and Sorcerer class.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a real game with real people. Real people make mistakes when playing the game. The podcast exemplifies that you can still have fun even if you're sometimes a little over your head with the rules and don't know everything.</p><p>Are they supposed to bleep it out the expletives or what? </p><p>Maybe it's because I am not a German, but using foul mouth expletives isn't all that terrible to me. They warn you, and that's it. There are quite a few TV stations even in the US that will allow such "foul language". HBO or other stations come to mind. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Standard business practice in forums hosted by the owner of an IP/Brand/Trademark/whatever. Especially if controversial means that people sling mud at each other and call the company or consumers names. </p><p>People shouldn't feel insulted or attacked when dealing with a company, and that's ultimiately what you do - even if just by association - when you're on their forum.</p><p></p><p></p><p>When they are doing it against various laws and regulations, that is to be expected. WotC has to protect their business and trademark. They are not just in it for the fun of the game, they also need to make money, so they can keep making stuff for the fun of the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4744961, member: 710"] I don't believe this, unless this has gone to court and WotC has been found guilty. It is not that uncommon for people to come up with similar names and similar abilities. I remember that our webmaster for our private site was contacted to remove a class called "Rage Mage" because it had appeared in Dragon (it was not WotC that asked of that, it was the German distributor, Amigo, at that time.). Since I wrote the class myself, I am pretty sure I wasn't copied and I didn'Ät copy it. "Rage Mage" is just a very obvious name, espeically if you mix Barbarian and Sorcerer class. It's a real game with real people. Real people make mistakes when playing the game. The podcast exemplifies that you can still have fun even if you're sometimes a little over your head with the rules and don't know everything. Are they supposed to bleep it out the expletives or what? Maybe it's because I am not a German, but using foul mouth expletives isn't all that terrible to me. They warn you, and that's it. There are quite a few TV stations even in the US that will allow such "foul language". HBO or other stations come to mind. Standard business practice in forums hosted by the owner of an IP/Brand/Trademark/whatever. Especially if controversial means that people sling mud at each other and call the company or consumers names. People shouldn't feel insulted or attacked when dealing with a company, and that's ultimiately what you do - even if just by association - when you're on their forum. When they are doing it against various laws and regulations, that is to be expected. WotC has to protect their business and trademark. They are not just in it for the fun of the game, they also need to make money, so they can keep making stuff for the fun of the game. [/QUOTE]
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