This is why people should not buy bundles or these games for cards and crap...but no we have to green light idiots like this and then deal with this stupid shit later.
Now if Valve in the end has to give up said info i hope your info was worth a few stupid pennies for your card addictions and epenis for game count.
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I'd doubt Valve will be forced by any court of law in any district anywhere in the world to actually hand over the information of users on their service.. Maybe if some laws were being broken or something..
Hurting someone's feelings isn't grounds for a lawsuit, nor is it grounds to sue someone..
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Well from what i understand the judge granted the subpoena for Valve to hand over said info,now how they react and if they really have to hand it over will be up to there lawyers.Still why would any judge even sign off on something like that because of bad reviews??
In the end it imo even if they do get the info from the subpoena it will do little to help there case or cause and in fact might do them more harm then good at least imo.Though in any case this is one reason why i do not buy bundles or greenlight crap games just for cards or game count its just not worth supporting these kind of idiots by selling cards or buying there game.
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cash is cash, these idiots having names and addresses of a hundred people isn't going to do anything in the long run.. They've already soiled all their credibility, make horrible games, and have no redeeming qualities. Their source of income with steam just got blown up, I suspect these guys will be working jobs asking if you want Fries with that SOON enough.
I find the whole situation pretty sad in all honesty, these guys had a good thing going, make super cheap garbage game, get it released on steam via greenlight, create cards, then reap in the profits of people selling your cards by the hundreds of thousands. I suppose they'll still get cash for a while via card sales, but that'll dry up eventually..
Also what DH is doing isn't the norm for bundle games/developers, it's actually way out in left field.. I think they took the saying no publicity is bad publicity too literally.... Now they are left with severely limited distribution options left.. I'm also pretty sure people only bought from those distributors to get the even steam key and sell those cards to make back your money if not getting a few extra pennies..
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I wonder who the lucky 100 Steam users are that they are planning on suing?!
Here is my standard review for any of DH's games:
Yes, there is a reason the company that makes these games is named Digital Homicide!
Repeat after me:
"Don't drink and drive."
"Never feed a Gremlin after midnight."
"Don't let your friends buy or play Digital Homicide games."
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I honestly cannot w8 for the next Jimquisition :D
That will be gold
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I wonder what the removal does to existing unused keys? And how many were outstanding?
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They should still work unless DH is able to revoke them still and chooses to do so.
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All keys and gift copies of removed games remain valid. The only exemption would be the keys to be invalidated either by error (such was the case with Shan Gui) due to how it is handled by Steam or the dev actively requesting the keys to be deactivated (such as the MAV keys from the Alienware promo).
If you have Digi Hom keys, they should still work.
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well all their games got removed from steam, should be the end of them... but who knows.
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Its the most retarded PR stunt in history, only consivable by the Digital Homicide
Come and get me too xD
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Could it be that DH also went to the same school of news and PR that Trump did?!
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They might be his illegitimate children? am I risking a lawsuit with this?
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No risk at all! You are completely within the limits of 'fair use' and general free speech with such parody.
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Parody? I thought I should bring the truth out to the light of day... Oh well, now these people will never know.
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Yeah... sadly, people don't like to know such things or to be truly honest. It has been that way ever since Diogenes.
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politics and video games are two items that are non-mixable... you both need a time out to think about what you have done.
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Not fair... I mean, DH, why make only a blacklist only giveaway for a 100 members? Maybe some of us would've liked to get sued by you as well...
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These people are like the Konrads of the game developing world...
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Could it actually be that Sterling payed to DH for the law suit?
Just think about it:
- after a dozen of bad games DH decided to change their name/switch to another business and end up working under their current name;
- Sterling pays them to put up a show before leaving so he would look like a "good guy" attacked by "bad guys";
- DH get money, Starling gets good publicity, everybody profits.
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That's playing the long con if every I heard one. Sterling already had a number of studios he was tussling with before DigiHomi showed up (Kobra Studios comes to midn), so I doubt it.
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And now their games will be in high demand by removed game collectors :O
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so many thousands upon thousands of free copies were given away combined with the poor quality of all their titles, I doubt anyone will really seek them.. Most of the removed games that are sought after are still actually good games..
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I have read that steam keys will still work and this includes the steam keys that were sent out to be sold, so people can actually still buy the game from online retailers until the keys run out.
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Hope Valve gains a little integrity and bans Digital Homicide from Steam.
EDIT: Apparently they have.
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Yup. "Valve has stopped doing business with Digital Homicide for being hostile to Steam customers." says Valve's Doug Lombardi, according to TechRaptor.
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I thought it was fun playing devil's advocate with Digital Homicide but this type of stuff is stupid... They pretty much shot themselves in the foot by doing this as now all their games are off steam...
Would be funny if it wasn't so sad how far removed these guys are with reality.. trying to sue someone for a bad video review is laughable.. Trying to sue 100 random steam users for negative reviews is a special type of stupid..
Either way I think this is pretty much the end of digital homicide.. I don't suspect they were making much if any money anyway, but them not being on steam and having reasons (cards) for people to buy their games means they'll likely never sell another game..
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In some jurisdictions like Nevada, frivolous filings are a crime and prosecuted.
The biggest newspaper in Nevada thought they would be clever and sign their copyrights over to a patent/copyright troll with a history of bullying people into paying settlements by sending threats though their ISP.
The idea was that the patent/copyright troll could then bully ISP users for giving bad reviews and using newspaper quotes instead of linking to their home page like they wanted.
That patent/copyright troll was exposed and bankrupted even though they had used an offshore shell company and the lawyers involved were all disbarred and are facing additional criminal and civil charges.
The newspaper was also bankrupted as well as several smaller would be lawsuit bullies.
They may have sent a threat to the wrong person.
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Next up: DigiHom suing Valve for defamation and damages to the business.
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These guys should team up with Tinybuild... birds of a feather!
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I think they already did. Bottom of their website states:
"Site Owned And Operated By Robert Romine - Any Referrals Or Paid Advertisements Are Paid To The Owner Of The Site. Referrals Include but are not limited to: Amazon, Swagbucks, Tremorgames, and G2A. "
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Anyone who wants to read the documents can get them here
1) this clearly is not written by any competent lawyer.
2) reading this is a clear example of why you should always involve an attorney
3) lucky for these numbnuts, courts (in the US) are very forgiving of people who represent themselves, and will give them repeated opportunities to correct deficiencies; if this had been drafted by an attorney, it'd get thrown out within minutes
4) there are a handful of allegations that may actually be actionable in court, particularly libel. With sufficient adjustments, and a lenient judge, they may actually be able to push through
One instance in particular stands out note that I haven't read the whole thing, just parts of it. According to the allegation, one youtube review (which I am unable to access) stated that they stole a font. DI provides a link where the font in question was obtained.
In Arizona, the elements of a defamation claim are:
a false statement concerning the plaintiff;
the statement was defamatory;
the statement was published to a third party;
the requisite fault on the part of the defendant; and
the plaintiff was damaged as a result of the statement.- We have a false statement "DI stole the font".
- To be “defamatory,” a statement must be false and bring the defamed person into disrepute, contempt, or ridicule, or impeach her honesty, integrity, virtue, or reputation.
There's a pretty good chance that the review will meet this definition - The statement was published on youtube
- the requisite fault for private persons is negligence; without going into detail, yeah, this is negligence
- Plaintiff's damage is debatable, and it's up to DI to prove they actually suffered damage
DI has a real possibility of winning a defamation suit against John Doe 1.
In order for DI's discovery request from Valve to be granted, DI only needs to show that they can win the case, not that they are likely to win. The above shows that, at least with regards to John Doe 1, they're able to provide enough detail to show they could win.
Yeah, even with Valve's expensive lawyers, there's a good chance Valve will be compelled to provide John Doe 1's personal information.
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John Doe 1 is Canadian, so this is kinda pointless basically, unless John Doe actually enters the U.S., they can't be sued in a U.S. court. Yes, there are exceptions, but none apply here
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"Digital Homicide are going after Steam users as well as Jim Sterling.
Well that escalated quickly.
If you cast your mind back, you may remember Jim Sterling’s back and forth with Digital Homicide after he did a first impressions video on their title Slaughtering Grounds.
Since then, the Romine brothers – who constitute the developer team at Digital Homicide – have launched a lawsuit against Sterling (legal name James Stanton), stating that he has “falsely accused [Digital Homicide] and caused damage” to the tune of $10 million dollars.
The brothers were using crowdfunding for legal fees initially, but that avenue had to be abandoned when “harassers” began “donating amounts specifically to cause charges rather than donations and charge backs to cause financial fees,” according to Kotaku. They have since decided to represent themselves.
This week, Digital Homicide has taken things up a notch.
According to these court documents provided by Sid Alpha who talks more about this in the video above, the brothers are also suing 100 Steam users and have subpoenaed Valve in order to get these people’s personal information.
James Romine is now after $18 million dollars in this personal injury suit.
Over on the NeGAF thread, there’s a lot of head scratching going on as everyone tries to figure out what it is Digital Homicide hope to accomplish.
Have you got any thoughts on this bizarre case? As always, chime in below."
@Source
Well now that's the joke of the day.
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