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LOL!!

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Looks like @GameTalkLive and @geekyglamorous have a YT channel and posted our Star Citizen interview (which they had on Facebook Live) up there.

As always, the Usual Suspects, otherwise know as the Citizens Defense Force, are in attendance.

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LOL!! @erikkain is at it again. And what do you know? We made the list at #9

“42 Video Game Predictions For 2018”

“9. Star Citizen won’t launch in 2018. (See a list of games that will right here.) In fact, Star Citizen will continue to just be a weird meta-game that we’re all supposed to puzzle out. Why are people paying thousands of dollars for digital ships that can’t even be played yet? What’s up with the feud between Chris Roberts and Derek Smart? How come a game that hasn’t even released has its own convention already? These questions are all part of the puzzle—and that puzzle is the actual point of Star Citizen.”

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Dude thinks he’ll get famous name dropping you. What a loser. :)

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LOL!! I know, right? :)

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You’re supposed to chant it a couple of times to summon him.

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This was a pretty decent write-up by an attorney

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Finally got around to watching this. I notice in the comments that the show got a lot of flak for not having an opposing viewpoint, but as the hostess clearly stated, everyone they invited declined to attend.

I thought the hostess was well-informed, and that all 3 of you guests did a great job without going overboard. I was a bit surprised that the two most possibly inflammatory comments in the show did not come from you. In any case, I laughed.

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Yeah, I even invited some of the most vocal Shillizens such as that nutcase, Montoya. He bailed at the last minute. They’re all cowards who are only comfortable within their own fan base. No way they would engage me in any debate because they know the game being indefensible, they will just be tarred, feathered, set on fire, then shoved off a cliff.

As for inflammatory comments, it’s not my first Star Citizen stream. I have been on a few of them and I tend to be a bit more measured and unbiased because as research shows, you gain more with vocal than written communication.

Here is another one from last month.

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Sources are telling me that the Skadden response to the CIG motion to dismiss is dropping tomorrow, and that it’s basically a nuclear explosion, ahead of the judge’s Feb 9th ruling on the motion.

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This would be very interesting to watch, as you both appear quite confident of you positions, and these are both polar opposite positions. But I would think it would need ground rules and set topics for discussion. But I think it would be very interesting to hear both views engage in conversation - not to “burn” one another, but possibly to present the two POVs that are currently having the conversation using The Cone of Silence…

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Someone has hosted a PDF of it.

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For a second I thought I saw Kevin Mitnick’s name there. I was like, what kind of shit has he gotten himself into this time?

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I don’t know, Leonard doesn’t seem to think very highly of the lawsuit, but it will go to trial.

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We don’t pay attention to him. As a backer, he already overplayed his hand a couple of weeks ago, which he walked back less than a week later admitting that he hastily jumped to conclusions in his original stream in which he said that the lawsuit had no merit, and that if he were the judge, that he would rule in favor of CIG. All without reading all the documents in the filing, let alone seeing the Skadden rebuttal which landed yesterday.

I shredded him on Twitter yesterday, ahead of his latest stream which I thought was a bit tempered.

There is a reason why an IP lawyer isn’t actively practicing, but is relying on Patreon and average of $50 per video.

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I watched his stream just to get a lawyer type of position (even though Derek obviously doesn’t agree) and I thought it was interesting. I didn’t get the impression he doesn’t think very highly of the lawsuit but instead seemed to say that some of the claims seemed valid, one or two seemed pretty easy to get rid of in trial, and the rest seems like it will depend on how the jury or judge interprets certain clauses.

It seemed like his biggest disagreement it requires a really unique scenario to claim both copyright infringement and breach of contract at the same time, and breach of contract damages require you to demonstrate economic harm which may be difficult to show.

I also got the feeling when I read it myself that Crytek is also setting things up so they can get discovery to prove they actually haven’t moved to Lumberyard but don’t want to explicitly call that out yet until they have proof.

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Yup, and Crytek is right, as Derek has demonstrated in some “disassembly” analysis he did a while back. Star Citizen still has calls to functions that do not exist in Lumberyard, but exist in CryEngine, which is pretty much a smoking gun.

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Dude you need to relax on Leonard French. Who the fuck cares if another armchair lawyer (degree or otherwise, backer or otherwise) agrees or disagrees with you? Tweetstorming attempted take-downs is fucking pointless. All it does is create yourself another enemy you don’t need, paints a target on your back as someone that is desperately invested in tearing SC down anywhere and everywhere you can. The reality is none of us know how this is going to shake out and any amount of speculative lawyering is nothing more than that.

I mean that as friendly advice, btw (and I don’t so twitter so can’t post it there). You do you, concentrate your efforts on your analysis - right or wrong, it’s yours. Sure, maybe comment on others’ readings, but no need to go actually picking fights with them. It’s pointless.

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Well I’m sure as hell never hiring you as my Speculative Lawyer, @sharaleo. You wouldn’t even try to defend me in the Court of Opinion!