While the original Harmony Gold lawsuit versus the Battletech/Mechwarrior franchise was fully justified, the Warhammer BattleMech from the MechWarrior franchise has been approximately the same design since the early days of the BT/MW franchise, and we feel that Harmony Gold is pursuing a wrongful lawsuit, as they have had plenty of time to draw such comparisons and take action before.
Indeed, we are fairly certain that the Thor Battlemech design was extant at the time of the *first* Harmony Gold lawsuit, and request that they cease and desist. We are fully prepared to boycott Harmony Gold from this point on if they do not.
UPDATE:27/3/10 - 155 signatures, slowly getting there. Remember to read the blog for news and questions answered. 2 signatures have been deleted for spamming and excessive trolling respectively. No names named, but let's keep it civil, people!
Totaly. If this was the same old gripe that HG rolls out Id just sigh. However to think that the Atlas looks like the armoured veritech (phoenix hawk cof cof) is just nuts. Simply put I ran into BT first and through Macross, Robotech. Due to all this BS however I want nothing to do with anything HG touches as they are just IP trolls now imo.
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James Beard
9 years ago
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They had already done the redesigns away from Robotech during the Project Phoenix update. Now they are claiming the Atlas which has no Robotech counterpart at all, which proves this is a fraudulent lawsuit.
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Richard Donahue
9 years ago
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I fully support this petition, as I have been an avid Battletech/ MechWarrior fan since the late 1980's.
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Mike Olsen
16 years ago
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HG is just trying to squeeze money out of everyone because they can't make anything good themselves. Absolute joke of a company.
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Dave Meyer
16 years ago
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greedy trolls.
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Sarah Sloan
16 years ago
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Leave Battletech alone. We have been waiting for a new game for years and these guys are just killing the fun.
While the original Harmony Gold lawsuit versus the Battletech/Mechwarrior franchise was fully justified, the Warhammer BattleMech from the MechWarrior franchise has been approximately the same design since the early days of the BT/MW franchise, and we feel that Harmony Gold is pursuing a wrongful lawsuit, as they have had plenty of time to draw such comparisons and take action before.
Indeed, we are fairly certain that the Thor Battlemech design was extant at the time of the *first* Harmony Gold lawsuit, and request that they cease and desist. We are fully prepared to boycott Harmony Gold from this point on if they do not.
UPDATE:27/3/10 - 155 signatures, slowly getting there. Remember to read the blog for news and questions answered. 2 signatures have been deleted for spamming and excessive trolling respectively. No names named, but let's keep it civil, people!
Totaly. If this was the same old gripe that HG rolls out Id just sigh. However to think that the Atlas looks like the armoured veritech (phoenix hawk cof cof) is just nuts. Simply put I ran into BT first and through Macross, Robotech. Due to all this BS however I want nothing to do with anything HG touches as they are just IP trolls now imo.
J
James Beard
9 years ago
Featured
They had already done the redesigns away from Robotech during the Project Phoenix update. Now they are claiming the Atlas which has no Robotech counterpart at all, which proves this is a fraudulent lawsuit.
R
Richard Donahue
9 years ago
Featured
I fully support this petition, as I have been an avid Battletech/ MechWarrior fan since the late 1980's.
M
Mike Olsen
16 years ago
Featured
HG is just trying to squeeze money out of everyone because they can't make anything good themselves. Absolute joke of a company.
D
Dave Meyer
16 years ago
Featured
greedy trolls.
S
Sarah Sloan
16 years ago
Featured
Leave Battletech alone. We have been waiting for a new game for years and these guys are just killing the fun.
Totaly. If this was the same old gripe that HG rolls out Id just sigh. However to think that the Atlas looks like the armoured veritech (phoenix hawk cof cof) is just nuts. Simply put I ran into BT first and through Macross, Robotech. Due to all this BS however I want nothing to do with anything HG touches as they are just IP trolls now imo.