2013-07-08, 05:00 AM
(2013-07-07, 09:44 PM)HwitVlf link Wrote:[quote author=Holy Diver link=topic=705.msg9349#msg9349 date=1373216416]Whoa, someone forgot to take their prozac this morning
And last but not least. Never change anything unless you are physically forced to after a long drawn out scandal where you drag the names of said companies through the mud.
I think the odds of DC caring if you used the names is low, but if you just want to be respectful of their right or avoid potential problems, I would just use a synonym. "Fire Realm" etc. It seems nice to give areas distinct proper names too like Auqainlon. For those, I would just pick a word related to the "element" and put an appropriate sounding ending on it:
Aqualon
Firasch
Giaga
Etheria
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No I think this is a moral imperative. I'll repeat myself if I have to. You gotta stand up to this kind of unhealthy nonsense, not just so you can do what you want to do, but so everyone else can. We have to work to ensure that trademarking "waterworld" as a combination of words is simply socially unacceptable behavior.
If you tarnish the names of these companies they will think twice before making trouble in the future. That's good for everyone. And it's even more important than your game project.
EDITED: Also with SOM there will be a "people and places" setup so players can customize the names of things like in any old school RPG. So players can just drop in a file and thumb their noses at the trademark polices if it came to that. It surely won't. But an appropriate response would be Fireyworld. Airyworld. Wateryworld. Earthyworld. Then include=DC v. you trademarks.ini.