http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=7727&postcount=1 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=48110&postcount=12 I figure most people haven't seen those threads then...
Its MY Opinion.... Also this thread is about our Favo devs, not just your's, Right ? Need more, read the Sig.
@ the first link: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=310952&postcount=59. Those posts were made a long time ago and I believe Imangi Studios worked everything out.
I'm not suggesting it was recently, apologies for not stipulating as much, but the fact the Imangi developers so quickly resorted to litigation instead of dialog leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. This is even more damning considering many people thought their Harbor Master game looked suspiciously like another game developed by Firemint.
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As for their apology, it was a bit of a non-apology if you ask me and as others have stated, the developer of QUADRAM still had to make those changes and think how he must've felt with a legal threat coming through his mailbox one morning? I've been on the end of litigation before and I can tell you straight up, that it's bloody unpleasant and stressful. I could as you say, be appeased, if it were a major player, like EA - but for an indy team to slap down another indy like that is beyond the pale in my opinion. Back on topic: Firemint have turned out some really nice work so far, I think they've really set the benchmark for racing games with their Real Racing title. Eli ᕕ┌◕ᗜ◕┐ᕗ Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Feb 28, 1983 1,269,049 48 48 Barcelona http://elihodapp.com/ #49 Eli, Aug 13, 2009 I guess that depends if your mom has any suggestions on appeasing the 3-4 people who still care about old drama. upsidedown Well-Known Member Jun 10, 2009 1,532 25 0 #50 upsidedown, Aug 13, 2009 Sorry, i didn't want it to mean that, im just saying, theyre to unpredictable. They do make good games, i just dont like their marketing strategies. unconnected Well-Known Member Jul 21, 2009 141 0 0 London, UK #51 unconnected, Aug 13, 2009 That was meant to be tongue-in-cheek! I'm not trying to create drama, in fact I wouldn't have said anything, but when so many people highlighted Imangi as their favourite devs I figured it only proper to bring it up - as I said before, I'm betting many people hadn't seen those threads and I'm guessing some people here might have used some measure of ethical behaviour in their decision making process. In regards to it happening a few months ago - people still call out Microsoft for mistakes it made with Netscape and that was nearly 15 years ago. Ziekke Well-Known Member Jul 27, 2009 97 0 6 #52 Ziekke, Aug 13, 2009 My favorite devs are, in no particular order: Imangi Nimblebit Freeverse InMotion hawks12thman Well-Known Member Jan 7, 2009 288 0 0 http://hawks12thman.webs.com/ #53 hawks12thman, Aug 13, 2009 Last edited: Aug 13, 2009 As far as the big name dev's go, the winners are EA Mobile and Gameloft. For the smaller dev's, Gamevil, Chillingo, Firemint, and Com2uS are good too. Brazilian Rider Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2009 3,276 1 0 #54 Brazilian Rider, Aug 13, 2009 Godzilab- Don't know them? You will soon. Gryphon23 Well-Known Member Jul 26, 2009 1,195 0 0 McDonalds! French Fries anyone? At that place... with those... people... #55 Gryphon23, Aug 13, 2009 iBlast Moki, right? firemint Well-Known Member Feb 5, 2009 123 4 0 Making games :D Melbourne, Australia http://www.firemint.com #56 firemint, Aug 14, 2009 Wow, thanks! Hi everyone, we've just seen this thread and are really happy that even though we've only released Flight Control and Real Racing so far, we're already being included with some of your favourite developers - thank you, we're honoured! To show our appreciation I have three "rare as hen's teeth" Real Racing promo codes to give away to the first three people who correctly answer all of these questions: 1. Name the car classes in Real Racing? 2. How many tracks are there in Real Racing? 3. Name one of the social networking sites that Real Racing connects to? Good luck! Alex GaiaIllusion Well-Known Member May 6, 2009 1,239 1 0 Student 加拿大 #57 GaiaIllusion, Aug 14, 2009 Last edited: Aug 14, 2009 1. Hatchback, Sedan, Muscle, V12 2. 12 unique tracks 3. Youtube DOG87 Well-Known Member May 20, 2009 306 0 0 Somewhere over the rainbow #58 DOG87, Aug 14, 2009 Last edited: Aug 14, 2009 1. sedan, exotic, hatch, muscle 2. 12 tracks 3. youtube PaldaCZ New Member Aug 14, 2009 3 0 0 #59 PaldaCZ, Aug 14, 2009 1. 4 car classes 2. 12 unique tracks 3. Youtube Ktcf11 Well-Known Member Feb 28, 2009 180 0 0 IN #60 Ktcf11, Aug 14, 2009 1. 4 car classes 2. 12 tracks 3. twitter (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 3 of 5 < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Eli ᕕ┌◕ᗜ◕┐ᕗ Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Feb 28, 1983 1,269,049 48 48 Barcelona http://elihodapp.com/ #47 Eli, Aug 13, 2009 It was resolved months ago I really wish I could figure out why people keep bringing it up. Does anyone really care anymore? They realized their mistake, have admitted it publicly, I'm not sure what else they can do to appease you guys. unconnected Well-Known Member Jul 21, 2009 141 0 0 London, UK #48 unconnected, Aug 13, 2009 My old ma always told me a Leopard never changes it's spots, are you suggesting my ma was wrong Hodapp?! As for their apology, it was a bit of a non-apology if you ask me and as others have stated, the developer of QUADRAM still had to make those changes and think how he must've felt with a legal threat coming through his mailbox one morning? I've been on the end of litigation before and I can tell you straight up, that it's bloody unpleasant and stressful. I could as you say, be appeased, if it were a major player, like EA - but for an indy team to slap down another indy like that is beyond the pale in my opinion. Back on topic: Firemint have turned out some really nice work so far, I think they've really set the benchmark for racing games with their Real Racing title. Eli ᕕ┌◕ᗜ◕┐ᕗ Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Feb 28, 1983 1,269,049 48 48 Barcelona http://elihodapp.com/ #49 Eli, Aug 13, 2009 I guess that depends if your mom has any suggestions on appeasing the 3-4 people who still care about old drama. upsidedown Well-Known Member Jun 10, 2009 1,532 25 0 #50 upsidedown, Aug 13, 2009 Sorry, i didn't want it to mean that, im just saying, theyre to unpredictable. They do make good games, i just dont like their marketing strategies. unconnected Well-Known Member Jul 21, 2009 141 0 0 London, UK #51 unconnected, Aug 13, 2009 That was meant to be tongue-in-cheek! I'm not trying to create drama, in fact I wouldn't have said anything, but when so many people highlighted Imangi as their favourite devs I figured it only proper to bring it up - as I said before, I'm betting many people hadn't seen those threads and I'm guessing some people here might have used some measure of ethical behaviour in their decision making process. In regards to it happening a few months ago - people still call out Microsoft for mistakes it made with Netscape and that was nearly 15 years ago. Ziekke Well-Known Member Jul 27, 2009 97 0 6 #52 Ziekke, Aug 13, 2009 My favorite devs are, in no particular order: Imangi Nimblebit Freeverse InMotion hawks12thman Well-Known Member Jan 7, 2009 288 0 0 http://hawks12thman.webs.com/ #53 hawks12thman, Aug 13, 2009 Last edited: Aug 13, 2009 As far as the big name dev's go, the winners are EA Mobile and Gameloft. For the smaller dev's, Gamevil, Chillingo, Firemint, and Com2uS are good too. Brazilian Rider Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2009 3,276 1 0 #54 Brazilian Rider, Aug 13, 2009 Godzilab- Don't know them? You will soon. Gryphon23 Well-Known Member Jul 26, 2009 1,195 0 0 McDonalds! French Fries anyone? At that place... with those... people... #55 Gryphon23, Aug 13, 2009 iBlast Moki, right? firemint Well-Known Member Feb 5, 2009 123 4 0 Making games :D Melbourne, Australia http://www.firemint.com #56 firemint, Aug 14, 2009 Wow, thanks! Hi everyone, we've just seen this thread and are really happy that even though we've only released Flight Control and Real Racing so far, we're already being included with some of your favourite developers - thank you, we're honoured! To show our appreciation I have three "rare as hen's teeth" Real Racing promo codes to give away to the first three people who correctly answer all of these questions: 1. Name the car classes in Real Racing? 2. How many tracks are there in Real Racing? 3. Name one of the social networking sites that Real Racing connects to? Good luck! Alex GaiaIllusion Well-Known Member May 6, 2009 1,239 1 0 Student 加拿大 #57 GaiaIllusion, Aug 14, 2009 Last edited: Aug 14, 2009 1. Hatchback, Sedan, Muscle, V12 2. 12 unique tracks 3. Youtube DOG87 Well-Known Member May 20, 2009 306 0 0 Somewhere over the rainbow #58 DOG87, Aug 14, 2009 Last edited: Aug 14, 2009 1. sedan, exotic, hatch, muscle 2. 12 tracks 3. youtube PaldaCZ New Member Aug 14, 2009 3 0 0 #59 PaldaCZ, Aug 14, 2009 1. 4 car classes 2. 12 unique tracks 3. Youtube Ktcf11 Well-Known Member Feb 28, 2009 180 0 0 IN #60 Ktcf11, Aug 14, 2009 1. 4 car classes 2. 12 tracks 3. twitter (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 3 of 5 < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
It was resolved months ago I really wish I could figure out why people keep bringing it up. Does anyone really care anymore? They realized their mistake, have admitted it publicly, I'm not sure what else they can do to appease you guys.
My old ma always told me a Leopard never changes it's spots, are you suggesting my ma was wrong Hodapp?! As for their apology, it was a bit of a non-apology if you ask me and as others have stated, the developer of QUADRAM still had to make those changes and think how he must've felt with a legal threat coming through his mailbox one morning? I've been on the end of litigation before and I can tell you straight up, that it's bloody unpleasant and stressful. I could as you say, be appeased, if it were a major player, like EA - but for an indy team to slap down another indy like that is beyond the pale in my opinion. Back on topic: Firemint have turned out some really nice work so far, I think they've really set the benchmark for racing games with their Real Racing title.
I guess that depends if your mom has any suggestions on appeasing the 3-4 people who still care about old drama.
Sorry, i didn't want it to mean that, im just saying, theyre to unpredictable. They do make good games, i just dont like their marketing strategies.
That was meant to be tongue-in-cheek! I'm not trying to create drama, in fact I wouldn't have said anything, but when so many people highlighted Imangi as their favourite devs I figured it only proper to bring it up - as I said before, I'm betting many people hadn't seen those threads and I'm guessing some people here might have used some measure of ethical behaviour in their decision making process. In regards to it happening a few months ago - people still call out Microsoft for mistakes it made with Netscape and that was nearly 15 years ago.
As far as the big name dev's go, the winners are EA Mobile and Gameloft. For the smaller dev's, Gamevil, Chillingo, Firemint, and Com2uS are good too.
Wow, thanks! Hi everyone, we've just seen this thread and are really happy that even though we've only released Flight Control and Real Racing so far, we're already being included with some of your favourite developers - thank you, we're honoured! To show our appreciation I have three "rare as hen's teeth" Real Racing promo codes to give away to the first three people who correctly answer all of these questions: 1. Name the car classes in Real Racing? 2. How many tracks are there in Real Racing? 3. Name one of the social networking sites that Real Racing connects to? Good luck! Alex
