Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson has just posted a work-in-progress screenshot for his game, and it’s got…a dragon. You know, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the other game at the centre of this whole mess, has dragons. In fact, it’s all about dragons.
Shame nobody owns the rights to the word dragon. Then somebody could take somebody else to court!
Markus Persson [Twitter]
Biggs
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:07 PMMinecraft also has grass too, just like Skyrim!
Leedz
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:12 PMermmmm looks like a screenshot of minecraft not scrolls????
Dylan Kearney
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:26 PMLol, because you read the article
Some Guy
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 7:00 AMActually, it IS Minecraft. This dragon is going to be added to Minecraft, and is a work in progress.
http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/119/1198970p1.html
Cap'n Crunch
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:27 PMScrolls vs Elder Scrolls**
pat.
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:38 PMDragons in Minecraft? Sorry notch, you’ve lost me buddy.
Jphillips
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:53 PMThere is an enderman in that picture, obviously its minecraft
Prashy
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 11:19 PMClearly having a dig at the lawsuit.
matt
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 11:40 PMi like how Notch clearly thinks the whole thing is stupid, and he’s just being a smartass posting this picture. Thumbs up :)
4len
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 12:13 AMI like how he Dow think it’s all a big joke… Until he gets taken down a notch or two in court… :p (pun intended)
4len
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 12:14 AMFu king iPhone… Does****
Anzekay
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 1:15 AMYou know Notch has talked about putting Dragons in Minecraft for ages, right? Like, early this year or late last year, maybe even further back.
Thinking this is purely a shot at the lawsuit is stupid.
V0L4T1LE
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 7:30 AMjust rename it “The Junior Scrolls” Little brother edition.
Reoh
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 8:59 AMNotch offered to rename the game to not just be called “Scrolls” but some derivative of such as “Scrolls: blahblah” etc. but they still pushed the law suit.
A Lawyer for "All Things Dragons"
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 8:11 AMTo whom it may concern:
We direct your attention to the article this comment is on. Please cease and decist using the word “Dragon” as it is a clear attempt to gain monetary rewards from my clients brand, “All Things Dragon”.
If you must refer to a “dragon”, please use the alternative we provide, “flight-capable lizard (which may or may not breathe fire)” as a replacement in your articles; past, current and future.
Sincerely yours,
An overpaid solicitor
WeSue4U and Associates.
pat (not that pat)
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 11:24 AMProves that the underdog is not without it’s inflammatory attitude. More importantly it’s pretty funny.
My initial fanboiness lead me to kind of side with Bethesda. In retrospect I like them because “notch” honestly comes off as a bit of a pratt.
They shouldn’t sue him for that though.
Nathaniel
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 11:43 AMSigh…
There would not be a lawsuit if Notch had not asked to own the word scrolls across every medium..
thxultra
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 12:14 PMHahaha, Minecraft looks like shit
Valor
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 4:04 PMyou don’t play minecraft obviously.
thxultra
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 12:15 PMLike ATARI-3D!
FromTheRiver
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 4:40 PMSo for anyone who isn’t entirely sure about this whole debacle, Nathaniel is right, Notch filed for the trademark name ‘Scrolls’ in a huge way.
This might have been solely the over-zealous wording on the part of Notch’s lawyer, but it means that in the future Notch – or more realistically a bigger name/brand/company – could challenge Bethesda/Zenimax for having the name ‘Scrolls’ in their titles. This puts them and their Elder Scrolls brand in a dangerous position, and suing Notch is a defensive measure to stop that from happening. Yes, it’s silly, but it’s a silliness that’s required because of how trademark law works.
Not really any bad guys in this situation (even if Notch is behaving a bit immaturely about something so serious), just a bunch of people trying to protect their creative interests =o] Hope that clears things up a bit.
Logical
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 8:21 PMThe situation as I see it
Notch: Hey lets call this new game SCROLL’s you know, because all good Medevilesq games need scrolls
Random Zenimax Lawyer: That could be a problem for us actually Notch
Notch: Not if I inform Twitter
Random Zenimax Lawyer: Actually don’t do that,its childish
Notch looking suspiciously like he’s just posted something on Twitter: You guys like quake right?
Random Zenimax Lawyer: Ok if you’re not taking this seriously we’ll do this properly
Notch looking a bit worried: Ok lets get on Twitter and make out like they’re being unreasonable
Pete Hines: Must resist urge to fight back outside of legal department
Notch while making dragons: Pokey Pokey Pokey, this should really piss them off
…
About 7 months later
Notch from unemployment office: Yeah I probably shouldn’t of done that
Arata
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 4:28 PMWhat shouldn’t he of done? Shouldn’t he of reacted in a rational way to stupidity? Or should he of ignored them? What else should he of done? Or not of done?
Pylgrim
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 1:41 AMI just realized… this “Notch” ruffian is creating a /computer game/!!!! What the hell!!? Just like Elder Scrolls! Who does he think he is? I truly hope this individual at the very least is not “eating” and “breathing” like the creators of Elder Scrolls do!! Imagine the nerve!
ba!
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 10:34 AMWTF. Minecraft vs Elder Scrolls? since when?
THIS ARTICLE DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE!