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‘Save Team Fortress 2’ campaign explodes after Valve DMCAs fan remake (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How DARE they...checks notes protect the IP that they created, own, and are still running

[–] teuast@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

That's true, but I think people would be less upset if they were actually running it, you know? Like I fell off like legit six or seven years ago when there was a promised Heavy Update 2, and I came back a few months ago to find that that was still MIA. And that kind of inaction is kind of why fans find themselves making these kinds of projects in the first place. So this does still feel hypocritical, even if they are entirely within their rights to do it.

[–] Vriska@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Tf2 has been borderline unplayable on official valve servers for the past 5 years. They cant even bother to fix the item servers in 3 days

[–] ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean couldn't they just still make their own "class base" shooter in S&box without the TF2 IP involved? So you get the enjoyment of those tropes while not "stepping on the toes" of Valve and out compete the game.

Edit: hell it would even let them try new and different things with the formula. Change up the look of the game maybe even bring it closer to the classic TF look.

[–] atkion@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Say what you will, I had more fun with the item servers being down than I have in many years. It felt like an unplanned community event or something to me, shit was awesome.

(Point taken that it literally only happened due to Valve being negligent though)

[–] Lightrider@lemmynsfw.com -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They don't care about ip they care about hat sales

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Go make your own game and support it for free indefinitely 🤷‍♂️