Bot creation company Bossland (out of Zwickau, Germany) is having their metaphorical balls handed to them by Blizzard Entertainment. As it turns out, Blizzard was not as okay with them creating a cheat for the new game Overwatch as they had expected. You would think they would have seen this coming since it isn't the first time they've been sued by Blizzard for creating cheat bots.
That's right...
They've been sued before...
By the same people...
For the same reasons...
That's right...
They've been sued before...
By the same people...
For the same reasons...
Bossland created "Buddy bots" that allowed users to cheat in Blizzard's games such as Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, and Heroes of the Storm.
But onto this CURRENT lawsuit...
The cheat bot created by Bossland is called Watchover Tyrant and it allows users to see when an enemy is near and what their health status is. Now, if you're thinking, "No big deal. I've played games like that before! It's a huge help!" Then stop, collaborate, and listen. Those games have that feature built into the gameplay. It is literally there to help you. This game does not. For the users that DON'T have the bot, it is an unfair advantage! This is an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). Anyone using this bot in game can run around sniping the lower level gamers without the bot. How fair is that?
But onto this CURRENT lawsuit...
The cheat bot created by Bossland is called Watchover Tyrant and it allows users to see when an enemy is near and what their health status is. Now, if you're thinking, "No big deal. I've played games like that before! It's a huge help!" Then stop, collaborate, and listen. Those games have that feature built into the gameplay. It is literally there to help you. This game does not. For the users that DON'T have the bot, it is an unfair advantage! This is an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). Anyone using this bot in game can run around sniping the lower level gamers without the bot. How fair is that?
It's not.
Not at all.
Not at all.
So Blizzard Entertainment are suing Bossland for copyright infringement and participating in unfair competition. Blizzard Entertainment claims in their complaint that they have lost, "millions or tens of millions of dollars in revenue, and to suffer irreparable damage to its goodwill and reputation."
They continued on to say, "Moreover, by releasing 'Overwatch Cheat' just days after the release of Overwatch, Defendants are attempting to destroy or irreparably harm that game before it even has had a chance to fully flourish."
Since the detection of the cheat bot, Blizzard has booted thousands of users. In response to this, Bossland not only did not apologize, but instead they stated only that they would tweak their bot to make it harder for Blizzard to detect.
WTF is that shit?
WTF is that shit?
So Blizzard are looking for compensation for their monetary losses because they believe that Bossland has raked in millions of dollars selling this cheat-hack-asshole-bot.
Bossland is not fearful of the lawsuit because it was filed in California and they have no jurisdiction over their company. We will just have to wait and see if that's the way of it.
Karma is a fickle mistress, Bossland.... fickle indeed.
Bossland is not fearful of the lawsuit because it was filed in California and they have no jurisdiction over their company. We will just have to wait and see if that's the way of it.
Karma is a fickle mistress, Bossland.... fickle indeed.
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