april fools

romezidane · Post by **romezidane** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:56 pm

yea i hope they put the site back up before i get home so i can dl the newest zip .....

robdawg · Post by **robdawg** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:13 pm

I fell for it for like 5-10 minutes hard core.

Then realized it was April 1st so I calm down. Now just waiting anxiously for the site to be linked back up.

romezidane · Post by **romezidane** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:12 pm

Sorry, we've been forced to close the site because of a lawsuit against the project from Sony Online Entertainment. We cannot pay for the legal fees and agreed to take the site down and discontinue work instead. We hope you understand. - the devs

Kenyon & Kenyon
Riverpark Towers, Suite 600
333 W. San Carlos Street
San Jose, CA 95110-2731

March 31, 2004

Macroquest.sourceforge.net
eqsynapse@hotmail.com
amadeusmq@yahoo.com
hellowworld@hotmail.com
dont_know_at_all@yahoo.com
eqmule@hotmail.com
L124RD@evilpumpkin.com
mckorr@users.sourceforge.net
reg@lootfactory.com
plazmic98@yahoo.com
kalaro@pmt.org
dohpaz@users.sourceforge.net

To Whom It May Concern:

Our firm is intellectual property counsel to Sony Online Entertainment, Inc
"SOE", a Delaware corporation, with a place of business at 8928 Terman Court,
San Diego, CA 92121.

It has recently come to SOE's attention that services/information being offered
at macroquest2.com are in conflict with the intellectual property
rights owned by SOE. SOE has expended vast resources to bring a fair virtual
gaming experience to the public. In order for SOE to continue these services,
SOE must hold violators of its intellectual property rights fully liable for
any harm it suffers. This includes both direct or indirect harm which results
from any present and continued improper dissemination of its proprietary
information. The longer that macroquest2.com continues its
improper activities, the longer the damages will accrue.

If you have any questions, or believe you have received this letter in error,
please let us know. In the mean time, the above is not a full statement of
SOE's rights and remedies, all of which are reserved, and both we and SOE
intend to continue monitoring the activities of macroquest2.com
and will contact you again, if necessary.

Very truly yours,

Kenyon & Kenyon

James E. Rosini

________________________________________________________________________________________

um....... now im a bit worried as well. if its an april fools joke this is kinda a long ways to go.... and so sony loses everyone that plays eq now

sigh this suxors :\

but then again i don't think sony would refer to themselves are acronyms... i believe they would say Sony Online Entertainment INC. with the trademark symbol lol but thats me....

also the devs not posting a thread on the boards saying they are shutting the project down is kinda odd too isnt it? just my opinion....

Space-Boy · Post by **Space-Boy** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:18 pm

In a way its really funny, like last years prank, and the year before that too, but in another way, its just so wrong =(

ah well, the people that freaked and cancelled accts probably shouldnt be playing anyways, bad for the heart that stress is yup yup...

=D

ml2517 · Post by **ml2517** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:25 pm

This is starting to look a bit too legit hehe.

robdawg · Post by **robdawg** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:28 pm

Very truly yours,

Kenyon & Kenyon

James E. Rosini

Why would they sign the email like that lol.

Should be more like, "Suck it easy".

maj021 · Post by **maj021** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:37 pm

Someone did their homework!

http://www.kenyon.com/attorneys/bio.asp ... =320928705

Undies · Post by **Undies** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:46 pm

I didn't cancel accounts but I did go and buy up stuff in the bazaar that I thought would increase in price! Now I am stuck with all this junk!

Glasscoin · Post by **Glasscoin** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:53 pm

Solusek Almighty! Seeing that page brought absolute trepidation to my heart -- I just couldn't picture myself playing EQ without MacroQuest. Ah, I'm so glad I remembered what date it was before I cancelled 'em. Great April Fool's Joke, guys... now if I can just get my heart to stop beating at an extremely heightened pace...

romezidane · Post by **romezidane** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:06 pm

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS New York
Registered Patent Agent: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Federal District Courts

Professional Organizations
The American Bar Association; the International Bar Association; the New York Intellectual Property Law Association; the New York County Lawyer’s Association; the U.S. Copyright Society and the International Trademark Association

he does copy right law shit.. in no way does macroquest violate copywrite laws.. its a stand alone program nuff said

TheWarden · Post by **TheWarden** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:34 pm

robdawg wrote:I fell for it for like 5-10 minutes hard core.

Then realized it was April 1st so I calm down. Now just waiting anxiously for the site to be linked back up.

Thats exactly what i did, Lol! But i took a baseball bat and hit a lamp, sat down at my computer, banged my head on the computer desk... and looked at my calander... you dirty bastards! You got me GOOOOOOD!

blixem · Post by **blixem** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:37 pm

James E. Rosini has over 20 years experience in litigation and adversarial matters concerning all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and unfair competition as well as related entertainment, publishing, music, computer, Internet, domain name and right of publicity issues.

What's scarier... That they researched out this April Fools Joke this far? Or that we researched it this far to find out if it was valid?

Ahroun · Post by **Ahroun** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:41 pm

Grate prank, .... i hope

Elric · Post by **Elric** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:43 pm

Screw your lamp, I want the girl in your avatar.

mekaniak · Post by **mekaniak** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:10 pm

i agree with elric, girl in avatar > all....hell, girl in avatar > EQ + MQ...imo

Wow that'd be one hell of a poll, who has the best avatar...My vote goes to the warden.

EDIT: One more thing, right-click---->Save Image As----> /jerk

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