I believe someone from the production team said that.
Case dismissed! Discovery and Tardigrade game "not similar"
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There you have it!
Yes, I can see big companies like CBS having rules against settling certain types of lawsuits, just don’t know if this type would be one of them, especially at this point in the case.
I have always believed it is most prudent to take control of litigation out of the hands of the courts whenever possible. There may never again be a point like this, where both parties have equal incentive to settle this case. Someone is about to get zonked (by the MSJ decision).
Even a weak case like this one is going to have some value for CBS (assuming the case goes forward), if for no other reason than attorney fees and other discovery costs. I don't think the case is ever going to be cheaper than it is now.
But the pending decision on the MSJ represents uncertainty. If that uncertainty can be laid to rest by a nominal payment, I would advise my principal to do that.
On the other hand, CBS may feel that the MSJ is a slam dunk and on that basis are willing to roll the dice. So this is going to be interesting.
Seems to me that the Judge has already given this particular Plaintiff A LOT of leeway, what with their Multiple Fumbles with their filings.
If I were CBS I'd be inclined to believe that this is going to be settled quickly anyway by the Judge.
(in it's favor)
Of course, who knows, perhaps Abdin's lawyer will get extremely lucky and actually find a production name that can be matched to some STEAM account.
(with appropriate documentation and dates)
In which case, CBS may offer to settle out of court.
Nah the uniforms like a lot of Discovery S1 aesthetics were clearly cribbed from Mass Effect. The influences of Mass Effect on S1 are clear as day especially in a lot of the design work and especially in the space shots, you can even clearly see the influence of the Normandy on the Shenzhou through it's development and eventual final design.
This lawsuit is so stupid though. Seriously, they both watched and cribbed the Tardigrade shit from Cosmos. Tardigrade space shit is not exactly niche, we learned about it in primary school ffs.
No.
No. The DSC Uniforms were made as an evolution of the ENT Uniforms, and the Shenzhou looks nothing like the Normandy.
A waste of time.
Yes and this is not even that controversial a statement. Pretty much everyone with eyes even professional designers and reviewers (and half the users here) pointed out the strong influence Mass Effect had on Discovery when it first aired. There is just way too much of the aesthetic especially in early Disco S1 that is straight up pretty much cribbed 1:1 from Mass Effect for it to be coincidence and for good reason, Mass Effect is one of the hottest sci-fi products among millennial's probably number 2 behind Star Wars of course it's something they're gonna take a lot of influence on if they're looking for something to appeal to a younger generation.
None of of it is copied from Mass Effect.
And if ME was such hot shit, Andromeda wouldn't have sunk like the Titanic.
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The only thing Disco and Mass Effect set design have in common is that they're both uninspired sci-fi generic spacy heavy metal draped in amber and teal.
But so are most things. It's the default language of the genre going all the way back to when Bioware was still making good games.
But so are most things. It's the default language of the genre going all the way back to when Bioware was still making good games.
A video game that has polluted science fiction design inspiration way paste the expiration date.
Lol yes it is, I don't even know how people can say this, it's clear as day one of Discovery's biggest influences in terms of design was Mass Effect. People have pointed this out forever. It's not uncommon for different Sci-fi properties to heavily influence one another. Mass Effect in turn was heavily aesthetically influenced by BSG. It makes sense for Disco to be heavily cribbed from ME as well. If I was working on Discovery, Mass Effect would be the first thing I would go for if I wanted to pull in <30 age group.
Andromeda sunk like the titanic because it was known to be an extremely broken product before it even launched. The franchise itself sold 14-15 million copies in a few years and ME3 alone pulled in a quarter of a billion dollars on it's launch. Despite Andromeda being an unplayable piece of garbage, it still pulled 150 million dollars and sold millions of copies. This is just the games as well, Mass Effect has successfully spun off into comics, books and merchandise as well.
Mass Effect sunk like the titanic (I don't particularly care, I only liked the 2nd game), but it was and is one of the biggest sci-fi brands among younger generations.
Considering whats out there now and the fickleness of "younger generations" now-a-days, your last line isn't really saying all that much.
For the same reason I can say humans didn't evolve from orangutans
And it's a fallacy every time.
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