This lawsuit could have changed MMORPGs forever!
In 2002, a company called Blacksnow Interactive filed a lawsuit against Mythic Entertainment, creator of popular MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot, in federal court. The stakes? Nothing less than the sweat of a gamer's brow!
Sources:
Slashdot: Everquesters Suing Sony Over Virtual Ownership https://games.slashdot.org/story/01/01/27/1835242/everquesters-suing-sony-over-virtual-ownership
RPG Gamer: Mythic Sued by MMORPG Item Supplier https://archive.rpgamer.com/news/Q1-2002/021002a.html
Julian Dibbel: Owned! http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/owned.html
Virtual Economy Research Network: Blacksnow Interactive documents https://virtualeconomyresearchnetwork.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/blacksnow_interactive_the_docu/
Unknownplayer.com: The Problem with Exploiters http://web.archive.org/web/20021230082143/www.unknownplayer.com/archive/02/03/16/449.php
Video sources:
Finlach: Dark Age of Camelot – Tir Na Nog – Hibernia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvaQhVknz2A&t
New Age Soldier: EverQuest Old UI 1999-2002 More In-Depth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaDkiu5ZPVU&t
Kapteinsnute: Craig Morrison @Funcom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KPK1KgaNtw&t
MMOHuts: Anarchy Online Gameplay – First Look HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CMuC9HgRBk&t
JoCat: Tataru Taru Makes Money [EXPLICIT]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGWUkDk8eWo
Lithlet: Dark Age of Camelot – RvR zerg fight 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM29ZQLujkg&t
StaySafeTV: The ENDLESS Bot Army of Classic WoW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsuKODrYgyc
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