posted by Joe Polk at 10:13 PM /
The creators of an online fantasy world went to federal court today to demand $825,000, plus fees, from a Mt. Lebanon man who has eked out a living selling game-playing aids.
Philip James Holland, 23, was late for court, dressed in sweats, and legally outgunned today by Boston attorneys sent by New York-based Evony LLC and Regan Mercantile LLC. Those two firms created Evony, an online empire-building game that's free to play but that makes revenue selling short-cuts toward developing towns and armies.
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Philip James Holland, 23, was late for court, dressed in sweats, and legally outgunned today by Boston attorneys sent by New York-based Evony LLC and Regan Mercantile LLC. Those two firms created Evony, an online empire-building game that's free to play but that makes revenue selling short-cuts toward developing towns and armies.
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- www.post-gazette.com/pg/11074/1132159-100.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Labels: evony LLC, philip holland
1 Comments:
This article makes Mr. Holland seem like such a bad guy, but the PG did not do their homework. Just so everyone knows, this Evony company is bad news. The game was created by gold farmers, people who got rich subverting other games such as WoW in exactly the same way they allege Mr. Holland was doing. It's a very seedy business and don't be fooled just because one side can afford fancy lawyers.
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