Evony, US games company, sues British blogger in Australia

guardian.co.uk

18 points·davecardwell··9 comments

I'd never heard of this company before, but this alone makes them seem pretty contemptible.

This is the same company that 'discovered' the power of sex in advertising: http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/07/14/evolution-of-evony-...

It seems Evony had the perseverance to follow their A/B testing all the way to size D.

Perhaps they're also A/B testing legal jurisdictions, and the algorithm was seeded with 'Australia'.

Given the shocking state of British libel laws, I wonder why Evony decided to file suit in an Australian court. Are Australian libel laws even more stacked in favour of the plaintiff than here in the UK?

Australia's libel laws are similar, but not quite so terrible. I'm tempted to say that they'd have filed in Britain if he wasn't British. If the goal is to intimidate him with bankruptcy, a country on the opposite side of the world is a better fit than one whose courts he could easily attend.

Yet another reason not to play Evony... as if one was needed.

Wow, Bruce Everiss! I remember him from the days when I read computer magazines in the 80s (and 90s :-(

Couldn't he just ignore the suit as long as he's willing to never go to Australia again?

I'm surprised it's possible to libel Evony. I think their own ads do a sufficient job.

To paraphrase their quote re: Impossible Mission - "Play a while - play forever!"

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