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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, NCsoft trying to block Tera launch, alleging theft of trade secrets.

    NCsoft is taking Tera developer Bluehole Studio to court to try and block the MMORPG's release in North America, claiming it's built upon ideas "looted" from NCsoft when Bluehole's founders worked there on Lineage 3.
    Jan 26, 2012 12:30pm PST
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, NCsoft trying to block Tera launch, alleging theft of trade secrets.

    NCsoft is taking Tera developer Bluehole Studio to court to try and block the MMORPG's release in North America, claiming it's built upon ideas "looted" from NCsoft when Bluehole's founders worked there on Lineage 3. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      why even bother? tera is a dud. it will fail immediately in north america without ncsoft's help : electrolyThis person is cool!
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        Why is it a dud? All I know is that its a) Korean and b) Action combat with dodges and stuff : kikilupoThis person is cool!
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          grindgrindgrindgrindgrindgrindgrind. it has already bombed in korea where they love that kind of thing. ... : electrolyThis person is cool!
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            To be fair, it bombed in Korea largely because of a lack of content. It was just as bad as FFXIV in that ... : Talonus.
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              i guess time will tell but i'll be surprised if it finds an audience here. Aion had a much better chance... : electrolyThis person is cool!
              • Oh, I think it's dead the second GW2 comes out. It may do OK until then though. : Talonus.
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                How's you Aion char doing? : capt trippsThis person is cool!
                • She's good! Quinn is eagerly awaiting the 3.0 patch, which will bring mounts and player housing and anot... : electrolyThis person is cool!
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              How much content do you think Korean devs have added to the game in 1 year? Obviously it will be better a... : StealthHawkThis person is cool!
              • It's a pretty good amount of content I believe. The endgame basically didn't exist for the Korean release... : Talonus.
          • Yeah I did hear it was grindy. : kikilupoThis person is cool!
        • The fact that its a Korean style MMO pretty much ensures that it will fail. Heck, being an MMO pretty muc... : larrymadill
    • bluehole? bwhahahaha : joninThis person is cool!
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      From what I've read it was a total flop and failure overseas anyway. You'd be silly to buy it. i will : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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        It was only a flop in korea because it had little content and less grinding, and koreans LOVE to GRIND. ... : theburningbush
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          There are already other action MMOs out. : StealthHawkThis person is cool!
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            The only comparable ones are vindictus and DCUO, and they stale in compaison : theburningbush
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              Age of Conan, better in all regards except graphics. Sadly, very low population now :/ : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
              • AoC was one of those MMOs that really could've worked and been somewhat different but they just could nev... : larrymadill
    • meh, I can see why they'd be pissed, but I would think this would be the time to really work on making Li... : darthfusion
    • Man, I remember my cousin being so hyped for this game. What happened... : Moonbase Commander
    • this just blew my mind.. mainly because having been a big fan of L2 since beta and reading up on L3 for y... : technotica
    • Races look different enough to me. I mean were they expecting an MMO to NOT have elves and humans in it? : Zero Hoki