Minecraft dev wants to settle lawsuit with Quake 3

Bethesdas lawyers must be stunned ... I hope they stream it live :D

This's the coolest way ever to settle a lawsuit. I just hope that John Carmack isn't on the Bethesda team. :P

Funny, that was how a clan mate and I solved a dispute over our game tag during the Dreamcast days. Winner of the match got to keep the name "Beast" to prevent confusion and as you can see I lost but came up with a better name in the long run. However Notch may be in for a challenge if the gauntlet is picked up. Since Bethesda bought id last year, they can throw some of those guys into the match and I am sure many of them are VERY good at the game.

Doesn't bethesda own ID now, including some of the guys who made quake 3. Not too smart notch should've challenged them to counterstrike or something.

Notch is an interesting man. He was very cool about this whole thing, and willing to compromise reasonably. THIS, on the other hand, is just pure awesome. I hope they except and he livestreams it. I'll be standing on my desk chair cheering for him!

:lol: Awesome. Would that warring countries could resolve differences in the same way.

This is quite interesting but I doubt this company would accept the challenge.

I really don't see how you can sue someone for using a word from the English language which just so happens to be a part of a title of one of your games... What's next? Activision going to sue everyone with the word "of" in their games?

I WANNA WATCH.

Bethesda are too much "corporation" and not enough "gaming" to ever agree to this. Also, everyone take 5 minutes to search a list of games or movies on the internet and check a few names there. If a claim like this one from Bethesda would be legit, it would be impossible to release anything in this day and age.

If Bethesda win I suggest they call the game, Brink.

Don't get happy guys, if Persson wins, Bethesda will sue him for cheating.

I still can't believe bethesda is going after him for "Scrolls".. It just goes to show, how bu$ine$$ minded the gaming industry has become. Things like minecraft go to show there are innovative ideas still coming out.. then a publishing giant decides to sue them, for shame. Obviously game companies are companies none the less and deserve to make money for their hard work. But this lawsuit?? What is the point of this lawsuit? are they this worried that Skyrim wont live up to it's hype? what is with this? They had to know it would look HORRIBLE on them for doing this... maybe all of it was just a publicity stunt, seems unreal with how it is going. But honestly? Quake 3 match to settle THIS lawsuit? well that is one of the coolest things ive ever heard of :):):)

This is how PC devs deal with their disagreements. Lol I love it.

Way to think outside the box Notch - now you should send Bethesda your legal bill for coming up with the idea.

Hahaha that would be epic if bethesda accepted

We should solve all legal disputes in the gaming industry with a 3 stage competition. ROUND 1: Deathmatch (Quake, COD, Halo whatevr). ROUND 2: Racing (Mario Kart..... awww yea). ROUND 3: Fighting (SF4, Calamity Trigger etc) I wish life worked like that lol

@LokiHero I entirely agree with you!

That is SO AWESOME

@chevydriver1123 I agree where you said that GAMERS should solve their disputes this way...and I disagree with most of the people here who say that all the conflicts in the world should be resolved like this...like @cayne_phoenix It wouldn't be paradise because then all people would try to get better at games just to profit from a thing like this! It would probably be Hell! @Kevz0 Try to be rational! I mean in this context and lawsuit this idea is probably one of the best! But if something bigger would be at stake than a word? Would that be the best way to solve a dispute like that than a fair lawsuit? I'm just saying! In this case this is an interesting idea...but in general would suck! This is the way that only gamers should resolve their disputes!

Sweet!

these events definetly backfired on Bethesda's lawyers, first they make the company look bad and now they wont make any money off this. Ha. and Bethesda wont turn this down as they wont want to and if they did it would make them look bad. i no some lawyers who soon wont have a job

This lawsuit is ridiculous to begin. "Scrolls?" Really? It's a single word, used to describe letters written on paper/parchment. Bethesda are being jerks here.

Scrolls? Srsly? You can't trademark... i don't even...

Highly appropriate given the industry, methinks.

That's pretty hilarious.

This idea wins

This is how all legal issues should be solved.

DUDE. More lawsuits should be solved this way, haha!!!!!

rofl good for him

If they beat them then maybe just to smight them, they should make a sequel called "Scrolls of the Elder" hahaha

If Bethesda agrees, then they will probably use cheats or just hire some pro gamers to win for them :/

Haha that is awesome

There is the rather asinine argument one can make for Bethesda that "Scrolls" is a casual, brief way to describe their property. By that logic, however, Coca-Cola should file suit every time someone on television says "coke" when referring to Cocaine or powdered coal, and they've even trademarked the word "Coke". I don't know anything about Notch's creation, but as long as they're not similar creations (i.e. more similar than that they're both games), then Bethesda doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Do it Bethsoft! If you do this you would win the recognition of being a true gaming company and after all this splash we all know that the game isn't related to your awsome Elder Scrolls game. I love both devs so I don't know who I'd cheer for but honestly Bethsoft you need to do this. Let gaming be determined by the best gamers.

Bethesda had better agree to these terms - this is how all gaming conflicts should be solved!

If only all problems would be resolved by a game, then we'd see who really deserves what!

thats the best settlement i ever heard of, all wars and conflicts should be fought like this :D

the man is beautiful.... altho Bethesda should get lost, they can't own a word :P

LOOOL

Awesome deal.. i would like to watch that match ..

this is the greatest idea to solve this, everything in the future should be solved with a quake match :P i soo want to see this match and i want to hear what Bethesda will say

Seriously Bethesda soft get real, you don't own the word scrolls. This copyrite crap has gotten way out of hand, just like old music, movies, games, after 7 years past the origional creation date the copyrite is over.

Watch Bethesda wuss out from this challenge of video games. I love Bethesda....well, LOVED Bethesda, until they showed their true colors with this stupid lawsuit. I do expect Bethesda to NOT accept this challenge and instead hide behind their lawyers. And we will shake our heads at this company. Well, I am, anyways.

i like this idea

Considering that Bethesda's complaint is utter crap, then this is how it should be settled.

WICKED !!!! WAY TO STICK TO THE LAW SYSTEM BRO!

Haha, Now I am going to go out and get Minecraft just because of this article.

YES! I wish the whole world worked like this!

Notch ius just a great guy all together...