Quote Originally Posted by RPMiller View Post
That is one of the biggest problems in the gaming industry regardless of the medium. We all have a very familiar background and set of works that we draw from. Whether it is the roleplayers, the console players, or the writers, we all pretty much have knowledge of Tolkien, D&D, mythologies of the world, and that one ring that binds us all - the maps that came with those works.

All that is going to continually influence whatever is created after it to some degree and to seek legal damages of any kind is going to be met with a lot of hesitation on the jurors side if the defense attorney is doing a decent job to point that fact out.
Hey, do you think the defence attorney will read my post and thank for introducing him to Tolkien?

Torq...I'm gonna sue you for using the words 'personal' and 'albeit' I'm sure I used them before you.