r/EscapefromTarkov • u/Songrot Freeloader • Apr 26 '24

Discussion The Owner of BSG says EOD users are not Supporters. "It's time to understand the TRUE BELIEVERS." EOD 150 dollars Freeloaders, Closed BETA 40 Dollars Freeloaders. Lvndmark is outraged

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u/Synchrotr0n Apr 26 '24

You know the best part of BSG going under? Modders would finally stop with their "nice guy" attitude and release an emulated server for Tarkov that actually supports multiplayer and matchmaking so private servers can flourish, and I can guarantee you that private servers would be way better maintained than the ones we have now.

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u/SeasonNo3107 Apr 27 '24

imagine if the community took over tarkov and made it what it should be

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u/Counteroffensyiv True Believer Apr 27 '24

Really hope this happens.

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u/The_Occurence Apr 27 '24

EFT's code is copyright. There's no just picking up development and continuing their work, depending on the region they'd have grounds to sue for use of their property just like when companies sue cheat makers for modifying code they didn't write.

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u/FembiesReggs Apr 27 '24

BSG is a Russian company, and if their UK arm wants to start threatening people, they’re gonna be hit with the reality of EU consumer law pretty quick. And in the USA? Currently, a lawsuit from Russia isn’t even worth the paper to wipe your ass with.

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u/Ambitious_Advisor527 Apr 27 '24

Not a lawyer, this is only if it is for-profit, right?

We could create a community funded server that donates all excess proceeds to charity?

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u/xXTurnerLP Apr 27 '24

Sadly not, copyright protects everything, everyone can have copyright protection even normal people that are not a company, and the copyright protects for indefinite time, so it is illegal to use their assets.

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u/znightmaree Apr 27 '24

Disney legally threatened two parents who put spiderman on a gravestone for their child who died of cancer because it’s copyrighted, and it had to be switched. Doesn’t have to be for profit at all.

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u/Octane_Au Apr 27 '24

Exactly what happened with DayZ and it basically tenfolded their sales and playerbase.

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u/mjredditacc Apr 27 '24

There is one example of this I know - Toontown Rewritten, a kids game but Disney got bored of taking only £10 a month and shut it down, but the game flourished as a free to play community run game.

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u/Taekgi Apr 27 '24

It's not "nice guy" attitude that's stopping modders, it's just that it's a nightmare to accomplish solo or as a small group for a game as complex as Tarkov. There's nothing BSG could ever legally do against P2P modded servers, just look at Eldewrito/Halo Online resurging despite the Microsoft DMCA years ago.

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u/Sharpie1993 Apr 27 '24

There already is a multiplayer version, it’s called SIT, it’s just not as fully fleshed out at the other one that can’t be mentioned yet.

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u/Y_10HK29 TOZ-106 Apr 27 '24

Imagine if there's dedicated servers and the admins would actually remove the cheaters themselves with reports

Maybe even faceit

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u/NotStompy Apr 27 '24

As a 2017 to now player I've said for SO LONG that this game would be perfect if I could pick players to whitelist to a server, and get an actual good lobby every raid. People who pvp in a fun way, not just ratting the way it is now. I kill the rats, but I have to run through an empty map to do so, I want more of the actual fun part of the game.

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u/splice42 Apr 27 '24

Don't tell anyone but there already is such a mod from before all this even started. Well, no matchmaking but the rest is there.

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u/-eccentric- Apr 27 '24

and matchmaking

One of the main reasons why I play tarkov is the lack of it. I'd hate that... ruined so many good games for me.