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    Well, today is the 10th (or is it 11th?) time I've clicked on an ad for another game, started trying it out, and found it to be exactly, completely, every bit like Evony, even using the same terms, and the exact same tutorial...

    am I alone in this?

    I also noticed that some games have made their adverts just like Evony's, but that's to be expected, as a marketing technique as clever as that gets copied a lot.

    but making the entire game like Evony... that's just messed up.

    Ofc, I might be wrong in the copying, as Evony might have been released after those game projects were begun, but still, that's what it looks like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baltezar View Post
    Well, today is the 10th (or is it 11th?) time I've clicked on an ad for another game, started trying it out, and found it to be exactly, completely, every bit like Evony, even using the same terms, and the exact same tutorial...

    am I alone in this?

    I also noticed that some games have made their adverts just like Evony's, but that's to be expected, as a marketing technique as clever as that gets copied a lot.

    but making the entire game like Evony... that's just messed up.

    Ofc, I might be wrong in the copying, as Evony might have been released after those game projects were begun, but still, that's what it looks like.
    There are many games similar..and people claimed Evony was a rip off too..when it came out...

    Truth be told Evony is part of a whole genre of games that have been around years. They all have similarities..as in REMARKABLY similar.

    Actually Evony is a relative newcommer.

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    it's another game that is copied, but it's impossible to discuss that here
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    Most of the games you see are rip-offs of our game, although the base idea for Evony is from a game in another country that has been around for years. We legitimately purchased our licensing, so please do NOT call us a rip-off. Evony is duly and legally (and expensively) licensed from a completely original game and has been developed quite a lot by ourselves to make it unique.

    It is very common for others to want to make a quick buck without putting any effort in, and copies of our game continue to pop up. We will continue to shut them down for infringement of our intellectual property. Were we a copy ourselves, we couldn't do that. The best thing you can do to help us avoid expensive and time-consuming legal processes is to not give these imitators your business and to let us know, privately, when you find one.

    Thanks!

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    I don't think anyone called Evony a rip off in this thread. I have seen it in other threads (not by me) but no one saying that here.

    I think the lawyers and judges will determine if a game is totally the same..or different enough to be only related.
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    what he means by rip-off is that evony was and is based on a different game and no matter how you obtained the proper licencing it is a copy, im sure he meant no offence to anyone
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    Quote Originally Posted by BertandErine View Post
    what he means by rip-off is that evony was and is based on a different game and no matter how you obtained the proper licencing it is a copy, im sure he meant no offence to anyone
    Well, the concept of Evony seems very original to me, personally.
    So do the infamy-fueled advertisements... extremely unique and innovative.
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    and people claimed Evony was a rip off too..when it came out...
    I was just clarifying that matter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FoxyBunny View Post
    I was just clarifying that matter.
    i will not start talking about all the proof though i dont need the forum guides to have anymore amunition on me to have me perma banned
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    I am not stating this to say that Evony was a rip off of another game, because you guys did purchase the legal rights etc.

    But i am taking a guess... was the original game idea from one of the first sim-city's? I know that in Sim city there is no war aspect, but the building a city and maintaining it aspect is similar.

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