Chapter 199: The Mythical Group Becomes a Defendant
"Director Wang, what's going on?" Li Haoyu also felt that this matter came a little suddenly, although the mythical group he founded did not dare to say that it was wholeheartedly for the sake of players, but he asked himself that there was absolutely nothing wrong with players. If you send a questionnaire and ask which game company in Huaxia has the most conscience, Myth Group will definitely be elected as the most conscientious game company in the game industry with an absolute majority of votes, and some players even directly call Myth Group the conscience of the industry.
For no reason, players will only come to sue the Mythical Group when they are full, is there a hidden force behind this to promote this matter?
Li Haoyu's mind was in a hurry, and he couldn't help but think of the stand-alone game Jingyuan Century produced by Starry Night Studio a while ago, and at the peak of sales in China, there were suddenly download links for pirated CDs and hard disk versions. Li Haoyu felt that this must be a very strong team, only such a team can crack the encryption algorithm from 20 years later, he was suspicious of Tencent at that time, but there was no evidence, so he had to give up.
Wang Jingshi smiled bitterly on the other end of the phone: "Chairman, I also learned the news from Director Xu Xin just now, this is the reaction of several players, it seems that several players in the grand game we took over and are about to close a game called "Fu Mo", which is dissatisfied with us to stop operating this game, which brought our Mythical Group to court. The case has already been accepted by the most important courts, and it is estimated that we will receive a summons from the court in a few days. ”
Li Haoyu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was not what he imagined, there was already a precedent for gamers to sue game companies.
In 2008, a player in Nanfang City, Lingnan Province, sued NetEase because he was dissatisfied with NetEase's rework of "New World II", and was later rejected due to his request for insufficient evidence, which was also the first case in China in which a gamer sued a game company.
Also in 2008, Zhou Xujun, a player of "World of Warcraft", sued Jiucheng on the grounds that the game account he had been playing for many years could not be entered, and then he learned that Jiucheng Company had suspended his account, which meant that many game characters and virtual assets under his account had all been wiped out. He angrily sued Jiucheng, who was running the World of Warcraft at the time, and finally won the case.
In 2011, Xiao Xu, a player of the game "Pirate King" under the company of Zhonghai Moliyou, had five game accounts blocked for no reason, and took Moliyou to court, and the court accepted the case and ruled that Xiao Xu won the lawsuit, and Moliyou wanted to restore Xiao Xu's five game accounts.
Since then, gamers have sued various game companies many times because their accounts have been suspended for no reason, or virtual property has been stolen, and the well-known game companies in China have basically not been spared.
Because many of the games under the Myth Group are high-end goods from the future, and there are relatively few plug-in interfaces and macro interfaces open in the client in the game, it is rare to permanently suspend the player's account because of the plug-in problem. Even if the player uses illegal macros or plug-ins and plug-ins, the first time the mythical group finds out is to suspend the account for half a month, and the second time it continues to use illegal plug-ins for three months, if it is still repeatedly taught, then the third time is a permanent ban.
Because of this mechanism, even if the player's account is permanently suspended, there is nothing to say, and they have been given the opportunity not to cherish it, and they can only blame themselves if they are suspended, so in the two years since the creation of the Mythical Group, this is the first time that the player has been sued in court.
Li Haoyu now regrets taking over Shanda Games from Chen Tianqiao, since accepting Shanda, it's okay to say in terms of online literature, they operate their own sites, as long as there is no vicious competition.
The game business is a complete mess, and after repeated research after taking over, Shanda Games has closed all its games except for a few games that are still passable such as Dragon Nest, Aion, and Final Fantasy 14.
Of course, closing the game is not something that can be done overnight, after taking over Shanda, after confirming the game to be closed, I began to make announcements on the game's official website and in the game. From now on, the recharge activities of the game will be stopped, and the service will be officially suspended after three months, and the customer service hotline and external mailbox of the game will be stopped in early 2016.
In order to make players accept the suspension of the game they have been playing, the Mythical Group began to send out the news several months in advance, and also gave these gamers a certain number of Mythic Cartoons to compensate.
Calculating the time, these games are also about to be suspended, I thought it would be a smooth transition, but what I didn't expect was that there were so many players who took the mythical group to court because they were dissatisfied with the suspension.
"Director Wang, has it been confirmed?" Li Haoyu asked.
Wang Jingshi said: "It has been confirmed, the court over there has confirmed the acceptance of the case, and the summons will arrive in the company in a few days." ”
Li Haoyu was silent for a moment and said: "Director Wang, you still do what you have to do, this matter is still left to the lawyer team to operate, when the time comes, we can go alone, whether we win or lose the case, it will not have much impact on us." ”
"Chairman, I know what to do." Wang Jingshi called to ask about Li Haoyu's attitude, Li Yayan is not in the company, and she still has to control what to do.
After hanging up the phone, Li Haoyu came to Wu Xinmin and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Wu, I still have some things today, so I can't accompany you, please forgive me." ”
Wu Xinmin said with an understanding look: "Dong Li, who has nothing to do, everyone has a little urgency, I can understand this, Dong Li, when will you come to Maochang Group when you are free, I still have some things I want to ask you about." ”
Li Haoyu didn't dare to say anything, and after saying a few words to Wu Xinmin, he left here with Xiao Yuqing and Zhang Dan, and Chen Xiangjian and Chen Qingmei's father and daughter also walked with them.
After returning to the hotel, Xiao Yuqing asked with concern: "Haoyu, who called just now." ”
Li Haoyu let out a long breath and said, "It was Sister Jingshi who called, and several gamers took the Mythical Group to court because they were dissatisfied that we were going to close the games under the original Grand Game. ”
Zhang Dan was shocked and said, "Brother Haoyu, why do they want to sue your company for nothing?" It is impossible for a game company to continue to operate for a game that is still played by so many people, after all, such a large company still needs money to operate. She has been studying business administration for a year, and she can still see through this matter.
"Dandan, it's okay, which of these game companies such as Tencent and NetEase has not been sued by players? They are not as good as they are now, and for the Mythical Group, this lawsuit will not cause any big shock whether they win or lose, at best, it is just a matter of giving those players something to talk about. ”
Xiao Yuqing scratched Zhang Dan's nose and said with a smile: "Dandan, believe your brother Haoyu's words, let's go over there to see if the clothes we bought for you fit." Now that Chen Qingmei is not here, Xiao Yuqing is relieved to go to her room with Zhang Dan.
After Li Haoyu and the two girls left, he turned on the computer in the hotel, opened Baidu, and there was this news in today's Baidu search list, and it seems that the news is still spreading very fast.
opened this article titled "Players are dissatisfied with the closure of the original Shanda game by the Mythical Group, and the five players jointly sued the Mythical Group, and the Mythical Group became the defendant for the first time." Li Haoyu watched it.
Similar to what Wang Jingshi said, these five players of the original Shanda's "Fu Mo" game have been playing in this game for several years, and each of them spent a huge amount of money of nearly 100,000 yuan in the game.
Li Haoyu saw a wry smile, and these five gamers are really obsessed with this game called Fu Mo, he specially downloaded the client to play for a while before confirming that this game was suspended, and it turned out that this game is the same as the legendary, and it is just a ghost suit. Sometimes you can't meet a person after walking for half a day, and it's even more difficult to assemble a copy or something, and there is no one to accompany you to the next copy without a certain equipment base.
In such a game, there are still people who will stick here, which really makes Li Haoyu feel helpless, but considering that each of them spent nearly 100,000 yuan in the game, he can also understand their hardships.
Looking at the comments under the news, most people are still on the side of the mythical group, thinking that the game of Fu Demon is indeed rubbish, and it has become a ghost suit, and there is really no need for it to exist. There are also many netizens who sympathize with these five players, and feel that the Mythical Group is too unkind to do this, and people spend 100,000 yuan to compensate 1,000, which is too pitiful.
"Since the Mythical Group has taken over the Shanda Games business, it is inevitable that major surgery will be carried out on these games, otherwise why would the Mythical Group spend so much money to buy a mess back?"
"There will be people who invest 100,000 yuan in this garbage game like Fu Mo, and with this money, it is better to go to other games to play a hi skin, and it is really a stupid person with a lot of money!"
"The Mythical Group can close the game, but the compensation given is too low, people invested 100,000 to compensate 1,000, how can other players be embarrassed?"
"The words upstairs lit up, there are not a few games that have been closed in Huaxia over the years, have you ever seen a game company that closes games and pays compensation? The mythical group has done its best, not only three months in advance, but also at that time can not be recharged, but also gave the mythical card as compensation, you go to see other game companies, people close down, you go to see if you can get a penny of compensation? ”