Daybreak Sues The Heroes Journey EQ EMU Server Devs

Araxen · 2025-06-23T12:40:21-0400

THJ devs just got sued by Daybreak. Secrets just took down Quarm due to the lawsuit. I knew this was going to happen to THJ with their "donations" with in game loot. This all just came out. The situation is fluid.

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Daybreak Game Company LLC v. Takahashi et al (3:25-cv-01489), California Southern District Court

Daybreak Game Company LLC v. Takahashi et al (3:25-cv-01489), California Southern District Court, Filed: 06/14/2025

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Kirun · 2025-06-23T12:55:33-0400

Fangbanger must be a huge dud, so they're looking for something to blame for their lack of creativity.

Animosity · 2025-06-23T13:00:22-0400

20k people on THJ is probably more than Daybreak has in subs.

Juvarisx · 2025-06-23T13:06:55-0400

I guess they didnt realize the "donation" WoW servers are all hosted overseas.

Fangbreaker aside this shouldn't be a shock, dont try to make money on shit not owned by you lol.

edit. Oh shit our forum is referenced lol

Cinge · 2025-06-23T13:07:58-0400

Surprised it took them this long. Can't get too popular when you are using another company's assets and code.

Juvarisx · 2025-06-23T13:11:23-0400

Cinge said:
Surprised it took them this long. Can't get too popular when you are using another company's assets and code.

P99 is probably more popular over time then this was, they just didnt ask for $$

Araxen · 2025-06-23T13:13:35-0400

I suspect they'll give Quarm the ok like Daybreak did with P99. THJ is going to be RIP.

Cinge · 2025-06-23T13:24:47-0400

Hmm I never played either. I assume both just had "if you want to donate to help keep up maintenance" type thing. Was THJ actually selling stuff? Aka making money off code they didn't own?

moonarchia · 2025-06-23T13:27:28-0400

Cinge said:
Hmm I never played either. I assume both just had "if you want to donate to help keep up maintenance" type thing. Was THJ actually selling stuff? Aka making money off code they didn't own?

If you donated you got in game currency that could be used for glam gambling or buying huge bags.

Araxen · 2025-06-23T13:27:33-0400

Cinge said:
Hmm I never played either. I assume both just had "if you want to donate to help keep up maintenance" type thing. Was THJ actually selling stuff? Aka making money off code they didn't own?

They had a currency called echoes of memory(EOM) you could buy. With the EOM, you could buy stuff like a a froglock/trol/ogre/etc illusion clicky. You could only buy them with EOM.

Cinge · 2025-06-23T13:46:00-0400

All well. Their own fault really then. The second you try to make a profit off something you don't own, cant expect whoever owns it just to sit around with dick in hand.

Cybsled · 2025-06-23T14:07:27-0400

As part of City of Heroes: Homecoming’s agreement, they can accept server donations for upkeep and that’s it. They have a donation cap and you get no ingame benefits

Donations for loot sounds like asking for trouble

Deruvian · 2025-06-23T14:15:49-0400

If there's a market for this stuff and Daybreak is unwilling or unable to develop this sort of content, I wonder why they don't just consider some sort of licensing agreement? I can't imagine brand dilution is an issue for a 25 year old game.

I have a hard time believing THJ is cannibalizing non-emulator usage. If their TLP wasn't a bag of dicks, people would be playing it. And if THJ didn't exist it would still be a ghost town.

Pharone · 2025-06-23T14:24:21-0400

There's any number of ways they could have done this that wasn't blatantly obvious. Should have been smarter.

Araxen · 2025-06-23T14:39:17-0400

The THJ devs are delusional. This is an announcement on their discord:

Sylas · 2025-06-23T14:58:57-0400

Juvarisx said:
I guess they didnt realize the "donation" WoW servers are all hosted overseas.

Fangbreaker aside this shouldn't be a shock, dont try to make money on shit not owned by you lol.

edit. Oh shit our forum is referenced lol

Kinda insulting to be listed after resetera...

I know it went chronologically by post date but still

Kirun · 2025-06-23T15:02:22-0400

Araxen said:
The THJ devs are delusional. This is an announcement on their discord:

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Identikit · 2025-06-23T15:25:14-0400

given the way players behaved on p99, its a shock they havent been sued or considered in breach of some sort of agreement with DBG.

I am guessing P99 staff somehow pays DBG a portion of whatever money they attempt to squeeze from players somehow.

Zaide · 2025-06-23T15:26:32-0400

They blame THJ for Fangbreakers launch performance (was it even that poor?). Name FoH specifically. Apparently there are 20 defendants including people who “engage in promotional activities”. Going to be wild if DBG is filing suit against Twitch/YT nerds with 1000 views. Lmaoo.

Kirun · 2025-06-23T15:34:10-0400

Zaide said:
They blame THJ for Fangbreakers launch performance (was it even that poor?).

Kirun said:
Fangbanger must be a huge dud, so they're looking for something to blame for their lack of creativity.

Called it.

Fangbanger was a stinker and they need to justify it to corpo.

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