Is this other game serious?

RainsfordII·8/1/2015, 9:24:17 PM·55 votes·7,845 views
Tsunami

So I was looking at recently released mmos on a different site and came across this. This picture is not the nami we know and love. This character is called "tsunami" from a game called magerealm. This character almost looks exactly like nami and even has her name likeness. Ive seen countless games that copy just like this. Is this allowed or can Rito do something? Then we have a "hero" called "green ranger" who, I kid you not, looks exactly like ashe to the T.

Here's a link to their heroes which include vayne, ashe, gragas, nami, ezreal, garen, and volibear. http://mage.gtarcade.com/heroes

I know they cant sue or anything simply because of a likeness, but cmon. some of these look like straight up copies. Im raging hard haha

76 Comments

RainsfordII8/2/2015, 1:29:05 AM15 votes

"Green ranger" best name ever

Count Buffon8/2/2015, 5:15:53 AM12 votes

This could be a fun little forum game. We can do the same thing, only more creative.

Lord Flagondrag - Disgraced prince of the isles of Dumas Sea. Stripped of his flag-bearing rights, he can usually be found drinking directly from his oversized flagon, which he throws at people in fits of rage. It's so heavy that it lodges into the ground as an anchor, which he can grapple with his oversized lance. Press R Thus - An unusually hard-to-please quality tester who died after being laid off from his job, which mostly consisted of him (R)ejecting taste samples. Now his unyielding standards of quality hunt mankind from beyond the grave. All are judged. Puppy - An irrepressible Golden Retriever puppy with a big hammer and a bad attitude. Teaming up against a poor little puppy is not allowed, though! Shame on you! Ah'Rhly? - A Cthonic lust demon with nine tails. Throws glowing orbs of pure lust. Unfortunately, it only works for about two seconds, because she's hideous to look at. She's always super-duper surprised when the charm wears off so soon. Alice Taur - The world's strongest minotaur. Happens to be female. Known to headbutt things. Also has some support utility in the form of a Distribute Milk AoE heal. Trendybeer - Carries a replica of a big sword from Soul Calibur everywhere, thinks he's cool, drinks PBR excessively. Worst hipster ever. MASHE - A Vietnam veteran with an old-school sense of humor and low mobility, compensated by lots of CC and vision. Voliboar - An armored boar. Brazilean - Basically Flava Flav, only a bit more partial to green and yellow. Furgot - When Kitty Cat Jones lost his ninth life, he came back as a giant crab. Unfortunately, he doesn't remember that he's not a cat anymore. If he manages to cough a hairball on you, then he can toss homing balls of kitty litter at you temporarily. Szechuani - Vegetarian chef who rides a cow. Makes and eats food so spicy she does damage over time as an aura with her breath. Being hit directly with a ball of spicy flavor does no less than stun all persons in an area. [Redacted: Fizz vairant]

Guiboulou8/2/2015, 12:47:50 AM9 votes

No seriously, they rip all their characters from different MOBAs. They have that other game called Hero Commander. Go check the heros if you know a bit about Blizzard's characters and Dota 2 characters. They have a fucking Windranger, a Drow Ranger, an Illidan, an Invoker, an Enchantress, a Queen of Pain, a Jaina/Crystal Maiden, a Lina... you get the idea. Blizzard, Valve, Riot Games, one of you needs to sue these fuckers so they stop making money with their shitty pay2win games that are total ripoffs.

A brilliant example here: That's their "Moon Knight" That's Luna from DotA

EDIT: By the way. Tsunami's first ability's icon is Nami's ult mirrored and flipped 90 degrees. Same for the bubble. This game man. PEOPLE PLAY IT. THEY GIVE MONEY TO THESE COPYCATS. Like... really?

Dakuraigun8/2/2015, 12:32:59 AM5 votes

I see a Vayne copy.

And Gragas.

And Volibear.

Are you for real right now?

SEKAI8/2/2015, 12:22:20 PM4 votes

To be a little fair, "Nami" simply stands for "Waves" in Japanese, and it's not the first time it's used as a name for a fictional character.

Nami in League is just a mermaid with more fish looking attributes, so in the end of the day, I don't think her image is that unique in the first place if you get what I mean here.

Let's be real, LoL's champ appearances are either straight up taken from another media or being stereotypical image of something, only about 5% of the game is actually original anyway. We get Egyptian gods, generic medieval warrior #100, generic samurai that controls wind, Sub Zero, Nine-tailed fox, generic mage #20000, literature references etc etc, really harping on "character copyright infringement" in the case of LoL really is just stretching a bit too darn far.

The only thing in common between both games is that, they are BOTH creatively bankrupted in the character design department, nothing to get mad about really.

Akaterina8/1/2015, 10:20:24 PM4 votes

It even has the same or very similar spell icons. Also.. lol at Sinister Fate... they just copied TF's old lore and changed the name.

Starlight Knight8/1/2015, 9:29:17 PM3 votes

Nah, they' ain't copyin'. They're all twins that got jobs in different MMo's. That's my theory. :P

Jazzy Jesus8/2/2015, 2:48:19 AM3 votes

The worst part of this, specifically "Tsunami", is not only that she looks exactly like Nami (weapon and all), but that the 1st three of her ability icons look almost EXACTLY like Nami's.

Really? They couldn't at least attempt to make new ability icons?

LaceUp238/2/2015, 12:49:21 AM3 votes

They have cooler names.

MrBuffington8/2/2015, 3:25:26 AM3 votes

lmfao they took all Nami's ability icons and rotated them 90 degrees. Totally different character

RainsfordII8/2/2015, 8:05:52 PM2 votes

I know a lot of you are saying they probably wouldn't win a lawsuit or wouldn't go for one due to how many copies there are out there. But if they were going to win one, I bet their best chances would be this game. I am sure any one of you here could come up with your own original take on a mermaid or a dwarf, or an archer. Its so very sad. =(

Trias0008/2/2015, 1:33:57 PM2 votes

Nami is just a mermaid, and her name means "wave". Yeah, the similarity is striking, but it's not like Rito invented her. Nearly every League of Legends character is actually copied, or at least based on mythology, literature, games and movies. On a similar note, Planescape:Torment makers could sue Riot for copying Ignus into Brand.

[edit] Although they did copy even Ezreal's icons. So this might actually fit the definition of plagiarism.

Shockforce8/2/2015, 2:57:39 AM2 votes

Huh, ripping off Riot and Blizzard.

Although I had to have a chuckle at the fact that Strongbrew is an oversized dwarf from Moria...

That is some hardcore LotR LoL crossover we have here.

cakedeity8/2/2015, 3:55:40 AM2 votes

OH MY GOD PALADIN USES A MAPLESTORY DAWN WARRIOR SKILL ICON. I'M DYING

RainsfordII8/3/2015, 4:47:29 AM1 votes

at this point they might as well just copy a riot artwork, crop it a bit, reverse the image, and use it. Because I could instantly tell that was nami without even clicking on the website.

TurquoiseYoshi8/1/2015, 11:27:15 PM1 votes

My favorite is StrongBrew. This is definitely bad, but not as bad as that crappy phone game that got some recognition a week or two ago. There were names like "Jarven".

8bj2yMEanN8/2/2015, 2:53:57 AM1 votes

DUDE HOLY FUCK OMG except for the panda legit EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER is a complete copy a league champ!!! WTF EVERY ABILITY IS EXACTLY THE SAME AND GET THIS

EVERY SINGLE ABILITY HAS THE _EXACT SAME ICON___AS THE LEAGUE CHAMP!!! garen, ezreal, nami, vayne, their abilities and ability icons are all EXACT copies!!!

Why the fuck has Riot not sued this company??????????

Ada Wong8/2/2015, 5:12:27 AM1 votes

Smtie Sun Wkong vs Wukong

Zastie8/2/2015, 4:31:47 PM1 votes

"Panda Monk"

Mmk, alright, uhuh, sure it's not a copy. Why is BS like this not shut down again? Wait, lemmie guess, it's made in China?

56552559_DEL8/2/2015, 5:13:56 PM1 votes

First off, to the people constantly calling this an "MMO", its NOT an MMO, LoL is a MOBA. Second, companies rip off of other companies all the time. For instance, LoL is a rip off of DOTA and then you had HOTS come out after LoL. So its not like LoL is getting the short end of the stick here. Yes they are using the likeness of some league champs and whatnot, but if Riot hasnt gone after them, then they obviously are not worried about it or they cant do anything about it legally.

Troll for Trump8/2/2015, 7:31:14 PM1 votes

Then there's the mobilegame. I think it was: Taric=gaylord Lucian=Obama Swain=Svenn Stuff like that, but it was funny

Serlthree8/2/2015, 8:48:40 PM1 votes

Demonic=Demician

TheRainInSpain8/2/2015, 9:21:49 PM1 votes

There's this one MMORPG, been around since 2003, uses a an almost direct copy of the logo of the old Wing Commander games. In 2008 or so, the players of said game rallied around the prospect of suing Cloud Imperium Gaming, the owner of the Wing Commander series, on grounds they were copying the game's logo when they unveiled Star Citizen. Even the developers and administrators of said game were pushing forward the concept of suing CIG. From what I understood, CIG just laughed at them for trying to sue the company who owns the logo for "copying" the actual copycat. As for a counter lawsuit, CIG balked at the idea. Why bother suing an MMORPG who has less than 500 customers yet has been around for 10+ years, and the trends say their customer base drops 10%+ of its net customers each year (eg 2030 they'll have a customer base of 100 with conservative figures).

Why expend that much effort when you could twiddle your thumbs for a couple years and all the work is done for you?

S0nic43108/3/2015, 12:06:16 AM1 votes

gtarcade is a complete joke and i wonder who the fck would play that boring ass bullshit

LazerTurtles8/3/2015, 12:31:42 AM1 votes

well i dont know about nami but wukong is in many games do to the fact he is from literature so maybe nami is the same

Jinxish8/3/2015, 2:45:28 AM1 votes

Even the skill icons are nearly identical. This is terrible.