"GW's old faction names are gone..." Topic
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| Baranovich | 08 Apr 2016 12:02 p.m. PST |
Noticed yesterday that GW have changed all the names of the classic factions. They are broken down into smaller categories, all with brand new names. Of course it doesn't mean that you can't still call them by their old factions, I mean my Empire is still Empire and my Bretonnians are still Bretonnians. |
 Flashman14  | 08 Apr 2016 12:05 p.m. PST |
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| Wretched Peasant Scum | 08 Apr 2016 12:11 p.m. PST |
They need to use names they can trademark. I believe they mentioned the emphasis on this in one of their recent annual reports. |
| haywire | 08 Apr 2016 12:38 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I think this is all fallout from the Chapterhouse litigations |
| JSchutt | 08 Apr 2016 2:54 p.m. PST |
Maybe so….but my dew-wharfs can still beat your h'orixes. |
| Tony S | 08 Apr 2016 2:54 p.m. PST |
I'm not terribly knowledgeable about GW, but it looks like "Nurgle" become the "Rotbringers". Surely "Nurgle" is not in the public domain? Or is it because "Rotbringers" is self-explanatory for brand new players? |
| Crazyivanov | 08 Apr 2016 4:01 p.m. PST |
Nurgle is likely close enough to Nergal, and I think the old Assyrian copyrights have gone into the public domain on the ancient Mesopotamian deities. |
| Tony S | 09 Apr 2016 7:48 a.m. PST |
I think the old Assyrian copyrights have gone into the public domain  I would not want to risk crossing the law firm of Shalmaneser, Tiglath-Pileser, Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal though. Might cost you an arm and a leg. And possibly all your skin. |
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