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Akalon
April 26th, 2003, 10:03
Grrr...

I used to own the domain www.eternaldarknessonline.com a few years back, well actually, NameZero did but I could have bought it outright. Anyway, I got it for this internet game I was making which never panned out, so I just left the domain there. This was before the Nintendo game Eternal Darkness, mind you. So anyway I was just browsing there for old times sake and got a surprise.

Go to the domain now, and look who owns it! Nintendo! So not only did they steal my game title but they got my old domain too!! :angry2:

How much do you reckon I could have made offa that domain?

Anyone had any similar experiences?

[ADD] *whimper* the old site: http://web.archive.org/web/20010723024055/http://www.eternaldarknessonline.com/

is0lized
April 26th, 2003, 10:22
Call them up and ask to talk to someone :)

niv
April 26th, 2003, 10:45
:(

Poor Akalon

EpidemiK
April 26th, 2003, 11:06
Oh dude that sucks. Could've made some dough with it too. :p

is0lized
April 26th, 2003, 11:38
Well, it is a common name..

trenzterra
April 26th, 2003, 11:45
too bad for you... oh well if only u had registered that domain earlier evil nintendo couldn't use it :D:D

gbatalk
April 27th, 2003, 12:25
Not meaning to sound rude, but this is purely coincidence..


Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem may have been the most waited for game
since Zelda: Ocarina of Time. In development for 4 years and spanning
that many Electronic Entertainment Expos, Eternal Darkness had to be a
stellar game, or else Silicon Knights would be highly criticized.

Originally an Nintendo 64 title, Eternal Darkness was planned as a
GameCube launch title but followed a cornucopia of delays placing it on
June 24th (added by ME). It was that fateful that Eternal Darkness launched;
coincidentally, the planets also aligned that day, which turns out to be
a key part of the storyline.
Taken from here: http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/file/eternal_darkness_l.txt

The game name was confirmed from year 1 of developement.

so if the game was released in 2002

1999
2000 <- when you decided this name
2001
2002