...grrr

[Akalon]

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]

Call them up and ask to talk to someone

 

[niv]

Poor Akalon

 

[EpidemiK]

Oh dude that sucks. Could've made some dough with it too.

 

[is0lized]

Well, it is a common name..

 

[trenzterra]

too bad for you... oh well if only u had registered that domain earlier evil nintendo couldn't use it

 

[gbatalk]

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