July 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Yesterday, Bungie filed a lawsuit against Luca Leone, a streamer who evaded bans 13 different times, streamed himself using cheats, sells social media accounts and Destiny emblems, and most pressingly, has made a number of threats against Bungie and its employees, including but not limited to \u201cjoking\u201d about burning its headquarters down and moving to Seattle and saying the game’s community manager was \u201cnot safe\u201d with him so close. Bungie is suing for $150,000 in damages, and is moving to get the court to block Leone from contacting any Bungie employees or players. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWhile these may not be the first arguments for each of these issues in the gaming field, it’s a pretty clear strategy that Bungie is pulling out all the stops to protect its game, employees and its community, though they have faced pushback for the legal action from some. A chorus of those claiming that Bungie is \u201cruining the lives\u201d of young players (the last two cases) over a game, but again, in the second case, those are serious threats that cannot merely be dismissed as \u201ctrolling.\u201d The first case was someone literally posing as a corporation hunting down its own players (even if a secondary culprit there is YouTube and their terrible DMCA takedown system). <\/p>\n
The idea here is to make example of cheaters, cheat-sellers, trolls and harassers in order to further discourage that behavior. We do not know what will happen with a number of these cases as they move forward, and how they may reshape the community, but it’s pretty clear that Bungie will not hesitate to use severe legal action against the worst elements of its playerbase to try and protect itself and the broader community. I’m curious if other companies may start following their lead if these cases pan out in their favor, as obviously Destiny is far from the only game facing these kinds of issues.<\/p>\n
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