So, there is a company by the name ”Rude Gameware” that says it CREATES gaming accessories with cheap price tags.

Could the price be cheap because they STEAL others’ ideas and designs? Noo… that doesn’t sound right at all. Let’s

see if there’s ANY truth in this at all.

 

Here they are, demonstrating their brand new mouse with killer stats, looks and functionality. They must be really

proud of THEIR grand design. I wonder if they could tell me the designer’s name, because it IS rather fancy…?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNU1Ho0ar_c

 

And then we take a look at the two following pictures, both taken from facebook.

Looks to me like they just photoshopped the logo, even the reflections are exactly the same… The REAL thing

is none less than the brand new, great mouse called Ulti-mat Chill. A result of listening to what people want, and

designs made based on the feedback.

(Just so you know, you can drop by and have a chat with Ulti-mat’s owner on IRC: Quakenet #www.ulti-mat.com)

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Oh, and now that we’re getting started, the mouse pad they showed off in the video, is a DIRECT COPY of a long

term hit mouse pad from Ultimat. You don’t need to do much detective work to see it is true, if you want to. Oh well,

since I’m getting started, here you go:

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I don’t think I need to say anything. Let’s move on instead, to another very small, but really enthusiastic and innovative gaming gear designer: Mionix.

Now this is starting to adopt some rather humorous characteristics.

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Gee, they just accidentally happened to make even the HIGHLY UNUSUAL weight holder exactly the same, didn’t they? Oh yeah, I promised something

funny.

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Oh, and you know, this mouse has a rather unusually shaped skates too.

Guess what – a computer store just happens to sell skates that fit both of them:

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There you have it folks, now you know. This line of business is really hard, and designing something that actually works is not easy. Sure, there can be

copyright laws on different continents at play here, but you still shouldn’t steal someone else’s hard work, especially if it’s a small, even nearly-one-man

company that is trying hard to succeed. Laws are one thing, but some things are much worse than “just another crime”.

                                      It’s your move. . .