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Someone wanted a Space Port fic
Sep. 17th, 2016 02:27 pm
Meep asked for a Space Port story. Dub-con because of the nature of the business Braden works in.
Title: Those Meant to be Together
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 1362
Braden had been in the city for awhile but the view never lost its impact, the projecting towers reaching for space even though they never left the ground. He’d heard the talk. The towers weren’t space ships but they were the entrance to space, the Space Port of the city. Some magic within them transported people and things out to ships that alternated in their attendance in orbit.
He shook himself, if he wasn’t quick about it he’d be late to work. It wasn’t much, behind the scenes oiling the gears that kept the visible entertainment running smoothly, but it kept him fed and gave him a bed each evening. He could live inside the large building without ever going outside; for there were shops for clothing, places to keep you coiffed to reflect well on the business, and most importantly medical care. It did not speak well of the company if anyone, patrons came into contact with or could come into contact with, did not project a clean, neat and medically healthy image, as well as being so in fact. So it wasn’t necessary at all for Braden to be outside the building, it wasn’t forbidden though. And so it was that he stood outside to gaze at the Space Port as dawn rose behind it.
Lines crossed the sky, path evidence of lighter ships ferrying people above the ground traffic to or from the towers. The evening view would be as impressive, as the starlight fought to overtake the day’s light. It never quite succeeded. Too many other lights to compete against, for a space port city never really shut its eyes.
“Hello.”
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http://www.candyswipe.com/king.html
Open letter to King.com who wants to cancel the registration of the CandySwipe trademark.
Dear King,
Congratulations! You win! I created my game CandySwipe in memory of my late mother who passed away at an early age of 62 of leukemia. I released CandySwipe in 2010 five months after she passed and I made it because she always liked these sorts of games. In fact, if you beat the full version of the android game, you will still get the message saying "...the game was made in memory of my mother, Layla..." I created this game for warmhearted people like her and to help support my family, wife and two boys 10 and 4. Two years after I released CandySwipe, you released Candy Crush Saga on mobile; the app icon, candy pieces, and even the rewarding, "Sweet!" are nearly identical. So much so, that I have hundreds of instances of actual confusion from users who think CandySwipe is Candy Crush Saga, or that CandySwipe is a Candy Crush Saga knockoff. So when you attempted to register your trademark in 2012, I opposed it for "likelihood of confusion" (which is within my legal right) given I filed for my registered trademark back in 2010 (two years before Candy Crush Saga existed). Now, after quietly battling this trademark opposition for a year, I have learned that you now want to cancel my CandySwipe trademark so that I don't have the right to use my own game's name. You are able to do this because only within the last month you purchased the rights to a game named Candy Crusher (which is nothing like CandySwipe or even Candy Crush Saga). Good for you, you win. I hope you're happy taking the food out of my family's mouth when CandySwipe clearly existed well before Candy Crush Saga.
I have spent over three years working on this game as an independent app developer. I learned how to code on my own after my mother passed and CandySwipe was my first and most successful game; it's my livelihood, and you are now attempting to take that away from me. You have taken away the possibility of CandySwipe blossoming into what it has the potential of becoming. I have been quiet, not to exploit the situation, hoping that both sides could agree on a peaceful resolution. However, your move to buy a trademark for the sole purpose of getting away with infringing on the CandySwipe trademark and goodwill just sickens me.
This also contradicts your recent quote by Riccardo in "An open letter on intellectual property" posted on your website which states, "We believe in a thriving game development community, and believe that good game developers – both small and large - have every right to protect the hard work they do and the games they create."
I myself was only trying to protect my hard work.
I wanted to take this moment to write you this letter so that you know who I am. Because I now know exactly what you are. Congratulations on your success!
Sincerely,
Albert Ransom
President (Founder), Runsome Apps Inc.
Link to confusion between CandySwipe and Candy Crush Saga
Link to Trademark Opposition - http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91210162&pty=OPP&eno=9
Link to recent Gamezebo article featuring this story.
©2014CandySwipe.com
Open letter to King.com who wants to cancel the registration of the CandySwipe trademark.
Dear King,
Congratulations! You win! I created my game CandySwipe in memory of my late mother who passed away at an early age of 62 of leukemia. I released CandySwipe in 2010 five months after she passed and I made it because she always liked these sorts of games. In fact, if you beat the full version of the android game, you will still get the message saying "...the game was made in memory of my mother, Layla..." I created this game for warmhearted people like her and to help support my family, wife and two boys 10 and 4. Two years after I released CandySwipe, you released Candy Crush Saga on mobile; the app icon, candy pieces, and even the rewarding, "Sweet!" are nearly identical. So much so, that I have hundreds of instances of actual confusion from users who think CandySwipe is Candy Crush Saga, or that CandySwipe is a Candy Crush Saga knockoff. So when you attempted to register your trademark in 2012, I opposed it for "likelihood of confusion" (which is within my legal right) given I filed for my registered trademark back in 2010 (two years before Candy Crush Saga existed). Now, after quietly battling this trademark opposition for a year, I have learned that you now want to cancel my CandySwipe trademark so that I don't have the right to use my own game's name. You are able to do this because only within the last month you purchased the rights to a game named Candy Crusher (which is nothing like CandySwipe or even Candy Crush Saga). Good for you, you win. I hope you're happy taking the food out of my family's mouth when CandySwipe clearly existed well before Candy Crush Saga.
I have spent over three years working on this game as an independent app developer. I learned how to code on my own after my mother passed and CandySwipe was my first and most successful game; it's my livelihood, and you are now attempting to take that away from me. You have taken away the possibility of CandySwipe blossoming into what it has the potential of becoming. I have been quiet, not to exploit the situation, hoping that both sides could agree on a peaceful resolution. However, your move to buy a trademark for the sole purpose of getting away with infringing on the CandySwipe trademark and goodwill just sickens me.
This also contradicts your recent quote by Riccardo in "An open letter on intellectual property" posted on your website which states, "We believe in a thriving game development community, and believe that good game developers – both small and large - have every right to protect the hard work they do and the games they create."
I myself was only trying to protect my hard work.
I wanted to take this moment to write you this letter so that you know who I am. Because I now know exactly what you are. Congratulations on your success!
Sincerely,
Albert Ransom
President (Founder), Runsome Apps Inc.
Link to confusion between CandySwipe and Candy Crush Saga
Link to Trademark Opposition - http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91210162&pty=OPP&eno=9
Link to recent Gamezebo article featuring this story.
©2014CandySwipe.com
Chance Meeting
Mar. 13th, 2013 12:09 pmTitle: Chance Meeting
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 777
Rating & warning: hard R, dub-con
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Author: charisstoma
Word count: 777
Rating & warning: hard R, dub-con
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Continues here with And the Plot Thickens
