StarCraft Supreme Court Hears Build Order Fraud Case

 
The Starcraft 2 build order fraud case FrozenImpact v. Lillekanin, 2904 S.C.2. 2R1F (2014) has been decided after less than 24 hours of deliberation. In an unprecedented move, the StarCraft Supreme Court has ruled against both parties in the case, holding that “everyone involved deserves to lose.”

Plaintiff FrozenImpact originally accused defendant Lillekanin of stealing his two barracks, one factory Terran versus Protoss build order, fraudulently representing the strategy as his own for personal gain. FrozenImpact sued for several thousand Reddit upvotes, 300 NA server ladder points, and compensatory e-fame.

While the court acknowledged that the plaintiff presented a preponderance of evidence that indicated he was the original author of the build, the court also held that attempting to copyright a concept as simple as 2-rax pressure shows an “unforgivable level of self-unaware douchebaggery.”

“Keeping a great TvP build secret violates the Due Protoss clause of the StarCraft Constitution,” wrote Justice Shaun Clark in a 2,000 word opinion, adding that defendant Lillekanin still managed to accomplish something for the public good in spite of his “idiotic and deeply misguided fame-seeking.”

The case was the first heard by the court involving entirely unknown StarCraft 2 players hotly contesting negligible amounts of temporary Internet notoriety.

“Build orders — and your own minions — are notoriously difficult to execute, trust me,” said Justice Stemkoski. “However, the StarCraft community should stop naming things after people, whether its build orders or buildings.”

The court voted 8-0-1 against both parties, with the single abstain coming from Chief Justice David Kim.

“Both parties’ arguments and feedback largely drives how we evaluated this case,” said Justice Kim in a press conference after the court’s ruling was announced. “All of the topics discussed in this case remain a major focus for us, thank you very much and we look forward to deciding another case again soon.”