nothing happened after that. it only means whatever the cafes tried to prove, was futile and that SMM is right, i.e. not a scam.

scam or no scam, cafes are making a profit off Blizzard games and Blizzard should be entitled to a cut of the profits, paid to SMM.

anyhow, this isnt the right place to discuss. most of us are gamers here and might not know how to advise you properly. you should try the cari forums though, plenty of info there.

good luck!

this is currently the most entertaining thread in the forum. ok, enuff laffing. time to contribute.

Max7 is right all the way. the n00bs here have plenty to learn.

to simplfiy things:

warcraft 3 belongs to blizzard.
blizzard belongs to vivendi.
vivendi gave the rights to igamesasia (before 2007) and then to smm from then onwards.
vivendi gave smm the POWER OF ATTORNEY, which in layman terms is that they gave away their power to act on vivendi's behalf.
dota is a mod under warcraft 3.

so with the above u can arrive at this equation:

dota = warcraft 3 = blizzzard = vivendi = smm = the right hand of vivendi (to act on their behalf and whatever they want).

so, u think blizzard/vivendi doesn't know what smm is doing? just because they're quiet doesn't they don't.

also, many have been given the wrong misconception that smm owns the copyright, is caused by their sales team. they say they own the copyrights because its easier for others to understand. plus back then, a lot of cafe owners were not well educated. hence, people till today think they own the copyright.

sending an email to mike morhaime, y not send an email to George W. Bush while ur at it?

no. SMM does not carry WoW, its distributed by Asiasoft.

nope, ur wrong.

go check it from Asiasoft reps. at the recent GameAxis Live event, Asiasoft organized a little WoW event there. no SMM in sight.