Question about The Conduit... Does this rip off of Mass Effect?

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#1 Agressive_Sock
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Did this game rip off of Mass Effect real bad? Mass Effect has a thing in it called The Conduit... I can't belive their game devolpers would do that... What is The Conduit in The Conduit? Its probably going to be a Small teleporter that sends you right into a big ship that everybody lives on in that game... Total rip off.

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#2 NAPK1NS
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:| I suppose the things in your fuse box are a copy, too.
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#3 deactivated-5f4694ac412a8
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There's also a Conduit in iNFAMOUS, to my knowledge. ;)
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#4 deactivated-5d6e91f5c147a
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I'm not really sure what to say to this actually...
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#5 dotWithShoes
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I'm not really sure what to say to this actually...siLVURcross
Don't think there is much that can be said about it honestly.
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#6 alia999
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I think The Conduit AND Mass Effect BOTH absolutely disgustingly ripped off Halo 1, I mean, they both have GUNS, just like Halo invented.

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#7 Brawl578
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No, because The Conduit in The Conduit is The Conduit.

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I think The Conduit AND Mass Effect BOTH absolutely disgustingly ripped off Halo 1, I mean, they both have GUNS, just like Halo invented.

alia999

Mt thinks there were guns in games before Halo. Quake, Doom, etc.

And lot of things have conduits...

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#9 Shinno441
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I think The Conduit AND Mass Effect BOTH absolutely disgustingly ripped off Halo 1, I mean, they both have GUNS, just like Halo invented.

alia999

Wrong, they all ripped off of the show Home Improvement, I mean, the guy fixed things, there had to have been guns and a conduit SOMEWHERE in the series... Right?

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#10 alia999
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[QUOTE="alia999"]

I think The Conduit AND Mass Effect BOTH absolutely disgustingly ripped off Halo 1, I mean, they both have GUNS, just like Halo invented.

Shinno441

Wrong, they all ripped off of the show Home Improvement, I mean, the guy fixed things, there had to have been guns and a conduit SOMEWHERE in the series... Right?

Home Improvement? Didnt that copy Halo by starting with an 'H'? I mean, we ALL know Halo started THAT.

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#11 Agressive_Sock
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Stop making fun me... Did this game rip off?

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#12 DeadEndPanda
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Stop making fun me... Did this game rip off?

Agressive_Sock

no one in the whole world would make a that obvious rip-off lol

its like disney would rip-off tom and jerry and call it "tom and jerry"

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#13 Cherokee_Jack
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Stop making fun me... Did this game rip off?

Agressive_Sock

It may have ripped off a lot of things, but the word "conduit" isn't one of them.

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#14 jonnyt61
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Stop making fun me... Did this game rip off?

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Sock... puppet? Sounds like an alt account.
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wow....this is reaching. :|
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#16 Nedemis
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No, because The Conduit in The Conduit is The Conduit.

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hah....I lol'd. :)
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#17 -Oath
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.... oh dear....

I have no words to discribe how I feel about this...

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#18 Ross_the_B0SS
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Conduit is a word. It's not some made up machine.

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#19 kunggustaf
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:lol: Best thread eva! I can't even believe we are actually arguing about an exclusive right to a WORD.

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#20 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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No, regrettably, The COnduit does not rip off from Mass Effect, it rips off from the Bourne movies, as both their names begin with the word 'the.'
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#21 cainetao11
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[QUOTE="Shinno441"]

[QUOTE="alia999"]

I think The Conduit AND Mass Effect BOTH absolutely disgustingly ripped off Halo 1, I mean, they both have GUNS, just like Halo invented.

Wrong, they all ripped off of the show Home Improvement, I mean, the guy fixed things, there had to have been guns and a conduit SOMEWHERE in the series... Right?

A Tim The Tool man game would be the best game ever! Start crying MGS 4 fans!
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#23 deactivated-59da85d821feb
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This thread is full of win!

The Conduit is a word that MS bought exclusive rights to. It has no right to be on another platform :evil:

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#24 AtomicBaconBits
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Do you seriously not know that "Conduit" is a common word? :lol:
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#25 deactivated-5f4694ac412a8
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[QUOTE="jimkabrhel"]

[QUOTE="alia999"]

I think The Conduit AND Mass Effect BOTH absolutely disgustingly ripped off Halo 1, I mean, they both have GUNS, just like Halo invented.

Mt thinks there were guns in games before Halo. Quake, Doom, etc.

And lot of things have conduits...

...He's being satirical. :|
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#26 foxhound_fox
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I would ask what the Conduit it in The Conduit is and then mention what it is in Mass Effect, but that's a huge spoiler.

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#28 Ikouze
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I guess the name sounds cool to them.

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#29 LordQuorthon
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I've heard The Conduit's soundtrack rips off the minor E scale a couple of times too.

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#30 deactivated-5b78379493e12
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[QUOTE="jimkabrhel"]

[QUOTE="alia999"]

I think The Conduit AND Mass Effect BOTH absolutely disgustingly ripped off Halo 1, I mean, they both have GUNS, just like Halo invented.

DeathScape666

Mt thinks there were guns in games before Halo. Quake, Doom, etc.

And lot of things have conduits...

...He's being satirical. :|

And I was trying to be funny, but I FAILED.

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#31 SpinoRaptor24
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So because it has a Conduit in the game then it means it ripped it off Mass Effect?

Sorry TC, but The Conduit and Mass Effect have completely different stories.

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#32 ArisShadows
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Seriously?

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#33 VideoGameGuy
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The Conduit in the game The Conduit is just a passage, they could have used a million different terms i suppose: The Channel, The Conductor, The Culvert, The Duct, The Gully, The Pipe, The Spout... i dunno..
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#34 enterawesome
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Actually, I thought this would be concerning enemies in The Conduit, which vaguely resemble Geth. Instead I am treated to some claim that when a game's title bears the same name as an object in another game, one is a rip-off the other.
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#35 kansasdude2009
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Conduit is a word with a meaning. Nothing more.

/thread

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#36 gamefan67
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Not only does it rip-off of Mass-Effect but it also rips off the alphabet and the dictionary. Copy right infringement sucks. I'm surprised Webster has not sued HVS yet.
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#37 LinKuei_warrior
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in order to fully understnad "Conduit", play mass effect, as it is the main thing needed to stop the bad guy in that game!

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#38 skrat_01
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They both have people and aliens in them. Totally a ripoff. :|