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Counter-Strike Source: coL sues Velocity Servers for breach of contract

By: Mark Cheben - Published April 05, 2007 at 10:08 PM EDT - Writer Archive
Complexity Gaming sued Velocity Servers on March 23rd in Erie County, New York.
Complexity alleges that Velocity Servers is in breach of the business partnership agreement the two companies signed on February 1st 2007 that was to last one year. According to the filed complaint, Complexity received a check for six thousand dollars as per the terms of the contract on February 6th 2007 from Velocity Servers. However Velocity stopped payment on the check and Complexity did not receive the stipulated funds.

The complaint also states that Velocity has failed to make any payment to Complexity and that Velocity has also failed to provide them with game servers. Complexity has valued the game servers at ten thousand eight hundred dollars, bringing the entire suit total to sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars ($16,800.00).

Jason Lake, the owner and manager of Complexity, had the following to say:

“In my opinion, this is a black and white case of a breach of contract. While similar organizations have declined to pursue such things in the past, Complexity Gaming has no intention of tolerating such behavior, and we have taken the appropriate actions to defend ourselves.”

Velocity Servers, established in 2003, is a Game Server Provider based out of Williamsville, New York that has servers located in New York, Chicago, Dallas, San Jose, and Ashburn, Virginia. Velocity Servers did not give a comment at this time.

You can view the entire complaint HERE

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dangg

velocity getting suedd
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Good job Jason, you're the man.
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"bringing the entire suit total to sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars ($16,800.00). "

OUCH.
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roflllllllllllll
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put those velocity beehotches in line, hellz yeah
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$10,800 for servers? wow...
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my velocity server is sucking rofl.
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Velocity pays compLexity 6k per month + gives game servers to them? Now that's a nice deal... well if they actually paid :]
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I would love to see how they came up with the server total of $10,800. That is giving them a server valued at $900 per month, for the 1 year deal. Also, I am sure Complexity had to do some things to EARN the sponsorship. I would love to hear what Complexity had to do, to EARN this money (appearances, clothing, ads, etc...).

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woah.
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Business side of things. o_O
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gg no re
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all i have to say to velocity is...


LAAAAAAATTTEEEEE
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its nice to see someone who breaks a contract in the gaming world be held accountable
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I heard about this a while back. Velocity I am sure can afford a team of lawyers, but all depending on the contract terms it seems like it would be pretty easy case for a lawyer ( Jason Lake ) to win.
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#13 you could say that again. 17k? jesus.
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A good step towards professionalism is to hold people (sponsors, teams, and players) accountable to their contracts.
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DOMINATED
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im not suprised...
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Go Complexity, sue everything around you aswell while your at it.
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good on him ai. Lots of teams/organisations dont get involved because they a.) dont understand the law or b.) cant afford it. Makes eSports an easy target.

Hopefully more orgas can start doing this. Its not the process and the monetary issues that ANYONE should be concerned with here, its keeping the industry HONEST, making those shifty characters realize if you stuff someone around u'll get burnt..

didn't get ur point #9
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Something people seem to be forgetting is that Jason Lake is a lawyer himself. He isn't going to sue another company for $17k if he isn't sure he will win. Velocity put a STOP PAYMENT on a check they already sent, that means it most likely BOUNCED in someones bank account. And I doubt the server costs are for one server, compLexity likes to give their community deathmatch servers as well. They use to have several 1.6 (new york, chicago, dallas, atlanta, etc.).

Will be interesting to see the outcome of this.
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Seems like too much money for some servers?
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LAY DOWN THE HAMMER LAKE
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Bravo. Nice to see an organization actually stand up for itself and get truly confrontational in this sort of situation. It doesn't happen enough.

#20 im pretty sure coL has never sued anyone.
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am i the only one that was able to apreciate the banner for this article?
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so it took about two weeks for this post (explaining the exact same thing thats on the pdf) to see the light of day? I expected a little more
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just think how much money velocity got out of the publicity they got from being coL's main server provider. gj lake
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#28 im sure it had to do with legal issues or wasnt known about at that time
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I thought it was a lot for servers at first too, but if you think about it it really isn't that much if they were going to BUY the servers. An ordinary computer can cost $2000 easily, good servers can be even more.

I don' t think we're talking about renting a few ordinary shared servers like all of us normal cs players do, unless they were entering a contract for many years in advance (which they wouldn't do). To host your own dedicated boxes on solid connections it can be amazingly expensive.
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jlake laying down the law
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#8 6k a month for 6-7 ppl isnt good...plus expenses
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17k isnt going to do too much.
at least we know that this is going for the principle. wootwoot
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i dont understand how 6-7 ppl can live off of 6k a month, thats so little...

HUMILIATION
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uh oh...get em jason.
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I've been waiting for this to happen.

My only thoughts are of the judge and the lawyers going "You do what now?"
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#35 it's just one sponsor not their only source of income.
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#39 yeah ur right, i just realized they get sponsored by a hole bunch of other things
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Wow, nice Jason Lake/Complexity.

Finally, someone actually taking legal action for breaches in contracts (hoorai v 69n28e and Begrip v face/NiP never really happened or followed up on that). It's a good sign showing how serious and professional gaming and taking contracts have become.

Ignore people like #20, they have no clue or brains to have a somewhat relevant contribution to such topics.
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"Velocity has also failed to provide them with game servers. Complexity has valued the game servers at ten thousand eight hundred dollars"



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I think coL has the right to do this... I'm anxious of the outcome
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#15 - A team of lawyers? Please.
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yes because the only sponsors or cash flow is velocity servers #35, idiot
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go coL!
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17K isn't no money.
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#47 wait till u get a job ;)
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i never liked velocity in the first place
peace.
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#48 it isnt much for companies to sew over...
i doubt they're sewing for the money. more for the principle
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