Former GTA RP NoPixel server dev DW is suing owner Koil for considerable sum Rockstar \/ NoPixelA former developer on GTA RP\u2019s most popular server, NoPixel, DW is suing the platform\u2019s founder, Koil over ownership disputes following an abrupt termination of their partnership. Over the past few years, many GTA role-playing servers have come and gone. Though NoPixel continues to stand tall as the game\u2019s most popular place to become a new character and live through their virtual eyes. At the peak of its popularity, hundreds of thousands would be watching along daily as social media superstars all jumped into the fan-favorite server with swarms of players all wanting to gain access too. Throughout its reign atop the RP charts, NoPixel has racked up millions in revenue, owing to its immense popularity. It\u2019s no small operation and as a result, various developers have been recruited to help improve the server and keep it all afloat. Among the hires made by its founder Koil, was Danny Tracey, best known to the community as DW. Though following a fruitful partnership, one which saw DW working on integral features and components both in plain view and under the hood, the software developer is now taking his former business partner to court. As revealed in early May, through a lawsuit filed in the US District Court of California on April 10, NoPixel is being sued by DW. Over the course of nearly three years, from early 2020 to the end of 2022, the lawsuit outlines DW\u2019s contributions to the NoPixel server. While working on a range of key features to keep the popular server thriving at its peak, DW also allegedly developed perhaps the most important aspect of all: its funding pipeline. \u201cMr. Tracey designed and created the entire payment processing system utilized by the NoPixel server, which has facilitated the processing of millions of dollars in payments,\u201d the lawsuit reads. However, despite the server\u2019s popularity and a seemingly thriving business model, it apparently wasn\u2019t all going to plan behind the scenes. Personal conflicts bubbled up and Koil, NoPixel\u2019s founder, allegedly terminated DW\u2019s contract, though failing to communicate as much at the time. \u201cMr. Tracey received no notice of his termination whatsoever,\u201d the legal document claims. In light of this, DW logged back into the NoPixel server \u201cas he normally would \u2013 completely unaware that such action could technically constitute unauthorized access to the NoPixel server.\u201d It was due to this login, after having been terminated, that a statement was issued to all role players in December 2022. \u201cToday NoPixel experienced unauthorized access to users private information from a former NoPixel employee. The employee had already been terminated at the time of the unauthorized access yet was able to access and export information before user permissions could fully be removed.\u201d As a result of this miscommunicated termination, the subsequent server login from DW, along with a more convoluted dispute over ownership stakes due to the nature of DW\u2019s working agreement under business management company TOVE, this lawsuit has been filed. DW is seeking not only a minimum sum of $150,000, but also for a great deal more due to the aforementioned agreement. As part of DW\u2019s deal, TOVE was seemingly promised \u201c50% of revenue\u201d from NoPixel during the time of the deal. The final fee is \u201cto be determined at trial,\u201d though an exact date for the initial hearing is yet to be publicized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former GTA RP NoPixel server dev DW is suing owner Koil for considerable sum Rockstar \/ NoPixelA former developer on GTA RP\u2019s most popular server, NoPixel, DW is suing the platform\u2019s founder, Koil over ownership disputes following an abrupt termination of their partnership. Over the past few years, many GTA role-playing servers have come and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}