Remember when Valve demanded everyone 'cease and desist' talking about a (downright stolen) early leak? No?Mr. B Natural said:You can replace Bioware with just about any respected...or partially respected dev in gaming today. So, although I hate the mentality, I'm not sure why bioware has been plucked out of the box.
"My advice is don't listen to that guy. Listen to my advice instead. It's exactly the same but fuck that guy. I am the sole arbiter of truth in here"Lothars said:My advice for everyone is play the game when it's out and make your own opinion, Derrick's is not the one i would be taking the advice from.
Without any spoilers the thread could be written now.Patryn said:At least I can look forward to the party in the Story Discussion thread again. That should lead to a few weeks of comedy, right?
Branduil said:I mean I hate to bring up the slippery slope argument but what's to stop Bioware from telling EviLore to delete negative posts about Bioware or else?
Hyunkel6 said:Whoa, is this the first time that something like that happened to GAF?
Darklord said:How can they do that? The info gets leaked and posted on a forum. What exactly is illegal or against the law here? Actvision didn't send a C&D to Kotaku over MW3.
And why would GAF fold so easily?
Woffls said:To be fair, their main concern is probably over fans of the series having it spoiled for them. This doesn't help in any way at all, but we couldn't say their hearts aren't in the right place. Or not; who knows?
EviLore said:There is no goddamn bluff.
Lothars said:I agree which is bad either way, every thread about Mass Effect turns bad on both sides.
Branduil said:I mean I hate to bring up the slippery slope argument but what's to stop Bioware from telling EviLore to delete negative posts about Bioware or else?
planar1280 said:yes this! whats to stop them from saying this and that thread is undermining the sale and reputation of our game with leaks about info. where is the line?
Kinyou said:btw. What will happen when the obligatory Mass Effect 3 story discussion thread comes in march? Will they shut down the whole forum?
Have we tried the romance option yet?Zeliard said:Fight the ISP!
EviLore said:There is no goddamn bluff.
Josh7289 said:Well, this sucks. We don't even rely on them for review copies of games or anything.
There we go.weeaboo said:So... Mass Effect 3 day +460 @ $5 confirmed, right?
Well, to be honest, if this was Valve's game several users along with their families would be already nukedShake Appeal said:Remember when Valve demanded everyone 'cease and desist' talking about a (downright stolen) early leak? No?
Compare Bioware's PR response with Valve's here: http://www.shacknews.com/article/286...-2-source-leak
Everyone is allowed their opinion, I disagree I don't like how they did this with a C&D against any forum because it's a shitty thing to do anyway but I don't think Bioware is a terrible company.PataHikari said:Nah, the side that "will never get Mass Effect 3 because Bioware's a terrible company" is most definitely good.
Yeah, I totally agree. You really can't blame him.FStop7 said:Don't blame Evilore for taking the thread down. EA has a lot of legal weight to throw around, and GAF is Evilore's livelihood. If you were in his shoes would you seriously entertain losing your livelihood, your income, over leaked video game spoilers? Even if EA is 100% full of shit, the costs of fighting a potential lawsuit will be high.
All blame should be directed squarely at Bioware/EA. Nowhere else.
Ferrio said:I wish Bioware would cease and desist.
FStop7 said:Don't blame Evilore for taking the thread down. EA has a lot of legal weight to throw around, and GAF is Evilore's livelihood. If you were in his shoes would you seriously entertain losing your livelihood, your income, over leaked video game spoilers? Even if EA is 100% full of shit, the costs of fighting a potential lawsuit will be high.
All blame should be directed squarely at Bioware/EA. Nowhere else.
It's not a clear line. What about posting opinions about the leaked information? The google thing was one thing, this is on an entirely different and disturbing level.Joe Shlabotnik said:Opinion is not leaked information.
Fixed by Drkirby said:So... Mass Effect 3 day +460 @ $5 confirmed, right?
Bioware's PR dollars at work.ultron87 said:This behavior has made me several times more likely to go search out the spoilers somewhere than I would've been had they just left the thread alone.
They made a skype call with Mattrick probably, he looked all smug and then Major Nelson showed a Halo trailer.BigJiantRobut said:Has Bioware made any public statements to Microsoft in this situation, by the way? Seems like it was kinda their fault. A little bit.
Exactly.FStop7 said:Don't blame Evilore for taking the thread down. EA has a lot of legal weight to throw around, and GAF is Evilore's livelihood. If you were in his shoes would you seriously entertain losing your livelihood, your income, over leaked video game spoilers? Even if EA had a 99.9% chance of losing any legal case, the amount of time and money that it would cost him to fight it would be sky high.
All blame should be directed squarely at Bioware/EA. Nowhere else.