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Originally Posted by Nairbog  I'm not so sure about those wanting VG to work being able to speak freely. I think most of those people valued their beta spot more than those that thought it was a worthless POS, and so were more wary of breaking the NDA. Even if they weren't banning those speaking positively while breaking the NDA, it was impossible to know that for sure and the fear was there. (atleast for me) |
Don't you remember the pictures? Beta testers were posting favorable pictures of the game to make a point that Utnayan was wrong about whatever point he was talking about. They often started their posts by saying, "I'll probably get banned for this but... " and post the picture and comments anyway. Then around page 10 of the thread, it was questioned why was it that they were allowed to breach the NDA while others were being kicked out for bad press. And then poof! Bye-bye went the thread. And the Requiem or Ravenn (I forget) had to remind everyone not to do that anymore. But they tried. That's how I remember it, anyway.
EDIT: I'm just saying, that before everyone just blames the whole thing on Utnayan or Neric, etc... You have to remember that those that had faith in the game were given more leeway whereas those that didn't have faith in the game, either weren't allowed to talk about it, and if they did, weren't to be trusted anyway because NDA breakers are known liars.
It was a tough thing. You knew people were going to spend thousands of dollars on new equipment just for that game. There was a forum dedicated to just telling people what to buy or how to upgrade. It wasn't just $50. For some testers, they felt those people would never see the game in the way it was being hyped to them to justify the cost. As we see even now, people from Sigil knew it wasn't ready and things were going wrong and they too, couldn't say a word. They would have been fired. I also remember reading a post from Brad saying he was looking at NDA breakers and that his lawyers were handling it.
What does that say about how crazy this industry has become?
