We would like to apologise for any unpleasant experiences or doubts caused by the miscommunication of these terms
We are sorry we got called out
It said gamers agreed not to make any public statements that could be detrimental to the game’s reputation, such as a negative review, “belittling” gameplay or making “disparaging or satirical comments”.
videogamedunkey’s entire career was built on these things…
AFAIK they didn’t actually ban anything? I mean, the terms were written out but there was no actions taken on it.
These kinds of clauses are very extremely common in Japan, so while its surprising that a Chinese company would include such a clause (surprising to me only because I don’t know if China has the same type of laws regarding defamation Japan has), its also not surprising that it would be translated in this way. Its likely a clause that was never supposed to make it to countries who don’t have Japanese-like defamation laws and someone made a mistake by not removing it.
I’m not allowed to say ANYTHING negative if someone calls for a staff reference for a past staff member. Not if its a verifiable fact, not if I can provide evidence, not if I CAN SHOW THEY WERE CHARGED FOR WHAT GOT THEM FIRED.
The most negative thing I can do is say “They worked here between these dates” and repeat that answer for any and all questions.
Yep. Pretty crummy laws, IMO.
EDIT: Wait, are you referring to China? As Japan AFAIK is the same then.
Nope, Australia.
But thats a company policy. My point is that if you dont like the policy, dont take the code for a free playtest of the game.
