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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What was so secret about it?

[–] [email protected] 88 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

So apparently they had a bit asking players to not share info about the game, but you could technically back out of it without agreeing so legally they can post whatever they want. It feels like a case of "this is legal to do but maybe kinda shitty and valve might be upset". Basically the agreement was informal and not enforceable and the verge just said fuck it. They did get banned afterwards, but I think that and not working with them in the future is all valve can do.

Edit: didn't even require agreement, so honestly it's kinda fair game. I was a bit hostile calling it shitty, I felt like it was a loophole or something but it's more Valve just saying "hey pls don't" and the verge replying "no thanks", and eating the game ban since that's all valve can really do.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There isn't even an informal agreement. It simply says not to share anything. Not even "by playing this, you agree not to share anything". It's just "please don't share anything" without any action required by your side.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, gaylord_fartmaster let me know. I thought the message was one of those "scroll down and click agree on this eula" things but its just a pop up box, so it's def not enforceable.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Nobody is saying it's enforceable. It's just a shitty thing to do when someone shows you something in confidence, asks not to share it, and you publish an entire news article about it. It's just a dick move. Obviously nothing illegal about it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Valve got burned many ages ago with Half-Life 2 and they only go to press about a game when it's in the final phases of development, to release.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Bullshit. The actual reason will be that this is far better marketing once you're at a level of Valve. Shit gets leaked anyways, might as well make it intentionally so to fuel the hype cycle.