Global Alpha Test Start Date

[Nix]

you're looking in the wrong place... *hint hint*

Then please enlighten me. *yawn*

[Shougun]

Then please enlighten me. *yawn*

The "other" forums? Or in the "other" game? lol

how many RMT got into alpha?

... that thought just cut me.. no idea why but damn lol hate...

[Nix]

The "other" forums? Or in the "other" game? lol

I'm not in the 'other' forums

[Abriael]

The "other" forums? Or in the "other" game? lol

... that thought just cut me.. no idea why but damn lol hate...

If it was said in game, it has very little value. Language barrier aside, what's said by a developer inside the game (the logs of which you don't have access to), no matter if he's the director, doesn't hold much of a candle to a written NDA that you signed.

@Raven_reborn: technically you already broke the NDA. No matter if you try to be cryptic about it, you already talked about events that happened in the alpha. Not that I care, mind you, but I'd cut the smugness if I were you, 'cause it's leading you to say more than you should

When a CR or or higher actually writes so in official form on the forums or on the Lodestone, then it's a different matter, but until then, yeah...better not.

[Raven_Reborn]

@Raven_reborn: technically you already broke the NDA. No matter if you try to be cryptic about it, you already talked about events that happened in the alpha. Not that I care, mind you, but I'd cut the smugness if I were you, 'cause it's leading you to say more than you should

Nope.. all I've said was that we were given permission and that I can't say more. <--- see I just summed up nearly a page of posts in one sentence :-)

Now if you take it as smug.. I can't help you with that lol

[Abriael]

Nope.. all I've said was that we were given permission and that I can't say more. <--- see I just summed up nearly a page of posts in one sentence :-)

Yeah, and if that permission has been given anywhere that the general public can't access (whether it's the alpha forums or the alpha itself), mentioning it, no matter if in cryptic terms, is a breach of NDA.

[Raven_Reborn]

Yeah, and if that permission has been given anywhere that the general public can't access (whether it's the alpha forums or the alpha itself), mentioning it, no matter if in cryptic terms, is a breach of NDA.

Now you're reaching for thin air lol .. ta ta now. /wave

[Aion]

Yeah, and if that permission has been given anywhere that the general public can access (whether it's the alpha forums or the alpha itself), mentioning it, no matter if in cryptic terms, is a breach of NDA.

what about blogs that posted NDA content? sure I see one up till now...SE can do nothing? LoL

[Abriael]

what about blogs that posted NDA content? sure I see one up till now...SE can do nothing? LoL

If you mean content of the NDA itself (IE. the rules) then it's no breach, as it's publicly available.

If you mean blogs that publish content covered by NDA (pictures, movies. impressions, any kind of info and what not) SE can technically bring them to court and ask for damages. The blog owner/writer could wiggle out of the worst part of the trouble by demonstrating that the content posted was provided by someone else and that he didn't personally sign any NDA, but if he did sign the NDA he's pretty much nailed.

In any case SE can send a Cease and Desist letter to the blog owner, in which case the content has to be taken down, because it's infringing on Square Enix's intellectual property.

if it's not taken down, then SE can bring the blog owner/writer to court.

[Nix]

what about blogs that posted NDA content? sure I see one up till now...SE can do nothing? LoL

NDA content as in the terms of the NDA or alpha test material not released by SE?


Here's a little story from 1.0 alpha-
Some guy thought he was being super-clever by showing a live stream of him playing. He had his alpha account terminated and here's his open-ended Baw-fest
http://www.calvyno.com/ABopenletter.php

Moral of the story: NDA breakage, not even once.