I just got back home, and was about to check the comments when I noticed someone telling me the videos for The Secret World I uploaded from a Korean website is infringing some rights as there is a media embargo on them. Fair enough, I could always use an email from Funcom and I will delete them. But instead, Funcom, like Square Enix previously (I am laughing at FFXIV’s plight), chose to ask YouTube to delete the videos and send me my 2nd warning, in which a 3rd will cause my account to be permanently suspended.
What the hell is wrong with the gaming industry nowadays? Whenever we talk about community, isn’t it fair to just give someone an email and at least 24 hours notice for something to be done before doing something drastic? MMO Culture is not a big site by all means, I did not know anything about the embargo until 30 minutes ago. Funcom, Square Enix…
Being in the Community Department of an online gaming company myself, this is something I will make sure which will not happen to any of our fans. Education always comes first, then the tough love. Seriously, the “big” companies should really brush up on their community engagement work. 1 for the “good guys”, 0 for the baddy.
