[quote name='Grido' date='20 November 2009 - 08:49 PM' timestamp='1258742997' post='47972']
7. - There used to be/is a comment (somewhere) referring to 50% of spent credits being refunded due to a move to beta/mass reset. They would like this to still be included within the entry rather than ""The player agrees that he is not eligible for refunds under any circumstances."".
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The 50% refund was talked about when there was a real chance will be reset once it moved to a final version. Since such a final version is no longer the case and md is under constant and perpetual development, and since i managed to move from stage to stage without any reset, that no longer stands. In case of a planed reset, which is very unlikely, i will decide then what to do with this. A unexpected reset, like due to a database error or some major bug causing massive damage may still happen, in such cases i will do whatever possible to recover any damage, but still, refund refers to cash refund and not to credits refund. I cant bind myself/MD to refund cash when all the money that comes in goes back to support the game. A credit refund is something entirely different than a cash refund.
[quote name='Grido' date='20 November 2009 - 08:49 PM' timestamp='1258742997' post='47972']
8. - They feel the paragraph;
""MagicDuel team may, at their disgression, terminate any game account with our without notice, without disclosing a reason for doing so. Under these circumstances any remaining time or services paid for will become null and void and any items on the character will be deleted.""
Shouldn't be so open-ended, that there should be a clarification that the player has to have actually done something wrong to warrant the termination of the account.
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As you know i am always explaining such actions, and most of the time public. In fact a lot of people that did something never got baned or deleted. However, i reserve my right to remove accounts "just because i want so". Not disclosing reasons is often an excuse not to tell the involved person that he/she is under pending investigation for fraud payments, or that i received complains or official requests concerning that person and its simply better to get rid of that account asap than to follow all legal consequences of protecting it. Also in case of code issues, if for example an account gets deleted, i do not want to be responsable for that and then feel legaly obligated to restore that account. I have enough moral responsability to do what i can do best to make things right. The purpose of such a terms and conditions, in case you have not read others by now, is to act as a final legal barrier between all loonatics that might want to attack MD or me in legal ways or by using any publicly declared rules or such contracts. If i end up in a nut house with internet access and i start deleting accounts randomly, i will be covered by such a contract Such a disclaimer is saying in other words that its my rule or no accounts, and basicaly this is already so and i have no problem admitting that. I try to be fair and judge each situation with open heart and honest, even those who are against me directly. I can only hope i will never be forced to apply such a legal disclaimer, but that does not mean it should not be there.
[quote name='Grido' date='20 November 2009 - 08:49 PM' timestamp='1258742997' post='47972']
10. - They feel that this covers their in game papers, and other intelectual properties within the game, and don't like the idea of this. They would like it to be amended so that the personal papers (and such) of the user are allowed to be used elsewhere at the users discretion.
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In recent argues most of you know about, i heard word such as "the work i do for the game". Just imagine...just try to imagine..if a 2 year old player at some point flips out and considers all his influences and things he ever wrote for md that they are legaly his and he wants to sue me (actualy the company now), how much trouble will be to clean up after him and make sure all his "things" are entirely deleted from allover. Without such a disclaimer, you could actualy sue MD for displaying YOUR intelectual property just because YOU posted it in your papers which are public. Once you place any content on MD server, the right to use that content belongs to MD. This doesnt mean at all that its no longer yours. Once I buy an artowrk ar literary work from you, or you donate it freely, that piece of work is MD property. If the current text means something else thatn that then i will have it reformulated. I do not wish to rob anyone of his work, but i also do not wish bad intended people to use this as a way to get revenge, and out of thousands of players some might do and once thy do they affect the entire community not just me.
So that you understand. This "contract" (because legaly its a contract) does not change anything from how md was and will be run from now on. It only puts the legal base for my inevitable dictatorship . The legal aspect of MD has to keep up with the evolution of MD. For example MD was run as a private person by me untill now, now its a company (MagicDuel Aventure LLC) ..is there any difference? of course not, not from your point of view. From a legal point of view there is a difference however. People (new ppl) will see it as something more serious and official and not just a madman working behind his screens and a bunch of enthusiast ppl helping out.