Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD)\r
from the behind-the-scenes dept.\r
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+ o Reference: 0102640946\r
o News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/18/09/06/2146237/valve-explains-how-it-decides-whos-a-straight-up-troll-publishing-video-games-on-steam\r
o Source link: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kmej7/valve-it-really-does-seem-bad-games-are-made-by-bad-people\r
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- An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard:\r
- Wednesday, Valve, the company that operates the huge online\r
- video game store Steam, shared more details about how it plans\r
- to control and moderate the ever-increasing number of games\r
- published on its platform. In the post published Wednesday,\r
- Valve shared more details about how it determines what it\r
- considers "outright trolling." "It is vague and we'll tell you\r
- why," Valve wrote. "You're a denizen of the internet so you\r
- know that trolls come in all forms. On Steam, some are simply\r
- trying to rile people up with something we call 'a game shaped\r
- object' (ie: a crudely made piece of software that technically\r
- and just barely passes our bar as a functioning video game but\r
- isn't what 99.9% of folks would say is "good.") Valve goes on\r
- to explain that some trolls are trying to scam folks out of\r
- their Steam inventory items (digital items that can be traded\r
- for real money), while others are trying to generate a small\r
- amount of money through a variety of schemes that have to do\r
- with how developers use keys to unlock Steam games, while\r
- others are trying to "incite and sow discord." "Trolls are\r
- figuring out new ways to be loathsome as we write this," Valve\r
- said. "But the thing these folks have in common is that they\r
- aren't actually interested in good faith efforts to make and\r
- sell games to you or anyone. When a developer's motives aren't\r
- that, they're probably a troll." One interesting observation\r
- Valve shares in the blog post is that it rarely bans\r
- individual games from Steam, and more often bans developers\r
- and/or publishers entirely. [...] Valve said that its review\r
- process for determining that something may be a "troll game"\r
- is a "deep assessment" that involves investigating who the\r
- developer is, what they've done in the past, their behavior on\r
- Steam as a developer, as a customer, their banking\r
- information, developers they associate with, and more.\r
+ An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard:\r
+ \r
+ > Wednesday, Valve, the company that operates the huge online\r
+ video game store Steam, shared more details about [1]how it\r
+ plans to control and moderate the ever-increasing number of\r
+ games published on its platform . In the post [2]published\r
+ Wednesday , Valve shared more details about how it determines\r
+ what it considers "outright trolling." "It is vague and we'll\r
+ tell you why," Valve wrote. "You're a denizen of the internet\r
+ so you know that trolls come in all forms. On Steam, some are\r
+ simply trying to rile people up with something we call 'a game\r
+ shaped object' (ie: a crudely made piece of software that\r
+ technically and just barely passes our bar as a functioning\r
+ video game but isn't what 99.9% of folks would say is "good.")\r
+ \r
+ >\r
+ \r
+ > Valve goes on to explain that some trolls are trying to scam\r
+ folks out of their Steam inventory items (digital items that\r
+ can be traded for real money), while others are trying to\r
+ generate a small amount of money through a variety of schemes\r
+ that have to do with how developers use keys to unlock Steam\r
+ games, while others are trying to "incite and sow discord."\r
+ "Trolls are figuring out new ways to be loathsome as we write\r
+ this," Valve said. "But the thing these folks have in common\r
+ is that they aren't actually interested in good faith efforts\r
+ to make and sell games to you or anyone. When a developer's\r
+ motives aren't that, they're probably a troll." One\r
+ interesting observation Valve shares in the blog post is that\r
+ it rarely bans individual games from Steam, and more often\r
+ bans developers and/or publishers entirely. [...] Valve said\r
+ that its review process for determining that something may be\r
+ a "troll game" is a "deep assessment" that involves\r
+ investigating who the developer is, what they've done in the\r
+ past, their behavior on Steam as a developer, as a customer,\r
+ their banking information, developers they associate with, and\r
+ more.\r
+ \r
+ \r
+ \r
+ [1] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kmej7/valve-it-\r
+ really-does-seem-bad-games-are-made-by-bad-people\r
+ \r
+ [2] https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/deta-\r
+ il/1708442022337025126\r
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