[PSA] GGG automatically scans and bans for certain English keywords in your in-game Whisper messages

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Orca_Orcinus wrote:

If GGG takes your money, then you own what you exchanged the money for. The terms of use or service or access, or whatever you want to call them, etc are meaningless.

The very first concept in business law is transference of ownership. For a dealing to be lawful, this must take place- unless it's a lease, in which case the lease terms must be in plain English.

If GGG retains (in their mind, or tries in invoke such a clause) ownership, they operated in bad faith.

There are grievous consequences for fraud, and if you live in a western country you have remedies available to you. If I were you, I'd look into these remedies.

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Orca_Orcinus wrote:

If GGG takes your money, then you own what you exchanged the money for. The terms of use or service or access, or whatever you want to call them, etc are meaningless.

The very first concept in business law is transference of ownership. For a dealing to be lawful, this must take place- unless it's a lease, in which case the lease terms must be in plain English.

If GGG retains (in their mind, or tries in invoke such a clause) ownership, they operated in bad faith.

There are grievous consequences for fraud, and if you live in a western country you have remedies available to you. If I were you, I'd look into these remedies.

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tempaccount9999 wrote:

if i was a big poe streamer it would be a shitshow with dev responses LUL

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tempaccount9999 wrote:

if i was a big poe streamer it would be a shitshow with dev responses LUL

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tempaccount9999 wrote:

if i was a big poe streamer it would be a shitshow with dev responses LUL

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Docbp87 wrote:

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tempaccount9999 wrote:

if i was a big poe streamer it would be a shitshow with dev responses LUL

It would be even more HILARIOUS if it was a popular streamer banned for fucking cheating, then whining on the forums...