Regarding the group takedown
Hello guys,
As you may have noticed, our group was taken down by the Steam moderation for 24 hours. After we contacted them, we've received information detailing the reason of the removal. We have succeeded in bringing the group back online but we would like to address the two causes that lead to the removal.
1) Death threats are not cool. They don't have any effect aside from hurting the community as a whole, as we've seen with the community actually being taken down because of them. If you did it in the past, please refrain from doing so in the future. It will only lead to the group being removed again and Epic defenders using it as ammunition to paint all PC gamers as toxic and entitled. The staff does not and will never endorse calls to violence against any individual or group. We believe in voting with our wallets and letting our voices be heard in a civil manner.
2) Don't promote piracy. LIke we get it, you're going to do it and nobody can stop you. But Steam is a US based company, which means they fall under the US DMCA. They have to abide by removing the discussion of piracy and as an extent so do we. So we ask you not to publicly call to piracy. It lets Epic defenders paint us as "all PC gamers are pirates anyways".
We ask our community to refrain from those two types of behaviour. We're here to fight the good fight and inform you guys about the latest exclusives and shady dealings.
I would also personally ask a favour of each and every one of you. If you see things like these happen, please use the report button. The staff have lives outside the group and we can't comb over every thread every second to make sure these two rules aren't broken.
Regards,
Competizione and the rest of the staff
