What I would do...

[ltra1n]

Police quest 3 was one of my first games... as a 5 year old i had it tough. I soon discovered laura bow, then the magic of king's quest. The games are really dear to me and I've been tracking this project for almost a 1/3 of my life. Now that a part of me has died I'm kinda devastated. It must be worse for the creators of this project. Now if I were in charge, in my angered state, I would release a beta demo trial or something under a different title to various torrent sites and maybe let some people know what's up. At least "my" work wouldn't have gone to waste... but of course I'm not in charge.

[tslstory]

I would simply say

EDIT: link removed

[dark-daventry]

I would remove that link if I were you.

[MangoMercury]

Although the link is removed now, I'm kind of concerned that someone who obviously had access to that information has really stooped so low as to release it on the forums.  Come on.  At least have the spine to admit who you are.

[dark-daventry]

I just can't believe people are doing that. Have people really stooped that low?

[MangoMercury]

Apparently so, d-d. 

Again, what ticks me off more than anything is the fact that every member who was given that information was given it because they were TRUSTED.

I've been a member of this community since 2003 and have always had the utmost trust in all of the members here.  The fact that it's confidential information means that the suspects can be narrowed down, but the fact that there's such suspicion rife on the forums is saddening.  There have been disputes and spats and arguments before, but nobody has been such a downright jerk as to ruin the project.

That's right, I went there. 

[Haids1987]

I'm confused, all.  What happened here that I missed?

[KatieHal]

"tslstory" anonymously posted a confidential file with story information from the game's plot. The link has been removed.

[dark-daventry]

Apparently so, d-d. 

Again, what ticks me off more than anything is the fact that every member who was given that information was given it because they were TRUSTED.

I've been a member of this community since 2003 and have always had the utmost trust in all of the members here.  The fact that it's confidential information means that the suspects can be narrowed down, but the fact that there's such suspicion rife on the forums is saddening.  There have been disputes and spats and arguments before, but nobody has been such a downright jerk as to ruin the project.

That's right, I went there. 

Breaking someone's trust is a very bad thing. I know from personal experience in my own life. There are always consequences, and they aren't desirable.

[Haids1987]

"tslstory" anonymously posted a confidential file with story information from the game's plot. The link has been removed.

*Sigh*

People need to calm down and stop being so immature.  Just let this thing run its course and try to help in a productive way.  It really makes me sad that "tslstory" would betray the team's trust that way.

[oberonqa]

Yes that is very disheartening...  but unfortunately for that person... they have a non-disclosure agreement with Phoenix Online Studios and posting that link... no matter how short a time it was up.... constitutes a breach of contract.

Sucks to be that person to be sure...

[dark-daventry]

Yes that is very disheartening...  but unfortunately for that person... they have a non-disclosure agreement with Phoenix Online Studios and posting that link... no matter how short a time it was up.... constitutes a breach of contract.

Sucks to be that person to be sure...

I wonder if the team has any idea who it is. Or for that matter, if activision knows who that person is. An IP address can go a long way sometimes...

[oberonqa]

I wonder if the team has any idea who it is. Or for that matter, if activision knows who that person is. An IP address can go a long way sometimes...

Indeed it can my friend.... indeed it can...

[MangoMercury]

I just, again, find it a very sad thing that someone has completely given up on the project to the point that they're leaking confidential information that, even being up for five minutes, could be all over the Internet right now.

...You didn't by any chance send the script to beernutts now, did you guys?

[dark-daventry]

I just, again, find it a very sad thing that someone has completely given up on the project to the point that they're leaking confidential information that, even being up for five minutes, could be all over the Internet right now.

...You didn't by any chance send the script to beernutts now, did you guys?

I don't think they'd have done that... lol. When something is up for only five seconds, it can spread like rapid fire all over the internet.

[Haids1987]

I just, again, find it a very sad thing that someone has completely given up on the project to the point that they're leaking confidential information...

Exactly right, Mango.  It's so sad and disappointing that this person has lost all hope.

[oberonqa]

I don't think they'd have done that... lol. When something is up for only five seconds, it can spread like rapid fire all over the internet.

Yea... a lot depends on if the search engine spiders and auto-caching applets caught the post before the link was edited out.  Also depends on if the person posted the file up anywhere else... and if the search engine spiders and auto-caching applets are able to catch THAT.

[Yonkey]

I'm at work right now, but rest assured that we will be investigating whoever this person is fully.

[dark-daventry]

I'm at work right now, but rest assured that we will be investigating whoever this person is fully.

That's good. They shouldn't have gone and done that anyway. It was wrong, and it's not fair to you guys for all that you've done.

[Haids1987]

I'm at work right now, but rest assured that we will be investigating whoever this person is fully.

Hehe, sounds so ominous!