Up to date History file from SE:IV Gold Beta

[Baron Munchausen]

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Originally posted by Gaurav:


Atrocities, Dracus: Why would MM or Shrapnel want you guys not to post history files? It seems unlikely they are afraid of competition (since there is no one even close) or afraid of losing sales of their current product (no longer available).

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Well, we did sign something called a Non-Disclosure Agreement in order to become beta testers. So, it seems a pretty reasonable conclusion that the developer(s) wanted to retain control of information about said development.

Like you, we do see the contradiction in making every participant sign a secrecy contract and then posting every minute stage of development to a public forum. I guess it's just one of those mysterious properties of the Corporate Mindset -- even if it's a three-person corporation -- to hold simultaneous and contradictory ideas: On the one hand wanting the testers not to reveal anything and on the other hand wanting to suck up to the public/market by being very friendly and informative about the process. Doublethink predates George Orwell by millenia, after all. He just invented the name, not the practice.