Forum:SH Archive/TOR spoiler precautions

The NDA for TOR has just been lifted. Bioware sent me an e-mail stating the following:

"Disclaimers: We’d very much appreciate if any coverage of pre-launch content contained some form of disclaimer that all information is currently from a pre-release build of the game and is subject to change at any time. Since, y’know, that’s true. Always remember that the build you’re playing is fairly far behind the build we’re working on internally."

and

"Story Spoilers: One of the most core features of our game, story, is also one of the ones we’re most concerned with fans getting unintentionally spoiled now. We’d like to request for sites to avoid posting any spoilers regarding the game’s plot until after the game has been released on December 20th. Yes, spoilers will be out there from the moment we allow testers to talk openly, but this is something that is very near and dear to our hearts, and we want to allow players to experience the content for the first time inside the game, not outside of it. Once the game launches, you are welcome to post any content regarding the story you’d like, however we ask that you clearly mark spoilers as such, either by placing content “below the fold” or by having an entirely separate section of your site marked as “Spoiler territory”."

So essentially, mark all screenshots from the beta as being from a pre-release build, and make sure all TOR spoilers are clearly marked as such (using templates). We will likely see a lot of new content rolling in over the next few days, so a Sitenotice explaining the above might be in order. --Imperialles 20:13, November 18, 2011 (UTC)