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3D item recall
There is a lot at stake for both Toribash and our upcoming Steam release. Your help would be appreciated, so please read this carefully.
DUE TO VARIOUS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS, WE ARE ASKING ALL OWNERS OF 3D OBJECT ITEMS TO DEACTIVATE THEM AND REFRAIN FROM PLAYING ONLINE UNTIL THE ITEMS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF YOUR ACCOUNT UNTIL THE SITUATION IS RESOLVED.
As you know March Madness is over and we are sorry to announce things have not turned out how we hoped, much to our dismay. So here it is right from the beginning.
One of the latest features of Toribash is 3D items that can be equipped on a character, bringing player customization to an entire new level. We wanted to host a fairly large event where these new items would be introduced to the community as prizes for a fairly large community-wide event. There are several ways the 3D items can be applied to a character, but for simplicity we only used 4 different items that are worn on the head. This also means you can only choose one. To make players compete for the items we split Toribash up into four teams, similar to the Llama vs Pony events. The team at the top of the ladder would get an item for all its members, whereas the other teams would only get items for the higher preforming players, as an additional incentive to take part in the events after joining a team.
Right now we have some preliminary results that show Red Submarines have somehow beaten the odds and have actually dominated the competition. We really would like to finish calculating the scores and find out who came second, so we know once and for all what the best item is, after having put all the time and effort into setting up this event. We hoped to have given out all the prizes and released the items in the Torishop and made them tradeable in the market so that everyone might get a chance to have one. Instead we've run into a few legal issues regarding Toribash pushing the frontier of character customization.
Despite our best intentions, a prominent distributor of a popular "Hat Simulator" has notified Nabi Studios to cease releasing a new feature that allows users to create 3D objects as cosmetic additions to their player character. We have decided that the last thing we want to do now is jeopardize Toribash being released on Steam. So over the next few days we will be phasing out Shiai Tokens, terminating the March Madness events, and recalling any items released prior to the March events.
It goes without saying that we had no intention of breaching any copyrights or undercutting anyone in any way, especially not a classic first person shooter. We're sad to see it all go so soon. The future of 3D items in Toribash is looking pretty grim at the moment, although we may explore some alternatives well after the Steam release. Meanwhile, anyone who has 3D items please deactivate them immediately, and refrain from entering multiplayer if you own any 3D items while you await the recall.
Our apologies to those who own or were expecting these special items and our sympathy goes out to the families of those who have already lost 3D items. However, we hope that you can appreciate what is at stake for Toribash so that we might make this recall as seamless as possible.
DUE TO VARIOUS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS, WE ARE ASKING ALL OWNERS OF 3D OBJECT ITEMS TO DEACTIVATE THEM AND REFRAIN FROM PLAYING ONLINE UNTIL THE ITEMS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF YOUR ACCOUNT UNTIL THE SITUATION IS RESOLVED.
As you know March Madness is over and we are sorry to announce things have not turned out how we hoped, much to our dismay. So here it is right from the beginning.
One of the latest features of Toribash is 3D items that can be equipped on a character, bringing player customization to an entire new level. We wanted to host a fairly large event where these new items would be introduced to the community as prizes for a fairly large community-wide event. There are several ways the 3D items can be applied to a character, but for simplicity we only used 4 different items that are worn on the head. This also means you can only choose one. To make players compete for the items we split Toribash up into four teams, similar to the Llama vs Pony events. The team at the top of the ladder would get an item for all its members, whereas the other teams would only get items for the higher preforming players, as an additional incentive to take part in the events after joining a team.
Ideas behind the items
Despite our best intentions, a prominent distributor of a popular "Hat Simulator" has notified Nabi Studios to cease releasing a new feature that allows users to create 3D objects as cosmetic additions to their player character. We have decided that the last thing we want to do now is jeopardize Toribash being released on Steam. So over the next few days we will be phasing out Shiai Tokens, terminating the March Madness events, and recalling any items released prior to the March events.
It goes without saying that we had no intention of breaching any copyrights or undercutting anyone in any way, especially not a classic first person shooter. We're sad to see it all go so soon. The future of 3D items in Toribash is looking pretty grim at the moment, although we may explore some alternatives well after the Steam release. Meanwhile, anyone who has 3D items please deactivate them immediately, and refrain from entering multiplayer if you own any 3D items while you await the recall.
Our apologies to those who own or were expecting these special items and our sympathy goes out to the families of those who have already lost 3D items. However, we hope that you can appreciate what is at stake for Toribash so that we might make this recall as seamless as possible.
Last edited by Fish; Apr 1, 2014 at 01:29 AM.
