DigitalDNA, developers of "Castle Miner Z" censoring their steam discussion forums
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Castle MinerZ recently came out on steam, so I decided to create a "Should You Buy It?" video for it, it wasn't pleasant, the game was atrocious, so did not get a glowing review. I proceeded to post the video on the CMZ steam discussion board, and it got some good conversation going. A couple hours later, 3 pages worth of negative forum threads, including my thread, disappeared from the discussion board.
I created a video highlighting the fact they are removing all negative threads, and that anyone involved in them were getting banned. Posted this up, got some really good discussion, couple hours later, it was removed and my account was banned, again. Someone else posted the video on my behalf, this was also removed a few minutes later.
I have contact DigitalDNA Games for a response, and they have not obliged. Countless people and threads continue to be banned and removed from the steam discussion boards by these devs.
We need developers like this to be named and shamed to stop this in the future. Here is my response video I made to them in light of their actions, for anyone interested : [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDncyei0do[/url]
There is also a reddit thread about this running: [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1wyu01/castleminer_z_developer_yes_actual_developer_is/?sort=top[/url]
What do you guys think about this situation?
[del]War[/del] Castle Miner Z
[editline]4th February 2014[/editline]
This is the game that was the Minecraft clone on Xbox 360 but made a buttload of money, isn't it?
[QUOTE=A big fat ass;43785840][del]War[/del] Castle Miner Z
[editline]4th February 2014[/editline]
This is the game that was the Minecraft clone on Xbox 360 but made a buttload of money, isn't it?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I think it is. I guess it sold well because minecraft wasn't on xbox at the time.
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/app/253430/discussions/0/540732596790768233/[/url]
here goes
[QUOTE=TheDrunkenOne;43786114][url]http://steamcommunity.com/app/253430/discussions/0/540732596790768233/[/url]
here goes[/QUOTE]
Your link is dead, one can assume, you thread or comment was removed and you are now banned?
[QUOTE=tillmash;43786137]Your link is dead, one can assume, you thread or comment was removed and you are now banned?[/QUOTE]
hahahaha holy shit yes i am
[IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/71300804/ShareX/2014-02/2014-02-04_20-25-05.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=TheDrunkenOne;43786168]hahahaha holy shit yes i am
[IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/71300804/ShareX/2014-02/2014-02-04_20-25-05.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
SEE!!! I bloody said so, these guys are rampant man, it is so blatant, if it's negative, ya gone, instantly.
Just a sidenote guys, if you see "ClericalTM" or "Another" in the steam discussion forums, these are the hardcore fanatic fanboys for a game i have ever seen. They actually supported the censorship, and they seem to be the only 2 people who haven't been banned.
Have you contacted any news sites that could tear them a new asshole like what happened with WarZ and Garry's Incident?
[QUOTE=ColossalSoft;43786339]Have you contacted any news sites that could tear them a new asshole like what happened with WarZ and Garry's Incident?[/QUOTE]
I am in the process of doing this right now.
I don't quite understand - are you getting banned/censored in the subforum for the game within the proper Steam forums, or in the steam subforum on the developers site?
I'm noticing the word "slander" gets thrown around alot in the discussion fourms.
Slander /=/ Review
I say email Valve. If I recall correctly there's something in their terms of service regarding situations like this.
This is gonna be another WarZ thing, isn't it?
I think it may have been some of you guys who posted another thread with my video in it, that thread just got removed. Fourth time a thread with my video has been removed now, still not really any negative comments left standing on the discussion board.
Call up TotalBiscuit, he's dealt with this shit before.
[QUOTE=ironman17;43787286]Call up TotalBiscuit, he's dealt with this shit before.[/QUOTE]
Impossible.
Since he's one of those "Youtube Partners", he suffers from the same issue they all have.
You're only able to contact them if your subscriber count or view count or what have you is greater then or equal to theirs.
[QUOTE=TheDrunkenOne;43786168]hahahaha holy shit yes i am
[IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/71300804/ShareX/2014-02/2014-02-04_20-25-05.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
What exactly did you say
[QUOTE=iamgoofball;43787364]Impossible.
Since he's one of those "Youtube Partners", he suffers from the same issue they all have.
You're only able to contact them if your subscriber count or view count or what have you is greater then or equal to theirs.[/QUOTE]
That's rather cynical. I have 12k subscribers and I listen to my fans. The best way to contact Youtubers is typically Twitter, though. It's, weirdly, the most direct way.
[QUOTE=postal;43787678]What exactly did you say[/QUOTE]
I tried telling them that deleting questions and negative feedback will only bring up a shitstorm like those we had before with game devs that did the same thing, and they should start listening to negative feedback to improve their game.
Is this going to be another garry's incident then? I can understand wanting to have your game get good reviews, but outright censoring opinions and genuine criticism isn't the way to go about it.
Yep, I got banned from there too. I wanted to see if this was all true, so I just made a thread simply asking if the game was as bad as most people seem to be saying. A couple people posted that it was and the thread got deleted several minutes later.
Despite just asking, I'm met with [URL="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/jipfa0xulvo80l9/yaycensorship.jpg"]the same ban notice[/URL] posted above.
Of course I don't give a rats ass about the game, I just had to see if this censorship was true or not. After the ban, I proceeded to say "Enjoy your bad reputation" on DigitalDNA Games steam profile with a link to the reddit thread and he deleted it.
every time I see games about retro graphics, crafting, mining, surviving, and with zombies and rpg elements
I think of a long conga line.
Oh god, it's like train simulator all over again
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;43789526]every time I see games about retro graphics, crafting, mining, surviving, and with zombies and rpg elements
I think of a long conga line.[/QUOTE]
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Shamelessly stolen from LMAO Pics
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Thread went bonkers when I hit page 2, seems things were getting deleted. Here's the rest of it right before the above image.
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I got a response from the devs on the board now!
They have dedicated to whole pinned posts to me, one an apology, and one showcasing my original video.
Apology to MD. The Cupid Stunt (Me): [url]http://steamcommunity.com/app/253430/discussions/0/540732888732126266/[/url]
The video that shall not be named:[url]http://steamcommunity.com/app/253430/discussions/0/540732888719949500/[/url]
Niether of these are really direct apologies for what they have done, but i guess it is a start.
I believe TB said on the Podcast that he's probably gonna do a video on Castle Miner Z, and if they try the same shit that the Garry's Incident devs pulled he's gonna do the same thing he did with those folks.
Your review did suck though. Nothing personal, its just not very informative.
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=224191984[/url]
how uncanny
seriously combining "realistic" graphics with shitty block graphics, what a joke.
What a shitty game by shitty (Probably 12 year old) developers.
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