Chapter 500: Chapter 483: Insider? Friendly Forces!
On the Whirlpool Game Forum, a post suddenly went viral.
And it was a massive hit: in just twenty minutes, there were a staggering 3,000+ replies.
The title of the post was simple â [If you were stranded on a deserted island, how would you survive?]
Contrary to the name, even though the Whirlpool Game Forum primarily discusses games, not all the posts are game-related.
Players often discuss various strange things here as well.
From social news to neighborhood gossip, to fishing spots, outdoor survival tips, and even marital and gender issues⊠thereâs really no limit to the topics.
However, this post was submitted into the [New Game Preview] section.
Originally, it was just one of the many posts on the Whirlpool Forum that got quickly buried and disappeared without a trace every day.
Today, it suddenly caught fire because of the replies to the post.
Under the original post, the very first reply was from an anonymous account with no post history. It read-
âFirst, chop down trees, then build a house, and make a workbenchâŠâ
The reply was dated November 15th, last Friday.
At that time, Cloud Dreamâs âMy Worldâ trailer hadnât been released yet, and all information about the game was confidential.
So, technically speaking, this reply was a leak.
The person who replied was obviously one of the players who had received an invite to the closed beta of âMy Worldâ last Monday, and it was quite clear that-
He had violated Cloud Dreamâs confidentiality agreement for the game.
This wasnât an accidental leak, otherwise the person wouldnât have deliberately used a newly registered, empty account to reply, and the post wouldnât have appeared in the [New Game Preview] section â thatâs just too coincidental!
This was the first time that a Cloud Dream game had been leaked by an âinsiderâ in the true sense, and it was also the first time that a public breach of a Cloud Dream gameâs confidentiality agreement had occurred.
This content is taken from fĐłeewebnovŃl.com.
At the time, the post didnât attract much attention, and most people didnât even click on it. Of those who did, they didnât grasp the meaning of the reply.
In the end, the post quickly sank to the bottom of the forum and disappeared from everyoneâs view.
It wasnât until today, when Cloud Dream officially released the âMy Worldâ trailer, and two hours after players saw the tree-chopping and house-building scenes at the end, that the post was dug up again.
From then on, it was a sensation!
Players went wild with praise in the comments section:
âBro, youâre awesome!â
âWhy didnât you say something sooner? Just reply to a few more posts and get this out there!â
âMore! Give us more scoops!â
âThatâs right, what about the game mechanics? Core gameplay? Anything, just tell us more!â
âBro, youâre really something! An inspiration to us all!â
On the other hand, as these people praised the insider, they also went to Cloud Dream and Lincolnâs Spiritual Rhinoceros account to stir things up, saying there was a breach of contract and urging them to take action.
Just as fun-loving people should.
Mavis, who was always watching Lincolnâs comment section, noticed this issue first and immediately showed it to Lincoln.
âMavis, youâre so clever!â Lincoln glanced at the post, praised Mavis, then went back to work without giving it a second thought.
If Lincoln wasnât bothered, Mavis didnât care either.
Apart from these two laid-back employees, the first to notice this issue at Cloud Dream was a female employee of the âMy Worldâ development team, Palace Poem.
She was also one of the veterans of Cloud Dream, having left NetDragon to join Cloud Dream with Fred in the past.
However, this girl didnât have much ambition. She wasnât interested in promotions or becoming a team leader. Little Chun suggested it multiple times, but she declined. All she wanted was to clock in and out on time as a âsalty fish.â
Back then, many employees made huge profits from âAssassinâs Allianceâ rewards, amounting to decadesâ worth of normal earnings. Even now, they still get substantial dividends each month.
This led the more laid-back employees to live quite comfortably.
Although they still maintained quality and productivity in their work, and never stopped improving themselves, they felt it was necessary to keep up with the talented people around them so as not to be left behind.
Apart from this, they just did whatever made them comfortable.
Nobody worried about the boss giving them a hard time.
Lincoln was the kind of boss who started coming to work on time and left on time every day due to delays in the game release schedule, yet he never made the development team work overtime.
To the employees at Cloud Dream, seeing their boss Lincoln coming in and leaving work on time every day, working diligently throughout the day without slacking off, was quite a rare event. It was evidence enough that the work progress wasnât going well, and everyone was facing immense tasks.
But the fact that he didnât make everyone work overtime showed the true nature of the boss â of course, the boss himself didnât work overtime either.
So Palace Poem was quite content in her role as a small-time employee â the kind with top-level salary and multiple dividends.
Recently, she had been making new friends during her study leave and having the time of her life.
Since today was the release of the âMy Worldâ trailer, Little Chun gave everyone half a day off as per Cloud Dreamâs usual habit, with the excuse of paying attention to player feedback.
In reality, it was just a time for slacking off.
Palace Poem happily refused Little Chunâs promotion suggestion again â it was a promotion to take full charge of âMy Worldâsâ long-term operations in the future â and then she started slacking off and chatting with her new friends.
They were just talking about the game project she was working on at Cloud Dream, which was âMy World.â
Before today, her friends only knew that she was developing a game at Cloud Dream but didnât know the specific project.
Suddenly, one friend excitedly said, âA lot of people online are saying that a player violated the confidentiality agreement of the game youâre working on. Is that a problem?â
Palace Poem took a look and felt it was not a big issue. However, out of professional ethics, she went to inform Little Chun anyway.
âWhatâs wrong? Did you change your mind?â Little Chun was pleased.
âGive up on that idea.â Palace Poem rejected again, âI am determined to go and do Changâan.â
âForget about it for now, take a look at this.â
She pulled the post information from the panel and showed it to Little Chun.
Little Chun took a glance, didnât care too much, and forwarded it directly to Samuel and Luke.
As a result, Samuel didnât take it seriously either, replying, âReceived, thanks,â and continued discussing the follow-up update plan for Hunter: Call of the Wilderness with the new operation group.
Only Luke, even though he didnât think it was a big deal, seemed to have to deal with it properly as it fell within his scope of responsibility, so he went and found Lincoln.
After all, this was the first occurrence, a precedent, it was still necessary to ask the boss what to do.
Just as he expected.
When he found Lincoln, just mentioning âplayers violating the confidentiality agreement,â Lincoln directly interrupted: âI appreciate your hard work, but thereâs no need to take it to court this time. Iâll handle it.â
With that, Luke left with peace of mind and continued fishing.
He had been quite idle since he set up the Legal Department.
Since then, Cloud Dream had not encountered any lawsuits, and the employees under his hands were more than capable of handling issues related to business cooperation. Only when there were big international cooperations would he get involved.
Just⊠quite idle. frŃeÏebÉłovel.com
Luke went fishing, while Lincoln continued to work on the Secondary Artificial Intelligence Core.
Samuel and Little Chun didnât take it seriously either.
The most troubled person in the entire Cloud Dream was actually Palace Poem her new friend was constantly curious about how Cloud Dream was going to handle the situation.
She said she didnât know.
Her new friend said, âOh, I see, itâs because of the companyâs regulations, right? Canât talk about it until the final decision is made. I understand.â
âYou donât know shit!â Palace Poem muttered under her breath.
Of course, in the chat, she wouldnât say that.
They had only been friends for a few days, so she had to be reserved and not use foul languageâŠ
No wonder these friends were curious. During Cloud Dreamâs silence, the matter was getting more and more intense.
Perhaps the players, after watching the trailer and getting too excited, had nowhere to vent their excitement, so they caught on to this melon and took a bite, even pulling up the melon vine with it.
Soon, a bunch of game media also joined in the hype, competing to report the news:
âMysterious insider breaches Cloud Dreamâs trust!â
âFirst case of breach in virtual reality game industry!â
âA million-dollar worth post!â
âWhich will come first, the next mole or Cloud Dreamâs sanctions?â
The internet was buzzing, but Cloud Dream remained silent.
Players and media were baffled.
However, in the Spiritual Rhinoceros operation teamâs office, the team leader had already given orders in advance: âBe prepared for a possible need for additional expansion at 4:30 or 4:50.â
Group members understood.
At 4:50 PM, there were only ten minutes left before Cloud Dreamâs closing time.
Cloud Dreamâs employees were basically finishing up their work and getting ready to leave.
Lincoln also put down his development work and turned his attention to dealing with this minor issue.
So the players, media, and Spiritual Rhinoceros operation staff who had been waiting for a response all afternoon finally got one
âThank you all for your concern, but please stop tagging me; Iâve seen it.
This incident indeed violates the confidentiality agreement of the game, but I donât intend to pursue it because I think itâs quite interesting.
Of course, to prevent all sorts of leaks in the future, I must clarify my attitude in advance:
If you can post something like this, completely leak the game without being discovered, and only be found out after we announce it, then itâs OK, Cloud Dream will not pursue it.
But if you are caught, then sorry, penalties start at 500,000.
And the game you leaked will be permanently closed to you.
How about that? Isnât it interesting?
Do you want to take the challenge?â
Why is Lincoln so tolerant?
The reason is quite simple he thinks itâs fun this way.
Compared to a chilly lawsuit for compensation, isnât it more fun to play a âreal-life gameâ with players?
Anyway, itâs not the first or second time that Lincoln has been capricious; as long as the risk is controllable and the cost is acceptable, itâs just like spending money for fun.
Besides, just looking at this issue, whether or not the mole had this intention, objectively speaking, the person did help generate buzz for Cloud Dream and further promote the new game.
To Lincoln, this is a friendly gesture!