So we ended up going back to one of the principles in the forefront of our minds when we started Steam, and more recently as we worked on Steam Direct to open up the Store to many more developers: Valve shouldn't be the ones deciding this. If you're a player, we shouldn't be choosing for you what content you can or can't buy. If you're a developer, we shouldn't be choosing what content you're allowed to create. Those choices should be yours to make. Our role should be to provide systems and tools to support your efforts to make these choices for yourself, and to help you do it in a way that makes you feel comfortable.With that principle in mind, we've decided that the right approach is to allow everything onto the Steam Store, except for things that we decide are illegal, or straight up trolling. Taking this approach allows us to focus less on trying to police what should be on Steam, and more on building those tools to give people control over what kinds of content they see. We already have some tools, but they're too hidden and not nearly comprehensive enough. We are going to enable you to override our recommendation algorithms and hide games containing the topics you're not interested in. So if you don't want to see anime games on your Store, you'll be able to make that choice. If you want more options to control exactly what kinds of games your kids see when they browse the Store, you'll be able to do that. And it's not just players that need better tools either - developers who build controversial content shouldn't have to deal with harassment because their game exists, and we'll be building tools and options to support them too.
Well the anime tiddies are saved but this also means steam has grounds to continue doing absolutely nothing about the constant influx of Asset Flips plaguing it
This is for the best, their recent policing was so out of place with what they’ve been known for. I don’t like Valve/Steam but this is a step in the right direction. Well, provided this isn’t a troll story.
Quote from: MarKhan on June 07, 2018, 12:19:43 PMQuote from: Ian on June 07, 2018, 12:15:43 PMThis is for the best, their recent policing was so out of place with what they’ve been known for. I don’t like Valve/Steam but this is a step in the right direction. Well, provided this isn’t a troll story.Step in right direction or not, result totally depends on how Valve gonna implement it. And Valve is fucking lazy.Also it`s a post from Valve employee, so unlikely that this is a trollEnglish, while it is a simple language, can seem complex in this sense. Step in THE right direction. THE result. Valve IS going to implement it.Think of it as asking a question with your sentence "What IS Valve going to implement?" Valve IS going to implement such and such etc. What direction? THE right direction. What result? THE result. You also use the grave accent ` symbol instead of an apostrophe ' which faces the other way.
Quote from: Ian on June 07, 2018, 12:15:43 PMThis is for the best, their recent policing was so out of place with what they’ve been known for. I don’t like Valve/Steam but this is a step in the right direction. Well, provided this isn’t a troll story.Step in right direction or not, result totally depends on how Valve gonna implement it. And Valve is fucking lazy.Also it`s a post from Valve employee, so unlikely that this is a troll
I lowkey don't want anyone to teach Markhan how to type more properly, 'cause it's CUTE
That being said, I'm unsure of what Valve is referring to when they say "straight up trolling." Is it games made with the intent to harass or defame someone? Games that are edgy like Hatred? Or games that are extremely blatantly trolling like a Moonman Simulator or something?
Quote from: FatherlyNick on June 09, 2018, 03:40:01 AMThe depict school shootings in movies etc, but a game comes out and everyone has their tits out for protest. Let it be. I'd rather have that one lonely white kid let it out in a game rather than do it in the school.I don't see the correlation. The argument that video game violence does not lead to real life violence is one thing, but to claim video games can stop real life violence from occurring is quite another.
The depict school shootings in movies etc, but a game comes out and everyone has their tits out for protest. Let it be. I'd rather have that one lonely white kid let it out in a game rather than do it in the school.
Bad choice. More detailed guidelines would be better.
Quote from: Fedorekd on June 09, 2018, 05:22:42 AMQuote from: challengerX on June 09, 2018, 05:17:41 AMQuote from: FatherlyNick on June 09, 2018, 03:40:01 AMThe depict school shootings in movies etc, but a game comes out and everyone has their tits out for protest. Let it be. I'd rather have that one lonely white kid let it out in a game rather than do it in the school.I don't see the correlation. The argument that video game violence does not lead to real life violence is one thing, but to claim video games can stop real life violence from occurring is quite another.Yes, in fact I'd say people who play Fortnite are more likely to be school shooters.hmm indubitably
Quote from: challengerX on June 09, 2018, 05:17:41 AMQuote from: FatherlyNick on June 09, 2018, 03:40:01 AMThe depict school shootings in movies etc, but a game comes out and everyone has their tits out for protest. Let it be. I'd rather have that one lonely white kid let it out in a game rather than do it in the school.I don't see the correlation. The argument that video game violence does not lead to real life violence is one thing, but to claim video games can stop real life violence from occurring is quite another.Yes, in fact I'd say people who play Fortnite are more likely to be school shooters.
Quote from: challengerX on June 09, 2018, 05:17:41 AMQuote from: FatherlyNick on June 09, 2018, 03:40:01 AMThe depict school shootings in movies etc, but a game comes out and everyone has their tits out for protest. Let it be. I'd rather have that one lonely white kid let it out in a game rather than do it in the school.I don't see the correlation. The argument that video game violence does not lead to real life violence is one thing, but to claim video games can stop real life violence from occurring is quite another.That's assuming that they don't actually sell guns to lonely white kids with issues. Hence US would be a very poor location for a case study.
Valve plans to allow every type of games to be on Steam as long it`s not illegal
