New Features Mentioned In Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
As someone who just graduated law school, I decided to read the boring stuff most people ignore like the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service (ToS). Note I am not an attorney and none of this is legal advice, I just wrote it to let people know I have a high tolerance for reading boring things. All of this is pure speculation on what features could be in the game.
Here is what stuck out:
- China - The Privacy Policy has several mentions of China with connecting to services like WeChat. There is even a special provision for Chinese players about how their local laws govern, whereas for the rest of us our disputes are goverened by California law.
Chaotic was not originally in China last time, but here it looks like they intend to make it a main market. Makes sense as China has such a large consumer base and huge sway in the gaming industry. If the game blows up there it could mean huge revenue that could almost subsidize the rest of us.
Auction House - There are several mentions of an auction system. No idea what it will look like, but probably it will function off some digital currency called "Chaotic Coins" in the ToS.
Unity Game Engine - This doesn't mean much to me, but for any developers who are curious this is what it will run on.
Ownership - you will not own the digital cards, you license to use them. However you will own the physical card. If you scan the physical card in and then trade it away, you lose the digital right but keep the physical one.
Digital items also have no real world cash value.
- Message Boards - One line mentions message boards, which surprises me because it's pretty old school. Whether this is boilerplate language or they will have a message board feature for players to talk is unknown.