Deleted Characters (massive amounts). Open Letter to SSG

    I have just been informed by some guild members that a number of my characters have been deleted. I would like to give standing stone games a chance to restore these characters before i go file a lawsuit in small claims court in Nova Scotia, Canada for the MAXIMUM allowed claim of $25,000.


    Now before you go quoting the ToS or anything like that think about this for a few moments.

    - So called 'exploits' have happened before in this game?*

    - During these 'exploits' Standing Stone Games has “coincidentally” put the corresponding items to compliment said 'exploit' on sale in the store, such as Storage (bags, bank, shared, xp pots, ottos boxes, etc). This is easily proven.?*

    - Standing Stone Games knew about the current Saga Stone “exploit” back before December but instead of turning it off they allowed it to happen and even put Experience Elixirs on sale.?*

    - I have a former employee of Turbine/Standing Stone Games that will testify to the fact that the company has profited from these “exploits” in the past and has even put somethings on-sale because of the “exploits”?*

    - I have used Otto's Boxes on some of the deleted characters, this means I paid money for boxes and have items I bought Legendary Raid Bypass Timers to get and regular Raid Bypass Timers to get, this means spending real money and you have just destroyed these items?*

    - I have many Ravenloft items on my deleted characters that I paid money to farm, these are no longer accessible to me so I have paid for items and services I can no longer access.?*

    - ToS and Terms of Service are routinely thrown out in court (I know this from personal research and from talking to my cousin who is a rather high-priced lawyer). If you ask your in-house legal council about these they will probably look at you with a “What were you thinking” look on their faces.?*

    - Also, ask your in-house legal council about the cost of responding to a lawsuit vs simply restoring my characters. You should really also think about all the other people that will be filing lawsuits as well, its not going to be a small amount, I know some of the ones banned. I don't think Standing Stone Games quite realizes the scope of what they have done or started.

    Now, immediately, permanently and fully restore my deleted characters as well as remove the suspension and I shall take no action.

Did you exploit? Were the deletions totally unwarranted, or did you knowingly cheat and expect no repercussion?

Because if you did exploit and if you cheated - then I don't think you've got a leg to stand on. But if you do want to sue, especially if you did exploit, - good luck and keep us updated every step of the way. I could use the laugh.

I guess SSG is making enough money they can afford to do this?

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If the guy of thst oist read me hit me a pm,i would love to corporate against ssg,we can move alltogether against them

my cousin who is a rather high-priced lawyer

It is funny, but I think he may have a point there: if you legitimately bought something like an Otto's Box that has a clear real-money value, then it got taken away, aren't you entitled to a refund? Even if you violated the TOS?

Unlikely.   Small business owners are probably more focused on cash flow and revenue than larger ones.  Not less focused.   Also end of quarter reporting is publicly traded concept.   SSG is privately owned.  They don't even have to file a 10-K.   Just an annual tax return.  There might be some internal reporting their shareholders decide they want to look at monthly or quarterly or whatever, but who knows. 

lol fuck no. You don’t own shit

No.  Read the EULA.  You knowingly and willingly bypass game mechanics and you are in breach of contract.   Their stated remedy for your willful breach, in the contract you affirmatively agreed to, is to permanently terminate your account. 

You legally agreed that if you ever exploit that you agree they can delete your account and ban you. 

It's that simple.   The only possible avenue would be if you could prove that you were banned in error and were not actually exploiting.   Good luck with that.