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[Bragr]

Ouch.

"NOA is requesting the attached proposed subpoena that would order Discord Inc. ("Discord") to disclose the identity, including the name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail addresses(es) of the user Julien#2743, who is responsible for posting infringing content that appeared at the following Discord channel Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom," the document reads in part."

Nintendo Subpoenas Discord for Identity of Tears of the Kingdom Leaker

Don't mess with Nintendo.

nordic.ign.com

 

[Robb]

Not surprised, it was only a matter of time. You can’t escape the Nintendo Ninjas.

 

[Moses85]

 

[Roman Empire]

Nintendo Lawyers keep their reputation of going after anyone about anything Nintendo related. AND THEY WORK FAST!

 

[cireza]

Of course.

 

[SmokedMeat]

They leaked art. How petty can you get?

 

[SlimySnake]

Discord doesnt encrypt its chats like Whatsapp?

Whatsapp couldnt comply to the authorites even if they tried.

 

[CherryFalls]

Good stuff

 

[The Cockatrice]

Nintendo making games:

Nintendo being a corporate scum:

I love gamers.

 

[Flutta]

Pathetic

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Hope they destroy him. Go ninjas.

 

[Metnut]

People who leak confidential information should face consequences. Hopefully they nail this guy.

 

[jaysius]

Makes sense, it was one of the big things that solidified "the game is just DLC theory" when we saw that most of the enemies were the same and the "variations" were just color swaps.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Was anything major revealed in that leak? I don't even remember hearing of it.

 

[hemo memo]

 

[Bragr]

Was anything major revealed in that leak? I don't even remember hearing of it.

It's this one, from back in February: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/leaks-from-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-artbook.1652925/

 

[Robb]

Was anything major revealed in that leak? I don't even remember hearing of it.

Spoiler

A lot of seemingly important characters, hints towards minnish people returning, hints towards themed dungeons (looking like Zora, Gerudo, Goron themed in the art), a lot of new outfit designs, revealed that crafting will be in (albeit not Fuse per se), new enemies etc.

Although it raises more question than it answers still. Everything looks pretty great though.

 

[00_Zer0]

Makes sense, it was one of the big things that solidified "the game is just DLC theory" when we saw that most of the enemies were the same and the "variations" were just color swaps.

"Solidified" troll. Amirite?!?!

 

[mrmustard]

God forgives, Nintendon't

 

[hemo memo]

"Solidified" troll. Amirite?!?!

Give him a break. He probably looked hard in the dictionary to write that word.

 

[ParaSeoul]

He will be free to leak again another day

 

[justiceiro]

They could be investing money on better online infrastructure, on r&D to make joycons that don't drift, to offer support in more countries with different languages. But no, they have to focus on shit like that.

The most frustrating part is that it is probably the only occasion ever Nintendo will ever talk with the discord company.

 

[abstract alien]

He held his hand in the fire. Not sure what else he expected to happen other than the most obvious conclusion.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Could be a tough lesson to learn, but what are Nintendo going to ask for once they get the identity of the leaker, damages?

I hardly think that they'd be able to prove that fewer people preordered, given what I understand to be massive preorder figures.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

They could be investing money on better online infrastructure, on r&D to make joycons that don't drift, to offer support in more countries with different languages. But no, they have to focus on shit like that.

I take your point, but to be fair, the lawyers probably don't do much online infrastructure work.

The most frustrating part is that it is probably the only occasion ever Nintendo will ever talk with the discord company.

Not without exchanging a friend code first anyway.

 

[NightmareFarm]

Not even the triforce can save him from the nintendo ninjas now.

 

[Mr Hyde]

I'm expecting at least 50 years in prison for this horrible crime.

 

[BouncyFrag]

 

[flying_sq]

I mean, if you leak stuff, use a burner account and distance yourself in as many ways as possible from it. I mean just use a decent VPN on a randomly generated email account, on a new discord account. The VPN shouldn't be able to provide any details if you use the right ones, they're designed that way. If you're being super cautious, VM, privacy focus Linux distro, strip all details from the images, VPN, create email account, free trial a different vpn, and log in on that one while connected to the other VPN, get discord account, post images. Or just says fuck it and YOLO on TOR.

 

[Impotaku]

Tears of a leaker: FAFO edition

 

[Fake]

Is funny how Nintendo don't need to do nothing, most of the investigative part came from their own fans.

 

[Barakov]

Ouch.

"NOA is requesting the attached proposed subpoena that would order Discord Inc. ("Discord") to disclose the identity, including the name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail addresses(es) of the user Julien#2743, who is responsible for posting infringing content that appeared at the following Discord channel Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom," the document reads in part."

Nintendo Subpoenas Discord for Identity of Tears of the Kingdom Leaker

Don't mess with Nintendo.

nordic.ign.com

Nintendo definitely has the pettiest ninjas.

 

[SantaC]

People who leak confidential information should face consequences. Hopefully they nail this guy.

Video games are serious business...

 

[Thabass]

Sorry y'all, Nintendo is well within their right to go after him and that dude should absolutely face consequences.

 

[Metnut]

Video games are serious business...

Certainly someone with 22,000 posts on NeoGaf understands that a video games are huge business.

 

[Danjin44]

Video games are serious business...

I mean EVERY company will protect their IP no matter its video game or not. The person who leaked it should know full well, they have no one but themselves to blame.

 

[Moses85]

Spoiler: Look

 

[SantaC]

Certainly someone with 22,000 posts on NeoGaf understands that a video games are huge business.

Yes but it was an artbook not a game.

I was listening to former IGN in chief for Nintendo recently and they leaked shit back in the day worse than this without consequences.

 

[Wooxsvan]

 

[Draugoth]

Guy got 24 hours of fame in exchange for over 24 months of jail time + fine,

truly a genius

 

[Kaleinc]

They'll fix his leak in prison
or make it worse.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Seriously, they don't have better things to do ?

Waste of time and money. This leak won't even hurt sales, it's a part of the collector edition.

 

[Power Pro]

This might seem hyperbole in this particular thread, but I am really hating Nintendo the last few years. Their game output has not impressed me, and the Switch has been the most "I don't need these Nintendo games on this Nintendo platform" system to me. Not to mention the FOMO bull shit they pull with stuff lately. But on top of that, they are turning into Disney in all the ways that suck. Makes me not wanna support them anymore.

It's like they reached this point where they feel nothing can touch their success, and so they treat their most devoted fans like shit because "we have the mass market" so people who are passionate really don't matter, because their brands just sell on name recognition alone. They don't need good marketing, they don't need the good will of the fans, they just need to keep appealing to lowest common denominator, and trample anyone who interferes with their plans. That's what tactics like this feel like.

 

[Fuz]

Shouldn't even be a crime.

 

[captainpat]

On the one hand nintendo gonna nintendo but on the other hand I aint cheering for this crap. Seems extremely excessive

 

[mckmas8808]

GOOD! If it's a crime, I hope they try to get him charge with it.

 

[mitch1971]

 

[Icymanipulator]

remember when they jailed a Japanese guy for selling BOTW save data?

So humane!

Keep buying their products guys! Great company to support.

 

[Trogdor1123]

So what exactly happened here? Was he given it early or did he “obtain” it early ? That is very different