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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Wjin
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—External Record (10)—
‘Something’s definitely off.’
I’d been thinking for a long time, ever since I grasped the situation on the Han River bridge. ‘Hundred Braves’ had gone into indefinite maintenance and hadn’t reopened its servers, leading to speculation about service termination.
But for some reason, I could still connect to Hundred Braves, albeit incompletely.
‘Allen Blake.’
He’d been competing with Wilhelm in archery, inheriting the Sacred Relic Resonance, and achieving other feats seemingly impossible for Allen Blake.
Resonance wasn’t a particularly well-regarded bow, but as the saying goes, even a rotten fish is still a fish. It was better than receiving a 2-star relic.
‘Of course, Allen will mostly handle things himself.’
Observing without interference. That was also a valid playstyle in Hundred Braves. And it was the method I was currently adhering to.
‘I became curious to see how far Allen Blake could go with his own strength.’
The problem, however, was that this game had become problematic.
‘There’s nothing legally wrong with Hundred Braves’ service termination.’
The terms of service regarding termination had all been agreed upon by the users. I had researched various posts analyzing the situation legally and reviewed the game’s terms of service myself.
The company strives to protect user privacy. However, information such as nicknames, character images, and status information, which are not directly related to personal information, may be disclosed
That wasn’t it. I’d wondered about this when Allen used my real name as an alias, but it was my fault for using my real name as my account name in the first place.
The company continuously collects user gameplay data, and the retention period is until the termination of the service.
That wasn’t it either. It was a standard clause found in almost any terms of service.
The company makes every effort to repair or restore service without delay if there is a failure in the facilities or loss or damage of data during service improvement for continuous and stable service provision, unless there are unavoidable reasons such as natural disasters, emergencies, or technically insurmountable obstacles or defects.
This was it. Of course, there were regulations regarding compensation for service interruptions, but strictly speaking, this wasn’t a service interruption but an indefinite maintenance period. But the vagueness of the clause was the problem.
‘“Unavoidable reasons” and “every effort” are too ambiguous.’
Thanks to this, the current situation posed no legal issues. Users had tried to find other legal loopholes, but they hadn’t found any flaws.
A month had passed, and I had to make a decision.
‘There has to be something going on.’
The only flaw in a game that was otherwise perfect, no matter how hard users tried to find loopholes, was the flaw I possessed.
‘And there’s been no contact from the game company.’
Had they not realized my situation yet? Or did they not see the need to interfere? Or perhaps…
‘This will give me a definitive answer.’
The official game community forum. The bragging rights board, where new posts rarely appeared anymore. I wrote a post.
‘The title should be…’
Anything would probably grab enough attention.
‘This should do.’
I pressed the post button.
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