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Destiny

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Edited by Dictarium: 2/19/2013 1:26:21 AM
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Citing IGN As Fact

This is a trend we really need to stop. IGN, Polygon, Kotaku, PC Gamer (well, not PC Gamer), Game Informer, Game News Weekly, Game News Quarterly, Daily Game News, and News in Gaming can all tell you that they got "X" confirmed by Bungie or an employee made it seem like "Y" was true, but until something is confirmed by Bungie themselves, don't go toting it around as fact. You can, all you want, tell people that there is a rumor, or that IGN says this or that or the other thing, but don't use the "Confirmed" tag on something that isn't straight from the Septagon's mouth. Recently people have said things like "Confirmed: [insert thing about Destiny here]" and then, usually, the link they're citing is IGN. Or "Jason Jones bashes PC Games and Gamers" and then the link is to an interview taken out of context because someone wanted to portray him badly. This is a road we really shouldn't go down. Things in the development process change ALL - THE - TIME and to say anything is concrete unless released publicly by Bungie or Activision (not through a leak) is just silly both in concept and in practice. Please stop citing IGN and other gaming news outlets as sources of confirmed information. It leaves the door open to people being misled, things being misconstrued, people believing one thing and then not hearing that it wasn't true and continuing to tell people that the original thing is true, and many other unwanted circumstances. Citing the ViDoc for confirmations, like Haydo has done, is perfectly fine and I encourage it. Citing any sort of Bungie press release as fact is 100% okay. Citing a video interview with a Bungie employee is more than acceptable. TL;DR: [quote]Citing IGN or any other gaming news site as a 100%, confirmed, factual, actual, real, irrefutable information source is not. If you want to say that "[gaming news group] says that Bungie says '__________'", that's cool, but confirmed that info is not.[/quote] Thanks for your time, please leave your opinions in the comments below. Sorry for the excessive reiteration I've done, I just wanted to make my point clear.

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