Hey Writers/Devs, Look Here!

[fudgietroll]

Added more thread links. Check them out and feed them your ideas!

[fudgietroll]

I added some more threads and a new section for threads which are large assorted collections of suggestions

@EA_Barry, @Straatford87, @EA_Dave, @EA_Archi 

Could one of you guys relabel this thread "Hey Writers/Devs, Look Here! - Ideas and Suggestions"

[Straatford87]

@fudgietroll

I renamed the thread to "Collected Ideas & Suggestions". We don't specifically call out devs on our forum, but we'll make sure that they are aware of the thread

[fudgietroll]

@Straatford87

Thanks, I appreciate it, and I'll continue to link in any good threads I find

[Straatford87]

@fudgietroll

Great!

It's been stickied in the meantime.

[Fred_vdp]

The problem with story suggestions is that BioWare isn't allowed to use any of them because it would be plagiarism. I was on a screenwriting forum once and they had a disclaimer saying that any suggested idea was one they couldn't use.

[Straatford87]

@Fred_vdp

That's good to know

But I guess it's still great for the community to share thoughts & suggestions regarding the story.

Cheers,

[ADM-Ntek]

that is massively stupid but murican law what do you expect. that said could they just add a disclaimer or passage in the user agreement that all suggestions made on the origin platform are free for use by bioware. or they could just use it and say they had the idea first pinky swear. because what would happen if someone were to post a suggestion similar to what they are actually planning.

[draqonin]

It's Not stupid law.

Is as it should be everywhere in the world. It is unfair to make millions of cash off of someone else's ideas and concepts.

What they refer to, is for in-game features and mechanics. Story and plots are a completely different soup.

Writers, composers, inventors, paint artists, graphic designers, etc, register their work (by date) with trademark and copyright agencies to avoid law entanglement.

If someone else has a similar concept and they can prove they had it first, they will reach out for terms or changes. :eahigh_file:

[draqonin]

@Fred_vdp

You're 100% correct.

Motion picture industry is the same. Story-writing forums allow you to post ideas, plots. They have an exception though, in case they like your plot/ idea they will pay you up to $5.000 for it,  but they will claim ownership over it, and you will have no residuals.

Otherwise all this stuff is kept secret. Even actors going for movie auditions don't read the actual movie script they're about to be in. LOL  They read completely different story. :eahigh_file: