Question about Morrowind Closed Beta and Datamining

andreasranasen

We know Morrowind will have a Closed Beta Test to prevent people from streaming and uploading videos on YouTube and Twitch, showing off all the fun stuff that we will be seeing at launch on June 6th. Totally understandable! (Morrowind Beta Test dates will most likely be announced this coming week and start the following week.)

But what about datamining? Would this be against the NDA? Even though majority of the datamines we've seen have been Crown Store focused and not really showing anything in-game.

Personally, i love the datamining posts. It gets me hyped for future Crown Store Showcases and Crown Crates. Could we get some answers to this?


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actosh

It is against the nda, was answered allready in another thread.

andreasranasen

actosh wrote: »

It is against the nda, was answered allready in another thread.

Link?

JasonSilverSpring

actosh wrote: »

It is against the nda, was answered allready in another thread.

Correct.

Here is the source:

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Incoming answer dump!

Iyas wrote: »

Stupid question but are bgs considered to be in the base patch or do we have to get an invite for that?

Not a stupid question at all. Battlegrounds are part of the Morrowind chapter, so those will also be part of the invite.

dpencil wrote: »

So if we don't get an invite we can't discuss class changes on the forums at all? And even if we do, we can only discuss them in the closed forum area? That seems odd since there's usually a lot of forum discussion over class changes, and the info on the changes themselves will be on the patch notes thread anyway.

We'll be leaving the regular PTS section of the forums open for you to discuss changes in the base game patch. Even though you are agreeing to an NDA, these are essentially just bug fixes or minor quality-of-life additions and doesn't contain new content or big features. All discussion and feedback for Morrowind content will be in a private forum area.

TERAB1T wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Will NDA affect things like datamining? Will I be able to datamine new Crown Store items and post this info on forum, Reddit etc?

As you are agreeing to the NDA before you log in, that will include information you're datamining. Posting datamined information from the PTS will be against the NDA.

MissBizz wrote: »

Sorry if this is a foolish question, but from above I feel I need to ask it.

Will the base game changes be under NDA as well? As in, if a Templar skill changes etc. Seems like it will be quite difficult to enforce an NDA if it's open to everyone, and the PTS forum is public (can be read without an account).

[Edit] Ooooh I recall the console beta having it's own private forum, so as mentioned in the article the Morrowind invitees will definitely be in a private forum... but base game stuff?

While all content on the PTS is under NDA, as mentioned above we will be allowing regular conversation in the current PTS forum surrounding base game content as these are largely just bug fixes and general improvements to the existing game.

frethopper wrote: »

I would like to sign up for the closed beta, but every time I browse to the signup page I get redirected to the age gate, whether I've already been through it or not. I don't have this issue with any other part of the website. Anyone suggest where the issue might be?

There is no sign up for this - we are simply sending out invites based on our own criteria.

andreasranasen

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

actosh wrote: »

It is against the nda, was answered allready in another thread.

Correct.

Here is the source:

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Incoming answer dump!

Iyas wrote: »

Stupid question but are bgs considered to be in the base patch or do we have to get an invite for that?

Not a stupid question at all. Battlegrounds are part of the Morrowind chapter, so those will also be part of the invite.

dpencil wrote: »

So if we don't get an invite we can't discuss class changes on the forums at all? And even if we do, we can only discuss them in the closed forum area? That seems odd since there's usually a lot of forum discussion over class changes, and the info on the changes themselves will be on the patch notes thread anyway.

We'll be leaving the regular PTS section of the forums open for you to discuss changes in the base game patch. Even though you are agreeing to an NDA, these are essentially just bug fixes or minor quality-of-life additions and doesn't contain new content or big features. All discussion and feedback for Morrowind content will be in a private forum area.

TERAB1T wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Will NDA affect things like datamining? Will I be able to datamine new Crown Store items and post this info on forum, Reddit etc?

As you are agreeing to the NDA before you log in, that will include information you're datamining. Posting datamined information from the PTS will be against the NDA.

MissBizz wrote: »

Sorry if this is a foolish question, but from above I feel I need to ask it.

Will the base game changes be under NDA as well? As in, if a Templar skill changes etc. Seems like it will be quite difficult to enforce an NDA if it's open to everyone, and the PTS forum is public (can be read without an account).

[Edit] Ooooh I recall the console beta having it's own private forum, so as mentioned in the article the Morrowind invitees will definitely be in a private forum... but base game stuff?

While all content on the PTS is under NDA, as mentioned above we will be allowing regular conversation in the current PTS forum surrounding base game content as these are largely just bug fixes and general improvements to the existing game.

frethopper wrote: »

I would like to sign up for the closed beta, but every time I browse to the signup page I get redirected to the age gate, whether I've already been through it or not. I don't have this issue with any other part of the website. Anyone suggest where the issue might be?

There is no sign up for this - we are simply sending out invites based on our own criteria.

As much as that sucks, thank you!