Alright, so recently there has been a lack of content coming from Epicnamebro's channel. Why is that? Well, it's simple actually… he's gone to Japan to work on the development and testing of Bloodborne. Naturally, I tried to connect with Marcus (Yah, he has a real name) to get the inside scoop, here is a transcription of events that occurred:
Phone call #1:
Me: Yo Marcus, how you doin bro?
Marcus: Hey what's up ****?
Me: I saw your latest vid man, gotta say I'm as excited as you are. I want the inside scoop man, make sure you tell me what you learn.
Marcus: Haha, aight dude. But there's an NDA, so you gotta promise NOT to tell anyone.
Me: Yah of course man I aint no whistle blower, aight?
*Phone vibrates on the other end of the call*
Marcus: ah snap dude, that's my baby's mama. Catch you later!
Me: Peace naga.
After the first call I didn't contact Marcus again until after he went to Japan. We decided to switch to messaging each other on Youtube because it was free. Things were going good for a while until right before TGS.
Facebook Message 08/14/14:
Me: Sup gurl? Watchu got for me?
Marcus: Hey man, did you leak any of the info I've been telling you?
Me: Naw dude, I've kept my mouth shut. Can't wait to play a Souls game without any magic to carry casuals through the game, know what I'm sayin?
Marcus: I just… word got out somehow man. I'm going to stay on the DL until the Alpha hits in a month or two.
Me: Word dude. Be safe!
That was the last time I ever heard from Marcus. Though I recently got a message in my gmail from an address which read as demonborne . The message is as follows:
Email message #1:
You have violated the NDA that Fromsoftware has set up for the video game franchise trademarked as "Bloodborne". You are subject to punishment under the user's Terms of Service, and will be dealt with in a reasonable manner.
(No signature)
At first I laughed and thought. What could I have possibly done to violate the NDA? Then I remembered our Bloodborne discussion page on the forums. I tried to delete the post but an error message popped up followed by an e-mail from Fanfiction.
Fanfiction email:
Dear sir/ma'am
We regret to inform you that the content you tried to erase has been locked as it is being used in an investigation as evidence. We are sorry for the in-convenience. Please do not respond to this email.
(xoxo)
(Random douchebag admin)
Now is when I started to panic. Then I remembered… Marcus. I picked up my phone and called him, I didn't care about the consequences. I called three times, no answer each time. On a fourth attempt his wife picked up, she sounded pretty shaken up. Out of respect for Marcus' family, I won't paste the exact transcript of the conversation but essentially, Marcus had been found with his throat cut under a random bridge in Tokyo. After announcing my condolences I hung up and ran to the restroom. I'm not going to lie, I vomited because I was fucking scared. What the fuck was happening?
I opened the email from "demonborne", and clicked on the Terms of Service. After doing a lot of reading and skimming I found it. Fromsoft has the right to punish NDA violators in whatever way they see fit. Fuck man! This may be my last post on Fanfiction for a while guys… I'm going to hide for a while and asdfewr-023WeawraopP_)"E(*aehsni…
Hello readers, this is a message from "Demonborne". Fromsoftware would like me to remind you that professionalism and respect are held high within our community. The behavior you witnessed above was not professional, and did not surmount to a single ounce of respect. Please learn from the mistakes of your peers and do not bite the hand that feeds.
Praise the sun
