Hi all,
Following the publishing of my article documenting the state of Snowbreak: Containment Zone’s content creator program, I was contacted by a representative from Seasun, the company that develops and publishes the game. They requested that I take down the article. I refused. After some discussion, an ultimatum was reached: take down the article or be terminated from the content creator program.
Despite this threat, I stood firm in my decision. As a result, my time in the Snowbreak content creator program has now come to an end.
When I published my article, I did it knowing full well that it would not be received well by Seasun, and that there would most likely be pressure to take the article down. Despite this, I went forward with it anyway. It is regrettable that this ultimately led to my removal from the Snowbreak CC program, but I stand by what I say. To take down the article would be to turn my back on all of my fellow content creators and friends. They deserve to be treated with respect and the work that they do deserves to be properly valued. If the cost of achieving that is me no longer being in the CC program, then it is a price that I am happy to pay. I will not allow myself to be bullied into silence, and will continue advocating for better treatment of those in the CC program.
On the other hand, by attempting to silence my criticisms instead of taking them as an opportunity to reflect and commit to improvement, Seasun’s actions speak loud and clear: they are more interested in damage control and maintaining their image than actually doing right by their content creator community. The last time that the Snowbreak CC program had systemic issues, no action was done to address the complaints and feedback privately submitted for six months. But after these issues were made public, it took just one week for a statement to be published promising to do better and for changes to be made. It is clear that without the threat of public outcry, community pressure, and damage to their reputation, nothing would have changed. This was true then, and I have no reason to believe that it isn’t still true now. This is why I refused to take down my article: if Seasun is not held publicly accountable, nothing will change.
I am, by no means, a Snowbreak “hater.” I wholeheartedly wish for the game to be as good as it can be. When the issues to the Snowbreak CC program were resolved last year, I personally wrote a public endorsement praising the changes that were made. I have always preferred to speak positively of Snowbreak, but I will never not criticize its flaws, because understanding and identifying your shortcomings is the first step to improvement.
While I am now no longer in the Snowbreak CC program, this is not the end of snowbreak.gg or my coverage of the game. I have no immediate plans of discontinuing my work producing guides, reviews, and reporting on news related to Snowbreak, and remain dedicated to serving the amazing Snowbreak community. I humbly ask for your continued support in these future endeavours.
I genuinely hope that Seasun can do the right thing and do better by their content creator community. If things do improve, I will once again be the first to happily give credit where it’s due. But things have to change, and only Seasun can make that happen.
vicyush
