If datamining wasn’t something they endorsed they wouldn’t have given literal instructions on changes to how it works and how to update the tools people use, they even asked people to let dataminers know about this change as quote - “who would find this useful”. And they certainly would have found a way to put a stop to the datamining or even stop adding files to live when they are in internal testing.
Problem is, ever since last year specifically, Gaijin has been getting a lot of heat from the playerbase concerning Chinese vehicles, subtrees, Japan, etc.
I imagine if it wasn’t for the leaks Gaijin would make Singapore a Chinese subtree, for example
As far as I know tho only Olivia has received a C&D letter from Gaijin / has been allowed to make a statement about the situation. And she is the one who is responsible for all the infantry leaks.
All the other vehicles like the thai VT4, Taiwanese M1A2 and Singaporean Leo 2 have been leaked by Gszabi and the like but they haven’t made any statements yet.
I mean yes, it could be that they wanna get rid of a bunch of the controversies surrounding leaks but maybe sth is going wrong with the development of the infantry mode and they wanna create another back door in case they scrap it and in gaijin fashion don’t say anything.
I think it was a just a statement of “hey, dont take datamines as gospel, there is a lot of random junk in their and just because it is doesnt mean its planned for the game”
It sounds like while they don’t like datamining, they absolutely don’t like it when people make speculations or state datamined developments as something factual.
I’m guessing Gaijin was tired of getting heat for things that technically wasn’t releasd yet
According to this datamined content isn’t forbidden, presenting it as factual “leaked” additions is. This also seems to only reference new datamined content, such as the infantry related files, rather than stuff like Gszabi’s update changes, so that seems safe in general.
And this seems to suggest that guesses and speculation based on that info, ex. “Infantry might be added to to infantry related files”, is also allowed, as long as it’s not falsely presented as a fact.
So to sum it up, Olivia wouldn’t break any of these rules by continuing, just not call any of it leaks. I don’t know if the C&D had any other instructions, but just from this public statement it seems that shouldn’t be an issue, so at the very least someone else can pick up where she left off.
Even if the C&D had other instructions I wouldn’t be surprised if she still stopped altogether. Instead of talking to her they just hit her with a C&D.
