Locked: New policy: Hub entries created by others. in Announcements
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Hello, fellow BYONDers! I just wanted to post something here to let everyone know about the new policy the hub moderation crew will be employing from now on involving hub entries created by other people for the sole purpose of providing an entry to someone who otherwise could not make their own due to a lack of Membership status.
We've been aware of this happening for quite some time and we see nothing wrong with the act itself, if someone wants to leave their hub entry in the hands of someone else that's fine -- however, we will not approve these entries for public listing, and they will be given the 'Rejected' status if they are submitted.
Having a hub entry in this way is one thing (and pushing it at that, but we're letting this part slide for the time being), and having that entry approved for listing is another thing; both are considered perks of Membership and we generally frown on actions that are done to circumvent the need to purchase a membership to receive these perks.
Entries created for development teams and the such are still acceptable as long as the owner of the key creating the entry has an active role in the development of the game.
If the moderator reviewing your game can't establish without a doubt that the entry is owned by a member of the game's team the game may be marked as 'Incomplete' until that moderator can discuss the matter with the owner(s) of the game.
Thanks for understanding, and sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.
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