Complaint Review: Perfect World Entertainment

First, PWE closed my account which I spent hundreds of hours on, effectively seperating me from my ingame progress, gameplay advantages, friends/relationships and characters for no given reason. I don't even know what I did wrong! Was just having fun with my friends.

Secondly, being the Chinese-based company they are, they salvaged whatever fictional ideas I made for my characters and stole them for their future content to make money through microtransactions. All without my permission. These ideas are not meant to be used for money, they were there for self-amusement and social communication.

I saw Chinese companies steal from rivaling companies or businesses, but I never witnessed cases in which one steals ideas from an innocent customer/player by force until now. They could hire game designers to keep their game "fresh" instead, couldn't they? What's so special about me to them anyway?

After the truth has been revealed, I felt betrayed that a giant company such as PWE/ARC games/Cryptic Studios would stoop this low.  Funny, the ideas they stole didn't give them more customers or money in turn. Feels like they did it simply out of spite; to overshadow me, not to be successful.

They didn't even send an email explaining why I got banned.

I am currently boycotting everything that is connected to PWE and ARC games. They lack the professionalism that I thought they had. Made themselves my enemies for no reason through plagiarism and rejection. I honestly felt like I was dealing with angry amateurs, not a bunch of businessmen.

This is just a warning that this company lacks ethical responsibility, based on personal experience. If they can backstab you for profit and steal your thunder, they most definitely will. And their high egos will not make them explain themselves to you.