About this site
Slow Radius publishes one thing: a five-step reading course for people in Australia who are new to online games played on a desktop computer. There is nothing else on the site, and nothing is planned.
Who publishes it
The publisher is Gydrotech s.r.o., a company registered in the Czech Republic.
Gydrotech s.r.o.Březová 2337, 393 01 Pelhřimov, Czech Republic
Company registration: 03960366
info@slowradius.online
The Contact page sets out what we can and cannot help with before you write.
Writing is attributed to the Gydrotech s.r.o. editorial team. There is no named author, no instructor and no staff listing, because the course does not rely on anybody's personal authority — it relies on the sources it cites, which you can check yourself.
How the course was structured
The five steps follow the order in which a reader actually meets each problem. Understanding the business model comes first, because it explains everything that follows. Hardware comes second, because it decides whether the rest is relevant at all. The documents come third, before anything is accepted. The account comes fourth, because it is the only part that is genuinely hard to undo. Living with the game comes last, because it is the only part that continues.
Each step ends in a checklist rather than a conclusion. A checklist can be acted on without rereading the page, and it can be handed to somebody else in the household. The All checklists page gathers them for printing.
Length was set by what the step needs: between fifteen hundred and two thousand words each, which is about ten minutes of reading. Anything shorter leaves the reader with a summary instead of an explanation.
What each step relies on
| Step | Where its material comes from |
|---|---|
| 1 — the arrangement | General description of how the category is funded, phrased as guidance. Statements about World of Tanks come only from what its publisher tells us. Randomised items point to the Australian Classification Board. |
| 2 — the machine | The system information screens of Windows, macOS and Linux, which readers can open themselves; component specifications from the manufacturers' own pages; update guidance from the Australian Cyber Security Centre. |
| 3 — the fine print | The structure common to terms and privacy documents in this category, plus the ACCC on consumer guarantees, the OAIC on personal information, the eSafety Commissioner on online safety, and the Classification Board on ratings. |
| 4 — the account | The sign-up sequence common to large online games, described generically; passphrase and account-protection guidance from the Australian Cyber Security Centre; Scamwatch on reporting. |
| 5 — living with it | Ordinary household budgeting practice, the ACCC on recurring charges and complaints, eSafety and Scamwatch on contact and scam attempts. |
Where a fact could not be traced to the publisher of the product or to the body responsible for the subject, it was left out. That is why the course contains no statistics, no benchmarks and no comparison between products.
The commercial relationship, stated plainly
This site is funded by affiliate commission. The link to World of Tanks that appears in Steps 1, 2 and 4 is a paid affiliate link: if you follow it and then create and activate an account, the affiliate network that operates the link pays Gydrotech s.r.o. a commission. You pay nothing extra.
That is a real conflict of interest and pretending otherwise would be worse than disclosing it. It is also the reason the course does not rank, score or recommend products, and the reason the only claims it makes about that game are the ones the game's own publisher makes. The commission does not decide what the steps say, what the checklists contain, or which regulators are linked — what decides those is the order of problems a new player meets and the availability of a primary source. The full explanation is on the Affiliate Disclosure page.
A reader can complete every step and every checklist without following the link, and the course says so in the disclosure box on the home page.
How often it is reviewed
The whole course is reread at least twice a year, and sooner whenever something it depends on changes — a government body reorganising its guidance, a vendor changing what it states about its product, or a reader pointing out an error. The date in the footer of every page is the date of the last review, and it is changed when the text is.
Corrections are welcome and are the most useful post we receive. Write to info@slowradius.online and say which page and which sentence.
What this site is not
- Not the official site of any game, and not a partner, reseller or authorised source for one.
- Not a news publication, and not an investigation into anything.
- Not a personal blog. Nothing here is anybody's experience, and there are no personal accounts, testimonials or ratings.
- Not accredited training. There is no enrolment, no account, no assessment and no certificate.
- Not a download site. No software is distributed here and no installer is offered.
Privacy, in one sentence
The site collects nothing: no forms, no accounts, no cookies, no analytics, no fonts or scripts from anywhere else, and no record of what you read beyond the ordinary access log kept by the hosting provider. The Privacy Policy walks through each Australian Privacy Principle and the Cookie Policy lists every storage technology we checked for and did not use.