Manifesto

We, the video game journalists and critics who have accepted responsibility for and membership of the Video Game Critics Festival, declare that we will decide and give our views relying only on God's help, the spirit of faith and our professional abilities, for the advancement of our country in video games, and we pledge our honour to this manifesto. Therefore:

• We commit ourselves to give all our strength, through the Video Game Critics Festival, to raising awareness of Iranian games and creating the conditions for sharing experience.
• Accepting that our views and perspectives differ, we strive to review and judge every work without personal taste or personal interest.
• We respect people's privacy, rights and dignity, and always try to stay within the bounds of ethics and the law.
• We accept our mistakes; we try to make good any harm they cause, and when necessary we apologise formally.
• As part of the Video Game Critics Festival, whether in running it or in judging, we commit not to damage its reputation and credibility for personal gain.
• When the festival's managers take a collective decision on a matter, we commit to carrying it out, even if we disagree, and to do nothing against it.
• We commit to keeping the festival's confidential matters to ourselves and never to disclose or publish news such as judging results before their time.
• We respect the festival's statutes and regulations and the majority vote of its executive team, and we work towards the festival's goals.
• When we take on a responsibility in the festival, we commit to doing it with the utmost effort and care.
• We commit to respecting every game developer taking part in the festival and their work, regardless of taste or quality.
• We commit to keeping political and private opinions, grudges and revenge out of our decisions and views.
• We will try to resolve disagreements and problems through dialogue and avoid hasty and unprofessional behaviour.

Signatories of the VIGMA manifesto

Ali Fakhar, Amir Golkhani, Arash Hakimi, Mohsen Vafanejad, Arash Ayari, Kasra Karimi Tar, Sepehr Torabi, Saeed Zafarani, Reza Gharalou, Meysam Khalilzadeh, Hamed Afroumand, Pedram Bahadori, Mohammadreza Mostafavi Rad, Mohammad Amin Behtouei, Mohammad Talebian, Amirhossein Vali, Ashkan Alikhani, Mohammad Sadegh Tavazoei, Taha Rasuli, Omid Sedigh Imani, Danial Nowroozi, Seyed Mojtaba Mahmoudi, Shayan Karami, Navid Gholami, Tarokh Tarhandeh, Arash Parsapour, Masoud Teymouri, Shayan Ziaei, Erfan Khorsand, Ghazal Mir, Amin Beygzadeh, Mehdi Haftehkhanak, Mohammad Javad Mohseni, Seyed Abolfazl Sherafat, Nima Farshin, Navid Ghaderi, Arsalan Khodi, Mohammad Mehdi Mesri, Aydin Nouri.