poiumty said:
Since you can't tell someone he's an idiot without endangering your standing, people are less likely to do it.
But implication is fair game
Should I really be explaining this? It's just common sense, after all.
So, that's just moderate rule-bending.
Preventing those kinds of situations is what active moderation is for. You know, game masters, tech support and so on.
Wow...and I thought they were there just to make coffee
And unlike piracy, there are distinct rules that are broken while cheating, and the perpetrators can be more easily found.
Piracy isn't breaking a distinct rule?
To put it simply, just because cheating is possible doesn't make it futile to attempt to stiffle it.
Yeah, see, you've totally missed my point. Which you then bring up later, so I don't know what you're saying.
Hitboxes aren't taken into effect and it's impossible to phisically dodge anything (only way to actually dodge is stat-wise).
So dancing increases your dodge stat? Really?
What are you talking about?
Why are you arguing with me if you don't know what I'm talking about? Especially if you use my points as defences?
You do remember the Duped Credits in SW:G? Where illegal coins were given to dancers, who were then banned? And their friends were teleported into space when they complained?
No, I don't, because I haven't played it. Sounds like abuse of power on the moderating side, which isn't the case here.
You do remember the picture I posted on page 1 which detailed that action? Two pages ago? It was about an exploit in Star Wars that got lots of people banned unfairly.
Stole from other people the right to hard-earned gratification.
OH MY GOD!
Set a precedent for future people to do the same.
THE HORROR!
Destabilized a (small) part of the economy by having faster access to higher-level loot.
HOW COULD HE?
Messed (knowingly, willingly) with the intended game experience.
THE HUMANITY!
Knowingly abused game mechanics which were blatantly not intended, something which should be in the rules with a big FORBIDDEN sign around it.
THE BASTARD!
It's almost like he was playing a game that he paid for the way he wanted to. What a total ****. He should be hung by the neck for daring to do that!
Sure, it doesn't seem like much. What if a thousand people do it? What if ten thousand people do it?
What if my cat had thumbs!
Would you play a game like that, where all the top spots on the server are occupied by people who don't deserve it? Where the normal, intended experience has now transformed into who breaks the game faster?
Like...every other multiplayer game...
and it's in EA's best interests to keep as many people playing as possible.
Which is why they banned a whole load of them.
Why not just drop him in the Sarlaac Pit? He'd probably have fun dancing his way out of that one.
Don't get me wrong, neither I or Amnestic, which you quoted first, ever advocated a permaban. Or even a particularly severe punishment. Don't know where you got that idea.
I didn't get that idea. I put forward the idea of a punishment fitting to the crime. You seem to have been arguing with yourself for a long time now.