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[MassAffected]

Are people this desperate for free ****? Actually don't answer that...the fact that threads like this exist is proof enough.

[Twitchmonkey]

makenzieshepard wrote...

Allowing it to propagate for three days and then saying nu-uh can't do it does seem a little shameless. Woo calling it questionable doesn't really mean anything. Bioware has done it's fair share of questionable things after all. Give the people time to remove it from their signatures here. That said I think I had it in my sig on this forum for all of about literally 5 minutes, gonna be a bit depressed if that's all it takes to dq me from the auction.

Aye, not being clear and then banning people for doing it is lame, plus doing this means that just about all of the best items will go to people that don't come from these boards, which is terrible from a PR standpoint.

Modifié par Twitchmonkey, 01 avril 2010 - 10:53 .

[I Deadbolt I]

thank god they are looking into this....

[Twitchmonkey]

I Deadbolt I wrote...

thank god they are looking into this....

You are aware that this is what you're doing, aren't you? So you would be DQ'd?

[madkool]

Lamiea wrote...

You should give people a time-frame to remove it and make a global posting about the new policy. On a related note, how do you clear your signature anyways? I cannot seem to get the IMG-Tag out of my signature. And, yes, now that there is a ruling people should follow it. 

I agree with this. I don't frequent the forums but was impressed by the community's effort in the link exchange threads and I have been faithfully clicking in hopes that the favor will be returned. Now I have to lose all of my tokens and hard-earned clicks because I posted an img tag for 20 minutes and got 3 clicks?

[Nizzemancer]

adblock http://social.bioware.com/brc/*

[TrueWindoze]

I have a feeling a lot of people are going to very upset with the lack of organization regarding rules of this competition.

[Twitchmonkey]

If all of the hours I spent trying to get a bloody $2000 laptop are wasted, I think I'm done with this forum to be honest. I wouldn't have minded this at all if you guys were upfront immediately after this had started, but you weren't and you've wasted my time.

[XX55XX]

I agree. Hundreds (likely thousands) will be very upset by this.

Fans are the only ones who could truly dedicate their hearts to this contest, now some of them might be alienated.

BioWare should have been more clear about this when the issue was raised.

[rumination888]

Not cool, BioWare.
You can't exactly take down your posts in other forums with the image links. Its not like this stuff is automatic. You actually have to spend a lot of your time on other forums in order to generate those massive amounts of clicks.

[I Deadbolt I]

yea i know i was doing it im fixing it now... i feel bad for everyone else... if its anything they can DQ me

*update*
and just like that its fixed...

Modifié par I Deadbolt I, 01 avril 2010 - 11:16 .

[Rive Caedo]

Hm. This is disquieting that they made a flip in policy so quickly (from "not encouraged but valid" to "exploit").



I suppose I'm glad I was logged in when they made the change O_o

[I Deadbolt I]

Twitchmonkey wrote...

I Deadbolt I wrote...

thank god they are looking into this....

You are aware that this is what you're doing, aren't you? So you would be DQ'd?

i fixed it... sorry about that guys... dang morals

[Crixt]

If you are no longer using this strategy, and would not like all of your tokens taken away on tuesday, please voice your concern on this thread

http://social.biowar...23934/1#2024306

All we would like is for Chris to respond, hopefully that former users of this method don't get the "death penalty"

[Maugrim]

Six to Eight wrote...

Question, what are the rules against me putting other peoples tags into my signature without their approval, I hope you have a solution for that because I have quite a lot of random people that were in mine, oh hope they aren't upset /kidding.

but what if?

*whistle* *stir*

That's a damn good point, if I had even less morals I'd be tempted to make that what if a reality.

[Chris Priestly]

To clarify because there seems to be some confusion.

Having a clickable link that is text that goes to your referral page, like what Deadbolt has now, is fine.

Having a clickable link that is an image that goes to your referral page, live what Rive Caedo has now, is fine.

Having an image that tries to load your referral page is *NOT* allowed as it forces the referral. The contest is titled "Get Your Friends To Click On Your Unique URL". The key word in that phrase is click. When you put the referral link in an image the person is not clicking anything but is instead unknowingly gives you a referral. We consider this cheating.

This is not a "flip in policy". This has always been our policy that people who try to exploit the rules or nature of the auction to benefit are cheating. Stan posted his personal opinion on the matter as he stated.

[Sloth Of Doom]

Hey, is it ok if I hack the bioware servers and change my token count? It doesn't explicitly say not to do so, so that must mean I can have no common sense and do it!



*removes pants from head*



Seriously, why is everyone shocked that an obvious exploit is a bad thing?

[Blado123]

I'm confused, so all of those mass link threads are okay?

[cynicalsaint1]

Chris Priestly wrote...

This is not a "flip in policy". This has always been our policy that people who try to exploit the rules or nature of the auction to benefit are cheating. Stan posted his personal opinion on the matter as he stated.

How exactly, pray tell, are we supposed to tell the difference from "personal opinion" and actual policy on such matters from BioWare posters? Especially when its never stated anywhere that this is in fact a personal opinion?