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Eradrain

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Quilver wrote...

Totems and Teaparties wrote...

Off topic: Come on Merselpath, you can be more subtle than this :P


Can you say 'paranoid'? Since you've accused me of being someone I'm not, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume you're the same person as Eradrain. ;)

I'm not the same person as Totems and Teaparties, no, but I am fond of both tea and the WoW shaman class.  If you don't believe me, I'm sure some of the regulars of the Custom Content forum would be happy to verify my identity.

OT:

Kind of sickened that this thread got to page 5.  Also kind of sickened that I actually read that inflated player-counts "compromise the integrity of Gamespy."  If you think of Gamespy as something that had integrity to be compromised in the first place, chances are you probably don't get out much.

Just because this is the internet doesn't mean you have the license to get up in people's junk just because you don't like what they're doing.  This thread is functionally harassment against servers who are doing something that is against no rules except your own personal code of ethics.

Yeah, it's dumb that they inflate their player counts.  Whether it works or not is debatable; for my part, I always check the server list before making a character or logging on.  But like the practice or not, never in a million years would I consider myself enough of a jackass that I'd actually go out of my way to make a list of the servers that do this and then defend this name/shame thread through five pages.

Modifié par Eradrain, 17 mars 2011 - 02:33 .


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Tarmack

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While inflating server numbers to look more popular is lame, I'm not aware of any rules it breaks (logging in multiple clients on one machine would certainly accomplish this without any alteration of code). The people who may log in to a server with inflated numbers will certainly discover that it is empty and move on. It's a non-issue.

This thread however breaches #2 and #3 basic rules of these forums.
http://social.biowar...page/site-rules

Please re-read them, and please do not recreate this thread.

Good Gaming

Modifié par Tarmack, 17 mars 2011 - 02:38 .