Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-50.139.165.174-20131214201932/@comment-11482499-20131216021655

Ranoake wrote: Read my post after that. If something is fishy, you can ask questions first before acting. Playing during that time having not asked any questions when it was clear something was not quite right is suspect. Sure you don't know for sure, that doesn't make it right. You can ask.

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And in fact, if you ask Mobage a question and they say 'yup that is the way the algorithm is supposed to work', then you know for sure, and you can continue to do your thing knowing you are not taking advantage of anything.

If someone loses their wallet on the street, do you return it or just say 'well I am just doing my thing, I did not break any laws to obtain this wallet, therefore it is mine".

Lame...

Disagree. I cannot wait for slow Mobage to reply first before playing the game. I'm going to keep playing while shooting them an email. Because there are other people out there playing the game too, and I cannot afford to lose ground against them just because something *might* be off - again hindsight being 20/20, we now know this is a bug, but no-one was 100% sure it was a bug before the blog announcement. What you expect of us is idealistic but impractical.

In mispricing cases, the sensible, pragmatic middle path is to buy a copy (in case it's not a mistake, and these are limited offers only), AND to shoot the store an email. Some online stores will then either choose to honour the mistake, or rescind all orders made under the wrong price. It's so strange that you see only two options (take advantage and screw them over, or Ranoake's holy high road), because "only a Sith deals in absolutes".

If someone loses their wallet, you find their address (or credit card, or some other identifying info in it) and return it. Again, there is no ambiguity there.

Anyway, we're arguing in circles here. I'll stop here unless there are new ideas or points raised.

In the stock market, if my analysis shows a share price to be undervalued, and I quietly buy myself 1000 shares, and the share price subsequently shoots up as I predicted it would, that is not cheating. That is a calculated risk I took, and deserved the rewards for. In this instance, Mobage could. My actions