Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-50.139.165.174-20131214201932/@comment-11490363-20131215195435

Greygoose963 wrote:

Now, did playing the game in the 1st 24 hours verses those that did not and so by amassing an all or near all R5 Mirage deck create an unfair advantage above and beyond what playing the 1st 24 hours normally would give? Yes it does but that is not a players fault.

I didn't play and I'm frustrated that my hard earned and here to now T2 deck is now near worthless. This is unfair but so is life. I do not blame the players. I place the blame on Mobage because they failed to test their product before releasing it yet again and upon realizing there was a problem they let the game run instead of shutting it down to minimize people exploiting their mistake while they fixed the issue. They have now created an unfairness on a huge scale. Prior miscues really only affected that one event, cost people BC and maybe had someone miss out of 1 card from that event. This screw up has given 500+ people a full or near full R5 deck and hundreds more have improved significantly which will propel them in the next 6-10 events and regulate the late comers (especially T2) to a series of lower finishes. This is just another reason why people should stop paying Mobage to play and, if they so desire, walk away from the game. I would blame the players actually. this is mob mentality. If everyone else does it then it is OK for me to do it. I also blame Mobage for the bug, but they are morons and we all know that. Then again, anyone that plays this game and expects it to be fair is a glutton for punishment. Hence why I don't play this game.

All that said, that does not make any of this less than cheating. Exploiting a bug is cheating and most game companies explicitly state this. Sure you can argue that maybe the Mobage TOS does not explicitly state it, and if you are comfortable hiding behind that loophole, then go for it.

I always say, whenever someone says " I didn't technically cheat" it means they did cheat but you can't do anything about it because of some loophole. This is cheating, plain and simple, regardless of the Mobge TOS. No game designers are OK with players exploiting bugs. To say that just because it is not in the TOS that it is allowed is just a rationalization.

In conclusion, yes do not play this game, this game is a joke... If you must play, DO NOT SPEND MONEY, you will get better value by burning the money for heat.