Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-50.139.165.174-20131214201932/@comment-11490363-20131215203132

AndRollOut wrote: Also, the store analogy is bad because there is no uncertainty or ambiguity there.

A better example is mispricing. Sometimes online shops mistype their prices (eg ipad selling for 70 instead of 700). When shoppers come across it,some jump on the offer - they don't know for sure that it's a mistake or it could be a limited time offer designed to attract more traffic to the store. I am glad you brought this up. So sure someone that thinks something is mispriced has 2 choices. Ask to see if it is an error, or just take it and not care either way. Ditto here. Anyone that plays regularly and claims they had no idea that something was up I will call a liar to their face.

There are those that think that if a store makes a mistake and you 'accidentally' take advantage of it that it is OK. I am not one of those people. I do not respect those people. Taking advantage of peoples' mistakes is just low. Especially when you have some inkling that it is a mistake. Are you so poor that you need to rip people off every chance you get? When I go to the gas station and they forget to charge me for one chocolate bar, I go back and correct it. It is called integrity, something which people here do not seem to possess.

Sounds to me like the OP was right, when it is convenient, people will cheat and call it not cheating due to any number of technicalities and rationalizations, but when it is someone else and not them, whoa, watch out.

All this is moot anyway, it is just a game, but strictly speaking, in principle, this is cheating, and everyone knows it, but obviously they are good at convincing themselves that it is not. PArtially because the TOS might not say it explicitly, or they hate Mobage, or it is a victimless crime, a corporation, or they would fall behind because they are the only one not doing it, or that they are just 'using the game and not hacking', or whatever, but that does not make it right. The store is a perfect example, if you get a brand new TV for 10 dollars instead of 1000, and you think that is just a promotion without asking, you are a douche. Integrity will ensure that you ask first, and not just take advantage and claim ignorance, or throw your hands up in the air and say 'what else was I supposed to do? Everyone else is doing it'.

Lame excuses.