Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-11165765-20131108091245/@comment-16486092-20131111003030

I only followed half of this thread before it got quote a bit repetitive. But I'll throw in my $.02 from the perspective of a free to play player who never has a shot at T1 anyone. I'm also lawyer so I figured I would weigh in on some of the arguments I read that Mobage could be held accountable for allowing cheaters to remain in the game.

First, I think it is really awful that the game can be exploited by some players at the expense of others. But even if a player's account was suspended, couldn't they just create a new account with a different device? Yeah, they start from scratch, but if they are willing to use exploits, that won't set em back long.

The issue of the appropriate punishment should be secondary to the more important question of why is it so easy to exploit this game? I cannot understand why any rational actor would spend anything more than nominal amounts of money on a game that : 1) can be exploited apparently easily; and 2) sells items of temporary value (as they introduce more powerful cards earlier cards lose their values entirely).

I've said it before, adults can spend their money however they want to, but it is alarming that people are spending the kinds of $$$$ they are dropping on this game with little to show for it. I play for free and get almost the identical experience as the players that drop hundreds each week.

As for the legal issues. There really are none. Mobage owes us no duties beyond providing the items they sell us. If you pay for chains, they need to give you chains, etc.. Players who choose to get caught up in the arms race dynamic of the game do so voluntarily. Also, Mobage is not a government actor, so they need not give rational and even punishments for similar offenses. Even if they had that obligation, the only people that would have a claim are the people who allegedly received the stiffer penalty.

Aside from the legal issue, it would be a class act for Mobage to calculate the number of people it caught cheating in T1 and give (assume for example they identify 3 cheaters) the same number of people who missed T1 as a result, the T1 reward. It would cost Mobage nothing, but show good faith.

All that being said, players who are tired of this or other b.s. can always quit the game. I enjoy a.. Of you here, but quitting is probably a good idea for anyone spending 100s per week on the game who don't have huge trust funds and no financial worries.

Thanks for indulging my perspective. ~DoctorCrosby