Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-15277159-20130909225523/@comment-18300277-20130910140654

I am not a fan of itsme5712. I just want to say this. In my opinion this situation is no different than an athlete taking steroids to gain an unfair advantage. Can every athlete take them? Yes they can but they don't and it's highly unethical. Maybe it can be equated to her being a smart shopper in most peoples minds but the fact is that she used a product that is unethical to gain an unfair advantage over normal paying players following the rules set forth by Mobage. In my opinion that is the equivalent to cheating but not fraud. The question of how many purchases she made is irrelevant to the fact that any purchase made gave her an unfair advantage over another player.

With that being said she was not officially banned for using the site. She was banned for violating Mobage TOS. That is plain and simple and she clearly admitted to it. Case closed and no room for arguing. She doesn't need a lawyer because she gave up her legal ground when she violated the TOS. That is why they are there. Does this mean that every player who willing admits to handing out there password to anyone should be banned? Yes it does. Does it mean that a hacked account should be banned. No it doesn't. If you can prove the intrusion was not authorized then you have a case. Allowing your friend to play while you sleep is unethical and falls under the same unfair advantage as what itsme did.

Defend her or hate her, doesn't matter. Don't ignore the facts or attempt to bend them to fit your argument. 50% Itune gift cards give a player an unfair advantage. Yes they do and I really don't feel that an honest player should use them in competing. Can you regulate it? No. They do not violate the TOS so that player should not be banned but if they admit to using them should expect to be met with upset players and criticism.

More personal opinion but very few people can afford to spend what she spent on this game. It isn't realistic and I have doubts that her purchases were all legitimate. She bragged that one event she spent 100,000 coins to get good cards. That's $1,000 in real money but only $500 in addgolds cash. I believe she spent way more than that using 3rd party sites to get the scores she got each event. This is the first normal event she hasn't competed in and 1 and 2 have been going at it unlike her events where she was double the score of #2. That is a common sense view that something is wrong with that situation.

Again, these are just my personal opinions and I am glad to see the game back in a fair competitive pace again.