SE's most difinitive statement yet on parsers

[Souljacker]

I still would like to know how using a parser helps someone "gain an advantage". Are you admitting that otherwise, people would be using bad rotations and playing at a sub-par level and so only people with access to parsers will play better? I just don't understand the logic behind these statements, or why anyone would argue that keeping people playing at a lower level benefits the playerbase as a whole.

I'd also like to point out that anyone here who has looked up a rotation has benefited from the existence of a parser. This is how optimal rotations are found - by parsing real data and seeing that this sequence is superior to that one.

Really - everyone needs to chill out and stop acting like parsers are going to destroy the game.