Quote Originally Posted by Keddera_StormMoon View Post
Isn't data mining going through game files to dig up stuff that's usually hidden? It's my understanding most Parsers just gather up what's being made visible in the chat logs and displaying it something usable. It's not actually gathering hidden data.
This is correct. The parsers just read and sort information from logs. That's why they aren't against the TOS. They literally don't do a single thing that you can't do yourself. The only issue with parsers are when people are being jerks about it. SE doesn't want you berating people, and kicking them just because their dps isn't as high as you would like.