Parsing unfair but okay?

[Genbe197]

If they are advertising in PF parses then just report them for breaking ToS.

[Eriane_Elis]

If they are advertising in PF parses then just report them for breaking ToS.

No one likes snitches; you'll never have real friends if you're one of those and you would just be wasting GMs time. I bet you never read the ToS, have you? They won't suspend/ban people for using parsers unless they are using it to harass other players. Going back to my first point, don't be one of those even in real life. Keep to yourself, otherwise you'll end up on everyone's shytlist and you'll be the first one to get robbed if society collapses. lol

[Dracosavarian]

No one likes snitches; you'll never have real friends if you're one of those and you would just be wasting GMs time. I bet you never read the ToS, have you? They won't suspend/ban people for using parsers unless they are using it to harass other players. Going back to my first point, don't be one of those even in real life. Keep to yourself, otherwise you'll end up on everyone's shytlist and you'll be the first one to get robbed if society collapses. lol

Since this was brought up.

Terms of Service:

Behavior that disrupts the game balance

Square Enix strictly prohibits the use of third-party programs or tools as these disrupt the balance of the game. Third-party programs and tools that permit automated or "absentee" play are prohibited. A Game Master (GM) may speak to players to investigate and confirm "absentee" play, and if the player continues with this behavior, contrary to the GM's instructions, they will be treated as participating in "absentee" play and subject to penalties.

Accordingly, the following activities are prohibited:

- Modifying, analyzing, integrating, and/or reverse-engineering game software or data.

- Creating, distributing, using, or promoting utilities that interact with the game.

[KageTokage]

Since this was brought up.

Terms of Service:

Behavior that disrupts the game balance

Square Enix strictly prohibits the use of third-party programs or tools as these disrupt the balance of the game. Third-party programs and tools that permit automated or "absentee" play are prohibited. A Game Master (GM) may speak to players to investigate and confirm "absentee" play, and if the player continues with this behavior, contrary to the GM's instructions, they will be treated as participating in "absentee" play and subject to penalties.

Accordingly, the following activities are prohibited:

- Modifying, analyzing, integrating, and/or reverse-engineering game software or data.

- Creating, distributing, using, or promoting utilities that interact with the game.

I just realized that statement is contradictory as if you try to report someone for "absentee play" the GMs will adamantly insist they can't do anything about it and redirect you to the nigh-uselessSTF instead.

[Dracosavarian]

I just realized that statement is contradictory as if you try to report someone for "absentee play" the GMs will adamantly insist they can't do anything about it and redirect you to the nigh-uselessSTF instead.

It isn’t so much the top part that covers the discussion at hand, but rather, the last two sentences.

[SaberMaxwell]

It isn’t so much the top part that covers the discussion at hand, but rather, the last two sentences.

The relevance here, I believe, is: "They're not enforcing one part of that section entirely, the one that's arguably more important to enforce and affects a much larger proportion of the playerbase. Why would they enforce the other part?"

[Dracosavarian]

The relevance here, I believe, is: "They're not enforcing one part of that section entirely, the one that's arguably more important to enforce and affects a much larger proportion of the playerbase. Why would they enforce the other part?"

That you know of. If you have statistics and logistics on what Square Enix has, and has not enforced in regards to their Terms of Service, I’m open to hearing it.

[Eriane_Elis]

Since this was brought up.

Terms of Service:

Behavior that disrupts the game balance

Square Enix strictly prohibits the use of third-party programs or tools as these disrupt the balance of the game. Third-party programs and tools that permit automated or "absentee" play are prohibited. A Game Master (GM) may speak to players to investigate and confirm "absentee" play, and if the player continues with this behavior, contrary to the GM's instructions, they will be treated as participating in "absentee" play and subject to penalties.

Accordingly, the following activities are prohibited:

- Modifying, analyzing, integrating, and/or reverse-engineering game software or data.

- Creating, distributing, using, or promoting utilities that interact with the game.

Once again, why do you feel the need to be a snitch? I'll say it again, nobody likes / trusts snitches and it's morally wrong to be a snitch. This is why people adopted the don't ask don't tell policy and resort to using discord to talk about things that are against the ToS but even if they are against the ToS they aren't enforced unless there's a good reason why it should be. For instance, parsers are against the ToS but a lot of people use it, if not most people have asked to be part of a parse run. As long as people aren't griefing / ruining the experience for other players, then let it be. It's just a game. I would hope that you don't snitch on people in real life either, that would be pretty awful. Imagine being neighbors with someone who snitches on everything that you do wrong like keeping the grass slightly too high or build a deck without a permit. lol