Quote Originally Posted by Kaurie View Post
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The problem with the perception of wasted time is everyone's opinions of what is acceptable are different. 30 seconds is nothing to me, but it may be an eternity for you. If looking up a 5 minute video on some rotation plus spending minutes/hours/whatever it takes to learn said rotation, why should someone have to spend more time than they're saving you? If you're going to group together all the time that's one thing sure, but some random person you're doing a run with/meeting in DF?

As for the bannable offense, it's a violation of the ToS to use a parser.

2.5 Data Mining. You may not intercept, mine or otherwise collect information from the Game using unauthorized third party software.
Parsing data is using a 3rd party program to collect information. Information that comes from your logs, sure, but it's still information. I am not sure what SE's stance on it officially is but my thoughts of it goes like such:Parsing isn't exactly data mining, but it is using unauthorized 3rd party software to read and interpret in game data. If people are using it for their own use and not using it to harm another's experience in the game, it's fine. Otherwise, it's something that needs to be dealt with. I'm sure you'd get warned once or twice before getting a ban.