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[ToasterMan]

A test run for an official parser would be nice, even if it was an official parser. And I suppose I have a bit of a question to Yoshi P regarding "They'll force you to share your numbers"--how? Kicking you? Report it for harassment, as you are mandated under any part of any ToS to share any bit of your HUD with anyone else.

Yeah, I mean, I'm gonna be real here. The ONLY reason I'm against the parsers being official is because I think that the downside of harassment and ego issues will outweigh the upside. When you get rid of that factor, I don't think there's a reason not to have it. The next worst thing that could happen is that people ignore it, and that doesn't justify not having it. Sure you don't NEED it in order to improve......but it helps. I don't need protect to clear an expert, but it still helps. Why would I not use it? We can all sit here and talk about our experiences and what we think would happen until the cows come home. (And we already have.)

Something I've realized is, nobody knows for sure what would happen if an official parser was introduced to the community. I don't think we'll reach a solution to this until a proper experiment is preformed. One that will present hard data that we can draw a conclusion from. Unfortunately, I don't think SE is too keen on doing something like that.