Built-in Parsers

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3) I'm not saying a parser will be a jerk just for being a parser. Once again, and let me be perfectly clear right here, a parse is a tool. Bad people will use tools for bad reasons. Putting the tool inside of the game sends a signal to some, not all, such bad people that they are getting a thing that they want and thus must be right. Sounds like bad logic, right? The fallacy lies in those same individuals, not in the majority of parsers I have encountered.

This is the constant rebuttal I see and hate. We acknowledge parsers are a mere tool that can be used both positively and negatively dependent on the person yet it shouldn't be allowed because some people are assholes? If SE handles harassment reports properly, said jerks will be held accountable. What actually seems to be the divide, and I'm not claiming your stance here, is people don't want others to see how good or poorly they are performing. Case in point...

Im still waiting for your scientific report where it says that people can handle a tool responsible without being a douche bag :P

You aren't a "douche bag" for simply pointing to a parse and telling someone they need higher numbers. Alas, that is usually the argument made against parses, albeit in a roundabout manner. Futhermore, a lot of non-raiders are the ones complaining when if parses were added for pre-made parties only, wouldn't have any impact on them. Don't like the feature while farming for mounts? Turn it off. You'll still get plenty of people joining your party.

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all mistakes are recoverable, no game content has a no win scenario. so yes everyone needs to own up.

Story time!

Just the other night during our weeklies clears, I misread my buffs in Neo and Elusive Jumped with Allagan Field thinking it was Acceleration Bomb + Unbalance. The result was my death by flipping off the platform. This triggers Allagan immediately, spending a massive high damaging shockwave across the entire raid. Now, do explain how the healers, tanks or three other DPS are at fault for my mistake. I suppose our Scholar should've had telepathy and known to Rescue in that precise moment so I wouldn't fall off right?