Built-in Parsers

[Bourne_Endeavor]

The fact that you're still only seeing the black and white in what I'm saying tells me there is no hope for this discussion. It's not my debate skills that are lacking here, though kudos on your borderline ad hominem. You, and you alone, are picking extremes out of my words that simply aren't there. I don't feel like repeating myself for the umpteenth time in this topic alone since my very clear statement still didn't make it through to you, so I'm going to go continue playing the game in the way I enjoy.

If you want to keep arguing, though, you can go right ahead since all it will do at this point is make you seem confrontational. Have fun.

You said:

"No, of course one thing such as an in-game parser is not enough on its own, even as it gives elitists a means to say "This is in the game now, so you better learn to use it!" Can you say in utmost honesty that no such thing will happen?"

This statement posits the notion parses should remain unseen simply due to the off chance they may be abused. If that is to be your stance, you have to equally be against the Vote Kick/Abandon system as it can and is abused. Any argument otherwise would be hypocritical unless you agree tools do not directly correlate towards toxic behavior; i.e someone parsing has no direct bearing on whether they will treat others poorly. Of course, by doing so, your original argument loses all validity. So...

That is but a single example you appear to have missed. Perhaps you shouldn't be throwing around words like hand-wave and ad hominem when you're very much guilty of both.