Glitches that are okay to use...

[Mikheli]

I wanted to bring this up to the community due to the conflicting information that SE has clearly provided.

As you may remember, the Ungermax glitch (if you don't see here: Yoshi-P's Ungarmax reply ) was left as an /action in the games coding which could be used on the overworld or in any dungeon.

This was his response:

Players we judge to have exploited this bug not to progress through content, but solely out of curiosity, will not be subject to disciplinary action. Not only was this a major bug that was created by developer error, it persisted for months due to our failure to properly process user reports, and the resulting usage by curious players upon word of it spreading is understandable. Our analysis of battle and other log data from the period of when information on the bug was disseminated until the bug was fixed confirms that these players did not profit from its usage, and we see no reason to hold them to account. That being said, we must strongly encourage you all to not experiment with these bugs in the future, and to that end will be sending mails to all concerned.

This was left in the game UNINTENTIONALLY but players were banned for using it in ways that SE did not think was appropriate. However, the deciding factor was if the player benefited from its use. Those who didn't were slapped on the hand and asked to stop. Those who did or attempted to benefit had stricter punishments.


This brings me to glitches that are currently being REWARDED.

The interior housing design contest has clear abuse of the housing glitch with individuals making staircases, balconies, and other seemingly impossible setups. These individuals are being rewarded with exclusive prizes that are unobtainable aside from community events.

Here are a couple of links from winners (names excluded) showing glitched setups (more setups like these can be found by looking through the design contest posts from winners/losers):

House Example 1

House Example 2

House Example 3

I'm just looking for clarification on why some glitches seem to be penalized and some are not. Shouldn't it be a blanket statement/approach on how SE handles cheating to get an advantage? If I was to share how this was done on the forums, I'm pretty sure I'd get banned, so why is this being rewarded?