Parsing unfair but okay?

[Kaurhz]

I'm not thinking one way or the other. I'm just trying to understand where you are coming from. They literally say "No third party tools". It's not hard to objectively say those who are using voice comms have an advantage over those who aren't. They don't say "No third party tools, but Discord is ok". What I fail to understand is, by your admission, if ACT and Excel are doing the same thing, why would you have an issue with HOW the data is collected, if the data and the result are the same?

Yes and this is stretching the definition of a third-party tool to the absolute maximum wherein it becomes logical fallacy. Discord facilitates communication. The fights in this game at anything beyond normal mode aren't really designed around the idea that you're using a party chat to communicate your ideas. A little critical thinking goes a long way as to tell you why these aren't even remotely comparable.

By their own admission:
- Modifying, analyzing, integrating, and/or reverse-engineering game software or data.
- Creating, distributing, using, or promoting utilities that interact with the game.

The 'how' of how that data is collected and analysed is what determines if it violates the terms of service or not. They aren't doing it on the basis of end-result but rather method. Given that neither discord, nor Excel, nor a physical calculator violate either of the following then it's really a no brainer. As they've stated they frankly don't care if you do or don't. Neither do I. They'll be punishing people for bad behaviour long before they even bother punishing you for the use of ACT. They also went on to state that if this ever changed then you accept the personal responsibility of getting sanctioned due to it.