Would you be opposed to SE implementing a program to scan for addons/parsers?

[Saraide]

This statement seems at odds with your previous position that parsing doesn't really provide any performance improvement



In my disgustingly humble opinion, some rules are alright to be broken. I don't really subscribe to the kind of moralistic absolutism that rules must always be followed. Especially when the stakes are so low.

In the hypothetical situation that I were to parse my runs, said nothing of it, and just used it to improve, who would that harm?

Squenix? They're still getting my money, I'm active on their game. What do they lose?
Other players? If anything it benefits, as I'm a better teammate for it.

SE's reaction to the current situation proves how okay they are with parsers. Action against unnamed was swift and aimed at the entire team even though technically only one person was proven to have plugins installed. Meanwhile many groups are live logging on fflogs the entire time. Does anyone seriously think SE doesnt know? You'd have to be extremely delusional to think that. So what does that tell us? Swift action against the entire team when they step over the line but no action against live logging groups? Guess that means parsing and live logging is not over the line.

[LianaThorne]

SE's reaction to the current situation proves how okay they are with parsers. Action against unnamed was swift and aimed at the entire team even though technically only one person was proven to have plugins installed. Meanwhile many groups are live logging on fflogs the entire time. Does anyone seriously think SE doesnt know? You'd have to be extremely delusional to think that. So what does that tell us? Swift action against the entire team when they step over the line but no action against live logging groups? Guess that means parsing and live logging is not over the line.

They absolutely know it exists, just not going to do anything about it lol. They'd probably lose a massive chunk of their playerbase, not just those who use plugins but also those who are vehemently against any form of invasive anti-cheat being installed. This thread alone shows how it would be a mistake.