i really dont care too much about people running parsers, but when the developer puts it in the game, it becomes an official part of the game. Eyeballing some one and seeing what thier doing, and making a spreadsheet about it is a different feeling. just like official sports players do things sometimes with thier stats in mind, people parsing do the same type of stuff.

I rem in vent a friend was talking about how he would have his own personal parse battles with his fellow players, and how they had little dirty tricks to get a bit of an edge on the stat front, it was amusing, but not really something id want to see become an official part of the game. your right about this, once you see the parse, your going to want to compete, just seeing the numbers is going to make you try harder, and look at thier gear etc. But is that the way it should be? to that level?
honestly i prefer just playing with people and having fun, once you add official parse, gear is going to become even more of a factor, then comes gear scores, it really doesnt sound fun to me. annnnnnnd i knew a lot of people that could perform well in a camping parse, but they sucked when it came to actual real play, like in dynamis and nyzul/ salvage.