Charm Cubeing

[bigeyedbug]

The difference is that one type of knowledge is about the game in general and the theories behind things.  The other type of knowledge is about the specific hidden details of a specific item.

Thank you for elaborating. While I do still believe there is an inconsistency here, I do not believe that consistency in matters like these is that important. I myself, draw a line more geological than geometric when it comes to playing the game "as it was meant to be played." Actually, what struck me as odd in what you originally articulated about ATMA was less an inconsistency, and more what I would call "a distinction without a difference." Your emphasis on specificity doesn't (to me, at a gut level) seem relevant. Is it merely the added step of extrapolation that distinguishes general hidden information from specific? A post, a list, a calulator, and an elaborate 3rd party program all seem to me to be merely different vehicles for transmitting information--much of which concerns details hidden in-game. My view would be that if the information itself is not unethical to transport, then it scarcely matters what kind of buggy it arrives in.


My chief distinction-without-a-difference would, I think, be the rickety fence I've built between intra-game and extra-game. There are all sorts of gaps there for a fox with a logical bent to shimmy through. ATMA is okay but Maphack is not? I'm alright with muling, but leery of editing? Not much consistency to boast of there.

I feel a little guilty about hijacking this thread, although the attitude towards hijacks seems to be pretty loose here. If you want to discuss it more and you feel a PM would be more appropriate, feel free to do so.

In any case I am grateful that you have made your particular ethical judgement in regard to sharing information, as it has benefited me a great deal.