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The way I see it is that ATMA and FoxBat's Lag Reducer help to boost people from a 'lower' level of a playing field to one that matches an average (non-cheating) closed B.net player.

I agree totally.

Maphack and programs like it, on the other hand, give people an outright advantage. They give abilites that are above and beyond what's listed on the box that the game came in. This is why those programs are frowned upon here (and with good reason).

Not that I intend to use it at all, but isnt maphack a program that auto-fills in automaps before the area is cleared, and highlights monsters?

If my son had asked "why?" I would have replied "Because Elric said so and Bolty appointed Elric as moderator and it is Bolty's house." I think the reasoning has to do with not wishing to attract a certain class of clientele. That, and a number of us don't really want to see threads cluttered with such questions.

There was a very long, serious, and well reasoned thread on the trading question here some while ago, but unfortunately with this forum software the search button does not work as well as that for etiquette.

I won't presume to speak for the basin's motivation -- though I suspect that it is similar. Certainly there are basin moderators that hang out here occasionally (even when the basin server is not down) who could reply were they so moved.

Peace. No trading posts will come from me here.