12-13-2004, 01:24 PM
Griselda,Dec 13 2004, 02:55 AM Wrote:Well, if you're trading legit items for dupes, the dupers get value for their actions, and are more likely to continue doing so. :(
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In my long tenure of online play, the Ber rune is the first item I've ever known to be duped (and the first item I've ever had that got 'swallowed'). I am in no way trying to defend cheating/hacking or duping. My point is merely 'in my experience, there are a lot more legit items and players out there than I think loungers give credit.'
I was merely trying to make the point that not all of closed battle.net is corrupt. Sure there are bad people running around who mess things up occaisionally. The same is true in real life. But in the same way we do not hide in our homes out of fear of supporting these bad people, perhaps we shouldn't hide from closed battle.net. Its been my experience that a lot more good people exist out there than I often see accredited in peoples opinions on the lounge.
I repeat, I am not supporting hacking or duping in any way, nor trying to make a defense for it. I feel just as strongly that it can ruin a game. But I do not feel my trading habits have shown to actively support duping (the Ber rune is the first and only dupe I've run across), nor do I think that anyone who has a windforce must necissarily have duped it.
I hope I do not offend you Griselda or anyone on the lounge, and if any of this post comes off sounding in opposition with you, or sounding in support of duping, please accept my humble apologies and edit the post as you see fit. Its 8 am here and I just finished a term paper on Aristotle at 5 am. Its entirely possible my brain is not functioning too well at this point.
Cheers,
Munk