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Re: A heads up....
by admin » Thu May 02, 2013 11:12 pm
Actually, with the current game it's very difficult to distinguish when a player copies an old link and paste it, versus going to list of friends feed and clicking from the feeds page. To be clear, this means I have not vouched for anyone whether they have or have not pasted old links. We may be adding ways to monitor this behavior by adding warning logs regarding crystal claimed and how often player uses really old link.
I am going to lock this thread since I have already explained that is okay and not okay in my original reply on the first page, which I expect everyone to follow from now on. I would like to also ask people to refrain from posting in-game chats. It's okay to post to the forum regarding rule clarifications, cheating, and exploits in general, but refrain from naming any specific player. Player specific information should be sent to me via private message or sent to the FB support email/form.
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There is one Incontrovertible way to make sure this doesnt happen,There is also a sure way to tell if people have used an old link if they DO NOT appear on my friends list they CAN NOT have links on their game feed or any other updates from my FB profile.Hence they ARE using old links to steal and harvest game rewards from other players who didnt intend them for the person NOT on their friends list.
As per the developers own clarification...- Clicking on game links from news feed, games feed, etc on Facebook = [Okay]
- Copying the links generated in the feed and pasting it in chat/forum/wall/etc = [Okay]
- Clicking on links players posted in chat/form/wall/etc = [Okay]
- Altering link values when copying for sharing or using = [NOT Okay]
- Storing shared links and using them after they no longer appear in the original source (FB feeds) = [NOT Okay]
The player in question has admitted and in public stated they have a WORD DOC with peoples links NOT from peoples feeds collected and JUst goes through them daily harvesting them...I am not the only person that is no longer a friend with this player.
Quoting Tos the terms we all signed into and rules we must abide by because if we play we all clicked agree.
Game Rules
3. No Cheating or Exploitation is ever allowed.
5. Do not hack, use or make automated tools to gain benefits in playing the game.
6. Do not steal, scam, farm, or collect information from other player in the game.
7. Do not use the game for any purpose than the game is intended for.
These rules as designed and produced by the game developers have been broken MULTIPLE times there is proof by the players own admittance,The developers re clarified and confirmed that the refined rules stated are NOT OKAY yet they have happened and will continue too, A vague we MAY do something about it in the future is simply not good enough,New players struggling daily to build base stats and up their skills with crystals are being short changed NOW and have been for a long time.There is one incontrovertible way to stop this happening now and that is to ban the player who is doing it and anyone else who has used the WORD DOC for their advantage.