WriterDude, on 11 September 2015 - 02:41 PM, said:
Now this is flat wrong. The official WG communication (the EULA) says that it's not allowed. The informal WG communication (a Mod comment on the Forums) says that they're not enforcing it.
In exactly the same way, they set the speed limit at a fixed number, say 65. At the same time, most police say that as a practical matter, they won't ticket you unless you're rolling more than 5 MPH faster than the limit.
Did I get this wrong somehow? Did they change the EULA to allow modifications to the game experience? Could you link to that, please? If not, you're using misplaced authority.
In other news, regardless of what the police say about tickets, let's say you get a ticket for driving 68. What do you think the law says?
So, when this thread first popped up, I was all like, "This is probably an issue for Wargaming to decide..." In my own head. True story, the "in my head voice" sounds just like Morgan Freeman even though in real life I sound more like Gilbert Gottfriet. So I did what any rational person would to and sent a PM to the Mods, because I kinda figured this thread might get out of hand with name calling, and flames and what not, and thought at minimum it may help them to watch it.
Now, the funny thing is, I didn't know then what I submitted might have a sort of impact on this conversation, and I wasn't going to post it because quite frankly M16 already posted his, and I thought that was pretty sufficient. However, people in this thread have copied and pasted the user agreement, and taken their own interpretation of the user agreement to decide it is illegal.
Here is my question:
AHREDSTEALTH PM to CC_Sly
Here is the reply:
CC_Sly's Reply to above comment directly asking about the mod being against the user agreement
Sent: 08 September 2015 - 04:34 PM
We are in talks with HQ right now on what we are going to say about these.
-Sly
So, now, are you going to tell me that you have more authority to dictate what is or is not against the user agreement then a Wargaming employee?
Because from what I can see, he is saying they are still deciding if it is or is not against the user agreement.
I humbly disagree with your "being flat out wrong."
WriterDude, on 11 September 2015 - 02:24 PM, said:
At the same time, I dunno. It's hard to get too aggravated about it, because I don't know how widespread it is. However, I also don't know how anyone suffering repeated module damage doesn't have that thought creep into the back of their minds. I got gang-rushed in my E50 by a couple of unicorns in a T-54 platoon yesterday. I did okay with return fire, but even though my team was right there, they weren't able to react fast enough to keep me alive. Every shot from the unicorn platoon did module damage, and my whole indicator light string was lit at one point - engine, view port, ammo rack light, fuel tanks, driver. I have the standard repair and the multi-tool on that tank, but I ran out, so I eventually had to sit there and take the ninja-fu.
C'mon now man. You over exposed yourself to two unicums in T-54s... of course you're going to get lit up like a christmas tree. It has nothing to do with a "hit mod." If you used your multi pack, plus your repair kit, and were still lit up, you were over exposed. Plain and simple.
And lastly, I would also like to point out that base ball, speeding tickets, the NFL, and steroid use all have something very much not in common with this.
They are all in real life where there can be safety and large sums of money at stake. Here, all that is at stake is how well you do in a video game that as far as I know none of us get paid to play. It's for the glory of showing off on the internet to a bunch of other people that also play the game.