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This might be moved to Acropolis, or perhaps straight up deleted - but this is where it seems most pertinent, so it's where I'm posting. I simply have a question I'd like to pose to the community:
Why do players, especially those of us that are long time players, continue to play with / join / invite / pact with known cheaters to their alliances? I could certainly name and shame - but I'm mostly speaking to those that are aware, so I shouldn't have to. If you consider yourself to be a high caliber player that plays the game the right way and upholds certain standards for yourself, amid temptations that I'm sure are presented regularly, does it not speak to your own integrity almost more so than it does the "known cheater" if you are willingly choosing to be linked to said player by being on the same team or being linked to that player in any capacity? I doubt that I’m really the only one that sees any such associations as an indictment upon the self, but evidence would seem to contradict that. I see a lot of complaints on this forum about botting and cheating and all that, but I see very little hard-lined stances against the same behavior. People would much rather believe someone when they say "I wont do it again" or rationalize the city gain / loss as a means of making their hypocrisy acceptable. The thing that really gets me about it is that if all these people that claim to be so adamantly opposed to cheating simply took to stand to never play with / invite / join those players that have made a habit of getting themselves banned for multi-accounting and botting, then maybe those players would find themselves on the outside looking in on this game and would taper out on their own.
I could pretend this is just a philosophical question, but let's be real - it's not. This should hit home for quite a few. Ignorance can only be used as an excuse for those that are truly ignorant.
Why do players, especially those of us that are long time players, continue to play with / join / invite / pact with known cheaters to their alliances? I could certainly name and shame - but I'm mostly speaking to those that are aware, so I shouldn't have to. If you consider yourself to be a high caliber player that plays the game the right way and upholds certain standards for yourself, amid temptations that I'm sure are presented regularly, does it not speak to your own integrity almost more so than it does the "known cheater" if you are willingly choosing to be linked to said player by being on the same team or being linked to that player in any capacity? I doubt that I’m really the only one that sees any such associations as an indictment upon the self, but evidence would seem to contradict that. I see a lot of complaints on this forum about botting and cheating and all that, but I see very little hard-lined stances against the same behavior. People would much rather believe someone when they say "I wont do it again" or rationalize the city gain / loss as a means of making their hypocrisy acceptable. The thing that really gets me about it is that if all these people that claim to be so adamantly opposed to cheating simply took to stand to never play with / invite / join those players that have made a habit of getting themselves banned for multi-accounting and botting, then maybe those players would find themselves on the outside looking in on this game and would taper out on their own.
I could pretend this is just a philosophical question, but let's be real - it's not. This should hit home for quite a few. Ignorance can only be used as an excuse for those that are truly ignorant.
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