Muolke wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 6:54 pm
Facts matter. Timelines matter. ZeeeQi isn't some generous player
NB: I have paraphrased, and taken some of the above quote out of context, read the full post above to get the context, but the insinuation is the same.
Just a reminder, I have been to 2 WAG (ZeeeQi is guildmaster of WAG) 4x Harrower runs, actually the last was a 5x run. That costs 20mil + a pop of personal wealth sacrifice to run... ZeeeQi is exceptionally generous, competitive, yes, but generous also. Ask any new player that has needed help or gear. ZeeeQi does a lot of altruistic stuff (it's actually how we became friends on here) for no other reason than to try and share the fun. He has a play style that I find fairly dull for the most part, but he has never been greedy. Never been mean. Never been selfish.
Facts matter. Fact: ZeeeQi has used over 40m of personal wealth to put on harrower events for all to participate in, even giving away his stat scrolls to players who only got poor ones. If he was greedy and selfish wouldn't he have kept that valuable 40m for himself?
Timelines matter. Timeline: The first WAG 4x harrower event was done way before this Rent Seeking Behaviour and mud slinging at his character for somehow grinding the game too hard, demonstrating he hasn't hosted these events to redeem a character flaw, but because he is actually generous and enjoys the fun of when the shard gets together.
As to the constant chatter about my hypocrisy. What Muolke says is partially true. I have long been one of the most vehement protestors about the use of AFK farming, particularly balrons. I am still sternly against AFK farming, thus my contributions to these recent threads have always been
"more sophisticated and frequent AFK checks, with double checking only minutes apart". If someone is willing to sit and watch a screen for 8 hours a day play the game for them, then kudos, I know I can't, but it's within the rules. If someone is willing to run a script,
unattended, with a scripted response to the meagre AFK checks we get, then they need to be punished, as per the rules.
I changed my stance and decided to become a defender of what ZeeeQi (and now many others) do, recall farming, when the personal attacks on ZeeeQi began. That's when the switch for me was complete. I did not switch for "convenience or perrsonal benefit" as Muolke suggested, I switched when unfair attacks on a good guy started. I met ZeeeQi first in game trying to compete on balrons with my lame script. Chatting and getting to know him I realised his motives for playing and his genuine generosity and interest in keeping this place a healthy, cheat-free community. I even sent you a PM early in the piece before this forum explosion, Muolke, stating that you had ZeeeQi's motives all wrong, you might recall. Many may not know this but, ZeeeQi and I (mainly him) have actually provided the evidence to get numerous multi-accounters banned. Check the corpse in TC with my "defender of the economy" shirt (I actually have multiple of these). This is not easy to do and involves
<redacted information here, not giving away the methods we use to uncover the cheats, but it is time consuming and sophisticated, +c won't act unless it is concrete>. Really, you should all be thanking ZeeeQi (and me, I am the "Protector of the Economy" after all) for ensuring our economy is not completely overrun by dual-boxing-AFK-bots, instead of attacking him. So, that's why I switched sides in this farming debate drastically, when personal attacks on one of the most generous and demonstrably fair players started. I am still, and always will be, 100% against AFK farming and anything that breaks the rules.
#FreeTheHues
Edit: Neatened some typos and added the mandatory hashtag.
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