Regarding this game ban incident, as the person involved, I truly feel deeply emotional. Let me explain to everyone: indeed, we exploited a series of loopholes. If we had been banned immediately, I believe no one on the list would have much objection. Everyone was aware before doing these things that there was a possibility of punishment. Although they did not anticipate such a severe consequence as a permanent ban, no matter how the officials try to disguise it with words, they cannot hide the fact that the officials are ignoring players’ opinions. Treating players’ wealth as their personal property, they use these petty provisions to arbitrarily or even maliciously punish players to extract funds from them. They clearly know that such people exist, and they also know that these people are loyal players who would recharge during the 5th-anniversary event. The officials intended to exploit their final remaining value during this event, and after executing the ban, they grandiosely claim to be acting in the players’ best interest. Their words explicitly indicate that these players affected the normal gameplay of others. But how did they affect it? By using weapons that didn’t give much of an advantage? Even without those weapons, we could still achieve excellent results. So, do you take the same rigorous stance toward cheaters? After all, they merely affect other players, whereas we affected your revenue. The officials allow us to appeal, but when we appeal, they use the excuse of appealing to the community to deceive us. However, apologies, some of us lost the right to speak on our banned accounts when appealing to the community without any reason—the given reason was equally absurd. Similarly, many people on the leaderboard, as far as I know, are mostly Chinese, possibly entirely Chinese. After discovering methods, we continuously improved them to help our fellow compatriots deeply involved in the game. The small size of the Chinese community makes us more united. To my knowledge, not only Chinese players exploited these loopholes, so can I believe that officials are discriminating against Chinese players and deliberately neglecting Chinese-speaking players? It seems that because banned players are all Chinese-speaking, any punishment applied is arbitrary. Among the leaderboard members, some play a leading role in the Chinese community, while many are pillars supporting the professionalism of the Chinese community. Of course, everyone is free to raise questions, including one malicious person from our own culture. Although we know that you are not as noble as you describe yourself, trying to build the image of a so-called righteous person through a series of words, as the Chinese writer Lu Xun once said, ‘A perfect fly is still just a fly.’ We acknowledge that the rules we broke are shameful, but when we recognize the series of actions taken by the officials, we are angry. The officials call it ‘malicious exploitation of a loophole.’ Then, what is malicious? What is a loophole? Is it just because of the game’s mechanics? I believe we can also call the series of official bans a malicious exploitation of the ban mechanism.Maliciously waiting until the event ends to get banned—if the officials are willing to acknowledge this whole series of events, we are also willing to voluntarily admit that we maliciously exploited these mechanisms. The rules provided by the officials are a vague offense, without clearly specifying what the punishment should be. To be frank, today it’s us, but in the future, it could be anyone; the difference is only when the officials want to maximize their own benefit. We support this game.
Only by risking our own accounts have we come to understand how the officials will quickly retaliate to protect their own interests. So, here’s the question: we have endured many game bugs for a long time, so should we respond in the same way? That would further affect everyone’s gaming experience. Why are they indifferent? And if they are indifferent, why are there so many pompous words? You updated the mechanism quickly, which leads to another question: why not extend the effective time of the boost cards? Why is the cap set at 500? If I have three 300% boost cards, that is entirely possible. Do the officials consider reaching a 900% boost malicious?
In subsequent lottery events with so many boost cards obtained, how do you intend to handle them? Reduce the probability of getting boost cards? I doubt you would do that, and ultimately, it’s the players who suffer. This so-called change, at least in my view, rather puts people in a worse situation. The game balance has such a major problem—what adjustments have you made? I think this should be a very important issue for many veteran players—how detailed were your adjustments? I suspect not very detailed; you probably acted impulsively in the community, arbitrarily banning other players’ posts. Do you think they are a minority in this game? Such actions are no different from driving on a highway and complaining why everyone else is going the wrong way—equally foolish.
Players’ resentment runs deep. You might ignore this article or block it for various reasons, but contradictions always exist; they don’t disappear just because people close their eyes. Will everything you do make others believe you? Could the officials deliberately deceive players for their wealth when they know the game can no longer continue? Of course, this is only my guess. After all, all you ever say is that, despite this happening, it doesn’t mean we will give up this game. Like the old deserter system, why not optimize your laughable matchmaking system—you know very well who is affected. Is it only skilled players? Don’t lower-ranked players in a match affect others’ gaming experience?
I don’t lack games to play. Regarding account bans, I only feel regret. There shouldn’t be any malice between players in our view, and I will also remember the time spent playing this game. Perhaps in the future, at some unclear time, we will fight side by side in some unknown game. Players will always exist, but the officials, I think, will be exactly the opposite.