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Teo Drop #2 - 12:00 PM
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Rules:
- Post on the thread at exactly 12:00 PM
- Posts before it won't be counted
- Duplicates won't be counted, one win per account
- Twenty five players will win
- Don't chat on the Teo Drop thread
Link to Teo Drop #2 Thread
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:24am
- Lilael
(#1170)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:47pm
Well utilizing automated programs is against the Aywas ToS. It's just a matter of making admins aware/investigating. If you don't report suspicious activity, staff may never even know.
I myself haven't found the suspicious poster so I can't file a proper report. Even if it's a false alarm and someone somehow legitimately posted 100+ times in one minute, it's important to raise their awareness in the chance it was a form of cheating that was used.
- NyctiCorax
(#1965)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:51pm
I'm one of the people who spammed apparently. Quite honestly: My clock was off and I got carried away in excitement, I had no clue it was that much until I saw and I can't delete them now obviously... D:
It was all done manually though, I know using scripts or programs or whatever is agains the rules and I would never risk my account over that, especially not for one custom pet :S Request people to look into it if you wish.. (If they didn't do that before handing out the teos in the first place..)
I get how you are thinking this, but it's quite rude and hurtful to see it posted about you.
- Lilael
(#1170)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:04pm
Er.. I'm sorry you're offended, but no one specifically targeted you in a discussion. Just like you said, you are (apparently) one of several.
Suspicious activity is just as it's called: suspicious. No one is being rude or purposely hurtful for generally speaking about a problem that actually does occur and some people do get banned for (that is, botting/using automated programs).
- Rob
(#6546)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:21pm
Well I guess since spamming is not against the rules, I have a little under 4 hours to get as many tabs up and ready as possible.. Here's to breaking 100 posts in 1 min ;p
- JScofi
(#49041)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:29pm
yea, posting twice in a second (60 seconds in a minute) is something i can easily do with the right preparation. That's not suspicious. No, suspicious is posting more times in a second than you can manage to click. suspicious is really a clean consistent interval between posts. as for how many times i can personally click, i've managed to best autoclickers by hand before.
So before you go shouting about winners cheating (which is one of the first things people claim. he can't be that good, he must just be cheating) try to think of how such a claim could be supported. Too often people whine about enforcing rules that they have no idea what that would entail. One of the probable reasons for slash allowing duplicate posts is so that he doesn't have to read every single post in the thread after its locked, and keep a master list of all posters to refer back to and eliminate players that have posted more than once.
- Lilael
(#1170)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:52pm
Alrighty then... People are starting to take things personally and get miffed. I'll be somewhere other than here.
Remember people, if anything appears legitimately strange or possibly against the rules, bring it to attention and don't let anyone muffle you down or make you a pushover into being quiet (you are not "shouting" nor "whining" for having concern). Good luck folks.
- Mowen
(#54482)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 3:15pm
I mentioned it because I was hoping the rules would be updated. You could still have like, 3 posts, if you accidentally post before the time, but having 100 seems like an unintended way to win a Teo. It is very easy to see if someone spammed, I mean I did it myself in 3 minutes, so taking a long time to look through doesn't really apply. I don't think these people should be disqualified since it wasn't against the rules, but I had hoped the rules would be updated to be more fair and discourage spamming to win.
- Taysha
(#52345)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 6:06pm
Im not saying anyone is cheating or doing anything wrong but depending on ow the queue sustem on the forums is programmed it seems the lower numbered players have a better chance at getting posted first. If you dont know what a priority queue is here is a link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_queue
Anyway, it kind of stinks but congratulations to everyone who got one! Just a progrmamers two cents on this :)
Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:38pm
Yeah so many at once is very suspicious but there's nothing we can do about it. Not when there's nothing in the rules against it ;~;
Although I agree that it's unfair they get the teo when they weren't so honest/fair about it >~>
Congrats Sunny on the teo! ^_^ And I've realized I'm addicted to the rush of winning (with posts) *-* I won't give up!!! (but I will win fair in square with proper competition) Good luck to everyone in the next round! ^_^ ~Kat