mess3 wrote:
As a developer, this makes me more mad (and I've never even run T1, I will now that you can solo DF it).
We too have mistakenly had defects reach production. When we're made aware of them, as SE was in this instance, we work with the customer to get around it until the next release. We proactively inform the customers about the issue, provide regular updates, and offer advise.
We don't punish customers because of our errors, let alone send threatening notifications on some forum link that no more than 15% of the population visit regularly.
What should they have done then? A BIG FAT ALL UPPERCASE NOTICE when entering this instance about the problems here, and offer advice on how to work with SE until they can correct the issue.
Despite all of the "advise" you give people, you'll always find those few asshats who will try to find loopholes so that they can sue you over, despite any notices.
Kinda the same thing going on in here, SE *did* tell everybody with a giant notice before logging on saying "we don't tolerate cheating, please stop doing it" (pp). The exploits/hacks being used in-game were very obvious. This isn't a case of a defective product that could potentially harm someone, this is more of a case of people taking advantage of loopholes and/or downright cheating just because it is possible.
There's a pretty big difference between a defective product that might backfire on someone and a loophole allowing people to cheat. The former doesn't benefit anybody, the latter allows people to cheat the system. You just can't compare the two.