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Originally Posted by crazypyro
We need to stop trying to relate this situation to the real world. This even conspired in a fictional universe, where a group of people known as the PA Team has complete authority and control over everyone. They were informed of a breach of contract (a.k.a the rules/EULA) and as such investigated the events. Their investigation found them 5 people who were exploiting a supposedly fixed bug in the code and was a breach of contract, and as such delivered a punishment for there crimes. Its in my opinion all 5 should've had their planets permanently closed for the round and for the repeat offender perma banned.
Despite the "enforcers of the game handing out punishment a group of alliances took it upon themselves to punish the remaining members inside the game as well. Now what was left had nothing to do with the cheaters, was attacked an unjustified attack that had nothing to do with anybodys alliance. This act makes them no better than how america handles the world, and its sad because you europeans give us americans grief for it but yet at first chance you do the same thing, sad really.
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You mention that PA shouldn't be compared to real world. Yet this can't happen as it is ultimately played by people living there.
Our personal ethics and political views do affect the actions we take in PA. I would even go as far and say that they are amplified.
What happened in this case - just like with asc last round - is that the cheating was performed by the current political leadership.
A real world example: If an amok shooter kills 20 people the whole world feels compassion for the country in which it happened. If the president of that very same country orders 20 people to be executed, it will be damned by the rest of the world.
This simple mechanism is translated to the fictional PA universe. Difference being that it lacks complicated global relationships or slow hierarchies and that everyone has control over his own army. The punishment, or shall we say
expression of feelings, happens instantly. Which is the amplification I meant earlier.
Rationally you can't hold members of Denial responsible for the actions of their HC. Yet in PA like in the real world country and government (alliance and HC) will always blend together in public perception.
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Originally Posted by Turtle
Do you actually believe that this cheating incident is the actual reason for their attack, its a convenient smokescreen to allow them to ally up and bash an alliance that was looking very strong and might have run away with the round.
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Well yes - without the cheating it would be impossible to bring that many allies into such a hit this fast. While some blocking versus Denial seems logical due to the roid advantage organizing it and convincing everyone takes time if there isn't a more "uniting" reason.