GeorgeSkywalker
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This is a purely hypothetical situation i.e. completely made up so you need to use a bit of imagination.
What if the BBC (a tv company in the UK) called you for an interview about this game because they thought you did really well in it. In fact so well that it exceeds imagination. You suspect the BBC may have got this info from MindArk but the BBC refuse to talk about their source for confidentiality reasons and refuse to talk about exactly how well and what it is that you did.
So in short because of the fact that the BBC asked you for an interview for doing well it confirms that something you did in the game must have been very significant although it is unknown exactly what. You can only guess on that.
So the dilemma is since you inadvertently know as a fact you have done something major should you stop playing the game since you now have an unfair advantage over other players? a self imposed ban on logging in? or log in a little bit to buy some key things then impose the ban yourself a few days later? or continue playing as normal?
Again this is a completely fictitious situation and contrived to see how players would act and what they consider ethical...
What if the BBC (a tv company in the UK) called you for an interview about this game because they thought you did really well in it. In fact so well that it exceeds imagination. You suspect the BBC may have got this info from MindArk but the BBC refuse to talk about their source for confidentiality reasons and refuse to talk about exactly how well and what it is that you did.
So in short because of the fact that the BBC asked you for an interview for doing well it confirms that something you did in the game must have been very significant although it is unknown exactly what. You can only guess on that.
So the dilemma is since you inadvertently know as a fact you have done something major should you stop playing the game since you now have an unfair advantage over other players? a self imposed ban on logging in? or log in a little bit to buy some key things then impose the ban yourself a few days later? or continue playing as normal?
Again this is a completely fictitious situation and contrived to see how players would act and what they consider ethical...