This topic is going to focus on FAIR PLAY and LEGITIMATE COMPETITION in ladder. Any reason anyone gives for being in ladder, other than to place on the leaderboard is irrelevant because when you are in ladder, you are part of the competition.
Anyone trying to derail this topic by using the angle of trading is part of the game will be ignored because that is saying you are in favor of not playing fair and or legitimate. Anyone who turns no trading on ladder, into D2R should have no trading at all, will also be ignored because the no trading argument is only being applied to ladder so don’t act like people are saying it for the entire game. Trading in a single competition environment is cheating.
Trading being part of D2R has absolutely nothing to do with keeping ladder legitimate and fair. Not caring about ladder leaderboard has no relevance to anything either. Whatever reason you want to give for being in ladder is irrelevant to the fact that you are still in a competition environment and as such need to be subjected to the same fair play rules as anyone trying to compete.
Imagine, no one being able to use sites like D2jsp to get ahead and actually having to work for their gear and place. But nope can’t have that people argue they want cheating and unfair play in ladder using the guise of trading is part of D2R to hide behind.
Ladder is a free for all, there are no TEAMS. Stop arguing against fair play by using personal wants or feelings as a crutch. This crap of people replying with helping people out that come late is not valid. If people came late then that is their fault. A competition is a competition it waits for no one stop using SOB stories of how you have work or not everyone can spend their time playing because none of that is relevant to the competition.
Furthermore, if one wants to argue they want trading because they don’t have much time to play this game in general, then they shouldn’t even be playing a game like this to begin with.
Here is rather odd side of the argument no one ever mentions or pays attention to that actually matters:
People that argue against no trading usually use personal attacks on people by taking the game not dropping items and using that to say things such as “They’re bad at the game/farming” or “They can’t afford things”. as if people have control over that.
Well when it comes to competition, if people are so good at the game as they put it, then they don’t need to trade for anything and should want to prove it so they should actually be in favor of personal loot instead of against it. People that want personal loot are the real players because they don’t need trading to get ahead, they know how to make due with what they have.
People who understand legitimate play and fair competition have absolutely no problems making/having the playing field level for everyone, and welcome it. The people who want trading want to keep a way for them to cheat, available and will argue under the guise trading is part of the game to hide behind. Not allowing trading on ladder would separate who is real and who isn’t.
If you cannot play this game on ladder without trading, then you’re not as good as you think you are trying to argue against that using trading is part of the game just makes you look silly because we’re talking about fair and legitimate play, not what is part of the game also as I said above, no one said trading shouldn’t be allowed at all, that is just for ladder because it’s a competition environment.
In closing:
If people want to keep trading in a competition environment, fine then they should have no problems getting rid of the leaderboard so no one can use it to show off their cheating.
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