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[Decipher-1948]

@Phoenix-212393

So cinemas, television, supermarkets and everyone using ads are also money grapping, greedy people?
I get that this cash shop was intended to earn money, but what is not?

A cash shop could sell cosmetics instead of power.

Edit for archiving post from a nother thread

@Decipher-1948

@Mattelot-1113

So you deliberately took my statement out of context because you’re holding some kind of weird grudge about something you did

He is referring to comments that he proved that he never made where he has stated the opposite over and over again. To give just one example of many:

@Meteorblade-2266

@Mattelot-1113

Yes they did, a few people actually including you.

Here’s a selection of my posts where I clearly state that whilst it’s possible for them not to be cheating, it’s highly likely that they are…

@Meteorblade-2266

In the top 2 teams on the EU, Season 27, 4-man leaderboard, three of the Necromancers in those teams have an average of around 21 hours played per day for the entire four and a half months of the season.

Can you comprehend why people think they’re incredibly likely to be cheating (botting and/or account sharing) based on the fact that almost no human on the planet can exist on under 3 hours sleep for months on end?

@Meteorblade-2266

Only a tiny fraction of a percentage of the population can survive on such little sleep. What a coincidence that not only do lots of that tiny fraction of humans also play Diablo III but they’re also top of the leaderboards!

Or, you know, they could be cheating.

@Meteorblade-2266

I didn’t claim impossible.
I said almost none, i.e. incredibly unlikely.
Again we’re back to things that are possible, but highly improbable.

@Meteorblade-2266

I said it was highly probable they were cheating, i.e. botting and/or account sharing.

@Meteorblade-2266

Yes, it’s possible but it’s also incredibly improbable.

@Meteorblade-2266

No. Not once have I asserted that. I have repeatedly stated that I believe it to be extremely likely that they’re cheaters. Once again, you’re strawmanning against positions I’ve not taken.

@Meteorblade-2266

No, not once have I asserted that. You, on the other hand, have frequently suggested I’ve made claims that I haven’t and then argued against the positions I had never asserted. It’s called strawmanning.

@Meteorblade-2266

The account that MicroRNA mentioned had averaged over 21.5 hours per day for four months straight. Sure, there’s a technical possibility that this is a single parent/guardian and their single minor child/ward, splitting that amount of hours between them. However, it’s a damned sight more likely that it’s multiple adults account-sharing and/or botting. That’s why the high play time isn’t the cause for a ban, it’s cause for investigation into whether it should be banned.

@Meteorblade-2266

No-one is asserting that an account that is being played for 18+ hours a day for weeks / months / years on end is account sharing and/or botting, but it sure does look like an account that is and therefore probably is. That’s why it should be investigated to see if it’s actually a duck…

@Meteorblade-2266

Facts like…

1. The account has been played for an average of 21.5+ hours a day
2. The account has been played that way for weeks / months / years

Reporting them isn’t diagnosing them as a cheater, it’s reporting them because they have exactly the sort of symptoms that a cheater would have, and asking someone to carry out a diagnosis.

@Meteorblade-2266

No, they’re claiming that an account played for 21.5+ hours per day, for months on end, is likely to be account sharing and/or botting and should be investigated to confirm if this is the case.

@Meteorblade-2266

Whereas I’m perfectly happy to state that I think it’s way more probable that multiple adults are account sharing and/or botting, than a parent + minor child are sharing an account for 21.5+ hours a day, for months on end. Especially when you see the number of accounts that are doing this. I just don’t believe there are that many (if any) parent/child combos doing this.

@Meteorblade-2266

I don’t think anyone said it’s impossible for all of these accounts to belong to parent/child combos.
However, they have said it’s improbable and it’s more likely that they’re just cheats…

@Mattelot-1113

Why are you so dishonest?

You’ve repeatedly claimed that I, and others, have said it’s impossible they’re not cheating and yet, when challenged, you can never find a single instance of me having done so, which you could quote and prove I’d done so

@Decipher-1948

@BigRed-12557

I know they are here because it says “View 1 Hidden Reply” I never open it.

That is a good strategy. Others do not do the same.

There was a case on this forum where Mattelot claimed the same thing before and even after the MVP Leviathan provided a screenshot that documented that not only did Mattelot read the supposed “hidden reply” but also that Mattelot edited a prior post made ~9 months earlier in response to that old post being quoted in the “hidden reply”. Mattelot apparently forgot that edited posts have a pencil icon and time stamp. Even after the MVP provided the screenshot, Mattelot continued to deny reading the “hidden reply” and the fact of the edit time stamp of his old post, despite what everyone could see for themselves with the MVP’s screenshot.

https://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=https%3a%2f%2fus.forums.blizzard.com%2fen%2fd3%2ft%2fd3-forum-translation%2f60504%3fpage%3d4&d=4827178543703451&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=v2TxpCennyaTJeN1R-fSHe0MJn61Pmsy

https://postimg.cc/XrSVbskX

@Decipher-1948

@Mattelot-1113

opposing

Why did you pick your username Mattelot given its definition in the urban dictionary for apparently the past 15 years or so? For sure, it has been the definition since 2016 according to the internet archive.

Are you the inspiration of the urban dictionary definition or are you trying to emulate that definition or is it something else?

@Decipher-1948

@Mattelot-1113

I said there a sock problem here

I have seen you Mattelot use your alts “Forums” and “Stenbjorn” to like repeatedly your own posts. Since you use sock puppets, I wonder if that is the reason why you frequently and inaccurately project that the forum has a sock puppet problem.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d3/t/paragon-cap-sucks/61877/116

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d3/t/demonic-clowns-yah-you-heard-me/61853/74

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d3/t/cheaters-on-the-leaderboards/61971/63

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d3/t/would-this-be-a-solution-to-the-small-stash-space-problem/50345/114

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d3/t/i-dont-care-for-the-ancient-legendary/63312/128

Tell-tale signs are your zero post accounts with hidden profiles that are used to cover up the list of likes given (since it is primarily to your main account Mattelot)

This is a link to Stenbjorn posting on Blizzard’s Diablo:Immortal Forum.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/diablo-immortal/t/permanent-ban-wo-explanation/403/35

Edit: Mattelot does not deny that these are his sock puppet accounts.