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I don't think I "gamed" Cai's event at all. The event itself suggested "bring a friend", and I was asked by someone who I found out later was actually not admitted to win a prize to team. Then we ended up teaming with a few others, only one of which was in for the prize round. After our first successful run, we realized that only the team leader (who wasn't in the game) could win the prize. I sent a tell to Cai who said that only the person who got the mission complete screen could win...so we did it again...3 more times, so that the two of us who were eligible could win. Cai's answer suggested nothing about not teaming, nor did the team rules. Your whole issue is that those who teamed were apparently cheating. There were no rules against teaming. During the event, Cai was asked about teaming, and said nothing except only that the team leader was the only one who could win.

I am the leader of TL, and a member of TA. I have a global chat window titled TL and one titled TA. It is a leap to associate things I do with other people in those channels. Blame me for my actions, do not blame people I am associated with with my actions.

I few weeks ago I got upset and quite a Hami raid when I saw someone who was asking to join the tank team not be invited. I sent a number of tells and was eventually informed that it was because of this lack of kb protection. I did NOT stay at the raid until the end...I left fairly early on. I realized after a bunch of tells that perhaps I was making to much of the issue. What I saw was a Justice player being excluded from the raid, and since I have been to tons of raids...and was only showing up because they were asking for more people, and because I didn't like seeing people excluded, I didn't feel like staying. So I left. *shrug* I was in touch with several regular raid leaders who were there and made sure the raid was going well...it was, so I hardly felt bad about leaving.

I stand up for what I believe in. Sometimes I might be wrong. In that case I didn't feel like taking part in a raid where people were being excluded for no good reason that I could see. Apparently there was a reason. So I left for no good reason. Someone filled my spot and the raid succeed. So what? Someone else was able to attend a raid, I didn't. I can see getting upset if I actually stayed in the hive and mooched. But I have never done that, and didn't.

Also, this seems a bit off point from this contest. It appears that you have a personal issue with me. This doesn't have anything to do with Cai's event.

I don't believe I "gamed" this contest. I completed it within the rules that were set. And the mission itself suggested the need for a team.

I am not rich. I do not farm and never had. I have given away more $ than I currently have on all my alts. I have played 25 alts up to 50 without PLing and have only one that has purples. I am not sure what DB's comments are relevant to for this issue, but...as I told the relative strangers that I teamed with, I will be splitting the prize money with them, despite the fact that they were not eligible to win.

Which is it? I saw what looked like a fun event, had not expectation I would win anything at all, and wanted to support a Justice server event. I ended up completing the contest fairly quickly, with help as allowed within the rules, and apparently won, according to the person running the contest. Are you really suggesting that you are arguing all this to defend the casual player?

Yes, I actually do need the money. But, again, as I usually do, I am giving a large part of it away. As I did after Cai's last event, I suggested much smaller prizes, because I think the specter of big prizes bring out the ugliness in people afterwords and the most important thing is the event.

You could look at this several ways. One, we were smart enough to team, and that was an advantage. Two, we actually had to complete the mission multiple times to get two prizes, is that really that big a deal? What exactly are you suggesting, that the team that won the first and third prize should turn in our prizes to you, because you didn't team...even though that wasn't against the rules? So, because we were smart enough to play CoX as a team...we shouldn't win a contest that we had to complete multiple times? We already have seen a post from the person winning the 2nd prize who went solo and started an hour later. Clearly teaming wasn't an overwhelming advantage.

I suppose so. I would take complaints from WrongNumber much more seriously than yours...except WrongNumber's achievements sort of underscore the point, don't they? The contest had no rules about teaming or not. The clues suggested teaming. We teamed. A team managed to grab the 1st and 3rd prize. Wow, big surprise. CoX teams often do better than solo.

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I don't believe I have. I believe that you perhaps have an agenda or some preconceived ideas about me perhaps colored by certain other individuals on our server.

I don't know who sent you this. I believe that Mermoine is actually a moderator in those channels, and might be a TA member (I would have to check). I am not sure what that has to do with anything, except that you seem to be suggesting that membership in certain groups somehow imparts some sort of taint upon those people. I would encourage you to reexamine that opinion.

Good point. Reread that and then think deeply about your opinions and what you are willing to say about others.


PS. Cai, I am sorry for responding to this post and bringing more of this sort of ugliness into the thread that was originally about your contest.

Thanks for the feedback and for giving it a try. As always, keep an eye on the Justice Server forum for future (if any) events.

fixt!