Like airham already mentioned, if they wanted to design the event to be a solo event like pods, they would have done so. Supposedly they already lowered the number of required people from 5 to 3, and I usually stay up pretty late (~3-5am EST) and see people in the discord organizing BB8 groups even that late.
Unless i'm mistaken, you can only successfully log on to 2 accounts on the same computer, any additional ones you will end up just getting an endless dc loop. So "fortunate" to have 3 computers (or 2 and a mobile phone with the new client) that can run 2 instances of the game simultaneously, and a good enough internet connection to run 5 logged in accounts at once, yes.
I don't know why you're still trying to argue that it's not technically against the rules when a staff member has already clarified that point in this very thread.
@HOST_Nala It would probably be best to update the rules to clarify that using clones extend to events like these, since people will take any ambiguous wording to achieve whatever advantage they can.
Uh, no. Hacking refers to gaining unauthorized access to a system. If i was somehow looking at the code of the game to determine where a BB8 was going to be, and had my character move to that spot beforehand, than yes, that would be hacking. If I somehow manipulated the code of the game to have BB8 move to where I wanted, that would be hacking. Macros are not hacking. It does not access, view, or alter the code of the system. It simply looks at my computer screen and moves my mouse for me. Of course, I am not legitimately arguing whether using macros to gain an advantage would be against the rules, even though the rules don't specifically mention it. What they do mention though is to "Use common sense" when talking about gaining advantage in this game, in rule #5. Common sense really should prevail to other rules too, such as cloning.
Unless i'm mistaken, you can only successfully log on to 2 accounts on the same computer, any additional ones you will end up just getting an endless dc loop. So "fortunate" to have 3 computers (or 2 and a mobile phone with the new client) that can run 2 instances of the game simultaneously, and a good enough internet connection to run 5 logged in accounts at once, yes.
I don't know why you're still trying to argue that it's not technically against the rules when a staff member has already clarified that point in this very thread.
@HOST_Nala It would probably be best to update the rules to clarify that using clones extend to events like these, since people will take any ambiguous wording to achieve whatever advantage they can.
Uh, no. Hacking refers to gaining unauthorized access to a system. If i was somehow looking at the code of the game to determine where a BB8 was going to be, and had my character move to that spot beforehand, than yes, that would be hacking. If I somehow manipulated the code of the game to have BB8 move to where I wanted, that would be hacking. Macros are not hacking. It does not access, view, or alter the code of the system. It simply looks at my computer screen and moves my mouse for me. Of course, I am not legitimately arguing whether using macros to gain an advantage would be against the rules, even though the rules don't specifically mention it. What they do mention though is to "Use common sense" when talking about gaining advantage in this game, in rule #5. Common sense really should prevail to other rules too, such as cloning.
