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"nix311210;c-2120011" wrote:
Shameful.

Shameful.

The question isn't whether CG has the right to ban Ahnaldt. They clearly do. Violations of TOS is grounds to ban.

The right question is, in light of their inconsistent application of the ban, why did they do it? It isnt because the severity of the offense warrants the ban. Cheating is undoubtedly more serious than the one time transfer of an account after the original owner wants to leave the game. One gets punished with a ban and the other doesn't. Again, they can do it, but should they?

So, given that, the why answer is that they don't like Ahnaldt. They are letting a personal grievance get in the way of rational business and contemplation of the betterment of the community. That is petty. It is also indicative of the state of the game. They believe that no publicity is better than the publicity they are receiving. That is not a good sign. If someone criticized Apple on a popular YT channel, Apple wouldn't seek to silence the critic, but respond with a promise to do better. Indeed, that is what they do

If they were confident of their business plan, their future additions to the game and the quality of play going forward, then the right answer would have been to either ignore the technical violation or provide a warning. This response suggests that the community has less good to look forward to, and should consider whether this is a platform that is long for this world.

"Nauros;c-2119994" wrote:

Selling accounts has been going on pretty much since the start of the game, so why start making a fuss about it right before they announce something they have been teasing for half a year?

buying account costs 3-4 times cheaper then actual prey/paylo at the moment. Plus, after Q&A and previous RA, info about key-stuff finding new jobs... there is no much hope for a good RA. Mb October-November...

"BoZaNoVa;c-2120001" wrote:
For a law graduate, he's not very smart. The smart thing to do would have been to get the original owner to report the bug, leaving his name out of it. Live and learn I guess.

But he's the owner of that account now. He do not share it with anyone, that account was presented to him. So if original owner would complain.... then Arnold would be banned for account sharing all the same. Depends how you use rules. Funny but whole MAW should be banned for account sharing after the info of 4 ppl closing TW to get max stars

This is pretty disappointing. I am pretty new to the game and i find his stuff pretty helpful, plus he's a funny guy.

What really puzzles me is why you wouldn't want him out there marketing for you. It doesn't seem like CG even has a marketing budget and this guy was PAYING you to market YOUR game. How that's not the best of both worlds i don't even know.

Please tell me CG doesn't employ a marketing team. Because if they do, Anhald was doing a better job than them.

... and once again, the antics surrounding this game prove to be far more entertaining than the game itself. How very meta of you, CG.

Nearly every kraken in the game should be banned for account sharing, the same as nearly every whale.

Sorry but this is truth, and it is not a pointing anyone, it is only us = players, dont see a problem in sharing our expiriences with the game, thats all.

Lets be onest, he have not been banned for account sharing, he have been banned for showing how CG work WITH, not against cheaters.

Anthnald is the only youtuber i know, that is really enjoying the game, and bring only good feelings in each of his 150k subscribers. He does not scandal, does not raise the concept of not spending money, he is an only one positive youtuber here. And you are doing such a thing not for him, you are doing this to strike us - players.

This is embarrassing how game act not for a players, it works against them.

Honestly right now i dont see any other way to stop this nonsense, than start to spam EA/Lucas Arts/Disney to look at the opinion that CG creates about the brand they are copyrighted by.

boooo!

Realy shame what they do with real cheaters. met some in game with fleet and its still going on he takes on a 7* negotiator with full relic team with a 6* not even relic milf we reported it many times as he beat team in under 2 min. So they let these off with a one week bann and let them choose when they want it.

Hope EA steps in and fire the whole CG team en put some new good people there who understand how you need to listen to your players to make a better game. As if more play the game that is better for your sales. But he ok guess the are running a cash cow and want to cash good before the game is dead done for

My two penneth -

Ahnald did wrong. He broke the terms of service. Oddly - he drew their attention to it. Which is an odd thing to do particularly from someone with legal training. Anyway- he did it.

However - Ahnald was the number one promoter of this game. The number one reason many people found out about this game and the number one reason many people continue to play it. Continue to play it when effectively it's not a very good game, at all. It's a bit of an embarrassment. Everything about it is poor compared to similar phone-games that are available. Ahnald makes people want to play this sub-standard game. He spends a lot of money on it. He encourages others to spend a lot of money on it. He promotes it when CG itself does an appalling job of promoting it. No new content, ridiculous power-creep, unashamed money-grabbing, poor art, animation, gameplay - CG have done nothing in years to make this game appealing or worthwhile to play it. But Ahnald did.

So, I think they have made a grave error. But hey, who is surprised? In the last two years they have pretty much done nothing but make grave errors every single month. This is what CG do. They are a dysfunctional and sub-standard games studio who are terrible at both games-creation and business.

The way I see it - it's their problem. I don't care what happens to SWGOH. I stopped playing about five weeks ago and started playing another, similar phone game. I like it a lot. Really cool game and a games-studio that obviously enjoys their game, enjoys interacting with their players and listens to constructive criticism. Three things that CG do not do.

Banning Ahnald was a mistake. But hey, I'll survive, Ahnald will survive. The only thing that will not survive (from this as well as their past and continuing behaviour and attitude) is SWGOH. Their choice.