Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20190131183502/@comment-28169398-20190202021028

SouthBorneoBMWEnthusiasts wrote: Dear Amrosa,

I'm really thankful for your contributions here, it have been very helpful for me. Also, you have of course a right on your opinion and I even can follow some aspects from your posts in the last few days.

Nevertheless, your moralist posts show only one side of the medal. EA/FM has established a game that tempt people to spend more money than they want, mainly based on fantasy price tags combined with huge discounts making it a lttle less fanrasylike but combined with time restrictions to put further pressure on. So the business-model you're defending is based on psycho-tricks with the only target to generate as much income as possible, without bother about the financial situations of the players.

It is further (intended) part of the freemium game, that people can try to succeed with minimal spendings as long as they are willing to invest a lot of time.

Therefore I see no need to judge people trying to get the most out of the game, even if they use some flaws or insider knowledge. It is not our job to tell EA how to rip us off and avoid making progress and having fun without spending too much money. That's the job of the employees your defending. Do you view shoplifting as a crime? Do you go to a Walmart or a Target and take what you want and walk out without paying or do you go to the register and pay for what you are taking out of the store (North America)?

Even if only a misdemeanor, the shoplifter is not only robbing from the store owner, but also from everyone who shops at that store, as it increases cost to consumer as the shopkeeper has to make up the loss of inventory and also hire security staff, surveillance equipment and alarm systems.

Well using day zeros is shoplifting in a game, with all of the same implications as stated above.