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Arguing over who's legit or maybe super legit is sad. The hypocrisy is numbing , I've seen ppl log on to friends accounts and help them by grinding their tickets for them , so i guess they arent super legit because they only spent 3,273 hours of their life playing sro instead of 3,276. What losers

Some in here sound as if they think they are better than others because of how they play a video game... lol. I made it to 52 almost entirely by myself , then i pwrlvld from 52 - 62 in 9 days!! 9 days!! So im less because i didnt spend 100's of hrs getting those 10 lvls by myself? lol
I was lvl 42 when euro came out and i didnt get mad or jealous when euro's passed me in a matter of weeks , i said 'damm , wish i had done that'. I guess i was supposed to make a thread somewhere saying how much cooler or super legit i was

Medals arent handed out for playing video games. And calling yourself 'legit' , 'super ultra legit' or whatever means nothing at all. Nothing. I opened a loan today at the bank and you know what? They didnt even ask if i was pwrlvld.

Only 2 posts and im done witht his forum lol

OG GONE!!!

you missed th epoint of his post.
he is trying 2 point out the similarities between botting and pwrlvling.

and dont say they are completly different things.
only difference is one of them is allowed the other 1 is well .... NOT

so hypocrisy?
blatant hypocrisy??
hmm this thread bleeds hypocrisy from every orifice

nuff said

this seems to settle the argument.....7 pages of blah blah blah

Imao .......

Be over 1000 page about it one say is legit other say is not and about morals well JOYMAX's input the pwrlvld so is not illegal. And about morals well if someone do it why you care .And if other dont well its ok. Be always ppl who dont like it and other like it.

I still say horse-sitting power leveling is like having your friend have sex with your girlfriend because you already did it "long enough" and don't want to do it again. Seriously, you should do the work yourself.

Party grinding with high levels is different. At least you're doing some of the work yourself.

HOLY ROFL

i love that 1 XD

yeah this thread was solved along time ago

well if they want it so let them do ..you cant do anyway nothing, well if you want tell other how you feel so global on evry server to stop pwrlvld.

But I dont care if they do or not .

it may not be violating joymax's rules, but I don't think that joymax intended the academy system to powerlevel 1-70. All i've been saying is that there's a diffrence between powerlevelers and people that actually grind their characters.

wow that was so ignorant..ooooh ooooh lemme try

murder - a person dies
heart attack - a person dies


therefore murder = heart attack

man! now i'm as good as the retard who calls powerleveling equivalent to botting

so, in what part of that quote does he say that powerleveling is equivalent to botting? all he shows is the similarities, you are the one saying it's equivalent.

For you all to see, if this is the OG_DeX I know, then he got powerleveled by a bot. THIS IS THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT MAKE POWERLEVELING SO LOW. THIS IS THE WAY TO ABUSE THE LEVELING SYSTEM SO THAT YOU ARE BOTTING, EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T USE THE 3RD PARTY PROGRAM. First separate from the other ways of powerleveling, then we may resume the discussion.

the word would be vague not ignorant you ignorant prick and still its the best argument i've seen in all of 7 pages. Even though that statement is vague it basically sums up my and other opinions on the subject rather than write an 8 paragraph speech that no one will will read. Short, simple, to the point. In case you haven't noticed the topic is long past the point of reasonable discussion so plz stop being a douche....

@ HakubiNi , Dont accuse Ok !

flame me ... you fool i don't care... the 7 pages of bullshit that you have read includes this page... the fact that you support his argument doesnot make it good


IT IS IGNORANT its not vague...you possess no logical

he says A = C then he says B = C

therefore you retarded F*CK A=B


wanna do that again or was that too fast for you??

A = B ... so pwrlvling = botting.......not vague at all, certainly ignorant



that my friend is equivalence for you ... implied equivalence but equivalence nontheless. crystal clear

its vague for dumbf*cks like you

also flame me again biatch

edit : be rude to me and i will be rude back... its that simple..if you can keep it clean then so can i... if you want to have a battle of wits, fine... no need to be rude.

Look, i'm not arguing whether plvl'ing is right or wrong. I'm saying that it cannot be compared to botting. its just not the same. I'm also saying that the argument so needlessly put up is PLAIN WRONG. It misinforms and creates a general hatred in teh forums... why should plvlers those lvling up other peoples and those who actually level be victamized by such a ligghtly put argument. there is no basis for considering teh two equivalent. This kind of shit gets out of hand and then you have people accusing each other and causing general animosity on the forums and in the game... shitty arguments like these need to be shot down immediately.

Your argument against his argument is that by simply stating A=C then B=C is a complaint over oversimplification. To call the statement ignorant would mean that the original statement did not include the amount of knowledge necessary to make that statement. However Prom's statement is not ignorant and in no way shows that he lacks knowledge on the subject therefore it cannot be ignorant because he clearly knows what he was talking about. The statement is best described as vague or over simplified because he does not back it up with details or supporting facts and simply lets the statement hang. Its like a thesis statement its the general idea.

So if you were able to keep up with any of that you ignorant twat you'll realize that not only is this discussion way OT and continuing the 7 pages of ignorance, stupidity and BS but hopefully you'll also come the conclusion of how retarded you actually are. Upon realization of those facts your best decision would be simply not reply but your a douchebag and i know you will. Your reply will be a garbled mix swears and poor grammar as you attempt to quickly post as many swear words into a single sentence as possible to sound tough because you clearly lack the brain power to come up with a more substantial response. Did i get it all, did i leave anything out. I don't think so, so back you Shoto in your own words...

FLAME ME AGAIN BIATCH

sigh
first to make my point clear... you were the one who was rude. And you offended me and i lashed back.

ok here goes. I won't flame you again. please realize that i won't flame you not because i think you are better than me in anyway. Its only because if i flame you then you won't understand what i'm saying since you will be too busy trying to retaliate. so i'll be the bigger man... the one with the bigger e-penis and resort to talking like adults. I just wish for you to understand my point. for some reason you think two lines are so vague that a monkey cannot even figure it out. Also for you i will write properly because if i don't you will accuse me of having bad english and therefore being ignorant in all aspects. This is what the man said


Botting - you got high level without doing anything.
power leveling - you got high level without doing anything.

now i will assign letters to each phrase and you be the judge... if there is a fallacy in my statement please correct me.

A = botting
B = you got high level without doing anything
C = powerleveling

this was my argument
A = murder
B = person is dead
C = Heart Attack

Premises
A = B
B = C


one can conclude therefore

A = C <---- in his argument this is implied. It is this relationship, namely that A =C, that makes his argument fallacious. Again murder doesnot equal heart attack . In a similar sense botting does not equal powerleveling. there are cases where the relationship is va;id but generally speaking teh two are NOT equivalent. hopefully i got through to you.

This is called the standard form of an argument. If you pick up a highschool level logic course book you will find this in first/second chapter. i don't see how that is vague. please enlighten me why its vague?


also to debate my use of the word ignorant, i will bring up the issue of racism. Racism is considered ignorant by many...because to be racist mean to not possess the knowledge to see that we are all the same, we are all human beings (skin color is not important blabla...and the whole equality spiel.)

In a similar light the person who posted the argument is ignorant because he categorizes botting and powerleveling as the same when they are not the same thing... he lack knowledge... his initial statement lacks knowledge. In other word the basis of his argument is in itself a fallacy.

My bad Barotix, sry i didnt try to quote entire page. Only his sig, but i dont know how to cut it like you guys. So i took the whole page

Its vague because while you can break everything down into a mathematical equation you'll find it doesn't work well when your dealing with semantics. Thats something life should've taught you by now but im sure if you ask anyone who can read and do math they'll agree.

Ignore the math here and lest focus instead on what was said and why its was vague.

Botting - you got high level without doing anything.
power leveling - you got high level without doing anything.

The first line states that botting means you got to a high level without doing anything. This is true. Therefore not Ignorant and also not oversimplified as we can all agree on this.

The second line states that pLvling means you got to a high level without doing anything. This statement is true. If you were defending PLving you could say it was ignorant because it doesn't take into account those that PLvl themselves but after going through 7 pages i don't think it was necessary for this to be said as it would be redundant. For the same reason it could be ignorant its more oversimplified because he took what other ppl have taken paragraphs to describe and cut it down to a single line.

Because both statements are in their own way true depending on perspective calling them ignorant is purely an opinion when if you were to look at them from an educated veiw say grading a paper on this subject of botting and Plvling you'd take points of for the statement being vague. Meaning its point could be interpreted to many different ways and is open to debate because it lacks facts to back it up. You could just as easily say the statement is an oversimplification.


Don't try applying math to everything everyone says languages especially the english language isn't meant to be broken down that way because even if ou use all the right words whatever you may say can be interpreted differently depending on several variables......

that should satisfy you if it doesn't i'll consider you a hopeless case because i don't think i'll continue this further...

ok xemnas i would love to take this PM...so i can make my point and if it gets out of hand we will. but i'll try again

think in small terms...semantics and mathematics have a very intimate relationships. They are virtually the same. Proper semantics follows similarly to mathematics. some of the greatest philosophers, those versed well in semantics, were also some of the greatest mathematicians. Since math is irrefutable( it is a fact), it make for a good strong deductive argument. Its all related, trust me. Again pick up a logic book if you think my statement false. The fact that those two statements share a common term, usually referred to as the middle term, necessarily implies the third term. Xemnas i'm not asking as to how you interpreted prometheus' argument, i'm telling you from a technical stand point what his argument implied .... understand this and know why i said what prometheus wrote was dangerous. as far as "opinion" goes, here is what i think:

at some basic level we all know that powerleveling is not botting. if you velieve that power leveling is botting then you are wrong. here is why power leveling is not botting. botting is an autmated program that plays the game for you. It does so illegally by breaking the game, it break the rules of the game. Power leveling is is not an automated program, there is a person powerleveling another person. There are two parties involved one of which is playing the game. The game is not broken and the rules of the game are not broken. powerlevelgin occurs within the bounds of the game. you can make the argument, just because it is legal doesn't mean its right, and that would be an opinion, but calling powerleveling = to botting is NOT AN OPINION.


take a course in semantics when you get in college. Take a debate course or take a logic and reasoning course. The basis behind all this is aristotlean and boolean logic. If you watch TV or just listen to an argument, you will see people making the silliest and most incorrect arguments. this is one of them.
The use of logic must necessarily be applied to semantics... so that people can speak intelligently. Also realize that even though i type like a fool on this forum, i'm far from one.

grrr i started reading the argument
and i dont understand,
make it more simple summarize it in 1 sentence XD

and im telling you that mathematics and semantics don't go will together. Semantics is the study of meaning which can be taken literally or perspectively. As you said math is fact and cannot be taken in any other than what it is. By definition the two don't go with one another because while math will never change semantics is the study of change of meaning in languages.....look it up.

If the statement was broken down to mathematical variables then your argument would have some merit but Prom didn't express it in variables, so it shouldn't be interpreted that way....like i said before math and languages don't mix some is standard and solid the other is flowing and changing

there is only one way to interpret a deductive argument that prometheus' posted. i wish to not post on this topic anymore but i hope that although you will continue to deny what i say, you will understand what i mean and maybe even accept it (one brighter person in the world)


semantic and mathematics are the similar.. in that both must follow similar rules. in a straight forward argument like prometheus' there is only mechanics...there is no vagueness of semantics. his argument is too simple to be vague. its very cookie cutter deduction. if you don't believe me, believe the textbook definitions

in the case of prometheus' arguments there is no opinion. It is fallacious to say botting is powerleveling...(read above edited argument for justification).
actually promethues' argument is literally not open to interpretation. HE implied what is said he implied regardless of what you understood and what he meant.

All I can say is your example of murder vs. heart attack is flawed. Murder is something you do to someone else. Heart attack is something that happens to you. You can't compare them in that regard. It's like comparing apples to oranges. Yes, they have the same outcome, death, but that doesn't mean that a person that has a heart attack is "bad" because a person that murders is "bad".

On the other hand, botting and power leveling are both things that you do. You choose to do both things, and both things end in the same result.

So I think my argument still stands that power leveling is just like botting. Botting is illegal, power leveling is not illegal, but both are things that YOU choose to do and both have the same result.

I don't consider someone bad or evil because the power level. I just find it unfair to the rest of us, just like I find botting unfair as well.

if murder vs. heart attack is wrong, so is botting vs power lvling. Shoto is right here....
no one can even admit defeat and this XemnaXD is why the topic is 7 pages long

im going to stop it there because if you've been reading anything i've been saying i've been posting that his argument was oversimplified. which you are now agreeing with instead of calling it ignorant. And i looked up the definitions of mathematics and semantics and they are not similar like i said earlier Math is fact Semantics if perspective.....i think you need to go back to school but in a way our discrepancies could only be a matter of semantics....

Blah blah weasel for you too.

Actually we had a lot of civilized discussion on this thread and both sides did well on presenting their arguments. However the only thing we concluded is... Powerlvling is dependant of Point of View. Either you and your group allow it, either it doesn't. It's really up to the people you are playing with. Stop racing for levels and everyone play thte game so that it is enjoyable k? Do it for yourself.

how can such a simple question turn into such a big discussion?

its simple:
power level is great as long as its done without 3rd party programs.
it is not cheating, but it becomes cheating when its done by a bot.

Getting free money for example is not wrong
it becomes wrong when that money is stolen and u know it is stolen.

There are arguments on how unfair it can be to other players.

Like I said on my post, there are arguments FOR and arguments AGAINST. What you posted is something that both parties agree, but we cannot get to a conclusion no matter how hard we try, because both sides' arguments are justified and can't be taken down. The only one that can give us the final word is Joymax, but that won't be happening (probably).

It's no use to keep arguing.

Hakubi isnt accusing , i was pwrlvld by very high lvl , well known botters. Were they botting at the time? Who knows? Who cares? Not me. There was never any secret. As i said in the other post , its totally meaningless. My credit score is the same , my fridge is still full and my bills are paid.



Its the same as botting? lol Making powerlvl so low? lol Yeah i think i saw something about that on CNN last night . Was there software or something installed on my computer? No. So was i botting? No. Make any ignorant association you like , the facts are what they are. You cant say i bot because i was pwrlvld by a botter , who you dont even know was botting at the time , all you have are you assumptions



I wasnt kicked out lol. Perhaps you should ask around , i went in union chat and announced i was quitting the union and my guild. Ask the GM of ROC , I quit and 4 other guys quit with me. None of us enjoyed being in that union. And it had nothing to do with the powrlvl , PE union has a condescending , arrogant way to some of its leaders. I chose not to play with them. Get your facts straight before you make ignorant statements

Me
OG_POD
torch69
Ted
Gadget

All of us quit at the same time

*and its Accusing not Excusing. Maybe a little less sro and a little more school?