
Originally Posted by
dirk
Ok, as a debate over whether this person has hacked, glitched, been a victim of a hoax, this thread is all over the place. The thing has gone everwhere from random off-topic posts to accusations that IRON removed darter files, which isn't even part of the whole argument. Therefore, I'm going to separate things into a few issues that are actually relevant.
To preface things, let me start by saying that I'm not going to tell people I'm on a different server, or even on Bismarck and not interested in the HNMLS because for one thing, no one will believe it anyway, and for another, it doesn't matter. To accuse somone of lying because they're posting anonymously is what is known as logic as a "straw man" debate. You can't refute what the actual argument is, so you find some other way to attack them and refute their argument with that.
Which leads us to our first argument, and I'll just keep going from there:
1) This SS is a hoax because it's a new poster just wanting to cause problems: Doesn't matter. The SS speaks for itself. Whether it was posted by a level 23 no subjob MNK or the head honcho of SE itself, the SS is the important thing, not the voice. The person who took the SS appears to have posted under his own name, so I'm not sure why this is an issue anyway.
2) Why didn't the person taking the SS focus on the kraken club: This is pretty obvious...the point wasn't to show equipment, but to show that a job without dual-wield had two weapons equipped. Again, unless you subscribe to some pretty extremist MMORPG conspiracy theories, there is no reason to think Verix got a different account to post this SS, so there's no reason to think he was out to prove anything. Anyone with the ability to seamlessly photoshop the weapon into the screenshot could've also photoshopped in the kraken club description. This doesn't seem like a big deal to me.
3) The image is a hoax: Maybe. There's no good way to prove that. I've used photoshop before, and I took the SS into photoshop and examined it, and it doesn't appear to be one. Of course, if I could tell that for sure, I could probably find a better job. As referenced to earlier, if someone was doing this as a hoax, it seems like they could spend the extra time to put in the description of the kraken club and make it more believable.
4) It was just a glitch: Again, possible. I don't believe it, though, and that's because of my next point.
5) IRON has no idea what happened: Bullshit. IRON members have been posting on here saying everything from the SS is a hoax to a glitch, but the truth is, they should know. When people find a glitch, they immediately tell their LS, whether it's something like this, the ability to walk along the outside of the airship, or the ability to walk under the water in Valkurm. They tell people, and everyone knows this is true. If this SAM suddenly discovered she could dual-wield as a SAM/WAR, it's very hard to believe she didn't say anything instead of typing in "/l HAY YOU GUYZ! GUESS WHAT I CAN DO???" To me, this is sort of the pivotal point. If it were a glitch, IRON would know because they would have been told. If it were a hoax, IRON would know because they weren't told about the glitch. If it's a hack, IRON would know but then throw up every other possible thing it could be as a defense...which IRON has done.
6) It's obviously a hack because IRON has hacked before: Who cares? A lot has been made about removing darter files. I've heard about this, I don't know what most HNMLSs do, and I certainly don't know what they do on Bismarck. Regardless, what one person does in a LS (since it seems to be agreed it was not the same person) is not proof of what everyone else does. Same goes with packet sniffers. Being on PS2 never helped me outclaim anyone on VE, but oh well. That's a different argument involving different people. What IRON has or has not done in the past has nothing to do with this post.
7) It can't be a hack because she did it in Jeuno: And, of course, that would make it obvious, right? Seems to me that this is just a matter of a "they wouldn't be THAT stupid" alibi. I think more people would believe this if it were taken at an HNM camp than in Jeuno. So there's no reason to NOT do it in Jeuno. Also, who knows the circumstances? She could've just released from dying at an HNM, or been warped from, whatever.
Conclusion: Personally, I think she used some sort of hack to do this, mainly because of my point 5. IRON would know something about this, their "well it must be this this or this" and "zomg we didn't hack back then" and "zomg you don't count because you posted anonymously hahaha" arguments just seem to prove that they know something they won't admit.
Feel free to attack me for this being my first post if you want. If you have any brains, though, you can actually deal with my arguments instead of making up new ones. I'd be interested to see any defenses.