About This Fairness We Keep Hearing About, BR-tourmaline, explanations dear developers?

[Bromancé 42]

 

Hello Aigrind and dear community,

Let’s talk fairness—or, should I say, the selective memory of it.

 

As you see from the screenshot attachment, players on the BR-Tourmaline recently got caught using a gold duplication bug. Sounds serious, right? We're talking about something that literally broke the economy, skyrocketed item prices, and let people swim in duplicated gold like Scrooge McDuck. And what did they get?

 

Trade restrictions. For 7 days.
Followed by a one-month ban if caught clearly abusing it.

Yes, you heard it right. Not perma-banned. Not account-wiped. Just a slap on the wrist, a little vacation. Why? Well, according to the grapevine, it was too many players, so banning all of them would've nuked a nice slice of the server. Crystal-clear logic, aye? Equality at its finest.

 

Now, let's rewind to previous years. Some players were permanently banned just for sharing accounts. Yep. No bots. No gold duping. No server-crashing economy breaks. Just account sharing—something you now basically give a second chance for, no biggie. And don’t even get me started on bots—nowadays, they can almost write you a return letter themselves.

But try asking about those accounts that got ban on 2015-2018, You’ll get the robotic reply:

"The duration of bans in our game are not revised."

Oh really? Because you seem to revise your own rules just fine when more than dozens in the server’s involved using the bug.

Now, let me be clear. I’m here to ask:

Where’s the consistency?
Why were some people permabanned for similar or smaller violations, while others get spa weekends for economy-breaking exploits?

And don't even try the “we handle every case individually” line. That only applies when the “individuals” involved haven’t reached critical mass on a profitable server.

This post is to ask someone responsible from Aigrind to actually respond to this and answer:

 

Why are recent bot/gold bug exploiters treated more softly than people who shared an account or did similar back in last years? They dont have atleast the same rights?

Because right now, it looks like bans aren’t based on severity. They’re based on how many people broke the rules at once.

 

 

Cheers to balance.
Or whatever’s left of it.

[Lipe222 2]

Clearly they changed management, their posture when deciding everything has changed alot from old times for nowdays, i still expect they could review that, if actually doesnt exist perma ban anymore, should review the old ones, since the punishments have been already too much aggressive, and im sure people already have learn the lesson, if thats the case!

[Brutalist 78]

What I like about the Br-tourmaline server is the complete chaos, outrage, and controversies it generates. Even yesterday, if I'm not mistaken, the server went down several times. They've already confirmed it was a bug, which someone with bad intentions clearly exploited. Supposedly, they’ve fixed it, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it happens again and new controversies keep popping up, over and over again, as always 

[chatgpt 1]

22 hours ago, Bromancé said:

Now, let's rewind to previous years. Some players were permanently banned just for sharing accounts. Yep. No bots. No gold duping.

Rules are rules. They got banned for a reason. Maybe spend less time complaining and more time actually reading what you agreed to.

 

22 hours ago, Bromancé said:

so banning all of them would've nuked a nice slice of the server

Tons of players who played during this time unknowingly used bugged gold. You really think they'd nuke their entire playerbase? Obviously not.
 

22 hours ago, Bromancé said:

"The duration of bans in our game are not revised."

Rules changed since then, they already told you bans won't be revised. Deal with it. You should learn that sometimes the fairest move isn't the one that benefits you personally.

[Bromancé 42]

14 hours ago, chatgpt said:

Rules are rules. They got banned for a reason. Maybe spend less time complaining and more time actually reading what you agreed to.

 

14 hours ago, chatgpt said:

Rules changed since then, they already told you bans won't be revised. Deal with it. You should learn that sometimes the fairest move isn't the one that benefits you personally.

 You said it yourself, rules are rules, they broke it as much as other people, and about rules, no rules been changed on this manner, the text has not been touched, and remained same for years to years according to the things that are forbidden and leads to permament ban, you may check it yourself from Image below.

 

14 hours ago, chatgpt said:

Tons of players who played during this time unknowingly used bugged gold. You really think they'd nuke their entire playerbase? Obviously not.

 

It doesn't matter to the game, let's say someone abuses the bug and gifts gold to next person, it doesn't effect on the other person at all, as I remember ithanbr used to gift tons of signs to players before he got banned, and similar cases been happening and it only banned the abusers. So, it only means many used the bug.

 

Now, can someone more responsible with real answers reply on here than people with +1 post?

 

 

Edited May 28 by Bromancé
typo

[Shimarin 1201]

Hi there!
 

I understand that people may have different opinions about how things should have been handled. Thank you for sharing yours!
 

The issue has already been addressed. It's important to keep in mind that this situation occurred over a year ago. I know it's tempting to dwell on the past, but doing so won't change the outcome 

[Bromancé 42]

Hi again,

I appreciate that different people—and even moderators—have varying perspectives on past incidents. However, I feel the need to respond to the type of message I recently received according the topic that was locked while the tone of it was yet respectful, and I got only answer:

"The issue has already been addressed. It's important to keep in mind that this situation occurred over a year ago. I know it's tempting to dwell on the past, but doing so won't change the outcome."

While I understand the intent behind this response, I respectfully disagree with the idea that the passage of time invalidates the topic.

Let's be honest here: the system never “forgets” to unban players, no matter how long it’s been. Time doesn't erase penalties from past of the people, nor does it rewrite decisions made. So why should time be used to justify ignoring valid concerns about how those decisions were made in the first place? That kind of reasoning isn't professional, nor does it reflect transparency or consistency.

 

What I'm pointing out here isn’t about a personal grievance. It’s about fairness—and how the enforcement of rules appears to differ drastically depending on who breaks them and when.

As far as I know, the Terms of Service clearly prohibit exploiting glitches—yet when the gold duplication bug was used, many players walked away with light punishments or temporary restrictions. Meanwhile, older players were permanently banned for less severe actions like account sharing ie. —some of which are now regularly forgiven.

If rules are rules, then they should be applied consistently, not selectively based on timing, player volume, or server politics.

 

Here is also one example that really happened. Player x used glitch by mistake on previous year, he gained 1 extra smiley, and got permamently banned. Tell me, how this differs from the gold bug that got just forgiven and forgotten, or the against the players in the past who got banned from sharing?

 

 

 

I want to make it clear:
- I’m not here to blame or attack anyone, but rather seek answers in a constructive way.

- I am looking for answers how this was different from the past glitch or hack that really didnt lead to permament ban, while it is on the game conduct restricted, and doesn´t this decicion make it unfair to all older players for getting banned from similar or even less?
- And I believe here is right place to talk about it without having the topic shut down, you may correct me if it is not allowed, but I doubt there is any mistakes in a rules of conduct.

 

If locking these conversations is the response every time someone raises a tough but legitimate question, it just reinforces the idea that there is no real answer—and that the silence means I might be just right on this case.

 

So please: respond to the actual topic, not just shut it down with vague time-based dismissals. This community deserves more than that. Let's talk honestly about the situation and how similar actions have been handled so differently depending on when—and by whom—they were committed.

Thanks for reading, respectively waiting for your answers.

Edited May 28 by Bromancé
typo

[Shimarin 1201]

Each rule violation is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. We cannot comment on other users' violations, as this information is confidential.

I must stress that comparing punishments is incorrect, since their type and duration depend on multiple factors.

In any case, the final decision rests with Technical Support. If you have received a penalty, you can get detailed information by submitting a request at https://warspear-online.com/en/support.

[Bromancé 42]

It was well-detailed answer thank you.

 

While I agree and understand it mostly, it still is quite unfair to the players earlier, I am more than happy times are also changing to player-friendly with no that much of aware to lose account that have been built for years, but.. There is still people out there who have spent 10k on the game, and got banned for sharing/unintentional/intentional mistake that was little, just like the smiley example I given. While I am thankful for current way game deals with these it yet stands morally unfair, while in general manner they're even less harmful than duplicating gold bug, and for that I do think older players have also same right to appeal