Popsicle stick over 12345 for flasks is NOT ALLOWED. Confirmed via ggg support email!

This is becoming ridiculous. Now I'm being told how to play a game? Fuk off. If you want to control my data packages that I send to the server that's okay. If you want to control my input peripherals or sactionize my methods of TOUCHING MY FUCKING KEYBOARD then you can go die in a ditch.

Also, regarding the advantage argument... A player with high apm has an inherent advantage over a player with less apm. Is being a really fast typer bannable now too? Because that's the logic that applies here. If I modify my input controller to send multiple keystrokes at the push of a button then it's none of your fucking business to try and sanction people for their ways of input. It's not a bot, not a way of messing with your client's memspace, no interference with your client on software level whatsoever. Just keystrokes.

Here's another thing you, GGG, opened yourself up to with that xbox port... I'm sure there are some of you who were the younger brother. Remember the kind of xbox controller you always had to use? The third party hardware one? The one with the buttons all messed up and soooo many extra functions? like, idk, repeating a button push upon holding that button? Or sending multiple buttons at the push of one of the aggregated buttons? Yes? Well, are you going to implement some way of checking on a hardware level that only original xbox hardware controllers are being used with your client? Or what?

I understand the intention here. Having an even competition. But your game isn't competetive >90% of the time. It's mostly cooperative (if at all) or solo grinding, not pvp (even though it's technically in the game). Your game is no MOBA, no FPS, no MMO, no direct-competition-while-playing game (aside from races). Your game is just grind, grind, minmax, more grind, mtx. And it's beautiful like that! A beautiful peace of software. Please, don't fuck with our hardware.

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