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These are some fantastic responses. Thanks, guys.

Does anyone have any buddhist monk friends to ask the opinion of, too? The priest makes the point (as did many people in the thread) that it is in essence a fair competition and we just look for ways to keep it in our favour. Perhaps like a basketball team who keeps attacking the guy with the injury? Or more like a pool hall hustler?

On the one hand, having faceless opponents makes it easier to feed upon that one whale for weeks on end but I guess most people don't see it that way, which is why there is such an outcry against cheating/botting.