Definition of "taint"
Lately, many new forum members have joined this forum, so I have been going to do a post like this for some time now, I've just found always something "better" to do... in other words, I'm so lazy. Now I'm at work with nothing better to do at the moment and my blood is full of caffeine. I'm not sure can I explain this properly in english, but here goes:
Rough definition of the "taint": First of all, technically no one can tell if something is tainted or not(unless the ilvl or something is a "impossible" value). It is just a embodiment of a moral/ethical concept. Well, actually there is a technical reason, why something should be considered as tainted and I'll try to explain it.
One can be tainted by many things. For example if someone would use a drop modification(cheat), his items would be tainted by that drop modification. I use RWM and RRM, so I am tainted by RWM and RRM. Those who play without any modifications(vanilla) and have not traded/MP'd with anyone else than other people who play vanilla, are to be considered "untainted".
Reasoning behind the definition "taint": For example, if someone uses a cheat with one of his character, which allows him to get 1% more experience than normally, his gameplay is aided by something that does not normally exist in the game(cheating), thus he has cheated and that character is to be considered tainted by that particular cheat. Now this player finds items with that same character and stashes them with ATMA. Then he stops using the cheat. He continues to play normally and later on he equips items found by that tainted character on his new character, which was not yet tainted. Now the items that he found with his tainted character, have also tainted this new character, and everything he finds with this new character, should be considered tainted by that "1% exp boost cheat" too.
Some are very accurate about the taint. Generally, if you want to play RWM/RRM and unmodded game(vanilla), you should keep completely separated stashes for them and avoid any and all interaction between those two "flavours".
Partying with other people in MP games(Multiplayer via tcp/ip) can spread a taint too. Example: Player A is vanilla. Player B uses some cheat. Player A and B play in a party and gain experience together. Later on A finds out about B's cheat and leaves the game. In my opinion, as long as player A hasn't gained a level and deletes all items he got in that game before transferring them anywhere, he could "reset" the situation by killing the character few times on purpose and "deleting" the items by dropping them on the ground, thus taking away the tainted experience gained by MP'ing with B. Although, if A has gained a level while partying with B, well... that's a tough one. I bet many would think that A would be beoynd resque now and the character would be tainted.
Bleh, the effect of excessive caffeine and my willingness to babble about this taint is fading away fast. I hope this has cleared some things for some of you. If someone spots flaws in my explanation/reasoning, please point them out and explain your point of view, so there are no misunderstandings about this subject.
Lately, many new forum members have joined this forum, so I have been going to do a post like this for some time now, I've just found always something "better" to do... in other words, I'm so lazy. Now I'm at work with nothing better to do at the moment and my blood is full of caffeine. I'm not sure can I explain this properly in english, but here goes:
Rough definition of the "taint": First of all, technically no one can tell if something is tainted or not(unless the ilvl or something is a "impossible" value). It is just a embodiment of a moral/ethical concept. Well, actually there is a technical reason, why something should be considered as tainted and I'll try to explain it.
One can be tainted by many things. For example if someone would use a drop modification(cheat), his items would be tainted by that drop modification. I use RWM and RRM, so I am tainted by RWM and RRM. Those who play without any modifications(vanilla) and have not traded/MP'd with anyone else than other people who play vanilla, are to be considered "untainted".
Reasoning behind the definition "taint": For example, if someone uses a cheat with one of his character, which allows him to get 1% more experience than normally, his gameplay is aided by something that does not normally exist in the game(cheating), thus he has cheated and that character is to be considered tainted by that particular cheat. Now this player finds items with that same character and stashes them with ATMA. Then he stops using the cheat. He continues to play normally and later on he equips items found by that tainted character on his new character, which was not yet tainted. Now the items that he found with his tainted character, have also tainted this new character, and everything he finds with this new character, should be considered tainted by that "1% exp boost cheat" too.
Some are very accurate about the taint. Generally, if you want to play RWM/RRM and unmodded game(vanilla), you should keep completely separated stashes for them and avoid any and all interaction between those two "flavours".
Partying with other people in MP games(Multiplayer via tcp/ip) can spread a taint too. Example: Player A is vanilla. Player B uses some cheat. Player A and B play in a party and gain experience together. Later on A finds out about B's cheat and leaves the game. In my opinion, as long as player A hasn't gained a level and deletes all items he got in that game before transferring them anywhere, he could "reset" the situation by killing the character few times on purpose and "deleting" the items by dropping them on the ground, thus taking away the tainted experience gained by MP'ing with B. Although, if A has gained a level while partying with B, well... that's a tough one. I bet many would think that A would be beoynd resque now and the character would be tainted.
Bleh, the effect of excessive caffeine and my willingness to babble about this taint is fading away fast. I hope this has cleared some things for some of you. If someone spots flaws in my explanation/reasoning, please point them out and explain your point of view, so there are no misunderstandings about this subject.
