Combinator Cards 101: A Primer on How Combinators Work

[Brad K]

Originally Posted by DOOMTHO

First off, let me just say that I have no skin in this matter, and for what it’s worth I hold a very favorable opinion of OOTP as a whole. I also fully understand the myriad plausible justifications for refusing to take any action in this situation (there is an explicit warning in the game which requires manual confirmation; there is presumably no backend function to simply undo the attempt or “un-erase” the cards in question; the time and effort it would require to rectify the error would likely not be feasible to offer all customers and thus it would be “unfair” to offer it just this time, etc.).

Having said all of that, this is a really, really bad look. For a number of reasons. But to highlight one in particular, based on the specific cards this user lost, it seems likely that they are a fairly new user (of PT mode, at least, if not necessarily OOTP), and the cards they’ve lost would have thus represented virtually their entire resource base from which to continue building their team - it wouldn’t surprise me if they simply gave up on the game entirely at this point. Beyond that, the mistake this user made is honestly quite understandable, which makes it particularly disheartening to see them turned away empty handed - especially since there is a real financial cost associated with the in-game currency, and through that lens one could make the argument that this user just lost the equivalent of several hundred dollars due to a simple mistake.

Again, this doesn’t affect me at all; I simply felt compelled to advocate on this person’s behalf as a neutral observer.

I appreciate you taking the time to make such a thoughtful post, especially considering how seldom you post. I was surprised by the abrupt "no". But I doubt it was affected by the OP spamming the board with demands and threats.