The temporary bans are continuing on MTG Arena<\/em> for those spam clicking the Mastery Pass cat during matches. Wizards of the Coast, meanwhile, is defending its position to temporarily suspend players for clicking too much. <\/p>
The newest controversy surrounding WotC and MTGA <\/em>began a couple of days ago after players began receiving five-day suspensions for spamming the Mastery Pass cat during match play, resulting in the crash of the game due to a bug. Some players began to take advantage of this, and the issues were reported to MTGA<\/em>. <\/p>
Related: MTG Arena is temporarily suspending players for clicking on the Mastery Pass cat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>
After being suspended for five days from MTGA<\/em>, a player<\/a> voiced their concerns on the MTGA<\/em> forums. The initial email sent to the player informing them of the ban allegedly claimed the individual spammed the Mastery Pass cat as a means to win a match.<\/p>
\u201cThe Magic Arena <\/em>player account associated with this E-mail has been identified by our systems for exploiting an existing bug in the client involving the Mastery Tree Cat to force wins in matches,” the WotC email<\/a> said. The player responded on the MTGA<\/em> forums regarding the email and received a message back from the Magic <\/em>forums community manager. <\/p>
\u201cFor those getting banned, I would wager a guess that you did it more than once, figured it out and proceeded to continue to abuse the mechanic in-game,\u201d the WotC community managers<\/a> states. \u201cI am 100% positive WotC pulled the logs of the people that were banned, saw that they were doing this action on multiple occasions, and offered them a five-day vacation from the game.\u201d <\/p>
The WotC community manager added<\/a>: \u201cLet’s be honest, most people who have the cats have clicked fast a few times and gone about their game, not causing disconnects and not been banned. I know I have done that.\u201d<\/p>
\u201cIt should not matter if you \u2018ran\u2019 the numbers or not,\u201d the <\/em>player<\/a> responded. \u201cYou sold us a product, didn’t warn us it had a flaw and then started banning people for using something they paid for.\u201d<\/p>
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