Ooh, I was right. Hee hee, even a blind pig gets a truffle every now and then.
As for the hacked telescope, I really can't see it as cheating. It would be no different than adoption, really. Yes, you might get some aspiration points from it, but there are no "impossible wants" associated with abduction ("impossible wants" being stuff like "30 best friends"--those wants that go over and above even a lifetime want).
The only way I could see the hacked telescope as a cheat is if you deliberately use it to get an elder abducted right before they die, so you can get the platinum grave point. But just to get an alien baby, I don't see any unfair advantage there.
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As for the hacked telescope, I really can't see it as cheating. It would be no different than adoption, really. Yes, you might get some aspiration points from it, but there are no "impossible wants" associated with abduction ("impossible wants" being stuff like "30 best friends"--those wants that go over and above even a lifetime want).
The only way I could see the hacked telescope as a cheat is if you deliberately use it to get an elder abducted right before they die, so you can get the platinum grave point. But just to get an alien baby, I don't see any unfair advantage there.