There is a basic question that continues to go unanswered... In taking the storehouses, what rule was broken?
Even with today's revisions to the In-Game Rules and Code of Conduct, using an exploit is not forbidden, and BB has not accused us of breaking any rules.
However, with its official communications, BB insinuated that we are cheaters by asking us to refer questions to "Report suspected Hacking and Cheating", or thieves with "wrongfully acquired" storehouses. This opened the door for insults, accusations and flaming by some people in this thread... actions which ARE in direct violation of the IGR/CoC, and sadly have continued past Ravel's reminder yesterday.
There was a
conversation recently regarding what does or does not constitute a trade scam. (staff response on page 2 of thread) If I buy a trade which hurts me in TO, it's my mistake, not the person's who placed the trade. If I place a bad trade in TO and someone buys it before I can withdraw it, they are not scamming me; I made the mistake. If I contact that person explaining my mistake, apologizing and asking for it back nicely, there is a high chance they will agree to reverse the trade. If I contact them with anger and name-calling and threats, there is a high chance that they will snort and say NO.
BB made a bad trade. If they had posted right away with something like "Hey guys, there was another bug in the calendar which allowed some ppl to take more than the 1 storehouse we intended. We have fixed the problem and will be devising a way to reclaim the extra storehouses, details to follow. Please direct questions to Support--Problems with the Game" they would have met a much different response and had a higher success rate. Instead they waited nearly a week and then came with aggression and threats, and many people snorted and said NO.
BB made a bad trade. They put up some bad code and lost some resources at a below market price. In the absence of a rule violation or the invocation of the "you're banned because we say you are" clauses, perhaps like the player with the bad trade, they need to take it on the chin and move on.