I assume you are talking about his and my exchange right? ;) I can honestly tell you, Ive got a lot of +1's and balls from my federation that deals with and aims at getting objectives. This was so that everyone in our federation can reach 1000 balls and get the points for it, but now I don't post much in that federation. With that being said, I can also say that the majority of my +1s did come from just giving advice and being active in these forums and I am usually a reliable source to help with advice and such. One mistake on my part and everyone is all over it though haha, but it won't stop me from being active in these forums and helping when I can. Anyways, yes there are numerous federations that give out +1s in order to get the achievement points, (Although some people still ask for +1s that already have their 1000 balls, that's what I don't understand or think is needed). I don't believe this is cheating at all because it doesn't give you any advantages, but like someone else said, the majority of all the people who got all their balls the "easy" way don't even help out much in the forums, and the ones that do post in the forums are usually reliable enough and have experience that can help others.
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