“Oh, absolutely,” Lander said, laughing. “Good for them! Clever guys.”

This alone is reason enough to respect these guys. Blizzard would have confiscated anything you won by being clever, which is a much more asstarded strategy in my opinion.

I recall a certain mage who realized he could spellsteal a certain boss buff after a certain patch and who ended up soloing the instance for a while and winning a lot of loot. Blizzard closed the hole and confiscated everything and may have even banned the player. Dumb.

Cleverness should remain rewarded even if you must close the hole to preserve the good of the game.