The statements are not contradictory - they can have a superior api which doesn't permit 'cheating'. For example they could expose c++ api rather than a lua api

The statements are not contradictory - they can have a superior api which doesn't permit 'cheating'. For example they could expose c++ api rather than a lua api for performance concerns. Furthermore some of the api calls (e.g. GetNearbyCreeps) have arbitrary restrictions.