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Rule 2 question

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:23 am
by The Neon Peon
I was curious about what would happen if this sernario was to occur since it is not secret diplomacy and is not covered by rule 2, yet it is clearly "cheating"....

What if two people were to enter in a standard game. In the first few rounds, one of the players proposes an alliance (in the game chat) where both work together to eliminate every other player then at that point fight each other. The other person accepts and both kill off all the others because they are working together as "team mates," then one of the two wins the game and earns a lot of points. This process may then be repeated in another game where the other person becomes victor, thereby both gaining points.

This seems like it is crossing some sort of line to me, but I could not find anywhere on the rules page where it said that this sort of this is not allowed.

Is this kind of tactic really possible or is it an unwritten rule that you can still be banned for?

[note: I have not seen this sort of thing occur or taken part in it myself. It is an idea I came up with but wanted to see if it is "legal"]

Re: Rule 2 question

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:30 pm
by t-o-m
i think you should report this in the cheating forum.
then the cheating mods can deal with them.

i think it might be a sort of unwritten rules but im not entrily sure. i think that the most they would get as punishment would be being blocked from playing games together - or even score reset but i think that would be unlikely.
so i would say go and report it in cheating and abuse forum and let them deal with it :)

Re: Rule 2 question

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:24 pm
by The Neon Peon
The Neon Peon wrote:[note: I have not seen this sort of thing occur or taken part in it myself. It is an idea I came up with but wanted to see if it is "legal"]


Thanks for the response, but I think you forgot to read the part about me never seeing this happen.

Re: Rule 2 question

PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:34 am
by owenshooter
The Neon Peon wrote:
The Neon Peon wrote:[note: I have not seen this sort of thing occur or taken part in it myself. It is an idea I came up with but wanted to see if it is "legal"]


Thanks for the response, but I think you forgot to read the part about me never seeing this happen.

sounds like you are fishing for an ok to cheat. if you want a partner, play team games. this would clearly be cheating. especially if the same two players entered a second game and did the same thing, enabling either of them to win. good luck with that. what a GREAT idea...-0