Redfelt wrote:yeah and...why are the points not returned after the cheat has been busted?
Its because it would be like small claims court, and would take a million man hours to sort through where points should be allocated, which were cheated, which werent, etc.
If you cant have fun playing this game, and occasionally lose a few points to a few punks looking to have some fun, you may want to broaden your view of fun. There will always be cheaters. In every aspect of life. There is no stopping all of them. Never. Its as simple as that.
The problem with enforcing cheating on this particular game, is that many of the instances of cheating, are simply hard to prove. Any secret alliance, except in the extreme case, is always subject to a benefit of doubt. Most can reasonably assume which cases are bona-fide alliances, but still, it is just not able to be proven, which is why punishments for those cannot be too strict. Its much better to let a few cheats have their way, than punish one innocent player for just having fun, and playing a fair game.
The feedback is there to warn players of players that continually play suspicious.
As far as multies are concerned, those cases are easier to prove, but still impossible to prove every single case. Lack is a very easy going guy. He believes in an open atmosphere. He is not setting these policies up based on profit margin, but providing the most fun atmosphere for the greatest number of players. Ive been here a while, and I know this for a fact. View the policies from this point of view, and you may not be so harsh to judge.
Your percieved leniency that they may show, and I disagree is there, is not some business plan to generate cash flow, its a general approach to setting up a self regulated, open, community based game, with as little management interaction as possible. Its simply his wish, and the wish of the decision makers of the game to set it up this way. He and they do not want a corporate structure with unwavering policies, and no personal touch. Every decision and policy shows this.
There are some disadvantages for some. Some forum posts will offend some players, some cheaters will steal games, and other players will ruin games in countless ways, but overall, the atmosphere of the game, is an open community, which can have a blast playing some fun fair games, without much interference from a corporate faceless giant who only cares about profit.
Ive played thousands of these, and certainly have lost my number of games to cheaters, but the percentage of those games is so small, I simply wont concern myself with them too much. I notify everyone of possible cheating, and move on to play other fun players. Cheaters are already punished. They lack integrity, honesty, and character, to the point that they will circumvent rules in a game with little army numbers, and fake dice to add a few extra numbers next to their made up name, with a different symbol next to it. If they want to sell their soul and self respect for these things, thats fine with me, but Im not going to let it ruin my experience, and I will laugh at every one of them knowing full well, that they inherently are paying a price every time they do it.
My point is, dont blame the site, blame the cheaters. And this site works very hard, and puts in many hours to stop cheating. They hate that their players are robbed of fun every time a cheater steals some points. But I suggest that you report cheaters, and ignore the lost points, and join another game that will be fun, and will probably have some great people and players in it...
lol - but i play at home 
