by e_i_pi on Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:43 pm
I'd say this is a case of suspected secret diplomacy more than multis. Multis generally don't choose virtually the same name then join public games.
You need to look in the game history of the Standard/Assassin/Terminator games that involve more than just those two players, and see if they collude to eliminate other players, or keep undefended borders with each other. I'm not inclined to do so, as they don't look like multis/secrets. Here's why you need to look at Std/Ass/Trm:
1v1 games: If they share the wins, as is the case here, it's contrary to fundamental reasons for multis
Dubs, trips, quads: If they are on the same team, secret diplomacy isn't an issue as they have team chat
Also, multis generally don't buy 2 premiums for farming, they use freemiums for points. The 1v1 games are lasting a long time (first one I looked at was 19 rounds). One isn't -always- playing the other one. They log at different times, sometimes the turns are several hours apart, sometimes they're taken intertwined with each other. In fact there's a multitude of reasons pointing to them being different people who are abiding by the rules. If they beat you, it's due to them being a good communicative team, not anything against the rules. I'm guessing the other 3 teams in that game had substandard communication.