Moonchild and karelpietertje - Cheating?? [Settled]

[draxy81]

I am currently playing a doubles freestyle game (Game #3840795) and the players I am playing against are Moonchild and karelpietertje. They are either cheating or the website has a bug. Please advise on what is going on?

Last night when I went to bed, karelpietertje did not make their turn yet. But when I woke up (and as I type this) there is just under 13 hours left of the new round. If you look at the below game log, they seemed to take two turns. I thought in freestyle (and it is true every time I play) that when your team finishes one round, that you must wait for 12 hours or until someone on the other team begins their turn before you can have your turn. In this case, they waited for the one hour clock to end (i.e. make their turn and not complete the turn). Then it looks like they missed their turn and for some reason, they get to go again.

The game was a good battle, but they now have the upper hand because of these tactics. I believe they did this twice, but this time, I was able to catch them as everything seemed to make sense. The game log the shows what I described is as follows:

2008-12-15 10:35:41 - Moonchild receives 3 troops for 9 regions
2008-12-15 10:35:47 - Moonchild deployed 3 troops on N8
2008-12-15 10:35:57 - Moonchild assaulted S1 from N8 and conquered it from chrisstamp
2008-12-15 11:35:36 - Moonchild reinforced N4 with 2 troops from N7
2008-12-15 20:43:33 - karelpietertje receives 2 troops for holding Orange Octagons
2008-12-15 20:43:33 - karelpietertje receives 3 troops for 6 regions
2008-12-15 20:43:55 - karelpietertje deployed 5 troops on A9
2008-12-15 20:44:07 - karelpietertje assaulted A4 from A9 and conquered it from draxy81
2008-12-15 20:44:47 - karelpietertje assaulted A3 from A4 and conquered it from draxy81
2008-12-15 20:45:10 - karelpietertje assaulted E6 from A3 and conquered it from draxy81
2008-12-15 20:53:41 - karelpietertje assaulted E7 from E6 and conquered it from draxy81
2008-12-15 20:54:07 - karelpietertje assaulted F2 from E7 and conquered it from chrisstamp
2008-12-15 21:26:51 - karelpietertje ran out of time
2008-12-15 21:26:51 - Incrementing game to round 6
2008-12-15 21:26:51 - Moonchild receives 3 troops for 10 regions
2008-12-15 21:26:55 - Moonchild deployed 3 troops on S1
2008-12-15 21:26:55 - karelpietertje receives 2 troops for holding Orange Octagons
2008-12-15 21:26:55 - karelpietertje receives 3 troops for 11 regions
2008-12-15 21:26:57 - Moonchild assaulted S3 from S1 and conquered it from chrisstamp
2008-12-15 21:27:05 - karelpietertje deployed 5 troops on F2
2008-12-15 21:27:11 - karelpietertje assaulted F1 from F2 and conquered it from chrisstamp
2008-12-15 21:27:37 - Moonchild reinforced F1 with 2 troops from S3
2008-12-15 21:27:55 - karelpietertje assaulted E3 from F1 and conquered it from draxy81
2008-12-15 21:28:04 - karelpietertje assaulted E2 from E3 and conquered it from draxy81
2008-12-15 21:28:16 - karelpietertje assaulted E4 from E2 and conquered it from draxy81
2008-12-15 21:28:41 - karelpietertje reinforced O1 with 1 troops from O3

Please advise?? If this is legit, there is something seriously wrong with the system/website.

Thanks

Draxy

[Bruceswar]

2008-12-15 21:26:51 - karelpietertje ran out of time
2008-12-15 21:26:51 - Incrementing game to round 6

That is taken from the log. With that said that is the exploit for freestyle. Normally is it a bad idea to run out of time, but in rare cases it works to your advantage.

As for the 2 mentioned people they are not multis. I have both on my MSN list and they are not multis. Is this Cheating? Nope not at all, but some consider it a cheap tactic. Many people use this in speed games, but I have also seen it used in casual games. If you run out of time, anybody can begin the next round.

[draxy81]

Thanks for the quick reply. I didn't consider them multi's, but I found it odd that such a scenario would be allowed in this game. I figured there should be some coding that could be made to not allow such a tactic.

Oh well, it WAS a good game going on, but I'm not even interested anymore. I'll continue just to get it over quickly.

Thanks again for the reply and insight. Much appreciated.

[lancehoch]

Well, it seems like you have your answer. If you would like to suggest a change the game engine, please visit the Suggestions & Bug Reports forum. Moved to Closed Reports and marked [Settled].

[Megadeth666]

PLEASE don't get me wrong....this is just another way you are allowed to "cheat" on CC , Farming has been accepted by all the top conquerors , and if people can't farm as well like King, they have to find other ways to do so....Any body can ditch me for being here so long and having a low score, but I like playing a game for fun , not just a rank...let them "legally cheat" and have their fun chasing a red star...WTG for noticing