bigpotatoes [Cleared]

by **TruePurple** on Wed May 13, 2009 2:04 pm

Accused:

bigpotatoes

Possibly
Lensois

The accused are suspected of:
Conducting Secret Diplomacy

Game number(s):

Game 4810380

Comments:

Bigpotatoes was preventing lensois from controlling the west. Without any noticeable reason Bigpotatoes took all but 1 unit out of the spot holding Lensois from controlling the west and piled them up to attack my forces. I wasn't that close to controlling any zone and there wasn't any foreseeable benefits for this attack. Bigpotatoes continues to attack just me. To the point where Lensois felt safe to leave a 1 stack protecting the zone flank where Bigpotatoes was at for a turn. It seems bigpotatoe won't attack anyone else, even when lensios leaves such a opening.

It feels very much like they are working together now. If they are not, I don't get what is happening. Or why Bigpotatoes would be seemingly kamazeing against me like this.

On the flip side, blue somehow got ride of his troops on sashatwan like he wanted me to break through. I don't understand what is going on here, so I thought I would bring it here and let those more knowledgable figure it out.

by **jaytorade** on Thu May 14, 2009 12:51 am

Also, Lenosis is going to give you a bogus rating when the game is over.

Check the ratings he left for others

by **yrral** on Thu May 14, 2009 8:11 am

Remember it is a terminator game. You get points for each opponent you eliminate, not for just winning the game. Good luck.

by **TruePurple** on Thu May 14, 2009 3:17 pm

That has nothing to do with it, there was no way bigpotatoe could have eliminated me on his own like that. I got too many sizable forces in different areas

by **zombie23** on Thu May 14, 2009 8:23 pm

purple, you need to chill out. If this is indeed you're tenth game or so on cc, what I recommend you do is relax, watch and observe so that you can get a grasp of the many different playing styles, strategies and motivations players can employ.

Instead, you've typed a novel in the game chat trying to verbally manipulate the other (much more experienced) players on the board. This is rude. Now you are accusing other players of cheating (very rude).

Again, my advice is for you to sit back, watch and learn until you get a grasp on the game. Big Potatoes' motivation may be as simple as he feels that Pacific Alaska is a strategic starting point, so he took it from you. It may just be that you've annoyed the *&%$ out of him. Either way, he is under no obligation to explain his strategy to you.

by **apb23** on Thu May 14, 2009 8:34 pm

I agree w/ Zombie...I see where your argument is coming from Purple, but frankly it is a terminator game, so the strategy is very different.

by **TruePurple** on Thu May 14, 2009 9:07 pm

APB I already explained how it being terminator has nothing to do with it.

This has nothing to do with chilling out either zombie. I even made a thread asking how do you know if there is a secret alliance. My only reply was a Mod saying, if you suspect it at all, then just report it and let us figure it out. So thats what I am doing. If there was any other pearls of wisdom in this regard anyone had for me, there was the place to do it, not here.

Instead, you've typed a novel in the game chat trying to verbally manipulate the other (much more experienced) players on the board. This is rude. Now you are accusing other players of cheating (very rude).

A. Its trying to convince people to do what is in their own best interest as well as mine. It isn't a matter of manipulation but negotiating.

B. It is not "very rude" to accuse someone of cheating when you suspect them of maybe cheating, please get off your high horse.

by **Timminz** on Thu May 14, 2009 9:12 pm

That's the only game the two of them have ever played together.

by **TruePurple** on Thu May 14, 2009 9:20 pm

Well, that would certainly suggest that Lensois isn't involved. How did you determine that though? Game search function? Maybe potatoe is just targeting me figuring he is dead anyway. I don't know what to look for regarding secret alliances.

Heh, I got targeted for a cheater thread with alot less then this. So right or wrong, it wasn't evil for me to make this thread. I am just working with what I was told when I asked. If mods feel like you zombie, nothing at all happening; then potatoes will be cleared, the end.

by **lancehoch** on Thu May 14, 2009 11:43 pm

As this is the first game played between bigpotatoes and Lensois, there is not enough evidence of malicious play to warrant a block. There is also the fact that this is a terminator game and points are awarded per elimination. Based on this, I am marking the thread Cleared.