bbranning2004 [cleared] BG

[alster]

Accused:

bbranning2004

The accused are suspected of:

Other: "NR farming"

Comments:

bbranning2004 has at the time of this post 201 completed games. Of those, 155 are public, 3-player, Halloween Hollows, see:
http://www.conquerclub.com/player.php?submit=Search&gn=&gs=&np=3&mp=57&ty=S&it=&po=&bc=&ft=&wf=&rl=&sg=&pt=N&to=&lb=&p1=bbranning2004&p2=&p3=&p4=&so=&page=2

Sure looks like a lot of NRs are joining this map/settings.

Looking at page 2 (55 games): If I count correctly, 49 players listed on this page are still NRs. In addition, 20 other participants are confirmed NRs at the time respective game started (having gone through the most likely NR candidates). Al in all 69 NRs which correspond to >62% (69 / 110 (55*2)) of the opponents.

This a fair amount (bearing in mind that ziadjalloul was recently warned with less (52%)).

Page 1 (see link above) looks pretty much like page 2. The games are spread out over a period of time, but since bbranning2004 is a freemium this is not a surprise I guess.

Accounts on page 2 (see link above) that were NRs at the time the respective game started:
mechanin2000
creardon
Lunkan
Jovhank
enzkada
stuarthart1982
henry c
starcraft77
xIntegrityx
tomahawk12
chakakhan
daddysboys_09 (in 2 separate games)
MrHitman
PaigeML1997
mainendz
bradsmolinski
crhampton1
idan.shoshany
daveh97

[hmsps]

Its getting silly this. Anyone can join these games. Its a stupid rule. I can see why you are doing this as you were caught cowardly joining new recruits games but in my opinion this is a different ball game this. Why dont you just join some of his games to stop NR's getting there first.

[Evolution299]

I agree wtih hmsps. There is a big difference between Alstergrens reports he is searching for and the game he was busted for. And the difference is Alster was joining NR's games while these guys are having them join his games.
What would be great is if the MH's just cleared EVERY case Alsterabrings to them in like 30 mins. Just to set a point.

Still no set for you Alster? Please grow a set.

[D00MandD3A7H]

Give it a rest. You just are trying to find a way to farm again.

[Criticalwinner]

How many of these fake reports are you going to bring alstergren? You play against NR's just as much as bbranning2004 does.

[jefjef]

How many of these fake reports are you going to bring alstergren? You play against NR's just as much as bbranning2004 does.

Well it isn't quite fake. There are number of NR's joining these games. I don't think near enough to be a warning but possibly worth a NOTED and a friendly message in re of it.

Funny thing. bbranning2004 kinda reminds me of Brann2006 and not just cuz of the name..

[D00MandD3A7H]

How many of these fake reports are you going to bring alstergren? You play against NR's just as much as bbranning2004 does.

Well it isn't quite fake. There are number of NR's joining these games. I don't think near enough to be a warning but possibly worth a NOTED and a friendly message in re of it.

Funny thing. bbranning2004 kinda reminds me of Brann2006 and not just cuz of the name..

Is it because ArmySpeeder was busted 1 month before bbranning2004 joined?
You are right, A large number of NR's are joining... I think the Halloween Hallows map is too hard for NR's and should be blocked.

[jgordon1111]

At this point I am wondering why the OP hasnt received a ban for these reports,how many does this make now.

[alster]

Well it isn't quite fake. There are number of NR's joining these games. I don't think near enough to be a warning but possibly worth a NOTED and a friendly message in re of it.

Indeed. A >50% "join" rate has in the past always been considered NR farming (or "reverse" NR farming). And in some cases a join rate far lower than 50% has equally fallen under the rule. I don't think a warning will occur either. As far as I can tell, first time the mods simply notes it and sends a friendly reminder to mix up the games (which makes sense IMO).

[Criticalwinner]

Indeed. A >50% "join" rate has in the past always been considered NR farming (or "reverse" NR farming). And in some cases a join rate far lower than 50% has equally fallen under the rule. I don't think a warning will occur either. As far as I can tell, first time the mods simply notes it and sends a friendly reminder to mix up the games (which makes sense IMO).

You know what makes sense to me (in my humble opinion)? The act of you stopping all of these frivolous cases just because you got warned and you want to play lower ranked people again.

[eddie2]

i hate to say it but as the farming rule stands just now these reports are not fake not spurious or anything.. the rule is there we have all been asking for a change but until admin change the rules and have a fair rule for it then they are asking for all these types of reports.

[BGtheBrain]

*****

[TheGeneral2112]

bbranning2004 is cleared of farming. While I did see there were a number of new recruits, "farming" is not as simple as that. The main thing that lead me to a cleared result, was provided by the original report.

The games are spread out over a period of time, but since bbranning2004 is a freemium this is not a surprise I guess.

You forgot to lock the thread, BG. Others will begin asking questions about your arguable ruling. Might as well lock it now.