This is a spurious and vindictive report from xroads, and since the thread was locked and my actions were cleared, I am elaborating my side of the story here because xroads shamelessly tried to taint my name.
As for why I joined some games versus low rankers, it is simply because I am medal hunting for platinum doubles and triples medal and my check showed that I didnt yet have unique win vs these players.
If I can play versus only Majors and above, then doubles and triples platinum medal would be even theoretically impossible to achieve for me, because there are less than 1000 players on the site ranked Major or above and not all of them play doubles and triples games.
Below are some facts for my defense.
1. Almost all of these games I joined as team 2, therefore I play these low ranked players on THEIR chosen maps and settings. Ranching is usually related to play low ranked players on some very complicated maps where I know the strategy but they do not know the strategy at all. Furthermore, xroads included 11 games in the report while I played more than 200 games across last one month, which means that around 5% of them were versus low ranked players and that it is surely NOT a pattern in my games to jump on low ranked players.
2. At least 3 of 11 games mentioned in OP are versus opponents who also defeated me in other games, see for evidence:
Game 21905328 Here, funiboy and dogwillhunt defeated my team. In fact, from all 3 games vs them I lost 17 more points than I gained, so how is that ranching if I actually lose more points than gain from playing these low ranked players?
Game 21885987 Here, arcanearrow, adampatti18 and GeneralAtticus defeated my team, and in the rematch my team defeated them, which balances to 12 points more lost than gained versus them. Furthermore, first game vs them was lost so I was fully aware they have strategic capability to play well on the time when I joined second game vs them. Additionally, in Game 21885987 I joined with teammates who are very low ranked and one of them even deadbeated. How is it taking advantage of low rankers when I also join with them in my own team?
Game 21861609 Here, Natascha and mourlas defeated my team so they surely have strategical capabuility to play well enough to beat my team.
3. Game 21850302 This game is vs long-term experienced players on conquerclub 11Joan11 and ruleroftheworld1 even with clan experience (ruleroftheworld1 was part of TOP when TOP was number 1 ranked clan), who know how to play peloponesian war map very well, their record as a team on that map so far is incredibly good (9 wins and 5 losses). Therefore, by joining this game I risk losing a lot of point while gaining just a few versus players who very much know how to play this map properly and often play it as a team together.
4. Game 21905547 and Game 21903634, the same as point (3), bigstevie36 and timrs2001 often team up on classic map doubles with these settings and their record is quite good. In fact, timrs2001 played 2800 games total on conquerclub, of which 2300 were doubles game on Classic map teamed up with bigstevie36. Given that timrs2001 has rank of 1944 playing almost only these Classic doubles teamed with bigstevie36, it means they are not playing that map/settings so bad. Furthermore, the highest ever rank of timrs2001 is 1958 so he is right now in his highest rank ever, which means that just recently they achieved quite good results playing these Classic doubles and boosted his rank. By further checking I found that they were in 6-in-a-row winning series and that they won 14 of last 17 games on that map/settings just before I joined their game. Is winning 14 of 17 last games on these something something which should be considered as their inability to play well? On quite luck dependent settings such as Classic map with Flat Rate, I risk losing a lot of points while gaining just a few by joining these games versus players who know the strategy how to play that map and settings very well.
5. Game 21636027 It is hilarious and sad that xroads reported this game in terms of my ranching
, when in fact I have three Cooks in my team, of which one deadbeated and the other two missed 8 turns combined. The other team has no Cooks and have a respectable conquerclub player Hooch as the leader, who plays this map with these settings very often and knows the strategy very well.6. As about report that I invited low ranked players to team up with me, THIS IS A NOTORIUS LIE. In Game 21918548, I was the last person to join the game, my two teammates and all opponents were already there. Furthermore, Sticky_Hatchs is Major rank and this is my first game ever with him, so it is obvious that I dont solely target low ranked players as teammates. As about Game 21899102, The Big Potato and all opponents were already in the game before I joined and I only invited TeeGee to join as I also do in our other games. Possibly, some players in the above mentioned games were indeed invited to these games, but that invitation was not sent by me but probably by hopalong because these games were in Pantry, and hoplaong as the Pantry leader then intervene and starts inviting players so that games can be filled. I would also add here, joining in the same team with someone I dont know brings a huge risk that the player would be deadbeat or will not cooperate with strategy (such as in the ww2 europe game from point 5 on in the world 21 game from point 2, for instance), so joining with players who I do not know in the same team is not something which gives me strategical advantage in any way.
7. As about sitting for TeeGee, he had real life emergency that he got informed about 1-2 days in advance and this emergency caused him to be unable to login for one single day only. In this time period of 1-2 days since he got informed about real life emergency until my sitting for him, we did not join any new games. My sitting for TeeGee lasted for less than one day since my morning time until my going to bed time which is less than 24 hours, therefore this short period of sitting was surely not something planned out in advance to get any unfair strategic advantage.
Josko is intent on getting up to conqueror, but he is starting to cheat to do it.
He started joining doubles/triples games with very low ranked players or freemiums knowing they should be easy wins.
Game 21906375
Game 21905547
Game 21905328
Game 21905327
Game 21903756
Game 21902428
Game 21903634
Game 21850302
[Game][21675636/Game]
Game 21675632
Game 21636027
Notice that almost all the games are with Teegee, who conveniently has taken off his colors which allows Josko to log in and take his turns for him as well.
Now he has started teaming up with lower ranked players, and inviting other lower ranked players to join knowing it will be easy wins.
Game 21918548
Game 21899102
I asked one of his opponents if he joined on his own or was invited, this was his response.
"I was invited why? I'm pretty sure it was a mistake to join"
Josko is not playing these as team games, he is using other players as pawns as shown by messages on his teammates walls.
you are up to play turn decider in our team game ww2 western front. Please read my instructions carefully and follow them.
Break
wrote you instructions in our team game ww2 western front, please read carefully before playing your turn and follow.
I wrote you strategy instructions in our team game ww2 western front, we target cyan. please read the instructions before playing your turn and follow them.
I wrote you instructions for your opening turn in our team game ww2 western front. Please read before playing yourturn and follow the instructions.
, me and TeeGee joined your team in World 21. Let me lead the strategy. I wrote you detailed instructions for your opening turn, please read the instructions before you play your turn and please follow them.
I wrote you detailed strategical instructions for your turn in our team game vancouver. please read them before playing your turn and please follow my suggestions.
I wrote you detailed strategy instructions in our team game ww2 iwo jima, please read my instructions before playing.
I wrote you strategic instructions in our team game mexico, please read them before playing and follow the instructions.
I wrote strategical notes for your turn in our team game ww2 europe. please read them before playing and follow them.
i left you detailed instructions for your turn ww2 europe please follow carefully
So yeah.
Technically, he may be following the rules, but it is definitely not in the best interest of the game and a classic example of gross abuse.i
