Subj : Re: Solar Realms Elite
To   : Dennis Haddox
From : Herman
Date : Fri Jul 11 2003 04:45 pm

  Re: Re: Solar Realms Elite
  By: Dennis Haddox to Dave Toy on Thu Jul 10 2003 13:17:00

 >  DT> trusting, but I'm convinced 99.999999999% of all BRE players
 >  DT> and/or sysops are honest people.
 > You aren't serious are you? Seeing how Hard Drive Cafe has
 > been around for about as long as Hall of Fame, I can not fathom
 > how you can make that statement in all honesty.

I suspect it's more like 99% of BRE players are honest 90% of the time.  The
only duping problem I ever suspect is account sharing when players go out of
town.. I have been asked about this by some of my players who are going to be
be going out of town for more than a few days... what should I tell them?

I was going to tell them to let me know about it and I'd change the ownership
of their empires to someone who isn't currently in the game, since we've got a
full house already, and there are still more people who are interested in BRE
here.

Would this practice be allowed?

 > It has been my observation throughout the years that people will
 > always try to find an edge to win and the edge most of the time
 > involves cheating to some degree. I have witnessed ways to
 > cheat in some games by players that were truly ingenious.

In Trade Wars, account sharing is the only real cheating problem that has an
effect on the game, since 1 player plays to use 2 person's turns, putting
people at a disadvantage to that player.

But in BRE, this would be 2 players playing but using only one player's
turns... as a sysop, I wouldn't consider that cheating, but if one player ever
plays his turns, and also plays his friend's turns, I would consider that
cheating.

Comments?
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