Is password guessing cheating?

Slaughtermeyer · #1 June 29th, 2002, 04:31 AM

I've already encountered one PBEM opponent who does not think it is cheating. Maybe there's a difference between guessing a simple password and trying to hack the files to guess the password, you'll have a chance to express your opinion on both counts.

DavidG · #2 June 29th, 2002, 04:34 AM

Are you kidding??? This to me is totally a no brainer. It is cheating. period.

<edit> P.S. If you friend thinks this is OK tell him (or her) to post his opinion and see how many games he gets let into.

[ June 29, 2002, 03:51: Message edited by: DavidG ]

Nodachi · #3 June 29th, 2002, 04:40 AM

Damn right its cheating!

A good player shouldn't even be trying to guess someone else's password let alone hack it! If this were to happen in a game I was running that player would find themselves kicked quick.

Whatever happened to playing for the fun of it?

Nodachi

disabled · #4 June 29th, 2002, 06:10 AM

It's cheating in every way.

Now, hacking the exe is really cheating and a sign that you suck as a player (you is figurative for the cheater, not you you). Guessing the password is both cheating, stupid, and time consuming.

On a related note, if you have a guessable password or you are so secure in your position you drop hint as to your password, then you might have earned that hacking as a lesson to be learned.

Either way, cheating is intolerable in all forms!

Grandpa Kim · #5 June 29th, 2002, 06:31 AM

This is soooo cheating that I can't believe the poll results I've seen! Those of you who have voted "not cheating" please post your names so I can add them to my black list! In a way Slaughtermeyer, I can't believe you even had to ask, on the other hand I'm glad you did. It exposes some really sleazy players that I certainly don't want to associate with. So, those of you who think its okay, please reveal yourselves so the rest of us can avoid you on PBW.

Kim

PS
Would it be cheating if by some super glitch you opened someone elses turn AND LOOKED IT OVER when you innocently thought you were opening your own? Of course it would be cheating!
Would it be cheating if, in a poker game, you were able to see someone elses hand? Of course it would be cheating!
Sheesh! This is all so obvious, I am totally boggled by the poll results. Has the world really come to this low point?

Captain Kwok · #6 June 29th, 2002, 06:46 AM

Any attempts to gather info outside of the confines of the game is cheating.

I just don't understand why people cheat...I mean it's only a game, it's not life or death. Geez.