PBW ethics, opinions please.

[CNCRaymond]

Gravey, I think your one of the few players who can play the game in your sleep. And if someone ever pulled this crap on you, you would still win because your that good of a player.

Your statement and comments are valid, and I would like to respond to them. So please don't think that I am attacking you, I would never do that.

I have heard this argument time and time again. Who are you to decree what is an exploit and what isn't?

Common sense often dictates this. Sometimes the line is very thin between a valid tactic and an exploit. The EB exploit for instance can look like a tactic, but is really an exploit giving the player the ability to amass a massive fleet in extremely short amount of time.

The only person who can decide is the game host for the game your are playing. He decides the rules of the game, including whether any of the currently known bugs are ok or not.

What if he doesn't know about all of the bugs, but player X does? Should Player X be an ethical player and tell the host? Or should he remain silent and use the bug to his advantage? Then in lies the dilemma.

If you break those rules it is cheating.

Again, only if player X is caught.

If you don’t then it isn't. Simple as that.

I have heard this argument many times. If you know its an exploit, and no one else does, then when you use it, you are cheating regardless if it is listed in the rules or not.

If you don’t like his decision as to what is ok and what isn't you play something else or start your own game or whatever.

I think this goes without saying. Play at your own risk.

What you don't do is label everyone else who doesn't conform to your view as a cheater.

I would never do that. I have been beaten many times by brilliant players, and a few times by lucky ones. But when I find out that one or two of the players who beat me did so by using and exploit that allowed them to build massive amounts of colony ships within a fraction of the turns it should have, and did this throughout the game with other ships, then ya, I will label them cheaters, because that is exactly what they are.