Official statement of cheating on PBW.

geoschmo · #1 April 8th, 2002, 07:33 PM

PBW itself doesn't, but SEIV does. In this specific case the person devised a way to circumvent those.

Geoschmo

BoomStick · #2 April 8th, 2002, 07:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Atrocities:
This is another reason to make a PBW subscription club. People who are serious about playing the game and who hate cheaters would more inclined to pay for a "special" area to play games out side of the public area. Subscription Members or whatever, often don't get nailed by cheaters.

PBW subscription might not get the number of players you'd like. Games might not fill up, or you'd be playing the same core group of gamers game after game...

Staying free makes sure that you get fodder like me in games you join. (I'm in Ay Chihuahua Numero Dos (Gold))

...though, I'm now a few turns into my first PBW game, and I'm willing to send a few dollars to the admins to keep the service going, since I like the way it plays...

Boomer

[ 08 April 2002: Damn typo! Message edited by: BoomStick ]

[ 08 April 2002: Message edited by: BoomStick ]

Kling · #3 April 8th, 2002, 08:15 PM

Agreed that cheating must be handled swiftly, and with force. But I really do think some people could do with a more relaxed attitude! I feel perfectly confident that the PBW team, and Malfador, can handle this and any future issues. Nice to hear that you put this on priority.

It is also good that you tell people about what happened, it stop all sorts of nasty rumors.

LazarusLong42 · #4 April 8th, 2002, 08:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BoomStick:
...though, I'm now a few turns into my first PBW game, and I'm willing to send a few dollars to the admins to keep the service going, since I like the way it plays...

We accept donations through Paypal; thanks for reminding me that I need to make the donation button more prevalent on the page. (Sorry, Geo, I ended up with no time this weekend to do it). If you scroll down the PBW front page, you'll find the Paypal donation button.

However, we do not intend to make PBW subscription only--I agree with you that you'd end up with too small a player base.

And finally--I love your handle. ("This... is... my... BOOMSTICK!")

LL/ES2

geoschmo · #5 April 8th, 2002, 09:23 PM

I concur, subscriptions are not the way to go. PBW should remain free.

Although, if someone wanted to create a game on PBW and only accept players that had made donations, I don't suppose we could stop it.

Geoschmo
PBW Admin Team

Growltigga · #6 April 8th, 2002, 10:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by LazarusLong42:
However, we do not intend to make PBW subscription only--I agree with you that you'd end up with too small a player base.
LL/ES2

bump... can I just say that having surfed quite a few 'game support' sites, my personal view is that the PBW people do a superb job which is frankly peerless and I believe you americans say 'above and beyond'

Those of us who can should contribute via Paypal. I do and I havn't even played PBW yet, just heard one hell of a lot of good things about it - face it, $1 a month for an SEIV afficionado is NOT going to break the bank BUT may give the chaps and chappesses (Mrs Geo?) at PBW a buffer to keep this excellent service running

Huzzah for PBW

gravey101 · #7 April 8th, 2002, 11:19 PM

I was unlucky enough be burned in games reuined by both of the recent cheaters. Probably lost 30-50 hours? I'm not bitter about it cos I know this dort of thing will inevitably happen occasionally, and I guess it's the risk you take. Lately I've been inclined to only join games where I know a majority of the people well from previous games.

In another bizarre twist, another game I was in was just (more or less) cancelled when the admin complained that a number of the players had joined the game with the intent of creating a large, exclusive, alliance that would dominate the Universe. Not sure quite what to think about this one. Opinions ?