Official statement of cheating on PBW.

[Schwarzbart]

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Originally posted by Hadrian Aventine:
I would guess they blocked the IP and are devising a way to ID suspected cheaters.

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Most People dont have a fixed IP so block an IP wont work, perhaps you even block other players.

[Resident Alien 2]

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Originally posted by Schwarzbart:


Most People dont have a fixed IP so block an IP wont work, perhaps you even block other players.

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That would be possible in some cases. Anybody who has a cable modem/DLS usually keeps the same IP. Mine hasn't changed in months and months. And the IP is included in the e-mail headers so you could exclude there. Probably not worth the effort, I don't believe there are all that many cheaters around.

[Schwarzbart]

*Lol* DSL in Germany is disconectet every 24 h so you get a new IP at Last every day.

[disabled]

Hmm.. True on that. A more complex route to block IP's would to create an 'allowed Users list' with whole IP ranges blocked off because of cheaters and Users also in that range would be granted access.

There is no 100% way to block a cheaters besides finding them and pounding them into a pulp.

[Rich04]

A sad state.

There is a growing sense of paranoia it seems over on PBW.

A person whom I know would never cheat in in a game was recently accused by his main opponent whom is also the host. This is very self serving.

Futher rather than find out from the player what was up. He went straight to admin and complained.

With all the talk here on this topic, I guess things will get worse before they get better.

[geoschmo]

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Originally posted by Rich04:
A sad state.

There is a growing sense of paranoia it seems over on PBW.

A person whom I know would never cheat in in a game was recently accused by his main opponent whom is also the host. This is very self serving.

Futher rather than find out from the player what was up. He went straight to admin and complained.

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If a player has suspicions about someone I would prefer they come to one of the admins first rather than confront the player, or spread unsubstantiated rumors about them. We can check the files and put your mind at ease without having the hurt feelings.

Consider the options if you think someone is cheating. Either they are or they aren't. If they are, what purpose is served by going to them first? If they are cheating they are going to admit it?

If they are not cheating what purpose is served. They say they aren't, but you don't really know do you? So now they are feeling insulted and paranoid, and you still think they are cheating.

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Originally posted by Rich04:
With all the talk here on this topic, I guess things will get worse before they get better.

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I have to disagree respectfully. As long as the discussion stays curteous and constructive, there is no harm from talking about it. It's an important issue as it raises fundamental questions about the fairness of play. My intent in bringing it up was not to fuel the hysteria, but to try and calm it.

The fact is, and this should give some perspective and make people feel better, that only twice in the year of PBW have we found evidence of cheating. That's a pretty good record considering that we have had over 2000 Users, and almost 300 that use it every day.

Geoschmo
PBW Admin Team

[Fyron]

I agree with what Geoschmo just said.

The game owner that is being refered to probably felt this way, so that would be why he did what he did. Doing this has nothing to do with being self-serving. If he was only looking out for himself, he probably would have looked at the game files himself first, instead of contacting the admin.