Honesty doesn't pay :(

se5a · #1 June 14th, 2007, 03:27 AM

there are far easier ways to cheat than figuring out passwords too though. the whole issue is just stupid.

Randallw · #2 June 14th, 2007, 04:30 AM

Well it seems that no message in the last week from the game in question had all the players addresses. My junk mail folder deletes messages after 7 days. However one stroke of luck was that one of the players in the game in question just happened to be the same person running the other game, the host who understood I was just letting him know what was what. He seems amenable enough, so I asked him if he could please pass on an explanation to the other players. I simply do not want them to think me a cheat.

It seems the host somehow got the idea I used the master password to access other empires and find their passwords. That is so obviously cheating that even as I tested to see if I had the master I avoided that route.

se5a · #3 June 14th, 2007, 07:33 AM

pah, I'd be voting him off PBW.
ok maybe a little harsh, but comeon, strongarm tactics againsed people who stumble across exploits and report them is just stupid. there's enough of that sort of bs in the real world to have to put up with it in our games too.

Glyn · #4 June 14th, 2007, 11:46 AM

Randallw - Honesty doesn't pay, but then feeling good about your own actions is priceless. Keep up the good work and don't sweet the small stuff!

FYI - There is a post on the PBW site looking for a replacement player. You might ask the admin to edit it, if you are offended by it.

Renegade 13 · #5 June 14th, 2007, 05:32 PM

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Glyn said:
Randallw - Honesty doesn't pay, but then feeling good about your own actions is priceless. Keep up the good work and don't sweat the small stuff!

I second this. Honesty, at times, doesn't benefit you, but it almost always feels good.

narf poit chez BOOM · #6 June 14th, 2007, 07:36 PM

Honesty means a game store owner let me pay for a memory card later - I didn't have the money with me. I payed it off the next day.

Some people appreciate honesty, some people don't. And you did get something out of it - You now know something vital about the other guy and how his mind works.

Atrocities · #7 June 14th, 2007, 10:17 PM

I once was told that you will more than likely never go to jail for a dishonest act but rather for an honest one misunderstood.

Nice guys do finish last. Tis a fact of life and an unshakable elemental reality of our universe.