MP Cheaters/Griefers

[Meglobob]

Its happened to me in 1 game out of about 20+, someone changed my orders (twice) after I had issued them, so its not common but it does happen. Ever since then I always password protect my god.

Some people will go to any lengths to win a game, sad but true.

[Tuidjy]

Guys, it is unlikely that a player in the game you're in will change your orders.
Unless he has two legal copies, he risks messing up his turn, and it will be easy
for the host to tell who did it.

On the other hand, unless you protect your pretender, you will never know whether
someone is not _looking_ at your empire every turn.

[Kristoffer O]

I think (and hope) this is a rare event. I usually forget to use a password. I haven't been cheated on to my knowledge.

On the other hand I have accidentally opened another player's turn and looked at it when I played in more than one game and got nations mixed up. It doesn't feel good to accidentally come over information you should not have.

Is it possible that another player accidentally entered your turn, and chose redo turn from start, with the intention of redoing his own turn? That way he could have messed up your turn without intending to be a prick and afterwards realized that he had done something stupid, felt ashamed, and hoped that you would redo your turn so no one noticed his mistake.

[Methel]

Kristoffer... do you have something to confess?

Seriously though, I've played quite a few games online over the years and I'd have to say that the dominions community has the least cheaters and griefers I've ever seen

[Ubercat]

Kristoffer O said:
I think (and hope) this is a rare event. I usually forget to use a password. I haven't been cheated on to my knowledge.

On the other hand I have accidentally opened another player's turn and looked at it when I played in more than one game and got nations mixed up. It doesn't feel good to accidentally come over information you should not have.

Is it possible that another player accidentally entered your turn, and chose redo turn from start, with the intention of redoing his own turn? That way he could have messed up your turn without intending to be a prick and afterwards realized that he had done something stupid, felt ashamed, and hoped that you would redo your turn so no one noticed his mistake.

I hope you're right, but he'd have to know that it wasn't his correct game/country if his intent was to redo his OWN turn.

[llamabeast]

I have to say I've never come across any cheating, it does seem like this is a very mature community.

To people playing on the LlamaServer (or any other PBEM game) - you don't need a password, since no-one else can get hold of your turn anyway. This is only an issue for network games.

[lch]

Ubercat said:
I hope you're right, but he'd have to know that it wasn't his correct game/country if his intent was to redo his OWN turn.

I think that as soon as somebody connects as another nation the old orders are overwritten with no orders (stale turn), but I'm not sure about that.

[Gandalf Parker]

I monitor the connections to the games running on my servers. I havent seen any blatant effort at that particular type of cheating but I do consider it worth continuing to watch for.

[Ubercat]

Gandalf Parker said:
I monitor the connections to the games running on my servers. I havent seen any blatant effort at that particular type of cheating but I do consider it worth continuing to watch for.

I give my orders and then discover later that they've been changed. I can't tell if the person has some strategic plan that differs from mine, or if they just think it's funny to do. I don't care. I told the other players in a message what was happening and that I'm going AI. Next turn I'll do so.

Is there any way to tell who your opponents are in one of your blitz games?

-Ubercat