Is password guessing cheating?

Askan Nightbringer · #1 July 3rd, 2002, 11:51 AM

I'm with Puke.

The issue with this game (if it can be called an issue) is the huge investment in time it takes to play a game. I've played PBW games that have gone for 9+ months, and finished at a fairly amicable end.

I measure my time in how much money I would have got paid if I was actually working. That means if a cheater wrecks a long running game he owes me alot of cash. Being up here in Australia means its fairly unlikely I will ever get to collect my debt (until cheating in SE4 comes under the ICC) but I do travel alot and if I ever get to the cheater's town I will come for him/her/it with a cricket bat.

Now I'm not saying I'm a nice player, I'm the first to admit I'm a complete bastard. But I'de never go beyond the game to achieve a conquest.
I do, however, pay much attention to what goes on in this forum, the attitudes of the posters and the attitudes of various players I've met on the battlefield. Basically I have a "George W" style naughty list of people I'de never bother playing against.

I don't like to waste my time.

Askan

Oh...and the difference in the poll about password guessing and password hacking....thats just a difference in the talent/skills of the cheater. If its alright to 'guess' a password its alright to hack one. Wake up.

Gryphin · #2 July 3rd, 2002, 02:05 PM

Zarix
I would be willing to try a small game where passwords were availble. I personaly play to have phun. If a player wants to guess my password all they have to do is ask me. I'll give it to them. Cheating in any form destroys the challenge.

Slaughtermeyer
While those are true historical events, it brings to mind,
"Henry Stimson's famous adage "gentlemen don't read other gentlemen's mail"
That is the "Real" world. There is no place for it in a game.

I am sure neither of you feel it any form of cheatting is acceptable.

dmm · #3 July 3rd, 2002, 04:45 PM

It is a bit distressing that a few people don't see that guessing a password (and then using it) is cheating. One hopes these are not one's neighbors. HOWEVER, what is crystal clear to everyone now from the poll results is that the vast majority of players DO consider that to be cheating. So, from this time forward, anyone who does that is, without any doubt or argument, a cheater. Does anyone disagree with that?

Lupusman · #4 July 4th, 2002, 04:03 AM

The next question is then, if most people consider it cheating, would they do it anyway?

I feeling sarcastic today.

tesco samoa · #5 July 4th, 2002, 05:01 AM

i just wanted to say that i thought this thread would end about 30 or so Posts ago with the word YES.

TerranC · #6 July 4th, 2002, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
i just wanted to say that i thought this thread would end about 30 or so Posts ago with the word YES.

The thing is, since this is a very explicit topic, everybody has their own different ideas of "Yes".

*another post yet added for the sake of posting*