Is password guessing cheating?

[Askan Nightbringer]

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.