Re: Throwing the game.
"Been Chissled" <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:18:51 -0000
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I have done my homework I can recreate this effect. --- In [email protected], Chris Babcock <cbabcock@...> wrote: > > Of course the bells and whistles that would say if the two players are on > the same computer are not being tripped. They aren't even on the same > continent! One of the accused is logging in from a commercial ISP in a > European country and the other from a North American university. This > information is in the access file which the GM can access through the > website. > > (I have access to the judge through the file system, which is why I don't > play there.) > > Signoff > Chris > -- > IT security in 2020 will be less about protecting you from traditional bad > guys, and more about protecting corporate business models from you. > -- Bruce Schneier > > On Dec 21, 2010 8:19 AM, "Been Chissled" <kirman36@...> wrote: > > I am not accusing Thorin of cheating. I am saying the whistles and bells > that show someone is on the same computer are not being tripped. I have > noticed that Italy and Austria in Owls 244 never send press around the same > time. Further look at the moves of the Italian player, with infuses on 1910 > retreat. Follow that up with the, HHMM HHMMM, missed moves the next season > and Italy logging in 40 min after the moves go through. I can understand > your Idea that you can't tell from moves alone if someone is cheating but > there is other suspicious activity. I have over 20 games completed in the > owls league and played in 3 tourneys, I don't throw this accusation out > willy nilly. I am not , I repeat, Not accusing Thorin in anyway of cheating. > I am stating I don't think this was looked into very much. On this I could > be wrong. Anyway can anyone explain to me why Italy would throw the game to > Austria when he is not in danger of being eliminated and it wasn't used as a > threat in a > nyway???? I understand getting blown out and saying if you keep attacking > me I have no course but to throw my lot in with whomever? This never > happened. It reminds me of the line from Doctor Strange Love. If you build > a dooms day device in order for it to work you have to tell the world. Well > anyway this has massively turned me off to Diplomacy on line. > > > --- In [email protected], Jerrod Hansen <jhansen@> wrote: > > > > Nice sig. Me loves some Bruc... > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Chris Babcock <cbabcock@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know why some players remain convinced that their subjective > view > > > of the ... > > > > On Dec 20, 2010 5:20 PM, "Been Chissled" <kirman36@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I gues he doesn't hav... > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > ------------------------------------