Cheating

[realELF]

The cheater plays from two accounts and does not hide it!
My last post was edited, but if you looked at his profile, you would immediately see that there are two of these accounts in each party.

This player is already in the top 50 lol. It is impossible to contact moderation. Reports are generally such a joke.

And if you look at the current batch, even the site will report that there are two accounts from the same IP address. Why does moderation encourage cheaters with a paid subscription? The site is highly corrupt and censored.

[GTSchemer]

Did you already make a moderation report of one of these accounts, linking the various ranked games they have played together?

[tylerjwarren]

Just played a 2 vs 1 setup and it's not very fun.

I'm just gonna watch for it in the future.

[twiddly2]

How does one recognize this while playing? I had no idea this was even possible.

[tylerjwarren]

How does one recognize this while playing? I had no idea this was even possible.

It will flag one of them usually as playing from the same IP, and they will have the same country tag. Also read whatever text is connected to a red exclamation point by one or both of their names.

Granted I play sometimes with the kids, and open to others, but my kids are brutal about trying to beat me, so would never be accused of cheating. But when you get into a game where both the other players are moving the robber onto you (even when they are both much higher in score), making unfair trades with each other, etc. It's zero fun. I don't know what they take away from it, since their rating isn't real, but some people just that's their thing I guess.

[Jontia]

Is this more of a thing with 3 players rather than 4? The original post calls it 2 vs 1, not 2 vs 1 vs 1, and the last post talks about 'both' the others rather than 2 of the others, or all 3 of the others?

[Nekojin]

I believe they're talking about 3-player games because the Arena is currently set up for 3-player games. So a pair of people colluding can essentially run roughshod over the third player.