KINGMAKING ARENA CATAN

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fabricioln
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KINGMAKING ARENA CATAN

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HOOOOW? INCREDIBLE.. TWO FRIENDS WERE DOING KINGMAKING AGAINST ME IN ARENA AND I CHECK IT THE LAST MATCHES OF THEM.. THEY USUALLY DO THAT...
ACCOUNTS xxx AND xxx . I hope they will do something against them. I have report it. So sad...
moderation team wrote:Please do not use the Forums to call players out by name, this is what the Moderation Reports are for
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Slartibartfst
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Re: KINGMAKING ARENA CATAN

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i had always thought Arena had some kind of protection from people doing it, but if it does, this dude has figured out how to get around it lol.
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Re: KINGMAKING ARENA CATAN

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fabricioln wrote: 31 August 2026, 18:11 HOOOOW? INCREDIBLE.. TWO FRIENDS WERE DOING KINGMAKING AGAINST ME IN ARENA AND I CHECK IT THE LAST MATCHES OF THEM.. THEY USUALLY DO THAT...
ACCOUNTS ... AND ... . I hope they will do something against them. I have report it. So sad...
Please do not use the Forums to call players out by name, this is what the Moderation Reports are for. The Forums should remain a general discussion. If you misuse the Forums in this manner, we will apply moderation penalties.

If you have enough evidence that players are cheating, the proper way to address this is to create a Moderation Report against them with significant evidence. (a single table or questionable move is not enough)

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Re: KINGMAKING ARENA CATAN

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euklid314 wrote: 01 September 2026, 06:55
fabricioln wrote: 31 August 2026, 18:11 HOOOOW? INCREDIBLE.. TWO FRIENDS WERE DOING KINGMAKING AGAINST ME IN ARENA AND I CHECK IT THE LAST MATCHES OF THEM.. THEY USUALLY DO THAT...
ACCOUNTS ... AND ... . I hope they will do something against them. I have report it. So sad...
Please do not use the Forums to call players out by name, this is what the Moderation Reports are for. The Forums should remain a general discussion. If you misuse the Forums in this manner, we will apply moderation penalties.

If you have enough evidence that players are cheating, the proper way to address this is to create a Moderation Report against them with significant evidence. (a single table or questionable move is not enough)

Important Forum Moderation Notice (pinned as first thread in this forum):
If you think a player committed a serious offence during a game (for example insulting someone in the chat), please report them to us, using the 'report this player' link from their profile or by clicking on the 'red thumb' at the end of the game, so that we can take appropriate measures.
Can you please share how one submits a moderation report for suspected kingmaking? Your comment suggests there is a way (provided there is sufficient evidence) yet when you select the "(player) helps another player to win by playing as a team" option it doesn't go anywhere.

I'm sure lots of us would also be interested to know what constitutes "significant evidence" and how high the bar is.
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Re: KINGMAKING ARENA CATAN

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Every now and then I post the same. Last time I wrote up detailled instructions was perhaps in "Blatant cheating but you cant call it cheating" on page 3 of Catan forum.

I have reported several cheaters, always successfully.

I quote:

That is what the reporting system is for. Go the players profile, click "Report this player". If you are asked about the problem, choose "Show all" such that you can see all options and choose "XXX uses several user accoutns to gain ELO-points". In the next option choose "The accounts are playing against each other to cheat the ranking system". Then you are asked for the other players account(s) that cheat together with XXX. Please add all the game numbers of fishy games and very specific details why it is obvious they collude. Add move numbers and statistics (e.g., in 30 instances in games .... the robber was placed 28 times on the 3rd player, only twice on the colluding players, OR the two players trade exclusively with each other in games ...).

Add at least 5 suspicious games (that you analyzed) in the moderation report.

Whenever I did above procedure the respective players have been moderated and their ELO has been reset to 100. Sometimes even harsher moderation penalties have been awarded. It is not necessary to prove if it is indeed 1 player with 2 accounts. Even it is two players that collude over several games that it has an affect on their ELO, your report will be successful
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