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new season, new cheaters already?
Posted: 20 October 2026, 22:47
by humming601
so now we have to make new accounts to not get punished for whistleblowing and this is the only way to do anything because reporting to mods does nothing
edit: i removed false comments about players. sorry for the confusion
Look at the front page of arena rankings: most of the players are new accounts and only play ark nova. BGA does nothing about everyone making new accounts to boost arena ranking so why play honestly. There is no honour for playing by the rules anymore. There is only honour for cheating because if you are the best at cheating, you get on the victory column card and now you get to go to the world championship in Berlin too
Re: new season, new cheaters already?
Posted: 21 October 2026, 03:49
by boardgamedude2
new cheaters? so who are the old cheaters? And are you using a new account?
Re: new season, new cheaters already?
Posted: 21 October 2026, 08:41
by Propaganda Panda
Okay, so to clear up the confusion: JDansp and skälding are
not the same person.
Both of them have been longstanding community members for years and because both are Swedish and sound nearly identical (voice, accent), there is the inside joke that they are actually the same. That was the gimmick for the video that you posted, and the joke wasn't clarified until the end, so I can understand where the bafflement comes from, and it also confused some viewers. But if you watch the post-match interview, from around 2:27:00 you have both of them in voice chat at the same time, talking about the games.
Even though I hate to ruin one of our favorite jokes, I don't want them to receive unfair public scrutiny either, so as someone who knows both, I can ensure you that they are two separate people (even though it is admittedly strange that they speak so similar - couldn't quite believe it either when I talked to them the first time
)
Re: new season, new cheaters already?
Posted: 21 October 2026, 09:28
by yazavats
How many Swedes must we endure?
Re: new season, new cheaters already?
Posted: 21 October 2026, 18:12
by humming601
Propaganda Panda wrote: ↑21 October 2026, 08:41
Okay, so to clear up the confusion: JDansp and skälding are
not the same person.
Both of them have been longstanding community members for years and because both are Swedish and sound nearly identical (voice, accent), there is the inside joke that they are actually the same. That was the gimmick for the video that you posted, and the joke wasn't clarified until the end, so I can understand where the bafflement comes from, and it also confused some viewers. But if you watch the post-match interview, from around 2:27:00 you have both of them in voice chat at the same time, talking about the games.
Even though I hate to ruin one of our favorite jokes, I don't want them to receive unfair public scrutiny either, so as someone who knows both, I can ensure you that they are two separate people (even though it is admittedly strange that they speak so similar - couldn't quite believe it either when I talked to them the first time
)
I admit i did not watch the end of the video so i appreciate the clarification. I watched the end of the video and i am satisfied. Sorry for my false accusations. I am still upset about last arena season's results and jumped to conclusions. I will fix my post
I am glad to see there are honest players but there are still too many high ranked accounts that look like what we saw at the end of last arena season
)