Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?

From: rmm@maths.warwick.ac.uk (Mr R M Mantel)

Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000

>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Bryg <bryg@cup.hp.com> writes:

Bill> Other areas to consider include:

Bill> 	Pre-arranged alliances Cross-game vendettas

Bill> There are tougher to classify/diagnose.  Did those guys
    Bill> already plan to ally when they joined, or did they quickly
    Bill> arrange afterward?  Did player A attack B because B stabbed
    Bill> A in the last game, or is it just because B now has a bad
    Bill> reputation.  Personally, I think these should be
    Bill> discouraged, but enforcement is difficult.

There is one problem with pre-arranged alliances: if I and some other
player have come to trust each others in previous games (be it the
same of different game systems) and if we know the other person is
horrible to his enemies, then we would want to ally with them as soon
as we see them on the game list. Would this be pre-arranged if the
game list is distributed before the start of the game?

Rolf

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References

PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
Jim Flanagan <flanag19@eos.net>
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
bryg@cup.hp.com (Bill Bryg)
Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
Jim Flanagan <flanag19@eos.net>
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBEM Cheating, how to deal with it?
bryg@cup.hp.com (Bill Bryg)
Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000